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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09MANAGUA168	NICARAGUAN COFFEE A MIXED BAG [...] Coffee is Nicaragua's second leading export, with the United States, Spain, and Finland the principal markets. During the harvest from November to March, the sector employs about 390,000 Nicaraguans, almost 19% of the workforce. Coffee production for the 2008/09 harvest is forecast to reach [...]	2009-02-12 19:35:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR NU

09MANAGUA173	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TIGHTENS HIS BELT, BUT GON [...] (C) Summary. Faced with a withdrawal of European budget support and decreased economic growth as a result of the global economic crisis, on January 20, President Daniel Ortega issued a presidential decree introducing a number of austerity measures to cut $67 million in expenditures from the 2 [...]	2009-02-13 20:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA203	GON/FSLN: ON ELECTIONS, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Nearly four months after the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) claimed "victory" in the November 2008 municipal elections, there has been no indication that the Nicaraguan government intends to address the credible allegations of fraud or complaints regarding t [...]	2009-02-25 15:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA209	DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT SHINE AT USAID EDUCATION PROGRAM CEREMONY [...] During a Feb. 4 ceremony to deliver $250,000 in school materials under USAID's EXCELENCIA Education Program, Ambassador Robert J. Callahan assured 200 students, teachers and parents assembled at the Benjamin Zeledon School in Managua that the U.S. government is committed to achieving quality educat [...]	2009-02-26 15:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PREL NU
09MANAGUA228	NICARAGUA: GON "RECONFISCATES" U.S. CITIZEN PROPERTY [...] (SBU) The Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently sent notices to several U.S. citizens to "reconfiscate" their properties. The notices said the administrative action had been based upon Decrees 3 (1979) and 38 (1979),which authorize the confiscation of property belonging to the Somoza fam [...]	2009-03-03 13:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA235	NICARAGUA: LAND INVASIONS AFFECT U.S. CITIZENS [...] (SBU) Since November 2008, 12 U.S. citizen landowners have contacted us to seek assistance in dealing with land invasions that they believe are either orchestrated or indirectly supported by the GON. Individuals or groups related to the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) have been dir [...]	2009-03-05 15:33:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA236	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2009 [...] In February 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of one Embassy registered property claim. There remain 615 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 292 U.S. citizens in the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involve [...]	2009-03-05 18:21:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA241	ORTEGA LAUNCHES CHARM OFFENSIVE TO WOO BACK AID [...] (C) Summary. Faced with a worsening economic situation, steep cuts in foreign assistance, and an ongoing domestic political crisis resulting from fraudulent municipal elections in November 2008, President Ortega has a launched a belated and superficial charm offensive with foreign donors to w [...]	2009-03-06 15:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NU
09MANAGUA242	NICARAGUAN SEAFOOD SECTOR HIT HARD BY GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] Seafood is a major industry for Nicaragua and the country's fifth leading export. The industry concentrates on cultivated shrimp and wild-harvested lobster. Seafood production employs 55,000 people nationwide, of whom 20,000 live and work on the Caribbean coast, where the industry is the ma [...]	2009-03-06 17:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ECON ETRD NU
09MANAGUA244	NICARAGUA: GON DENIES "RECONFISCATION" POLICY AGAINST U.S. [...] (SBU) During the February 26 Property Working Group meeting, Jeanette Garcia, President of the National Confiscations Review Commission (CNRC),asserted there is no government policy to "reconfiscate" U.S. property related to previously settled claims. Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessm [...]	2009-03-06 21:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA259	NICARAGUA: ALBA ENTITY BUYS SEMINOLE RANCH AND HOTEL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26, President Ortega announced that he had authorized the use of funds generated through Nicaragua's membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) to purchase a cattle ranch and hotel from the Seminole Tribe of Florida. FSLN officials have designated a [...]	2009-03-09 19:42:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR ETRD ECON NU
09MANAGUA261	NNP PROPOSES "CODE OF CONDUCT" AND "COMMON FUND" [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on March 4, 2009, representatives of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Relations (MinRex) presented Poloff with details regarding a newly proposed "Code of Conduct" (Codigo de Conducta, or CdC in Spanish) to govern all aid [...]	2009-03-11 14:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR NU
09MANAGUA284	NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbea [...]	2009-03-17 17:46:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG
09MANAGUA301	VISIT NICARAGUA! NO VISA NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, March 13, 2009, during a late-night event Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed a presidential decree relaxing visa requirements for foreigners seeking to visit Nicaragua. Initial media reports that Nicaragua was removing visa requirements for all countries appear [...]	2009-03-19 21:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG CVIS ASEC PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA308	NICARAGUA: PANDEMIC AND AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: With no cases of the virulent H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) strain existing yet in the Americas, the Emergency Action Committee reviewed and approved the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for Pandemic and Avian Influenza. The plan recognizes Nicaragua,s current i [...]	2009-03-23 13:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT ASEC KSAF KSEO SENV TBIO KFLU NU
09MANAGUA314	VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...]	2009-03-24 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU
09MANAGUA318	NICARAGUAN EXPORTS DOWN 19% TO START 2009 [...] (U) Summary. Nicaraguan exports demonstrated their vulnerability to the global economic crisis, falling 19% during the first two months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, according to data compiled by the Nicaraguan Government. U.S. Department of Commerce data for January show decli [...]	2009-03-25 15:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR NU
09MANAGUA323	CODEL ENGEL VISITS NICARAGUA [...] (C) On February 18-20, Rep. Elliot Engel, Chair of the House Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee visited Nicaragua for meetings with the Nicaraguan government, opposition and civil society leaders, and to visit USAID assistance projects. Engel was accompanied by Representatives Jean Schmidt, Virg [...]	2009-03-26 17:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA324	NICARAGUA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR SUFFERS MAJOR BLOWS [...] (U) Cone Denim announced on March 25 that the company would shutter its denim plant in Nicaragua indefinitely. A company executive reasoned that the supply chain for denim had not fully developed in Central America and, therefore, was unable to weather the decline in demand that has resulted f [...]	2009-03-27 12:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON NU
09MANAGUA343	NICARAGUA: BANKERS REPORT STABILITY, BUT NO GROWTH [...] (C) Summary. Despite rumors of economic meltdown and possible capital flight, Nicaragua's highly dollarized banking sector appears to be holding its own. Officials from the Superintendent of Banks (SIBOIF) and the Central Bank as well as prominent banking executives tell us that liquidity i [...]	2009-03-31 23:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV NU
09MANAGUA344	NICARAGUA: GON REVERSES NULLIFICATIONS OF SETTLED CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the March 26 Property Working Group meeting, Receba Zuniga, Coordinator of the Liaison Office for U.S. Citizen Claims, told us that the National Confiscations Review Commission reversed its notices to two U.S. citizens notifying them that their previously resolved claims had been ruled [...]	2009-04-01 13:57:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA354	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: MARCH 2009 [...] In March 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of seven Embassy registered property claims, including one claim previously dismissed under Decree 38 (1979). One claimant recovered her property through the courts and one claimant signed a leasing agreement with the Nic [...]	2009-04-02 17:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA358	CPC DEATH THREATS TO HUMAN & LABOR RIGHTS DEFENDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Human Rights Defender and Labor Activist Alvaro Leiva Sanchez received a hand-written death threat signed by the Citizen Power Council (CPC) allegedly from Masaya. The note was addressed to Mr. Leiva's mother-in-law, but the death threat was directed against Mr. Leiv [...]	2009-04-03 16:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA359	NICARAGUAN FISCAL PROCESS TRANSPARENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A, Embassy Managua reports that Nicaragua is in compliance with Section 7088 (c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriation Act (SFOAA). The Nicaraguan budget is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance,s website, and is rev [...]	2009-04-03 16:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL NU
09MANAGUA369	NICARAGUA SOFA -- GON AGREES TO ONE-YEAR ROLL-OVER [...] (C) As noted in REF A, on August 8, 2008, AmEmbassy Managua and the Government of Nicaragua completed an exchange of diplomatic notes regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and customs procedures for U.S. Forces in Nicaragua for exercises, visits and other cooperative activities durin [...]	2009-04-03 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU
09MANAGUA37	NICARAGUA: SAINTS AND SYMBOLS IN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Daniel Ortega appears to be trying to use religious symbolism for political purposes, as part of his effort to consolidate control in Nicaragua. After following a strategy of co-opting Evangelical symbols in the Citizen Power Councils (CPCs) "prayer against hatred" camp [...]	2009-01-13 18:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA389	NICARAGUA: SHOOTING ATTEMPT AGAINST ATTORNEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of April 6, an unknown assailant fired four gunshots at Attorney General Hernan Estrada near his residence in Managua. Two of the bullets grazed Estrada, but he only suffered minor injuries. Estrada held a press conference in the afternoon where he blamed religi [...]	2009-04-08 20:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EFIN EIND NU
09MANAGUA415	NICARAGUA: MISKITO ELDERS DECLARE "INDEPENDENCE," ELECT NEW LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Miskito Council of Elders elected Reverend Hector Williams Padilla as a new "Wihta Tara" (Miskito for "Grand Judge") to be the leader of The Mosquito Coast. Immediately following his election, Williams proclaimed the independence of the Mosquito Coast, urged the formation of an arm [...]	2009-04-21 17:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA416	NICARAGUA: REAL ESTATE: DEMAND FOR HOUSING DECLINES IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Housing developers and real estate brokers estimate that demand for residential housing not related to the tourism sector fell an estimated 35-50% in 2008, as compared to 2007. The primary reason behind the fall in demand for residential housing has been the tightening of local credit m [...]	2009-04-21 17:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON NU
09MANAGUA433	MERIDA INITIATIVE: NICARAGUA FORMALLY JOINS, BUT POLICE CHIEF GRANERA IN DIRE STRAITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 23:06:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	NU PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
09MANAGUA443	NICARAGUA: CPCS RAN OUT OF PRAYERS OR MONEY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, 2009, after more than 210 days of illegally occupying Managua's key traffic rotundas to prevent opposition rallies, the "Prayer Against Hatred - Love is Stronger than Hate" faux religious protest ran out of prayers (see Reftel A and B). The campaign showed signs of fat [...]	2009-04-30 15:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA447	ORTEGA ACCUSES EMBASSY OF CONSPIRACY, EXPULSION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. President Ortega's assertion that the U.S. Embassy is conspiring against him and that he is gathering information for an eventual response continue to be "topic A" in Managua. While independent media have responded with evident skepticism, various second-tier Sandinista offi [...]	2009-04-30 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV APER NU
09MANAGUA456	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL 301 - NICARAGUA 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 13:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR NU
09MANAGUA465	NICARAGUA: GON UNDER PRESSURE TO RESOLVE CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the April 30 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification, said the Government of Nicaragua (GON) is taking a more flexible approach to work on U.S. citizen claims. Rebeca Zuniga, Coordinator of the Liaison Office for U.S. Citiz [...]	2009-05-06 14:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA469	2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM: NICARAGUA SENDS PROTEST [...] (U) On May 4, we received dip note number MRE/0050/05/09 from Nicaragua Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) responding to the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism published on April 30. It was signed by Orlando Gomez, Director General for American Affairs. The Embassy's unofficial English transl [...]	2009-05-07 21:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OVIP NU
09MANAGUA473	THE FSLN'S ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT THE CATHOLIC [...] (C) Summary. On April 30, First Lady Rosario Murillo distributed a letter from presidential advisor Orlando Nunez to media outlets in which Nunez openly criticized Nicaragua's Catholic Church. According to Nunez, the Vatican considered the Nicaraguan church as one of the most corrupt in the [...]	2009-05-07 22:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS NU
09MANAGUA476	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: APRIL 2009 [...] In April 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of seven Embassy registered property claims, of which six had been dismissed under Decree 38 (1979). One of the claims was resolved through a land swap. There remain 599 unresolved registered property claims belonging to [...]	2009-05-08 15:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA496	NICARAGUA: TIMBER INDUSTRY AT A STANDSTILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan timber exports in 2008 reflected a complete collapse of the timber industry - a collapse that began in 2006 with the passage of Law 585 (known as the "Veda Forestal," or forestry ban),which included a logging ban and a moratorium on timber exports. Nicaragua's expor [...]	2009-05-18 18:30:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ETRD EINV ECON NU
09MANAGUA501	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR TRIP TO RAAN OVERSHADOWED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21 and 22 Ambassador Callahan traveled for the first time to Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). During his two-day trip, he met with opposition, religious and indigenous leaders, held a press conference, and inaugurated a USAID-funded [...]	2009-05-19 16:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OTRA NU
09MANAGUA507	LIBERTAD ACT: NICARAGUAN RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's association with the Cuban regime spans several decades. Since Ortega returned to power in January 2007, Nicaragua has re-established close relations with Cuba, especially through common membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). [...]	2009-05-20 16:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL ECON CU NU
09MANAGUA520	NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY - PATIENCE RUNNING [...] (C) Director General for American Affairs and Protocol Chief Orlando Gomez met with PolCouns on May 13 to review Nicaragua's participation at the Summit of the Americas (SOA),U.S.-Nicaraguan bilateral relations, and the Ortega administration's foreign policy priorities. Gomez reported that t [...]	2009-05-22 17:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID NU
09MANAGUA525	NICARAGUA: STILL NO CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...] (U) Summary: As of May 26, 2009, Nicaragua has reported no confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza. In response to the H1N1 epidemic, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) is implementing its National Plan for Prevention of and Response to Human Influenza Epidemic, focusing on surveillance at ports of ent [...]	2009-05-26 17:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSAF ECON AMED CASC ASEC NU
09MANAGUA534	NICARAGUA: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR 2009 [...] (C) Businessmen and economists gathered for the Ambassador's May 15 roundtable focused their discussion on the global economic crisis, the Nicaraguan political crisis, and deficit financing. One local economist predicted that the economy would contract by 1%. A banking executive noted that f [...]	2009-05-29 19:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR NU
09MANAGUA54	NICARAGUA: 2009 BUDGET REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (U) Summary. The GON remains without an approved 2009 budget as a result of the political stalemate in the Nicaraguan National Assembly (ref A). Finance Minister Alberto Guevara presented President Ortega's budget to the National Assembly back in October, but since then it has lingered in th [...]	2009-01-14 20:01:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA542	NICARAGUA: GON SEEKS MORE USG COOPERATION ON ADVANCING U.S. CITIZEN PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the May 28 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification, requested Embassy assistance in encouraging U.S. citizen claimants to settle 35 claims with final offers before the end of this waiver year. Jeanette Garcia, President of [...]	2009-06-02 15:05:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA545	NICARAGUA: GON SEEKS MORE USG COOPERATION ON ADVANCING U.S. [...] (SBU) During the May 28 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification, requested Embassy assistance in encouraging U.S. citizen claimants to settle 35 claims with final offers before the end of this waiver year. Jeanette Garcia, President of [...]	2009-06-02 15:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA552	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: MAY 2009 [...] In May 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of seven Embassy registered property claims. There remain 592 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 284 U.S. citizens in the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved [...]	2009-06-03 16:58:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA562	NICARAGUA TELECOM SECTOR: MARKET OPEN, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of Nicaragua's telecommunications regulator, TELCOR (Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos),announced in April 2009 that it would begin consultations to reform Nicaragua's telecom legislation, known as Law 200. As currently drafted, Law 200 fails to [...]	2009-06-05 19:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV ETRD TINT NU
09MANAGUA571	NICARAGUA: IMF REPRESENTATIVE ON BUDGET SUPPORT, [...] (C) The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Resident Representative in Nicaragua told the Ambassador on June 4 that the IMF is negotiating with the Nicaraguan Government (GON) and other international financial institutions to provide $85 million in direct budget support for the Ortega Administ [...]	2009-06-09 22:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU
09MANAGUA574	NICARAGUA: 2009 EXPROPRIATION REPORT [...] (U) This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2009 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will e-mail a comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 15 per reftel request. 2. (U) Property claims resolutions in [...]	2009-06-11 15:31:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE OPIC CASC NU
09MANAGUA599	ORTEGA RESPONDS TO MCC CANCELLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the decision of the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to partially terminate Nicaragua's compact assistance, President Daniel Ortega accused the USG of using aid programs to interfere in Nicaragua's internal affairs and promote its own political [...]	2009-06-16 22:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID NU
09MANAGUA600	CPC UPDATE: COLLECTING GARBAGE & ELECTRIC BILLS, GIVING SWINE-FLU REFERRALS, AND STEALING PUBLIC LAND AND JOBS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political party and its Citizen Power Councils (CPCs) continue to embed themselves into the fabric of Nicaraguan life. In addition to being behind recent public attacks against NGOs and serving as the primary distribution points for [...]	2009-06-17 18:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA603	NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT RENEWS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: A Managua judge announced on June 11 that he would hold hearings June 22-26 regarding accusations that 39 people committed "crimes against the economy of the country, fraud, and influence peddling" in connection with the 2001 government bailout of four Nicaraguan banks. The list o [...]	2009-06-17 23:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON NU
09MANAGUA625	NICARAGUA: EMBEZZLEMENT CRIPPLES MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION [...] (C) Throughout the last year, U.S. and other international investors have been embroiled in a bitter dispute over control of the Board of Directors of one of the largest and most successful microfinance institutions in Nicaragua, the Association for the Development of Small, Medium and Micro [...]	2009-06-23 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU
09MANAGUA646	NICARAGUA: SCENE SETTER FOR USNS COMFORT VISIT [...] (C) Commodore Negus, your visit to Nicaragua on July 3 through 14 comes at an auspicious time and into a challenging political environment with a government that is suspicious and critical of the USG, even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-US. Troubling phenomena include: eco [...]	2009-06-29 22:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA647	AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES DOL PROGRAM AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, June 12, Ambassador Callahan traveled to the Department of Jinotega to inaugurate a $5 million Department of Labor (DOL) program which will combat child labor at coffee plantations in Jinotega and Madriz. The program, called ENTERATE (Combating the Worst Forms of Child [...]	2009-06-29 22:34:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB NU
09MANAGUA648	AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES DOL PROGRAM AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, June 12, Ambassador Callahan traveled to the Department of Jinotega to inaugurate a $5 million Department of Labor (DOL) program which will combat child labor at coffee plantations in Jinotega and Madriz. The program, called ENTERATE (Combating the Worst Forms of Child [...]	2009-06-29 22:35:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB NU
09MANAGUA680	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JUNE 2009 [...] In June 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of nine Embassy registered property claims. A U.S. citizen claimant also withdrew one claim because he did not have sufficient documents to support his case. There remain 582 unresolved registered property claims belonging [...]	2009-07-09 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA683	NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT PLANS PILGRIMAGE TO IMF HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) In his farewell call on the Ambassador, Humberto Arbulu-Neira, the outgoing IMF Resident Representative in Nicaragua, said that he now only gives the GON a 30 percent chance of successfully negotiating a budget support program with the IMF, due to the GON's failure to enact pension reform [...]	2009-07-10 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU
09MANAGUA694	NICARAGUA SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in Paragraph 23. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post recommends that the Secretary issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1994/1995 for the Government of Nicaragua (GON). Between August 1, 2008, and June 30 [...]	2009-07-14 20:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA695	NICARAGUAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LOW-INCOME HOUSING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly approved a housing law to provide affordable housing for low-income families and overcome a housing shortage throughout Nicaragua. Foreign and local property owners are concerned about language in the law that would appear to allow the Government of Nicaragua (G [...]	2009-07-14 21:23:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON NU
09MANAGUA711	NICARAGUA: CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of airlines that fly from Nicaragua to the United States met at the Embassy on July 9 for the Deputy Chief of Mission's quarterly Civil Aviation Roundtable. Continental, Delta, and TACA airlines attended, and they described worsening relations with the Nicaragua [...]	2009-07-17 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD NU
09MANAGUA723	NICARAGUA: GON RESOLVES PROPERTY CASE FOR LIANA WOYWOD [...] (SBU) On July 17, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported that U.S. citizen claimant Liana Woywod recovered her property confiscated by the GON in 1979. The recovery of confiscated property by the original owner is a rare accomplishment in Nicaragua. Including Mrs. Woywod's claim, the GON [...]	2009-07-23 17:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
09MANAGUA753	NICARAGUA: HONDURAN CRISIS HURTING NICARAGUAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The Honduran crisis has adversely affected Nicaragua's economy during the last two weeks. Private industry representatives complain that closures and/or delays at major Nicaraguan-Honduran border crossings have resulted in a loss of nearly $3 million per day in exports, and have delayed [...]	2009-08-03 15:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA767	AMB. LLORENS JULY 30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA IN MANAGUA [...] (C) Summary. In a private, one hour one-on-one meeting followed by a two-hour meeting with members of Zelaya's cabinet, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Llorens urged President Manuel Zelaya to go on a diplomatic offensive, including travel to the U.S. and Mexico, and help bring the Honduras crisi [...]	2009-08-04 22:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NU HO
09MANAGUA79	BROOKLYN RIVERA SHOT - ALMOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 an angry Miskito Indian shot at Yatama party leader and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) National Assembly Deputy Brooklyn Rivera during a campaign visit to Kuamwatla. While Rivera's life was spared, the incident reveals the evaporating support he has among [...]	2009-01-16 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA794	FSLN CONTINUES ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO INTIMIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As has become customary with non-governmental organizations' sponsored public events, on August 8 FSLN mobs attacked members of civil society who attempted to assemble peacefully. Over 500 members of the Coordinadora Civil (CC, a network of left-of-center civil society organiza [...]	2009-08-12 17:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM NU
09MANAGUA797	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JULY 2009 [...] In July 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of five Embassy registered property claims. These five claims were counted during the 2008-2009 Section 527 waiver period. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued [...]	2009-08-12 20:23:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA799	HIGHER GROWTH IN NICARAGUA'S TOURISM SECTOR IN 2009 [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) reported that the tourism industry grew 10 percent during the first half of 2009, up from 8 percent growth during the same period in 2008. Some industry experts believe that INTUR's data, however, may not be accurate because it does not distinguis [...]	2009-08-13 13:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
09MANAGUA802	ORTEGA ANNOUNCES FSLN-LED GROUPS RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, and in the presence of the 109 FSLN mayors, President Daniel Ortega launched the "Great National Consultation on Municipal Budgets." This program calls on all Nicaraguans to participate in the party's Citizen Power Council (CPC) system to develop (and even "decide") [...]	2009-08-13 18:05:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID NU
09MANAGUA828	THE NICARAUGAN LABOR MOVEMENT: FRAGMENTED AND POLITICIZED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 21:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PHUM NU
09MANAGUA831	NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTER: U.S. BEHIND [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos to discuss the ongoing Honduras crisis, Nicaragua's efforts to secure international lending, and bilateral relations. Santos acknowledged that Nicaragua's financial situation had worsened severely, threatening key s [...]	2009-08-21 21:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN NU
09MANAGUA835	HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF: FSLN LABOR MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 16:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PHUM NU
09MANAGUA836	FSLN YOUTH GROUPS COUNTER "OPPOSITION" YOUTH PROTESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 18:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA84	NICARAGUA: ON THE EVE OF RAAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) January 18 municipal elections, contacts described conditions as tense. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party ran an aggressive, well-funded campaign, while other parties, such as the Liberal Constitutiona [...]	2009-01-21 14:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA853	FIRINGS AT FAMILY MINISTRY BAD NEWS FOR ADOPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) carried out massive firings at the Ministry of the Family (MIFAMILIA),decimating the units responsible for adoptions and the welfare of children. Post fears that cooperation with the GON will deteriorate on adoptions and sensitive chil [...]	2009-08-28 20:25:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KOCI PGOV ELAB PHUM NU
09MANAGUA854	NICARAGUA: SCENE SETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) General Fraser, your visit to Nicaragua on September 1 and 2 comes at a moment when we face a challenging political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the USG, even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-US. Troubling phenomena include: econom [...]	2009-08-28 23:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS MARR NU
09MANAGUA871	GON NON-COOPERATION ON FARC ARMS SMUGGLING CASE [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a series of communications and meetings between June 17 and June 19, various senior-level officials of the Government of Nicaragua (GON) refused to cooperate with a routine USG request for the transfer of evidence pertinent to an on-going Department of Justice (DOJ) investigat [...]	2009-09-02 15:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV SNAR PTER PREL NU
09MANAGUA886	NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE FOR NICARAGUA: ORTEGA READS LIVE ON RADIO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 21:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP NU
09MANAGUA888	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: AUGUST 2009 [...] In August 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of one Embassy registered property claim. Two claimants also withdrew two separate claims from the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued i [...]	2009-09-08 18:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA899	NICARAGUA: TVRPA LIST OF CHILD LABOR PRODUCTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 14:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
09MANAGUA9	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: DECEMBER 2008 [...] In December 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy registered property claims. There remain 616 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 293 U.S. citizens in the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have i [...]	2009-01-07 14:46:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA907	NICARAGUA PASSES RETIREES AND RESIDENTS LAW TO BOOST FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) The National Assembly approved a foreign retirees and residents law to promote Nicaragua as a retirement destination. The law was drafted in close consultation with the private sector, which sought legislation that would provide a stimulus to the construction, real estate, and tourism indust [...]	2009-09-16 21:30:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON NU
09MANAGUA913	NICARAGUA AND ABKHAZIA ESTABLISH FORMAL DIPLOMATIC TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, more than a year after Nicaragua was the only country (besides Russia) to recognize the "independence" of the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia, the two countries have now signed agreements to establish formal diplomatic relations. The agreement also [...]	2009-09-18 18:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG NU PBTS
09MANAGUA914	NICARAUGA: PRISON PROTEST & POLICE ABUSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New cases of degrading and discriminatory treatment in Nicaragua,s prisons are back in the news. On September 8, a complaint was filed against an Atlantic Coast police chief for violating a juvenile prisoner's human rights by forbidding him to defecate. On September 9, five female [...]	2009-09-21 13:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI NU
09MANAGUA916	NICARAUGA: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS UNDER ATTACK AGAIN... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Freedom of the press in Nicaragua remains under attack by President Daniel Ortega's ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). The party has sought to amend journalism laws in an effort to discourage, if not outright censor, media reports critical of Ortega and the party [...]	2009-09-21 13:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PLAB PHUM NU
09MANAGUA929	NICARAGUA: BANCENTRO DENIES ROLE IN MICROFINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the DCM and Econcouns on September 18, BANCENTRO Managing Director Julio Cardenas defended his bank's handling of microfinance institution ACODEP's accounts in the wake of allegation that a former ACODEP president embezzled more than $3 million from the micr [...]	2009-09-24 21:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON NU
09MANAGUA935	NICARAGUA: REGIONAL ELECTION ALIANCES FORMED, FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, Nicaragua's Supreme Election Council (CSE) published the list of authorized political alliances for the March 7, 2010 Regional Elections in the Atlantic Coast. There will be four main political alliances and three Christian/Evangelical parties will run independen [...]	2009-09-28 18:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA941	NICARAGUAN MICROFINANCE: A SECTOR IN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Nicaragua's microfinance (MFI) sector, a vital source of finance for economic development, is under siege. A decline in credit availability as a result of the global financial crisis, the continuing and very serious "No Pago" (No Payment) movement, and a drought that is causing [...]	2009-09-28 21:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU
09MANAGUA959	NICARAGUA'S INDEPENDENT RADIOS FACING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent radio, like other independent media outlets, faces increasing political pressure from the Ortega government, including vandalism by Sandinista activists and revocation of broadcast licenses. This growing political pressure, combined with plummeting advertising reve [...]	2009-10-01 20:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECPS ECON EAID NU
09MANAGUA976	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER [...] In September 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of five Embassy registered property claims. Three claimants also withdrew a total of six claims from the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government [...]	2009-10-08 20:25:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAMA107	EMBASSY MANAMA'S INPUT FOR BAHRAIN TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's government demonstrated a commitment to actively combating Bahrain's human trafficking problem. At the same time, senior Bahraini officials recognize that they need to continue their efforts to change society's attitude toward TIP issues, and to educate officials on h [...]	2009-02-22 13:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MANAMA13	POPULAR ANGER OVER GAZA, GOVERNMENT BACKS EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's top Shia cleric implied the GOB had "sold out" to the U.S. There are numerous calls for more demonstrations. An official expressed fear of popular reactions, urged the U.S. to press Israel to better protect civilians, and expressed support for Egypt's approach. End s [...]	2009-01-08 15:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC BA
09MANAMA141	BAHRAIN: KING ON REGIONAL SECURITY, IRAN, [...] (S) Summary: King Hamad encouraged the U.S. military to base P-3s in Bahrain, asked that GCC governments be kept in the loop on any U.S.-Iranian engagement, and commented on Morocco's dispute with Iran. He reiterated offers of help in Afghanistan and with anti-piracy efforts. End summary. [...]	2009-03-10 10:07:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR AF AEC IR MO BA
09MANAMA149	HAQ SUPPORTERS TARGET SOUTH ASIANS [...] (U) Summary: Small bands of youth continue to skirmish with police in Shia villages, protesting the detention of two Shia Haq Movement activists. In a new development, some of these youth have attacked South Asians. End summary. 2. (U) Over the past week, several bands of 10-20 Shia yout [...]	2009-03-12 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
09MANAMA190	BAHRAIN STREET CLASHES: THE RULES, AND BREAKING [...] (C) Summary: Vandalism and small clashes between Shia youths and police are part of a familiar pattern, but recent attacks on south Asians are an ugly departure from the unwritten rules. End summary. 2. (C) Tensions between Bahrain's ruling Sunni minority and its Shia majority continue [...]	2009-04-01 05:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA
09MANAMA191	BAHRAIN STREET CLASHES: THE RULES, AND BREAKING [...] (C) Summary: Vandalism and small clashes between Shia youths and police are part of a familiar pattern, but recent attacks on south Asians are an ugly departure from the unwritten rules. End summary. 2. (C) Tensions between Bahrain's ruling Sunni minority and its Shia majority continue [...]	2009-04-01 05:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA
09MANAMA200	BAHRAIN: NO PLANS TO FILE ICJ BRIEF ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Post made ref A points to Hussein Alam of the MFA Bilateral Relations directorate on April 1. Alam confirmed in a follow-up conversation on April 2 that Bahrain's position on Kosovo had not changed from ref B, which reported that the GOB would coordinate with others in the region on recog [...]	2009-04-02 11:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV BA
09MANAMA22	RADICALS DENOUNCE RULING FAMILY DURING ASHURA [...] (U) Summary: The radical Shia Haq movement exploited Ashura processions to denounce Bahrain's ruling family. Erstwhile human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja called for the overthrow of the Al Khalifa family. Prosecutors later questioned and released him after a few hours. End Summary. [...]	2009-01-13 13:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM BA

09MANAMA220	BAHRAIN: ROYAL PARDONS FOR SHIA DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's King pardoned 178 people charged with security-related crimes, including key radical oppositionists following a meeting with leading Shia clerics and politicians. The moderate Wifaq party played an important role in the settlement, delivering a major success for its S [...]	2009-04-14 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA221	COUNTRY CLEARANCE: SPECIAL ENVOY GEORGE MITCHELL [...] Embassy Manama warmly welcomes the visit of Special Envoy George Mitchell and his delegation to Bahrain on April 20, 2009. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Steve Butler. His office telephone number is (973) 1724-2908; cell phone (973) 3996-5019; home (9 [...]	2009-04-14 14:48:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP AMGT BA
09MANAMA230	TRANSPARENCY OF BAHRAIN'S BUDGET [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an evaluation of the transparency of the Bahraini government budget under Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA),2009 (Div. H, P.L.111-8) (reftel). Each of the four ques [...]	2009-04-15 12:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL BA
09MANAMA236	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL [...] (SBU) Bahrain is eager to see the Obama administration,s peacemaking efforts succeed, and your visit April 20 will be big news here. King Hamad will receive you at his palace in Safariyah, joined by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Mohammad, and others. Ambassador Ereli, who is nearing [...]	2009-04-17 16:10:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KWBG KPAL TU IS BA
09MANAMA24	DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR ARAB SUMMIT [...] (C) CDA conveyed reftel demarche to MFA Under Secretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa in a meeting the morning of January 14. CDA emphasized that diplomatic activity that undermined Egypt's efforts would only delay an end to Gaza hostilities. 2. (C) Shaikh Abdulaziz bemoaned Qatar's c [...]	2009-01-14 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG AL BA
09MANAMA26	BAHRAIN: IRANIAN ENVOY ON GAZA [...] (U) Iranian Minister of Culture Mahmoud Hussein Safar-Harandi visited Bahrain briefly January 14, and delivered to King Hamad a message on Gaza. (According to media reports, several Iranian envoys are touring the region and Europe with similar messages.) Safar-Harandi also met with local me [...]	2009-01-15 09:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IR BA
09MANAMA283	INDEPENDENT NGO PAYS FIRST VISIT TO WOMEN'S PRISON [...] (U) Summary: The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) made a first-of-its-kind visit to Bahrain's women's prison on May 11. BHRS representatives met privately with female prisoners and examined the facility over the course of several hours. BHRS will issue a report on conditions at the prison [...]	2009-05-13 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN BA
09MANAMA31	INPUT FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Summary: Child labor in Bahrain is infrequent, and tends to be in family-owned and -operated shops. The GOB did not amend statutes pertaining to child labor. There were no reports of children involved in trafficking, slavery, or slavery-like conditions. End Summary. 2. The following resp [...]	2009-01-15 13:35:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BA
09MANAMA310	FIRST CASE OF H1N1 CONFIRMED IN BAHRAIN [...] (U) On May 26, Ministry of Health Spokesman Adel Ali Abdulla told econoff that the ministry had identified the first confirmed case of the H1N1 virus in Bahrain. The ministry followed published protocols to isolate the patient and test others who may have been exposed. The ministry has plac [...]	2009-05-26 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO BA
09MANAMA33	BAHRAIN: U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] (C) Per reftel, CDA informed Bahrain's MFA Friday morning, January 16, that the U.S. intended to sign an MOU with Israel to address the problem of weapons transfers to terrorists in Gaza. Shaikh Abdulaziz undertook to brief the foreign minister immediately, and asked that we share any detai [...]	2009-01-16 08:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM ASEC IS BA
09MANAMA339	GOVERNMENT REFORMERS TRY TO WEAKEN THE SPONSORSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's labor minister announced last month that new regulations will go some way toward loosening the legal hold that employers have over foreign workers, and enable some expatriates to switch from employer to employer more freely. International media reporting has oversimpl [...]	2009-06-08 05:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA354	BANK DEFAULT CAUSES RIPPLES IN BAHRAINI BANKING [...] (C) Summary: The financial dispute between the Saad group controlled by Saudi billionaire Ma'an Al Sanea and the Al Ghosabi company (reftel) is affecting a number of Bahrain-based financial institutions. End Summary. 2. (C) The Central Bank of Bahrain was apparently taken by surprise by th [...]	2009-06-11 13:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SA BA
09MANAMA362	BAHRAIN DISAPPOINTED WITH TIER TWO WATCH LIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 14:06:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA
09MANAMA363	BAHRAIN RESPONDS TO H1N1 CASES [...] (U) Summary: Bahraini authorities announced eleven confirmed cases of H1N1 June 15 and 16. The patients had all recently returned from a youth exchange program in the U.S. Health Authorities have collected additional samples from patient contacts for testing. End Summary. 2. (U) On June 1 [...]	2009-06-17 05:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO PGOV ECON BA
09MANAMA371	MENAFATF PLENARY - MAY 2009 [...] The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF IX),and working group meetings from May 17-21, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel G [...]	2009-06-21 04:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER BA
09MANAMA372	AA/S FELTMAN'S MEETINGS WITH CROWN PRINCE AND [...] (C) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman met on June 15 with Bahrain's Crown Prince and Foreign Minister. They discussed Syria, Qatar, and the Iranian and Lebanese elections. End summary. ---------------------- Detach Syria from Iran ---------------------- 2. (C) After r [...]	2009-06-21 08:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY QA IR LE BA
09MANAMA383	THE BAHRAIN BANKING SECTOR 2009: A PRIMER [...] Summary: Bahrain hosts 412 diverse financial institutions ranging from local lenders to large-scale project finance investment banks. Supported mostly on the back of petrodollars, this sector has grown to become the largest contributor to the Bahraini economy. This cable outlines the banking [...]	2009-06-25 10:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BA
09MANAMA393	WELCOME STAFFDEL CONATON (JUNE 28 - JULY 1) [...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of Staffdel Conaton to Bahrain on June 28, 2009 to July 1, 2009. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Rachel Mihm. Her office telephone number is (973)1724-2931; cell phone (973) 3908 9220; home (973) 1759-1702. Email: Mihmri@state.gov. [...]	2009-06-29 10:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL BA
09MANAMA394	WELCOME CODEL ELLSWORTH (JUNE 30 - JULY 1) [...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of CODEL Ellsworth to Bahrain on June 30, 2009 to July 1, 2009. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Steve Jacob. His office telephone number is (973)1724-2834; mobile (973) 3940-7397; home (973) 1769-3425. Email: JacobSJ@state.gov. Th [...]	2009-06-29 11:58:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL BA
09MANAMA415	BAHRAIN: ALLEGED TERRORISTS' TRIAL WILL CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Two Bahraini men arrested on April 26 for possession of weapons and intending to use them to attack U.S. forces made their initial court appearance on July 1. During this preliminary hearing, the High Criminal Court ruled that the prosecution had enough evidence to go to trial, and refus [...]	2009-07-09 12:30:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PTER BA
09MANAMA43	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL ARCANGELI [...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of Professional Staff Member Paul Arcangeli and his delegation and grants country clearance to Bahrain from January 31 - February 2, 2009. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Steve Jacob. His office telephone number is (973) 1724-2834; c [...]	2009-01-22 09:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU QA BA
09MANAMA435	BAHRAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ, AND IRAN REF: MANAMA 409 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 14:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ENRG IS IR RU BA
09MANAMA439	BAHRAINI BLOGS REACT NEGATIVELY TO CROWN PRINCE'SEDITORIAL; ELITES SKEPTICAL REF: MANAMA 435 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 14:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMDR IS BA
09MANAMA441	SCENESETTER FOR U/S KENNEDY'S JULY 28-30 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama warmly welcomes your visit. Bahrain, though small in size, figures prominently in our ability to achieve key policy objectives in this region. The bilateral relationship is strong, and the ruling family regards the U.S. as the guarantor of Bahrain's security. The headqu [...]	2009-07-23 14:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ABLD ECON BA
09MANAMA49	WEBSITES BLOCKED AS NEW MINISTER ASSERTS AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The government blocked a number of political and commercial websites under an order from the new Minister of Culture and Information. Political societies and human rights activists criticized the move. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On January 14, newly-appointed Minister of Culture [...]	2009-01-26 11:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL BA
09MANAMA50	THREE SHIA LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: The government arrested three leaders of the radical Shia Al Haq Movement when they failed to appear for questioning in connection with an alleged bomb plot. End Summary. 2. (C) Police arrested Haq Movement leaders Hassan Musheima, Abduljalil Singace, and Mohammed Habib Maqdad in the [...]	2009-01-26 15:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL ASEC BA
09MANAMA509	WELCOME CODEL BORDALLO (AUGUST 25 - AUGUST 27) [...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of CODEL Bordallo to Bahrain from August 25, 2009 to August 27, 2009. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Steve Jacob. His office telephone number is (973)1724-2834; mobile (973) 3940-7397; home (973) 1769-3425. Email: JacobSJ@state.go [...]	2009-08-25 08:42:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BA OVIP PREL
09MANAMA55	BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Summary: The following is Post's submission of its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. Each paragraph is keyed to the format provided reftel. End Summary. 2. Bahrain Investment Climate Statement 2009 A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- The Governmen [...]	2009-02-01 04:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR BA
09MANAMA557	BAHRAIN'S SHIA POLITICAL LEADERS VISIT IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 14:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IR SY IZ BA
09MANAMA57	ANEMIC TURNOUT SO FAR FOR ARRESTED SHIA ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: No more than two hundred supporters of two radical Shia activists turned out for skirmishes with riot police over the past week, far fewer than expected. Amnesty International issued a carefully-worded statement on the arrests. Meanwhile, the moderate Shia Wifaq party staged an [...]	2009-02-02 14:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
09MANAMA587	BAHRAINI CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 11:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR BA
09MANAMA6	GAZA: PUBLIC GOVERNMENT CONDEMNATION, PRIVATE [...] (U) Summary: The GOB condemned Israel in strident terms for the Gaza conflict, but was more measured in private. Small demonstrations continue daily. End summary. 2. (SBU) There were small, orderly gatherings each day January 3-5, not exceeding 300 marchers. Sunni and Shi'a generally a [...]	2009-01-05 12:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL BA
09MANAMA600	BAHRAINI LIKELY TO BE NEXT GCC SECGEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahraini official Mohammed Al Mutawa appears to be the consensus candidate among Gulf Cooperation Council governments to be the next GCC Secretary General. He will be the first Bahraini to head the organization. End summary. 2.(SBU) Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman visited [...]	2009-10-13 13:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BA
09MANAMA609	WAFA': A NEW SHIA REJECTIONIST MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 08:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA62	SUNNI EXTREMISTS CONVICTED [...] (U) Summary: A Bahraini Sunni extremist was sentenced to one year in prison under Bahrain's anti-terrorism law. End Summary. 2. (U) Bahrain's High Criminal Court on February 4 sentenced Bahraini Sunni extremist Adel Saleh to a year in prison on charges of financing terrorism and maintainin [...]	2009-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
09MANAMA628	BAHRAINI MPS PASS RESOLUTION AGAINST CONTACT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 15:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL IS BA
09MANAMA639	OPPOSITION PROTEST HIGHLIGHTS "POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KISL AF PK BA
09MANAMA646	2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT - BAHRAIN [...] Summary: The following is Post's submission of its National Trade Estimate for 2010 including reports on Sanitary and Phytosanitary and Standards-Related Foreign Trade Barriers. End Summary. -------------- TRADE SUMMARY -------------- 2. The U.S. goods trade balance with Bahrain went from [...]	2009-11-05 12:53:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD BA
09MANAMA651	SAYYID AMMAR AL HAKIM, CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 12:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ BA
09MANAMA652	BAHRAIN: INTERIM REPORT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Manama's submission for the required interim report on human trafficking, and addresses the specific areas of focus outlined in reftel paragraph 6B. ----------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Bahrain's las [...]	2009-11-16 09:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM BA
09MANAMA653	BAHRAIN: NEW GOVERNMENT HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (SBU) King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a decree on November 11 establishing a National Human Rights Authority (NHRA). According to local press reporting, the new body will review human rights complaints, work with international and domestic human rights organizations, and advise the gover [...]	2009-11-16 10:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BA
09MANAMA668	BAHRAIN CENTRAL BANK CRITICIZED FOR FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 12:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN BA
09MANAMA680	SCENESETTER FOR MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 11-13REF: A. MANAMA 660 B. MANAMA 628 C. MANAMA 651 [...] (C) Jeff, you will arrive in Bahrain at a time of introspection for the Bahraini regime as this year's IISS Manama Dialogue coincides with the tenth anniversary of King Hamad's accession to the throne, on December 17, 1999. During those ten years, the political and security situation has improved c [...]	2009-12-02 13:18:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL KDEM MARR BA
09MANAMA684	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT STATUS - BAHRAIN [...] Summary: In response to reftel, the following is a description of current Arab League Boycott (ALB) practices in Bahrain. End Summary. 2. As a member of the Arab League, Bahrain is officially committed to enforcement of the primary aspect of the Arab League's boycott of Israel, but enforcem [...]	2009-12-03 11:10:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ECON ETRD BA
09MANAMA705	NEW HUMAN RIGHTS NGO ALIGNED WITH GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-13 14:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BA
09MANAMA712	BIPD RESTRUCTURING AUGURS WELL FOR MEPI-FUNDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI BA
09MANAMA719	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP WITH MFA LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-20 10:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM BA
09MANAMA734	BAHRAIN: UN PEACEKEEPING SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 09:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA AF BA
09MANAMA737	BAHRAIN'S YOUTH: WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, SKEPTICAL OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 10:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM BA
09MANAMA740	BAHRAIN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM 2009 [...] (SBU) Post's submission for this year's Country Report on Terrorism follows below. 2. (SBU) In 2009, the Government of Bahrain monitored suspected international terrorist facilitators in Bahrain. GOB law enforcement succeeded in jailing a man suspected of providing financial support of terr [...]	2009-12-29 09:02:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV BA
09MANAMA84	BAHRAIN'S FIRST TIP CONVICTION [...] (SBU) Bahrain's Public Prosecution reported to us on January 20 that Arfa Ching, a Thai national, was convicted on one count of trafficking in persons on December 23. The three-judge panel sentenced her to three and a half years' imprisonment and fined her BD 5,000 (USD 13,250). MFA Undersec [...]	2009-02-12 14:27:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIP PHUM KCRM BA
09MANAMA85	WELCOME CODEL PINGREE (FEB 16-17) [...] Embassy Manama warmly welcomes the visit of Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and her delegation to Bahrain from February 16 - February 17, 2009. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Steve Jacob. His office telephone number is (973) 1724-2834; cell phone (973) 3940-7397; home [...]	2009-02-12 14:33:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA
09MANAMA91	BAHRAIN AS "IRAN'S FOURTEENTH PROVINCE" [...] (C) Summary: After an Iranian official spoke of supposed Iranian claims to Bahrain, Egypt's President visited Manama in a demonstration of Arab solidarity. The Iranian statement is being spun to embarrass those - like Qatar and Bahraini oppositionists - who allegedly sympathize with Iran. End s [...]	2009-02-17 13:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EG IR BA
09MANILA1000	FOREIGN SECRETARY PRAISES REGIONAL DISASTER RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private breakfast May 8, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo exuded pride at the Philippines' successful hosting of the ASEAN Regional Forum disaster response exercises, which concluded this week (septel). He expressed deep appreciation that EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot [...]	2009-05-08 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1002	DAVAO OFFICIALS DENY VIGILANTE KILLINGS, BUT HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Concerned about the continued incidence of vigilante killings in the southern Philippines city of Davao, the Ambassador dispatched poloff to look into the facts behind a recent NGO report on the killings (ref A),speak to public officials and civil society groups about the issue, [...]	2009-05-08 09:11:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RP
09MANILA102	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, (Ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2007, (Ref B),regarding child labor laws and regulations [...]	2009-01-15 08:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RP
09MANILA103	POLICY REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES: [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 08:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD RP
09MANILA1037	SULU GOVERNOR INJURED IN IED EXPLOSION [...] (C) Sulu provincial governor Abdelsakur Tan reportedly received slight injuries to his hands May 13 when an improvised explosive device hidden in a motorcycle exploded at a provincial capitol complex in Patikul on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines. Three of Tan's security escor [...]	2009-05-13 07:37:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA1043	MGSF01 Economic Impacts and Philippine Response to H1N1 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government has earmarked funds for H1N1 prevention and treatment, but the virus has had only minor impact on the Philippine economy. Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao ignored official warnings to delay his return from Las Vegas to avoid spreading H1N1, diverting med [...]	2009-05-14 06:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA1049	ON A MISSION, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SEEKS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private conversation with Ambassador May 11, Philippines National Security Agency Adviser Norberto Gonzales revealed that he was traveling to Kuala Lumpur to persuade Prime Minister Najib Razak to find a new chief negotiator for peace talks between the Philippine government a [...]	2009-05-15 07:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1056	Revenue Crunch Leads to Questionable Book Tax [...] Summary: The Philippine Bureau of Customs decision to levy duties on foreign book imports has generated an outcry in the Philippine media, led by internet forums, and by affected businesses. Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has called for a formal investigation into the decision, n [...]	2009-05-18 00:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP
09MANILA1063	MINDANAO VIOLENCE RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The progress the Philippine military has achieved against insurgents and terrorists in Mindanao (ref B) and the Sulu Archipelago has slowed significantly in the last four months, and kidnappings and high-profile attacks have been on the rise. A Philippine hostage abducted April [...]	2009-05-18 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA107	Financial Crisis Impact on Assistance to the Philippines [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 04:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA108	Financial Crisis Impact on Assistance to the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis has caused asset values to decline and unemployment to increase and will slow Philippine GDP growth; but record high foreign reserves, less reliance on international trade, banking sector reforms, and the government's improved fiscal position leave t [...]	2009-01-16 05:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA1107	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Gates, we appreciate your engagement with Philippine officials at Shangri-La and your visit to the Philippines. The Philippines has undergone many positive changes since the last visit of a U.S. Secretary of Defense in September 2000; many as a result of sustained U.S. [...]	2009-05-22 07:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MPOS PINS PREL RP
09MANILA1108	First Philippine H1N1 Case [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Department of Health has confirmed the Philippines' first case of H1N1 influenza in a 10-year-old girl who arrived May 18 on a flight from the U.S. The Health Department is now trying to contact the other passengers on the flight. The Philippine government is ram [...]	2009-05-22 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA111	Heavy Rains Inundate the Philippines [...] Summary. Flood waters have inundated large areas in Eastern and Southern Philippines, killing several people, destroying property, and displacing thousands of families. About 300,000 people have been impacted. End summary. 2. The tail-end of a cold front has caused continuous rains since [...]	2009-01-16 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI EAGR SENV RP
09MANILA1204	NPA ADMITS TO KILLING ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what may signal an internal power struggle within its ranks, or a message intended for those they believe are cooperating with Philippine authorities, the New People's Army (NPA) recently admitted responsibility for killing one of their veteran officials and the sister of an [...]	2009-06-05 06:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RP
09MANILA1207	POLITICAL MANEUVERS SHIFT ELECTION LANDSCAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With time dwindling to line up funding and party support, presidential hopefuls increased efforts to break away from the pack, or undermine their rivals. The hasty merger of parties loyal to President Arroyo and former President Ramos appeared to bolster Malacanang Palace's king [...]	2009-06-05 07:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RP
09MANILA1246	MGSF01: H1N1 ANXIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the number of H1N1 cases in the Philippines remains low (54) and there have been no related deaths, high-profile media coverage and precautionary university closures have increased anxiety levels among the Philippine public. Mission continues to work with Philippine autho [...]	2009-06-10 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA1261	RECENT OPERATIONS UNDERSCORE PHILIPPINE MILITARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Philippine officials have recently emphasized to the Ambassador and other Mission officials that the military has been tasked with showing measurable progress against internal security threats over the next year, and that "a sense of urgency" must be communicated throughout [...]	2009-06-11 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PTER RP
09MANILA1262	RALLY AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS DRAWS ONLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opponents of President Arroyo who believe her supporters seek to amend the Constitution to keep her in office staged a modest demonstration in Manila's business district June 10. While the rally paled in significance and size to the People Power demonstrations that ous [...]	2009-06-11 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1275	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES IN MUSLIM COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN SOUTHERN [...] Summary: Ambassador Kenney's June 4th visit to Zamboanga City showcased continuing U.S. commitment to the economic and social development of Mindanao. The Ambassador launched the OneWoman Initiative, a USG-funded project to empower Islamic women leaders, and spoke at a U.S.-sponsored multicu [...]	2009-06-15 08:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA1308	PHILIPPINE REACTIONS TO 2009 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Philippine reaction to the country's Tier Two Watch List ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report has been one of muted disappointment, largely due to effective Mission pre-briefing with a wide range of anti-trafficking stakeholders in the government, from the Fo [...]	2009-06-19 07:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM PHUM ELAB RP
09MANILA1317	PHILIPPINES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Per reftel, Ambassador and other Embassy staff engaged in a robust outreach effort June 22 to senior-most levels of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea. In the absence of Philippine Foreign [...]	2009-06-22 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	KN MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1318	PHILIPPINES SEEKS BETTER FOOTING FOR REENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government continues to commit publicly to a resumption of peace negotiations with separatist Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, but its overtures have not elicited a clear response from the rebel group. The government views peace as "tough, but not imposs [...]	2009-06-22 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1324	SIX MONTHS LATER, RED CROSS HOSTAGE STILL HELD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly six months after his January 15 kidnapping by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group on Jolo Island, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker Eugenio Vagni remains captive despite recent aggressive military operations that have tightened the cordon around Abu Sayyaf [...]	2009-06-23 07:37:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL MOPS PGOV PINR PTER RP
09MANILA1338	Philippines' First A(H1N1) Influenza Death [...] (U) Summary: The Philippine Department of Health has confirmed the country's first death related to Influenza A(H1N1): a 49-year-old woman employee of the Philippine House of Representatives with a history of heart disease. The death and a growing number of confirmed cases (near 500) prompte [...]	2009-06-24 08:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA1350	PHILIPPINES REACTS TO IRANIAN ELECTION VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allegations of electoral fraud and violent supression of public protest in Iran have sparked widespread condemnation among Philippine government officials, media, and the general public. Beyond concern for the fate of pro-democracy activists as well as approximately 8,000 Overs [...]	2009-06-26 06:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IR RP
09MANILA1363	AMCIT IN ALLEGED ABDUCTION TO SUE PHILIPPINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a story widely covered by the Philippine press, an American citizen who claimed to have been abducted by Philippine security forces (reftel) said at a June 27 Los Angeles press conference that she would file a lawsuit against Philippine officials through a U.S. federal court and [...]	2009-06-29 11:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PHUM PTER RP
09MANILA1390	Philippine Civil Aviation Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The progress of the Philippine civil aviation regulator towards regaining a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration 'Category 1' safety rating has been stymied by bureaucratic obstacles that block essential salary increases needed to attract and retain qualified personnel. There i [...]	2009-07-01 05:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP
09MANILA142	THE NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY POSTURING IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The New People's Army (NPA) continues to pose a security challenge to Philippine military and law enforcement agencies, but although the NPA remains active in several provinces, its capacity to wage effective attacks against the government is diminishing on a national scale. In [...]	2009-01-22 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER RP
09MANILA1441	TERRORIST BOMBINGS STRIKE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning Saturday, July 4, widely dispersed bombings in the southern Philippines have claimed the lives of at least 8 persons, and wounded nearly 100 more. As the investigation continues, initial analysis suggests the recent bombings in Central Mindanao and Jolo Island may be [...]	2009-07-08 10:52:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA145	Clark and Subic Freeports Sound but Slowing [...] (SBU) Summary: The former American bases at Clark and Subic Bay have become successful "special economic zones," a designation for areas with relatively attractive investment regulations. They benefit from their excellent transportation facilities and the country's English-speaking, educated [...]	2009-01-22 09:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1468	LAST REMAINING ICRC HOSTAGE EUGENIO VAGNI RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The last of three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers kidnapped January 15 on Jolo island in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists was released early Sunday morning, July 12. The 62-year-old Italian engineer, Eugenio Vagni, was release [...]	2009-07-13 10:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KISL IT RP
09MANILA1500	MALACANANG: NO AMNESTY FOR TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malacanang Palace and numerous legislative leaders have rejected a July 14 suggestion by Philippine National Red Cross Chairman Senator Richard Gordon that the government grant amnesty to Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists who kidnapped three International Committee of the Red Cro [...]	2009-07-17 04:22:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1567	UPDATE ON DEMARCHE REQUEST SUPPORTING NGO [...] (C) In a follow-up to reftel A, post inquired July 24 of DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Leah Ruiz if the Philippine government had decided whether to support ECOSOC consultative status for the Democracy Coalition Project, and deferral back to th [...]	2009-07-24 08:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RP
09MANILA1569	AMCIT RETURNS TO PHILIPPINES TO TESTIFY ON ALLEGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: AmCit social activist Melissa Roxas returned to the Philippines this week to participate in hearings at the Commission on Human Rights and Court of Appeals on her alleged May abduction and torture in Tarlac Province by persons she believed to be government security forces. The [...]	2009-07-24 09:04:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PHUM PTER RP
09MANILA1617	"ICON OF DEMOCRACY" PRESIDENT CORY AQUINO PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, cherished as "President Cory" by the people of the Philippines, passed away August 1 at Makati Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Hospitalized for her deteriorating health since late June (reftel),Aquino succumbed to hea [...]	2009-08-01 11:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1618	"ICON OF DEMOCRACY" PRESIDENT CORY AQUINO PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, cherished as "President Cory" by the people of the Philippines, passed away August 1 at Makati Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Hospitalized for her deteriorating health since late June (reftel),Aquino succumbed to hea [...]	2009-08-01 11:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1653	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL TIMOTHY KEATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating, we look forward to welcoming you back to Manila for the 2009 Mutual Defense Board/Security Engagement Board (MDB/SEB). The robust U.S.-Philippines bilateral relationship has recently withstood court challenges to the Visiting Forces Agreement, but remains very [...]	2009-08-06 04:02:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MPOS PINS PREL RP
09MANILA1663	EMOTIONAL FAREWELL TO PRESIDENT CORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 5 funeral of former President Corazon Aquino brought the Philippine nation together in an outpouring of affection and respect, a moment unprecedented in recent memory. Much as Cory Aquino united Filipinos during the 1986 uprising against dictator Ferdinand Marcos, sh [...]	2009-08-06 11:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RP
09MANILA1679	Philippine Export Controls Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippines has made notable progress towards creating an export control regime. Draft legislation regulating transfers of strategic goods has been introduced in both Houses of the Philippine Congress. In support of the legislation, the Embassy's Export Control and Relate [...]	2009-08-07 10:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC PARM PREL KSTC RP
09MANILA1712	FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO ON OVAL OFFICE, BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private August 12 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed heartfelt appreciation for the warm reception President Arroyo's party received at the Oval Office on July 30, and for the highly successful cabinet-level meetings [...]	2009-08-12 10:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM KN
09MANILA1715	PHILIPPINE MILITARY LAUNCHES MAJOR STRIKE AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Philippine military struck hard August 12 and 13 against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on the violence-ridden island of Basilan in the southern Philippines, and appears to have killed more than 20 terrorists in an aggressive -- but costly -- operation. Unconfirmed reports [...]	2009-08-13 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	MOPS PTER PINR PGOV RP
09MANILA1716	MELISSA ROXAS CASE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Melissa Roxas, the 31-year-old Filipino-American community activist who alleges she was abducted and tortured in May by individuals she believed to be Philippine security forces, returned to the Philippines July 21. She has since offered testimony to the Philippine Commission o [...]	2009-08-13 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1728	PHILIPPINES LOOKS AHEAD TO CHAIRING NPT REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to recently-heightened U.S. emphasis on nonproliferation issues, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed to the Ambassador his nation's keen anticipation of chairing the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference to be held in New York next May, and [...]	2009-08-14 10:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MANILA1774	PHILIPPINES MOVING SLOWLY ON CIVAIR SAFETY UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Philippine Civil Aviation Administration (CAAP) told Embassy officials August 17 that they continue to progress on air safety deficiencies in many critical areas indicated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Remedying these shortcomings is essentia [...]	2009-08-20 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD BEXP RP
09MANILA1827	Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and U.S. Immigration [...] Summary: As a country facing major development and governance challenges, the Philippines remains a place where prostitution and human trafficking continue to afflict the lives of Filipino women, some of whom may seek better lives abroad through legal or illegal immigration. An analysis of c [...]	2009-08-28 00:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP CVIS RP
09MANILA1841	RAJAH SOLAIMAN TERRORIST LEADER APPREHENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) leader Dinno-Amor Rosalejos Pareja (a.k.a. "Khalil Pareja") was arrested August 21 at a Marawi City hideout by Philippine National Police (PNP),acting on a tip from an informant. Although RSM had been less active in recent years, Pareja had been ac [...]	2009-08-28 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KJUS RP

09MANILA1843	CONTENTIOUS VFA HEARING REVIVES CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] (C) Critics of the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) turned out in force for an August 27 oversight hearing chaired by one of the Philippines most strident and thorny politicians, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. The hearing came in response to a New York Times article that sta [...]	2009-08-28 09:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RP
09MANILA1845	DEFENSE SECRETARY DISCUSSES VFA, WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) In a one-on-one breakfast August 28, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro told the Ambassador that Senator Miriam Santiago was exploiting recent media attention to the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement in an effort to win left-wing backing for her Senate run. Teodoro voic [...]	2009-08-28 11:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RP
09MANILA1909	RAPID U.S./PHILIPPINES RESPONSE TO FERRY SINKING SAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: In yet another major maritime disaster, a large ferry carrying 968 manifested passengers and crew sank September 6 off the southwest coast of Mindanao island. As of early afternoon September 9, the Philippines National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) reported nine confirme [...]	2009-09-10 02:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI EAGR SENV PREL RP
09MANILA192	JOINT PHILIPPINE OPERATION NABS TERRORIST LEADER [...] (S/NF) Philippine authorities conducted a joint operation on January 29, involving elements of the Philippine military and law enforcement agencies, that resulted in the arrest of Mokasid Dilna, Chief of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Special Operations Group (MILF-SOG). Dilna was appreh [...]	2009-01-29 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS
09MANILA1943	FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO ON U.S.-ASEAN SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private September 14 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo pushed for the next U.S.-ASEAN Summit to be held in the United States, and said that a prominent Filipino Senate critic would soon raise the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) [...]	2009-09-14 11:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UNGA MARR KNNP LY KN IR RP
09MANILA1980	GOVERNMENT, MUSLIM REBELS AGREE TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In keeping with pledges made during President Arroyo's July visit to Washington, the Philippine government has advanced discussions with the southern Philippines rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) regarding international participation in the peace talks and, in the p [...]	2009-09-16 10:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL RP
09MANILA1988	RULING COALITION SELECTS SECDEF TEODORO AS 2010 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The outlines of the Philippine presidential race came more clearly into focus September 16 as President Arroyo's ruling coalition settled on Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro as its standard bearer for the May 2010 election. After weeks of uncertainty that caused Teo [...]	2009-09-17 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RP
09MANILA2000	SENATORS CALL FOR VFA RENEGOTIATION [...] (C) On September 14, seven Philippine Senators introduced a resolution calling on the Arroyo administration to renegotiate the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). The seven Senators are important legislators, including the Chair and Co-Chair of the Legislative Oversight commissio [...]	2009-09-18 07:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RP
09MANILA2002	PHILIPPINES PREPARES FOR ILO HIGH-LEVEL MISSION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Philippine government is prepared to welcome and provide its full support to next week's High-Level Mission from the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Geneva headquarters to investigate allegations of labor rights abuses as well as eight ongoing complaints filed wit [...]	2009-09-18 10:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV RP
09MANILA2046	DECLARATION OF DISASTER: TROPICAL STORM ONDOY [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. AS A RESULT OF THE TROPICAL STORM ONDOY DISASTER WHICH STRUCK THE PHILIPPINES ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2009, THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DISASTER IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE THAT IT IS BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF THE [...]	2009-09-28 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2055	TWO U.S. SERVICEMEMBERS KILLED IN ROADSIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P) servicemembers on the island of Jolo were killed in a roadside explosion on the morning of September 29 as they traveled in an armored vehicle with Philippine military personnel to support humanitarian projects. [...]	2009-09-29 08:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA2056	DEATH TOLL RISES AS MANILA DRIES OUT FROM TROPICAL [...] (U) The death toll from tropical storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) climbed to 240 as of Tuesday September 29 as Metro Manila and 27 surrounding provinces dig out from the mud and debris deposited by the storm's record breaking rains and flooding. The Philippines' National Disaster Coord [...]	2009-09-29 08:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2070	STILL IN SHOCK FROM TROPICAL STORM ONDOY MANILA BRACES FOR [...] (U) Casualties from tropical storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) reached 246 dead, and 42 missing as of Wednesday, September 30. While major thoroughfares are now passable and the Manila international airport has reopened, all Manila public schools and the primary hospital in hard hit ne [...]	2009-09-30 09:48:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2071	UPDATE ON FATAL IED ATTACK ON U.S. AND PHILIPPINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the picture is far from complete, additional information is now available regarding the September 29 roadside attack on a U.S.-Philippine convoy in Jolo that resulted in the deaths of two U.S. and one Philippine servicemen (Ref A). It is not yet known whether U.S. troops w [...]	2009-09-30 09:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR ASEC RP
09MANILA2089	PRESIDENTIAL AIDE DISCUSSES FLOOD RESPONSE, JOLO [...] (C) Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita described to the Ambassador the dedication of President Arroyo and Defense Secretary Teodoro to flood relief efforts. Over a one-on-one breakfast on October 1, Ermita said the GRP was investigating the explosion responsible for two American [...]	2009-10-01 07:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS EAID ELAB MOPS RP
09MANILA2098	U.S. UPS AID AS MANILA STRUGGLES WITH TROPICAL STORM ONDOY [...] (SBU) Summary. Even as Super Typhoon Pepeng (international name Parma) threatens the country anew, Philippine officials are struggling to cope with the over 400,000 displaced people and 293 deaths caused by tropical storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana). Agricultural losses, while significa [...]	2009-10-02 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2108	Manila Response: Marine Scientific Research Authorizations [...] ESTH Officer Dovas A. Saulys, under the Economic Section, is the officer in Manila responsible for marine scientific research authorizations. His tour of duty in Manila ends August 2012. He is assisted by Maria Theresa N. Villa, Economic Specialist. 2. Philippine regulators require a lea [...]	2009-10-05 08:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY KSCA EAID RP
09MANILA2125	UPDATE ON TYPHOON DAMAGE AND U.S. DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) United States-sponsored disaster assistance to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana continued in full force October 6. The Government of the Philippines' figures show 295 dead, 39 missing, and nearly 350,000 people still in evacuation centers. Government damage estimate [...]	2009-10-06 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2133	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BURMA, U.S.-ASEAN SUMMIT, [...] (C) In a one-on-one breakfast meeting on October 7, the Ambassador strongly urged Foreign Secretay Romulo to consider favorably our proposal for a November U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Singapore; Romulo preferred that the Summit take place in Bangkok or in the U.S. Romulo welcomed the outcome of the [...]	2009-10-07 07:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KNNP ASEAN IR BM RP
09MANILA2136	U.S. TYPHOON AID "FIRST, FAST, EFFECTIVE" SAYS PHILIPPINE [...] (SBU) At an October 7 meeting, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo thanked the Ambassador for U.S. aid for Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana victims that was "first, fast, and got immediate relief to those that need it most." He also expressed his pleasure at having received a personal phone call [...]	2009-10-07 08:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA214	Geek Swaps Benefit U.S. and Philippines [...] Summary: U.S. agencies and private institutions have active science partnerships in the Philippines that build goodwill and capacity in both nations and add to global knowledge. The synergy that results from USG active engagement in science in the Philippines is beneficial to the work of USG [...]	2009-02-02 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL SENV ENRG TRGY TSPA EAGR RP
09MANILA2149	FLOODS ISOLATE THOUSANDS IN CENTRAL LUZON/ U.S. RELIEF [...] (SBU) Heavy rains from the lingering Tropical Storm Pepeng (international name Parma) have forced dams in the upper Agno River basin to release large amounts of water that threaten to affect up to two million residents of central Luzon. According to press reports and contacts in the area, the [...]	2009-10-09 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2155	U.S. MILITARY RELIEF EFFORT ENDS AS FLOODS RECEDE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Typhoon Pepeng (international name Parma) has claimed over 300 lives and forced more than 80,000 into evacuation centers across Luzon island, according to the Philippines National Disaster Coordinating Council. The U.S. military repeated its highly successful Typhoon Ondoy resc [...]	2009-10-13 08:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2163	GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On October 14, POLCOUNS delivered Reftel talking points on the Goldstone Report to two senior Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials. Assistant Secretaries Evan Garcia (International Organizations Affairs) and Lori Yparraguirre (American Affairs) said that they fully underst [...]	2009-10-14 09:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL RP
09MANILA218	PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY BELIEVES TIME IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with senior Philippine defense officials January 29, the Ambassador emphasized that the United States and the Philippines have scored a number of successes on the security cooperation and counterterrorism fronts over the last several years, and that [...]	2009-02-03 00:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA2199	POLITICAL CONCERNS IN ILOCOS NORTE [...] (C) Ilocos Norte, the birthplace of former President Ferdinand Marcos, is one of the Philippines' northernmost provinces, home to over 500,000 residents. The Marcos family remains influential there; Ferdinand Marcos Jr. holds one of the province's two seats in the House of Representatives, and [...]	2009-10-19 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON RP CH
09MANILA2216	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES COURTESY CALL ON COTABATO CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires on October 16 paid a courtesy call on Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, who welcomed the Charge on her first visit to the city. Sema expressed gratitude for U.S. development assistance and noted its tremendous impact on impoverished communities in central M [...]	2009-10-21 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ASEC RP
09MANILA2217	PHILIPPINE PEACE PANEL CHAIR OUTLINES UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires met Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary and Peace Process Chair Rafael Seguis October 15 to discuss the Philippine government's expectations for planned informal talks later this month in Kuala Lumpur with leaders of the southern Philippines separati [...]	2009-10-21 09:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KISL RP
09MANILA2218	FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL RUN [...] (C) Former President Joseph Estrada announced on October 21 his intention to run for President in 2010, with Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay as his running mate. Estrada, forced out of the presidential palace by a 2001 uprising, remains popular with a meaningfully large segment of the electorate d [...]	2009-10-22 08:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KJUS KCRM RP
09MANILA2220	IRISH PRIEST IS LATEST FOREIGNER KIDNAPPED IN [...] (C) Summary: An Irish priest, Father Michael Sinnott, was abducted on October 11 in what appears to be the latest in a series of kidnappings for ransom of foreigners in the southern region of Mindanao. Concern is growing for the health of Sinnott, who requires daily medication, since the kid [...]	2009-10-22 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RP
09MANILA2230	URGING ASEAN TO PRESS BURMA: PHILIPPINES RESPONSE [...] (SBU) External Chief delivered Ref A talking points on urging ASEAN to press Burma to take constructive steps, particularly at the ASEAN Summit, to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) East Asia Assistant Secretary Ronald Allarey and U.S. Affairs Office Director Deena Joy Amatong. Amatong repl [...]	2009-10-23 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM RP
09MANILA2231	PHILIPPINES RETHINKS DISASTER STRATEGY AS TYPHOON NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. Threatened by a third typhoon in four weeks, the Philippine government has prepositioned emergency supplies, equipment and personnel in northern Luzon in the event Typhoon Ramil (international name Lupit) makes landfall there this weekend. U.S. military forces and equipment fro [...]	2009-10-23 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2281	Philippine Economic Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The government's economic team reports that the Philippine economy continues to grow. The balance of payments is in surplus; international reserves are at a record high; foreign direct investment is increasing; the banking system remains sound; and the stock market is reboundin [...]	2009-10-31 23:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA2290	SENATOR VILLAR GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private breakfast with the Ambassador October 28, a relaxed and confident Senator Manuel "Manny" Villar said he would focus his presidential campaign message on the need for an accomplished, pragmatic leader in Malacanang, and criticized his opponents as inexperienced, behol [...]	2009-11-03 07:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA2308	HUMANITARIAN IMPACTS OF TYPHOON MIRINAE MITIGATED WITH [...] Summary. As of November 2, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) reported that Typhoon Mirinae, locally known as Santi, affected more than 54,600 individuals, leaving 18 dead, nearly 19,400 people displaced, and an estimated 12,8 [...]	2009-11-04 07:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2311	THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: PHILIPPINE VIEWS [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on the Goldstone Report to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for UN and IO affairs Leah Ruiz on November 4. Ruiz explained that the DFA in Manila had not yet received from its UN mission a report on the upcoming UNGA debate and resolution. N [...]	2009-11-04 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS RP
09MANILA2327	Philippines: Intellectual Property Rights Updates for [...] Summary. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced in April 2009 that the Philippines would remain on the intellectual property rights (IPR) Special 301 Watch List, but that USTR would conduct an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) to gauge progress on key issues. While progress is being made in ju [...]	2009-11-06 06:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON RP
09MANILA2329	SECRETARY VILSACK LEADS U.S. AGRIBUSINESS TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack led a U.S. Trade and Investment Mission (TIM) to the Philippines October 24 - 27, 2009. The Secretary's visit, less than one month after the Philippines was hit by two major storms, highlighted the USG's continuing support of a long-stan [...]	2009-11-09 00:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL RP
09MANILA236	COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] Embassy Manila appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) report (reftel A),which lists goods that DOL/ILAB believes are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international stand [...]	2009-02-04 04:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP RP
09MANILA2400	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL FILNER [...] Chairman Filner, welcome again to the Philippines. Your visit comes during an exciting time in the Philippines, as the official campaign for the May 2010 nationwide elections kicks off at the end of November. The United States and the Philippines have a longstanding and deep relationship bas [...]	2009-11-17 23:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP OVIP VA RP
09MANILA2425	PHILIPPINES TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: In response to the Ref A request, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment of the Special Watch List countries. There were three new TIP convictions, and Philippine government agencies are taking actions to stem the numbers of people being traffi [...]	2009-11-20 06:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM RP
09MANILA2428	ELECTION UPDATE: KEY TICKETS TAKE SHAPE, AQUINO [...] (C) With a November 30 filing deadline for candidates approaching, the Philippine election race has shifted into higher gear. Presidential contenders Manuel Villar and Gilberto Teodoro announced their vice presidential running mates, as Senator Benigno Aquino III retained a commanding lead in [...]	2009-11-20 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RP
09MANILA2448	PHILIPPINE CLAN VIOLENCE LEAVES OVER 20 DEAD [...] (C) Assailants in the southern Philippines November 23 killed a group of women from a prominent Muslim clan, their staff members, and accompanying journalists en route to register one of the clan's leading members for a provincial gubernatorial election. Family members of the dead have allege [...]	2009-11-24 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP
09MANILA246	SUPREME COURT POISED TO RULE ON CUSTODY OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Philippine Supreme Court appears poised to issue a decision next week on whether the Philippine government acted properly in transferring custody of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith to the U.S. Mission following his conviction in December 2006. The custody issue hi [...]	2009-02-05 10:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
09MANILA2465	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOVERNMENT ON MASSACRE [...] (C) As the death toll in the brutal Maguindanao clan massacre rose to at least 46 -- including 13 journalists -- the Ambassador underscored to Philippine Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno grave USG concern over the barbaric attack and urged a rapid, thorough and credible investigation, as well a [...]	2009-11-25 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP
09MANILA2469	MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: INFLUENTIAL MAYOR AND [...] (C) Moving with unwonted speed after the brutal November 23 massacre in Maguindanao Province that left at least 57 persons dead -- including 28 from media organizations -- the Philippine government took into custody a key member of a powerful Muslim clan and said it would charge him with multi [...]	2009-11-27 07:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KUS ASEC RP
09MANILA247	KIDNAPPED RED CROSS WORKERS BEGIN FOURTH WEEK WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) entered their fourth week as captives of terrorists on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines, while a task force led by the provincial governor sought to engage the terrorist group to negotiate the release of [...]	2009-02-05 10:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA2490	100 PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS, BUT ONLY FOUR REAL [...] (C) After a final flurry of filings December 1, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) closed out its election registration period by announcing it had received 98 applications from presidential candidates. Of course the number of credible presidential aspirants amounts to a mere handful of ca [...]	2009-12-02 08:16:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS RP
09MANILA2491	MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: MORE CHARGES LIKELY; PRIVATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Palace official Jess Dureza told the Ambassador that -- eight days after the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province -- the situation there remains tense, the government is broadening its investigation, and many Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the [...]	2009-12-02 09:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN RP
09MANILA2502	PRESIDENT IMPOSES MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO TO [...] (C) For only the third time since Philippine independence, President Arroyo imposed martial law December 5 in parts of Maguindanao province, site of a bloody election-related massacre that left 57 dead (ref D). The move followed discoveries of major arms caches held by the Ampatuan clan, wide [...]	2009-12-07 09:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM KJUS MOPS ASEC CVIS CASC
09MANILA2548	PRESIDENT ENDS MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO, CLAIMS [...] (C) President Arroyo on December 12 lifted martial law in Maguindanao province. The government announced the eight-day period of martial law had achieved its objectives after the government arrested suspects in the November 23 massacre and disarmed the Ampatuan clan's well-armed private army. [...]	2009-12-14 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS KDEM KJUS KCRM ASEC RP
09MANILA2583	VOLCANIC RUMBLINGS PROMPT SOUTHEAST LUZON EVACUATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 14, authorities ordered the evacuation of approximately 50,000 people living within five miles of the Mayon volcano in southern Luzon island, after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) issued an intermediate Alert Level 3 warning. PHIVOL [...]	2009-12-16 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2597	WELL-PLANNED EVACUATION MOVES THOUSANDS FROM LUZON [...] (SBU) Summary. Authorities have evacuated over 40,000 people living within five miles of the Mayon Volcano in southern Luzon, including virtually all residents of the 'extended danger zone'. The level of volcanic activity remains high, but experts do not believe a hazardous eruption is imminen [...]	2009-12-18 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2609	PHILIPPINE CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE - ICAO AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety oversight audit of the Philippines on October 19, 2009 revealed 88 findings and a Significant Safety Concern (SSC). The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) had to immediately address the SSC and develop [...]	2009-12-22 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD BEXP RP
09MANILA2610	FEARS RISE THAT PHILIPPINES' MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO SET TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Philippine volcanologists warned on December 20 that a hazardous eruption was imminent, after observing Mount Mayon hurl increasing amounts of ash and lava skyward. Provincial authorities have evacuated nearly all of the 46,000 residents from within five miles of the summit, an [...]	2009-12-22 08:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR CASC RP
09MANILA2636	PHILIPPINES VOLCANO REMAINS AT HIGH ALERT; U.S. GAUGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Southern Luzon's Mount Mayon, at Alert Level 4 since December 20, continues to emit lava and hurl ash skyward in mile-high plumes. Local authorities have evacuated over 47,000 residents from within five miles of the summit and are struggling to provide them with adequate clean [...]	2009-12-29 08:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR CASC RP
09MANILA378	Philippines: Holding Up But Pain Increasing [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippines is unlikely to slip into recession in 2009 (Refs A and B). However, the global financial crisis is inhibiting capital formation, depressing trade, dampening tourism, and eliminating jobs in some sectors. The Philippine Central Bank cut interest rates again in [...]	2009-02-20 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA384	Nomination of FSN Maria Villa for 2009 Environment, [...] Embassy Manila is pleased submit the following nomination for the 2009 ESTH course: a. Name: Maria Theresa "Bimbi" N. Villa, grade 10 b. Date of Birth: January 11, 1963 c. Nationality: Filipino d. Passport No.: pending application e. Agency: Department of State f. Position title: Economic [...]	2009-02-23 04:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AFSI KSCA AFSN TSPL RP
09MANILA386	PHILIPPINE REACTION TO SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's choice of Asia as the destination for her inaugural overseas travel has received widespread attention in Philippine national media, where it has been viewed as an important signal that U.S. engagement with the region will be a priority with the new administration [...]	2009-02-23 08:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA434	MINIMUM ACCESS VOLUMES ISSUE RESOLVED [...] Summary: (SBU) Post has successfully convinced the Philippine Department of Agriculture not to unilaterally change its World Trade Organization (WTO) and 1998 US-Philippine Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) commitments on minimum access volumes (MAV) rules for imported agricultural products. I [...]	2009-02-27 08:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD RP
09MANILA436	PHILIPPINES STUDYING IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (SBU) In a February 26 discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO),Post stressed reftel points and urged the Philippines to issue strong statements calling on Iran to implement its interna [...]	2009-02-27 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC PREL PGOV TRGY IR SYR RP
09MANILA438	NEXT STEPS ON VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Arroyo Administration is showing increasingly strong public support for the Visiting Forces Agreement, despite continued calls from some Filipino legislators and activists for abrogation of the Agreement. On February 25, the Philippine government filed a motion asking the Phil [...]	2009-02-27 09:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KCRM MARR PREL RP
09MANILA444	PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from March 2008 to February 2009, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Michael Pignatello, PignatelloMX@stat [...]	2009-03-02 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG RP
09MANILA494	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY ON [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Mindful of broad concern among domestic and foreign observers about the human rights situation in the Philippines, the Ambassador in the first two months of 2009 embarked on a concentrated effort to engage government and civil society audiences on human rights issues, and listen [...]	2009-03-06 07:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KFRD RP
09MANILA495	PHILIPPINES: ASEAN SUMMIT A QUALIFIED SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Notwithstanding widely-published reports of ASEAN members' disappointment at the absence of major Northeast Asia powers China, Japan, and South Korea from the recently-concluded 14th ASEAN Summit in Thailand, together with ASEAN's reported failure to confront the region's human [...]	2009-03-06 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA505	Philippines: 2009 Special 301 Report [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends retaining the Philippines on the Special 301 Watch List. Improvements to intellectual property protection over the past year include an executive order creating intellectual property units in law enforcement agencies, increasing seizures by the Optical Media [...]	2009-03-09 23:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON RP
09MANILA544	PROMISE OF BENEFITS DRAWS HUGE RESPONSE FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: With the February 17 passage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Filipino veterans who served under the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II became eligible for the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation benefit. In three weeks since the bill was signed into law, more t [...]	2009-03-11 10:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA549	PREPARATIONS FOR BALIKATAN 2009 ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: With strong public support from senior Philippine officials and provincial leaders, preparations for Balikatan 2009 continue as scheduled. Senior Embassy officials traveled to the central Philippine region where the majority of Balikatan humanitarian assistance projects will b [...]	2009-03-12 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL RP
09MANILA562	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES COMMUNITIES ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador completed a March 2-3 trip across Central Mindanao to listen first-hand to communities dealing with security and development issues on a day-to-day basis. The trip began in General Santos City, with stops throughout South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Maguindanao provin [...]	2009-03-13 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID
09MANILA563	BRUTAL MURDER INVESTIGATED AS EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The brutal murder of a young school teacher has spurred the Philippine government and human rights groups to investigate whether military or law enforcement members were involved in the crime. Rebelyn Pitao, the 20-year-old daughter of New People's Army (NPA) insurgent leader Le [...]	2009-03-13 09:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA572	MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST SUSPECTED ICRC HOSTAGE [...] (C) On March 16, Philippine forces launched a combined operation on Jolo island in the southern Philippines against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists suspected of kidnapping three members of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) on January 15 . The Swiss, Italian, and Filipin [...]	2009-03-16 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS
09MANILA610	LCPL SMITH ACCUSER BOWS OUT OF CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Philippine woman who accused U.S. Marine LCpl Daniel J. Smith of rape in November 2005 has settled the civil judgment against Smith and filed a sworn statement March 17 with the Court of Appeals raising serious questions about the events on the night of the alleged rape. The [...]	2009-03-18 10:02:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
09MANILA630	RED CROSS HEAD VOICES CONCERN OVER HOSTAGES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 20 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Jean-Daniel Tauxe to discuss the tense situation surrounding the three ICRC hostages kidnapped January 15 by the Abu Sayyaf Group on Jolo island (ref B). Tauxe assured the Ambass [...]	2009-03-20 09:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS
09MANILA646	FOREIGN SECRETARY ON HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a broadranging discussion March 24, the Ambassador urged Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo to ensure the safety of two high-profile murder suspects if they are extradited from the U.S., and reiterated the need for continued improvement in Philippine human [...]	2009-03-24 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL BEXP VA RP
09MANILA680	Economic Crisis/Fiscal Crunch in the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government abandoned its 2008 balanced-budget goal and plans a higher deficit of 2.2% of Gross Domestic Product for 2009 -- a modest stimulus relative to the deficit spending being pursued by regional neighbors in response to the global financial crisis. We assess that the [...]	2009-03-27 08:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA685	More Philippine Public Works Officials Charged with [...] (SBU) Embassy has confirmed media reports that officials of the Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways are facing charges of violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. The Office of the Ombudsman (which investigates government corruption) recommended on March 25 the filing [...]	2009-03-27 23:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA690	PHILIPPINE FINANCE SECRETARY ON GLOBAL AND LOCAL ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the global and Philippine economic situation, the Millennium Challenge Compact, and U.S. commercial interests with the Philippine Finance Secretary Gary Teves on March 30. The Secretary expressed support for the U.S. approach to the upcoming Group of 20 [...]	2009-03-30 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL RP WTO
09MANILA714	Assistant USTR Weisel Reviews Intellectual Property and [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23-24, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel visited Manila for regular consultations with Philippine government officials. During the visit, she discussed developments in intellectual property protection over the past year, the Arroyo Administration's pro [...]	2009-04-02 04:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EAGR RP
09MANILA717	PHILIPPINE TROOPS PURSUING ICRC KIDNAPPERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro April 2 to discuss the situation involving the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Jolo Island. Referring to unconfirmed press rep [...]	2009-04-02 08:29:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA727	PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES SECURE RELEASE OF ONE ICRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) kidnappers on Jolo Island released Filipino hostage Mary Jean Lacaba, one of three International Committee of the Red Cross workers abducted by the terrorist group on January 15. Philippine authorities said she was in good health. Lacaba said [...]	2009-04-03 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA753	EIGHT FEARED DEAD IN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The burning wreck of a Philippine helicopter belonging to the Presidential Airlift Wing has reportedly been located after going missing in the evening of April 7 in rugged mountainous northern Luzon. The craft carried a team of six government officials, including two undersecre [...]	2009-04-08 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP
09MANILA757	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DAVAO KILLINGS REPORT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met April 7 with Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth to discuss that group's new report on the long-running vigilante killings of street children, gang members, and petty criminals in Mindanao's southern city of Davao. Roth said his group's extensive [...]	2009-04-13 10:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA764	PRESIDENT GRATEFUL FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of a tragic April 7 helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight civilian and military Malacanang Palace aides, the Ambassador represented the Mission at a highly emotional April 11 service for the victims. Clearly shaken by the calamity, an anguished President [...]	2009-04-14 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL RP
09MANILA796	Philippines: Keeping Afloat in Choppy Waters [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippines is suffering from increasing economic pain, but continues to weather the global downturn better than most of its neighbors. The government has responded to the crisis mainly through monetary easing and measured fiscal expansion. There has been limited protectio [...]	2009-04-15 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA812	RED CROSS HOSTAGES: PURSUING NEGOTIATIONS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government is continuing efforts to negotiate the safe release of the two remaining International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers abducted January 15 by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists. Government officials underscored that force would only be used as [...]	2009-04-17 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP
09MANILA829	SWISS RED CROSS HOSTAGE GAINS FREEDOM FROM ABU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second of three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers kidnapped January 15 on Jolo island in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists made his way to freedom early Saturday morning, April 18. Initial reports indicate he escaped from his [...]	2009-04-20 07:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA834	NEW ARMED FORCES CHIEF NAMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a move lauded by senior military officers and commentators, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 15 named Lieutenant General Victor Ibrado as the next Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He will replace General Alexander Yano, who will retire on [...]	2009-04-20 09:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP
09MANILA846	Filipinos Held by Somali Pirates [...] (SBU) Summary: Filipinos account for about one-third of the world's one million commercial seafarers and for over 100 of the approximately 300 seafarers currently held captive by Somali pirates. Since the U.S. Navy action against pirates, the Philippine government has come under increasing pr [...]	2009-04-21 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON RP SO XW XE
09MANILA85	Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part One of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of the Philippines (GRP) generally acknowle [...]	2009-01-14 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP
09MANILA86	Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part Two of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Efficient Capital Markets And Portfolio Investment The Philippines is open to foreign por [...]	2009-01-14 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP
09MANILA902	SEARCH FOR LAST RED CROSS HOSTAGE CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite recent rumors that the sole remaining Red Cross hostage may have been abandoned by his Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) kidnappers, cabinet-level sources believe Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni is still being held by his captors in the jungle area around the town of Indanan on Jolo [...]	2009-04-27 08:37:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA913	PHILIPPINES' INITIAL RESPONSE TO SWINE FLU THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: While no swine flu cases have been reported in the Philippines, the government is taking steps to increase protective measures and raise its alert level for possible outbreaks. On April 28, the Secretary of National Defense told the Ambassador the government viewed the situation [...]	2009-04-28 10:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO SENV KSCA AMGT RP
09MANILA924	CANDIDATES BEGIN JOCKEYING FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a general election slated for May 2010, self-declared candidates across the country have begun vigorously campaigning for almost 18,000 local, provincial, regional, and national positions at stake, including successors to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President N [...]	2009-04-29 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RP
09MANILA941	MGSF01: PHILIPPINE H1N1 UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Manila's Mission Pandemic Influenza Task Force met on April 30 to review preparedness tripwires and discuss necessary actions in response to the continuing global spread of H1N1 influenza cases. Although the Philippines still has no suspected or confirmed cases of H1N1 f [...]	2009-04-30 15:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA965	EMBASSY MANILA'S ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH [...] SUMMARY: Mission Manila engaged in vigorous outreach efforts on an array of environmental issues during April 2009. Ambassador led the way with two provincial trips in April with an environmental focus and events in Manila on Earth Day, April 22. In addition, Embassy invited American scientis [...]	2009-05-06 08:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV ENRG TRGY TSPA EAGR RP
09MANILA984	PIODURAN PEOPLE GRATEFUL FOR BALIKATAN ROAD PROJECT [...] The municipal council of Pioduran, Albay Province passed a resolution April 27 expressing gratitude and appreciation to the U.S. government for its assistance in the rehabilitation of a key road in their community as part of the recently concluded 2009 Balikatan military exercise. A combined [...]	2009-05-07 07:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA985	ICRC HOSTAGE: 100 DAYS AND COUNTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fully 100 days after the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) kidnapped three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers on Jolo island January 15, Italian national Eugenio Vagni remains captive, despite ongoing efforts to negotiate the release of the injured and ailing 62-year-o [...]	2009-05-07 08:04:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KISL RP
09MAPUTO1007	MOST OPPOSITION CANDIDATES DISQUALIFIED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 7, the National Electoral Commission (CNE),citing registration irregularities, announced the disqualification of Daviz Simango's Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) from 9 of 13 constituencies in the October 28 legislative elections. MDM will challenge this d [...]	2009-09-09 15:24:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET	PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO1013	PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of a three-part series on leadership in Mozambique. Power politics in Mozambique are opaque as politicians are compelled to balance personal fortunes, family obligations, and regional and ethnic considerations in the decision making process. Mozambique's power [...]	2009-09-14 07:59:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1015	MOZAMBIQUE LEADERSHIP - OUTSIDERS LOOKING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a three-part series on Mozambican leadership. Mozambique has several prominent figures who, while possessing their own political strength, do not hold influence over President Guebuza. Some figures described in this cable have achieved powerful positions b [...]	2009-09-15 07:19:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ

09MAPUTO1016	CAMPAIGN SEASON BEGINS WITH VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official start of campaigning for the October 28 national elections was marred by violence, largely by supporters of ruling party FRELIMO against the opposition. The Catholic church--accused of supporting the opposition--has expressed concern about intimidation tactics agai [...]	2009-09-15 09:29:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC MZ
09MAPUTO1033	DONORS' RESOLVE HARDENS IN ELECTIONS CONFLICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of a periodic formal political dialogue between the leadership of the 'G-19' international donor countries and the GRM, twenty-one chiefs of mission from Europe and North America convened on September 16 to review growing worries about the legitimacy of October 28 gene [...]	2009-09-17 16:07:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1047	FIRST TWO H1N1 DEATHS CONFIRMED IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first death from H1N1 in Mozambique was reported on September 12, and the second was reported on September 19. The first two were a 29 year old woman who died after a three day hospitalization on September 6, and a 45 year old man who died on September 4. Mozambique has d [...]	2009-09-22 15:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV SOCI PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO1070	EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRM declared its intent to adhere to the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2008, ultimately joining EITI in May of this year. The GRM has made little progress in implementation however and claims lack of funds, putting compliance into [...]	2009-09-30 10:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EMIN EPET ETRD PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1089	ELECTIONS ENVIRONMENT BECOMES INCREASINGLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two small opposition parties had far greater success than the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) in registering for the legislative elections. The parties, PLD and UDM, have drawn the attention of civil society and the independent media, who raise concerns that these parties [...]	2009-10-07 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1137	CHARGE PRESSES FM ON ELECTIONS TRANSPARENCY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 13, the Charge met with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi to discuss ongoing donor community concerns about transparency in the October 28 Mozambican election and the resulting slippage in Mozambique's international reputation. Baloi noted his recent meetings with USG [...]	2009-10-20 15:00:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1138	GRM PLEDGES SUPPORT AGAINST TERRORIST ELEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 13, the Charge met with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi to discuss news reports from South Africa regarding the existence in Mozambique of a Somali cell linked to al-Qaeda (AQ) with intent to launch attacks against U.S. interests in South Africa. Baloi demonstrated gre [...]	2009-10-20 15:05:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MZ
09MAPUTO1139	FOREIGN MINISTER BALOI DISCUSSES SADC APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge held a brief discussion on October 20 with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi regarding the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) efforts on Zimbabwe. He explained Washington's concerns about the implementation of Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (GPA) and [...]	2009-10-20 15:12:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ ZI
09MAPUTO1144	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 15 key members of Mozambican civil society joined visiting AF/S Deputy Director Susie Pratt for a dinner hosted by the Charge to discuss the country's elections and shrinking political space. While acknowledging that much has been accomplished since the 1994 president [...]	2009-10-21 15:51:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1145	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Maputo submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information. 2. Country: MOZAMBIQUE Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Between October 2008 and October 2009 the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) continued efforts to establis [...]	2009-10-22 14:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB ETRD MZ PGOV PREL PTER
09MAPUTO1162	LEADING JOURNALIST ISSUES HARSH OP-ED ON RULING [...] On October 23, journalist Machado da Graca wrote the following editorial in the independent newspaper Savana. He is a well-respected Mozambican of Portuguese descent who often uses satire to comment on political and social themes. In this article, he summarizes the doubts and concerns of man [...]	2009-10-27 14:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO MZ
09MAPUTO1165	MOZAMBIQUE ELECTIONS: EUROPEANS EXPRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Heads of Mission (HOMs) met recently with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi to convey concerns about the lack of transparency in the preparations for the October 28 presidential, legislative, and provincial elections. Baloi repeated the now well-rehearsed Government of Mozambiqu [...]	2009-10-27 15:38:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MZ
09MAPUTO1167	RULING FRELIMO PARTY CRUSHES OPPOSITION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling FRELIMO party appears to have overwhelmed the opposition in general elections held on October 28. Current president and FRELIMO candidate Armando Guebuza could get above 75pct of the presidential vote, and FRELIMO should walk away with a super-majority (more than two [...]	2009-10-29 14:15:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1168	WHO IS OBSERVING THIS ELECTIONS PROCESS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign and domestic groups are observing the process that led up to the October 28 general elections and now the process afterwards. Key foreign observer groups include the European Union and an effort led by the U.S. Embassy with the coordination of the United Nations Developm [...]	2009-10-29 14:20:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1170	LEGAL ANALYSES OF DECISIONS LEADING TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the Electoral Observatory (OE--a coalition of religious and civil organizations in Mozambique) and the Swiss Embassy in Maputo have produced carefully reasoned, in-depth, and sharply critical analyses of the National Electoral Commission (CNE) decision to exclude new oppositi [...]	2009-10-29 14:48:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1205	ELECTION OBSERVERS FAULT PROCESS, PRAISE VOTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interim election assessments released on October 30 by international and domestic election observer missions in Mozambique focused their criticisms on the lack of transparency of the National Electoral Commission (CNE),but largely assessed that voting on election day had been ca [...]	2009-11-05 14:08:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MZ PGOV PREL
09MAPUTO1236	MOZAMBIQUE HOPING TO CASH IN ON WORLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than 250 days to the FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the largest event to be held on the African continent. Mozambique's preparations for the World Cup highlight the country's progress, or lack thereof, on a number of developmental challenges, including a lack of r [...]	2009-11-06 10:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND MZ SCUL EINV
09MAPUTO1237	DEFENSE MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE PRIOR TO SADC TROIKA [...] (C) On November 5 just hours before the opening in Maputo of the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defense and Security 'Troika' Summit, the Charge and DATT met with Mozambican Defense Minister Filipe Nyussi at his request to discuss Zimbabwe (and other topics [...]	2009-11-06 11:15:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI MZ
09MAPUTO1277	MOZAMBIQUE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-09 13:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC MZ
09MAPUTO1291	IMPORTANT DRUG TRAFFICKING TRANSIT POINT FOR EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug trafficking is a growing problem in Mozambique, with illegal drugs entering via air and sea routes from South Asia and South America. Porous borders, lack of law enforcement resources, and rampant corruption allow drug traffickers to freely transit the country. END SUMMA [...]	2009-11-16 07:05:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR SNAR MZ
09MAPUTO1301	MOZAMBIQUE'S DAVIZ SIMANGO: READY FOR THE LONG HAUL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defeated Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) presidential candidate Daviz Simango told the Charge on November 16 This election the most fraudulent in Mozambique,s history., He described tactics used by the ruling FRELIMO party to manipulate electoral results. Radiating vigo [...]	2009-11-17 15:30:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1309	IMPORTANT DRUG TRAFFICKING TRANSIT POINT FOR EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug trafficking is a growing problem in Mozambique, with illegal drugs entering via air and sea routes from South Asia and South America. Porous borders, lack of law enforcement resources,and rampant corruption allow drug traffickers to freely transit the country. END SUMMAR [...]	2009-11-19 12:17:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET	KCOR MZ PGOV PREL SNAR
09MAPUTO1346	EUROPEANS AND CANADIANS CONSIDER RESPONSE TO [...] (C)SUMMARY: A lack of transparency in the October 28 elections and other governance concerns have some donors considering a reduction in the $465 million of direct budget support provided to the GRM. Working together in the G-19 Donor Group (including the United States as an associate membe [...]	2009-12-04 15:06:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID MZ
09MAPUTO1373	END OF FUEL SUBSIDY COULD SPARK TROUBLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRM's announcement that it would end fuel subsidies that have kept fuel prices in the country artificially low could cause trouble in the first quarter of 2010. The end of the subsidy will raise gas prices, food prices, and public transportation costs, financially strainin [...]	2009-12-17 14:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD EAID EFIN AMGT ASEC
09MAPUTO1403	INTERNATIONAL INDICES SHOW LITTLE PROGRESS, SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A survey of respected international indices confirms that Mozambique, still one of the world's poorest countries, continues to advance economically but performs poorly in broader measures of democracy, governance, and human development. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ [...]	2009-12-29 12:52:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID SOCI KCOR MZ
09MAPUTO1406	MEDIA ANALYSIS OF ELECTION RESULTS: BAD OUTWEIGHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of GRM's Constitutional Court validation on December 28 of the results of the October national elections, media outlets have analyzed the campaign season, suggesting that the "good" aspects of the elections were outweighed by the "bad" and "ugly." On one hand, the [...]	2009-12-30 13:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI MZ
09MAPUTO276	FOOD INSECURITY ALERT FOR CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE [...] SUMMARY: The LATE ARRIVAL OF RAIN THIS YEAR IN CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE, FOLLOWING TWO POOR SEASONS OF RAINFALL, HAS LED TO POOR HARVEST YIELDS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE FOOD SECURITY OF 97,000 IN TETE PROVINCE, 14,500 IN NORTHERN MANICA, AND 58,000 IN SOFALA. A USAID ASSESSMENT TRIP IN DECEMBER 2008 [...]	2009-02-19 10:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT MZ
09MAPUTO288	GROWING USG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOZAMBICAN NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rear Admiral William P. Loeffler, Director of Strategy, Plans and Resources for United States Naval Forces Europe and Africa, visited Mozambique in conjunction with the February 6-13 port call of the USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY. Rear Admiral Loeffler discussed the Government of Mozamb [...]	2009-02-26 10:44:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PMIL MZ
09MAPUTO289	MOZAMBIQUE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family [...]	2009-02-26 11:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF
09MAPUTO318	EAC - PROBABLE PROTEST OF TRANSPORTATION COST [...] (SBU) The core EAC met to discuss the security implications of a rider strike which is scheduled for Friday 27, 2009 in Maputo. Charge, A/DCM, RSO, RAO, POL/ECON, DAO, and CONS were present. NOTE: A rate hike necessitated by increased fuel prices triggered rioting in Maputo on February 5, [...]	2009-02-26 17:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC MZ
09MAPUTO320	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ON INTERNAL POLITICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires met with Dr. Leonardo Simao, Executive Director of the Joaquim Chissano Foundation and former Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Chissano on February 19. Simao denied press reports of any splintering within ruling party Frelimo, predicted the imm [...]	2009-02-27 11:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EPET MZ
09MAPUTO321	PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE, PKOS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one February 26 meeting with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana, the Charge pressed the GRM to remain engaged in Zimbabwe's political challenges and to move quickly to participate in peacekeeping operations (PKOs). Sumbana reiterated Mozambique's support in b [...]	2009-02-27 12:10:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ ZI
09MAPUTO340	MOZAMBIQUE EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maputo requests an Embassy Science Fellow to work with the Government of Mozambique (GRM),to prepare a report on the status of agricultural business and processes in Mozambique and an implementation plan for advancement of agriculture in Mozambique. END SUMMARY 2. Emb [...]	2009-03-06 09:45:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA MZ
09MAPUTO381	PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT MOZAMBIQUE'S ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, President Guebuza summoned the Charge to discuss the potential impact of the financial crisis on Mozambique, raising particular concerns about the effect of slowing economic growth on poverty reduction. Guebuza recently created a ministerial working group to discuss [...]	2009-03-18 17:05:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON MZ
09MAPUTO391	CHOLERA RIOTS, PRISON DEATHS, AND CIVIL UNREST IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17, thirteen Mozambicans died in a police cell in the district police command of Mogincual, Nampula Province, of asphyxia and suffocation, according to Mozambican Police (PRM) reports of autopsy results. The detained persons were kept in a 4 by 2 meter cell with little [...]	2009-03-19 17:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI TBIO SENV KCRM KTIP PHUM ASEC
09MAPUTO41	MOZAMBIQUE -- CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The GRM has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but does not have a regulatory body specifically devoted to chil [...]	2009-01-16 10:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MZ
09MAPUTO490	OPPOSITION LEADER DAVIZ SIMANGO: A STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, Charge and P/E Chief met with leader of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) Daviz Simango to discuss his recent trip to Portugal, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as his future plans in this election year. As Simango develops his politi [...]	2009-04-17 09:34:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO493	NEW LABOR LAWS DISSUADE FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2008, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) passed into law new regulations establishing quotas on foreign employees for businesses operating in Mozambique. Minister of Labor Helena Taipo has begun an active campaign of enforcement which particularly impacts foreign co [...]	2009-04-20 09:49:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL ELAB MZ
09MAPUTO498	INDIA-MOZAMBIQUE RELATIONS FOCUS ON ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February, Foreign Minister Baloi visited New Delhi to sign a bilateral investment agreement with India, and in April, the Mozambican Tax Authority and its Indian counterpart initialed a draft double taxation agreement. These Government-to-Government meetings mark the most rec [...]	2009-04-21 11:12:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EINV MZ IN
09MAPUTO507	MAPUTO UNPREPARED TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) This cable represents the first in a series of innovative collaboration in environment/science reporting between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria ESTH Officer and Maputo Economic/Commercial officer visited environment and science projects in Niassa, Sofala and Cabo Delgado [...]	2009-04-22 08:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI MZ
09MAPUTO513	GOVERNMENT INCREASINGLY SENSITIVE ABOUT DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires met with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana recently to discuss democracy and governance issues. Responding strongly, Sumbana denied that FRELIMO intentionally dominates the political landscape limiting opposition politics, press freedom, and economi [...]	2009-04-23 08:24:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV EAID KPAO PHUM KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO521	FAMOUS AUTHOR PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF ENVIROMENTAL [...] (SBU) This cable represents the third in a series of innovative collaboration in environment/science reporting between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria ESTH Officer and Maputo Economic/Commercial officer visited environment and science projects in Niassa, Sofala and Cabo Delgad [...]	2009-04-27 10:36:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV MZ
09MAPUTO536	HUMANITARIAN DEMINING IN MOZAMBIQUE MAKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mozambique, once one of the most heavily mined-countries in the world, is making excellent progress towards its stated goal of being mine-impact free by 2014. USG and other nations provide substantial financial support for demining efforts. Humanitarian demining has received top [...]	2009-05-04 08:06:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHDP PGOV PREL ECON MASS EAGR KPKO MZ
09MAPUTO54	MAPUTO'S PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Maputo requests funding from the FY 2009 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund to bring two subject matter experts to Mozambique to meet with regulators, academia, consumers, and legislators on currently relevant topics such as risk assessments, field trial management, labeli [...]	2009-01-21 11:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO KPAO MZ
09MAPUTO611	FRELIMO MAVERICKS CONCERNED ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the end of Guebuza's first five years in office, little has been done about corruption. Insiders from the ruling Frelimo party have voiced concern about the corrupt practices of the party's leadership, and say that narco-traffickers and money launderers have infiltrated the [...]	2009-05-28 13:11:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCOR KDEM KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR MZ
09MAPUTO624	DEATH, DISEASE AND ABUSE: PRISON CONDITIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff recently joined representatives from the EU Human Rights group, including Sweden, Portugal, and Norway, on a mission to Tete Province to visit the Provincial Prison and meet with representatives from local authorities, civil society, and the prisoners. Tete Provincial Pri [...]	2009-06-03 12:11:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO MZ
09MAPUTO626	FOREIGN MINISTER ON LABOR ISSUES AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing problems associated with obtaining work authorizations for USG-supported health programs received prominent press attention in recent weeks, prompting unhelpful rhetoric from the Labor Minister. While traveling with President Armando Guebueza on his "Open Presidency [...]	2009-06-03 16:16:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EINV EAID ASEC MZ
09MAPUTO634	AFRICOM COMMANDER VISITS MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 14-15 visit to Mozambique, General William "Kip" Ward, Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM),met with President Armando Guebuza, Minister of Defense Filipe Nhussi and other military officials, as well as members of the diplomatic community, to discuss Mozambiqu [...]	2009-06-04 12:37:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO65	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be a potential investor,s primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and nor [...]	2009-01-22 14:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MZ
09MAPUTO655	MOZAMBIQUE: FY2008 SPECIAL SELF-HELP (SSH) STATUS [...] SUMMARY: This cable is a status report for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) in Mozambique for FY08. The Embassy chose seven projects for funding according to SSH selection criteria and Mission objectives. Examples of projects include construction of a computer lab/library, r [...]	2009-06-11 15:28:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN MZ
09MAPUTO656	OPPOSITION LEADER SIMANGO ATTACKED [...] SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST: (C) On June 9, assailants attempted to attack Daviz Simango, leader of opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM),while he was campaigning in the northern port city of Nacala. Soon after, leader of Renamo opposition party Afonso Dhlakama, who happened t [...]	2009-06-11 16:05:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO657	MOZAMBIQUE MEDIA REACTION TO POTUS CAIRO SPEECH [...] One week after the President's "A New Beginning" speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, Mozambican press is still digesting his words and the implications for Muslims and U.S. policy. While all coverage has been positive, praising the President for his boldness, his eloquence and his depth of [...]	2009-06-12 05:33:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO677	REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: [...] 787/06/T012 2. 06/23/09 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. National Directorate of Water Att: Head of Water Resources Management Department Av. 25 de Setembro, 942 Q 11th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 312 568/9 Fax: (258 2 [...]	2009-06-24 05:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON MZ
09MAPUTO678	REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: NACALA [...] 787/06/T013 2. 06/23/09 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Adminstracao Nacional de Estradas Av. de Mocambique, 1225 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 476 163/7 Fax: (258 21) 475 862 E-mail: nnunes@ane.gov.mz -------------------------- [...]	2009-06-24 05:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON MZ
09MAPUTO713	RISING CONCERNS ABOUT NARCOTRAFFICKING AND MONEY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Large-scale narcotics shipments pass through Mozambique, taking advantage of a vast and lightly guarded coastline. Money laundering may be increasing. Narcotraffickers in the country have connections to South Asia, and some appear to have links to the ruling Frelimo party and t [...]	2009-07-01 04:55:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR EFIN KCOR PTER PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO725	OCTOBER ELECTIONS AND THE SHRINKING DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are indications that the GRM is using all means available, legal and surreptitious, to ensure a successful Frelimo outcome in the October 28 national elections. Multiple sources suggest that the GRM may be tampering with voter registration, using government resources for [...]	2009-07-01 15:19:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPAO MZ
09MAPUTO778	HOW COULD FRELIMO LOSE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] (S//NF) Post believes long-time ruling party FRELIMO is poised to do well in the October 28 presidential and parliamentary elections. Nevertheless, the emergence of a significant new opposition political party and growing popular discontent in Mozambique have caused some to think the unthink [...]	2009-07-13 16:15:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO797	GROWING CORRUPTION AND WEAK GOVERNANCE IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five years ago, President Guebuza was elected into office on a platform of promoting human rights and democracy while fighting poverty, corruption, and crime. In the run-up to the October 28 national elections, a series of reports on Governance and Corruption in Mozambique from [...]	2009-07-17 06:16:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET	KCOR KDEM SNAR KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV AMGT PTER
09MAPUTO8	USAID/MOZAMBIQUE RECOMMENDS SUPPORT TO [...] SUMMARY: THE RAINS HAVE COME LATE IN CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PREVIOUS AGRICULTURAL SEASON (2007-08) ALSO EXPERIENCED A POOR RAINY SEASON IN THIS PART OF MOZAMBIQUE AND PRODUCED SIGNIFICANTLY DEPRESSED CROP YIELDS. AS A RESULT, MOZAMBICANS IN MOST OF TETE PROVINCE AND THE NORT [...]	2009-01-06 10:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT MZ
09MAPUTO874	CHARGE MARKS 25 YERAS OF USG AID; MEETS MANICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge's recent trip to Manica Province, located along the border with Zimbabwe, was the second in a series of visits planned to all of Mozambique's provinces to highlight USG funding successes. In a two-day visit, the Charge reviewed health and orphanage facilities supp [...]	2009-08-04 08:01:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL MZ
09MAPUTO896	ONE-STOP BORDER: PROJECT BETWEEN MOZAMBIQUE AND S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with officials at the Government of Mozambique (GRM) on May 28 and the South African Revenue Service on July 2 to discuss the status of a joint one-stop border project between Mozambique and South Africa. Plans to create a 24-hour, one-stop border were signed in 20 [...]	2009-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EINT PGOV ETRD MZ SF
09MAPUTO968	ILLICIT DIAMOND TRADE: FROM ZIMBABWE TO MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs traveled to Manica to investigate rumors of rampant diamond smuggling from Zimbabwe. Open borders and corrupt government officials make trafficking in goods and people easy, and poloffs found evidence of both. In response to Ref A, Charge met with Minister of Natural Re [...]	2009-08-31 12:12:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON EMIN PREF PHUM SMIG MZ ZI
09MAPUTO980	BUSINESS COMMUNTITY PROTESTS PORT CARGO SCANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2005, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) awarded a 20-year concession to Kudumba Investments to provide an integrated border and cargo security solution. The concession is based on the principle of "build, operate, and transfer" that requires no capital outlay from the GRM. [...]	2009-09-02 13:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EINT PGOV EWWT PREL ETRD MZ SF
09MAPUTO981	MADAGASCAR TALKS: LOCAL REACTIONS TO MAPUTO II [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 1 and 2, Charge and poloff met separately with the French Charge Gilles Petit de la Villeon and former Mozambican Foreign Minister (and current Executive Director of the Chissano Foundation) Leonardo Simao in an effort to get local reactions to the failed Maputo [...]	2009-09-02 15:25:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MZ MA
09MAPUTO983	MAPUTO PORT BRINGS COMPETITION...AND CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Mozambique (GRM) entered into partnership with private investors to revitalize and increase port and rail infrastructure capacity, which was long-neglected during the civil war. Econoffs met with GRM and private sector representatives to discuss progress with [...]	2009-09-03 11:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCOR EINV EWWT PGOV MZ SF
09MAPUTO984	Municipality Approves Chancery Street Closure [...] (SBU) The Charge met with the President of the Maputo Municipal Council (Mayor equivalent) David Simango on August 28 to discuss the longstanding Embassy request to close the public street which dissects Embassy Maputo, comprised of a cluster of converted residences. The Charge observed that [...]	2009-09-03 12:33:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL MZ
09MARSEILLE5	MONACO REACHES OUT ON TAX HAVEN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) On March 30, Monaco's Minister of State (Prime Minister-equivalent) Jean-Paul Proust telephoned CG. Proust said he wanted to pass the message that the Government of Monaco is fully engaged with the EU on "tax haven" matters already, but they are also fully disposed to engage on this issu [...]	2009-03-30 14:22:00	Consulate Marseille	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09MASERU100	LESOTHO: BETTER WORK THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] The U.S Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs is considering implementing a program to address worker rights through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has trade preference programs. The proposed project would focus on compliance with core labo [...]	2009-04-17 07:33:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON LT
09MASERU109	PRIME MINISTER SURVIVES APPARENT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) In the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 22, there was an apparent attempt on the life of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, whose residence borders Ambassador Nolan's residence. Despite heavy gunfire at the residence for approximately 30 minutes, the Prime Minister was unharmed. Leso [...]	2009-04-22 11:33:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV CASC LT
09MASERU111	GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, SEVERAL [...] Following yesterday's attempted assassination of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili (reftel),the local situation is calm and quiet, with the city conducting business as usual. The Prime Minister is attending a sod-turning at a bridge construction site today in Qacha's Nek, in the far eastern [...]	2009-04-23 12:35:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC LT
09MASERU123	POLITICIAN'S SHOOTING UNRELATED TO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] A member of parliament (MP) representing the National Independent Party (NIP),Dominic Motikoe, was shot and killed by the husband of another NIP member and fellow MP, `Mamotonosi Nkhahle. The fatal shooting took place Monday, April 27, 2009, in Maputsoe, about 90 kilometers from Maseru. Acc [...]	2009-04-29 09:21:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV LT
09MASERU125	POLITICIAN'S SHOOTING UNRELATED TO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] A member of parliament (MP) representing the National Independent Party (NIP),Dominic Motikoe, was shot and killed by the husband of another NIP member and fellow MP, `Mamotonosi Nkhahle. The fatal shooting took place Monday, April 27, 2009, in Maputsoe, about 90 kilometers from Maseru. Acc [...]	2009-04-29 14:21:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV LT
09MASERU129	LESOTHO'S NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE NAMES ASSASSINATION [...] (C) On Wednesday, April 29, Lesotho's National Security Service (NSS) allowed post's RSO to read a classified NSS document stating that they have identified the mastermind behind the April 22 attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister. According to NSS information, local businessman Jersey Ra [...]	2009-04-30 14:12:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC LT
09MASERU136	LESOTHO: MURMURS OF AN IMMINENT CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] The tranquility that Lesotho politicians enjoyed in recent months was marred by violence on April 22, when attacks on the Prime Minister's official residence and on military barracks were carried out by gunmen (refs A and B). These attacks have come amidst growing speculation in the local medi [...]	2009-05-06 11:15:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU141	LESOTHO: NSS UPDATES ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Sources within the National Security Service (NSS) provided the Embassy with an update on the investigations into the recent assassination attempt of the Prime Minister (reftel). According to the NSS Director of External Operations, the South African Police Service (SAPS) informed them o [...]	2009-05-07 13:48:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV LT
09MASERU142	LESOTHO: FORMER POLITICAL REFUGEES GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Three Lesotho nationals who fled Lesotho in July 2007 held a press conference on Monday, May 4, 2009, two months after their return to Lesotho from South Africa. The LDF had detained the men in 2007 in connection with the search for army rifles which had been forcibly taken from military guar [...]	2009-05-07 15:07:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV LT
09MASERU15	LESOTHO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors well. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is primarily channeled into export-or [...]	2009-01-20 07:16:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR KTDB OPIC LT
09MASERU153	LESOTHO: RELATIONS DETERIORATE BETWEEN THE LAW SOCIETY AND [...] The Law Society of Lesotho (equivalent to the American Bar Association),convened a press conference on April 17, 2009, to announce the establishment of a "commission of inquiry on the root causes of the current unsatisfactory state of the administration of justice in Lesotho". The decision b [...]	2009-05-18 10:30:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM LT
09MASERU154	LESOTHO: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTERVIEW REVEALS ORGANIZED [...] (U) In preparation for the International Religious Freedom report, Poloff has been visiting and speaking to representatives of different faiths in Maseru. On Tuesday, May 5, Poloff interviewed prominent local businessman and member of the Muslim community, Ashraf Abubaker. Abubaker is a trust [...]	2009-05-18 10:31:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SF LT
09MASERU158	ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: SOUTH AFRICA CONFIRMS ARREST OF [...] (SBU) In a conversation with Ambassador Nolan, the South African High Commissioner confirmed local press reports that South African police have arrested Makotoko Lerotholi in connection with the ongoing investigation into the April 22 attempted assassination of Lesotho's prime minister. Leroth [...]	2009-05-19 14:02:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC LT
09MASERU165	ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: MEDIA REVIEW [...] In the May 14-20 issue of "The Monitor" weekly newspaper, a well-respected local columnist asks the question: "Is Lesotho a fertile breeding ground for international terrorism?" His points echo some of the Embassy's own concerns about security in the country, most forcefully brought to light [...]	2009-05-22 19:33:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC LT
09MASERU186	MASERU RESPONSE TO OBO BUDGET CALL FOR M&I REQUIREMENTS [...] Post Name: Maseru PROJECT #1 2. Requirement: Management Officer's Residence (MOR) security upgrade 3. Post plans to replace existing chain-link fence surrounding MOR (a USG-owned residence) with a wall which is up to area security standards. 4. Post rating: Critical 5. [...]	2009-06-09 09:11:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT ASEC CMGT AFIN ABUD LT
09MASERU194	ALLOCATION OF PARLIAMENTARY SEATS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE [...] In the aftermath of the April 22 attacks in Maseru (ref A),GOL authorities and members of the security establishment have asserted that the situation is back to normal. However, in recent days the issue of allocation of proportional seats in the National Assembly has resurfaced. This thorny [...]	2009-06-15 10:33:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV LT
09MASERU215	LESOTHO: NEW TWIST IN THE CALL FOR MINISTERS TO BE FIRED [...] Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) Youth League members allegedly wrote a letter, dated June 6, 2009, which urged the Prime Minister to fire some cabinet ministers for incompetence. The letter has sparked controversy, as some sources accuse Mothetjoa Metsing, the Minister of Communications (w [...]	2009-06-30 08:36:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU222	SUSPECT IN THE APRIL ATTACKS IN LESOTHO SET FREE IN SOUTH [...] In a move that surprised many people in the capital Maseru, the weekly Lesotho Times issue of July 2 revealed that the South African authorities had released Makotoko "Mashai" Lerotholi from the custody of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS). According to the Lesotho Mounted Police Service [...]	2009-07-06 15:37:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU231	2007 ELECTIONS: SADC-SPONSORED DIALOGUE ENDS IN STALEMATE [...] (U) Sir Ketumile Masire, former president of Botswana, returned to Maseru on July 8 to present his final report on the SADC-sponsored political dialogue to address concerns following the 2007 parliamentary elections. Masire's report gives a brief history of the dialogue process, which starte [...]	2009-07-10 11:17:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LT
09MASERU240	INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION ANTICIPATES HURDLES, [...] SUMMARY: In their July 14 meeting, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) and Limakatso Mokhothu, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),discussed challenges facing Lesotho as it prepares for the 2010 local government elections. Other topics of discussion focused on the Masire report [...]	2009-07-16 10:14:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU241	OPPOSITION PARTIES ISSUE TWO WEEK DEADLINE TO IEC [...] (U) Summary: A group of 10 opposition parties held a press conference at the Basotho National Party (BNP) headquarters on July 16. Representatives of the parties read a prepared statement and answered questions from the media and the public, urging the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to [...]	2009-07-16 14:19:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV LT
09MASERU243	OPPOSITION COMMITS TO PEACEFUL STAYAWAYS, ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader and head of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) Tom Thabane told CDA that he and his party members were committed to peaceful stayaways beginning August 3. He does admit that there is a possibility of violence if the government cracks down during the stayaway per [...]	2009-07-21 15:20:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LT
09MASERU251	OPPOSITION PARTY REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION TO RESOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with the leader of opposition party Marematlou Freedom party (MFP),Senator Vincent Malebo, on July 22, 2009. After discussing the governing party's manipulation of the electoral model in the 2007 national elections and the stay away planned to start August 3, Malebo cal [...]	2009-07-27 08:27:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LT
09MASERU257	LESOTHO'S 2007 ELECTION DISPUTE: MEDIA REVIEW [...] The dispute between the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and major opposition parties over the allocation of proportional seats in parliament continues to dominate news. Both print and electronic media have given this burning issue of parliamentary seats headline coverage in the [...]	2009-07-29 08:46:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU261	ELECTIONS DISPUTE: LCD "WANTS TO TALK," BUT ABOUT WHAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 30 meeting with CDA, Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa elaborated on points made at a July 29 press conference by the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD),stating that the government wants to talk to the opposition parties to find a resolution to the current im [...]	2009-07-30 15:11:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LT
09MASERU265	PARTIES AGREE TO TALK AMID QUIET START TO THE STAY AWAY [...] SUMMARY: Monday morning was unusually quiet in Maseru on August 3, the first day of the general strike called by the opposition parties to protest the allocation of proportional representation seats in parliament following the 2007 national election. Some taxis were running, but streets were [...]	2009-08-03 11:19:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV CASC LT
09MASERU266	MASERU STILL CALM AS TALKS POSTPONED BY ONE DAY [...] SUMMARY: The city of Maseru continues to operate on the second day of the strike, with buses, taxis and private vehicles running at a slow start, but close to normal operation by midday. The GOL will meet with opposition party leaders on Wednesday, August 5, to discuss the dispute called by the [...]	2009-08-04 11:34:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PGOV ASEC LT
09MASERU269	STAY AWAY CALLED OFF AS TALKS OPEN TODAY [...] (U) Tom Thabane, leader of Lesotho's largest opposition party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC),announced on August 4 that the stay away called for by a group of opposition parties had been called off. Thabane stated that the decision was made to end the general strike in order to facilitate [...]	2009-08-05 08:36:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV LT
09MASERU271	ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: ALLEGED MASTERMIND ARRESTED IN SOUTH [...] South African press are reporting that Jesse Ramakatane, alleged mastermind of the April 22 attempted assassination of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, was arrested in South Africa in connection with the investigation into the attack. He appeared in court in Bethlehem, Free State, South Afr [...]	2009-08-06 14:40:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU272	ELECTION DISPUTE: PARTIES SET AGENDA TO GUIDE LOCAL TALKS [...] Representatives of all political parties and the Independent Election Committee met on August 5 to begin talks around contentious issues related to the 2007 elections. In a meeting hosted at the local UNDP offices, the stakeholders agreed to accept retired local Anglican Bishop Phillip Mokuku [...]	2009-08-06 15:02:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU290	2007 ELECTIONS DISPUTE: POLITICAL DIALOGUE POSTPONED [...] Multi-party talks on the dispute over the allocation of proportional representation seats following the 2007 national elections began on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, as scheduled. The Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) Mediation Panel met with representatives of Lesotho's political parties at t [...]	2009-08-21 11:40:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU316	FIRST H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN MASERU [...] The Director of Lesotho's Disease Control Office of the Ministry of Health publicly confirmed five cases of H1N1 in Maseru during a televised interview on Lesotho TV on the evening of September 3, 2009. The five are all resident in urban Maseru and sought treatment at local health facilities. [...]	2009-09-04 10:56:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED KFLU AMGT PGOV LT
09MASERU330	FOREIGN MINISTER'S TOUR D'HORIZON DOES NOT INCLUDE AU CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rob Nolan was invited by Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa to a meeting which resulted in a tour d'horizon discussion of the key issues in Lesotho's current political arena. Tsekoa stated that the government of Lesotho (GOL) is bringing together a commission of internati [...]	2009-09-14 15:32:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD LT

09MASERU337	FRAUD SUMMARY-MASERU [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 11:14:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LT
09MASERU361	LESOTHO: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Per reftel's request, post submits the following information for the annual AGOA eligibility review. 2. Country: Lesotho Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: The Kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked Southern African nation with a population of approximately [...]	2009-10-09 09:16:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM LT
09MASERU373	PROJECT #XJ-RY-0093 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU [...] Maseru is pleased to report the following OBO-funded 7902 project was completed in October 24, 2008. 2. Project Name: Canteen Renovations 3. Project Description: Renovation of existing open-air gazebo to a partially enclosed canteen (on three sides),to include bui [...]	2009-10-21 16:56:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT
09MASERU374	PROJECT #XJ-RY-0095 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU [...] The following OBO-funded 7902 project was completed October 16, 2009. 2. Project Name: Maseru Stairs & Toilet 3. Project Description: Installation of a platform lift, reconfiguration of Chancery main door (to accommodate a wheelchair),and expansion of bathroom to [...]	2009-10-21 17:01:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT
09MASERU375	PROJECT #XJ-RY-0094 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU [...] The following OBO-funded 7902 project was completed on January 30, 2009. 2. Project Name: GSO Cabana Renovations Project 3. Project Description: Reconfiguration of GSO Cabana to improve space efficiencies and create two new offices (partitioning/electrical/plumbing [...]	2009-10-21 17:10:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT
09MASERU376	LESOTHO POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] The following is a selection of issues generating interest and debate in Lesotho's current political scene. Contents include: - Status of talks on the allocation of parliamentary seats - Alleged attacker in PM's assassination attempt dies - Public reaction to the controversial Land Bill - [...]	2009-10-22 07:20:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL LT
09MASERU378	LESOTHO: UNIVERSITY STRIKE LEAVES SEVERAL STUDENTS INJURED [...] According to Embassy sources and local media, National University of Lesotho (NUL) students rioted on Thursday, October 22, damaging university property; burning tires; and putting up barricades at campus gates. The riots occurred after students learned that allowances for books, food, and acc [...]	2009-10-23 11:07:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV CASC LT
09MASERU380	SADC ORGAN TROIKA ASSESSES STATUS OF 2007 ELECTION DISPUTE [...] The SADC Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security Cooperation sent the current leadership Troika to Lesotho for its initial review of the status of the dispute over the distribution of parliamentary seats in the 2007 election (reftel). Foreign Ministers from Mozambique, the current Organ cha [...]	2009-10-27 08:43:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU382	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TO RESUME CLASSES NEXT WEEK [...] SUMMARY: Following Thursday's riots at National University of Lesotho (NUL),the atmosphere around the city of Roma and on campus is now calm and quiet. Students were evacuated from campus over the weekend and those reported injured have since been released from the hospital. End Summary. 2 [...]	2009-10-27 13:29:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV CASC LT
09MASERU388	MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER VOICES CONCERN ABOUT LAND BILL [...] On Wednesday, October 28, Ambassador Rob Nolan met with the main opposition party leader, Tom Thabane, at the Embassy. The meeting's primary purpose was to clarify Thabane's opinion on the U.S. stance concerning the controversial Land Bill (ref A). According to Thabane, the ruling party has be [...]	2009-11-03 09:05:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LT
09MASERU389	UNIVERSITY LECTURES RESUME AFTER DEADLY STRIKE [...] Lectures at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) resumed on November 2, almost two weeks after the deadly strike, after the Acting Vice Chancellor addressed students (reftels). Foreign students are reported to have returned to campus on Saturday, October 30. The University Senate establish [...]	2009-11-03 13:21:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV LT
09MASERU390	VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 15:22:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC LT
09MASERU396	FOREIGN MINISTER PLEASED WITH MCC SCORECARD AND EFFORTS ON [...] Summary: On November 2, Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa welcomed Ambassador Rob Nolan, DCM Elizabeth Power, and Dr. Gene MacDonald, Resident Country Director for MCC-Lesotho, for a warm conversation that focused on MCC issues; he was pleased with Lesotho's results in the MCC scorecard, encour [...]	2009-11-05 18:22:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KMCA LT
09MASERU397	PROJECT #XJ-RY-0098 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU [...] Subject OBO-funded 7902 project was completed on November 5, 2009. 2. Project Name: Warehouse Foundation Repair Project 3. Project Description: Replace sub-standard filling beneath surface bed of warehouse. 4. Project Number: XJ-RY-0098 5. O [...]	2009-11-09 11:43:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT
09MASERU401	FIRST NIV FRAUD CASE FOR EMBASSY MASERU [...] (SBU) Summary: Visa application from a third country national claiming to be a Lesotho citizen confirms rumored corruption within the office of Lesotho Passport Services. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On September 14, 2009, an individual of Indian descent claiming to be a Lesotho national, appli [...]	2009-11-12 15:27:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD ASEC CVIS CMGT LT
09MASERU414	DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS' CONSULTATIVE FORUM BRIEFED BY IMF [...] (U) On Tuesday, November 17, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted the Development Partners' Consultative Forum (DP CF) briefing by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission on Article IV consultations. The IMF expects Lesotho's economic growth to be around 1.5% in 2009. [...]	2009-11-23 15:03:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN LT
09MASERU422	VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 17:42:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC LT
09MASERU445	LESOTHO: HOMOSEXUALITY NOT LEGISLATED, BUT CULTURAL TABOOS [...] Lesotho has no anti-gay specific laws on the books, nor is there any movement at the moment to introduce a bill in parliament that would make homosexuality illegal. There is a law against sodomy, but all cases so far have involved adults abusing children. There is no evidence that this law is [...]	2009-12-28 14:34:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV LT
09MASERU448	LESOTHO: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and views FDI as a means to drive growth, improve international competitiveness, and obtain access to foreign markets. Virtually all business sect [...]	2009-12-31 08:46:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LT
09MATAMOROS18	PUSHING THE TOURIST ECONOMY IN NORTHERN MEXICO: IS IT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 16:30:00	Consulate Matamoros	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ECON ELAB MX PGOV
09MATAMOROS67	MATAMOROS EAC CONVENES TO DISCUSS SWINE FLU OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) On April 27, 2009, Consul General Cecilia Elizondo-Herrera convened post's Emergency Action Committee to discuss reftel and post's response to the swine flu outbreak. In attendance were CG, MGT, IPO, RSO, and CONS Chief. 2. (U) Local media are reporting that there has bee [...]	2009-04-28 00:08:00	Consulate Matamoros	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MBABANE149	SWAZI FM REQUESTS COMMITMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Swazi Foreign Minister Lutfo Dlamini stated that the current Swazi position on Madagascar was "basically" in accord with the urgent demarche (reftel B),but that for progress to be made toward the holding of elections, two initial issues must be resolved: (a) Funding for elections [...]	2009-06-19 09:16:00	Embassy Mbabane	CONFIDENTIAL	IO MA PGOV PK WZ
09MBABANE171	MBABANE: INVITATION TO MINISTERS OF AGOA-ELIGIBLE [...] Letters of Invitation to the August 4-6, 2009, AGOA Forum to take place in Nairobi, Kenya, were delivered to the following Ministers of the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS): The Honorable Mr. Lutfo Dlamini Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation The Honorabl [...]	2009-07-21 14:49:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ZW
09MBABANE197	SWAZILAND TIER 3 TIP REASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: The government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS) has made significant and substantial progress in addressing human trafficking since the 2009 TIP report was published 90 days ago. It has moved forward on all of the items recommended in Swaziland's Tier 3 Action Plan. Swazi official [...]	2009-08-20 05:39:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG WZ
09MBABANE22	ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PROMISE DISREGARDED [...] SUMMARY: On January 22 local media reported Minister of Education and Training Wilson Ntshangase saying that his ministry doesn't know when it will enact free primary education. The constitution mandates free primary education in 2009. The Ministry issued a statement saying a shortage of te [...]	2009-01-23 08:13:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM WZ
09MBABANE273	SWAZILAND 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country Background Summary: Swaziland is a small, land-locked country with one of the most limited economies in southern Africa. Its predominately young and rural population is beset by many challenges; foremost among them are widespread poverty and unemployment, along with one of the highest [...]	2009-10-13 04:30:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM WZ
09MBABANE280	TAIWAN'S STOCK IS STILL HIGH IN SWAZILAND [...] (SBU) Taiwan's recently arrived ambassador to Swaziland, Peter M. Y. Tsai, told the Ambassador October 17 that his country continued to enjoy excellent relations with the Kingdom of Swaziland. Against the backdrop of the World Food Day and World Poverty Day commemorations in Lavumisa, Swazila [...]	2009-10-19 15:10:00	Embassy Mbabane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PINR SZ TW
09MBABANE286	THE KING'S ECONOMY - CELL PHONE BUSINESS BENDS TO ROYAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal politics and King Mswati's business interests appear to have caused the ouster of Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) CEO Tebogo Mogapi and halted parastatal Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) from selling the MTN shares it owns to raise money for a Next [...]	2009-10-28 06:07:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV PGOV WZ SF
09MBABANE300	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Socio-Political Analyst Vulindlela Kunene. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no immediate response to the U.S. position. Post will inform State and the USUN Mission of any future substantive feedback. MORRISO [...]	2009-11-05 04:45:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL WZ
09MBABANE308	ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION GAINING STEAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 10, Ambassador Irving and PolOff met with Anti-Corruption Commissioner Justice H.M Mtegha and Deputy Commissioner Tebogo Fruhwith to discuss the Commission's work and good governance in Swaziland. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been in operation with a comm [...]	2009-11-12 07:23:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM WZ
09MBABANE309	SWAZI FOREIGN MINISTER SUGGESTS SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Swaziland's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Lutfo E. Dlamini, told Ambassador that he recommended a summit on Zimbabwe to King Mswati III by the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense and Security. He and his troika counterparts judged that only at that [...]	2009-11-12 08:07:00	Embassy Mbabane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL WZ ZI SF SADC
09MBABANE310	SWAZILAND'S POPULATION GROWTH APPROACHES ZERO; GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released some figures from the final 2007 Population and Housing Census report, indicating a Swaziland population of 1,018,449, compared with 980,727 in 1997. The anemic population increase of 37,722 people over ten years represents a growth r [...]	2009-11-12 08:52:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KHIV PINS WZ
09MBABANE313	SWAZILAND 2009 INTERIM TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Since the June 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, the Government of Swaziland has made substantial progress in addressing human trafficking. GKOS has acknowledged it did not take TIP seriously until this year, and therefore many initiatives to prosecute and punish traffickers [...]	2009-11-16 12:58:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG WZ
09MBABANE314	SWAZILAND PASSES COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW [...] SUMMARY: Capping months of meetings and focus on trafficking in persons, King Mswati III has assented to the 2009 People Trafficking and People Smuggling Prohibition Act, passed by the Senate and House in October. The law is expected to be published in the government gazette within the next f [...]	2009-11-16 13:04:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PGOV PHUM WZ
09MBABANE331	SWAZILAND: SADC'S IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Clifford Mamba told the Ambassador on December 10 that he doubts the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will take further action on Zimbabwe following the expiration of the Maputo communique's 30-day deadline for making progress on t [...]	2009-12-10 10:15:00	Embassy Mbabane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC PINR ZI WZ
09MBABANE353	AU PEACE AND SECURITY RETREAT ON UNCONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) held a retreat from December 17-19 in Mbabane, Swaziland, and drafted a framework on AU response to unconstitutional change of government. The framework reportedly is proceeding through the AU's cataloguing process before rele [...]	2009-12-28 10:28:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AU PREL XA GU MA WZ
09MBABANE354	SWAZI SOCIETAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GAYS AND LESBIANS [...] Legal Status: British colonial era legislation against sodomy remains on the books, but post contacts knew of no cases where it had been used to arrest homosexuals. Early versions of the proposed Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence bill, which has been before Parliament since at least 2006, [...]	2009-12-29 14:29:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV WZ
09MBABANE36	UPDATE ON SWAZI-EU EPANEGOTIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Government of te Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS) is expected to sign the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) sometime in February. Swaziland has been in negotiations with the EU since November 2007, after the GKOS initialed an interim EPA. The [...]	2009-02-17 02:55:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WZ
09MBABANE52	HIV PREVALENCE RATE IN SWAZILAND SAMPLE RISES, BUT [...] SUMMARY: On February 24th at a national public forum, Swaziland's Minister of Health Benedict Xaba released findings of the latest HIV Sentinel Surveillance Survey of a sample of pregnant women presenting at health clinics around the country. The late 2008 survey data show that HIV prevalenc [...]	2009-03-03 13:28:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KTIP WZ
09MBABANE6	SWAZILAND OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL [...] The following comprises Post Mbabane's submission for the 2009 OSAC Crime and Safety Report, based on the REFTEL: I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: A. The Department of State has designated Swaziland as a Critical Threat Crime Post. Criminals consider Mbabane, the capital city, and [...]	2009-01-08 09:58:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC
09MBABANE67	FRUITFUL DIALOGUE BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND PM [...] SUMMARY: On March 6, Ambassador Parker met with Swazi Prime Minister (PM) Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini. Discussion included: Ambassador Parker's impending departure from Swaziland; the 2008 Human Rights Report; current international perspective towards the government of the Kingdom of Swaziland [...]	2009-03-13 02:51:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID WZ
09MBABANE82	SWAZI BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information: --- The government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS) is receiving FY09 funded assistance. --- The GKOS does make its budget publicly available. --- Incomes and expenditures are included in the publicly available budget. [...]	2009-03-30 14:27:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON WZ
09MBABANE83	SEC WORKS WITH SWAZI CENTRAL BANK [...] SUMMARY: On March 17 - 19, two Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials, funded by USAID, participated in a regulatory workshop on Ponzi and pyramid schemes, sponsored by the IMF and hosted by the Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS). The conference convened working level bank officials f [...]	2009-03-30 14:59:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV WZ
09MBABANE85	EFFECTS OF WORLD ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON SWAZILAND'S INSULATED [...] SUMMARY. Swaziland's financial market, fairly insulated from the global banking crisis, has kept banks that operate in Swaziland safe. Swaziland's small domestic market makes it heavily dependent on sugar exports and exports to the South African market. This vulnerability to commodities pricing [...]	2009-03-31 07:34:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN WZ
09MBABANE86	SADC SUSPENDS MADAGASCAR, CONTEMPLATES ZIMBABWE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 30, ten Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State met in Swaziland for an Extraordinary Summit to discuss the coup d'etat of former Madagascar President Ravalomanana and a 10 Billion USD Short-Term Emergency Recovery Program (STERP) for Zimbabwe. SADC s [...]	2009-03-31 14:12:00	Embassy Mbabane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC KDEM AU WZ ZI
09MELBOURNE17	Cool Weather Eases Heat Threat in Victoria & South [...] (SBU) Cooler temperatures in Victoria have eased the burden of last week's heat wave (reftel). Though damage has been substantial, brushfires have been brought largely under control and the state's emergency response services are holding up well in the face of increased human health demands. [...]	2009-02-02 05:44:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ENRG AS
09MELBOURNE18	Terror Trial: Benbrika Faces 15 Years in Jail [...] (SBU) Abdul Nacer Benbrika and six accomplices convicted of terror related charges in September were sentenced on February 3 to jail terms ranging from six to 15 years. Public reaction to the sentencing has been negligible, with many Muslim communities seeking to distance themselves from Benbr [...]	2009-02-04 00:47:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KVPR AS
09MELBOURNE2	Tasmania: Controversial Pulp Mill Granted Extension [...] (SBU) On January 5, federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett granted Gunns Ltd an additional 26 months to overcome ecosystem concerns surrounding its Tasmanian pulp mill. While financing the A$2.2 billion (US$1.57 billion) project is likely to be the more significant obstacle, the extension [...]	2009-01-06 03:29:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV AS
09MELBOURNE20	Catastrophic Fires Claim 130+ Lives in Victoria [...] (SBU) Brush fires ignited by record temperatures on February 7 are being labeled as the "worst natural disaster in Australian history." At least 130 people have been killed, over 750 homes have been destroyed, and nearly one million acres have burned. Officials expect these numbers to jump sh [...]	2009-02-09 05:07:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ENRG CASC AS
09MELBOURNE21	AUSTRALIAN FIRES CONTINUE AS AFTERMATH LOOMS [...] (SBU) Australia's deadliest wild fire in memory continues to burn in many parts of Victoria. While most of these fires are under control at the moment, higher winds and temperatures are expected by the end of the week. The official death toll for the blazes has reached at least 173 and offici [...]	2009-02-10 04:49:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE23	FIRES CONTINUE AS 60 U.S. FIRE EXPERTS PREPARE FOR [...] (SBU) The impact of Australia's deadliest natural disaster continues to be felt as the death toll from Saturday's inferno climbs to 181 with more victims expected to be discovered. Twenty-three major fires remain burning, but no new deaths have been reported. The Victorian government has reque [...]	2009-02-11 05:34:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE24	FAVORABLE WEATHER AIDS FIREFIGHTERS [...] (SBU) Fire crews are making progress against the 20 active blazes in Victoria, though they expect less favorable weather by February 18. The death toll for Saturday's blazes stands at 181. Post has not received reports of any U.S. citizens injured or killed in the fires. While some parts of [...]	2009-02-12 05:38:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE25	FIRES: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FRONT; US FIREFIGHTERS EN [...] (SBU) Consul General traveled to the Whittlesea staging ground northeast of Melbourne on February 13. According to firefighters, the weekend will be critical as favorable weather conditions will continue to assist crews facing ongoing fires, none of which appear to be immediately life-threaten [...]	2009-02-13 05:59:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE28	US WILDFIRE EXPERTS ARRIVE IN MELBOURNE [...] (SBU) A team of 60 U.S. wild fire personnel arrived in Melbourne on February 15 and were met by Consul General and Victorian officials. The arrival received wide media coverage. Six large fires continue to burn, and while they have not crossed containment lines, the blazes continue to threate [...]	2009-02-17 05:53:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE31	DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. FIRE EXPERTS GENERATES GOODWILL [...] (SBU) The deployment of 60 U.S. wildfire experts to Victoria has been well received by locals as well as the media. U.S. firefighters are deployed in four locations throughout the state as five major fires continue to burn, though none of the fires present an immediate threat to lives or prope [...]	2009-02-20 04:55:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE33	VICTORIA ILL PREPARED FOR TERROR ATTACKS? [...] (C/NF) Victoria's Inspector General released an audit in mid-January criticizing the state government's preparation for a potential terrorist attack. The report found that a lack of cooperation between police and government agencies and a confusing tangle of legislation may slow the state's r [...]	2009-02-26 22:14:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE34	VICTORIA BRACES FOR MORE FIRES [...] (SBU) Hot weather and high winds on February 27 threaten to spread the five major ongoing fires facing emergency personnel in Victoria. The state is taking precautionary measures by advising against unnecessary travel and closing schools. Charge visited the Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) [...]	2009-02-27 02:14:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE38	Business Leaders: We're Only at the Beginning of the [...] (SBU) During a series of meetings in Melbourne on March 11, business and political leaders told Charge that the Australian economy is only experiencing the early effects of the global slowdown. Rio Tinto's Managing Director predicts a rough ride for commodities until late 2010 and ANZ's deputy [...]	2009-03-17 02:37:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE6	Anti-Israel Protests in Melbourne and Adelaide [...] (SBU) Melbourne-based "Women for Peace" intends to hold a small vigil in front of the consulate building on January 9 to protest events in Gaza. So far, protesters have organized four rallies elsewhere in Melbourne and Adelaide over the past ten days condemning Israeli airstrikes and ground at [...]	2009-01-08 04:15:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL IS AS
09MELBOURNE66	BHP PREVIEWS SCUTTLING OF CHINESE INVESTMENT [...] (C/NF) According to its CEO Marius Kloppers, BHP Billiton played a role in quashing Chinalco's bid to invest $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto. This meeting took place one day prior to Rio Tinto's decision to walk away from the Chinalco deal (septel from Embassy). BHP, however, still has its eye on [...]	2009-06-05 05:16:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND ECON ETRD EINV CH AS
09MELBOURNE69	BIOGRAPHY - BILL SHORTEN MP [...] (C/NF) Consul General met with Melbourne-based Member of Parliament Bill Shorten, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction. Widely touted as a future Prime Minister, we provide bio notes on this young, ambitious Parliamentarian. End summary. [...]	2009-06-12 05:08:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE87	BIO NOTES - RICHARD MARLES, MP [...] (SBU) Consul General met with Richard Marles, federal Member for Corio and Australia's new Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry on July 13. A rising star in the Australian Labor Party (ALP),we provide bio notes on this recently promoted Parliamentarian. End summary. Bio Not [...]	2009-07-27 03:53:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE90	4 ARRESTED IN MORNING TERROR RAIDS ACROSS VICTORIA [...] (SBU) Four men were arrested and 19 homes were raided in Victoria this morning by federal and state police as a result of an ongoing terror investigation. The four men were allegedly planning suicide attacks against Australian targets. Victorian Chief of Police Simon Overland praised the effor [...]	2009-08-05 07:19:00	Consulate Melbourne	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PREL AS
09MELBOURNE93	4 ARRESTED IN MORNING TERROR RAIDS ACROSS VICTORIA [...] (SBU) Four men were arrested and 19 homes were raided in Victoria this morning by federal and state police as a result of an ongoing terror investigation. The four men were allegedly planning suicide attacks against Australian targets. Victorian Chief of Police Simon Overland praised the effor [...]	2009-08-08 05:21:00	Consulate Melbourne	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PVPR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE94	TERROR SUSPECTS CHARGED IN COURT [...] (SBU) Following the August 4 terror arrests in Melbourne (Ref. A),five men have been charged with conspiring to prepare a terrorist act. Melbourne's Muslim communities are bracing for public backlash in the wake of the arrests, but there have been no confirmed incidents to date. While the a [...]	2009-08-08 05:47:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PINR PREL KVPR AS
09MELBOURNE95	RIGHT OF CENTER UNIONS DOMINATE IN VICTORIA [...] (C/NF) Unionized workers represent almost twenty percent of the Australian workforce, yet hold disproportionate political influence in federal and Victorian politics. Victorian right-of-center unions maintain a powerful sway over federal and state Ministers by engaging in backroom diplomacy, f [...]	2009-08-12 03:56:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE97	BUSHFIRE ROYAL COMMISSION INTERIM REPORT RELEASED [...] (SBU) A Royal Commission into the deadly February 7 wild fires which cost 173 lives released its interim report on August 17. We provide a snapshot of key recommendations. The Victorian government has informed post that it will likely ask for another U.S. wild fire liaison officer to facilita [...]	2009-08-19 01:08:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MERIDA133	SPIKE IN H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES IN YUCATAN RAISES MILD [...] (U) Summary: Confirmed cases of H1N1 in the State of Yucatan are increasing but the public remains largely unconcerned. Some local officials speculate that the rise in cases is due to respiratory problems caused by seasonal rains. Others argue that lax testing methods concealed the true [...]	2009-07-20 19:59:00	Consulate Merida	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09MERIDA30	2009 YUCATAN OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation: Crime Threats The Yucatan Peninsula has not suffered the same level of escalating violence seen in other parts of Mexico. However in 2008 there were some high profile criminal acts that served as a reminder that the Yucatan is part of the nationwide n [...]	2009-01-30 11:22:00	Consulate Merida	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC MX
09MEXICO1	GOM Views on Next Steps in Regional Precursor Control [...] (SBU) Summary: Nadia Levy-Popp, Director of Precursor Chemicals in PGR/SIEDO, recently shared with Emboffs a report that reviews the status of precursor controls in Central America (below). Levy-Popp stressed the importance of training to the development of new precursor regimes in Central Ame [...]	2009-01-02 14:48:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1006	MEXICAN BUDGET AND INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The access to information law passed in 2002 represents a vital element of the country's democratic transition and set a new international standard for transparency legislation. The new budget and fiscal accountability law passed in 2006 also represented a considerable improv [...]	2009-04-07 16:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MX
09MEXICO1020	THREE CONGRESSIONAL CHAIRMAN BRING MESSAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Chair of the House Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence (HPSCI),joined by Rep. Ike Skelton, Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Howard Berman, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, visited Mexico March 26-27 to convey a message of supp [...]	2009-04-08 13:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MX
09MEXICO1081	IP VIOLATORS AND MEXICO'S COMPLICATED PARDONER'S TALE [...] (SBU) Summary: PGR has expressed its frustration over the recent pardons by two rightholders of IP violators. At first glance, its concern is valid - if PGR is to bring IP violators to justice, it needs the support of the rightholder. However, although the first rightholder recanted and wen [...]	2009-04-15 21:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO1145	Mexico Economic Weekly - April 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-04-23 13:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1171	SITREP 1 - SWINE FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a precaution, Mexican authorities closed schools and other public institutions in the Federal District and State of Mexico April 24, 2009 as officials announced an outbreak of the H1N1 strain of "swine flu". At the invitation of the GOM, two CDC officials will travel to Mex [...]	2009-04-25 02:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1172	SITREP 2 - SWINE FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- The GOM announced April 25 that schools will remain closed until May 6 in Federal District, State of Mexico and San Luis Potosi. The Ministry of Health reported that a total of 81 deaths (to date only 20 have been confirmed HINI related) and 1324 cases of suspe [...]	2009-04-27 01:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC CVIS ECON KSCA MX TBIO
09MEXICO1173	SITREP 3 - SWINE FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- In a nationwide address, President Calderon asked the public to remain calm, comply with government recommendations on public gatherings and suggested measures to prevent transmission of the virus. The GOM is still analyzing data and has not made an assessment on h [...]	2009-04-27 13:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC CVIS ECON KSCA MX TBIO
09MEXICO1185	SITREP 4 - Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico City [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- The GOM announced that schools across Mexico will remain closed until May 6. Mission Mexico decided to suspend all non-essential public services at Embassy Mexico and the nine Consulates until May 6. The EACs decided on April 27 to defer all non-essential TDY [...]	2009-04-28 16:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1191	UNITED STEETWORKERS UNION HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUING [...] SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton,s recent visit to Mexico prompted the US president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW) to write to her on behalf of Mexico,s National Miners Union (SNTMMSRM). The letter, which received extensive media coverage, highlighted various aspects of the long running dis [...]	2009-04-28 20:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON AFL CIO PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO1192	EPR MEDIATION TALKS DISSOLVE [...] (U) Summary. On 21 April, the Mediation Commission (COMED) that had the role of mediator for dialogue between the EPR and the Mexican Government formally removed itself from any future exchanges. The COMED was composed of civil society representatives that had been identified by the EPR la [...]	2009-04-28 22:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER MX
09MEXICO1194	SITREP 5 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: ------------------- April 28 estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases and deaths remain unchanged from April 27. On April 28, 2009, the Mayor of Mexico City ordered the closure of all establishments where large numbers of the public gather until May 6, including restaurants, bars, di [...]	2009-04-29 05:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1209	SITREP 6 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 29 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases rose to 99, with eight cases resulting in death. Additionally, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that non-critical federal government offices will close from May 1 thru May 5. Essential government services will [...]	2009-04-30 17:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1226	SITREP 7 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 30 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases and deaths rose to 260 cases, including 12 deaths. On April 30, the Embassy issued an updated warden statement and announced that Mission operations will be closed on May 4, 2009. This closure complies with the GOM's [...]	2009-05-01 19:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1227	SITREP 7 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 30 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases and deaths rose to 260 cases, including 12 deaths. On April 30, the Embassy issued an updated warden statement and announced that Mission operations will be closed on May 4, 2009. This closure complies with the GOM' [...]	2009-05-01 19:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1228	SITREP 7 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 30 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases and deaths rose to 260 cases, including 12 deaths. On April 30, the Embassy issued an updated warden statement and announced that Mission operations will be closed on May 4, 2009. This closure complies with the GOM' [...]	2009-05-01 19:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1229	SITREP 8 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- At a press conference on May 1, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that the GOM has confirmed 358 cases of H1N1 and 15 deaths. The GOM will process 500 additional cases in its labs today. Embassy Mexico will be open for normal business on May 6, but has sus [...]	2009-05-02 18:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1233	SITREP 9 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- Secretary of Health Cordova announced that the GOM had confirmed 443 cases of H1N1 and 16 fatalities as of the morning of 2 May. President Calderon and Mayor Ebrard registered encouragement at what they viewed as a positive turn in statistics. The U.S. and Mexican [...]	2009-05-03 18:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1234	SITREP 9 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- Secretary of Health Cordova announced that the GOM had confirmed 443 cases of H1N1 and 16 fatalities as of the morning of 2 May. President Calderon and Mayor Ebrard registered encouragement at what they viewed as a positive turn in statistics. The U.S. and Mexican [...]	2009-05-03 18:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1235	SITREP 10 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- On the morning of May 3, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that the GOM had confirmed 506 cases of H1N1 and 19 fatalities. He stressed that Mexico had not ignored warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible outbreak, but had responded in a [...]	2009-05-03 22:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1236	SITREP 11 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The Minister of Health announced May 4 that the number of new H1N1 cases has declined and that there have been no new deaths. However, as Mexico clears a backlog of older H1N1 samples, the total number of confirmed cases has risen to 727 and deaths to 26. Mexica [...]	2009-05-05 00:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1237	SITREP 12 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- Mexico aimed for a return to normalcy on 5 May, with many re-openings scheduled for 6 May. The Secretary of Health put total confirmed H1N1 cases at 866 and confirmed deaths at 26. A chorus of indignation at discrimination against Mexicans abroad continued. The [...]	2009-05-06 01:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1247	PRI SLOW TO FIRE UP CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. Popular support for the PRI has declined in recent weeks, and long-time PRI operative Carlos Flores Rico says the party's apparent losses in part result from a lack of electoral leadership from the PRI's federal level authorities and tardiness in developing its election campaign [...]	2009-05-06 22:17:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1250	SITREP 13 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The GOM announced that the number of confirmed H1N1 cases now stands at 1,112 including 42 fatalities. Most of the fatalities were registered in April as Mexico continues to clear a backlog of samples. Restaurants in Mexico City and throughout other parts of the c [...]	2009-05-07 02:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1260	H1N1 ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGE - BEST MEDICINE? [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to resuscitate an economy laid low by the flu, on May 5 the Mexican government unveiled a stimulus package totaling 18.8 billion pesos (USD 1.4 billion). As the hardest hit sectors, tourism and SMEs will be the main beneficiaries of the plan, although Mexico's pork [...]	2009-05-07 19:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1269	SITREP 14 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The GOM announced that the number of confirmed H1N1 cases now stands at 1,204 including 44 fatalities. The two additional fatalities were from analysis of backlogged samples. Mexico City reduced its alert level from orange to yellow which means that normal busines [...]	2009-05-08 13:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1276	H1N1 INFECTS MEXICAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Government of Mexico (GOM) generally got high marks for its response to the H1N1 flu outbreak, communication at times was lacking between federal and state health authorities, and in Mexico City the three main parties representing federal, state and local efforts ofte [...]	2009-05-11 13:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1277	SITREP 15 (FINAL) - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- Health Secretary Cordova announced in a May 8 press conference that the number of confirmed cases now stands at 1319 including 45 fatalities. 2. (U) FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -------------------------------------------- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Mexic [...]	2009-05-11 13:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1298	MORE HELP FOR MEXICO'S SME'S HIT HARD BY H1N1 [...] This is the second in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to criticism of last week's economic rescue package (see reftel) for businesses hurt by the influenza outbreak was met with mixed reviews, with many b [...]	2009-05-12 19:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1306	Mexico Economic Weekly - May 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-05-12 19:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1308	UNEVEN PROGRESS ON MEXICO'S SECURITY REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Mexico's Congress, in a burst of activity before the legislative session closed on April 30, approved a number of key security initiatives that had been left pending since the last session closed in December, including narcomenudeo, asset forfeiture, the Federal Police law, and t [...]	2009-05-12 21:44:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX

09MEXICO131	MEXICO CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MEETING BETWEEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mexican media reported extensively on the meeting between President-elect Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the Cultural Institute of Mexico January 12 in Washington. The press reported a positive, fluid dialogue between the two leaders on domestic and [...]	2009-01-20 13:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MX
09MEXICO1322	AIR TRANSPORT: FLU SPARES PASSENGERS, HITS FINANCES [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The transportation system in Mexico has withstood the H1N1 assault at its current intensity rather well. While fear of the influenza has subsided, the economi [...]	2009-05-13 20:48:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KFLU MX
09MEXICO1339	MEXICO'S FEDERAL POLICE TO RECEIVE A FACELIFT [...] (C) Summary. Mexico's Congress has passed a new Federal Police law, which will convert the Federal Preventive Police into the Federal Police with expanded investigative and intelligence authorities. The bill represents a compromise between President Calderon -- who had initially proposed to [...]	2009-05-14 23:52:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1344	RESPONSE UPDATE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (C) Below please find Post's updated responses regarding host government's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. The responses are keyed to the questions per reftel. All questions are included but only updated resp [...]	2009-05-15 21:15:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS ECON KVPR MX PGOV PINR PREL PTER
09MEXICO1428	Mexico Economic Weekly - May 22 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-05-23 18:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1490	FLU AND TOURISM: WHEN WILL MEXICO REBOUND? [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. It incorporates reporting from across Mission Mexico. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The influenza epidemic struck a body blow to Mexico's number three income generator, tourism. Governme [...]	2009-05-30 00:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD KFLU MX
09MEXICO1544	MILITARY JURISDICTION OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (SBU) Summary. Concerned over the rise in human rights complaints against Mexico's military, a group of non-governmental organizations have appealed to Mexico's legal system as well as to international courts to secure the transfer of human rights cases involving military personnel from m [...]	2009-06-03 21:04:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1591	Mexico Economic Weekly - June 5 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-06-08 13:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO160	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO1630	PAN NARROWS GAP BUT STILL TRAILS PRI [...] (U) Summary. Mexico's governing National Action Party (PAN) has long trailed the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in polls tracking voters' preferences for the upcoming July 5 mid-term elections. More recently, though, polls have shown PAN narrowing the gap to 3-4 points with PAN's o [...]	2009-06-10 20:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR MX
09MEXICO1634	CONSENSUS ELUDES MEXICANS ON ABORTION [...] Unclassified - Entire text. 2. Summary: A little more than two years after Mexico City moved to liberalize abortion within the Federal District, the decision remains controversial. The public is split on the issue of whether a woman should be able to seek an abortion during the first [...]	2009-06-11 14:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO1667	MEXICO: LEGISLATIVE AND GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. As the July 5 legislative, state, and local elections near, the PRI continues to maintain a consistent lead over its closest rival, the PAN. The parties' official campaigns have been lackluster as they have they have sought to evade the stricter electoral code by using more unde [...]	2009-06-12 21:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1669	Mexico Economic Weekly - June 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-06-12 22:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1683	MEXICO,S NEW ELECTORAL REGIME PROVING DIFFICULT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In the run up to the first national elections since electoral reforms were passed in 2007, it is clear that the electoral regime crafted by ongress is butting up against Mexico,s political reality. Criticism of the law's inconsistencies abound, and the only question is whether [...]	2009-06-15 19:40:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1841	GOM FOCUSES ON MEXICO'S COMPETITIVENESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released "The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009," which provides a comprehensive overview of the country's current competitiveness and highlights Mexico's strengths and weaknesses. Ranked 60th in the Global Competitiveness Index 2008 [...]	2009-06-26 18:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
09MEXICO1845	NARCO-VIOLENCE SPIKES AGAIN [...] (SBU) Mexico's Attorney General's office has provided us figures on MexicoQ,s organized crime related death toll, which reached 3591 as of June 22. This is well on its way to matching or topping last year's record violence. Killings spiked considerably this month with nearly 200 narco-homic [...]	2009-06-26 18:20:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1862	Mexico Economic Weekly - June 26 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-06-29 16:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1890	MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY ON ROUGH ROAD, SEEKING ROADSIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the Obama Administration has acted firmly to aid the United States' beleaguered automotive industry, the Mexican auto manufacturers are looking askance at their own government's seemingly lackluster response. In separate conversations, representatives from Mexico's auto [...]	2009-06-30 21:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1894	MEXICAN RAILROAD COMPANIES DERAILED FROM MONOPOLISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 24, cargo railroad companies Ferromex and Ferrosur were found guilty of monopoly practices and slapped with the maximum fine allowed under Mexican law (roughly equal to US$ 6 million each) by Mexico's anti-trust watchdog agency, the Federal Competition Commission (CFC). [...]	2009-06-30 23:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1921	MEXICO - NOMINATION OF 2009 LABOR DIPLOMACY AWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 16:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB AMGT APER PHUM
09MEXICO193	THE BATTLE JOINED: NARCO VIOLENCE TRENDS IN 2008 [...] (C) 2008 set a new record for organized crime-related homicides with more than 6000 killings. Violence in Mexico suddenly provided fodder for U.S. and international media with commentators suggesting worse to come. While the death toll is already at disturbing levels, and there are no signs vi [...]	2009-01-23 23:12:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1947	TROUBLED PRD ENTERS FINAL STRETCH IN MID-TERM [...] (C) Summary: A campaign that started with a whimper is ending with groans as the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) winds up its elections activities before July 5 polling. In Michoacan, accusations that the government is using ongoing law enforcement operations to political advantage seem [...]	2009-07-02 21:21:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO195	Mexico Economic Weekly - January 23 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-01-23 23:49:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1961	EARLY RESULTS OF THE MEXICAN MIDTERM ELECTIONS: [...] (C) Summary. Early results of the July 5 midterm legislative and local elections indicate that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was the big winner and will supersede the ruling National Action Party (PAN) as the largest party in the 500 seat Chamber of Deputies. The final results [...]	2009-07-06 22:51:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1988	U.S. ARMY THINK TANK REPORT MAKES THE FRONT PAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. A Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) Report titled "Mexico's Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counter Drug Policy" made the front page of El Universal's July 5 Sunday edition. Although, the SSI report was published in May 2009, El Universal led with a headline suggesting that the U.S. [...]	2009-07-08 13:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1993	MEXICO'S PRI CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS AFTER ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) is now evaluating next steps and adapting its legislative approach to the new political reality following the July 5 elections. The party may be more proactive in shaping the congressional agenda and confronting the Calderon government [...]	2009-07-08 17:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2025	GUERRERO: INCREASINGLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary. At the invitation of the Peace Brigade International (PBI) and joined by representatives of the Canadian embassy, poloffs recently visited the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero. Poloffs spoke with indigenous rights groups and the State Human Rights Commission about what t [...]	2009-07-10 17:45:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO2038	Mexico Economic Weekly - July 10 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-07-13 19:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2039	LA FAMILIA CARTEL RETALIATES FOR ARREST OF [...] (SBU) Summary. On July, 11, Mexican Federal Police (SSP) arrested Arnold Rueda Media -- the fourth highest ranking member of the organized crime syndicate known as "La Familia" -- at a residence in Morelia, Michoacan in southern Mexico, approximately 120 miles west of Mexico City. When a [...]	2009-07-13 21:01:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2093	LA FAMILIA CONTINUES RAMPAGE IN MICHOACAN [...] (C) Summary: The Michoacan-based crime syndicate, "La Familia", has launched a sustained and deadly reprisal campaign against Mexican Law enforcement, unprecedented in its brutality. Per reftel, the attacks commenced in retaliation for the arrest of high ranking La Familia member Arnoldo Rued [...]	2009-07-17 19:46:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO212	MEXICO'S PRI JOCKEYS FOR JULY VOTE WITH AN EYE [...] (C) Summary. The Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) is confident six months out from the vote that it stands to make significant gains in July's federal legislative and gubernatorial elections, even as PRI luminaries approach the electoral contest with an eye toward the next presidential [...]	2009-01-26 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2133	DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MORTON MEETS GOM CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Department of Homeland Security Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton and Chief of Staff Suzie Barr met on July 13 with several Government of Mexico (GOM) cabinet members. He discussed issues ranging from crafting a high-level working group foc [...]	2009-07-21 21:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2134	DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MORTON MEETS GOM CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Department of Homeland Security Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton and Chief of Staff Suzie Barr met on July 13 with several Government of Mexico (GOM) cabinet members. He discussed issues ranging from crafting a high-level working group focused [...]	2009-07-21 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2150	MEXICO'S JUSTICE REFORM EFFORTS: THE [...] (C) Summary. One year after the signing of security and justice constitutional reforms, progress at the federal level in implementation has been highly uneven. The GOM has been quick to begin work on the security portions of the reform, seeking to expand police and investigative authority and [...]	2009-07-23 14:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2179	Mexico Economic Weekly - July 24 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-07-24 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2205	PUSHED BY HIGHER FOOD PRICES, POVERTY IS UP IN MEXICO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Rural and urban poverty have shown a significant uptick in Mexico since 2006, despite a general decline since 1992 and despite the economy's strong performance. According to semi-independent analysis based on official 2008 figures, poverty increased from 42.6% in 2006 to 47.4% in [...]	2009-07-27 18:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID SOCI PGOV MX
09MEXICO2234	POOR PERFORMANCE OF PT MEANS LUCIA MORETT FACES [...] (SBU) Summary. Wanted by Colombia and Ecuador for her connections to the FARC, Lucia Morett, a Mexican student from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM),did not win a plurinominal seat for the Chamber of Deputies and therefore will not have immunity to protect her from extrad [...]	2009-07-29 20:40:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2238	U.S. AND MEXICAN MILITARY COORDINATION ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Mexican military shies away from addressing human rights issues publicly, SEDENA has taken a number of steps to improve its record and promote human rights. The U.S. has contributed to these efforts through a number of programs to which the Mexican military has p [...]	2009-07-29 23:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2239	GREEN PARTY LOOKS TO CONSOLIDATE ELECTORAL GAINS [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) will look to consolidate significant gains it made in the July 5 midterm elections in a bid to expand its reach in 2012. Over the next three years in Congress, the party will endeavor to implement its campaign promises and push environmental legi [...]	2009-07-29 23:10:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2240	INITIAL TAKE ON CALDERON'S POLITICAL POSITIONING [...] (C) Summary. Since the July legislative elections, the Mexican media has painted a consistent picture of the results, touting them as a clear repudiation of Calderon's national security and economic policies. The media predicts that the PRI will be emboldened to reshape the national agenda, [...]	2009-07-29 23:10:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2244	MEXICO 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a. Claimants A b. 1975 c. The Claimants signed a profit-sharing contract with a sulfur company controlled by the GOM. The investors were to have received payments for the life of the contract, but, in fact, received nothing. In 1975, the sulfur company offered to settle the dispute. [...]	2009-07-30 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
09MEXICO2264	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Key Points --President Calderon remains committed to forging a legacy based on the rule of law, where Mexico's criminal organizations are severely diminished, and the benefits of Mexico's wealth and trade are more widely shared among its citizens. At the same time, he faces record leve [...]	2009-07-31 20:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUS PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2303	CANCELLATION OF TRUCKING PROGRAM HURTS U.S. EXPORTS TO MEXICO, ACCORDING TO NEW STUDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. exports sharply dropped among several of the 89 U.S. products on which the GOM imposed retaliatory tariffs in response to the cancellation of the U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Trucking Demonstration Project. According to a respected local trade consulting firm, exports to Mexic [...]	2009-08-04 21:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD NAFTA MX EAGR
09MEXICO2340	MEXICO'S PRI LOOKING TO REFORM STATE, LIMIT [...] (C) Summary. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) wants to shift the balance of power in Mexico's political system, with the goal of strengthening Congress vis-a-vis the Presidency and further empowering the states. The party can count on some support from the Revolutionary Democratic [...]	2009-08-07 00:08:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2342	MEXICAN GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO CIVIL SOCIETY ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Continuing to improve its dialogue with Mexican civil society on security issues and the Merida Initiative, the GOM convened on August 6 a second open attendance meeting with NGOs and civil society. The Secretariat of Government (SEGOB) and the Secretariat of Foreign Relations [...]	2009-08-07 17:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO240	DEATH PENALTY DEBATE ROILS MEXICAN POLITICAL CLASS [...] (C) Summary. Proposals to reinstate the death penalty in Mexico have sparked considerable debate within the country's political circles, with the National Action Party and the Revolutionary Democratic Party strongly opposed, the Revolutionary Institutional Party measuring the public mood, and [...]	2009-01-28 23:16:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2409	THE GOM'S SIDE OF THE STORY, HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Summary. Following the Embassy's visit to the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero last month to meet with human rights defenders (Reftel),Poloffs arranged meetings with the Secretary of Government (SEGOB) and the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP)'s Human Rights Directors to discuss [...]	2009-08-13 22:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO2445	TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVOIRS - A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual August 13 that the Mexican proposal to negotiate a bilateral treaty on trans-boundary reservoirs provides a window of opportunity for the US and Mexico to engage constructively on the sensitive topic of oil production. N [...]	2009-08-17 23:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2462	CBP HELPS TRANSFORM MEXICAN CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency is a natural partner with Mexican Customs (Aduanas). CBP plays an integral role in transforming Aduanas from a revenue collection agency to a law enforcement entity capable of preventing contraband from flowing across our common [...]	2009-08-19 21:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2463	CANADIAN INVESTIGATION OF BRAD WILL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Canadian investigators, one forensic pathologist and two retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeants, traveled to Mexico from July 7-20, 2009 to review the circumstances surrounding the homicide of Bradley Will and the subsequent PGR investigation. The investigation [...]	2009-08-19 21:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2473	SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ZETAS AND U.S. [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Since 1996, U.S. Embassy Mexico City has maintained an electronic database of all Mexican military trained with U.S. funds. These records show that the USG has trained nearly of 5,000 Mexican military personnel, including members of Mexico's Special Forces (GAFEs). Several promi [...]	2009-08-21 03:19:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM PINR SNAR MX
09MEXICO2483	CALDERON PLAYS TO DOMESTIC AUDIENCES IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon visited Colombia, Uruguay, and Brazil August 12-August 17 to advance economic and political interests. The Mexican press published flashy headlines from Calderon's stops in Colombia and Brazil -- one speaking to an ongoing bilateral program on security and an [...]	2009-08-21 18:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CO ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2519	Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-08-26 02:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2536	CONTROVERSY OVER THE RELEASE OF ACCUSED 1997 [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 12, the Mexican Supreme Court ordered the release of 20 individuals imprisoned for their involvement in the 1997 massacre in Chiapas that occurred at the height of the government's efforts to quell the violent Zapatista movement. The Court also ordered retrials for six [...]	2009-08-26 23:17:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO2537	MEXICO FACES BUDGET CHALLENGE; TAX HIKES, [...] (U) The Calderon administration faces a formidable challenge in preparing its 2010 budget. GDP contracted 10.3% in the second quarter of this year, the fourth consecutive quarter of decline. Weak tax collection, the recession, and low oil production, prices, and exports has created a 2.7% of [...]	2009-08-26 23:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2545	PRI,S CONGRESSIONAL SELECTION PROCESS REVEALS [...] (C) Summary. On August 25, the PRI selected Francisco Rojas to be coordinator of the party's Chamber of Deputies bloc. Backroom negotiations and factional bickering characterized the selection process, leading to cracks in what has otherwise been a fairly united public party facade. Rojas is [...]	2009-08-28 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2556	MEXICO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BE ON HIS WAY OUT [...] (C) Attorney General (PGR) Eduardo Medina Mora, oft-rumored to be up for replacement, appears to be on his way out of PGR. Marisela Morales Ibanez, head of the PGR's anti-organized crime unit, SIEDO, told a DOJ, ATF, and ICE delegation that the GOM will announce the change the week of August [...]	2009-08-28 16:17:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2574	WINNING OR ONE STEP BEHIND: GOM'S INTERDICTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While Mexican law enforcement officials have increased raids on the destruction of drug labs in recent months, the effort does not appear to be staunching the flow of drugs into the U.S. Instead, the raids have prompted producers to develop more creative manufacturing techniq [...]	2009-08-31 15:16:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2601	Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-08-31 23:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO262	Mexico Economic Weekly - January 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-01-29 20:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2636	CALDERON STANDS FIRM ON SECURITY, SETS AMBITIOUS [...] Summary: On September 2 the Ambassador attended President Calderon's third state of the union address at the National Palace. The President made the address at the most difficult point yet in his six year term with the country facing record levels of violence and the economy entrenched in [...]	2009-09-04 13:12:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2637	MEXICO: BUDGET, ECONOMIC ISSUES LIKELY TO DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary. The Mexican legislative session opened on September 1 with new players and a dramatically changed political landscape, following the July midterm elections. With the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) now the largest party in the lower house -- the PRI has 237 sea [...]	2009-09-04 13:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2656	MEXICAN INITIATIVES TO COMBAT TORTURE [...] In response to the request to report on country mechanisms to prevent torture and to protect victims (reftel),Post notes that Mexico ratified the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on January 23, 1986. Mexico also signed th [...]	2009-09-04 23:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN MX
09MEXICO2666	Mexico Economic Weekly - September 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-09-08 23:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2692	CANADIAN VISAS FOR MEXICANS, PART TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Canada's sudden imposition of a visa requirement for Mexican (and Czech) tourists on July 16, the Mexican government has countered only with a visa requirement for Canadian diplomats. Despite the initial visa backlog and outcry by the Mexican media that the requirement was [...]	2009-09-11 22:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ECON PGOV PREF MX CA
09MEXICO2701	MEXICO: CALDERON MEETS PRI RESISTANCE ON [...] (c) Summary: Following up his bold state of the Union message ref A),President Calderon announced several expected Cabinet changes, eliminated a number of government secretariats, and recommended a series of economic measures that presaged an imminent tough battle on the budget (septel). Whi [...]	2009-09-15 13:21:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO273	UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Action Request: See para. 1, 6. 2. Summary. Mexico's NGO community energetically contributed to the UN's upcoming review of Mexico's human rights record through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over 100 Mexican human rights NGOs collaborated in the preparation and submissio [...]	2009-01-30 21:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX
09MEXICO2746	Mexico Economic Weekly - September 18 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-09-18 22:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2749	MEXICO: MICHOACAN FACES TRIFECTA OF ECONOMIC, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff traveled to Morelia, Michoacan August 18-21 to assess the political, economic, and security environment in the state with a number of officials from the major political parties, the state government, non-government organizations, and the academic world. Michoacan is em [...]	2009-09-21 13:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID PHUM MX
09MEXICO2759	MEXICO: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL -- THE GOOD, THE BAD [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon's decision to replace Mexican Attorney General Medina Mora could have far-reaching consequences: on prospects for judicial reform; on the GOM's ability to manage human rights' criticism; and on our efforts to move forward on an expanded Merida agenda. Calderon [...]	2009-09-21 22:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
09MEXICO2766	YOUR MEETING WITH FM ESPINOSA AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Thanks to your leadership and the energy provided by the President's visit to Mexico in August we are off to a good start in broadening our discussion with Mexico on Merida and other priorities. President Calderon and his key civilian, military and security agency offici [...]	2009-09-23 19:21:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2776	SRE SUPPORTS U.S. DIALOGUE WITH SEDENA ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 9, the Ambassador joined a visiting DRL delegation led by Senior Advisor (SA) Michael Kozak for part of a bilateral discussion on multilateral human rights issues at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE). The U.S. side raised the issues of human rights i [...]	2009-09-24 19:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO2778	A LOOK AT MEXICO STATE, POTEMKIN VILLAGE STYLE [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Toluca, the capital of Mexico State (Estado de Mexico - Edomex) and headquarters for popular Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) Governor Enrique Pena Nieto, on September 10-11 for what turned out to be two highly-orchestrated days of meetings with state o [...]	2009-09-24 21:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2780	EMBASSY ENGAGES CIVIL SOCIETY ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with representatives from Mexico's leading human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs),the Ambassador proposed a regular dialogue focused on an agenda that would address recurrent issues, seek to build confidence, and promote transparency on an agreed list o [...]	2009-09-24 22:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2784	Mexico Economic Weekly - September 25 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-09-25 13:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2832	THE GOM'S 2010 REVENUE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Fiscal reform has become a critical element in addressing the GOM's 2010 budget shortfall, resulting from plunging revenues (due to falling oil production/prices and economic recession),and public expenditure that grew in tandem with skyrocketing oil prices from 2002-08 (see re [...]	2009-09-30 15:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV
09MEXICO2847	IPR CUSTOMS TRAINING ADVANCES IN MANZANILLO [...] (SBU) The Embassy, together with the Department of Justice and the Mexican Customs Administration (Aduanas),held a four-day training seminar on criminal enforcement and detecting, detaining, and deterring the importation of pirated and counterfeit goods for Mexican customs and law enforcemen [...]	2009-10-01 17:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON SNAR MX
09MEXICO2865	TENSIONS BETWEEN GOM AND ELECTRICITY UNION ESCALATE [...] (C) Martin Esparza, leader of the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME),the radical union that runs state owned electricity company Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC),threatened together with other unions to take a series of actions if the GOM does not recognize Esparza as legitimate leader [...]	2009-10-03 01:21:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB ENRG MX PGOV
09MEXICO288	OBAMA-CALDERON MEETING RAISES EVENTUAL POSSIBILITY [...] Summary: As noted in reftel, the January 12 meeting between then President-elect Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon generated extensive coverage and commentary in Mexico,s national media. A significant portion of this media coverage focused on NAFTA and President Calderon,s oppositi [...]	2009-02-04 18:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SENV PGOV PINR CEC KSTT MX
09MEXICO2885	Mexico Economic Weekly - October 02 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-10-05 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2891	MEXICO'S TAKE ON USG'S UNGA 64 GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche on UNGA to a variety of interlocutors from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE),receiving the most detailed response on disarmament, climate change, human rights, and civilian post-conflict response. The GOM will engage actively with part [...]	2009-10-06 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PREL UNGA PINR
09MEXICO2995	CHICONTEPEC - WHO IS IN CHARGE OF MEXICAN HYDROCARBONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Juan Carlos Zepeda, head of Mexico's newly created National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH),said that the press misquoted him last week as ordering PEMEX to stop drilling in Chicontepec. However, Zepeda is clearly unhappy with Pemex's current production policy in Chicontepec an [...]	2009-10-16 22:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2996	Mexico Economic Weekly - October 16 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-10-16 22:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO30	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]	2009-01-07 19:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO3002	PRISON REPATRIATIONS TO MEXICO: REQUEST FOR DHS GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The repatriation to Mexico of Mexican nationals currently incarcerated in California penal facilities has lately taken a prominent place in talks with GOM officials at the federal, state, and local levels. The directors for Me [...]	2009-10-19 17:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI MX
09MEXICO3010	2010 GOM BUDGET: OPPOSITION REJECTS AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Facing an October 20 deadline to approve the GOM's 2010 proposed revenue bill, PRI leaders, governors, and lawmakers met on October 12 to coordinate a consensus on the budget. According to local press reports, PRI lawmakers revealed that they will reject the GOM's 2% anti-pover [...]	2009-10-19 18:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV
09MEXICO3044	Mexico Seeks to Coordinate H1N1 Vaccine [...] This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Health Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos requested a meeting with the Ambassador on October 16 to ask that the United States consider coordinating with Mexico on the delivery of 5 million doses of H1N1 vaccine from the United States. [...]	2009-10-21 21:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAID MX
09MEXICO3053	TREASURY A/S COHEN AND GOM OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary. On October 1, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC) David S. Cohen met with Government of Mexico (GOM) officials in Mexico City, Mexico to discuss the collaboration between the GOM and U.S. Treasury on joint efforts to target the finances [...]	2009-10-23 17:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV
09MEXICO3091	MEXICO CITY FRAUD SUMMARY FOR MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Mexico City's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) was substantially reorganized this reporting period. In August the new Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) assumed responsibility for coordinating fraud prevention programs throughout Mexico, and the deputy FPM took primary responsibility for man [...]	2009-10-27 22:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09MEXICO3094	Mexico Economic Weekly - October 23 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-10-27 23:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3098	US - MEXICO REVIEW SEISMIC; DISCUSS GOM PROPOSAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: US and Mexican officials held the fourth in a series of formal consultations under Articles 4 and 5 of the Western Gap Treaty October 19 in Villahermosa, Mexico. In reviewing Mexican seismic data, USDEL found promising structures on the Mexican side of the boundary as well as p [...]	2009-10-28 16:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO310	LEGISLATIVE SESSION OPENS, ALL EYES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Mexico's three largest political parties have developed action plans for the Congress' final legislative session. Each of the parties is looking not only to pass necessary economic and security measures, but also to use the session as an integrated part of their campaigns as they [...]	2009-02-05 23:20:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO3108	MEXICO ARMS TRAFFICKING: INFORMATION SHARING AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Disrupting the flow of weapons into and throughout Mexico is the goal of the U.S.-Mexican bilateral arms trafficking implementation working group GC Armas. Our success will hinge on the joint collection of information on confiscated weapons together with the ability to trace [...]	2009-10-28 23:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO3110	SENATE TAKES UP 2010, WITH SENATORS DIVIDED OVER PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. As rating companies quietly consider downgrading Mexican debt, the Senate has now noisily taken up the Revenue Bill that the Chamber of Deputies amended and approved October 20. The Chamber had watered down the GOM's original proposal of modifying tax rates and tax laws design [...]	2009-10-29 00:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3120	Mexico Economic Weekly - October 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-10-30 17:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3161	UN/MEXICO: GOM WILL SUPPORT ARAB PROPOSAL ON [...] Poloff delivered demarche points in reftel A, emphasizing that, while the USG fully supported full investigations of all allegations of human rights violations during the Gaza conflict, we could not support an unbalanced resolution that focused entirely on the actions of Israel. Poloff stresse [...]	2009-11-05 20:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MX PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KPAL ISPL PL
09MEXICO3172	MEXICAN SENATE CHOOSES FRONT-RUNNER TO HEAD HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mexican Senate's confirmation, on November 5, of Raul Plasencia Villanueva as the new President of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) is a welcome leadership change that could herald a more activist and transparent era for an important state-sponsored advocate [...]	2009-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO3173	VERACRUZ: ALL EYES ON 2010 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff traveled to Veracruz State in early October to meet with state officials, opposition politicians, and civil society representatives to discuss local conditions in the run-up to state governor and local congressional elections next year. The major parties are already in ful [...]	2009-11-09 17:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3174	OAXACA: STATE ELECTORAL POLITICS WITH NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Oaxaca State October 14-16 to meet with a variety of local political leaders, government officials, and civil society representatives. Local elections in Oaxaca next year have caught the attention of national party leadership, with more at stake than the gov [...]	2009-11-09 18:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3175	MEXICO: OHCHR REPORT HIGHLIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS' [...] (C) Summary: The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on October 13 that expressed serious concerns about threats faced by human rights activists in the country. The report speaks to 128 cases of aggression against human rights defenders, including ten homicides. [...]	2009-11-09 18:49:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX

09MEXICO3186	Mexico Economic Weekly - November 6 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-11-09 22:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3195	MEXICO: MORE INTERAGENCY COOPERATION NEEDED ON [...] (S/NF) Summary. President Calderon's security strategy lacks an effective intelligence apparatus to produce high quality information and targeted operations. Embassy officers working with the GOM report that Mexico's use of strategic and tactical intelligence is fractured, ad hoc, and reliant [...]	2009-11-10 00:13:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3199	ESPARZA'S LAST STAND? NATIONAL STRIKE LIKELY TO FAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The battle between the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) and the federal government over the shut-down of Mexican electricity company, Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC),is dwindling in Mexico City. Former SME leader, Martin Esparza, is mobilizing as many allies and arguments [...]	2009-11-10 16:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PREL PGOV MX
09MEXICO3200	ESPARZA'S LAST STAND? NATIONAL STRIKE LIKELY TO FAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The battle between the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) and the federal government over the shut-down of Mexican electricity company, Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC),is dwindling in Mexico City. Former SME leader, Martin Esparza, is mobilizing as many allies and arguments [...]	2009-11-10 16:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PREL PGOV MX
09MEXICO3208	MEXICO: SAN PEDRO MAYOR DISAVOWS VIGILANTISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Mauricio Fernandez Garza, newly elected mayor in the Monterrey municipality of San Pedro, recently implicated himself in possible extralegal activities when he made public statements concerning the killing of suspected narco-traffickers several hours before their bodies were di [...]	2009-11-12 13:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SNAR MX
09MEXICO3222	SECRETARY KESSEL DISCUSSES BILATERAL ENERGY COOPERATON; [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual November 5 that she was pleased with progress made at the October 19 trans-boundary energy reservoir meeting in Villahermosa and welcomed news that the USG seeks to extend the moratorium in the Western Gap. Kessel welcom [...]	2009-11-12 22:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3260	DRUGS AND DOWNTURN ON THE BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the governors of Baja California and Chihuahua, the mayors of Matamoros, Tijuana, and Ciudad Juarez, military and civil security force commanders, maquila managers, non-governmental organizations, community activists, drug clinic doctors, renewable energy [...]	2009-11-17 23:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON KCRM MX
09MEXICO33	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]	2009-01-07 19:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO3311	Mexico Economic Weekly - November 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-11-23 18:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3322	RECENT IPR ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSES IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Two recent successes in Mexican IPR enforcement efforts warrant highlighting in a front-channel cable. Mexican customs officials who attended a training program organized by the Embassy in Manzanillo in early September have since employed the detection techniques learned and have detaine [...]	2009-11-23 23:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON SNAR MX
09MEXICO3357	GOM PROPOSES TRADE ON IMO ELECTION [...] (SBU) Post sent a dipnote and aide-memoire October 14 requesting GOM support for USG candidacy in Category "A" of the International Maritime Council election. Before sending the dipnote, Poloff also spoke regarding this candidacy with Dulce Maria Valle, SRE Deputy General of Specialized Inter [...]	2009-11-25 20:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MX AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK PREL
09MEXICO3371	RESULTS OF SME NATIONAL PROTEST: HOW WILL IT END? [...] (SBU) Summary: The much anticipated Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) national protest took place as planned on November 11, causing significant traffic complications in the Mexico City area. Sympathizers demonstrated in around 25 states with activities and participation ranging from im [...]	2009-11-30 18:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PREL PGOV MX
09MEXICO3378	PORTAL DETECTION AT MANZANILLO, MEXICO (FALSE ALERT) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A neutron alarm recorded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) equipment in Manzanillo on 24 October appears to have been a false alert. Under the Megaports Initiative, DOE is installing radiation portal monitors (RPM) at the four Mexican seaports of Veracruz and Altamira on the Gu [...]	2009-12-01 16:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER PREL ASEC PINR MX
09MEXICO3382	CONGRESS APPROVES 2010 SPENDING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 17, the Mexican Congress approved the 2010 budget, voting 437-25 to pass the spending bill, which includes MX$3.18 trillion (US$244 billion) in outlays. The budget for 2010 implies a deficit of 0.75% of GDP excluding debt from state oil monopoly Pemex, but with Pe [...]	2009-12-01 20:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3400	MEXICAN RESPONSE TO RESULTS OF OCTOBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy called on the Director General of Enforcement at PROFEPA (Mexican Federal Agency for Environmental Law Enforcement) and on the Fisheries Commissioner in CONAPESCA (Mexican Fisheries Commission) with the results of the TEDs verification visit made to ports in the Gulf s [...]	2009-12-02 23:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS ETRD MX
09MEXICO3403	FEW TANGIBLE TAKEAWAYS FROM NATIONAL PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. President Calderon at the November 26 meeting of the National Public Security System highlighted GOM accomplishments in overcoming Mexico's security challenges and took heat from local and state governments for not affording them sufficient resources to effectively deal with thei [...]	2009-12-04 00:19:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3418	Mexico Economic Weekly - December 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-12-04 20:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3443	DEPSEC LEW STRESSES USG COMMITMENT TO COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary Lew uQ his visit to Mexico November 22-24 to stress to the GOM and Mexican civil society the USGQs commitment to Mexico as it takes on organized crime and builds stronger law enforcement institutions. Lew underscored the importance of observing human rights as [...]	2009-12-07 23:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO3450	SUPREME COURT DECLARES OAXACA GOVERNOR VIOLATED [...] Summary: After two years of review, the Mexican Supreme Court announced on Oct. 14 that serious human rights abuses occurred in the state of Oaxaca after a 2006 teacher's strike led to violent unrest. The Court specifically held Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz and a number of top state security off [...]	2009-12-08 17:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3455	U/S OTERO LEADS USG TO HRC "REFLECTION GROUP" [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico and France hosted a meeting in Mexico City October 29-30 on strengthening the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and to discuss the 2011 Review of its mandate by the General Assembly. A hand-selected group of HRC Member States, representing its five regional grou [...]	2009-12-09 13:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MX PHUM PINR PREL PGOV
09MEXICO3468	SSP TO REPLACE MILITARY AS PRIMARY SECURITY PLAYER [...] (C) Summary. President Calderon will likely decide this week to make the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) the primary public security authority in Ciudad Juarez and return the military (SEDENA) to a more traditional, supporting role. Calderon's security team is proceeding under the assumptio [...]	2009-12-10 01:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO348	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO BY CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) On behalf of Mission Mexico, I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and, in particular, our appreciation for President Calderon's demonstrated leadership in the area of security. Committed [...]	2009-02-06 22:44:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO3486	BANK GOVERNOR APPOINTMENT SPARKS CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] Summary. (U) On December 9, President Calderon nominated Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens as the country's new central bank governor (Banxico). Carstens, whose nomination still needs to be ratified by the Senate, will replace Guillermo Ortiz who finishes his second six-year term at the end [...]	2009-12-11 13:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3494	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT TO THE [...] (C) Your visit comes at a key moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico and to provide guidance and support to the GOM as it makes a crucial move to address the worsening security environment in Ciudad Juarez. Any day, President Calderon is expected to make the Publ [...]	2009-12-11 16:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3504	MEXICO: VISIT OF A/S VALENZUELA (DEC 06-08) [...] (SBU) Summary: During his two day visit to Mexico (Dec 6-8),A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with senior Mexican officials including key counterparts from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Governance, Federal Police and several key economic ministries. A visit to several Federal Police installation [...]	2009-12-14 16:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MASS ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO3557	CALDERON'S REFORM PROPOSALS: THE POTENTIAL AND THE [...] (C) Summary. President Calderon has taken few concrete steps over the last several months on the ambitious ten-point reform agenda he laid down in September. He has walked back on most of his proposals, except for a bold initiative on political reform that would establish new rule for the poli [...]	2009-12-16 03:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3573	MEXICAN NAVY OPERATION NETS DRUG KINGPIN ARTURO [...] (S) Summary. Mexican Navy forces acting on U.S. information killed Arturo Beltran Leyva in an operation on December 16, the highest-level takedown of a cartel figure under the Calderon administration. The operation is a clear victory for the Mexican Government and an example of excellent USG-GOM co [...]	2009-12-17 20:42:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3626	PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON AIR INTERDICTION AGREEMENTS [...] Summary. In a breakthrough meeting with Mexican representatives from relevant national security and foreign affairs agencies, a U.S. delegation reviewed issues related to efforts begun in 2007 to obtain assurances that the GOM will not damage, destroy, or disable civil aircraft while "in ser [...]	2009-12-23 22:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO3627	MEXICO: BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Country Team is working on three coordinated tracks on a human rights engagement strategy that will enhance our ability to work more closely with the GOM and the Mexican military; establish a regular working dialogue with the human rights community; and support the work of c [...]	2009-12-23 22:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3634	PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY ASSISTANT BRENNAN [...] (SBU) Summary. John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, used his visit to Mexico, December 14-15, to advance U.S.-Mexico cooperation against organized crime. Accepting an unprecedented format for senior bilateral meetings, the GOM organized each s [...]	2009-12-28 13:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM PHUM MX
09MEXICO3641	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RELEASES REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Amnesty International criticized the Mexican military for alleged human rights abuses in a report released on December 8. Referring to five emblematic cases involving murder, torture and illegal detention, the report faulted the Government of Mexico (GOM) for lack of transpar [...]	2009-12-28 17:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO3658	MEXICO PROVES A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: NGOs and media outlets report a significant increase in threats and attacks against journalists over the last two years. While in 2007 only five deaths were reported, six journalists were killed in 2008 and twelve in 2009 according to the Social Communication National Center ( [...]	2009-12-29 20:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO3668	MEXICO PROSECUTES FIRST CASE UNDER THE FEDERAL TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 28, the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) charged 6 suspects with Trafficking in Persons (TIP) - the first time anyone has been charged under Mexico's TIP law since its adoption in November of 2007. The judge handling the case is evaluating the PGR's petitio [...]	2009-12-31 18:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO413	GOM INTERVENES TO STOP SPECULATION ON PESO [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 23:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
09MEXICO414	MONTERREY DEMONSTRATIONS LIKELY SPONSORED BY DRUG [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, and February 9 to February 12. Our contacts report that the [...]	2009-02-17 15:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MEXICO45	CALDERON ANNOUNCES MORE MEASURES TO STIMULATE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon announced on January 7 a new set of measures to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. "The National Accord in Favor of the Families' Economy and Employment" is the third economic program announced by the [...]	2009-01-08 22:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO467	MEXICO FACES GRIM EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK FOR 2009 [...] Summary: Although the year is just two months old, government officials, leading private sector figures and academics are predicting a grim employment outlook for Mexico in 2009. According to the GOMQ,s National Statistics Institute (INEGI),by the end of 2008 official unemployment rate for [...]	2009-02-20 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO486	VIOLENCE ESCALATES, CARTELS TAKE A STAND AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. After the close of Mexico's bloodiest year on record (see MEXICO 193),drug related violence shows no signs of subsiding in 2009 and in fact has increased along Mexico's northern border with the U.S. Several high-profile incidents in recent weeks ) including shootouts with Mexican [...]	2009-02-23 13:27:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO544	STANFORD FRAUD CASE SHAKES MEXICAN INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican investors' confidence has been shaken once again by the financial scandal surrounding billionaire Robert Allen Stanford, this time affecting more Mexicans than the earlier Madoff case. Stanford Financial Group's Mexican subsidiary, Stanford Fondos S.A. de C.V., has repo [...]	2009-02-25 22:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO567	MEXICO SHARES U.S. CONCERNS OVER IAEA REPORTS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 01:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY MX
09MEXICO582	Mexico Economic Weekly - February 27 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-02-27 19:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO585	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON MEXICO DRAWS ATTENTION, [...] Summary. The Mexican press and political class focused on concerns expressed in the 2008 Human Right Report on Mexico regarding corruption and impunity as well as abuses committed in the course of the government's efforts to combat organized crime. Most commentators, including opposition po [...]	2009-02-27 21:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR SNAR MX
09MEXICO586	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - [...] The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Suzanne Archuleta. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or ArchuletaMS@state.gov. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizatio [...]	2009-02-27 23:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP
09MEXICO601	MISSION INPUT ON 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: The US Embassy recommends that Mexico remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2009. The Mexican government continues to make significant advances in areas of concern highlighted in last year's report, but this is offset by little or no progress on others. The Calderon adminis [...]	2009-03-02 23:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO603	DISAFFECTED FACTION OF MEXICO'S CONVERGENCIA PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A group within the small Convergencia Party decided March 1 to break ranks and affiliate themselves with the larger leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD). The agreement between the Citizen Renovation Group (RECI) faction of Convergencia and the PRD was characterized as an [...]	2009-03-02 23:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO605	SUPREME COURT FINALLY DELIVERS ITS REPORT ON SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost three years after the May 2006 police crackdown on local protesters in San Salvador Atenco which produced widespread human rights allegations, Mexico's Supreme Court finally delivered the results of an investigation it undertook in late 2006. While the report refrains [...]	2009-03-03 13:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS MX
09MEXICO632	GONZALEZ STEPS DOWN AS UNDERSECRETARY OF [...] (U) Abraham Gonzalez resigned from his position as Undersecretary of Government (SEGOB) reportedly to make a run for election as a deputy for PAN in Jalisco. Gonzalez had assumed his post as Undersecretary under former Secretary of Government Francisco Ramirez Acuna at the outset of the Cal [...]	2009-03-03 21:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO661	VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEXICO REMAINS A PROBLEM [...] Summary. Violence against women in Mexico remains a serious problem, common not only in the highly publicized cases of Ciudad Juarez but in a number of other states. While the Mexican Government has made a good faith effort to strengthen efforts to combat violence against women, these effort [...]	2009-03-06 00:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN MX
09MEXICO671	CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY - POSSIBLE INITIATIVES WITH [...] Summary and Introduction: The GOM is interested in working more closely with the USG on renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change. Post believes the Mexican position offers a significant opportunity to develop closer ties in a priority area for both countries and is exploring sev [...]	2009-03-06 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO675	THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RAISES CLAMOR OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of Mexico's indigenous community continue to find themselves the objects of abuses according to local and international human rights NGOs. Recently, these groups have focused on the February 2009 murder of two indigenous leaders in Ayutla, in the state of Guerrero, al [...]	2009-03-06 23:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MX
09MEXICO685	CODEL ENGEL DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES WITH MEDINA [...] (U) Summary. On February 16, Attorney General (AG) Eduardo Medina Mora received U.S. Representative Eliot Engel and members of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Sub-committee. The AG was accompanied by Attorney General's Office (PGR) Special Advisor Oscar Rocha, Deputy Attorney G [...]	2009-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO701	CHINESE VP TRIP TO MEXICO - JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Last month,s three-day visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Mexico was the first stop of a six-nation tour in the region. In his meetings with President Calderon, senior government officials, congressional leadership, and businessmen, Vice President Xi called for the rapid adv [...]	2009-03-10 16:43:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ETRD CH MX
09MEXICO723	UNTIED FARM WORKERS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT H-2 VISA [...] SUMMARY: In 2008 a large group of laborers were recruited from the Mexican pacific coastal state of Colima to do farm work in California and Iowa. According to the United Farm Workers (UFW) union, the Colima laborers entered the US with the hope of working there legally after complying with al [...]	2009-03-10 23:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON CVIS EAGR PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO725	MEXICO AND THE G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon has announced three sets of economic stimulus packages to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. The Mexican banking sector remains solid with an adequate capitalization rate. However, the deepening of t [...]	2009-03-11 17:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MX
09MEXICO748	CIUDAD JUAREZ AT A TIPPING POINT [...] (C) Summary. The federal government has dramatically expanded the size and scope of Joint Operation Chihuahua by ordering the deployment of an additional 5,000 troops and some 2,000 federal police officers to Ciudad Juarez in an attempt to combat high rates of violence in the area. The chain [...]	2009-03-13 13:36:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO75	DRAFT COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT FOR 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 13:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO771	Mexico Economic Weekly - March 13 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-03-13 23:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO803	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MEXICO, [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces, has the vision and political will to address them strategically and wants to work closely with us to meet common goals that are fundamental to h [...]	2009-03-19 13:26:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO808	RETALIATORY TARIFFS - MEXICO PULLS TRIGGER BUT AIMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 19:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO814	MEXICO PLEASED WITH IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexico is pleased with Cuban cooperation in keeping with the Migration MOU signed last November that so far has reportedly contributed to the repatriation of over 100 Cubans. On the commercial front, Mexican exports rose by approximately 80 percent in 2008. Given lingering c [...]	2009-03-20 13:23:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM PREF SMIG ETRD CU MX
09MEXICO815	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL REYES, SKELTON, [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico welcomes you to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico [...]	2009-03-20 15:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO826	MEXICO VIEWS TIMING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to the announcement of President Barack Obama's first official visit to Mexico scheduled for April 16-17 has been generally positive. Media commentators expect Obama's meeting with President Felipe Calderon to focus on shared efforts to confront organized crime, econom [...]	2009-03-20 20:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON MX
09MEXICO828	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - [...] The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Suzanne Archuleta. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or ArchuletaMS@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizati [...]	2009-03-20 22:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09MEXICO838	SOCIAL SECURITY WORKERS, UNION CONTEMPLATES [...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s the National Union of Social Security Workers (SNTSS) is contemplating changing its labor affiliation and has already moved to chance its political party connections. The SNTSS is a member of the National Workers Union (UNT),Mexico,s second largest labor federation. The [...]	2009-03-23 18:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO868	OHCHR'S OFFICE IN MEXICO EARNING ITS KEEP [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) opened a field office in Mexico in 2002 with a mandate to work with the Government of Mexico and a wide cross section of civil society with a view to developing a "diagnostic survey" that would identify the steps Mexico need [...]	2009-03-24 21:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN MX
09MEXICO873	MEXICO'S FEDERAL POLICE MERGER MAY BE DEAD [...] (C) Summary. President Calderon has reportedly dropped plans to reorganize the country's federal police forces by merging the some 4,700 members of the PGR's Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) with the Secretariat for Public Security's (SSP) Federal Preventative Police (PFP). President Caldero [...]	2009-03-25 13:29:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO880	SCENESETTER FOR THE FIREARMS-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the U.S. Mission I would like to welcome you to Mexico. The April 1-2 Firearms Trafficking and Enforcement Strategy Conference in Cuernavaca is taking place at a time when bilateral cooperation on law enforcement, has never been stronger. DHS/ICE and DOJ/ATF teams a [...]	2009-03-25 17:51:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO896	SOUTHWEST BORDER POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT DRAWS PRAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. plan announced March 24 to reinforce security at its southwest border was largely praised by officials in Mexico. The Foreign Secretary said the move hailed a new period of cooperation between the two countries, and the leader of the Senate indicated that it sends a v [...]	2009-03-26 15:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON MX
09MEXICO909	CONSULATES NOGALES AND HERMOSILLO'S CONSULATES [...] (SBU) On February 24 and 25, Hermosillo and Nogales conoffs toured a common staging area in northern Sonora, following the well-worn route that &polleros,8 or migrant smugglers, use to move people from southern Mexico through the desert into the United States. Conoffs spoke with those who prov [...]	2009-03-26 23:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO926	MEXICO TOURISM VISITORS UP BUT RECEIPTS TUMBLE IN [...] While the number of visitors was actually up 6% in January 2009, the government recorded MexicoQs sharpest monthly fall in international tourism revenue in 15 years. Banxico data indicates a 7.5% decrease against January 2008. The drop is more severe than the decline registered after either [...]	2009-03-27 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD EAIR MX
09MEXICO927	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL HOYER TO MEXICO, [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico welcomes you to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico [...]	2009-03-27 22:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON MX
09MEXICO935	MEXICO'S PRI LOSES SUPPORT AS PAN STEPS UP ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. Recent polling has showed a sharp drop in support of the PRI in the July electoral contests. The PRI's apparent slump comes in the midst of what has been an increasingly heated negative campaign by the PAN leadership to tie the party to narcotrafficking and damage its credentials [...]	2009-03-31 19:12:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO944	FRAUD SUMMARY - EMBASSY MEXICO CITY [...] SUMMARY: During the six months from September 2008 to February 2009, Embassy Mexico City's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on the detection of fraudulent documents, the identification of prominent purveyors of fraudulent materials, and training in fraud detection and interviewing techniqu [...]	2009-04-01 13:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09MEXICO973	Mexico Economic Weekly - April 3 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Jonathan Austin (austinjt@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-04-03 16:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MILAN176	WHO WILL RIDE THE NEXT WAVE OF LEGA NORD [...] (C) As mentioned in reftel, the 67 year-old founder of the Northern League (LN) political party, Umberto Bossi, remains in poor health due to a stroke he suffered in 2004. Though Bossi continues an active and provocative political life, constantly in the media and public eye, judging by appea [...]	2009-08-19 09:18:00	Consulate Milan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IT
09MILAN31	IS THERE A FUTURE FOR MALPENSA? [...] (SBU) Summary: Doomsday scenarios abound in Milan following the decision by Alitalia to partner with Air France and decisively choose Rome as its sole hub. Predictions of immediate economic pain to the region are overstated, but certainly possible is an atrophying of the area's attractiveness [...]	2009-02-10 10:32:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV IT
09MILAN56	PDL STALWARTS TALK POLITICS ALLA MILANESE [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Milan/Embassy Rome cable. 2. (C) Summary: Blunt assessments of local, national, and foreign policy issues emerged from a lunch the Consul General hosted for senior Milan-based national and EU political figures. In Milan, the imbroglio over the EXPO is e [...]	2009-03-09 10:17:00	Consulate Milan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IT
09MILAN80	NORTHERN LEAGUE PUSHES TO LEGALIZE ITS VOLUNTEER [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Rome and Consulate General Milan cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In an environment of pervasive media coverage of violent crime perpetrated by immigrants (despite a significant statistical decrease in crime from 2007 to 2008),the Northern League (LN [...]	2009-03-26 10:02:00	Consulate Milan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI IT
09MINSK100	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 27, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - March 25 Protest Passes Without Violence (para. 2) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Leader Fined (para. 4) - Convicte [...]	2009-03-26 18:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK106	BELARUS: INTERIOR MINISTER OUT, AT LONG LAST [...] (SBU) Civil society has reacted positively to the news that Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumau (Vladimir Naumov) left office April 6; he ostensibly submitted his resignation based on health concerns, but is believed to have been dismissed. Navumau, who has been in charge of the Ministry of In [...]	2009-04-07 09:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK109	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 3, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prosecutors Extend Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. 2) - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined (para. 3) - Polish Activists Fined in Absentia (para. 4) - [...]	2009-04-09 08:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK114	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - For Freedom Movement's Property Confiscated (para. 2) - Police to Investigate Desecration at Kurapaty (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Lukashenka to [...]	2009-04-10 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK131	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Lukashenka Delivers Annual Address to Nation and Parliament (para. 2) - An Opposition Youth Activist Wanted (para. 3) - Malady Front Member Jailed (para. 4) - Human R [...]	2009-04-24 15:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK132	BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS [...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...]	2009-04-24 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO
09MINSK133	BELARUS: DEMONSTRATORS, POLICE CALM AT APRIL 26 PROTEST [...] (U) About 700-800 protestors gathered peacefully met in front of the Academy of Sciences Sunday April 26 for the annual Chernobyl March, marking the 23rd anniversary of the nuclear disaster. A variety of groups were represented, including the Young Belarus and European Belarus movements, the [...]	2009-04-26 12:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK14	BELARUS: POPULATION DISTRESSED AND DISILLUSIONED BY [...] On January 1, Belarus' National Bank announced a sharp devaluation of the national currency against the U.S. dollar, Euro (EUR) and Russian ruble (RUR),fulfilling an IMF condition for a USD 2.5 billion loan. The devaluation received highly skeptical responses from independent economic observ [...]	2009-01-09 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN BO
09MINSK146	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 8, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "Chernobyl March" Marked by Detentions, Raid (para. 2) - "Solidarity" Demonstrations Dispersed (para. 3) - BKGB Harasses Families of Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Oppos [...]	2009-05-07 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK150	BELARUS: IMF SEES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge met May 11 with the visiting IMF mission head and IMF resrep to discuss the IMF's stand-by agreement (SBA) with Belarus and the overall economic situation. Jarvis reported that the GOB was working well with the IMF and was largely on track with requirements, but that the GOB res [...]	2009-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK160	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 15, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Young Social Democrats Denied Registration (para. 2) - Police Curb Opposition Demonstration (para. 3) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 4) - [...]	2009-05-15 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK164	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 22, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Detained (para. 2) - Human Rights Advocate Loses Appeal (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Deputy Economy Minister: No more extern [...]	2009-05-22 18:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK172	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 6, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activist Fined (para. 2) - Human Rights Group Denied Registration (para. 3) - Prosecutors Extend Criminal Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. [...]	2009-06-08 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK173	BELARUS: REGIME CRYING OVER SPILT MILK AS SPAT WITH MOSCOW [...] (SBU) While there is no break between the countries, a Russian block on Belarusian dairy exports is just the latest manifestation of a vitriolic conflict between Minsk and Moscow as traditional Kremlin disdain for President Lukashenka (and the formerly-vaunted "Belarusian economic miracle") re [...]	2009-06-08 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR BO RS
09MINSK183	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 12, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "European Belarus" Activists Fined (para. 2) - Prisoner of Conscience Fined (para. 3) - United Civic Party Activists Fined (para. 4) Domestic Economy ------------ [...]	2009-06-12 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK195	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 19, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Convicted (para. 2) - Protestant Activist Fined (para. 3) - GOB Denies Registration to Opposition Party (para. 4) - Police Raid Residence of Malady Fr [...]	2009-06-22 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK22	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Independent Newspaper Denied Print, Distribution, then Fined (para. 2) - Grodno Activists Detained and Searched (para. 3) - Brest Activists Detained (para. 4) - Local [...]	2009-01-16 17:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK228	BELARUS POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Investigation Against Volkovysk Activists Extended (para. 2) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist's Associate and Employer Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Fined (para. [...]	2009-07-10 15:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK244	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 17, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Community Fined (para. 2) - Belarusian Popular Front Youth Member Expelled (para. 3) - Independent Journalists Warned (para. 4) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist [...]	2009-07-17 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK248	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Another Opposition Activist From the 14 Is Amnestied (para. 2) - The Only Jailed Member of the 14 Stops His Hunger Strike (para. 3) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist Charge [...]	2009-07-24 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK255	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Police Disperse Independence Proclamation Rallies (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Warned (para. 3) - Independent Magazine Denied Distribution (para. 4) - Party of Wo [...]	2009-07-31 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK27	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------------ - Opposition Youth's Draft Order Suspended (para. 2) - Opposition Denied Venues (para. 3) - Demonstration Dispersed, Opposition Youth Leader Detained (para. 4) - Pr [...]	2009-01-23 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO

09MINSK274	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 14, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Supreme Court Denies Registration Appeal of Human Rights NGO (para. 2) - Religious Groups Complain GOB Is Trying to Limit Their Ability to Have Houses of Worship (para [...]	2009-08-17 14:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK287	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Yuri Leonov Attributes His Release to High Attention of Media and Foreign Embassies (para. 2) - "For Freedom" Activist in Gomel Fined For White-Red-White, EU Flags and [...]	2009-08-21 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK297	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]	2009-09-04 18:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK317	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]	2009-09-16 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK322	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB, Lithuania Defer Agreement on Simplified Border Crossing (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Harass and Fine Opposition Activists (para. 3) - Riot Police Disperse an Oppo [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK332	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - New Life Church Still Facing Eviction, Receives Support from Visiting DRL Officer (para. 2) - "European Belarus" Activists Detained, Fined (para. 3) - GOB Continues to [...]	2009-09-25 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK345	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 9, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - IISEPS Survey: Despite Growing Pro-European Sentiments, Lukashenka Favored In Elections (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Try to Block Registered Parties from Getting Out [...]	2009-10-13 15:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK359	MID SIZE CITY IN BELARUS: ACTIVIST MORE CONFIDENT BUT [...] (U) Summary: On August 5, 2009 Chargi Scanlan visited Borisov, the second largest industrial center (pop 150,000) in the Minsk Oblast, where he met with the local authorities, state and private businesses, opposition political parties and civil society. While the authorities praised improveme [...]	2009-10-23 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK360	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - "Honest" Presidential Elections to be Held in Early 2011, so Says the CEC (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Parties Denied Registration, Evicted (para. [...]	2009-10-26 18:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK385	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 17:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK390	BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary. Belarus remains a transit route for illicit drugs and drug precursors. Reports of drug use and drug-related crime in Belarus increased in 2009, although there is no evidence of large-scale drug production in the country. In October 2008 the government adopted a National Action Plan [...]	2009-12-03 14:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SNAR BO
09MINSK394	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]	2009-12-04 20:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]	2009-12-18 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK426	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society, Media -------------------- - GOB Drafts a Bill to Regulate the Internet (para. 2) - Independent Polling: Belarusians Feel Economic Pinch, Criticize GOB Policies; Although Majority Stil [...]	2009-12-31 13:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN BO
09MINSK69	BELARUS: DEEP DROPS IN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA, U.S. SHOW IMPACT [...] (SBU) Among other official Belarusian trade statistics, two figures stand out: decreases in exports to both Russia and the U.S. over 50 percent or more from 2007 to 2008. Russia is a major trade partner, and the U.S. significantly less so, but these figures confirm that the global financial c [...]	2009-02-27 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV BO
09MINSK72	BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]	2009-03-02 16:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK73	BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]	2009-03-03 08:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK78	BELARUS: ECONOMY UNDER CONTINUED PRESSURE, BUT ON TRACK WITH [...] (SBU) Charge met March 5 with visiting IMF European Department Advisor Christopher Jarvis to discuss the economic situation in Belarus and the current state of the USD 2.46 billion provided to Belarus under a 15-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) by the IMF in January 2009 (reftels). Jarvis re [...]	2009-03-05 18:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN PINR BO
09MINSK86	BELARUS: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses, based on information received March 12, 2009, are keyed to ref A and subsequent tasking ref B. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security [...]	2009-03-16 14:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB BO
09MINSK87	BELARUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS FORCES INWARD LOOK AT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) As the global financial crisis hits Belarus' ailing economy harder month after month, the GOB is trying various methods to counterbalance it, though to little avail. While IMF conditions are being met, independent economic observers generally recognize that only radical market reforms [...]	2009-03-17 09:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BO
09MINSK92	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 20, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Demonstrate on Solidarity Day (para. 2) - Unregistered Union of Poles Member Fined (para. 3) - Gomel Belarusian Christian Democrats Fined (para. 4) - [...]	2009-03-19 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MONROVIA102	LIBERIA: GENERAL AUDITING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS [...] (U) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Auditor General (AG) John Morlu II praised President Sirleaf's commitment to anti-corruption and reaffirmed his support for her efforts to improve transparency and accountability in government in the face of frequent resistance. Morl [...]	2009-02-02 17:02:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PINR LI
09MONROVIA118	LIBERIA: SENATOR ACQUITTED IN MURDER TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Margibi County Junior Senator Roland Kaine was acquitted of murder by Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia on February 5. Senator Kaine was accused along with 15 others of murdering 21 youths in Grand Bassa County on June 7, 2008 in a land dispute. Six of the a [...]	2009-02-06 13:23:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KRCM ASEC CASC PREL PHUM LI
09MONROVIA119	LIBERIA: GOL ANNOUNCES PRICE CUTS AND TAX CUTS [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ministry of Commerce lowered price ceilings on rice, petroleum and cement on January 29. The cuts come three days after the President announced a decrease in business and personal tax rates during her annual "State of the Nation" address January 26 (ref A). The President [...]	2009-02-06 17:00:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA134	LIBERIA: MONROVIA'S NEW MAYOR CLEANING UP CITY FAST [...] (SBU) President Sirleaf appointed her friend and trusted confidante, Mary Broh, as Mayor of the City of Monrovia on February 6. As Mayor, Broh replaces the political placeholder Ophelia Hoff-Saytumah, wife of Minister of State for Economic and Legal Affairs, Morris Saytumah. The appointment [...]	2009-02-17 18:43:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ABLG SOCI LI
09MONROVIA147	LIBERIA: VOLUME I OF TRC REPORT PUBLISHED, ICGL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted Volume I of its Final Report to the GOL December 19 (reftel) and just recently made it public on its website (www.trcofliberia.org). The report included a list of the "most significant" warring factions (see paragraph 5) and [...]	2009-02-20 16:28:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID LI
09MONROVIA160	WHO WILL SUCCEED ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF? [...] (C) Summary: The next presidential elections in Liberia are almost three years away, and we sense that in many ways Liberian politicians are already gearing up for them. Potential candidates are building constituencies, keeping themselves in the press, and otherwise talking themselves up. Ho [...]	2009-02-26 14:03:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LI
09MONROVIA161	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 13:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MONROVIA162	DEMARCHE DELIVERED (2ND REQUEST/FOLLOWUP): UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 13:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MONROVIA168	CONTROVERSIAL POLICE APPOINTMENT OVERSHADOWS [...] (C) Summary: The recent appointment of former Police Director Paul Mulbah as "Advisor" to the Liberia National Police (LNP) has overshadowed several positive steps by the GOL to reform LNP operations. Human rights organizations have accused Mulbah of ordering torture and other human rights a [...]	2009-03-03 17:26:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC LI
09MONROVIA170	RECRUITERS FOR GUARD FORCE IN IRAQ CAUSE STIR IN [...] (C) The Project Manager of Sabre International called on EmbOffs March 3 with two local sub-contractors to brief us on their efforts in Monrovia to recruit Liberians for armed static guard positions in Iraq. They said the recruitment was under the Theatre-Wide Internal Security Services progra [...]	2009-03-04 07:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL ASEC IZ LI
09MONROVIA186	LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...]	2009-03-10 11:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA188	PRO-TAYLOR ELEMENTS STILL A FORCE TO BE RECKONED [...] (C) Summary: The recent remarks by Special Court for Sierra Leone prosecutor Stephen Rapp suggesting Charles Taylor may go free because of budgetary reasons caused alarm within the GOL and has emboldened Taylor supporters. Communication inside the Taylor camp remains intact, and those in leadership [...]	2009-03-10 12:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM KCRM LI
09MONROVIA19	LIBERIA: WEAK LEADERSHIP UNDERMINES COMMERCIAL FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Weak leadership at the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has delayed resumption of commercial logging, placed millions of dollars of potential revenue at risk and jeopardized the success of the forestry reform program. The companies bidding on logging concessions consistent [...]	2009-01-07 13:29:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON EAID SENV LI
09MONROVIA219	LIBERIA: IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS WORSENS [...] SUMMARY: Both the GOL and International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia may be more serious than previously expected (reftels). The IMF has revised Liberia's growth projections downward from 10.3% to 6% for 2009, and from 14.8% to 8% in 201 [...]	2009-03-24 17:35:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA22	LIBERIA TO WORK WITH ECOWAS ON GUINEA ACCORDING TO [...] (C) National Security Advisor Dr. Henry Boima Fahnbulleh told Ambassador and Deputy UN SRSG Jordan Ryan January 8 that Liberia fully backs the ECOWAS initiative to press the junta in Guinea to hold elections as soon as practical (he mentioned November 2009 as a likely date) as a "middle way" b [...]	2009-01-08 15:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GV LI
09MONROVIA227	FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, SEPTEMBER - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Liberia continues its gradual recovery from fourteen years of civil war. Limited parts of the capital city, Monrovia, have electricity and the city still lacks a functioning water/sewer system and telephone network; health care is substandard. Government institution [...]	2009-03-30 16:09:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI
09MONROVIA241	LIBERIA: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security (IPS) Program country visit team reported March 27 that they will recommend that Liberia be found in compliance with the minimum International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code standards, at which time restrictions on ship [...]	2009-04-03 08:32:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
09MONROVIA242	LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR DEDICATES USPS-DONATED POST OFFICE [...] Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield formally dedicated over 2,000 post office boxes and other postal equipment at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) on March 27. The post office boxes and postal equipment were donated by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and delivered March 2008 as [...]	2009-04-03 10:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAID ECON LI
09MONROVIA258	LIBERIA: AIRPORT SECURITY DEFICIENCIES MAY DELAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: It remains unlikely that Roberts International Airport (RIA) will meet minimum standards for certification by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in time for Delta Airlines' scheduled inauguration of direct flights between the United States and Liberia June 8, despit [...]	2009-04-10 14:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAIR ECON ETRD LI PGOV
09MONROVIA289	LIBERIA: RUBBER SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's rubber sector provides 5.5% of its economic output, 85% of its exports and work for an estimated 50,000 Liberians. Roughly 40% of Liberia's rubber comes from small, Liberian-owned farms, with the remainder produced on large foreign-owned concessions. There has been l [...]	2009-04-28 08:01:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PGOV LI
09MONROVIA311	LIBERIA: FISHERIES UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH [...] SUMMARY: The fisheries sector has great potential for increased production and employment, but Liberia continues to import roughly twice the amount of fish it produces. According to the 2008 Annual Report from the Bureau of National Fisheries (BNF),profit margins for fish production are rela [...]	2009-05-06 17:27:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV LI
09MONROVIA318	SCENESETTER ON UN ISSUES FOR LIBERIA VISIT OF UN [...] (U) America has always had a special place in the hearts of Liberians and that esteem has grown since the end of the civil war. Thousands of Liberians found refuge in the United States during the war, and around 400,000 Liberians, from a population of fewer than four million, now call America [...]	2009-05-08 13:11:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV ECON OVIP LI
09MONROVIA33	LIBERIA: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister of Post [...] (SBU) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Minister of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) Jeremiah Sulunteh reviewed progress since the visit by former USPS Chief Inspector Lazaroff in 2007, which he termed "very significant for Liberia Post," and expressed appreciation for U [...]	2009-01-12 12:57:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAID ECON LI
09MONROVIA373	LIBERIA: REFORMS BOOST INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Liberia continues to work at improving the business climate and moving up the IFC's "Doing Business" index. Eighteen new reforms, following up on 21 last year, simplify requirements for Starting a Business, Trading Across Borders, Registering Property, and Construction Permits. (See para. 5. [...]	2009-05-29 11:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD EAID ECON KMCA LI
09MONROVIA375	LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET IS BIGGER AND MORE DETAILED [...] (U) The GOL submitted its 2009-10 draft budget for legislative consideration on May 19. Despite the global financial crunch, the budget, at $347 million, shows a 16% increase over last year's and over 400% growth from the $80 million budget when the Sirleaf administration took office. It incl [...]	2009-05-29 11:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV LI
09MONROVIA390	UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the UN Security Council during their May 19-20 visit to Liberia, President Sirleaf expressed strong support for a continued UNMIL presence until Liberia can take over its own security. On several occasions, she called the peace "fragile" and easily able to be rever [...]	2009-06-02 16:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO LI PGOV PREL UNSC
09MONROVIA402	PROGRESS REPORT: THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR) [...] SUMMARY: USAID/Liberia is pleased to respond to reftel with this brief progress report on the $10 million Supplemental funds received to enhance Liberia's food security. The funds have been programmed to build on the success of the existing USAID Liberia's agricultural programs and to launch a [...]	2009-06-08 09:19:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID LI ECON
09MONROVIA415	LIBERIA: BANKING SYSTEM STABILIZING DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although banking services remain concentrated in Monrovia, the number of banks is increasing and most are expanding their reach outside the capital. Indicators of financial soundness are improving, and there is competition to increase services beyond money transfers and fee-bas [...]	2009-06-10 17:52:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA430	LIBERIA: GOL RECEIVES TSA REPORT ON AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Econoff delivered TSA's report to Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) Director General Rich Williams on June 8, just after the announcement that TSA had not approved Delta's planned service to Monrovia that had been scheduled to start June 9. Williams said he had advised b [...]	2009-06-16 18:12:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON LI
09MONROVIA431	LIBERIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one claim of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Liberia (GOL; under the National Transitional Government of Liberia - NTGL). a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. In late 2003 and spring 2004, a locally incorporated [...]	2009-06-16 18:23:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LI
09MONROVIA479	LIBERIA INKS MORE TRANSPARENT DEAL FOR SHIP REGISTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) signed a new 10-year deal with the GOL June 30 to manage the country's lucrative "flags of convenience" business. Weary from years of haggling with the Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) over control of revenues, and spurned by specious [...]	2009-07-06 15:10:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EINV LI
09MONROVIA487	LIBERIAN PRESIDENT NAMED IN TRC REPORT FOR HER ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction to the of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report of the Liberian civil crisis is mixed but steadily growing several days after its June 30 release. The GOL did not publically respond to the report's recommendation that President Sirleaf be banned from pu [...]	2009-07-08 15:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI
09MONROVIA50	LIBERIA: FOURTH SESSION OF 52ND LEGISLATURE OPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Liberian House and Senate held separate opening ceremonies January 12 to mark the beginning of the Fourth Session of the 52nd Legislature. About two-thirds of the Legislators were present, with some members still abroad after four months of recess. Vice President Boakai, a [...]	2009-01-15 17:29:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID LI
09MONROVIA52	LIBERIA: Donor Support Remains Essential As Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF remains cautiously optimistic about Liberia's economic outlook and we anticipate current USG assistance programs will be adequate to address the challenges of the financial crisis. Liberia's rubber exports are down (for domestic reasons),resumption of timber exports is [...]	2009-01-20 16:13:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ECON LI
09MONROVIA532	REACTION TO THE TRC REPORT -- A CALMER TONE [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the TRC report was released public opinion still does not appear to be fully informed of the content of the report. Debate centers around the most publicized aspects of the report, the banning of President Sirleaf from future public office and discussion of who was [...]	2009-07-21 14:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI
09MONROVIA540	UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REPSONSE [...] In response to our request, the MFA provided the following information on Martin George: Name: Martin O. N. George Date of Birth: August 3, 1947 Place of Birth: Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Passport No.: Not available Parents: Rev. Coker A. J. George, Sr. (Deceased) Mrs. Etta Russel [...]	2009-07-24 10:52:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI
09MONROVIA547	LIBERIA: SECURITY SITUATION STABLE; NO TARGETING OF [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. SUMMARY. Embassy requests that DRL transmit this information to Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The security situation in Liberia continues to improve and post has received no reports that individuals are being attacked or harmed f [...]	2009-07-29 15:27:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA549	PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO TAYLOR,S ACCUSATIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Appeals for reconciliation in the wake of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report's release were amplified during events commemorating 162 years of independence. International visitors, including Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang and Economic Commu [...]	2009-07-30 09:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR EG LI
09MONROVIA550	ECOWAS COMMISSION PRESIDENT ON TRUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President Mohamed Ibn Chambas shared his concerns with Ambassador that if the GOL does not respond appropriately to the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) recommendations, the situation could degrade. [...]	2009-07-30 16:36:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR GV LI
09MONROVIA567	LIBERIA: RULING PARTY EXECUTIVES HOLD EXTRAORDINARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over 100 executive members of the ruling Unity Party (U.P.),including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, attended a one-day extraordinary party conference on July 11. Party executives agreed to hold a national convention in October 2009 where all leadership positions will be con [...]	2009-08-05 16:57:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM LI
09MONROVIA569	LIBERIA: NO TARGETING OF CHUCKIE TAYLOR SUPPORTERS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 7. 2. SUMMARY. Embassy requests that DRL transmit the following information to Department of Homeland Security (DHS). There have been no reports of threats or intimidation against former President Charles Taylor, his son "Chuckie" Taylor, thei [...]	2009-08-05 17:28:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA589	LIBERIA: PROTESTERS CALL FOR OUSTER OF PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY. A group of about 50 people demonstrated peacefully at the Embassy on August 7, calling for the creation of a war crimes tribunal and the resignation of President Sirleaf. They also asked the USG to stop the GOL from harassing Mulbah Morlu. A second demonstration may occur on Augus [...]	2009-08-11 15:46:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM LI
09MONROVIA602	TRANSITION FROM TRC TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has kicked off the establishment of Liberia's Independent National Human Rights Commission (INHRC) by handing the Senate a list of commissioner nominees for approval. This newest human rights commission iteration is the latest attempt by successive [...]	2009-08-20 14:10:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM LI
09MONROVIA609	ARREST OF PAKISTANI MALAFIDE PASSENGERS LAYS BARE WEAKNESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The removal of two malafide Pakistanis from a Brussels Airlines August 12 flight to Brussels by airline officials, and the GOL's subsequent investigation, has brought to light a well developed smuggling operation using the Roberts International Airport (RIA) VIP Lounge as a way [...]	2009-08-24 17:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR ECON KFRD CPAS PREL PGOV KCRM EAID LI
09MONROVIA626	DESPITE SECURITY BREACH, BRUSSELS AIRLINES TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considering suspending operations of its Monrovia-Brussels flight following the discovery of a passport fraud ring and threats to its staff, Brussels Airlines has determined that it can shore up existing gaps in security, customs and immigration procedures and continue ope [...]	2009-08-28 13:07:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR AMGT KFRD LI
09MONROVIA628	LIBERIA PASSES LONG-AWAITED PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 13:46:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA662	LIBERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES OIL COMPANY HEAD AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dismissed the head of the state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation (LPRC) on September 5, following a Ministry of Justice probe into the alleged acceptance of bribes in exchange for a USD 24.8 million concession. Sirleaf's sacking of a lo [...]	2009-09-11 13:02:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENGR LI
09MONROVIA673	LIBERIAN DOLLAR'S DOWNWARD SLIDE PRESENTS FRESH HARDSHIPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past three years, the Liberian Dollar (LD) maintained relative exchange rate stability, weathering double-digit inflation, ever-increasing import prices, and delayed revenue from lucrative mining and timber contracts, thanks to cautious monetary and fiscal policy. Yet, [...]	2009-09-16 17:30:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON LI
09MONROVIA674	LIBERIA SHOWS MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN WORLD BANK'S DOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberia moved up the scale of the World Bank's "Doing Business Indicators" for the third year in a row, jumping eight spots to 149th out of 183 countries. While Liberia implemented quick-win procedural improvements that garnered it a place among the top ten reformers of 2009, f [...]	2009-09-17 16:47:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON LI
09MONROVIA69	LIBERIA: CDC CONVENTION FAILS TO HEAL RIFT IN PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC),the largest opposition party in Liberia, has been fractured into two since April 2008 (reftel),with one faction supporting 2005 presidential candidate George Weah and the other against, arguing that the uneducated soccer star left Liberia [...]	2009-01-21 08:32:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID LI
09MONROVIA691	FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Chairman Jerome Verdier confirmed to us on September 17 that the TRC's final, edited report's release date, expected on September 1, has been pushed to at least mid-October, when 200 copies of the report will be available for government o [...]	2009-09-28 08:33:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS EAID LI
09MONROVIA695	SIRLEAF VETO PUSHES THRESHOLD BILL BACK TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 17, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf exercised her line-item veto authority to reject the Threshold Bill segment guaranteeing each county a minimum of two seats in the House of Representatives. This followed a determination by the Solicitor General confirming the t [...]	2009-09-29 10:17:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID LI
09MONROVIA698	LIBERIA's OIL PROSPECTS INCREASE FOLLOWING DISCOVERY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An oil discovery September 16 at a deepwater exploration site in Sierra Leone along the Liberian border increases the prospects of unearthing oil along Liberia's geologically similar coast. The highly-publicized find coincides with the National Oil Company of Liberia's (NOCAL [...]	2009-09-30 07:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENGR LI
09MONROVIA70	LIBERIA: A NEW, ASSERTIVE BUREAU OF MARITIME AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently appointed Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Commissioner Binyah Kesselly is seeking to assert tighter control over the country's outsourced shipping registry and has embarked on an ambitious program to transform Liberia into a "maritime nation" by expanding BMA [...]	2009-01-21 10:03:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
09MONROVIA722	PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TO CONTINUE TO PRESS DADIS; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: President Sirleaf does not believe anohTer visit to Conakry would be useful, but will continue to work with Wade, Gbagbo and Ibn Chambas on pressing Dadis to step down. She suggested a "demonstration of force" would help limit the bloodshed. Liberian security services are picking [...]	2009-10-02 14:33:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ASEC SG GV LI
09MONROVIA724	EMBASSY MONROVIA CONVENES EAC TO DISCUSS UNREST IN GUINEA [...] (U) On October 2, 2009, Embassy Monrovia convened the EAC to discuss the ongoing unrest in Guinea and its implications for security and stability in Liberia. 2. (S//NF) Ambassador recounted her conversation with the President of Liberia on September 28 (Ref B) and the president's Chief of [...]	2009-10-05 08:57:00	Embassy Monrovia	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC PREL PHUM GV LI
09MONROVIA725	LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES DEAL STALLS OVER PRICE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia may back out of a power purchase agreement with Buchanan Renewables (BR),after a consortium of donors warned the President that unduly high tariffs could threaten the financial solvency of the Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC) and deter small busi [...]	2009-10-05 09:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EAGR LI
09MONROVIA73	LIBERIA: CHINESE FIRM WINS BID TO DEVELOP BONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The China Union Investment Company has won the bid to redevelop Liberia's Bong iron ore mining range. The $2.6 billion concession agreement is the most lucrative investment contract signed by the Sirleaf government and is expected to create over 10,000 direct jobs and rehabilitate [...]	2009-01-21 17:03:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV LI
09MONROVIA751	LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 10,000-strong United Nations Mission in Liberia [...]	2009-10-13 16:45:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON LI ETRD
09MONROVIA76	LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of sanctions open [...]	2009-01-22 10:18:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI
09MONROVIA760	FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 13:07:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI
09MONROVIA773	PRESIDENT SIRLEAF ON GUINEA AND NIGER [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on President Sirleaf on October 19 upon the president's return from the October 17 ECOWAS summit in Abuja and her October 18 visit to Niamey as part of a high level mission. GUINEA ------ 2. (C) Sirleaf said that she has decided to take a stronger, more active sta [...]	2009-10-20 11:41:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECOWAS NG GV LI
09MONROVIA775	LIBERIA: PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION QUELLS TURF WARFARE AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Less than a month after Lockheed Martin inked a deal to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA) (Reftel) the President was forced to intervene to clarify the respective roles of the Liberian Civil Aviation Authority and Lockheed Martin. As de facto airport manager, Lockheed M [...]	2009-10-20 16:48:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC LI
09MONROVIA776	MONTSERRADO SENATE BY-ELECTION A PRECURSOR TO 2011 VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Elections Commission (NEC) will conduct a by-election on November 10 to elect a replacement for Montserrado Senator Hannah Brent who died on August 3. The official campaign period is October 14-18. Ten candidates have been approved and one disqualified. The by-el [...]	2009-10-21 08:53:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA786	FLAWED TIMBER CONCESSIONS PASS LEGISLATURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Legislature ratified four new Forest Management Contracts (FMCs) in a closed-door session September 23, despite civil society objections and a ruling from the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) overturning the concessions on technical grounds. Polit [...]	2009-10-26 08:28:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA801	FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 15:13:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA802	52ND LIBERIAN LEGISLATURE CONCLUDES FOURTH SESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The 52nd National Legislature has concluded its fourth session, recessing until the fifth session begins in January 2010. Despite the fact that several key laws were passed and concession agreements ratified, the Legislature failed to pass crucial measures related to meeting Lib [...]	2009-10-30 09:55:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA804	IMF THINKING ON LIBERIA'S HIPC COMPLETION POINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Resisting political pressures to hasten Completion Point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative before the end of 2009, an International Monetary Fund team led by Africa Director Antoinette Sayeh, Liberia's former Finance Minister, estimated that Liberia may achieve [...]	2009-11-02 08:38:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ECOM LI
09MONROVIA809	HEAD OF CONCESSIONS COMMISSION MURDERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Keith Jubah, chairman of the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission and President of the Rubber Planters Association, was shot to death November 1 outside his home at the Morris Farm near Kakata. Although police have identified three suspects, reports against them remain [...]	2009-11-03 16:09:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR CASC ASEC KCRM PREL PGOV LI
09MONROVIA81	LIBERIA: DISASTER ADVISORY ON MOTH AND CATERPILLAR [...] SUMMARY: This is a DISASTER ALERT cable to report widespread infestation of crops by caterpillar moths (presumed by some to be 'army worms') in central and northern Liberia. The Liberian Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced January 20 a state of emergency in 50 villages of central Liberia [...]	2009-01-23 15:44:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF WFP IZ LI PHUM
09MONROVIA82	LIBERIA: GOL SIGNS CONTRACT POWER PLANT FUELED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian firm Buchanan Renewables (Monrovia) Power, Inc. (BRP) signed January 21 a concession agreement with the Government of Liberia (GOL) and a power purchase agreement with the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the construction of a 35-megawatt power plant to provide [...]	2009-01-23 15:45:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD OPIC LI
09MONROVIA83	LIBERIA: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs (MPEA) Amarah Konneh, who has been in office five months (ref B),thanked the USG for the "quick win" of the MCC threshold program and described his plans to take on the challenges of a historica [...]	2009-01-23 18:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PINR LI
09MONROVIA833	LIBERIA - SENATE BY-ELECTION RESULTS IN RUN-OFF [...] SUMMARY. Voter turnout was low in the November 10 Montserrado Senate by-election, with just 20 percent of voters participating. None of the ten candidates took an absolute majority of votes, so the two leading candidates, Geraldine Doe-Sheriff of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and [...]	2009-11-17 16:15:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA841	LIBERIA - LARGEST PARTIES PREPARE FOR RUN-OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on Montserrado County Senate run-off candidates in separate November 18 meetings where she encouraged the Congress for Democratic Change's (CDC) Geraldine Doe Sheriff and Unity Party's (UP) to prevent the inciting of voters in the final November 24 round of the [...]	2009-11-20 12:42:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA863	LIBERIA: JOHN MORLU'S CANDIDACY FOR HEAD OF UN OFFICE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inspector General John Morlu is passionately committed to public financial management, and has transformed a moribund General Auditing Commission (GAC) into an independent and vocal mechanism for fighting corruption in Liberia. While Morlu's reputation for integrity is unimpeachab [...]	2009-12-01 17:47:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UN PREL AMGT LI
09MONROVIA87	LIBERIA: HOUSE SPEAKER ALLEGEDLY ORDERS BEATING OF FORMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former lawmaker in the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA) Prince Toe has accused Speaker of the House Alex Tyler of ordering his bodyguards to beat him after Toe's pickup nearly collided with a vehicle in Tyler's convoy January 18. The Monrovia Magisterial Court i [...]	2009-01-28 09:21:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM LI
09MONROVIA877	LIBERIA: OPPOSITION WINS SENATE BY-ELECTION RUN-OFF [...] (U) SUMMARY. The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) convincingly won the Montserrado County senatorial by-election in a second crucial test for the National Elections Commission (NEC). The ruling Unity Party (UP) lost the election despite heavy financial backing and support from f [...]	2009-12-03 19:26:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI KPAO LI
09MONROVIA894	FATE OF BUCHANAN RENEWABLES REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS GOL WAVERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While President Sirleaf feels tremendous political pressure to expand electric services in Monrovia, fulfilling public promises to secure 10 megawatts of power in the capital by the end of 2010, her energy advisors have been unable to proffer the definitive guidance that would e [...]	2009-12-11 11:25:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EGAR ENRG LI
09MONROVIA906	LIBERIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES DISCUSSES TRC PROCESS [...] SUMMARY. The members of the Liberian Council of Churches (LCC) told Ambassador that healing and reconciliation are more important than a harsh application of justice in dealing with perpetrators from the civil war. They fear that calls for prosecution will lead to renewed strife. Election [...]	2009-12-11 13:02:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM LI

09MONROVIA93	LIBERIA: DISASTER DECLARATION ON MOTH AND CATERPILLAR [...] This is an action request. Please See para 14. 2. Summary: This is a disaster declaration cable to request assistance from OFDA for immediate humanitarian relief related to the impact on water supply, sanitation, health and livelihoods related to widespread infestation of crops by caterpi [...]	2009-01-29 19:10:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL WFP PHUM LI
09MONROVIA937	LIBERIA: FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT RELEASED AFTER MUCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After many delays, the final, edited version of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report was released on December 8. It contained few changes, mostly the addition of 17 names to lists of perpetrators and more statistical analysis. Implementing the recommendations is [...]	2009-12-17 08:40:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI EAID LI
09MONROVIA949	PUBLISHER ARRESTED FOR SEDITION [...] (U) The Government of Liberia has brought charges of sedition and "criminal libel against the President" against the publisher and printer of the Liberian newspaper "The Plain Truth" after printing an article on December 9, from supposedly Guinean intelligence sources, that the Liberian governm [...]	2009-12-22 17:44:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC PREL KJUS GV LI
09MONTERREY102	NUEVO LEON?S EFFORTS TO REFORM STATE AND LOCAL POLICE HAVE [...] (C) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon has instituted many changes to clean up its state and municipal police forces, including annual lie detector tests, the creation of an integrated municipal police force called Metropol, and the construction of a high technology C-4 CCTV monitoring center. T [...]	2009-03-04 21:56:00	Consulate Monterrey	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR KCRM ASEC CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY109	SLOW PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVES IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been a number of allegations of public corruption in Nuevo Leon - including bribes for transit police and building inspectors and misuse of funds - but these cases have resulted in few negatives consequences for those named. The only exception occurred when pr [...]	2009-03-17 15:21:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY110	PAN AND PRI RESORT TO OLD TACTICS IN NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR'S [...] (U) Summary. Despite earlier promises to hold primaries, the Nuevo Leon PAN and PRI parties both chose their candidates by direct designation, reflecting the parties' desire to control the process. The PAN selected Fernando Elizondo Barragan to be their candidate for governor and the PRI chos [...]	2009-03-17 15:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR MX
09MONTERREY137	MONTERREY: MONEY LAUNDERING MOVES FROM BANKS TO CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey is a major destination for illegal bulk money transfers and money laundering from the United States. Although Mexico only intermittently prosecutes money launderers, our industry contacts believe that due to corporate self regulation and Mexican laws, money launderin [...]	2009-04-08 19:05:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV MX
09MONTERREY14	ATTACK ON TELEVISA TV STATION INCREASES PRESS INTIMIDATION [...] (C ) Summary. On January 6 the Televisa TV station in Monterrey was attacked by unknown assailants, who shot eight .40 caliber rounds into the station wall and threw a grenade over a fence into the parking lot, which exploded but did not injure anyone. The attack occurred while Televisa was br [...]	2009-01-12 19:54:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV KCRM PHUM MX
09MONTERREY141	HUMAN RIGHTS IN NUEVO LEON: POLICE IMPUNITY BUT FEW [...] (SBU) Summary. The militarization of the drug war in northern Mexico has not resulted in a significant increase in alleged human rights violations against the Mexican military in Nuevo Leon. Numerous human rights violations do occur in the state, but the alleged culprits usually are state a [...]	2009-04-15 19:26:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SNAR KCRM PGOV ASEC CASC MX
09MONTERREY150	MONTERREY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE ON SWINE FLU: MGSF01 [...] On April 27 Consul General convened the Monterrey Emergency Action Committee to discuss post's response to the outbreak of swine flu. Representatives from MGT, PAS, CONS, POL/ECON, RSO, ACS, FCS, DEA, DHS/ICE, ATO, CLO and OPAD attended. 2. Currently there are currently ele [...]	2009-04-28 16:39:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09MONTERREY158	BUSINESS LEADERS SUPPORT MEXICAN MILITARY AND MERIDA [...] (SBU) Summary. ON April 23 Post convened a group of respected business leaders for an in-depth discussion of Mexico's progress on security, the role of the military and their perspective on the Merida Initiative. The business leaders thought that Mexico could be at a tipping point in [...]	2009-05-07 19:10:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI PGOV KCOR ECON MX
09MONTERREY175	BORDER STATES CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP AND MEXICO'S CLIMATE [...] Summary. The Mexican state and federal governments reaffirmed their commitment to combating climate change at the Border States Climate Change Workshop held April 22-23 in Monterrey, Mexico. The conference, sponsored by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC),was the first ever [...]	2009-05-14 15:52:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EPET ECIN ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY176	SOME HOPEFUL ECONOMIC SIGNS AS NUEVO LEON EMPLOYMENT LOSSES [...] Summary. Although Nuevo Leon has been heavily affected by the U.S. economic recession, the pace of job losses has slowed and exports in most sectors have begun to rebound. The manufacturing sector has suffered the most job losses, and construction has also been hard hit; services and tra [...]	2009-05-14 19:47:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ECIN ELAB MX
09MONTERREY178	NUEVO LEON'S HEALTH SECRETARY BRIEFS ON H1N1 FLU [...] Summary. On May 14, 2009 Monterrey Consul General, Econoff and ACS Deputy met with Nuevo Leon Secretary of Health Gilberto Montiel Amoroso to discuss the state's response to the H1N1 outbreak and its capacity to handle future pandemics. The capital of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, is the third larg [...]	2009-05-18 14:29:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MONTERREY18	BATISTA KIDNAPPING CASE: LITTLE REAL PROGRESS SO FAR [...] (C) Summary. Despite widespread publicity and continued USG efforts, there has been little progress in resolving the December 10 kidnapping of Felix Batista, an Amcit anti-kidnapping expert. Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira Valdes personally assured the Consul General that he would p [...]	2009-01-14 22:24:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC SNAR PGOV KCRM ECON MX
09MONTERREY190	DRUG CARTELS INFILTRATE THE QUIET STATE OF ZACATECAS [...] (C) Summary. Although the state of Zacatecas appears relatively free from narcotics violence, two recent events demonstrate the extent to which the drug cartels have infiltrated the state government. On May 16 a convey of armed men freed 53 prisoners from a state prison in five minutes, w [...]	2009-05-20 20:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC MX
09MONTERREY202	MEXICAN ECONOMIC RECESSION DEEPENS; BUSINESS COMPLAINS [...] (U) Summary. Mexico's growth rate showed a sharp 8.2% annualized decline in the first quarter of 2009, indicating a deeper recession than expected. Several local economists now project that Mexico's economy will decline 6-7% in 2009. Credit remains tight and confidence is still low, [...]	2009-05-29 16:23:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX
09MONTERREY203	H-2B FRAUD IN CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED TRADES [...] This cable is the second in a two-part series examining fraud trends in the H-2B temporary workers program. The first cable looked at misrepresentation among staffing agencies; this piece focuses on fraud in construction and related trades. This cable has been coordinated with other H-2B issu [...]	2009-05-29 20:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD ELAB MX
09MONTERREY206	MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY U.S. RECESSION BUT EXPECTS [...] (U) Summary. The deep U.S. recession has dramatically reduced demand in the Mexican auto industry, a key source of industrial production and exports. Mexican auto producers are in an ornery mood, strongly criticizing the importation of used U.S. cars and their government's lack of su [...]	2009-06-02 15:47:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MX
09MONTERREY210	NUEVO LEON STATE PUBLIC SECURITY SECRETARY SEES A MIXED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 17:37:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY213	MEXICAN MILITARY ARRESTS STATE AND LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In ongoing operations, 74 police officers, including some high ranking officials, have been detained by the Mexican military for ties to organized crime. The arrests highlight the level of infiltration of local security forces. While President Calderon has vowed to keep up t [...]	2009-06-05 20:31:00	Consulate Monterrey	SECRET	ASEC SNAR CASC KCRM MX
09MONTERREY218	NUEVO LEON AND COAHUILA LEADERS SEEK TO "OUTSOURCE" PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 21:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY223	CARTELS WRESTLE FOR CONTROL OF DURANGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug trafficking organizations have transformed the state of Durango into one of the most violent battlegrounds in Mexico. Key institutions such as the church and the press have been terrorized as local civil society finds itself under siege. The number of violent deaths in [...]	2009-06-16 21:36:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CASC ASEC KCRM PGOV EAID MX
09MONTERREY23	(CORRECTED COPY) BATISTA KIDNAPPING CASE: LITTLE REAL [...] (C) Summary. Despite widespread publicity and continued USG efforts, there has been little progress in resolving the December 10 kidnapping of Felix Batista, an Amcit anti-kidnapping expert. Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira Valdes personally assured the Consul General that he would provide a [...]	2009-01-21 21:14:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC SNAR PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY250	MEXICAN MILITARY CONTINUING TO ARREST LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In the last four weeks the Mexican military has stepped up their operations in Nuevo Leon resulting in high profile arrests of corrupt police officers and large seizures. While the military operations coincide with stronger rhetoric from President Calderon and there are allegati [...]	2009-06-25 21:55:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SNAR CASC KCRM PHUM KIPR PGOV MX
09MONTERREY251	COAHUILA STATE GOVERNOR SPONSORS SECURITY OUTREACH: FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. On June 23 Consulate Monterrey officials traveled to Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila state, to meet with Governor Humberto Moreira and his new law enforcement team. Per reftel, the latter now consists of Mexican Army flag officers seconded to various posts within the state a [...]	2009-06-26 17:52:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM CASC PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY259	CASINO TIES TO PAN CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary. During this year?s midterm elections, President Calderon has accused opposition party governors of skimping in the war against the cartels and PAN party president German Martinez has directly blamed Nuevo Leon Governor Gonzalez Paras (PRI) for the increased violence in that state [...]	2009-07-02 20:19:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC MX
09MONTERREY261	PAN FAILS TO RETAKE GOVERNORSHIP OF NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. The PRI retained the governorship of Nuevo Leon and took majorities in the state legislative and congressional delegations in an election that focused heavily on economic and security issues. The PAN managed to retain control of the state capital, Monterrey, and other import [...]	2009-07-07 17:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCRM KCOG MX
09MONTERREY274	CARTELS CONFRONTING MEXICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug cartel members staged an open shootout with federal police officers in the Monterrey suburb of Guadalupe on July 14 resulting in six deaths. The Mexican military's round-up of 20 San Pedro police officers (including a commander in the city's command and control center) [...]	2009-07-20 14:28:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM CASC PINS SNAR ASEC PTER PGOV MX
09MONTERREY284	MILITARY PRESENCE NO PANACEA FOR NUEVO LEON [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers are continuing their campaign of intimidation against the publishers and staff of Northern Mexico's leading dealing newspaper - El Norte. El Norte leadership has reached out to local army commanders as the threats come in, but as the military is not set up to p [...]	2009-07-27 13:55:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM CASC PHUM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY30	DURANGO LOCALS BECOMING ACCUSTOMED TO RAMPANT DRUG CARTEL [...] (C) Summary. Over the past few months, Conoffs have met with state security officials and private sector contacts to assess rising drug violence in Durango. The local police forces are stretched thin and drug gangs have substantial control of the Durango prison. Our interlocutors warned Co [...]	2009-01-23 23:10:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CASC ASEC KCRM PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY302	REPORT FROM ZACATECAS: PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary. In a July 27 meeting with Consulate officers, Zacatecas Governor Amalia Garcia Medina (PRD) discussed the development and security challenges facing her state. She proudly related her success in constructing highways to link isolated Zacatecas city (the capital) to urban center [...]	2009-08-06 15:42:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINS SNAR CASC ASEC ELTN SOCI MX
09MONTERREY304	MONTERREY ECONOMISTS PREDICT INFLATION; NUEVO LEON CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two noted Monterrey economists cautioned about a potential rise in inflation when the Mexican economy finally begins to rebound, which one economist predicted would occur over the next two to three quarters. Both believed overall year-end GDP would post a significant decline. [...]	2009-08-06 19:11:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
09MONTERREY307	LOCAL LEADERS STRUGGLE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; CULTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: A joint military/Nuevo Leon state operation to detain 21 San Pedro police officers (including a commander in the city's command and control center) on corruption charges has shocked many in the affluent Monterrey suburb and further contributed to eroding public confidence in loca [...]	2009-08-07 14:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM SNAR SOCI MX
09MONTERREY31	MONTERREY CIVIL SOCIETY SEEKS TO RESPOND TO NARCO-VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Unnerved by the upsurge in kidnappings and overall violence, Monterrey civil society institutions - government officials, citizens groups, and the press - have set to work in attempt to find solutions. Some analysts worry, however, that the situation will get worse befor [...]	2009-01-29 01:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY314	MONTERREY ECONOMIST WEIGH PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey-based economists remain hopeful as employment in Mexico's formal sector recorded its second straight month of growth in July. Even though they believe the worst of the recession may be over, David Martinez, the Chief Economist for Nuevo Leon's Secretary of Economic [...]	2009-08-19 17:16:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY318	INTENSIFYING VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO SHAKE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Cartel violence in Monterrey has continued to shake public confidence in local authorities and burnish the military's image as a viable counter to the criminals. On August 17, the military dealt a major blow to Gulf Cartel operations in the Monterrey area with the take-down [...]	2009-08-21 14:00:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PINS CASC SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY34	NUEVO LEON BUSINESS SURVEY SHOWS WORSENING SECURITY [...] (U) On January 14 the Monterrey Chapter of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) conducted a survey of 56 employees working in the security and human resources divisions of area companies. Survey participants represented 22 American companies, 24 Mexican firms and 8 other foreign [...]	2009-01-30 11:21:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EINV ECON ASEC SNAR CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY344	SAN PEDRO MAYOR-ELECT PLANS HARDHITTING CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary. In a September meeting with the Mayor-elect of San Pedro, Nuevo Leon (the city with the highest per-capita income in Mexico),this incoming municipal chief executive provided us with a pessimistic assessment of the degree of narco infiltration into the Monterrey area's politica [...]	2009-09-17 22:10:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY345	SEPTEMBER 17 CONSULATE MONTERREY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (C) On September 17 Post Emergency Action Committee met to review DEA-generated threat information (septel). Consul General, RSO, ATF, DEA, Legatt, MGT, CONS, Econ/Pol, IPO, DHS-ICE, OPAD, and DHS-CIS were present at the meeting. Consul General requested that all Agency/Section heads imp [...]	2009-09-18 18:29:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC SNAR MX
09MONTERREY371	NUEVO LEON'S NEW CABINET HAS FEW SURPRISES [...] (SBU) Summary: New Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina released the names of his cabinet members on October 3. With the exception of his choice for the Secretary of Public Security, Medina's choices overwhelmingly reflect continuity from the prior administration, which is not surprising give [...]	2009-10-06 22:31:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PINR MX
09MONTERREY373	INCOMING NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR FACES SERIOUS SECURITY [...] (U) This is the first in a two part series covering the challenges Nuevo Leon's new Governor faces upon assuming office. This first cable will focus on the security and political situation in Nuevo Leon. The second will overview the economic conditions in the state. 2. (C) Summary: Nuev [...]	2009-10-09 15:47:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PHUM PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY379	NARCO THREATS TO SAN PEDRO MAYOR-ELECT [...] (C) Summary. On the evening of October 9, CG and RSO relayed to San Pedro Mayor-elect Mauricio Fernandez credible DEA information indicating a potential drug cartel attempt to assassinate him. During the session, and the day after as well, RSO briefed Fernandez on measures he might conside [...]	2009-10-15 13:48:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PINS SNAR PHUM ASEC MX
09MONTERREY385	MONTERREY HOSTS SUCCESSFUL HAGUE SEMINAR [...] SUMMARY: On September 28-29, 2009, the U.S. Consulate General of Monterrey, the Tribunal Superior de Justicia of Nuevo Leon (State Supreme Court),and Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF),co-sponsored the Sixth International Seminar `Mexico-U.S. Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inte [...]	2009-10-16 14:33:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI MX
09MONTERREY386	VIOLENCE SPIKES AS NEW ADMINISTRATION TAKES THE REINS [...] (SBU) Within two weeks of taking office, Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina and his security team face a dramatic increase in violence. While such violence is hardly new to the state, its capital Monterrey has in the last week experienced three dramatic gun battles in public spaces, two of t [...]	2009-10-16 20:17:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SNAR KCRM PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY397	MONTERREY TEC ANNOUNCES POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Four days before POTUS' October 23 declaration of a national emergency in the face of the growing influenza pandemic, researchers at Monterrey TEC's FEMSA Biotechnology Center announced the development of a new type of A/H1N1 influenza vaccine with the potential to solve curren [...]	2009-10-27 23:58:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO TSPL MCAP MX
09MONTERREY412	SAN PEDRO'S NEW MAYOR: BOTH FRIEND AND FOE OF ORGANIZED [...] (C) Summary. In his October 31 inauguration address, San Pedro Mayor (and former PAN federal Senator) Mauricio Fernandez lauded the execution of four suspected narco-traffickers -- four hours prior to the discovery of their bodies in the Mexico's Federal District. Fernandez's revelation, [...]	2009-11-03 19:38:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY415	KILLING OF POLICE CHIEF LATEST IN CARTEL VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, gunmen ambushed and killed the police chief of the Monterrey suburb of Garcia. Unconfirmed DEA sources identified at least one of the attackers as a member of Los Zetas. This is the latest in the drug cartels' endemic intimidation and violence campaign against [...]	2009-11-06 22:20:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER SOCI MX
09MONTERREY434	NUEVO LEON PROJECTS INCREASE IN H1N1 CASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nuevo Leon Health officials are preparing for a sharp increase in H1N1 cases over the winter months that could be as high as 300%. However, state government stocks of antiviral medication remain low and, in some private pharmacies, unavailable. The state has yet to receive a [...]	2009-11-18 18:33:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY435	EMBATTLED SAN PEDRO MAYOR REFUSED ENTRY TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Brownsville, Texas CBP officials denied entry to San Pedro's polemic mayor, Mauricio Fernandez and a female companion. Fernandez told media sources that he had forgotten his visa, but CBP sources indicated that they found a small quantity of marijuana in a pipe i [...]	2009-11-18 23:09:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER SOCI CVIS MX
09MONTERREY453	MONTERREY SHOOTOUTS LEAVE 17 DEAD, EXPOSE SHORTCOMINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: A wave of gang violence rocked Monterrey on December 4 as well-armed criminals faced down the Mexican marines in the Monterrey suburb of Juarez during an attempt to arrest a Los Zetas drug gang leader implicated in the assassination of a suburban police chief. The day culminated [...]	2009-12-14 15:23:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR ASEC SNAR PHUM SOCI MX
09MONTERREY46	SAN LUIS POTOSI TRAVELOGUE; SECURITY GOOD; ECONOMY IN [...] (U) Summary. We expect the 2009 governor's race in San Luis Potosi to focus on economic issues, since the state's security situation is relatively safe. San Luis Potosi has had success in developing manufacturing industries, but export demand is down due to the U.S. recession. The P [...]	2009-02-04 14:29:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SNAR CASC MX
09MONTERREY62	2009 MONTERREY OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 22:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC MX
09MONTERREY64	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY65	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY66	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY67	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY73	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 22:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY74	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, and February 9 and February 12. Our contacts report that the n [...]	2009-02-13 14:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY79	CONTINUING NARCO-DEMONSTRATIONS CHALLENGE NUEVO LEON [...] (C) Summary. Nuevo Leon residents are demanding that the state government do more to stop narco-funded demonstrations. Although the Nuevo Leon Governor and Secretary of Public Security have publicly said that organized crime is behind the protests - specifically naming the Gulf Cartel and th [...]	2009-02-18 19:43:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTEVIDEO106	ARGENTINE DEPOSITS IN URUGUAY ON THE RISE [...] Deposits by non-residents -- mainly Argentine nationals -- in Uruguayan banks rose by a significant 41 percent in 2008 to USD 2.5 billion (equivalent to 18 percent of total deposits). The increase is largely attributed to a perception by depositors of an increase in instability in neighboring [...]	2009-02-20 16:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO107	CHRONIC DISEASES INCREASING IN URUGUAY [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, post prepared the following report to examine the impact of chronic diseases (or Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs) in Uruguay and to inform the Department about policy related developments and the capacity of the local health sector to address those diseases. Uru [...]	2009-02-20 16:56:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO KPAO WHO UY
09MONTEVIDEO121	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO TRAVEL TO BRASILIA [...] (C) President Vazquez plans to travel to Brasilia March 10 for a meeting with President Lula. That summit is expected to produce agreement on several issues, according to FM Gonzalo Fernandez, including commitments to eliminate a longstanding tariff problem between the two countries and to in [...]	2009-03-03 16:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
09MONTEVIDEO142	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)- [...] (C) Summary: The Spring 2009 Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and concern over a very porous border. In general, anti-US protests have declined in size and intensity since March 2007. END SUMMARY Post provides the following nu [...]	2009-03-11 13:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO145	URUGUAY 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Summary: Post provides herein Embassy Montevideo's CY-2008 End Use Monitoring Report in response to reftel. No new equipment was purchased with INL funds in CY-2008. All previously INL-provided material was used appropriately by the GOU to effectively enhance counter-narcotics and law enfor [...]	2009-03-13 16:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO182	URUGUAY: NEW RULES FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE [...] SUMMARY. On the 2nd March, Uruguay's Senate passed draft legislation detailing the rules for financing campaigns during Uruguay's 2009 election cycle. Although, as in past years, the proposal only covers this year's election cycle, if made into law, it would mark the first time in Uruguay's h [...]	2009-04-02 12:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON
09MONTEVIDEO187	URUGUAY ENDORSES OECD STANDARDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay formally endorsed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) standards on transparency and exchange of information in immediate response to its place [...]	2009-04-06 16:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO189	URUGUAY'S SUCCESS WITH THE ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD PROGRAM [...] Summary: Uruguay has taken a leading role in realizing the aims of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative and, under the auspices of its "Project Ceibal," as the project is known locally, is close to its goal of delivering a laptop to every child in the country. A recent poll has linked th [...]	2009-04-06 19:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO212	URUGUAY: KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING [...] While Uruguay has completed the epidemiological transition from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases, it nevertheless faces an increasing incidence of diseases, such as parasitic diseases, traditionally linked to poverty and deteriorating social and environmental conditions. The G [...]	2009-04-16 16:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO EAGR WHO UY
09MONTEVIDEO239	EAC - URUGUAY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's Health Ministry reported there are no actual or suspected cases of H1N1 influenza in Uruguay, and that local health authorities stand ready to screen incoming travelers with flu-like symptoms. On 4/28/09, U.S. Embassy Uruguay held an EAC meeting to review post's prepa [...]	2009-04-29 16:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF PINR PREL TBIO
09MONTEVIDEO245	TFFLU01: H1N1 UPDATE #2- GOU GEARING UP; NO [...] Summary: As of May 5, Uruguay has no confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza. The GOU expects test kits to diagnose H1N1 influenza to arrive shortly. Surveillance of incoming visitors at Carrasco International Airport has been extended to flights from the U.S., with special emphasis on indiv [...]	2009-05-05 19:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09MONTEVIDEO250	URUGUAY: UN REPORT PUTS PRISON REFORM ON FRONT BURNER [...] A March report by UN Special Rapporteur for Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Manfred Nowak provoked a swift remedial action from the GOU. The prison system had been a long standing concern in Uruguay and Nowak, a highly experienced Human Rights expert invi [...]	2009-05-06 18:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO265	GOU LOOKS TO PRIVATIZE AIRPORTS IN THE INTERIOR [...] (U) Recent press reports indicate that the GOU will introduce two bills in Parliament in the coming weeks to make possible the privatization of the Colonia, Salto, and Rivera airports in the Uruguayan interior. The planned procedure is to auction the administration and development of the airpo [...]	2009-05-12 16:59:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO267	NEW MEDIA AND THE URUGUAYAN ELECTION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) With the primary to decide presidential candidates set for June, and national elections for October, the campaigns of Uruguay's presidential hopefuls have ramped up. However, Urugu [...]	2009-05-13 19:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO297	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 16:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO298	DICTATORSHIP ERA ABUSES CONTINUE TO RESONATE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Uruguay emerged from dictatorship rule 23 years ago, the legacy of that period and the fate of the disappeared continue to resonate in the political spectrum. A citizens' group in late April presented signatures to place a referendum on the October ballot to annul Uruguay's [...]	2009-06-01 17:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO318	PRESENTATION BY NASDAQ MANAGING DIRECTOR ON URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY: Steven Phillips, Managing Director of NASDAQ and an experienced financier, came to Montevideo to participate in the Innovation Forum (reftel) and to discuss ways in which Uruguay could revitalize its moribund capital markets. In a presentation to the Capital Markets Development Grou [...]	2009-06-08 21:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO319	URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ REPLACES INTERIOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 12:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO325	URUGUAY SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF SUDAN MANDATE [...] (SBU) On June 11, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Nury Bauzan, Director of Multilateral Affairs. Ms. Bauzan reported that Uruguay strongly supports a one year extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur to Sudan, and is deeply concerned about the poor human rights situation [...]	2009-06-11 18:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC UY
09MONTEVIDEO359	NATIONAL PARTY STRENGTHENING IN SWING STATE [...] (U) Summary: Leading up to the June primaries, Emboffs met with four of the five congressmen from Maldonado, the third-most populous Uruguayan department and the home of Punta del Este, considered by many to be the face of Uruguay, to discuss the department's primary issues and the likely res [...]	2009-06-24 13:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO377	URUGUAY: NO SURPRISES IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES [...] (C) There were few surprises in the June 28 elections to select presidential candidates from Uruguay,s three major political parties, as the front runners translated their respective poll advantages into solid victories. The big winners were ex-President Luis Alberto Lacalle of the Blanco par [...]	2009-06-29 15:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO378	POINTS AND NON-PAPERS DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered points and left ref A and B non-papers with the Director of the International Affairs Office at the MFA Minister Nury Bauzan, Head of the Central Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit Daniel Espinoza and Head of Sectariat for Anti-Money Laundering in the President's Office. [...]	2009-06-30 18:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE KN UY
09MONTEVIDEO4	URUGUAY: GOU AND URUGUAYAN PRESS KEEP BALANCE ON [...] (U) Both the Government of Uruguay and most Uruguayan media have taken a balanced view of the situation in Gaza. The GOU's public comments have been limited to a single press release by the MFA December 29 that stressed the GOU's concern regarding the escalation of violence and urged all parti [...]	2009-01-08 15:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR UR
09MONTEVIDEO403	URUGUAY: STEPS TOWARD MEETING TAX TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay's tax policy chief David Eibe told the Charge July 10 that Uruguay is moving forward on its commitment to meet OECD standards on transparency and exchange of tax informat [...]	2009-07-13 15:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO404	URUGUAY'S 2009 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This report covers January through June 2009. The Government of Uruguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (JND) continued to work diligently on drug enforcement activities during this period, and DEA support increased, opening six investigations during the period. Halfway through 200 [...]	2009-07-13 16:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO410	Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) While the results of UruguayQs June 28 internal elections largely conformed to expectations, a few surprises have emerged in the light of the full results. The ruling Frente Ampli [...]	2009-07-15 11:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO411	Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) While the results of UruguayQs June 28 internal elections largely conformed to expectations, a few surprises have emerged in the light of the full results. The ruling Frente Ampli [...]	2009-07-15 11:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO418	H1N1 FLU: DEATH TOLL HITS 15 [...] As of July 15, Uruguay has 15 confirmed deaths from H1N1 influenza, with more than 1,500 cases suspected throughout the country. Despite an increase in numbers, public health officials continue to emphasize preventative measures, and only a few public activities have been suspended throughout [...]	2009-07-16 16:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU
09MONTEVIDEO434	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: PARTIES STRATEGIZE AS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) With the internal elections behind them, both the incumbent Frente Amplio (FA) and the opposition National Party (Blancos) have begun to devise the strategies that they hope will [...]	2009-07-24 13:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO437	URUGUAYAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOSE MUJICA SAYS [...] (C) Governing Frente Amplio coalition presidential candidate Senator Jose Mujica told the charge July 23 that the U.S. should count on him as a friend. He noted that he has relationships with and access to leaders within the hemisphere that have difficult relations with the USG, and said that [...]	2009-07-27 17:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO445	URUGUAY: GOU INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1 [...] (U) Through contacts with local health practitioners and the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, Post developed the following timeline of interventions pertaining to the H1N1 pendemic, as requested in reftel: -- First case: The first case of H1N1 in Uruguay was detected on May 23, 2009. Th [...]	2009-07-30 18:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO455	Uruguayan Priorities as Mercosur President [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Uruguay assumes the pro tempore presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc, President Vazquez signaled a measured approach to dealing with commercial barriers the GOU claims its two dominant neighbors have imposed. Uruguay's priorities include pressing Argentina to allow Mercosur [...]	2009-08-07 15:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ENGY UY
09MONTEVIDEO47	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] The following are answers posed in ref B concerning Uruguay's efforts to combat child labor. The Uruguayan Child and Adolescent Institute (INAU) currently employs five labor inspectors. Legislation passed in December 2008 provides for six to twelve days of mandatory leave for students to prepa [...]	2009-01-26 10:19:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI UY
09MONTEVIDEO489	URUGUAY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ARGENTINA: NOT THE [...] (C) The relationship between Uruguay and Argentina, which has been strained since early 2006 by a dispute over the installation of a cellulose pulp plant on the Uruguayan shore of the Uruguay River, has continued to deteriorate. Political tensions, which range from the three-year long blockade [...]	2009-08-21 14:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN EINV ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO498	URUGUAY: DAS MCMULLEN EXPLAINS U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] (C) WHA DAS Chris McMullen visited Montevideo August 26 to provide background and information on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Foreign Minister Fernandez and to the Uruguayan public. Fernandez told him that Uruguay would do what it could to ensure the success of the [...]	2009-08-27 19:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MOTT UY
09MONTEVIDEO50	PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO DETENTION CENTER [...] Summary: Uruguayan media of all political denominations and types (radio, print media, and television) gave positive coverage to President Obama's order closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. End Summary. 2. All Uruguayan dailies gave prominent coverage and positive editorial comme [...]	2009-01-26 19:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO508	URUGUAY: ALLEGATION OF VENEZUELAN FINANCING [...] (U) An Uruguayan judge has initiated an investigation into the sale of books at enormously inflated prices to Venezuela by a company with possible ties to ruling Frente Amplio (FA) presidential candidate Jose Mujica, leading to accusations by opposition politicians that the money may have been [...]	2009-09-03 16:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	UY VE PREL
09MONTEVIDEO526	URUGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (U) The contents are sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Human Rights Commission priorities to the MFA's Co-Director of the Office of Human Rights, Silvia Izquierdo. Izquierdo reported that the GOU agrees with U.S. efforts to reac [...]	2009-09-15 13:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN UNHCR UY
09MONTEVIDEO554	INITIAL REVIEW OF MICROFIN URUGUAY FOR PROPOSED OPIC [...] In response to reftel, emboffs spoke with Microfin Uruguay's General Manager, Antonio Martinez (CPA). Micofin Uruguay Shareholders include: -- ACP Peru (Mi Banco) http://www.grupoacp.com.pe/ -- Corporacion Andina de Fomento since February 2009 -- FOMIN/IDB (not official yet, to be signed in [...]	2009-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV UY
09MONTEVIDEO556	URUGUAY WILL SEEK A MODERATE OUTCOME ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to MFA Director Human Rights Silvia Izquierdo on October 23. Ms. Izquierdo appreciated the constructive nature of this demarche and its early communication. She said the GOU will seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report, but could not [...]	2009-09-25 14:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY

09MONTEVIDEO558	URUGUAY AVOIDS ECONOMIC RECESSION, GOU THRILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's GDP grew by a mild 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2009, thus avoiding an economic recession. Growth was widespread among sectors, with only agriculture and electrical generation declining. The rise was led by rising public expenditure and public investment, whi [...]	2009-09-25 19:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO577	GOLDSTONE - URUGUAY WILL ABSTAIN IF HRC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge conveyed reftel points to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz on October 1, following up on an earlier demarche delivered to the Director Human Rights on October 23. The Foreign Minister reiterated the GOU's intention to seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report. He ex [...]	2009-10-09 12:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY
09MONTEVIDEO6	EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Per Reftel, On January 5, 2008, in response to a demonstration against the Israeli Embassy in Uruguay, AmEmbassy Montevideo, Uruguay convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, ARSO, PAO, POL, ODC, DAO, RAO, MSG, FMO, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason t [...]	2009-01-08 16:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO60	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: STRUGGLE FOR RULING COALITION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) For the first time in at least three election cycles, Uruguay's ruling Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition faces an internal struggle for the coalition's nomination for preside [...]	2009-02-02 10:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR UY
09MONTEVIDEO607	URUGUAY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES [...] (U) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's UN specialist, Gabriela Ortigosa. Ms. Ortigosa accepted all of the points and agreed to share them with the MFA's Human Rights office, as well as with the UN representative from Uruguay. Although s [...]	2009-10-26 17:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN UY
09MONTEVIDEO608	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: MUJICA ON TOP WITH TOUGH RUNOFF [...] (U) Jose Mujica of the ruling Frente Amplio coalition (FA) and Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party (Blancos) will face off for the presidency in a November 29 runoff, after neither candidate was able to capture 50 percent of the vote in national elections October 25. With 98.5 percent o [...]	2009-10-26 18:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO615	700 Illegal Weapons Found in Uruguay [...] (S) Uruguayan police confiscated over 700 firearms October 30- November 1, including handguns, shotguns, military style rifles, grenades, rocket propelled grenades, and ammunition from what appears to have been an arms trafficking operation. At least five of the confiscated weapons are rep [...]	2009-11-05 19:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	SNAR ASEC MASS PGOV UY BR
09MONTEVIDEO616	Biofuels Visit Trip Report - Richard Simmons [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO617	Uruguay: Review For Suspension of Title III of the Libertad [...] (SBU) Post provides the following information in response to Ref A request for information on Uruguay's policies related to Cuba. Ref B is Post's reporting for the preceding six-month period. 2. (C) President Vazquez led an official visit to Cuba in June 2009, fulfilling a campaign pr [...]	2009-11-12 18:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU UY
09MONTEVIDEO621	Uruguay: A Race to the Runoff [...] (U) Uruguay's presidential runoff campaign is in full swing. Although both contenders are struggling to build on the October 25 elections, polls give ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition candidate Jose Mujica a significant lead (48 percent to 40 percent) for the November 29 run-off. As the Octo [...]	2009-11-12 19:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO666	Uruguay: Mujica Strong Favorite in November 29 Presidential [...] (U) With the November 29 runoff election less than a week away, ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition candidate Jose Mujica appears in position to be elected the next President of Uruguay, with 48 percent of likely voters intending to support him, according to recent polls. Challenger Luis Alber [...]	2009-11-24 18:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO668	Uruguay: Disaster Alert Cable for DCHA/OFDA [...] (U) A number of departments in the interior of Uruguay have experienced widespread flooding following heavy rains throughout the country beginning mid-November. The flooding has primarily affected the northwest of the country, with the heaviest damage in Artigas and Salto departments, which a [...]	2009-11-25 16:17:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID UY
09MONTEVIDEO680	Jose Mujica Wins Uruguayan Presidency [...] (U) Summary. As predicted by all major polling companies, Frente Amplio candidate and former Tupamaro guerrilla Jose "Pepe" Mujica will be the next President of Uruguay, after winning 53 percent of the vote in a runoff election against Luis Alberto Lacalle November 29. Both Mujica and Lacalle [...]	2009-11-30 18:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO7	URUGUAY: DROUGHT CONTINUES, BUT GOVERNMENT NOT YET [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary: - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay continues to suffer from a serious drought, but Deputy Chief of Staff Jorge Vazquez told Ambassador Baxter January 8 that the GOU does not yet consider it necessary to requ [...]	2009-01-09 14:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI UY
09MONTEVIDEO700	UPCOMING MERCOSUR SUMMIT UNLIKELY TO SCORE MUCH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, Montevideo will host Mercosur's 38th Presidential Summit. The GOU's main targets at the beginning of its pro-tempore presidency were on the commercial, external relations and institutional fronts. Achievements seem to have fallen short on every front and no majo [...]	2009-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD BR AR PA UY
09MONTEVIDEO714	Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December [...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your December 16-17 visit. You will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Uruguay during the Obama Administration. Arriving shortly after Uruguay's Presidential elections, your visit will allow us to recognize the excellent collaboration we h [...]	2009-12-09 12:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO718	Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica's Debut at Mercosur Summit [...] (U) The December 8-9 38th summit meeting of MERCOSUR, provided an appropriate platform for Jose Mujica's regional debut as president elect. Mujica was warmly received by the delegates and, thanks in particular to high profile meetings with Christina Kirchner and Hugo Chavez, managed to attract [...]	2009-12-10 19:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO734	INCSR II -- URUGUAY [...] Post submits the 2009-2010 INCSR II report. An e-mail copy with tracked changed was delivered by e-mail, per reftel instructions. 2. While the level of money laundering and related crimes is considered relatively low in Uruguay, the country's financial system remains vulnerable to th [...]	2009-12-17 16:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO74	CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION, GOU TIGHTENS MONETARY POLICY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay has steadily taken steps to moderate the impact of the global economic slowdown in recent months, including measures to keep consumer confidence and spending steady. However, concerns about rising inflationary pressures caused a shift in emphasis in late January. Whil [...]	2009-02-09 11:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR UY
09MONTEVIDEO760	URUGUAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is a CORRECTED COPY of 09 Montevideo 760. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol/Econ officer Eric Theus. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Uruguay is a willing partner of the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts. It supports the fight agains [...]	2009-12-22 15:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO89	URUGUAY 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: There is a relatively low incidence of trafficking in persons in Uruguay but the government is nonetheless undertaking robust efforts to improve public consciousness, detection, prosecution and protection of victims, to the extent possible with existing resources. These efforts to ta [...]	2009-02-13 16:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG UY
09MONTEVIDEO9	URUGUAYAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS NOT DEFINITIVE [...] Uruguay is increasingly interested in diversifying its energy sector, potentially including the use of nuclear power. Currently, the implementation of such a program is prohibited by law, but President Tabare Vazquez authorized feasibility research of a civil nuclear program and its implication [...]	2009-01-12 19:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO90	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: THIRD CANDIDATE EMERGES FOR RULING COALITION NOMINATION [...] (U) A third candidate has emerged for the presidential nomination of Uruguay's ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition. Marcos Carambula is Mayor of Canelones, Uruguay's second-largest province, and he is hoping to draw support from the middle ground between longtime front-running senators Jose Mujica [...]	2009-02-17 14:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR UY
09MONTREAL115	RESULTS OF ICAO'S TWENTIETH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING [...] Summary. Transportation Security Administration officials led the U.S. delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Twentieth Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting and presented two U.S. working paper proposals and an information paper on the supply chain [...]	2009-04-07 18:47:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREL PTER ICAO XX
09MONTREAL184	ABDELRAZIK MAKES ROUTINE COURT APPEARANCE, SAYS SEEKS [...] (U) Newly repatriated Abousfian Abdelrazik appeared briefly before a federal court judge in Montreal yesterday, officially affirming that Ottawa had complied with the court's June 4 order to bring Abdelrazik home after six years in exile in Sudan. Judge Russel Zinn, the same judge who had issue [...]	2009-07-08 19:38:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SU CA UN
09MONTREAL299	AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO MONTREAL, DEC 14-15 [...] (U/NF) Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's second visit to Montreal December 14-15 introduced him to several influential personalities related to Quebec's politics, business and culture. The Ambassador also found a willing ally on intellectual property rights with the Bloc Quebecois party and press [...]	2009-12-31 18:34:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CA
09MOSCOW1003	RUSSIA BLAMED FOR BLEAK SOUTH OSSETIA CIRCUMSTANCES [...] (C) Summary: In a recent spate of reports on the situation in South Ossetia, the Russian print and internet media painted a bleak picture of post-conflict living conditions and allowed discontent with Russia to shine through. The press noted the lack of aid and ineffectiveness of reconstruct [...]	2009-04-20 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RS GG
09MOSCOW1005	GOR RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA WITH A FM [...] (C) In the wake of North Korea's announced withdrawal from the Six Party Talks and the expulsion of inspectors in response to the UN Security Council's censure of its April 5 missile launch, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Pyongyang April 23-24 with a stop over in Seoul aft [...]	2009-04-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
09MOSCOW1021	CODEL LEVIN MEETS MARGELOV -- MD, Iran, Afghanistan, DPRK, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with CODEL Levin, Russian Federation Council International Relations Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov said momentum on missile defense had been lost when the U.S. did not take up Russia on its offer on using the Gabala and Armavir radar stations, but state [...]	2009-04-21 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW1034	KIRILL CRONIES BENEFIT FROM RUSSIAN ORTHODOX [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 31, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill presided over the first meeting of Church leaders since his enthronement, introducing significant personnel and structural changes to the ROC. Kirill appointed faithful supporter Bishop Ilarion as the new Chairman of [...]	2009-04-22 08:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1053	MEDVEDEV MEETS ALIYEV: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: During President Aliyev's April 17-18 visit to Moscow, Medvedev touted Russia's "mandate" in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict via presidential-level meetings, while Aliyev stuck to support for the Minsk Group process. Russia supported Aliyev's proposal for determining th [...]	2009-04-23 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS AJ AM
09MOSCOW1060	DEBTS AND LEADERSHIP WOES FORCE YABLOKO TO THINK [...] (C) Summary: Suffering from dwindling membership, fraying internal discipline, and onerous debt, the Yabloko liberal opposition party has failed to resurrect its national prospects since overhauling its leadership structures in June 2008. After failing to register in all nine October regional [...]	2009-04-24 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1073	GOR EDUCATION PLANS MISS LONG-TERM MARK [...] (C) The GOR is responding to reports that 14 percent of 700,000 university graduates in 2009 will not find work by instituting a series of measures intended to reduce labor market stress. Current plans will increase access to publicly funded slots in universities, lower the cost of student lo [...]	2009-04-24 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1076	MFA ON NATO PFP EXERCISES IN GEORGIA, CHOD MEETING [...] (C) In an April 23 meeting, MFA General European Cooperation Director Vladimir Voronkov said the upcoming NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) Cooperative Longbow/Cooperative Lancer 2009 exercises were a "sensitive issue" for Russia. He pointed out that the U.S. and Georgia conducted military mane [...]	2009-04-24 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR RS NATO
09MOSCOW1080	CHECHNYA COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION ENDS: CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Consensus across the spectrum of Chechnya observers is that the Kremlin's decision to end its counterterrorism operation in Chechnya has the potential to bolster the republic's economy, but will otherwise effect little change. The opening of the Groznyy airport to international tr [...]	2009-04-24 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1082	RUSSIA UPBEAT ON INCIDENT PREVENTION MECHANISM; [...] (C) Russia gave upbeat assessments of the April 23 Incident Prevention Mechanism talks, while showing no flexibility on reaching a compromise over the OSCE mission in Georgia. Tatiana Mazanova from the 4th CIS Georgia Desk told us Russia was "very pleased" with the "successful" outcome of th [...]	2009-04-24 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW1091	UNITED RUSSIA WINS SOCHI MAYORAL RACE AMID FRAUD [...] (C) Summary: Amid allegations of ballot-rigging and electoral fraud, United Russia's Anatoliy Pakhomov won Sochi's April 26 mayoral election with 77 percent of the "official vote." Opposition candidate Boris Nemtsov took 13.5 percent in the official count, and Communist Party (KPRF) candidate [...]	2009-04-27 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW11	ARMENIA: STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFY GAPS IN REFUGEE PROTECTION, [...] (U) Summary: A draft UNHCR Armenia conference report on November 2008 stakeholders' consultations identifies significant legal, economic, and social challenges to refugees' integration in the impoverished former Soviet republic. While it makes dozens of recommendations for strengthening prote [...]	2009-01-07 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG AM
09MOSCOW1108	WAITING AND WATCHING: NORTH KOREA AFTER CURRENCY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 15, EAP DAS David Shear and ConGen staff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a major player here in Chinese-North Korean economic exchanges. XXXXXXXXXXXX attributed the DPRK,s recent currency reform to several factors: controlling rampant inflation, preventing 'hot money' flows, [...]	2009-04-29 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU UNSC KNNP KN
09MOSCOW1110	MFA ON OSCE AND UNOMIG MISSIONS, INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin showed no signs of flexibility on the OSCE mandate renewal. He downplayed prospects that a UN mandate for Abkhazia could be extended to South Ossetia, but predicted Russia's proposal for the UN mandate would "surprise" the W [...]	2009-04-29 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG AZ
09MOSCOW1111	FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE AND IRAN WITH [...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Lavrov told visiting Codel Levin April 15 that arms control issues were Russia's top priority. Noting that Moscow was waiting for concrete proposals, including specific language, from the U.S. on a post-START treaty agreement, Lavrov said he recognized that the [...]	2009-04-29 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KACT IR RS
09MOSCOW1112	RUSSIAN JOBLESS RATE CLIMBS AS ECONOMY CONTRACTS [...] (C) According to GOR statistics released this week, actual unemployment surged to 7.5 million workers, or approximately 10% of the workforce, in March 2009. 3.5 million Russians have lost their jobs since last August. Meanwhile, the number of workers on administrative leave and partly employe [...]	2009-04-29 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1115	CODEL Levin with Duma Foreign Relations Chairman Kosachev [...] (SBU) On April 15, State Duma International Relations Chairman Kosachev told Senators Levin, Collins, and Nelson that President Medvedev had issued instructions to finalize a post-START agreement by the end of the year. Although he stated that negotiators must re-link arms control and defensi [...]	2009-04-30 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS
09MOSCOW112	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR RS
09MOSCOW1123	THE KHODORKOVSKIY SHOW, UP CLOSE [...] (C) Summary: On April 28, we attended the Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial in Moscow's Khamovnikchesky Court, which began on March 31. Although on previous visits we had been restricted to a viewing room for journalists, on this occasion we gained entrance to the courtroom. The prisoners' approxi [...]	2009-04-30 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1124	COMMUNISTS IN OREL EMPOWERED AMIDST TWIN [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party (KPRF) in Orel is gaining support at the expense of United Russia due to the overwhelming level of government corruption there, and the economic crisis in general. Locals [...]	2009-04-30 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCOR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1125	RUSSIAN MFA SAYS RASUL KUDAEV'S HEALTH IS [...] (SBU) On April 23 Post received the following response from the Russian MFA pursuant to our January 23, 2009 demarche concerning the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Rasul Kudaev, currently in pre-trial detention in Nalchik, the capital of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (reftels). [...]	2009-04-30 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KJUS RS
09MOSCOW113	RUSSIAN MFA ON GAZA, LEBANON AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin welcomed the U.S.-Israeli Anti-Smuggling MOU, which he thought would help produce the Egyptian brokered cease-fire, and urged early consultations by the Obama Administration on next steps. Vershini [...]	2009-01-20 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR LE IQ IR IS RS
09MOSCOW1136	RUSSIAN SME SECTOR: DESPERATELY SEEKING SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The economic crisis has hit Russian SMEs hard, resulting in significant setbacks to the sector's development. Access to credit, administrative barriers, corruption, and hig [...]	2009-05-04 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW1138	30,000 DEMONSTRATORS DESCEND ON MOSCOW FOR MAY DAY [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May Day, some 33 opposition groups, trade unions, and pro-government groups, numbering an estimated 30,000 individuals, took to the streets of Moscow. Protests were generally labor-related an [...]	2009-05-04 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1143	MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FIRED, REFORM PROGRESSING [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 Medvedev dismissed the 63-year old Chief of the GRU, General Valentin Korabelnikov. No official reason was given for the dismissal, but experts told us Korabelnikov's impending dismissal had been rumored for months. Korabelnikov was known to be a Soviet-style gener [...]	2009-05-05 07:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1144	MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FIRED, REFORM PROGRESSING [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 Medvedev dismissed the 63-year old Chief of the GRU, General Valentin Korabelnikov. No official reason was given for the dismissal, but experts told us Korabelnikov's impending dismissal had been rumored for months. Korabelnikov was known to be a Soviet-style gener [...]	2009-05-05 07:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1145	RUSSIAN MFA SAYS GEORGIAN COUP ATTEMPT A SURPRISE [...] (C) In a 1300 May 5 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin expressed "surprise" at reports of a coup attempt in Georgia, reiterating that the event was unexpected. Karasin dismissed Georgian MinInt Merabishvili's accusations of Russian special services involvement [...]	2009-05-05 09:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG
09MOSCOW1146	RUSSIA AND BULGARIA INITIAL SOUTH STREAM [...] (SBU) Gazprom and Bulgarian Energy Holding initialed an agreement on South Stream during the April 29 visit of PM Stanishev to Moscow, but the two sides are reportedly still working on the details of the agreement. PMs Stanishev and Putin publicly hinted at some of the tensions over South Str [...]	2009-05-05 10:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS BU
09MOSCOW1148	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: "COMPLICATED" ENERGY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin repeatedly described Tymoshenko's April 29 energy talks with Putin as "complicated." In one-on-one, small group, and the plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation, it was decided that Ga [...]	2009-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EFIN RS UP
09MOSCOW1149	RUSSIA SURPRISED BY URGENT MEETING OF CONTACT [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A demarche on May 5 to MFA Department of New Threats and Challenges Attache Azamat Nurgushiyev, who expressed the MFA's surprise at the U.S. proposal to hold a Contact Group meeting on May 29 in New York. The GOR had expected the meeting to be held in July, following th [...]	2009-05-05 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR RS
09MOSCOW1150	RUSSIA BLOCKS IMPORTS OF U.S. MEAT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that several U.S. states have been restricted from exporting meat and poultry to Russia resulting from human cases of influenza A H1N1. California, New York, Texas and Sout [...]	2009-05-05 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1156	RUSSIA: THE SITUATION IN KALMYKIA IS ANYTHING BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The predominantly Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia in Russia's Southern Federal District, headed by a chess-obsessed autocrat, has not been spared the corruption endemic to the rest of the country or the ethnic strife found in the nearby North Caucasus republics. Both the mayor o [...]	2009-05-06 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KIRF PINR RS
09MOSCOW1174	TUVA: LONELY REPUBLIC SEEKS STABLE RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the remote Siberian republic of Tuva revealed overwhelming support for the ruling United Russia party, but social and economic isolation from the rest of the country. The capital of Tuva trumpeted no major businesses and relied on government allocations, small [...]	2009-05-07 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1177	MORE JOURNALISTS BEATEN AS FREEDOM HOUSE PANS [...] (C) Summary: On May 3, the U.S.-based NGO Freedom House released its report on freedom of speech worldwide in 2008, ranking Russia 174th out of 195 countries and designating Russia's media environment as "Not Free." The report pointed to government pressure on journalists, a large proportion o [...]	2009-05-08 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1181	RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN EXPANDING HEALTH POLICY [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a welcome development, Russian health officials are expressing much more interest in cooperating with the United States on a wide range of health issues, including infectious and chronic disease control and preventi [...]	2009-05-08 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL KCRM PTER KFLU
09MOSCOW1182	RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR'S SECOND CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Russia's banking sector is preparing for a second wave of the financial crisis. Banks have been setting aside a higher-than-required share of in-house resources as provisions against an anticipated rise in non-peforming loans (NPLs). Some observers, including Sberbank President [...]	2009-05-08 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1185	NEW KHAKASSIA GOVERNOR PUSHES ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the small southern Siberian republic of Khakassia revealed strong local government clearly support for the United Russia party, despite difficult economic challenges in the near future. Newly-appointed Governor Zimin has established his reputation as a Medvede [...]	2009-05-08 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1205	HEAT TURNED UP AGAINST JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent written appeals by Russian Federation Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka, Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia are facing enhanced scrutiny as local police pursue charges of "extremism" directed at JW religious literature. JW Amcit [...]	2009-05-13 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1206	MEAT AND POULTRY RESTRICTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letters that restrictions placed on meat and poultry products from 11 U.S. states are currently in place. As of today, California, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Wisconsin are res [...]	2009-05-13 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1224	PUTIN'S ASIAN MEDIA LEITMOTIF: I'M IN CHARGE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Putin's interview with Japanese media and his briefer exchanges with reporters while in Japan and Mongolia have given pundits a wealth of information to analyze for signs of splits within the ruling "tandemocracy," as well as for indications of Putin's predilections [...]	2009-05-14 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW1226	RUSSIAN PUBLIC TUNES OUT KHODORKOVSKIY [...] (C) Summary: The Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial resumed on May 12 after a two-week hiatus. A Levada Center poll released on the same day showed that only a third of the Russians polled were aware that the trial was taking place. Of those paying attention, most believed that the GOR will pressure [...]	2009-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1238	RUSSIA: UPDATES ON COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND [...] (C) Post responses are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that the working relationship between the USG and the Russian Federation is difficult and there is little information sharing outside of specific cases. Much of the information that follows is anecdotal, based on the Embassy's ex [...]	2009-05-15 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS RS
09MOSCOW1249	KADYROV FEELING THE PRESSURE AFTER TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: Less than one month after Moscow lifted the counter-terrorism regime in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov is beginning to show even less patience with opposing views. He has declared an end to the amnesty procedure by which former fighters came down from the mountains and out of the fore [...]	2009-05-18 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREF RS
09MOSCOW1250	GAY RIGHTS ISSUE RAINS ON EUROVISION PARADE [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, police arrested more than 50 gay rights activists (80, by some accounts) at Sparrow Hills Park, where they were attempting to gather for an unsanctioned protest march. Organizer Nikolay Alekseyev announced that the march would take place downtown near Pushkin Square, d [...]	2009-05-18 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1283	GAZPROM SIGNS SLEW OF DEALS ON SOUTH STREAM; [...] (C) On May 15, Gazprom signed separate agreements on South Stream with Italy's ENI, Bulgarian Energy Holding, Greece's DESFA, and Serbia's Srbijagas. The most significant of the agreements was an "addendum" to an existing MOU between Gazprom and ENI, calling for capacity expansion from 31 bil [...]	2009-05-20 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW13	A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]	2009-01-08 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW1331	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, OPENING SESSION, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the first meeting between the United States and Russian Delegations to conclude a START Follow-on Treaty, the Russian Delegation reiterated that Russia's approach was provided to the United States in its Aide Memoire, dated December 15, 2008. The Russian Delegation also m [...]	2009-05-22 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1332	NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG'S MEETINGS WITH MEDVEDEV [...] (C) On May 19, Norwegian PM Stoltenberg met separately with Putin and Medvedev for "friendly talks." The discussions focused on cooperation on the Far North and energy, but were not detailed. To the Norwegian delegation's surprise, neither Putin nor Medvedev raised contentious issues like N [...]	2009-05-22 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EINV NO RS
09MOSCOW1337	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, SECOND SESSION, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1346	RUSSIA AND THE ARCTIC: POLICY AND COMPETING VOICES [...] (C) In March, Medvedev approved Russia's long-delayed Arctic policy. It defined the region as Russia's strategic energy reserve, called for its promotion as a transportation corridor, and sought to balance cooperation with the country's security needs. The policy itself reflects competing [...]	2009-05-26 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1347	CORRECTED COPY: START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of t [...]	2009-05-26 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1348	MFA CONTEMPLATES RETURN TO CFE [...] (C) Summary: MFA DVBR Counselor Federyakov told us May 21 that recent press reports that Russian intended to propose a "revised version" of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty were referring to the proposals in the aide memoire passed to A/S Gottemoeller on April 24, not a new Russi [...]	2009-05-26 12:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MARR RS
09MOSCOW1350	UNITED RUSSIA: SPRING TRAINING FOR FALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In the past week President Medvedev has stepped forward to chastise United Russia, Prime Minister Putin's political creation and vehicle for his political interests, for its reluctance to engage political opponents in public debate. This salvo at United Russia has triggered predic [...]	2009-05-26 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1354	GOR MAKES STRONG STATEMENTS ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of North Korea's nuclear and short-range missile tests, the Russian government has issued strong statements condemning the actions and declaring Pyongyang to be in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. While supporting the need for a new UNSC resolution [...]	2009-05-26 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW1355	MFA ON RUSSIAN TROOPS IN ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA; [...] (C) Summary. In a May 26 meeting, MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin denied any Russian interference in Georgia's internal situation, and rejected reports of recent troop increases due to the ongoing demonstrations in Georgia. MFA I/O Head of Divis [...]	2009-05-26 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW1362	READING THE TEA LEAVES ON MEDVEDEV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's May 16 proposal to change the way the head, deputy head and secretary of Russia's Constitutional Court are selected passed all three readings by the State Duma on May 20 and 22, received the approval of the Federation Council on May 27, and now appears hea [...]	2009-05-27 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1363	RUSSIAN MFA ON OSCE IN GEORGIA AND GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin in a May 26 meeting reiterated that a continued OSCE presence in Georgia was contingent on approval of Russia's OSCE proposal for separate monitoring missions in South Ossetia and Georgia proper. Dviny [...]	2009-05-27 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW1388	WITH BP'S ACQUIESCENCE, RUSSIAN PARTNER TAKES OVER [...] (C) TNK-BP announced on May 27 that its board had appointed Mikhail Fridman, the senior partner in the AAR consortium that owns 50 percent of TNK-BP, as the company's new interim CEO. The company also announced the board had appointed Russian executives Pavel Skitovich and Maxim Barsky to sen [...]	2009-05-28 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1389	MOSCOW RULES CONSTRAIN NIKITA BELYKH'S "LIBERAL [...] (C) Summary: Our May 20-21 visit to Kirov, one week after President Medvedev's own visit, revealed tight Moscow limits on the ambitions of Governor Nikita Belykh, a former opposition leader who assumed office in January 2009. Unable to implement political or mass media reforms, Belykh has tur [...]	2009-05-28 17:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1397	RUSSIA AND POLAND SEEK TO INTENSIFY RELATIONS [...] (C) The Russian MFA called Polish FM Sikorski's May 5-6 visit to Moscow a success for "intensifying relations." The MFA and Polish diplomats tell us that they have expanded track two mechanisms in an effort to keep contentious issues from derailing high-level talks. The GOR expressed its pr [...]	2009-05-29 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW1401	MEDVEDEV CAPITALIZES ON MOSCOW POLICE FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: An April 27 police shooting spree that was captured on video and placed on the internet rocked Moscow and gave President Medvedev an opportunity to burnish his anti-corruption credentials. In sacking Moscow police chief Vladimir Pronin and four other high-level police officia [...]	2009-05-29 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW1402	DPRK: GOR LOOKING FOR SANCTIONS BALANCED WITH [...] (SBU) Russian MFA Spokesperson Andrey Nesterenko's May 28 statement that "we do not need a language of sanctions" has received wide coverage and called into question Moscow's support for sending North Korea a strong message through a new UNSC resolution. The statement, however, should be vi [...]	2009-05-29 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1403	Russia following South Ossetia elections [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press has been closely following the South Ossetian election campaign over the past several months. Reports cover the election mechanics and Russian assistance, which includes polling stations on Russian soil, election observers, and "methodological" aid. Pressure b [...]	2009-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW1404	CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL NAMED HEAD OF RUSSIAN AIRBORNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Strongly criticized for war crimes committed in Chechnya by troops under his command, Lt. General Vladimir Shamanov's appointment to command Russian airborne troops is considered by some experts to be a message from the Russian leadership in support of not only military reform bu [...]	2009-05-29 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MCAP PREL PINS RS
09MOSCOW1423	GLONASS DEPLOYMENT HAS FULL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] (SBU) At the third International Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow from May 12-13, Russian officials took pains to demonstrate high-level government support for the previously behind-schedule Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). They assured the thousand plus government a [...]	2009-06-01 10:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL PREL ECON KPAO ECIN TNGD PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1424	LATEST RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT, LIKE ITS IMMEDIATE [...] (C) The May 21-22 Russia-EU Summit, held in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East (RFE),resulted in no breakthroughs on major energy, political and trade issues. Press reports focused on continuing "tensions" over energy, a topic dominated by Russia's push for the EU to finance Ukraine's gas ne [...]	2009-06-01 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS EU
09MOSCOW1439	IPR: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATION IN A NORTHEAST [...] Summary. A delegation of Russian law enforcement officials participated in the 5th annual USPTO Northeast Baltic Regional Conference on Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment held in Helsinki, Finland on April 28-29, 2009. Their participation signals [...]	2009-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1440	FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]	2009-06-02 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1451	WEATHERFORD TO BUY TNK-BP SERVICES UNIT FOR $450 [...] (C) American (but Swiss-registered) oil field services company Weatherford agreed on May 29 to buy TNK-BP's oil field services (OFS) enterprises in a deal worth approximately $450 million. It is one of the largest foreign investments in Russia in recent years and certainly the largest since R [...]	2009-06-03 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1452	PUTIN WARNS EU OF "PROBLEM" IF UKRAINE UNABLE TO [...] (C/NF) In a May 29 entry on his website, PM Putin warned the EU "of a potential problem," should Ukraine fail to meet its June 7 payment deadline for May gas deliveries. Without offering specific outcomes, the PM expressed concern about Ukraine's ability to pay and explained why various option [...]	2009-06-03 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1459	FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]	2009-06-03 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1462	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to a lack of funding, we were not able to travel to Surgut, Russia to conduct a site visit of Surgutneftegas's business operations and on-site security. A company representative, however, flew to Moscow to meet us and provided us with corporate reports. He also described t [...]	2009-06-04 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW1473	RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]	2009-06-05 03:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNPUOS UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1474	RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]	2009-06-05 03:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNGA RS

09MOSCOW1478	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to MFA Department for Human Rights section chief Andrey Lancjikov, who said that Russia's position on extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Sudan was "still under consideration." He explained that on June 4, the MFA had discussed this [...]	2009-06-05 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL RS

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