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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07LIMA3136GOP FORMALLY REQUESTS HUMANITARIAN DEMINING
[...] (U) Summary: On August 1, the GOP formally requested USG assistance for humanitarian demining efforts. Post strongly supports the request and assesses that GOP interest and commitment to the program is high. Demining assistance would contribute to the overall USG foreign policy objective of [...]
2007-09-17 22:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MCAP MASS MARR AFIN AMGT PE
07LIMA3163IEDS IN ERADICATION OPERATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 23:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PTER PREL PE
07LIMA3216COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BENES TRUS,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Benes Trus, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH from September 21-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 9th Inter-American Congress of Electron Microscopy in Cuzco. Dr. Trus will prese [...]
2007-09-21 17:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA3217THE MAJAZ REFERENDUM: A VOTE AGAINST MINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of three districts in the northern region of Piura voted September 16 to reject development of the Majaz copper deposit owned by the Chinese Zijin Consortium. The referendum is the latest event in two years of conflict between civil society and community groups that a [...]
2007-09-21 17:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EMIN PE PINR
07LIMA3229COCA GROWERS ELECT AFFILIATES OF CHAVEZ ASSOCIATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's largest coca-growers' organization elected new leadership September 14. Former leader Nelson Palomino, whose recent moderation was seen as bought by the GOP, lost his seat to individuals associated with the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) and Venezuelan President Hugo C [...]
2007-09-24 13:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PE
07LIMA3231FORMER PRESIDENT FUJIMORI RETURNED TO PERU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the surprise decision by Chile's Supreme Court to approve his extradition (Ref A),former President Alberto Fujimori was returned to Peru September 22 -- spirited to a suburban Lima police base in a carefully managed transfer that left little opportunity for political [...]
2007-09-24 15:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER PE
07LIMA3269HUGO CHAVEZ, OLLANTA HUMALA AND THE TUNA CAN
[...] (C) Summary: Following press reports that tuna cans labeled with pictures of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and nationalist leader (PNP) Ollanta Humala were being distributed in towns devastated by the August 15 earthquake, the public response was severe: Chavez and Humala were seeking to pr [...]
2007-09-28 12:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PE
07LIMA3271HUGO CHAVEZ, OLLANTA HUMALA AND THE TUNA CAN
[...] (C) Summary: Following press reports that tuna cans labeled with pictures of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and nationalist leader (PNP) Ollanta Humala were being distributed in towns devastated by the August 15 earthquake, the public response was severe: Chavez and Humala were seeking to pr [...]
2007-09-28 12:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PE
07LIMA3273NAS MONTHLY REPORT, AUGUST 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in August 2007: ** Joint operations by the Peruvian National Police and Army have captured a total of 28 Shining Path terrorists. ** To date, CORAH has eradicated 5,480 hectares of coca and eliminated 29,595 square meters of seedbeds. ** In support of USAID, erad [...]
2007-09-28 12:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3294EMBASSY LIMA CONCURS WITH EXTENSION OF SF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 14:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS OTRA PE
07LIMA33GARCIA GEARS UP TO TAKE ON POWERFUL, LEFT-WING
[...] (U) Summary: The GOP is taking on Peru's powerful left-wing teachers union, SUTEP, in an effort to advance much needed education reform. In round one of the confrontation, GOP Minister of Education Jose Chang scheduled a competency test for teachers on December 20. The test was stolen and p [...]
2007-01-05 18:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PE
07LIMA330PERU-CHINA TRADE DIVERSIFIES, BUT INVESTMENT STRUGGLES
[...] Summary: With a bilateral trade relationship growing stronger, the GOP is trying to attract increased Chinese investment to Peru. Since 2004, China has overtaken the United Kingdom and Chile to become Peru's second largest export market and second largest import market (behind the U.S.). Peru [...]
2007-02-05 20:55:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN PREL TBIO PE CH
07LIMA3324COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from October 11-15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on data from stud [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA3325COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JERONIMO,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Jose Jeronimo, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH from October 6-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to speak at the XX Congress of the Cancerology. Control Officer would appreciate e-mail report of visit. No emb [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA3326COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA DAVID LEPAY,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of David Lepay, Medical Officer, Office of the Commissioner, FDA, HHS from October 14-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to serve as faculty and US FDA representative to a Pan American Health Organization sponsored training wor [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO US PE
07LIMA3327COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CHARLES RUPPRECHT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Charles Rupprecht, Chief, Rabies Program, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from October 21-25, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide consultation to the MOH on rabies prevention and control. POC would appreciate trip report of visi [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA3339PERU TEXTILES AND APPAREL EXPORTS GROW
[...] Summary: Over the last ten years, Peru has made a name for itself with its exports of cotton apparel, based on its high-quality pima cotton. In fact, textiles and apparel production is now one of Peru's more dynamic export industries. Major buyers in the U.S., such as Gap and Lands End recog [...]
2007-10-03 19:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO USTR PE
07LIMA336STAS VISIT: S&T RESEARCH GOALS AND CHALLENGES
[...] SUMMARY: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson and delegation visited Peru on November 2 to survey S&T capabilities. The delegation met with the GOP's S&T innovation agency CONCYTEC, the National Engineering and Agrarian Universities, and the National Geogr [...]
2007-02-06 16:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OSCI EINV TSPL ETRD ECON PGOV SENV PE
07LIMA3365NAS MONTHLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in September 2007: ** IEDs in coca fields kill a coca farmer and seriously injure a 12-year-old boy. ** During eradication, 21 IEDs were either disarmed or exploded, injuring four eradicators and two police. ** As of September 30, CORAH has eradicated a total of [...]
2007-10-05 20:35:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3369AMENDMENT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from Oct. 11-21 & Oct. 26-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on dat [...]
2007-10-09 21:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA338IMF COMMENDS PERU, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] (U) Summary: On January 26, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a stand-by agreement with the GOP for 2007-2009 during which the IMF will support the GOP's economic program. The IMF commended the GOP for its prudent conduct of fiscal policy in recent years, which is largely responsi [...]
2007-02-06 17:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV USTR PE
07LIMA34NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2006
[...] (U) The key developments in November 2006: ** CORAH ended the year with a total of 10,137 hectares of coca leaf eradicated. ** The GOP's 2007 Eradication Plan is still awaiting a final signature. ** CORAH completes many financial and management improvements this year. ** Regional era [...]
2007-01-05 20:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3428DEMINING: GOP REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs convoked more than 15 diplomatic missions on October 12 to request international financial assistance to remove 29,000 anti-personal mines from Peru's border with Ecuador. GOP officials outlined the history of demining operations in Peru, [...]
2007-10-17 16:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEC MARR MAS MCAP PE PGOV PHUM PREL
07LIMA3429MOD BRIEFS SECRETARY GATES ON PLANS TO ENHANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior MOD officials, including Minister of Defense Alan Wagner, briefed Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on operational plans to expand the government's control over four isolated areas of Peru: the Apurimac and Ene river valleys (the VRAE); the upper Huallaga valley; the border with [...]
2007-10-17 17:04:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KICC PREL PE
07LIMA3477GOP REVISION SHOWS POVERTY DECLINES IN
[...] SUMMARY. A National Statistical Institute (INEI) technical revision, supervised by the World Bank, indicates that PeruQs poverty rate declined more significantly than the government had previously calculated - by 4.2 percentage points, to 44.5 percent, from 2005 to 2006. Extreme poverty de [...]
2007-10-24 15:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE
07LIMA3479PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 15:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UNGA PE
07LIMA3481PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE: NEXT STEPS ON OAS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 15:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PE
07LIMA3498PERU'S CONSUMER BOOM
[...] Summary: Peru's macroeconomic performance is converting into a broader based consumer boom. Growing demand is marked by a diverse range of goods and services led by construction, sales of electronics, new cars and domestic appliances. Consumer credit is also expanding exponentially The increa [...]
2007-10-25 17:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PE
07LIMA3518PERU LOWERS TARIFFS AGAIN, UNILATERALLY
[...] Summary: The Government of Peru (GOP) unilaterally lowered its tariffs again, to a 5.8 percent average tariff, from the previous 8.0 percent and over 60 percent in the mid-1990s. The GOP will likely continue this trend, reinforced by the prospect of ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promoti [...]
2007-10-26 20:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG EAGR USTR PE CI
07LIMA354PERU'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CONCEPT PAPER
[...] SUMMARY: The GOP's MCC Coordinator, Ben Schneider, will visit Washington February 12-13 to meet with State, USAID, MCA indicator institutions, and to present the GOP's draft Concept Paper to the MCC. The concept paper focuses on two of the most important indicators that Peru failed, Control of [...]
2007-02-07 12:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKMCC PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SNAR PE
07LIMA3545PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE (2ND REQUEST AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UNGA PE
07LIMA3546PERU: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM EFIN PE
07LIMA3577PERU RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 21:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PE PHSA
07LIMA3581DECENTRALIZATION: THE VIEW FROM LORETO
[...] (C) Summary: As one of Peru's most isolated and poorest regions, Loreto is in some ways a microcosm of the challenges facing the administration's efforts to decentralize state functions and improve government. A variety of political actors in Loreto agree that decentralization has failed, at [...]
2007-11-07 11:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV PE
07LIMA3588NAS MONTHLY REPORT, OCTOBER 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in October 2007: ** Ambassador makes his inaugural trip to NAS-sponsored police and eradication facilities in Santa Lucia. ** Eradication total reaches 9,179 hectares of illegal coca and no booby traps (IEDs) encountered by eradicators. ** CORAH eradicated replan [...]
2007-11-07 18:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3589PERU RESPONSE: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 20:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PE
07LIMA3596LABOR INSPECTORS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Labor (MOL) recently honored 348 labor inspectors who had completed USAID-funded training on the rights of unions and on workplace subcontracting. Vice Minister of Labor Fernando Garcia said the training demonstrated the MOL's commitment to professionalize the [...]
2007-11-08 17:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ELAB ETRD PE
07LIMA3636GOP INTENDS TO ACT AGAINST VENEZUELAN MEDDLING
[...] (C) Summary: Government officials, including President Garcia, have persistently expressed concern about Venezuelan meddling in Peru's affairs. Many believe that so-called "ALBA Houses," the subject of considerable if somewhat confused discussion here, are centers for Bolivarian agitation. [...]
2007-11-14 21:31:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA3637PERU TO CO-SPONSOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 21:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALAORC SOCI UNGA PE
07LIMA3646PERU: ANOTHER DEADLY ATTACK ON POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Four Peruvian National Police (PNP) officers were killed November 13 in an ambush in northern Huancavelica region by presumed narco-trafficking interests. Whether the culprits were narco-thugs or Sendero Luminoso remnants remains unclear, and in any case, the distinction between t [...]
2007-11-16 14:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SNAR PE
07LIMA3652PERU RESPONSE: U.S. VIEWS ON 15 NOVEMBER 2007 IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 19:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM AORC PE
07LIMA3659NGO REPS SKEPTICAL OF GOP COMMITMENT TO REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, representatives of Peru's top pro-democracy NGOs pointed to corruption as the fundamental challenge facing public institutions and raised doubts about the ruling APRA party's commitment to reform. The NGO reps were sanguine about the like [...]
2007-11-19 16:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EAID PE
07LIMA3673ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS SEES PROGRESS IN PERU'S WAR
[...] (C) Summary: ONDCP Director Walters met with Interior Minister Luis Alva Castro and Drug Policy Agency (DEVIDA) head Romulo Pizarro during a November 5-6 visit to Lima. Alva Castro characterized Peru's anti-drug efforts as an urgent fight to which U.S. assistance was critical. Pizarro credite [...]
2007-11-20 13:37:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR PE
07LIMA3707GOP DEALS ANOTHER BLOW TO SL REMNANTS
[...] (U) A Peruvian National Police (PNP) operation, carried out in the early morning hours of November 27, killed one and captured eight members of the "Shining Path" (Sendero Luminoso) organization in the Upper Huallaga River Valley (UHV) in Huanuco Region. Epifanio Espiritu Acosta, known as "Co [...]
2007-11-27 22:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PTER SNAR PE
07LIMA3764NARCO-TERRORISM CAUSING NATIONAL DEBATE IN PERU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 11:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PTER PREL PGOV PE
07LIMA3769PERUVIANS WELCOME VENEZUELA REFERENDUM RESULTS AS
[...] (C) Summary: Peruvian contacts inside and outside the government have expressed surprise that the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela was rejected by voters, and some claim President Chavez was compelled to concede because the margin was actually wider than reported. Most Peruv [...]
2007-12-05 18:05:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PE
07LIMA3776NAS MONTHLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in November 2007: ** CORAH surpasses the coca eradication goal of 10,000 hectares for CY 2007. ** President Garcia tells visiting ONDCP Director John Walters that he strongly supports controls on precursor chemicals, money laundering, and asset forfeiture. ** N [...]
2007-12-06 19:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL SNAR KCRM PE
07LIMA3782FOLLOW-UP REPORTING ON PERUVIAN MILITARY
[...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the feedback offered by Washington analysts in ref A and offers the following responses to questions raised regarding the status of Plan VRAE. (Ref A questions regarding internal political and congressional matters will be answered septel.) 2. (C) Has the Peruvian [...]
2007-12-07 16:46:00Embassy LimaSECRETPINR MOPS PGOV PINS PE
07LIMA3805CUBA: PERU REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. PERUVIAN INVESTMENTS IN CUBA ---------------------------- 2. (U) There is no reliable data on Peruvian investment in Cuba. The vast majority of Peru's limited foreign direct investment is in Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Central America [...]
2007-12-12 19:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
07LIMA3846PERU: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 15:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA PE
07LIMA3853BOLIVIA CRISIS: CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL SPILLOVER
[...] (C) Summary: Peruvian observers are watching Bolivia's political crisis, including its possible impact on Peruvian investments, with great concern. Our foreign ministry (MFA) contacts tell us their main worry regarding Bolivia is stability but, while concerned about the government's confronta [...]
2007-12-17 21:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO PE
07LIMA3860PERU: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 16:56:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PE UNAUS UNMIK YI EU
07LIMA3887PERU PURSUES VIGOROUS FTA IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
[...] The Peruvian Congress approved a law by 54-38 that would delegate to the Executive branch the authority to legislate by decree on the diverse issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). This action is intended to speed implementation in order to mee [...]
2007-12-26 12:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR USTR PE
07LIMA393COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RESEARCH GEOLOGIST KEEFER
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of David Keefer and Matthew Larsen from March 3-14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is for Dr. Keefer to present a lecture entitled Landslides in Tectonically Active Regions, while Dr. Larsen, a co-convener and organizer of a Lands [...]
2007-02-08 21:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO ASEC PE
07LIMA397COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: SUTTON, DI
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Larry D. Sutton, Carmen Di Giacomo and Samuel Perry from March 4-10, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct substantial maintenance facility inspection to Centurion Air Cargo, Inc., (CLCA, SEMAN-PERU (SPUY),Amerijet (PCS [...]
2007-02-09 13:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA4IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS
[...] Post provides the following information to identify "democracy practitioners" in Peru. Diego Garcia Sayan, justice reform, political analysis. Garcia Sayan was the Peruvian Minister of Justice from November 2000 to July 2001 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peru from July 2001 to July 20 [...]
2007-01-03 16:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM HUM PREL XL XK XM XR XS OAS PE
07LIMA41PERU ELIMINATES TARIFFS ON 2,894 ITEMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 27, the Council of Ministers unilaterally eliminated the tariffs on 2,894 product subcategories, most of which are capital goods. President Garcia announced the measure as part of his government's "investment shock" program, saying the tariff reductions would: help [...]
2007-01-08 17:05:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EAGR ENRG PE
07LIMA417PERU GEARING UP TO HOST APEC 2008
[...] (SBU) Organizing the 21-member APEC events presents an enormous challenge for Peru. The GOP recognizes the benefits APEC can bring and is engaged in preparations, but Peru will need substantial help from other APEC members. The GOP already has an active High-Level Organizational Committee le [...]
2007-02-12 20:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON APECO ETRD ASEC PE
07LIMA447SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...]
2007-02-14 22:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON OTRA ETRD PE
07LIMA452COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON AND STAFF
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Senator Bill Nelson, Mrs. Grace Nelson, Caroline Tess, Sherry Davich, and Capt. Gene Moran from February 21-23, 2007. Senator Nelson, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),will lead a CODEL on official business to Costa Rica [...]
2007-02-15 16:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CO BL EC SC NU PE
07LIMA458SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...]
2007-02-16 17:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID PE
07LIMA46PERUVIAN REACTION TO DEPARTMENT'S SOFA TEXT
[...] (SBU) Pol Mil Officer and MAAG Chief met with Ambassador Bellina, Political Advisor to the Ministry of Defense and Director of Policy and Strategy, on December 20 to discuss the Department,s proposed SOFA text. Bellina reiterated the Peruvian position that any SOFA should be grounded in the [...]
2007-01-08 21:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKICC PREL MARR PE
07LIMA460SMALL FARMER GROUPS ALSO WANT TO RENEGOTIATE PTPA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. With the U.S. Congress asking whether there should be enhancements to the labor provisions of the PTPA, a minority group of farm journalists, academics and small farmers have begun to call for the renegotiation of the PTPA. Overall support among Peruvians for the PTPA remains str [...]
2007-02-16 17:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD BEXPC PE SNAR
07LIMA480WFP DEMARCHE: GRULAC REFUSES TO BLOCK ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche requesting Peru's support in blocking Zimbabwe's bid for the Vice Presidency of the World Food Program to MFA UN Bureau Director for Candidacies and Quotas Oswaldo del Aguila on February 15. Del Aguila responded that although the Dutch and Canadian emba [...]
2007-02-20 19:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP EAID AORC PE
07LIMA485COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV WRIGHT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kyle Alan Wright, Gregory Allen Herdes, and Jeremy Don Jamison from March 26 to April 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is for the GTRI team to conduct meetings with Sensormatic, the Basic Ordering Agreement contractor for the [...]
2007-02-20 20:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA487PERU: GOVERNMENT PLAN TO TAKE BACK ITS TERRITORY
[...] (S) Summary: The Garcia government has developed a comprehensive plan that, successfully implemented, could end the continuing threat to Peru's peace and security represented by Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso -- SL) remnants while blunting the FARC and narcotraffickers. The four-part plan fo [...]
2007-02-20 22:45:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PINR PTER SNAR PE
07LIMA502COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PROGRAM MANAGER ROSES
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dulce Maria Roses from March 26-31, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 4th MEVA II/Redding Coordination meeting. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes [...]
2007-02-21 17:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA503COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mayte A. Ashby from February 26 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with the US Embassy and the Director General of Civil Aviation to discuss international aviation programs and areas of cooperation in civil a [...]
2007-02-21 17:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA523IPR IN PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] Post concurs with industry recommendations that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Peru saw improvements in IPR protection that resulted in a slightly higher market share for certain copyrighted and patented products. The GOP's IP agency used preliminary injunctions to ha [...]
2007-02-22 18:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD USTR PE
07LIMA535COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DEWEY + 1
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Research Geophysicist James Dewey and Supervisory Geophyscist Bruce Presgrave from March 8-16, 2007. The purpose of travel is to attend a meeting of the Directing Council of the Centro Regional de Sismoloia para America del Sur [...]
2007-02-23 15:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO ASEC PE
07LIMA541COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS DAVID BALTON
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries from February 26-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and deliver the keynote address to the Humane Society International Conference [...]
2007-02-23 16:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LIMA545COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT MARA M. BURR
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mara Burr, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Office of the United States Trade Representative from February 25-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Humane So [...]
2007-02-23 17:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LIMA558COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ERSHOVA
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Julia Ershova from March 17-26, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct training course to participants of project implementation and evaluation of rapid diagnostic methods. No embassy assistance has been requested. Contr [...]
2007-02-27 15:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA ASEC CDC US PE
07LIMA559COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEVGI ARAL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sevgi Aral from Feb. 28 to March 5, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend meeting and provide technical expertise on the on-going Welcome Trust-funded Urban Community Randomized Trial of Sexually Transmitted Infections (S [...]
2007-02-27 15:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA ASEC US CDC PE
07LIMA561COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBIN MATTHEWMAN, DEPUTY
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robin Matthewman from March 7 - 17, 2007 to familiarize herself with Embassies Lima and La Paz. DCM Powers graciously offered her residence for the nights of March 7 and 8. Contol Officer Mark Kissel will meet and assist you a [...]
2007-02-27 15:45:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ASEC BL PE
07LIMA57COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: HECTOR O.
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Hector O. Hermosilla and Teeluckdarie Koodie from February 5-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a FAA 14 CFR Part 129.14 inspection of Trans-American airlines DBA Taca Peru. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]
2007-01-09 15:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA59LETOURNEAU RECEIVES FINAL INTEREST PAYMENT
[...] (SBU) Roy LeTourneau confirmed that he received a final payment of USD 36,023.36 on January 8, 2007, from the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture. He thanked post and the USG for helping him resolve his dispute (over compensation for construction of a road from 1954 to 1968),and said he now co [...]
2007-01-09 20:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
07LIMA605COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL:
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from March 5-15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual certification of servicio de electronics (SELEC) and required item inspections at Celios del Peru, both located in Li [...]
2007-03-02 14:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA606COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: KUTTLER AND
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mauricio Jose Kuttler and John Alger Shelden from March 18-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide a workshopon cabin safety modifications to existing transport category airplanes. No embassy assistance has been request [...]
2007-03-02 14:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA609COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KENNEDY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Teresa J. Kennedy from March 7-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with the GLOBE Country office in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC and ESTH officer would appreciate e-mail report of visit. When [...]
2007-03-02 16:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA610COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the official visit to Peru of Wilber T. Wright from March 12-24, 2007. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC would appreciate e-mail report of visit. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure tax on any [...]
2007-03-02 16:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA612COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PAZ-ARGANDONA
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Enrique Paz-Argandona from March 21-24, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to participate in the 3rd Environmental Representative meeting in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC would appreciate e-mail report of [...]
2007-03-02 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC BL PE
07LIMA613COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LAURA CONKLIN,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Laura Conklin, Antonio Neri, Paula Staley, Wendy Blumenthal, Jeffery Jarrett, Leslie Hausman, James Durant, and Rene Suarez-Soto from March 26 TO April 12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assist in Cerro de Pasco collecti [...]
2007-03-02 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC PE
07LIMA617COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TEWELL AND ASPELIN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Craig R. Tewell and Mark Aspelin from March 18-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate on the regional training course on Foundations of Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Facilities for a group of membe [...]
2007-03-02 16:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA ASEC AU PE
07LIMA632COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MICHALAK AND
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Michael Michalak and Matthew Rooney from March 11 - 20, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with Lima counterparts to discuss APEC Peru 2008. Reservations within per diem have been made at JW Marri [...]
2007-03-05 19:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OTRA CI PE
07LIMA635REMITTANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FOREIGN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Remittances in Peru continue to demonstrate upward growth though the rate of increase lags behind Latin America as a region. Over the past 11 years, remittance inflows into Peru increased nearly threefold from $599 million in 1995 to $1.796 billion in 2006 (about 2% of GDP). The [...]
2007-03-05 20:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PE
07LIMA658CODEL NELSON VISITS PERU COCA DEFORESTATION SITE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 22, Senator Bill Nelson visited Peru's high jungle city of Tarapoto to view woodlands deforested by coca cultivation and traditional agricultural pressures. Accompanied by Emboffs, CODEL Nelson also visited sites of USG efforts to provide alternatives to coca and sla [...]
2007-03-06 15:45:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE
07LIMA667TEACHER'S UNION TAKES IT ON THE CHIN OVER TEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Education Jose Antonio Chang on February 23 announced the results of a nationwide teacher examination held in January: almost 50 percent of public school teachers were unable to answer simple questions about mathematics, and more than 30 percent were functionally ill [...]
2007-03-06 20:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PE
07LIMA670COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: TONG AND WEBRE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Hien Ho Tong and James Louis Webre from March 24 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to teach a workshop on flight test related modifications on existing transport catergory airplanes. No embassy assistance has been reques [...]
2007-03-06 21:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA671COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR BLISS, US
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Donald T. Bliss from March 30 to April 8, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with ICAO's regional office in Lima and travel with an excursion group from Montreal to visit sites in Lima and Machu P [...]
2007-03-06 22:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA AMGT ICAO ASEC PE
07LIMA672 FIRST AMAZON BASIN CONSERVATION INITIATIVE PARTNERS
[...] SUMMARY: USAID held the first Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative (ABCI) partners meeting from February 5-8 to lay the foundation for developing detailed work plans to implement this regional, five-year, $65 million dollar program. Over seventy participants from the six partner consortia, U [...]
2007-03-07 13:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR PE
07LIMA689Peru: 2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government demonstrated a strong commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking i [...]
2007-03-08 19:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
07LIMA690COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY DAS NANCY LEE AND
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Nancy Lee and Luyen Tran from March 19 - 23, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru and consult with SIPDIS counterparts in the Peruvian Government on cu [...]
2007-03-08 20:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA707PERU LOWERS MAHOGANY EXPORT QUOTA
[...] SUMMARY: The GOP has lowered its mahogany export quota to 13,476 cubic meters. While significantly lower than last year's quota of 23,000m3, NGOs and Peru's scientific authority for CITES believe that the quota is still too high. The quota also does not permit (much less give a preference fo [...]
2007-03-12 12:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE
07LIMA715COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/IH FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Katherine Bliss from March 17-26, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored meeting of Environmental Health Representatives of the Ministries of Health in the Andean [...]
2007-03-12 17:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC SENV TBIO PE
07LIMA717COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LEHRMAN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Sandra Lehrman, Director, Therapeutics Research Program, NIH from March 13-18, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in an international course, "HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment Workshop." No embassy a [...]
2007-03-12 17:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA ASEC KSCA PE
07LIMA748COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL:
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from April 23 to May 3, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual renewal certification inspection of Seman Repair Station in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]
2007-03-13 22:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA749COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wendy Judge Paulson, James Wilkinson, Brooklyn Jean McLaughlin, Clay Lowery, Lindsay Valdeon, Matthew Malloy, Matthew Langston, Ronnie Lilly and Molly Jane Cogan from o/a March 14 - [...]
2007-03-13 23:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA767NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in February 2007: Eradication operations resumed; new PNP high command visit NAS-supported schools/bases en masse; CODEL inspects deforestation in drug producing area; F, Director of Foreign Assistance, helicopters to the field to see the nexus between eradication and [...]
2007-03-14 23:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA782COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY PERSONNEL
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Arthur Abramson, Special Assistant and Matthew Everson, Lead Advance from o/a March 16-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru. When departin [...]
2007-03-15 23:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA785SCENE SETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON
[...] (SBU) Secretary Paulson: Welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to affirm USG support for the Garcia government's efforts to reduce poverty and expand social inclusion through continued market-oriented, investment-friendly growth policies. 2. (SBU) Peruvian governm [...]
2007-03-16 15:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG PE
07LIMA795COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joseph Henry Schwartzel, Brian J. Abeyta, and Michael Vernon Strosinski from March 31 to April 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear (IPEN) facilitites in Lima to review [...]
2007-03-16 20:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA796COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: MUNOZ
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jose A. Munoz, Aviation Safety Inspector, from March 19 to March 22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform ATOS constructed dynamic observation report (CONDOR) and ATOS element performace inspections. No embassy assistan [...]
2007-03-16 23:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA798SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT MOVES ON JUSTICE CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In one of several early moves to clean up the judiciary, the Office of Control of Magistrates (OCMA) in early February suspended Lima Superior Court President Angel Romero. The action was a promising first step in fulfilling the promise Supreme Court President Francisco Tavara m [...]
2007-03-19 12:08:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS KJUS PE
07LIMA82COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MS. POULIOT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Eileen Pouliot from January 11-21, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a site visit to new clinic under construction, to meet with staff, and discuss outstanding issues. No embassy assistance is requested. When depa [...]
2007-01-10 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA KSCA ASEC PE
07LIMA826PERU'S FERVOUR FOR GLOBAL TRADE MARCHES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Peru waits for the US Congress to consider the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the GOP continues to discuss and engage in trade negotiations with numerous other countries. Peru recently completed an expanded trade agreement with Chile in October 2006; will fi [...]
2007-03-19 23:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV APECO PE BL CA CI CH CO EC
07LIMA83Country Clearance Approval - Annabella Reszczynski
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Piura, Peru of Annabella Reszczynski, FSN, Agricultural Specialist, Area 1, South America Region, International Services, APHIS/USDA from January 15 through January 21, 2007. The purpose of travel is to perform a Mango Pilot Project Eva [...]
2007-01-11 14:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA859Country Clearance Approval - O'Neill and Maher
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Patricia Maher and Karen O'Neill, Supply Chain Specialists, from April 15-18, 2007 for C-TPAT validations. Post assistance has not been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure [...]
2007-03-20 17:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA ECON PE
07LIMA87GARCIA TOUTS MAPLE GAS ETHANOL PROJECT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 5, U.S. oil firm Maple Gas signed a $650 million contract with the Piura Regional Government for a sugar cane-based ethanol plant. President Garcia spoke at the signing ceremony, calling the biofuel project the start of an "agrarian revolution" that showcased foreign pr [...]
2007-01-11 20:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD SENV SNAR PE
07LIMA884LABOR LEADERS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GARCIA, FTA, LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 12 Embassy event, Peruvian labor leaders claimed that President Garcia had betrayed the trust of organized labor by reneging on key campaign promises. They were skeptical that the benefits of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) would "trickle down" to the p [...]
2007-03-21 12:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PE
07LIMA994SCENESETTER FOR PERU MOD WAGNER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Peruvian Defense Minister Wagner is sending a deliberate message by visiting the U.S. before any other region outside of South America. Wagner is pursuing an ambitious defense reform agenda, which includes developing higher levels of professionalization, building a joint operational rapid res [...]
2007-03-23 17:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KICC PREL PE
07MEXICO6195MEXICO RECASTING PLAN PUEBLA
[...] Bosco Marti Acencio, the Foreign Ministry's point person on Plan Puebla, discussed with poloff December 6 GOM efforts to reinvigorate this initiative created originally with a view to fostering greater cooperation and integration among Mexico and its Central American Neighbors. At the outset [...]
2007-12-17 20:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ECIN XK EC CO PE MX
07OSLO148MINUSTAH RENEWAL DEMARCE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 06:34:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL AID PGOV EFIN UA HA EUN SF ID PE MINUSTAH
07PARIS541MINUSTAH MANDATE RENEWAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 9. We thanked GOF for its participation in the Haiti Contact Group meeting on February 1 and requested that the GOF urge China to support a one-year MINUSTAH mandate renewal. We delivered demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central Amer [...]
2007-02-09 16:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA EUN SF ID PE
07QUITO2206ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SUPPORT FOR UN SYG'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 11:22:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AR BR BL CI CO EC ES GT HA PE
07SANTIAGO446FUJIMORI EXTRADITION RULING MAY BE IMMINENT,
[...] (C) Summary: At a dinner with FM Alejandro Foxley March on 16, Constitutional Tribunal President Jose Luis Cea told the Ambassador an initial ruling on Peru's extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori could come within the next two weeks. Despite efforts by Foxley to draw Cea out on the r [...]
2007-03-16 20:40:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM PE CI
07STATE49722DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests the Ambassador meet with President Garcia in advance of his trip to the U.S. with the goal of gaining Peru's support for UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's recommendations on Kosovo future status, including independence for Kosovo. It woul [...]
2007-04-13 23:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC YI PREL PE
07STATE63229DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department requests Embassies encourage host governments to support UN Security Council action to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In New York, Belgium, Italy, Peru, and Slovakia have been generally supportive of the P-3's call for Council action, via a Chapter VI [...]
2007-05-09 21:04:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC LE SY IT BE PE LO PREL PTER CF GH SF
08BEIJING412511/4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DALAI
[...] Key points at the November 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Though the spokesperson is "following the U.S. election closely" the choosing of the next President of the United States is the job of the American people. -- The Dalai Lama should "take concrete actions to give up separ [...]
2008-11-04 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN FR GR CS CU PE
08BEIJING4252NOVEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TIBET,
[...] Key points at the November 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States should lift recently announced restrictions on Chinese imports "sooner rather than later." -- China hopes the United States will "retain" the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in the next administration. [...]
2008-11-18 09:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN IN TW CH RS CU PE CO SO
08BEIJING4253CHINA'S GROWING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LATIN
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao,s November 16-20 visit to Latin America, which includes stops in Peru for the APEC summit, Costa Rica, and Cuba, is intended to strengthen China,s rapidly growing economic relations with the region, according to Embassy contacts. To spur further trade [...]
2008-11-18 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALBR CN CS CU ECON ETRD MX PE PREL XM EINV
08BEIJING4280NOVEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TAIWAN,
[...] Key points at the November 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has "already established" a "full export inspection system," and products found to be below standard will not be exported. -- China hopes that the two sides will continue to "show mutual respect, accommodate each oth [...]
2008-11-20 23:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM TW CH RS PE
08BEIJING4329NOVEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the November 25 MFA press briefing: -- China will host the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) December 4-5 and hopes the meeting will lay the "building blocks for enduring cooperation." -- China has proposed to host the next round of Six-Party Talks on December 8 an [...]
2008-11-25 23:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN TW CH RS PE
08BEIJING929March 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET PROTESTS,
[...] Key points at the March 13, 2008 regular MFA Press Briefing were: -- In recent days a few monks in Lhasa have made "a disturbance" and tried to sow political unrest. China resolutely opposes the attempts of the "Dalai group" to split China and, thanks to efforts by the local government, "t [...]
2008-03-13 11:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH JA KS PE
08BEIJING972CORRECTED COPY: March 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET
[...] Key points at the March 13, 2008 regular MFA Press Briefing wee: -- In recent days a few monks in Lhasa have made "a disturbance" and tried to sow political unrest. China resolutely opposes the attempts of the "Dalai group" to split China and, thanks to efforts by the local government, "th [...]
2008-03-14 10:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH JA KS PE
08BOGOTA1567FARC AND GOV LINKED TO CCB AND DESIGNS FOR
[...] (U) Colombian media report that evidence found in the computers of FARC Secretariart Raul Reyes suggests that the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator (CCB),a regional grouping of leftist civil society, serves as a platform to spread FARC and Venezuelan violent, expansionist ideology throughou [...]
2008-04-28 22:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SNAR CO EC BL MX PE
08BOGOTA2057DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde on June 2. Belaunde said the GOP is in the process of implementing the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),and requested a bilateral meeting for President Garcia with President Bush at the upcoming APEC [...]
2008-06-06 15:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL ECON CI EC VE PE CO
08BOGOTA2921NOAA RONALD H. BROWN MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] On August 11, upon August 8 receipt of final version of supporting documents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),Post delivered the Clearance Request for the NOAA Ronald H. Brown Research vessel and supporting materials to the Colombian Ministry of External Relati [...]
2008-08-11 16:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT CI CO ECIN PE
08BRASILIA1588BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...]
2008-12-12 15:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR
08BUENOSAIRES1355 HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 21:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1697 RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA TO OTHER
[...] (C) The following information is provided in response to questions in reftel A regarding the relocation of three DEA positions from Embassy La Paz to Embassy Buenos Aires. 2. (C) As reported in reftel B, on November 14, 2008, Ambassador Wayne advised Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez tha [...]
2008-12-15 20:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR AR BO BR CH PA PE
08GUATEMALA1351GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO E-TRACE AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel and in coordination with ATF-Mexico, PolMil Officer held meetings with Colonel David Napoleon Barrientos, the Director of Guatemala's Arms and Munitions Control Department (DECAM),and members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to gauge support for Guatemala's p [...]
2008-10-30 18:06:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYARM MASS ETTC PE PREL XK GT
08LAPAZ1485BOLIVIA-PERU: FRUSTRATIONS WITH EVO
[...] (C) Steadily deteriorating relations between Peru and Bolivia erupted in July 1 war of words between Presidents Morales and Garcia. The spat was triggered by a Morales' call for Peruvians to resist the imposition of U.S. army bases in Peru. Following the recall of the Peruvian Ambassador, [...]
2008-07-03 19:13:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL BL PE
08LAPAZ612GLOBAL MICROFINANCE PARTNERSHIPS: BOLIVIA/OPIC
[...] Embassy La Paz supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) initiative to support microfinance institutions in Latin America. The three Bolivian microfinance institutions (Crecer, Diaconia, and Pro Mujer Bolivia) are non-profit, non-regulated NGOs that are authorized to provid [...]
2008-03-17 21:58:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BL ECIN ES GT HO MX NU PE
08LIMA1012PERU'S REGIONAL RELATIONS POST EU SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Following the successful EU-LAC summit in May, poloffs spoke to contacts inside and out of government about Peru and the region. Peru's relationship with Brazil got a boost in post-summit bilateral meetings focused on promoting Brazilian investment here. Lima has also publicly [...]
2008-06-11 21:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD PINR PE
08LIMA103PERU'S ECONOMIC BOOM CONTINUES IN 2007
[...] 2007 was a banner economic year for Peru, despite a devastating 8.0 earthquake in August just south of Lima. The stellar numbers for 2007 continue an upward trend, as Peru reaps the fruits of earlier economic reforms and liberalization, as well as the current Garcia Administration's prudent e [...]
2008-01-18 12:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1046PROTESTS IN SOUTH HIT TWO REGIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters in the southern Moquegua region have blocked two major transportation arteries and temporarily took police hostages in a dispute with the neighboring region of Tacna over the distribution of mining canon moneys. The Council of Ministers (PCM) on July 16 su [...]
2008-06-17 23:17:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PINR PE CASC
08LIMA1090PERU LNG'S AGRICULTURAL CSR PROJECTS
[...] As the largest foreign investment in Peruvian history, the Peru LNG project has drawn significant amount of attention, particularly to the potential social and environmental impacts. Peru LNG has begun introducing the social responsibility components of the project, including a small agricult [...]
2008-06-25 19:27:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAID PE
08LIMA1107OLLANTA HUMALA CLAIMS HE CAN SAVE PERU FROM EXTREMISTS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met with opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) leader Ollanta Humala and his wife (and advisor) Nadine Heredia June 18 for a cordial two-hour discussion. Humala argued that the Garcia government is neglecting Peru's mounting social concerns and needs to [...]
2008-06-26 21:33:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPE PGOV PINR PREL
08LIMA1108OLLANTA HUMALA CLAIMS HE CAN SAVE PERU FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met with opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) leader Ollanta Humala and his wife (and advisor) Nadine Heredia June 18 for a cordial two-hour discussion. Humala argued that the Garcia government is neglecting Peru's mounting social concerns and needs to [...]
2008-06-26 21:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1114GOP EXPLORES CUBA ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP's approach to Cuba is reflected in President Garcia's rhetoric: critical of restrictions on freedom while acknowledging incipient reforms. In a sign that the GOP's approach could lead to a diplomatic thaw, Peruvian Health Minister Hernan Garrido Lecca recently traveled to [...]
2008-06-30 18:01:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1124DELUGE OF DECREES FOR FTA IMPLEMENTATION AND
[...] (C) The Garcia Administration issued nearly 100 legislative decrees over the past few months to implement the provisions of the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and to improve Peru's competitiveness in the global economy. Sixty-four of these were ublished last week, including laws aim [...]
2008-07-01 22:21:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EAGR SENV KIPR USTR PGOV EAID PE
08LIMA1128PERU RESPONSE: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ANDEAN
[...] (U) This cable provides a response to the request for information from the U.S. International Trade Commission Andean Investment and Drug Crop Survey for a report on the ATPA. 2. (U) The United States is Peru's top trading partner for both exports and imports. The growing importance to the [...]
2008-07-02 15:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SNAR PE
08LIMA1131GOP FED UP, WITHDRAWS AMBASSADOR TO BOLIVIA
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP on June 30th indefinitely recalled its Ambassador to Bolivia in response to an appeal by President Evo Morales for the Peruvian people to rise up in protest against an imaginary US base in Peru and to support a planned July 9 national strike. President Alan Garcia on July [...]
2008-07-02 23:14:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PINR PE
08LIMA114FORE VISIT: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore offered U.S. assistance for PTPA implementation and thanked Peru for its support in the UN Security Council. Belaunde lauded the state of bil [...]
2008-01-22 13:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1153NATIONAL STRIKE ON JULY 8TH - 9TH
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8th to 9th, a variety of leftist unions, parties, and social movements across Peru will join a general strike against the government called by Peru's largest and most radical union, the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP). A relatively new organization called [...]
2008-07-07 22:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1165LETTER FOR CONGRESSWOMAN MALONEY RE LEVY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 20:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD USTR OPRC OREP PE
08LIMA1169LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JUNE 2008
[...] (U) Summary: - Recent economic analysis confirms considerable diminution of coca in San Martin, the first clear and measurable result of the Eradication/Alternative Development nexus. - NAS Deputy Director traveled to Quito, Bogota, and La Paz to identify areas of regional collaboration. - [...]
2008-07-09 12:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1170NEW ECONOMY AND FINANCE MINISTER FOR PERU?
[...] (C) It's been an open secret for many months that Economy and Finance Minister Luis Carranza is leaving. But recently, IMF veteran Luis Valdivieso's name has come up unofficially as his replacement. While insiders have confirmed the moves to us, there is still no official announcement. The [...]
2008-07-09 14:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV TBIO PE
08LIMA1183JUNE TRADE, INVESTMENT & AVIATION BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade, investment and aviation news from Peru: Trade -- Peru Pursuing Trade Negotiations in Asia -- Trade Agreement with China Moves Forward -- Bilateral Trade Between Peru and India Exceeds $450 million -- Imports Reach Record Level in May -- Wal-Mart a [...]
2008-07-11 17:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EAIR USTR PE
08LIMA1191NATIONAL STRIKE MOSTLY PEACEFUL, STRONGEST IN
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8th and 9th, thousands of Peruvians across the country joined a national strike to protest against the government's failure "to fulfill its promises" and the rising cost of living. The strike generally proceeded peacefully, with a manageable protest in Lima, and roadblock [...]
2008-07-14 13:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1202PERU ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA DUCC COURSE
[...] (U) The Government of Peru accepts ILEA invitation to the Drug Unit Commanders Course to be held at the Regional Training Center of ILEA and is in the process of selecting participants. POC for this and other ILEA related matters is Jorge Del Castillo. Contact Info: DelcastilloJ@state.gov or [...]
2008-07-15 16:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BR EDRC KCRM PREL SNAR PE
08LIMA1213LEFTIST GROUPS STIR ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENT IN AYACUCHO
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with local government and civic leaders during a June 23-24 visit to Peru's southern region of Ayacucho. Those leaders described the region's population generally as spirited and rebellious types who were suspicious of outside influence. As such, the region remains fert [...]
2008-07-16 19:39:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PTER PE
08LIMA1283ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING PERU AIRPORT FEES BACKLOG
[...] (U) This is an action request from the Ambassador, please see para 5. 2. (C) We have been in dialogue with Washington agencies for several years (Ref A and subsequent e-mails) to resolve charges for landing, parking and other user fees for official USG aircraft at Peruvian airports. Thes [...]
2008-08-01 21:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL SNAR KREC MARR MOPS PE
08LIMA1314LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JULY
[...] (U) Summary: -- New NAS Director Arrives -- Rumors of major changes in GOP ministries and PNP amount to nothing -- FAP Joins Eradication Efforts -- Deputy Director visits Counter Narcotics Base and FAP Radar site in Puerto Maldonado -- Aviation Safety Day Conducted -- Joint Peru [...]
2008-08-07 21:35:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1335C-AL8-01467 ANDEAN-EU TRADE DEAL STALLED
[...] (C/NF) Senior Peruvian Trade Ministry officials are pessimistic that the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) will reach agreement on its communication to the European Union (EU),due August 14-15, on the proposed mechanisms for continuing EU-CAN trade agreement discussions. The EU is only will [...]
2008-08-12 21:00:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD PREL PINR ECIN PE
08LIMA1338PERU 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] (U) The following is an updated version of post's submission (ref A) for the State Department's 2008 527 Report (ref B). The updates are to Claimant D's cases. 2. (U) Begin text. The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims that may be outstanding against the Government of Peru. a [...]
2008-08-13 16:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE PGOV CASC OPIC USTR ETRD PE
08LIMA1345PERU: INFORMATION ON CHILD AND/OR FORCED LABOR IN
[...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information on child and/or forced labor in the production of goods in Peru. Information on child and/or forced labor in Peru is limited. Most child labor in Peru occurs in the service sector and is therefore not applicable to this [...]
2008-08-14 16:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PE PGOV PHUM SOCI
08LIMA1348PRESIDENT GARCIA AT TWO YEARS: WEAKENED BUT
[...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia enters the third year of his presidency facing the same principal challenges that have confronted his government since he took office in July 2006: how to turn Peru's strong growth into benefits for the entire population. Peru grew 9% in 2007 and the governme [...]
2008-08-14 20:20:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON PE
08LIMA1380INDIGENOUS STRIKES IN THE AMAZON
[...] (C) Summary: Indigenous Peruvians in various parts of the Amazon on August 9 launched an indefinite strike aimed at protecting indigenous lands against the alleged threat of an influx of outside investors. The protestors' principal demand is that the government revoke presidential decrees (pa [...]
2008-08-19 22:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EINV PHUM PE
08LIMA1413INDIGENOUS STRIKES SUSPENDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congress voted decisively August 22 to overturn presidential decrees governing land tenure and ownership in the Amazon regions, ending protests led by indigenous groups (ref). Many observers accused the government of imposing decrees on indigenous populations without consultin [...]
2008-08-25 22:19:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1439EEB A/S SULLIVAN AND WHA PDAS KELLY PITCH TRADE &
[...] (C) A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly engaged the GOP's Foreign and Trade Ministers on the details of the Alliance for Growth & Prosperity (AGP) initiative in Lima on August 20-21. The visit revealed some differences among our GOP interlocutors and moved Peru from questioning to problem-solving mod [...]
2008-08-29 19:24:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL EFTA UNGA PE
08LIMA1453POVERTY IN PERU DECREASING SUBSTANTIALLY
[...] Poverty in Peru dropped in 2007 to under forty percent, a substantial 5.2 percentage points below the 2006 level of 44.5%, the GOP's National Institute of Statistics (INEI) announced recently. The poverty reduction is consistent with high growth rates of recent years, including 9% GDP growth i [...]
2008-09-04 12:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE
08LIMA1459PERU REQUEST FOR SUPPORT IN PAHO ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Action Request: The Government of Peru requested via diplomatic note dated August 19 that the U.S. vote for Peru in elections for the Executive Committee of the Pan-American Health Organization. The elections will take place during the 48th Directing Council meeting September 29-October 3 [...]
2008-09-04 19:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC PAHO PE
08LIMA150PERU SIGNS FTA WITH CANADA AND MOVES FORWARD ON OTHER FREE
[...] (SBU) With the U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S. Congress last month, in its implementation phase, the Government of Peru (GOP) has closed its agreement with Canada, and is actively negotiating a tariff-only deal with China. The GOP is also looking to conclude agreements w [...]
2008-01-28 19:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN USTR CA CH CI EU PE
08LIMA1507CUSCO REGON: POVERTY GROWING AMIDST PLENTY
[...] (C) Summary: Recently released poverty statistics from the Cusco region help put Peru's positive national-level macro-economic news into political perspective. According to the National Statistics and Information Institute (INEI),poverty in Cusco actually increased by 4% from 2004-2007 at th [...]
2008-09-12 21:12:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1508PERU RESPONSE: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 21:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA151PERU 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, enables Peru to attract additional investment by clarifyin [...]
2008-01-28 20:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
08LIMA1533PERU RESPONSE: INVITATION FOR HOST COUNTRY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 21:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA1552IMPOVERISHED APURIMAC REGION: ON BRINK OF MINING
[...] (C) Summary: Apurimac ranks as Peru's second most impoverished region and is best known to the outside world for its periodic political turbulence. Two mega-mining projects could transform this predominantly agricultural region with massive, multi-billion dollar investments. The prospect of [...]
2008-09-22 15:03:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR EMIN PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1555LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: - NAS Director Visits Pucallpa, Santa Lucia and Tingo Maria - Mazamari Pre-Academy's Multi-Cultural Students' Movie Debut - DIRANDRO Seizure Report - Eradication Operations Shift to Aucayacu - Police Resources Redirected to APEC - Typhoid Outbreak in Palma Pampa - NAS Ports Pr [...]
2008-09-22 22:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1594PERU CIVAIR: GOP AGREES TO HOLD FORMAL
[...] EconCouns and EconOff delivered reftel demarche on September 26 to Ernesto Lopez, Peruvian Director General for Civil Aviation, and on September 29 to Carlos Puga, Vice Minister for Transportation. Per reftel, post said that the USG considered our meetings to constitute consultations under A [...]
2008-10-02 16:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PE
08LIMA1603A WEEK OF PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Moquegua Region "Defense Front" launched October 1 the first of several protests planned by social movements across southern Peru during the coming week. In neighboring Tacna Region, where leaders are locked in a dispute with Moquegua over mining royalties, the Regional Presi [...]
2008-10-02 21:57:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1606PERU ON TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP) AGREEMENT
[...] (U) EconCouns and EconOff delivered reftel points on September 24 to Javier Paulinich, the Peruvian MFA's Director General for WTO Issues and International Economic Negotiations. 2. (SBU) Paulinich said Peru was analyzing whether it made sense to seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership [...]
2008-10-03 15:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ETRD ECON POL PE
08LIMA1616PERU TRADE & INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: --Record Imports & Exports --Peru Joins OECD Declaration on Investment --IMF's Valdivieso Named Minister of Economy & Finance --Chinese Trade Negotiations & Investment Accelerating --Central Bank Fights Inflation --Ja [...]
2008-10-03 22:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1633ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING PERU AIRPORT FEES
[...] (U) This is an action request from the Ambassador, please see para 4. 2. (C) In order to resolve the backlog of charges for landing, parking and other user fees for official USG aircraft at certain Peruvian airports, the MFA has offered the same solution given in May 2006 (Ref A). Under th [...]
2008-10-09 16:36:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL SNAR KREC MARR MOPS PE
08LIMA1638OCTOBER 7TH PROTESTS ATTRACT FEW
[...] (U) National strikes on October 7th organized by the Communist union CGTP failed to attract wide-spread support (Reftel) and were almost completely overshadowed by the oil-for-contracts scandal that hit the GOP this week (Septel). According to press reports, small, largely peaceful marches oc [...]
2008-10-09 22:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1639CORRUPTION SCANDAL PUTS GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE
[...] (C) Summary: A brewing scandal involving alleged kickbacks to government officials and APRA party insiders threatens to shake up the cabinet. The opposition has hinted that more sensational audio tapes potentially incriminating Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo and Health Minister Hernan Gar [...]
2008-10-09 23:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM EPET SOCI EINV PE
08LIMA1653PERU'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: REFORMED RADICAL,
[...] (C) Summary: President Garcia has named Yehude Simon, the respected Regional President of Lambayeque, as Peru's next Prime Minister. A political pragmatist with a radical past, Simon's appointment has helped stem the hemorrhaging from a corruption scandal (ref) and shore up Garcia's vulnerabl [...]
2008-10-14 22:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1659PERU CABINET SHUFFLE: LESS THAN A CLEAN BREAK
[...] (C) Summary: President Garcia swore in a reconstituted cabinet on October 14, in which six new cabinet members were installed while ten Ministers from the old government were re-appointed, including in Foreign Affairs, Defense, Finance and Foreign Commerce. Apparently selected to lend an "apo [...]
2008-10-15 22:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1686LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) Summary: * NAS Director completes Field Orientation * New Solicitor for Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Position Created * SL Threat Grounds UH-2s in Santa Lucia * FAP Budget Cuts Will Negatively Impact VRAE Operations * NAS Aviation Update * DIRANDRO Activities * Pre-Academies C [...]
2008-10-20 20:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1699SHINING PATH TERRORISTS ENTER CAMP OF US MINE,
[...] (C/NF) According to press reports, a group of 30 to 50 armed Shining Path terrorists on October 20 entered the base camp of an exploration project operated by US mining firm Doe Run, located in a mountainous part of northern Ayacucho. Other sources said the terrorists gathered the mine workers, [...]
2008-10-22 23:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1707PUNO UPDATE: WATER ISSUES ADD TO INSTABILITY
[...] (C) Summary: The southern highland region of Puno, one of Peru's most isolated and impoverished areas, is notorious for wide-open smuggling along its extensive border with Bolivia, sporadic outbreaks of political violence and affinity for extremist leaders and ideologies (refs). Its proximity [...]
2008-10-23 22:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI SENV SNAR APECO BO PE
08LIMA1714PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE
[...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]
2008-10-27 16:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1716PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE
[...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]
2008-10-27 20:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1731MORE SOCIAL CONFLICT IN THE PROVINCES
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, several social conflicts in different parts of Peru have erupted, testing local security forces, regional governments and new Prime Minister Yehude Simon. In separate incidents in Cusco, Moquegua, Tacna, Cajamarca, and San Martin protestors demanding (or [...]
2008-10-31 20:44:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
08LIMA1732NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]
2008-10-31 21:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE
08LIMA1733PUCALLPA MAYOR ARRESTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
[...] (C) Summary: Peruvian ... =======================CABLE ENDS============================ id: 176319 date: 10/31/2008 22:10 refid: 08LIMA1733 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 312210Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9522 INFO WESTERN HEMI [...]
2008-10-31 22:10:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PE
08LIMA1742OCTOBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Update on Peru-China Free Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Peru-EFTA FTA Negotiations Concluded -- Export Growth in September - The Lowest Growth in Six Years -- Exports of Fruits and Vegetables Mostly Unaffec [...]
2008-11-03 20:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1748REPORT OF RADICAL PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the November APEC Summit, diverse political groups have announced plans for rallies and protests. Among these, the Lima newspaper Expreso recently published an article warning that a small ultra-nationalist fringe group linked to jailed radical leader Antauro Hum [...]
2008-11-04 21:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR PE
08LIMA1765GOP DECLARES EMERGENCY TO QUELL VIOLENT PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP on November 4th declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Tacna and directed the military to maintain order after violent protestors attacked and burned several government buildings. The protests erupted on October 30th after Congress passed a bill that woul [...]
2008-11-07 15:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PE ASEC
08LIMA177TAKING THE MARITIME DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE: PERU'S
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP continues to emphasize that its decision to take Peru's maritime border dispute with Chile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague should be seen not as an unfriendly act but rather as an effort to resolve an impediment to broader integration. A prominent [...]
2008-01-31 15:32:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA1806PERU ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA RISK MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) The Government of Peru accepts the ILEA invitation to the Risk Management Program at the Regional Training Center/Peru, and is currently in the process of selecting participants. 2. (U) POC for this and other ILEA related matters is Jorge Del Castillo. Contact Information: Delcastil [...]
2008-11-17 17:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL ASEC KCRM OTRA PE
08LIMA1808LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - OCTOBER
[...] (U) Summary: - New National Police Director and Minister of Interior Named - Eradication - New Graduating Class of the Special Counter Drugs Operations Course: Mazamari - DIRANDRO Statistics - MEDEVAC Policy/Procedures to be Revised - FLIR Back in Business - Change in FAP C-26 Contractors [...]
2008-11-17 18:27:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1809PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR AMBUSH
[...] (U) Authorities are blaming remnants of the Shining Path ("Sendero" or "SL") terrorist group for a November 16 ambush that killed three police and severely wounded another. The group was traveling in the south-central department of Ayacucho when it came under machine gun fire from an undetermi [...]
2008-11-17 21:27:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER SNAR PE
08LIMA1825PERU: DEMARCHE TO INCREASE PLENARY SUPPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 14:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA1864NOVEMBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and China Close Trade Negotiations -- Peru and Mexico Trade Agreement - Issues Remain -- Peru and Japan Advance towards FTA Investment -- Koreans Visit Peru Looking for Business Opportunities -- P [...]
2008-12-03 19:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1865ARMY COMMANDER'S REMARKS SOUR RELATIONS WITH CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: Anti-Chilean remarks by Army Commander General Edwin Donayre have tensed the Peru/Chile bilateral relationship. While the remarks were made two years ago in a private military gathering, a Peruvian Congressman recently forwarded a YouTube video of them to Chilean legislators, pr [...]
2008-12-03 21:42:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS PINR CI PE
08LIMA1868TWO MINISTRIES QUIETLY SHUFFLED
[...] (C) In a low-key November 29 ceremony, President Garcia made two quiet changes to his new cabinet. Enrique Cornejo shifted from his position as Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation to take over Veronica Zavala's portfolio in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. (A r [...]
2008-12-03 21:47:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1876PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peruvian National Police (PNP) suspect that Shining Path forces in the Upper Huallaga Valley (SL-UHV) ambushed a police convoy November 26, killing five and injuring four others. Observers speculate the attack may have been retribution to earlier drug seizures by police in the [...]
2008-12-05 19:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR ASEC PE
08LIMA1897PERU ANNOUNCES $3.3 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE
[...] (U) On December 7, Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced a stimulus package amounting to 10 billion soles (approximately $3.3 billion),or 2.47% of Peru's GDP. The intention is to provide a counter-cyclical fiscal boost to the economy. Thus far, the most significant negative effects in P [...]
2008-12-10 18:33:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PE
08LIMA1898PERU RESPONSE TO CUBA: COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW
[...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. PERUVIAN INVESTMENTS IN CUBA ---------------------------- 2. (U) Post has not found any reliable data on Peruvian investments in Cuba. The vast majority of Peru's limited foreign direct investment is in Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Cent [...]
2008-12-10 20:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU PE
08LIMA1899PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY LIMA
[...] Shortly after noon on December 10, 2008, approximately 40 Peruvian nationals gathered peacefully outside of the U.S. Embassy accusing the United States of falsely arresting and accusing five Cuban Nationals of crimes they never committed. Each protestor hand delivered a letter to the U.S. Emba [...]
2008-12-10 21:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PE
08LIMA1914DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA1938PERU: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Embassy point of contact is John Robertson (robertsonjc@state.gov or 51-1-618-2514). 2. (SBU) Text of draft submission follows: Peru Peru's primary counterterrorism concern remained fighting remnants of the militant Maoist Sendero Luminoso (SL or Shining Path),a designated Foreig [...]
2008-12-19 17:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PE
08LIMA194FORE VISIT: FOSTERING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Director of US Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore, during her January 10-11 visit to Peru, underscored the importance of public, private and civil society collaboration to foster development. To this end, Director Fore attended a signing ceremony on January 10th to launch a partn [...]
2008-01-31 22:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR PINR PE
08LIMA1945PERU: NO PLANS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] In response to reftel, Post notes that Peru has a civilian nuclear authority and a small nuclear program geared to specialized research (health, agriculture, etc.),but no plans to pursue nuclear energy. This was confirmed on December 16 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With oil and gas r [...]
2008-12-22 19:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PE
08LIMA196"SHINING PATH": WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY?
[...] (C) Summary: The terrorist organization "Shining Path" (Sendero Luminoso or SL) is currently comprised of two distinct groups, according to analysts. One consists largely of long-time SL members and "true believers" in the Maoist ideology who are reportedly working within civic organizations a [...]
2008-02-01 17:42:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PINR PTER SNAR PE
08LIMA1973DECEMBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- The EU Initiates Bilateral Trade Talks with Peru -- Mexico and Peru Expand Ace No. 8 -- The Global Financial Crisis and Exports to the US -- Ministry of Transportation to Ban Import of Used Cars -- Toy Ex [...]
2008-12-29 22:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1981LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - NOVEMBER
[...] (U) Summary: * Eradication Report * Maritime Ports Report * PNP Ambushed Outside of Tingo Maria/Police Program Report * Threats to Helicopters * Continued Legal Progress on TIP * Prime Minister Releases First Draft of Anti-Corruption Plan * Money Laundering - Legal news and a new arrest [...]
2008-12-31 19:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA213PERU ENERGY UPDATE
[...] This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- Shell returns to Peru by buying BPZ Energy -- Japanese interested in Peru explorations -- Biodiesel and Ethanol projects seek to meet demand -- Brazilians seek ethanol projects because of PTPA -- Natural gas displaces diese [...]
2008-02-05 21:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LIMA226PERU REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-7. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives. Peru is a high priority country (reftels) and our newest free trade agreement partner. Peru allows the import of agbiotech [...]
2008-02-07 14:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ENRG SENV ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO PE
08LIMA228NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JANUARY 2008
[...] (U) The key developments in January 2008: ** CORAH started the 2008 eradication season on January 18 near Pizana northeast of Tocache. ** An increase in murders east of the Andes gained public attention due to the link with eradication and alternative development. ** The GOP initiated qua [...]
2008-02-07 16:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA232INPUT FOR REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-07 17:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD PE
08LIMA281INL A/S JOHNSON MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER DEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a 2-day visit to Peru, A/S David Johnson met with high-level government officials in Lima, and observed the nexus between eradication and alternative development in the San Martin area, as well as the NAS police training program. In his meeting with Prime Minister Jorge [...]
2008-02-15 20:08:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA297PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. Post concurs with industry recommendations that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2008. Peru continues to face high levels of patent, copyright and trademark infringements in all sectors. Challenges include adequate funding, increasing inspections, strengthening [...]
2008-02-20 18:32:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD USTR PE
08LIMA304PERU AND CHILE: CONFRONTING OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED
[...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia took office in 2006 planning to expand and deepen Peruvian relations with Chile while quietly downplaying a series of potentially thorny obstacles. The GOP continues to desire improved bilateral relations, but the obstacles to progress have been anything but [...]
2008-02-21 23:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR PINR CI PE
08LIMA32NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in December 2007: ** CORAH ended the year with a total of 11,056.20 hectares of coca eradicated, surpassing the 10,000-hectare goal. ** DEVIDA approved the 2008 Eradication Plan to start in mid-January, now waiting for Interior Minister's signature. ** Police gra [...]
2008-01-08 13:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA389RADICALS HIJACK CUSCO PROTESTS; CITY LOSES APEC
[...] (C... id: 144228 date: 3/4/2008 17:59 refid: 08LIMA389 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0950 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0389/01 0641759 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041759Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8088 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION P [...]
2008-03-04 17:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA390SUSPECTED "BOLIVARIAN" TERRORISTS DETAINED AT
[...] (SBU) Agents of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Anti-Terrorism Directorate (DIRCOTE) February 29 in the northern region of Tumbes arrested seven alleged members of the "Bolivarian Continental Coordinating Committee" (Coordinadora Nacional Bolivariana -- CNB),including the organization's pr [...]
2008-03-04 18:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL EC PE
08LIMA394TELECOM REGULATOR SANCTIONS THREE MOBILE OPERATORS
[...] OSIPTEL, the Peruvian telecommunications regulatory agency, announced today that three mobile phone operators will be sanctioned for deficiencies in service experienced before and after the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck Peru on August 15, 2007. The three companies include Telefonica Mo [...]
2008-03-04 21:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECPS ECON EFIN EAID USTR PE
08LIMA395Peru: 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government continues to demonstrate a commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person sentenced to 12 years in prison for commercial se [...]
2008-03-05 12:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
08LIMA397GARCIA SEEKS SOLUTIONS WITH "AGITATED" CORREA
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa flew to Lima on March 4th to meet President Alan Garcia on the first stop of a regional tour to drum up support for his country in the aftermath of Colombia's raid on the FARC inside Ecuador. According to a readout from Peru's Foreign Minister, Co [...]
2008-03-05 21:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CO EC PE
08LIMA398NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2008
[...] (U) The key developments in February 2008: ** CORAH has eradicated a total of 1,615 hectares of coca in these first two months of 2008. ** Eradication operations continue despite cocalero protests and adverse weather conditions. ** INL A/S David Johnson met with high-level government of [...]
2008-03-06 14:27:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA417DESIGNING AN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) Instructed by President Garcia, a commission of experts presented draft legislation on March 3 establishing an Environment Ministry in Peru and outlining its structure and responsibilities. After discussion and tweaking by the Council of Ministers, the GOP plans on creating the Ministry [...]
2008-03-07 16:55:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN PGOV USTR PE
08LIMA470UNIONS LOOK AT THE PERUVIAN LABOR SCENE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Many political analysts and labor officials agree on the fundamental labor issues facing the government of Peru as implementation of the U.S. and Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) draws closer. The most pressing is reducing the size of the informal economy and providing mo [...]
2008-03-14 21:19:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETRD ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON PE
08LIMA478PREUVIAN REQUEST FOR SUPPORT IN UNSC ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Post has recieved from the Ministry of Foreign Relations a diplomatic note dated February 20, 2008 requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy fo the UN Security Council term of 2018-2019. Post requests Department guidance on our response. 2. (U) Post will email the text of the diplo [...]
2008-03-17 20:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN PE
08LIMA480EUROPEAN NGOS, LOCAL RADICALS, AND VENEZUELA PLAN PROTESTS AGAINST EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 22:40:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA488FINANCE MINISTER, CENTRAL BANKER TALK TO TREASURY DAS
[...] SUMMARY. Finance Minister Luis Carranza and Central Bank President Julio Velarde told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill March 8 that they were concerned about the appreciation of the Nuevo sol vis a vis the weakening dollar, and the inflation that they attributed to increases [...]
2008-03-18 22:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE
08LIMA489GOP INVESTIGATES VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to its growing concern about Venezuelan government meddling in Peru, the Garcia administration has arrested suspected "Bolivarian" terrorists and launched a public information campaign to highlight the threat. A congressional sub-committee found that Caracas has a th [...]
2008-03-18 22:15:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR VE PE
08LIMA490REGIONAL PRESIDENT PROPOSES AUTONOMY FOR PUNO
[...] (C) Summary: Puno Regional President Hernan Fuentes on March 16 publicly proposed converting his region into an autonomous federal state. This latest proposal follows several initiatives by Fuentes that have irked the central government, including a recent decree decriminalizing coca. Fuente [...]
2008-03-18 22:18:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BO PE
08LIMA516PERU ENERGY UPDATE: MARCH 2008
[...] This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- Natural gas consumption surges -- Distributing LNG within Peru -- Vehicular use boosts LPG sales -- Pisco-Lima LPG pipeline -- US firm to build Peru's first petrochemical plant -- Thermal power generation heats up -- $1 [...]
2008-03-25 17:32:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV ETRD SENV PE
08LIMA564"ARC OF THE PACIFIC" INITIATIVE QUIETLY PROGRESSES
[...] (C) Summary: Eleven Latin American governments led by Peru's President Alan Garcia launched the "Arc of the Pacific" initiative in Cali, Colombia in January 2007 as a new forum to promote Latin American economic and political integration. The Arc initiative so far has held two ministerial-lev [...]
2008-04-02 18:57:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PE
08LIMA590AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING VISITS PERU IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador William Swing was in Peru April 2-3 seeking support for his candidacy for the position of Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Ambassador Swing had a cordial and productive meeting with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gonzalo Gutie [...]
2008-04-04 19:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PE PHUM PREF PREL
08LIMA591PERU: VISITATION OF EXTRADITEE WILMER YARLEQUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As directed in ref A, Post has visited Peruvian extraditee Wilmer YARLEQUE Ordinola on multiple occasions and confirmed that he is being treated in accordance with Peru's international human rights obligations. Moreover, the GOP has sought actively to fulfill its commitments co [...]
2008-04-04 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PHUM PREL PE
08LIMA593NAS MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2008
[...] (U) The key developments in March 2008: ** CORAH has eradicated a total of 2,779 hectares of coca in CY 2008. ** Preparations are being made for eradication operations in high-threat area near Aucayacu. ** The first female DIRANDRO officer killed in action was a graduate of a NAS-supporte [...]
2008-04-04 22:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA655PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: -- Imports Increase 30% First Two Months of 2008 -- Peru Reports $538 Million Trade Surplus for February -- 2007 Agriculture Exports Remain High -- Peru Investment Grade Follow On -- Strike, Environmental Challenges at [...]
2008-04-15 19:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA663THE ALBA HOUSE THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: The primary purpose of the so-called "ALBA houses" established within Peru during the last year is to spread Bolivarian propaganda via programs like the Venezuelan "Miracle Mission" that provides eye surgeries to poor Peruvians. The most sober reports suggest there are between ni [...]
2008-04-16 18:12:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PE PINR
08LIMA693PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: -- Imports Increase 30% First Two Months of 2008 -- Peru Reports $538 Million Trade Surplus for February -- 2007 Agriculture Exports Remain High -- Peru Investment Grade Follow On -- Strike, Environmental Challenges a [...]
2008-04-21 17:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA695GARCIA: PERU VICTIM OF ETHANOL-INDUCED
[...] (U) At an April 21 inauguration for the world's biggest compressed natural gas filling station (built by US' Clean Energy),President Garcia described GOP efforts to increase natural gas and hydropower use and blamed the ethanol boom for "unfairly" boosting food prices. He cited wheat (bread [...]
2008-04-21 20:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EAGR ETRD SENV APECO USTR PE
08LIMA72PERU TAKES CHILE BORDER DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summar id: 137434 date: 1/15/2008 22:55 refid: 08LIMA72 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0003 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0072/01 0152255 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 152255Z JAN 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7654 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNC [...]
2008-01-15 22:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA730DOLLARIZATION DROPS BELOW 50%, VEHICLE CREDITS KEEP
[...] Summary: Dollarization in Peru, as measured by bank deposits, decreased to below 50% in March 2008, when deposits in domestic currency exceeded those in dollars for the first time since the economic reforms of the 1990s, according to a report of the Banks Association (ASBANC). ASBANC also rep [...]
2008-04-28 20:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PE
08LIMA739PERU'S "SUCCESS": A VIEW FROM THE LEFT
[...] (C) Summary: Whatever the manifest positive impact of Peru's economic success, many Peruvians have failed to benefit from it, according to our labor, social sector and "anti-systemic" contacts. This situation has led to a rising sense of frustration and discontent with the government, exacer [...]
2008-04-29 18:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR PE
08LIMA745GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR PROTESTS DURING EU-LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: New reporting suggests that radical groups may be planning unspecified violence during upcoming protests against the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Lima Summit (May 13th-17th). According to Congressman Gustavo Espinoza, political strategist for jailed nationalist lead [...]
2008-04-30 18:15:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR PE
08LIMA812NAS MONTHLY REPORT, APRIL 2008
[...] (U) The key developments in April 2008: ** As of April 30, CORAH has eradicated a total of 3,404 hectares of coca. ** In first-ever raid of an opium laboratory, police seized 100 kg of opium latex and 400 grams of morphine. ** Heavy rains slow preparations for CORAH's move to the Aucayacu [...]
2008-05-08 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA824PERU: WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 12:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR AORC ETRD PREL PE
08LIMA825PERU: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 12:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PE
08LIMA826PERU RESPONSE: ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 13:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY PE
08LIMA845"SUMMIT OF THE PEOPLES" COUNTER-SUMMIT LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: Peruvian leftist groups and European NGOs on May 13th launched a four-day-long Summit of the Peoples as a counterpoint to the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Summit (May 13th-17th). The main event will be a rally on May 16th attended by Bolivian President Evo Morales a [...]
2008-05-13 21:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PINR PE
08LIMA876PERU CREATES ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY, NAMES ENVIRONMENTALIST
[...] (U) The Government of Peru officially announced the creation of the Ministry of Environment and named the first Minister, ecologist Antonio Brack. The new Ministry will incorporate most of the existing environmental agencies and technical experts under one roof, and strengthen the government's [...]
2008-05-19 14:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON USTR EXIM PE
08LIMA893PERU ENERGY: SHIFTING FROM OIL TO NATURAL GAS
[...] Peru's government is working to substantially diversify its energy mix over the next three years. It hopes to reduce its reliance on petroleum to one third of total energy use by increasing natural gas and renewable energy use to one third each. Although Peru imported 63% of its crude petrol [...]
2008-05-20 19:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LIMA895ANTI-SUMMIT PEACEFUL, GENERAL SECURITY A SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The "Summit of the Peoples" anti-summit (May 13-16) that coincided with the Latin America and Caribbean - European Union Summit (EU-LAC) last week proceeded peacefully despite government concern. The anti-summit attracted thousands of social movement leaders from Peru, Latin Ameri [...]
2008-05-20 21:33:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC REL PINR PE
08LIMA906PERU ENERGY BRIEFS - MAY 2008
[...] (U) This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- New Environment Minister sets conditions for sustainable biofuels development; -- Brazil and Peru sign 10 agreements on margins of EU-LAC Summit, including biofuels; -- Brazilian firms to build $2 billion hydroelectric p [...]
2008-05-21 22:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LIMA913 Extraditions in Peru
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs and Peruvian lawyers representing the USG on extradition cases met May 20 with Minister of Justice Rosario Del Pilar Fernandez to discuss points in reftel and other issues. The Minister acknowledged USG concerns over Peruvian courts' recent denial of several USG extraditi [...]
2008-05-23 16:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PE
08LIMA948MRTA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY?
[...] (C) Summary: The Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) terrorist group rose to prominence in the 1980s and then collapsed in the 1990s. Now the GOP believes former MRTA members released from prison are once again rebuilding the group's cadres of dedicated followers. The government's p [...]
2008-05-30 20:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER PE
08LIMA956PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS - MAY 2008
[...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: TRADE -- Peru signs FTAs with Canada and Singapore -- Peru-China FTA May Be Completed in Two More Rounds -- Peru and Chile Moving Closer to Finalizing FTA -- Imports Registered a 47% Growth in April -- Overall Incr [...]
2008-06-02 19:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA979PERU FY 2007-2008 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD
[...] (SBU) Working relationships and cooperation between the Government of Peru (GOP) and the U.S. Government agencies responsible for implementation of counter-narcotics (CN) policies continue at an all time high. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),U.S. [...]
2008-06-06 16:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA980NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2008
[...] (U) On May 21, President Garcia, DIRANDRO Gen.Hidalgo, Huallaga Front Gen.Palomino, San Martin,s Regional President and Congressional representatives visited the Santa Lucia PNP base where they were briefed on ongoing interdiction and eradication strategies in the UHV. The delegation continued [...]
2008-06-06 17:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08MADRID518WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S VISIT TO MADRID,
[...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon visited Madrid April 30-May 1, 2008. He met with Secretary General of the Presidency Bernardino Leon and former President Jose Maria Aznar. He also attended a lunch in his honor hosted by Charge d' Affaires Hugo Llorens with Spanish private sector, media, and [...]
2008-05-09 16:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM AR BL CO CU PE SP
08NAGOYA28FOREIGN WORKERS CHANGE THE FACE OF CENTRAL JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Despite stereotypes of Japan as a homogeneous nation, long-term foreign resident workers now play a crucial role in the Central Japan economy. Owing to labor shortages and the continuing strength of the regional manufacturing sector (even in the face of rapidly rising fuel and raw mater [...]
2008-07-23 04:07:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL CVIS JA BR CH PE
08PARISFR2263 KILLION MEETING WITH PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO HARRY
[...] (C) Summary: Offering a possible Latin solution to bring new candidates into the DG race, Peru's Ambassador to UNESCO suggested that journalist, author and essayist Vargas Llosa has expressed interest in running. He also discussed the problems posed by the rift within the Latin American elec [...]
2008-12-15 07:13:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO PE
08QUITO1027PRESIDENTS CORREA AND GARCIA RENEW BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: A decade of peace between Ecuador and Peru has not met all expectations, but the two governments appear committed to raising the stakes in terms of attention and investment. Presidents Rafael Correa and Alan Garcia and their cabinets met on October 25 in Machala, Ecuador, to mark [...]
2008-10-31 12:47:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN ETRD SMIG EC PE
08QUITO1042GOE'S HEIGHTENED RHETORIC RENEWS TENSIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The GOE again directed harsh words against the Colombian government in late October. President Correa threatened to restrict Colombian citizens' entries into Ecuador, file another international lawsuit against Colombia, and reiterated that Bogota was to blame for the lack of bila [...]
2008-11-06 21:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS EC PE
08QUITO216AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA ON
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 3, President Correa expressed outrage at President Uribe for bombing his country, saying he expected the international community to condemn unprovoked aggression. He said the GOE had no relationship with the FARC, and accepted the Ambassador [...]
2008-03-03 23:28:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EC CO PE BR VE NU
08SANTIAGO1042BORDER ISSUES IN NORTHERN CHILE: DISPUTES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A contested border and drug trafficking can sometimes bedevil relations between Chile and Peru on a national level, while on a local level, officials from communities on both sides of the border appear committed to cooperation. Government officials in the northern Chilean borde [...]
2008-11-28 19:46:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPBTS MARR SNAR KTIA PREL CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO1080CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER GONI EXPLAINS SPAT WITH
[...] (C) Chilean Defense Minister Jose Goni briefed Ambassador Paul Simons December 1 on the current tensions between Chile and Peru. Goni explained he and his Peruvian counterpart had tried to defuse the controversy resulting from comments by the Peruvian Army Commander-in-Chief. President Garcia [...]
2008-12-10 22:00:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR PBTS PGOV PREL CI PE
08SANTIAGO77CHILEAN REACTION TO PERU'S SUBMISSION TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: The Chilean government categorically rejects Peru's maritime claim and has vowed to use all available legal resources to defeat it. In public, the GOC is taking the moral high ground: it has expressed its "profound regret" at Peru's decision and pledged continued cooperation with [...]
2008-01-25 17:03:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CI PE
08SANTIAGO931ECONOMIC WOES AT CHILE'S NORTHERN BORDER
[...] SUMMARY: Arica, Chile's northernmost city, faces multiple economic challenges, including the 2000 kilometers that separate it from Santiago and competition from cheaper Peru, which is just a short drive north. This city, once part of Peru, has the highest unemployment rate in Chile and pove [...]
2008-10-20 15:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEIND PGOV ELAB SOCI EWWT EAGR EFIS CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO987CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO CHILE: NOVEMBER 9-11, 2008
[...] Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY),Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his congressional delegation, from 11/09/2008 to 11/11/2008 as requested reftel. The purpose of the visit is to meet with governmen [...]
2008-11-07 18:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PA PE CI
08SEOUL2177MOFAT-WHA CONSULTATIONS: ROK'S EXPANDING TIES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korea is actively expanding ties with Latin America through trade, investment, overseas development assistance and high-level engagement, according to ROK Foreign Ministry officials who met with WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon on October 15 for consultations. The Ministry's Lati [...]
2008-11-06 22:38:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV ETRD SK BR BL CU CI MX PE
08SINGAPORE1191PRESIDENT'S ASEAN 7 MEETING A "LEADING INDICATOR"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore MFA's outgoing Deputy Director for ASEAN Wong Chow Ming highlighted for us November 4 the importance of senior U.S. engagement with ASEAN. U.S. regard for ASEAN confers prestige that helps the organization maintain a central role in the region's institutional architect [...]
2008-11-07 10:12:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALBM ETRD IN PREL SN ASEAN CH APEC PE
08STATE100138AIRCRAFT DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE REQUEST: ISLA DE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. 2. (U) The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) plans to operate a National Science Foundation (NSF) Gulfstream GV research aircraft, Tail Number and Call Sign N677F, in support of the HIPPO/GLOBAL project to study global distribution [...]
2008-09-18 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCI KRVC KSCA OTRA PE NSF TPHY
08STATE105125REQUEST FOR HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL DEMARCHE BY
[...] This is an action request for the Ambassador or Charge. OBJECTIVE --------- 2. To seek tangible improvements in UNGA voting by Peru as part of a targeted effort to engage 17 friendly countries whose UNGA voting records vary sharply from their close relations with the United States. T [...]
2008-10-01 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA PE
08STATE24290USG RESPONSE TO PERUVIAN CONSIDERATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Department requests Embassy deliver the following dipnote containing the U.S. counterproposal to the Government of Peru's (GOP) draft considerations for resuming DHS counter-narcotics flights from Piura. Additionally, the Department seeks Embassy clarification whether it contemplates the [...]
2008-03-07 23:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PTER PE
08STATE28803TEXT FOR DIP NOTE RESPONDING TO PERU'S DIP NOTE
[...] Reftel reports a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Relations dated February 20, 2008 requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy for the UN Security Council term of 2018-2019. Post is requested to deliver para. 2 text to the Under Secretariat for Multilateral Affairs in the form of [...]
2008-03-19 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PE
08STATE54504SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE: OES REPSONSES TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable contains OES' responses to Southern Cone Ambassadors' requests in reftel for more information on OPIC's energy investment fund and the Latin America Energy Initiative; for more public diplomacy materials on biofuels, specifically on the time frame for second generat [...]
2008-05-21 19:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KPAO BR CI PA PE UY
08STATE85509BRIEFING AUSTRALIA ON APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PTER TBIO AS PE
08TEGUCIGALPA1131HONDURAS LIKES THE IDEA OF A LATIN AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAR BB BR CI EC MX PE PREL UNESCO VC
08USUNNEWYORK887UN GENERAL DEBATE: FOCUS ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE,
[...] SUMMARY: During the September 27 morning plenary meeting of the UNGA General Debate, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Egypt, Mali, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Syria, Oman, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),Gambia, Niger and Romania spoke. Saudi Arabia distributed its Fore [...]
2008-09-30 20:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS AORC UNGA VM PP PE EG SA ML
09BEIJING1592Peru-China Free Trade Agreement
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the late April visit to China by Peruvian Vice President Giampietri, China and Peru signed a comprehensive free trade agreement which covers goods, services and investment and is expected to go into effect by the end of this year. Giampietri also promoted Chinese investme [...]
2009-06-15 01:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN CH PE
09BEIJING767MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK,
[...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...]
2009-03-24 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF
09BEIJING983APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN
[...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...]
2009-04-14 10:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI
09BERLIN418MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...]
2009-04-08 13:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE
09BOGOTA3483COLOMBIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SOURS ON ISRAELI DEFENSE FIRM
[...] (S/NF) General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),told the Ambassador on November 24 that Defense Minister Gabriel Silva was souring on the Defense Ministry's relationship with Israel. Naranjo said that the CNP's relationship with retired Israeli Major General Yisr [...]
2009-12-01 20:59:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER IS PE PM CO
09BOGOTA39982009 Colombian Demobilization Rates Down, Yet More
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's robust Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy continues to bear fruit late into 2009 primarily due to several years of sustained security operations. Yet, after high rates in 2007 and 2008, a natural leveling off is evident with demobilization slowi [...]
2009-12-15 18:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PHUM PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PREF SNAR PM VE PE EC
09BUENOSAIRES1202DOMINICANS WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS USE BUENOS AIRES AS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least ten Dominican nationals carrying fraudulent U.S. visas tried to use Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport to enter the United States in October 2009. Two others with fraudulent third-country passports were intercepted as well. END SUMMARY. ---------------------- [...]
2009-11-06 11:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR
09BUENOSAIRES1203DOMINICANS WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS USE BUENOS AIRES AS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least ten Dominican nationals carrying fraudulent U.S. visas tried to use Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport to enter the United States in October 2009. Two others with fraudulent third-country passports were intercepted as well. END SUMMARY. ---------------------- [...]
2009-11-06 13:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR
09BUENOSAIRES1232PERUVIAN H2B FRAUD IN BUENOS AIRES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post identified a fraudulent H2B petition used by Peruvians claiming to be horse groomers seeking to work at well-known race tracks in New York for prominent horse trainers. Five separate cases dating back to May 2008 bear the same fraud indicators - fake justification letters a [...]
2009-11-13 14:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS PE AR
09BUENOSAIRES1234PERUVIAN H2B FRAUD IN BUENOS AIRES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post identified a fraudulent H2B petition used by Peruvians claiming to be horse groomers seeking to work at well-known race tracks in New York for prominent horse trainers. Five separate cases dating back to May 2008 bear the same fraud indicators - fake justification letters a [...]
2009-11-13 15:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS PE AR
09BUENOSAIRES1288ARGENTINA: INTERNET TRAVEL AGENCY SCAM IN BUENOS AIRES
[...] SUMMARY: Between February and November 2009, Post received eight NIV applications from Argentines who won low-fare travel packages with Vacations724.com and related companies, who were later charged undefined fees once the applicants provided the companies with their credit card numbers. Whi [...]
2009-11-25 16:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ASEC SMIG PE AR
09CARACAS540GRV RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM PERU AND WELCOMES
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) ordered its ambassador home from Peru on April 27 to protest the Peruvian government's decision to grant opposition leader Manuel Rosales asylum. On the same day, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro welcomed a senior Pal [...]
2009-04-29 18:05:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PE VE
09LAPAZ934THE U.S.- BOLIVIA TRADE RELATIONSHIP
[...] SUMMARY. This is the first of a three part series on Bolivia's economic and trade situation. In 2008, Bolivia was the United States 105th highest trading partner, while the U.S. was Bolivia's third. Despite concern over the potential permanent removal of Bolivia from the Andean Trade Preferenc [...]
2009-06-24 21:32:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL EAID KTIA KTDB PE
09LIMA1000PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING NGO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 18:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PE
09LIMA1002PARTIALLY RESHUFFLED CABINET SWORN IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. After several weeks of anticipation, President Garcia swore in a partially renovated Cabinet of Ministers last Saturday. Outgoing President of Congress, APRA Congressman Javier Velasquez Quesquen, replaces Yehude Simon as the Prime Minister. Six other new ministers take over k [...]
2009-07-13 20:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1010AMAZON PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT MISTAKES,
[...] (C) Summary: Nationally and internationally, the Peruvian government has suffered a serious public relations blow as a result of the June 5 violence in Bagua in which 24 police and 10 protesters were killed. The prevailing perception in part reflects distorted information and even disinformati [...]
2009-07-14 16:51:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI ETRD ELAB PE
09LIMA1038PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Oscar Paredes Loza, MFA Counselor for Non-EU European Countries, on July 16. Paredes said there was no official government opinion on the U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit. He noted that the Peru-Russia bilateral relationship is not a foreign policy [...]
2009-07-20 13:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV PREL PE
09LIMA1051DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE 9-12, 2009 - USAGE OF FUNDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 17:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV
09LIMA1053FUJIMORI SENTENCED TO 7.5 YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on July 20 to seven years and six months for embezzlement charges, in connection with a $15 million "severance" payment to then-intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori admitted guilt on the first day of the trial in orde [...]
2009-07-22 16:32:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM PE
09LIMA1059CUZCO PROVINCE: TARGET FOR EVO MORALES?
[...] (C) Summary: There is evidence that Canchis, a protest-prone area in Cuzco region, may be a focus of Bolivian activities in Peru. Canchis is a rich target with a history of rebellion going back over two centuries and a highly politicized and ideological population. The GOP has alleged Boliv [...]
2009-07-22 21:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1061PERU RESPONSE: GOP INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1
[...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel, Post compiled a list of Peruvian government interventions related to A/H1N1 2009 influenza virus (H1N1). As of July 21, Peru had 2,796 confirmed cases, and 14 deaths. Many of the interventions listed in reftel either have not been implemented or are not a [...]
2009-07-23 15:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI TBIO PE
09LIMA1114SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of opportunities and challenges - specifically, that a pro-growth strategy is best suited to reduce poverty and that strengthening institutions is the [...]
2009-08-04 19:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM USAID OVIP PE
09LIMA1118JULY TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and the EU - In Final Negotiations for FTA -- Peru-Singapore FTA Enters into Force on August 1 -- Peru-Japan Conclude Second Round of Negotiations -- Other Trade Agreements on the Horizon -- Peru Takes O [...]
2009-08-04 21:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
09LIMA1120PNP INCREASES OPERATIONS IN UPPER HUALLAGA,
[...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian National Police (PNP) on July 21st launched an attack on a Shining Path (SL) camp in the Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV),possibly injuring a key terrorist leader and capturing various munitions and supplies. Several contacts report that the raid was part of an increased [...]
2009-08-05 14:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1131PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER TALK PERU'S FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met in late July with President Alan Garcia and spoke separately on several recent occasions with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde. Garcia and Belaunde discussed a range of Peruvian foreign policy issues, including the situation in Honduras, Colombian pol [...]
2009-08-05 22:12:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA115POLICE DEATHS SPARK CALLS FOR INTERIOR MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: The deaths of two policemen, killed while evicting squatters in the northern region of Lambayeque, has sparked controversy over the way the government handles social disturbances. Citing incompetence in a botched operation, some high-profile political figures have called for Inte [...]
2009-01-27 21:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM ASEC PE
09LIMA1166SENDERO ARREST: GOP AND ANAYLSTS ACCOUNTS DIFFER
[...] (C) Summary. Peruvian National Police (PNP) and the Interior Ministry's intelligence unit on August 9 captured Felix Victoriano Mejia Ascencio ("Mono"),who the GOP claims is a high-ranking leader in the Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV) faction of Sendero Luminoso. According to law enforcement c [...]
2009-08-12 21:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1169PRESIDENT GARCIA ON STATE OF THE UNION
[...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia delivered his customary state of the union address on July 28, marking the 188th anniversary of Peru's independence. His speech was more inclusive, conciliatory and less self-congratulatory than previous years, prompting some to speculate that recent social u [...]
2009-08-12 23:14:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI EINV SNAR KCRM PE
09LIMA1174NAS LIMA MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY
[...] (U) Summary: - New Minister of Interior and PNP Director - Eradication Update - Police Programs Update - Ports Programs Update - Aviation Update New Minister of Interior and PNP Director 2. (U) Following the events in Bagua (Ref A),the GOP experienced yet another Cabinet shake up (R [...]
2009-08-13 20:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA1177AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM ON COLOMBIA AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde on August 11 to discuss the Colombia "non-bases" issue and Honduras. Garcia Belaunde imparted two key messages: (A) We are not out of the woods on the Colombia DCA controversy, and B) the USG needs to be seen as doing conside [...]
2009-08-14 14:00:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR SNAR CO HO PE
09LIMA1178GOP UNGA DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 14:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PREL PGOV OVIP PE
09LIMA1191ISRAELI FM VISIT: REGIONAL TIES, IRAN, SHARED
[...] ... [...]
2009-08-14 20:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1200GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] The Foreign Ministry has presented the Embassy with diplomatic note 22-6-GG/71 announcing Peru's candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the period 2011-2014, and requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy. We have emailed scanned copies of the diplomatic note, its ac [...]
2009-08-19 17:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA1226REVIEW OF NAS ASSISTANCE WITH VICE MINISTER OF INTERIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting August 6 with Vice Minister of Interior Wilson Hernandez, NAS Director reiterated USG desire that in 2010 the GOP assume costs of fuel currently paid by NAS. The Vice Minister promised to raise the issue with the new minister, and inquired about several assistanc [...]
2009-08-21 22:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PE
09LIMA123Smugglers Already Targeting Korean VWP Travel
[...] SUMMARY: On January 21, 2009, the Peruvian National Police (PNP) arrested eight PRC nationals for allegedly planning to smuggle Chinese asylum-seekers to the U.S. with phony Japanese passports. A raid of the ring's "labs" in Lima suggests they were also targeting Korea's VWP program, by conco [...]
2009-01-28 22:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC SMIG KFRD PE
09LIMA1258CODEL PRICE: HDAC INAUGURATES RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (U) Summary: The August 15-19 visit to Peru of Codel Price -- representing the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) -- inaugurated formal legislative to legislative relations between the U.S. and Peruvian Congresses. Codel discussions focused on four topics: representation (constitue [...]
2009-08-27 20:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1269AUGUST TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade - Peru and Singapore FTA Enters into Force - Peru and EU, Difficulties with IPR - Government Says Peru-Chile FTA Not Unconstitutional - One More Year for Peru-Mexico Agreement - Peru Seeks Customs Cooperation wi [...]
2009-08-31 16:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
09LIMA1290NAS LIMA END OF MONTH REPORT - AUGUST
[...] (U) Summary: * Ports Program Report * Capture of Sendero Luminoso leader leads to NAS-PNP collaboration seminar * Aviation Report * NAS Director and Deputy Meet with head of Police Education directorate * NAS Director and Deputy Meet with Huanuco Regional President on New Police Academy * [...]
2009-09-02 20:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA1299SHINING PATH SHOOTS DOWN HELICOPTER IN THE VRAE
[...] (C) Summary: Presumed Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL) forces downed a Peruvian air force (FAP) MI-17 helicopter yesterday, killing its pilot and co-pilot. This was the latest example in a recent spate of deadly attacks in the Apurimac-Ene River Valley (VRAE) attributed to the SL, includin [...]
2009-09-03 18:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR SOCI PGOV MOPS PE
09LIMA1309VRAE: GOP MOUNTS RESCUE OP FOR STRANDED SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary: At approximately 1100 hrs on September 4, Peruvian armed forces successfully overcame small arms fire, weather delays and capability limitations, and rescued five wounded soldiers stranded in the aftermath of the September 2 Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL) attack on a Peruvian air [...]
2009-09-04 21:01:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR SOCI PGOV MOPS PE
09LIMA1350PERU RESUMES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Overcoming past shortcomings and deserved skepticism, Peru recently resumed humanitarian demining (HD) operations in parts of its shared border with Ecuador and at other sites within its territory. Senior GOP officials expressed gratitude for the USG's "crucial" assistance, and [...]
2009-09-14 22:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL KHDP MOPS PTER SOCI EC PE
09LIMA1351PERU ON IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE, MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Poloff delivered subject demarche to the MFA's Chief of International Security and Disarmament issues Vitaliano Gallardo, on September 14. Gallardo listened attentively, but indicated that Peru was preparing to follow its earlier voting pattern of supporting both [...]
2009-09-14 22:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS PE
09LIMA1389AMAZON WORKING GROUPS: FRUSTRATIONS AMID DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes in which 24 police officers and 10 civilians were killed, then-PM Yehude Simon signed accords with indigenous groups that established the National Coordinating Group for the Development of Amazon Populations ("Grupo Nacional" -- reftels) [...]
2009-09-17 21:47:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA1398PERU'S TAKE ON ECUADOR UNASUR MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: DCM met September 18 with MFA Undersecretary for the Americas Javier Leon to discuss the September 15 UNASUR ministerial meeting in Quito. Leon described the meeting as "difficult and unproductive," mainly because Colombia had dug in its heels over Brazil's request for further as [...]
2009-09-18 20:38:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA1403PERU: BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 22:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PE
09LIMA1426PERU RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL
[...] (U) The following responds to the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) request for information on a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050132068 for the export of pistols to Peru. ECON Officer visited the two Peru-based establishments involved in the tran [...]
2009-09-23 21:30:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC PE
09LIMA145PERU'S TRADE AGENDA: REACHING ACROSS THE GLOBE
[...] (U) In 2008, Peru made significant strides towards diversifying its trading partnerships. Peru signed trade agreements with Canada and Singapore and concluded negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Visits by leaders participating in the European Union - Latin American [...]
2009-02-03 21:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON PREL PE
09LIMA1453GARCIA SWEARS IN APRA LOYALIST AS NEW MINISTER
[...] (C) President Garcia swore in Juan Sarmiento Soto as new Housing, Construction, and Sanitation Minister on September 29, replacing Francis Allison. Sarmiento is a Housing Ministry veteran, having served as Vice Minister in both of Garcia's presidencies (1985-1990 and 2006-present). He is al [...]
2009-09-30 12:21:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PE
09LIMA146GARCIA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK
[...] (C) Summary: At the ... id: 190261 date: 2/3/2009 22:13 refid: 09LIMA146 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 032213Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9983 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIO [...]
2009-02-03 22:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON EFIN ETRD PE
09LIMA1463FUJIMORI SENTENCED IN FOURTH CONVICTION
[...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on September 30 to six years (concurrent) in prison for eavesdropping and other corruption charges, and ordered to pay nearly $10 million in civil reparations. As he did in the preceding case (in July - refs),Fujimori plead guilty [...]
2009-10-01 21:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCOR PHUM PE
09LIMA1472SEPTEMBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade - Possible Delays in FTA Negotiations with Japan - Peru Unlikely to Conclude FTA with EU this Year - Peru and Thailand Said to Sign FTA in November - Textile Imports Grow to Highest Level in Six Months Investm [...]
2009-10-02 20:27:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
09LIMA1489PERU ELIMINATES PAROLE BENEFITS FOR TERRORISTS
[...] (C) Summary: Congress has passed a law that eliminates parole benefits for persons convicted of terrorist charges. The executive had prepared and sent this bill to Congress amid several high-profile setbacks in its continuing struggle against terrorism. In this context, the law appears more a [...]
2009-10-05 20:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PTER PE
09LIMA1498LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 19:33:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA1551DISCREDITED CONGRESS COMPLICATES POLITICAL PANORAMA
[...] (C) Summary: Peru's democratic consolidation faces a number of obstacles, not least of which is a legislative branch perceived as lacking in credibility. Exacerbating this problem, the unicameral Congress has recently been beset by a series of scandals related to the unethical behavior and qu [...]
2009-10-20 15:58:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SNAR KCRM ETRD PE
09LIMA156JANUARY TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and Japan to Begin FTA Negotiations in February -- Negotiations with EU May Conclude in 6 months -- Chilean FTA Enters into Force on March 1 -- Peruvian Beer Company Exports to the U.S. and Europe -- U.S [...]
2009-02-06 14:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
09LIMA1561HUMALA: HEDGING BETS IN RUN UP TO ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ollanta Humala -- who nearly won the 2006 presidential elections on a populist platform -- heads a Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) pursuing an ambiguous dual-track political path. According to insiders, the party continues to have "one foot inside and the other [...]
2009-10-21 20:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR PE
09LIMA1569PERU RESPONSE: U.S. CANDIDACY TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 21:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UK PE
09LIMA1601PERU RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 22:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN PE
09LIMA1611PERU AND ECUADOR: GOOD VIBES AT 3RD BILAT
[...] (C) Summary: Presidents Alan Garcia and Rafael Correa presided jointly over the Third Binational Ministerial that concluded in Piura, Peru on October 22. According to press accounts and our MFA contacts, bilateral discussions were infused with good feelings and helped advance two of Peru's ke [...]
2009-10-29 23:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KHDP EC PE
09LIMA1619US TREASURY CONCERNED ABOUT PERUVIAN GAMING SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: A team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) from the Department of Treasury was invited by the Peruvian Gaming Commission to Lima in order to conduct a preliminary assessment of the Peruvian gaming sector. During their very short trip, the team met with the Gaming Commis [...]
2009-10-30 21:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM KJUS KTFM XM PE
09LIMA1620PERU: SUPPLEMENTAL TO FY'10 1206 COUNTER-IED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 21:55:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS KTIA PREL PTER PE
09LIMA1629Amazon Dialogue: Negotiating Through Distrust
[...] (C) Summary. Working groups formed to resolve issues arising out of the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes have shown uneven progress thus far. GOP contacts assure us that the dialogue process will lead to a new forestry law that brings Peru back into compliance with the PTPA by the August 2010 d [...]
2009-11-04 17:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA1635Garcia's Peace Initiative Gathering Steam
[...] (C) Summary: MFA interlocutors have told us that President Garcia's recent "Peace and Security Cooperation" initiative is a serious effort to promote regional stability and contain defense costs at a time of global economic distress. Garcia's proposals seek to prevent an arms race in the regi [...]
2009-11-09 15:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS MARR PBTS PE
09LIMA164SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in a Peru relatively well-positioned to deal with the unfolding global economic crisis but deeply concerned about its longer-term implications. Thanks to several recent policy successes and a tactical shift to the left, President Garcia's nation-wide poll numbe [...]
2009-02-09 20:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR ECON OVIP PE
09LIMA1647Peru: Chile Military Purchases Rankle
[...] (C) Summary: Reports that Chile is poised to make significant arms purchases from the U.S. have caused rankles in Peru, and are being connected in the media to the capture of a Peruvian Air Force officer alleged to have been spying for Chile. The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Ga [...]
2009-11-13 19:39:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PE
09LIMA1649PERU DEMARCHED ON U.S.-BOLIVIA 2ND ROUND OF DIALOG
[...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to the MFA's DirGen for South America, Francisco Rivarola and Andean DeskOff Augusto Salamanca on November 12. Rivarola appeared pleased by U.S. engagement and efforts to improve its relations with Bolivia following [...]
2009-11-13 21:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PE BL
09LIMA1651Peru Response: UNGA Specific Resolutions
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 23:04:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA1653BREWING SPY SCANDAL FURTHER TENSES PERU-CHILE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) noncommissioned officer for alleged spying and passing classified defense information to Chile has brought relations between the two neighbors to a new low point. It also complicates President Garcia's peace initiative aimed at reducin [...]
2009-11-17 20:50:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS PARM PE
09LIMA1659Sendero Luminoso: Incremental Gains in Mixed Picture
[...] (C) Summary. Most analysts believe Sendero Luminoso (SL) insurgents are making incremental gains in the Apurimac-Ene River Valley (VRAE). Local observers in Ayacucho say frustrations with government at every level have strengthened the anti-system opposition and in some cases generated sympathy for [...]
2009-11-19 18:50:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER SNAR SOCI PGOV MOPS PE
09LIMA1661PERU: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Please find below Embassy Lima's responses to questions posed in reftel. 2. (SBU) Q: Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Please report on all established or ad hoc dialogues of a pol-mil nature, regardless of the terminol [...]
2009-11-20 16:58:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PE MOPS
09LIMA1665Peru Response to Review for Suspension of Title III of the
[...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic [...]
2009-11-20 19:39:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA1667Peru Signs Counternarcotics Information Sharing Agreement
[...] (C) Summary: On November 6, officials in the Peruvian and Mexican Governments signed an agreement in Mexico City designed to improve coordination and cooperation to fight crime. For Peru, the goal is to obtain intelligence to identify and capture Mexican drug traffickers, whose expan [...]
2009-11-25 18:57:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MX PE
09LIMA1669SCENESETTER FOR USSOUTHCOM COMMANDER, GENERAL DOUGLAS M.
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy Lima warmly welcomes you to Peru. You will arrive at a time of strong GOP interest in expanding security cooperation with the United States. Under President Alan Garcia, Peru has been a reliable U.S. partner and played a constructive role in a complicated South America chara [...]
2009-11-25 20:48:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS SOCI PE
09LIMA1671Peru on U.S. Posture on Iran and Next Steps
[...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Disarmament and International Security Vitaliano Gallardo on November 25. 2. (C) Gallardo, who has responsibility for this issue responded that "Peru will be supportive of the United States", but did not elaborate furth [...]
2009-11-25 22:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IR PE
09LIMA1675Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit- Reinvigorated
[...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),under new management since February 2009, has shown renewed vigor as demonstrated by the exponential increase in the number of intelligence reports entering the judicial system compared to 2008. Based on these cases, the FIU estimate [...]
2009-12-01 19:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EINT PTER SNAR PE KTFN DEA TRSY
09LIMA1678Peru opposes inclusion of map in South Pacific Regional
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru continues to oppose inclusion of the illustrative map found in the most recent proposed draft of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) Convention, regardless of efforts to blur the portion of the maritime territory under contention between Chil [...]
2009-11-06 14:05:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PHSA PE
09LIMA1689Potential Peruvian OIOS Candidate
[...] (C) Genaro Matute is known to the Embassy from his time as Peru's Comptroller General (CG - rough equivalent of a government-wide Inspector General) from October 2001 to October 2008, who served during two successive administrations (Toledo and Garcia). He is seen as having done a credible j [...]
2009-12-03 21:15:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC UN PREL AMGT PE
09LIMA1699PERU: CHINESE TANKS, PEACE PROPOSALS AND U.S. MILITARY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Peru is reportedly poised to purchase Chinese tanks with an eye towards replacing its aging tank fleet and building up its "dissuasive" defense posture, and to buy aircraft from Brazil as well as MANPADS and anti-tank weapons from other countries. These defense acquisitions [...]
2009-12-15 23:08:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS PARM PTER SNAR PBTS CI PE
09LIMA1723Peru: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism
[...] (U) Peru's primary counterterrorism concern remained fighting remnants of the militant Maoist Sendero Luminoso (SL or Shining Path),a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization that wreaked havoc on the country in the 1980s and 1990s at a cost of more than 69,000 lives. SL elements in the Uppe [...]
2009-12-23 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PE
09LIMA1725Cabinet Change: Araoz to Ministry of Economy
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the resignation of Economy Minister Luis Carranza, Mercedes Araoz (previously Minister of Production) was sworn in to assume the post December 22. President Garcia publicly tasked Araoz with maintaining Peru's reputation for fiscal discipline. Observers believe [...]
2009-12-23 22:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EINV ECON EFIN ETRD PE
09LIMA1729NAS Lima End of Month Report - November
[...] (U) Summary: - Aviation Report - Ports/Maritime Program Report - Ports Program Case of Note - Eradication Report - Police Programs Report - CADCA Evaluates New Community Anti-Drug Coalitions East of the Andes Aviation Report 2. (SBU) NAS Aviation ha [...]
2009-12-29 19:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PE XR KCRM ASEC PREL
09LIMA1740Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]
2009-11-14 01:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA1794PERU UNFAMILIAR WITH ANGARSK NUCLEAR FUEL BANK PROPOSAL BUT
[...] (SBU) Econoffs met on November 20 with Minister Counselor Vitaliano Gallardo and First Secretary Juan Pablo GUERRERO Espinoza of the International Security and Disarmament Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to call for IAEA board member support for the Angarsk fuel bank proposal. Both o [...]
2009-11-20 23:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PE
09LIMA182EAVESDROPPING SCANDAL DRAGS ON, BUT NO SMOKING GUN
[...] (C) Summary: In part two of the scandal that toppled Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo's cabinet in October 2008, Peruvian National Police (PNP) recently arrested the employees of a "security" company called Business Track for illegally recording the private telephone conversations of private [...]
2009-02-11 20:01:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA1834Peru Will Consider United States Candidacy for WHO Executive
[...] (U) ECONOFF delivered reftel talking points requesting support for US membership on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials on November 24. MFA officials included Ana PE????A Doig, Director of Social Policy, Maria MERINO de Hart, Dir [...]
2009-11-25 20:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO PE
09LIMA1836Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]
2009-11-25 20:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA185PERU ON U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT ARMS
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and Spanish language non-paper to the MFA's Chief for International Security and Disarmament, Lilliam Ballon and to her assistant for disarmament matters, Milagros Winkelreid. Ballon expressed a keen interest in maintaining an open, continuing dialog with t [...]
2009-02-11 22:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE
09LIMA1892PERU RESPONSE: US WTO REMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 14:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO PE
09LIMA1912PERU NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2010
[...] (U) In response to State 105824, Embassy Lima reports the following update for its National Trade Estimate Report. This report has also been sent as a Word document with track changes to USTR by email on December 4. 2. (U) TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT The United States and Peru sign [...]
2009-12-07 14:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON EINV PGOV PE
09LIMA1934PERU PROPOSING 47 PERCENT REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS AND
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel A points to Minister of Environment Antonio BRACK Egg, who will lead the Peru delegation to Copenhagen (COP 15). Brack already seemed to be familiar with the USG position, and was supportive. 2. (SBU) Brack informed the Ambassador that Peru will [...]
2009-12-10 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ETRD TSPL KGHG PE
09LIMA206PERU OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF AGREMENT ACCEPTANCE
[...] Per instructions reftel, Embassy delivered diplomatic note No. 174 to the MFA informing that the acceptance of Ambassador Luis Miguel Valdivieso Montano as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Peru to the United States is acceptable to the Government of the United St [...]
2009-02-18 13:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL PGOV PE
09LIMA225SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in a Peru relatively well-positioned to deal with the unfolding global economic crisis but deeply concerned about its longer-term implications. Thanks to several recent policy successes and a tactical shift to the left, President Garcia's nation-wide poll numbe [...]
2009-02-19 17:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR PE
09LIMA24LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - DECEMBER
[...] (U) Summary: * Police Report * Maritime Ports Program Report * Change in PNP Counterpart for ILEA Program * Eradication Report * Aviation Report * NAS Conducts Humanitarian Mission in VRAE ------------- Police Report ------------- 2. (U) At the end of each year, the Peruv [...]
2009-01-09 18:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA242DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 03-05, 2008 - USAGE OF FUNDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 16:42:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV
09LIMA246NEW INTERIOR MINISTER: APRA CONGRESSWOMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yehude Simon announced the resignation of Interior Minister Remegio Hernani Meloni February 19, ostensibly for "personal reasons." APRA Congresswoman Mercedes Cabanillas was sworn in as the new Interior Minister on the same day. The resignation of Hernani, who nev [...]
2009-02-24 18:42:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PE
09LIMA267PERU RESPONSE: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 18:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA2722009 ESTH FSN COURSE - LIMA NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 16:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AFSI KSCA AFSN TSPL ECON PE
09LIMA273PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post concurs with industry recommendations that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2009. The Government of Peru's (GOP) swift effort to implement the necessary Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) legislation to comply with the provisions of the US - Peru Trade Prom [...]
2009-03-02 21:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD USTR PE
09LIMA324CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: PERU
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, post determines that the only infrastructure or resources in Peru that may qualify as critical foreign dependencies are some of Peru's key mines. Peru is among the top five producers in the world of silver, copper, zinc, tin, lead, molybdenum, and gold. According [...]
2009-03-11 20:13:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPTER KCIP EMIN PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG PE
09LIMA329OPERATION EXCELLENCE: MILITARY ATTACKS SHINING
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Peruvian military between August and October 2008 implemented "Operation Excellence 777" to take control of a historic Shining Path stronghold located in an area called Vizcatan in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE). The Vizcatan area's critical importa [...]
2009-03-12 17:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA345ALLEGED ARMY CORRUPTION -- A PERSPECTIVE
[...] (S/NF) Introduction and Summary: The Garcia Administration's efforts to combat narcotrafficking have been stronger than under past administrations, and have included a National Anti-Drug Strategy partly supported with government funds, solid progress combatting coca production in the Upper Hua [...]
2009-03-12 21:57:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR KCRM PE
09LIMA360PERU-CHILE RELATIONS: ANOTHER ROUGH PATCH
[...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Garcia government issued an executive decree that expanded the existing economic accord between Peru and Chile into a formal free-trade agreement, sparking an outcry from local opposition parties and, subsequently, a strong Chilean counter-response. According t [...]
2009-03-13 21:03:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD PE
09LIMA364PERU RESPONSE: RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 16:48:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS PE
09LIMA394PERU SUBMITS CHILE BORDER DISPUTE ARGUMENTS TO THE
[...] (U) Introduction and Summary: The GOP on March 19 submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague its legal brief arguing for defining (and redrawing) Peru's maritime border with Chile. Peru's submission is the second step in a judicial process that the GOP initiated in 20 [...]
2009-03-20 15:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA405ACCESSING GENETIC RESOURCES IN MEGADIVERSE PERU
[...] As one of the five most biodiverse countries on the planet, Peru has been at the forefront of international discussions on accessing genetic resources. In Peru, genetic resources are part of the national patrimony, making the national Government of Peru (GOP) responsible for their management [...]
2009-03-23 19:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV TBIO PE
09LIMA417LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Summary: -- Eradication Report -- Maritime/Ports Program Report -- Aviation Report -- Police Programs Report Eradication Report 2. (U) Having begun February 12, by the end of the month CORAH eradicated 321.87 hectares of coca even though one third of operating days were p [...]
2009-03-24 21:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA422PERU RESPONSE: MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 15:56:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP PE
09LIMA428PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY UP DESPITE OBSTACLES
[...] (C) Summary: The international economic crisis notwithstanding, President Garcia's approval ratings have risen steadily since late 2008 (in that year as low as 19-22% pct) and in February jumped by two points to 38% nationally, according to recent polling. No single factor accounts for Garcia [...]
2009-03-25 21:36:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI PE
09LIMA452PERU AND THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153)
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding Government of Peru perspectives on the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. The answers are keyed to reftel paragraphs. 2. (S/NF) The Government of Peru looks forward to the Obama administration's active engageme [...]
2009-03-30 16:48:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PGOV VZ BO CU CO OAS PE
09LIMA468PERU HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGETS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 13:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PE
09LIMA480Fraud Summary: Lima
[...] (U) Post is submitting its semi-annual fraud summary for September 2008 - February 2009. Responses are keyed to paragraph markers in reftel. Post continues to submit septel spot reports on specific cases of interest. ITEM A: COUNTRY CONDITIONS -------------------------- 2. (U) Peru's e [...]
2009-03-31 22:23:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PE
09LIMA54CORRECTED: ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT.
[...] Overall crime and safety situation: A. An OSAC member traveling to Peru (as with any overseas travel) should take certain precautions to ensure their safety and security. Doing so will allow them and other American business people living and conducting operations in Peru to successfully naviga [...]
2009-01-15 13:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC PE
09LIMA542SHINING PATH ATTACK KILLS 13 IN THE VRAE
[...] (C) Summary: Suspected Sendero Luminoso (SL) terrorists ambushed military patrols near Vizcatan in the VRAE April 9, killing 13 soldiers and injuring others. It was among the deadliest SL attacks of recent years, and reflects a continuing pattern of terrorist retaliation for ongoing military [...]
2009-04-13 20:10:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER KHDP PE
09LIMA543SHINING PATH IN THE VRAE
[...] (C) Summary: The Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE),a remote jungle area east of the Andes straddling northern Ayacucho and parts of several other regions, is home to the most resilient of the remaining two armed factions of the Shining Path (SL). The SL faction in the VRAE is led by three [...]
2009-04-13 20:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PETR PE
09LIMA544NAS LIMA END OF MONTH REPORT - MARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 20:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA589VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER REQUESTS ASYLUM IN
[...] (C) Summary: Former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Mayor of Maracaibo Manuel Rosales has solicited political asylum in Peru. Claiming Rosales was the object of a political witchhunt in Venezuela, APRA Congressman Javier Valle Riestra in an April 21 press conference urged the Government [...]
2009-04-22 22:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE PE
09LIMA62FINANCIAL CRISIS SLOWS GROWTH - STIMULUS PACKAGE
[...] (C) Summary: The global financial crisis has slowed Peru's strong growth. While 2008 closed with growth at over 9%, estimates for 2009 have continued to undergo downward revision to about 5.5%. Peru's dependence on metals exports has resulted in mixed effects. The sharp fall of base metals [...]
2009-01-16 13:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PE
09LIMA628ROSALES' ASYLUM: VENEZUELA RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the Garcia administration's granting of political asylum to former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales (ref B),the Venezuelan Ambassador was recalled to Caracas for consultations. While the GOP sought to soften the diplomatic blow [...]
2009-04-30 22:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE PE
09LIMA637AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OLLANTA HUMALA
[...] (C) Summary: I met one-... id: 205404 date: 5/4/2009 16:16 refid: 09LIMA637 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0006 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0637/01 1241616 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041616Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0500 INFO RUEH [...]
2009-05-04 16:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA639SHINING PATH IN THE VRAE: GOALS, METHODS, AND NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Although most observers describe the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso or SL) faction operating in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) as little more than narcotraffickers, several analysts argue convincingly that the faction maintains political goals more akin to those of a ter [...]
2009-05-04 16:29:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC PE
09LIMA655PERU RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff carried out reftel end-use check April 22. Available evidence indicated Armaq received ONLY.223 caliber ammunition and NOT/NOT 5.56mm ammunition under the subject license. The discrepancy appears to arise from the view of Armaq, the Peruvian Government (GOP),and other [...]
2009-05-07 18:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC PE
09LIMA680PERU-BOLIVIA RELATIONS TENSE OVER EX-MINISTERS'
[...] (C) Summary: Peru's relations with Bolivia took another sour turn after Bolivian President Evo Morales called President Alan Garcia "chabacano" (vulgar) over Peru's granting of political asylum to three former cabinet members of Bolivian ex-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada's adminis [...]
2009-05-12 21:51:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BL PE
09LIMA695LIMA NAS APRIL END OF MONTH REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 20:32:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA697NEWSPAPER ALLEGES HUMALA LINKS TO VENEZUELAN CASH
[...] (... id: 207110 date: 5/14/2009 21:04 refid: 09LIMA697 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0697/01 1342104 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 142104Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0565 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION [...]
2009-05-14 21:04:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER VE PE
09LIMA7SENDERO LUMINOSO AND THE RECENT SPIKE IN VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The increase in deadly attacks attributed to Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL) remnants in recent months suggests a change is afoot. Some observers maintain the violence is SL's response to a military incursion into its territory. Others believe the terrorist group is rebuildi [...]
2009-01-06 21:51:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SNAR PINR PE
09LIMA717PERU REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic tra [...]
2009-05-19 20:44:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA77PERU 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The Government of Peru (GOP) seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, 2007, and set to enter into force on February 1, 2009, sh [...]
2009-01-21 18:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
09LIMA776APRIL TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and China Sign Free Trade Agreement -- Peru and South Korea Second Round of Negotiations -- Peru and Japan Start Trade Negotiations in May Investment -- Little Caesars Opens in Peru -- French-English [...]
2009-06-01 22:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
09LIMA777AMAZON PROTESTS SPARK DEBATE OVER DECREES
[...] (C) Summary: Prolonged and effective protests by Amazon indigenous community groups have caused Congress to reassess the legality of a number of legislative decrees regarding the use of national resources in Peru's jungle lowlands. Should Congress and President Garcia give in to the pressure, [...]
2009-06-01 23:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EAGR SOCI SENV PE
09LIMA786PERU: IDENTIFYING AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) This telegram responds to reftel's urgent action request to evaluate possible availability of MI-17 helicopters for use by the Pakistani military. This message also contains an action request for SCA/P in para 4. 2. (C) The Peruvian Air Force has seventeen MI-17 helicopters in its fle [...]
2009-06-03 21:03:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PARM SMIG PK PE
09LIMA793AMAZON PROTESTS: NOT SO HIDDEN POLITICAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Amazon community groups have invoked the supposed unconstitutionality of nine legislative decrees as the reason for protests that have gone on for almost two months now. These nine decrees are technical laws that seek to facilitate investment and promote development in one of Pe [...]
2009-06-05 19:20:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ECON ETRD PE
09LIMA794BOLIVIAN MEDDLING IN PERU
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales has launched a new round of rhetorical attacks on the Government of Peru with a call for indigenous peoples to rebel against their governments. GOP officials and other observers are concerned Morales' rhetoric is part of a broader effort to meddle i [...]
2009-06-05 19:50:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER BL PE
09LIMA795CLASH LEAVES NINE POLICE, ELEVEN PROTESTORS DEAD
[...] (C) Summary: After the government decided to act to facilitate the flow of food and fuel to several communities and cities strangled by prolonged protests (ref),as many as nine police and eleven indigenous protestors were killed today in a violent clash that occurred as security forces attemp [...]
2009-06-05 20:30:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA810AMAZONIAN VIOLENCE: CONFUSION ABOUT DETAILS
[...] (C) Summary: Confusion still surrounds the June 5 outbreak of violence in Bagua, complete with competing versions about who shot first and which side suffered more casualties. What is clear is that, on the same day in a separate violent incident on the outskirts of Bagua , about 500 indigeno [...]
2009-06-08 22:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA816AMAZON PROTESTS: STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) Summary: As of June 9, an uneasy calm prevailed in Bagua in anticipation of the announced indefinite, nationwide strike scheduled to begin on June 11. Meanwhile, Aidesep leader Alberto Pizango has sought refuge in the Nicaraguan Embassy, and Minister for Women's Affairs Carmen Vildoso has [...]
2009-06-09 21:30:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR PE
09LIMA821PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF LUCRETIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 21:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA822CONGRESS SUSPENDS DECREES TO DEFUSE PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: In an effort to reduce tensions and defuse protests, the Congressional plenary on June 10 voted to suspend decrees 1064 and 1090 for 90 days. Security forces are preparing for planned June 11 nation-wide protests, including one in downtown Lima. The Prime Minister has met with C [...]
2009-06-10 21:50:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA830AMAZON PROTESTS: UPDATE ON JUNE 5TH VIOLENCE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Peru's premier political weekly, Caretas, published a series of articles that help clarify events during the June 5th clash between protesters and police in Peru's Amazon, complete with a series of pictures showing that, in one incident, police were ambushed by protesters firing a [...]
2009-06-11 21:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA843PROTESTS PEACEFUL, NATIONALIST CONGRESSMEN
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of students, union members, and others in numerous cities nationwide protested on June 11 to support Amazon community demands (refs),with few reported injuries and mishaps. Whereas relative calm prevailed on the streets, tensions inside Congress peaked when legislators [...]
2009-06-12 19:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA844AMAZON PROTESTS: AIDESEP'S VIEWS AND ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Prior to the June 5 outbreak of violence, Emboffs met with representatives of Aidesep (the indigenous organization leading Amazon protests) to learn about their concerns and demands. Aidesep leader Alberto Pizango described centuries of abuses against the indigenous and the indif [...]
2009-06-12 20:10:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI PE
09LIMA846PERU 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] (U) The following is post's submission for the State Department's 2009 527 Report. 2. (U) The US Government is aware of six (6) claims that may be outstanding against the Government of Peru. a. Claimant A b. 1999 c. Claimant A is involved in a dispute with the GOP regarding the refu [...]
2009-06-15 15:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE PGOV CASC OPIC USTR ETRD PE
09LIMA847SCENESETTER FOR DASD FRANK MORA
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Lima welcomes Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Mora to Peru and to the June 18-19 Peru-US Defense Bilateral Working Group (BWG). Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of op [...]
2009-06-15 16:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MOPS SOCI PTER SNAR PE
09LIMA856GOP SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP on June 15th signed a 12-point agreement with indigenous leaders that will lead to the annulment (vice the previous suspension) of the two presidential decrees that sparked protests and roadblocks in the northern Amazon since early April. Protests and roadblocks continue [...]
2009-06-15 22:12:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA861PM'S "REPEAL" AGREEMENT SURPRISES PARTIES
[...] (C) Summary. PM Yehude Simon agreed with Amazon community representatives June 15 to repeal the two recently "suspended" legislative decrees and outlined the framework for future negotiations to resolve the crisis (refs). According to several congressional representatives, the PM's agreement [...]
2009-06-16 22:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA866AGREEMENT LEADS TO LIKELY REPEAL OF DECREES
[...] (C) Summary. The multi-sector working group established to hold dialogue between indigenous groups and the central and regional governments met for the first time June 16 (refs). On June 17, the Prime Minister and working group representatives delivered to Congress the government's proposal to [...]
2009-06-17 22:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA875PRESIDENT CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION, CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: President Garcia struck a conciliatory but defensive tone in a televised speech Wednesday night, acknowledging government error in handling the controversial presidential decrees that sparked weeks of protests in the Amazon. Most media interpreted Garcia's speech as an apology de [...]
2009-06-18 22:29:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA888AMAZON PROTESTS SUBSIDE, COPYCATS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: After Congress repealed two legislative decrees (ref),prolonged protests by Amazon communities appear to have subsided. The GOP must now negotiate with indigenous and regional leaders to develop new laws. Should a majority of legislators vote to "censure" the PM, who has been s [...]
2009-06-22 21:50:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA899THE PRO-SYSTEM VIEW: PERU ON RIGHT COURSE BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-system political figures believe Peru is an example of how democratic government coupled with an open, market-based economy can promote development, reduce poverty and lay the groundwork for long-term progress. Many see the 2011 general elections as a defining moment, likely [...]
2009-06-23 19:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR PE
09LIMA904PM SEEKS TO NEGOTIATE END TO ONGOING PROTESTS
[...] Summary: (C) Amazonian protests against several presidential decrees have ended, but a handful of spinoff -- and unrelated -- protests continues to nag the GOP. Prime Minister Yehude Simon traveled to Andahuaylas June 16 and to Cusco June 17 seeking to strike deals to end these protests. End [...]
2009-06-24 22:44:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA918PM GOES BEFORE CONGRESS; POTENTIAL FOR PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary. After diffusing protests in Andahuaylas on June 23, Prime Minister Yehude Simon was unable to reach a similar deal the next day in the town of Sicuani, where the demands were more political. Protest leaders there have given Simon three days to address their complaints, or they w [...]
2009-06-26 17:47:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA924"EVO MORALES IS OUR PRESIDENT": THE ANTI-SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary: Its economic success of recent years notwithstanding, Peru remains fertile terrain for anti-system radicals, with persistent endemic poverty and social inequality, the absence of the state from large swaths of national territory, and clumsy, sometimes jarring public action when t [...]
2009-06-26 22:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI SNAR BL PE
09LIMA93CABINET CHANGE: MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Luis CARRANZA Ugarte was sworn in (again) as Peru's Economy and Finance Minister following the January 19 resignation of Luis VALDIVIESO Montano, who had held the post over the last six months. The widely respected Carranza previously headed the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) from [...]
2009-01-23 14:26:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PINR PE
09LIMA935PM NARROWLY AVOIDS CENSURE; VARIED PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Congress's censure motion against PM Simon and Interior Minister Cabanillas fell short of the 61 votes required to remove them from office. Simon earlier announced he would step down in the coming weeks, while reports indicate that Garcia may soon reshuffle his Cabinet while kee [...]
2009-06-30 23:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA982PROTESTS FIZZLE INTO THIRD AND FINAL DAY
[...] (C) Summary: The second of three days of general, nationwide protests continued with underwhelming impact and participation. In Lima, gatherings were small and marked by internal discord. In some provinces, protesters blocked roads and paralyzed public transportation and schools, but gather [...]
2009-07-09 19:23:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI PHUM ELAB PE
09LIMA985JUNE TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- FTA with Canada - Peruvian Congress Approved -- FTA with Japan - First Round Completed -- FTA with S. Korea - Third Round Held Investment -- Toyota Markets Hybrids to Peru -- Nextel Awarded Concession F [...]
2009-07-09 21:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
09MANAGUA576ORTEGA PROVIDES ASYLUM TO PERUVIAN INDIGENOUS LEADER
[...] (SBU) On June 9, Tomas Borge, Nicaragua's Ambassador to Peru, announced that President Daniel Ortega would grant asylum to Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango. The Nicaraguan government argued that Pizango was a victim of political persecution and granted him asylum based on humanitar [...]
2009-06-11 18:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KHUM KDEM PE NU
09QUITO1035GOE REQUEST FOR DEMINING ASSISTANCE PRESENTS UNIQUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in its humanitarian demining program. After years of inconclusive discussion with the GOE, the MFA's recent requests for USG assistance, combined with extension of the GOE's commitment to the Ottawa Convention, increasingly close pol [...]
2009-12-15 21:20:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV MCAP KHDP EC PE
09QUITO138ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. PROGRAMS ON
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports efforts to combat illicit arms trafficking. PolOff noted that t [...]
2009-02-21 00:44:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS MCAP EAIR ETTC OAS PE EC
09SANTIAGO1170Visit to Arica: Strong Bilateral Cooperation on the
[...] Summary: The Ambassador got a close-up view of the close ties Chile has with southern Peru during his November 14-17 visit to Arica. Local leaders noted the close integration between people and business and excellent law enforcement cooperation. The Ambassador met with local officials, u [...]
2009-12-03 11:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAGR ECON EINT ETRD ENRG OPRC SCUL SENV CI PE
09SANTIAGO196U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE CI
09SANTIAGO287FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER: PROUD OF REFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Goni was pleasantly surprised by his assignment as the Chilean Ambassador to Washington, and plans to continue to play an active role in U.S.-Chilean defense relations. He is proud of the defense reforms passed under his watch, and hopeful that another ke [...]
2009-03-25 19:08:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS CI BL PE
09SANTIAGO339CHILE PREPARES ITS CASE IN MARITIME DISPUTE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Now that Peru has presented its case about the disputed maritime border with Chile, Chile has a year to study Peru's arguments and make their own case at the International Court of Justice. According to Chile's Director for Border Affairs, Chile plans to point to treaties and a [...]
2009-04-09 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPBTS ECON PREL PGOV CI PE
09SANTIAGO689DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE 9-12, 2009 - USAGE OF FUNDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 21:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV
09SANTIAGO703CHILE'S DECISION TO BUY RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's decision to buy five Russian MI17 helicopters generated controversy, especially after a letter from Commerce Secretary Locke to Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Goni was leaked. Congressional members of the Defense Committee reacted strongly to the news, calling the [...]
2009-07-24 19:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL CI PE RS
09SANTIAGO734CONCERTACION INSIDER REVEALS INTEREST IN
[...] (C) Summary: Concertacion insider and former government minister Enrique Correa reported that Chile's Foreign Minister would like to work quietly with Peru to resolve the maritime border dispute before the Garcia administration leaves office. Cuba is keenly interested in increasing the abil [...]
2009-07-31 21:36:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV CI BR CU PE
09SANTIAGO761BRISTLING AT THE "BOLIVARIAN PROJECT": REMARKS BY
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Concertacion presidential candidate Eduardo Frei and Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez publicly criticized populist leaders in the region during a seminar on Latin America held in Santiago August 4-5. Frei warned that the "Bolivarian project" could threaten political and socia [...]
2009-08-10 19:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV VZ CI PE BO
09SANTIAGO869CHILE, PERU SQUABBLE OVER MULTINATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent flap between Chile and Peru over a multinational military exercise illustrates both countries' tendency to spar publicly over border-related issues. After Peruvian Defense Minister Rey publicly called for the multinational exercise to be cancelled, Chile invited Peru [...]
2009-10-09 21:57:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PE CI
09SANTIAGO887Chile Pleased with Trilateral Cooperation, Pursues Regional
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fernandez reaffirmed Chile's outstanding relationship with the United States during an October 27 meeting with the Ambassador. Fernandez is especially pleased with U.S.-Chile trilateral cooperation. Chile is pursuing a policy of regional integration through bila [...]
2009-10-30 17:51:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PE CI
09SANTIAGO905Chile Tries to Tamp Down Peru's Reaction to Potential FMS
[...] (C) Summary. Chile has responded in measured tones to increasingly harsh comments from President Garcia of Peru after Peru reported that a Peruvian military official was arrested for spying for Chile. After Garcia said the alleged spying was something for a banana republic and not a democrac [...]
2009-11-18 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS CI PE
09SANTIAGO907CHILE: DOMESTIC REACTION TO SPY STORY SUBDUED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The domestic reaction in Chile to the Peruvian spy story has been subdued due to careful management by the Bachelet administration. Congress and the three leading Presidential candidates support President Bachelet's handling of the situation. Potential U.S. military sales cur [...]
2009-11-23 20:36:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CI PE
09STATE103113U/S BURNS' SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (U) September 25, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; New York City, NY, USA. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES U/S Willian J. Burns DAS Christopher J. McMullen Sara Mangiaracina (WHA Notetaker) PERU FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Luis Valdivieso, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Luis Chavez [...]
2009-10-02 20:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETBR CU HO NU OVIP PE PINS PM PREL SNAR VE OAS
09STATE121314BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050201390 for the export of Helmets and Helmet Mounts to Peru. Post is requested to complete this Bl [...]
2009-11-24 22:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PE
09STATE128782PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
[...] (S) This is an action request. USUN should vote for Peru during the UN General Assembly election for a seat on the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). The other candidate country is Jamaica. Please see background in paragraphs 2 and 3 below. BACKGROUND 2. ( [...]
2009-12-17 01:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL UNSC KPKO PE
09STATE26881OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND IN THE REGION
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. OPIC management is considering support of a new $400-$500 million private equity fund, Paladin Realty Latin America Investors III, L.P. (the "Fund") that will be sponsored by Paladin Realty Partners, LLC (the "Sponsor"),of which a $200 million [...]
2009-03-20 13:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BR CI MX PE
09STATE32018FY2010 DEMARCHE/OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST
[...] This message is an action request (Paragraphs 7, 8 and 9). 2. Summary and Action Requested. This message provides guidance for posts to engage the host country through a demarche on USG narcotics control objectives. This process is in connection with the State Department coordinated ann [...]
2009-04-02 17:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PE PGOV PREL SNAR
09STATE33683BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050130006 for the export of ammunition to Peru. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...]
2009-04-07 13:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PE
09STATE40708(SBU) PERU: MILITARY AND SECURITY TOPICS
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO PERUVIAN SECURITY ISSUES. ANALYSTS ARE WORKING ON CURRENT AND LONG-TERM ASSESSMENTS OF PERU'S CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER SENDERO LUMINOSO (SL),CURRENT ISSUES WITHIN THE PERUVIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, AND THE S [...]
2009-04-23 14:59:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR MCAP PGOV PREL PE
09STATE5594APPRECIATION FOR EMBASSY LIMA'S WORK ON U.S.-
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 03:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV PREL PE
09STATE60636PERU -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 01:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG PE
09STATE60951(C) KUDOS FOR PERU REPORTING (C-AL9-01339)
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS SEND KUDOS AND WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR THANKS FOR REFERENCED REPORTING ON THE UNFOLDING EVENTS REGARDING LAST WEEK'S VIOLENT PROTESTS. POST'S REPORTING HAS BEEN EXTREMELY THOROUGH, TIMELY, AND OF GREAT HELP AS ANALYSTS UPDATE POLICYMAKERS ON THE FAST-MOVING EVE [...]
2009-06-12 16:08:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PE
09STATE8063U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) The illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons is a major obstacle to economic development and security in the Americas. Throughout the hemisphere, terrorist groups, insurgents and drug traffickers acquire a [...]
2009-01-29 16:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE
09STATE82012BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050032902 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled night vision device [...]
2009-08-06 18:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PE
09STATE85081BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050132068 for the export of pistols to Peru. Post is requested to complete this B [...]
2009-08-14 19:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PE
09USUNNEWYORK890GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: CUBA AND MYANMAR SPEAK
[...] SUMMARY: The eleventh plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 28. The following countries spoke: San Marino, Namibia, Peru, Myanmar, Mexico, Bahrain, Cuba, Tunisia, Eritrea; Syria; Niger; Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Oman; Belize; Sin [...]
2009-10-10 02:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA AORC SM WA PE BM
09WELLINGTON229DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 04:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAR AS BC BL BR CI EC FJ ID NZ PA PE PGOV PREL SF
10BUENOSAIRES8ARGENTINA: VACATIONS724 BREAKS ITS SILENCE TO INTIMIDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine traveler Carolina Millone reports that on-line travel agency Vacations724.com tries to intimate her after she goes public with their scam. Per reftels Buenos Aires FPU shares new information on Vacations724.com and its alleged owners. END SUMMARY. ------------------ [...]
2010-01-08 15:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR
10LIMA107SL Leader Artemio Allegedly Calls for Truce
[...] (C) A man identifying himself as Sendero Luminoso (SL - Shining Path) leader Comrade "Artemio" called a rural radio station on January 26, announcing in a live broadcast that SL would stop all military action in order to sit down and negotiate with the GOP. Artemio's call for a truce follows o [...]
2010-01-29 15:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PE
10LIMA116Haiti
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA PREF EAID ECON PE
10LIMA13Peru Response: Resettlement of Santiago Alvarez Fernandez
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 19:10:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PE
10LIMA172Peru - Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Lima submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agr [...]
2010-01-26 21:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PE
10LIMA198Peru to Accede to Copenhagen Accord
[...] Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 26 to Peruvian Environment Minister Antonio Brack, who had led Peru's delegation to COP-15 in Copenhagen. Vice Minister Rosario Gomez Gamarra, Brack's chief of staff Patricia Fernandez-Davila, and International Cooperation Director Jose Antonio Gonz [...]
2010-01-28 20:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG ENRG PE
10LIMA203New Bagua Protests: The Dog That Didn't Bite
[...] (SBU) Summary. Planned February 22 protests organized by indigenous organizations in the Amazon and elsewhere fizzled. Protesters had an expansive list of objectives, from arresting former GOP officials and opposing the Bagua investigative report issued in December (ref A),to banning all min [...]
2010-02-24 17:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ENRG EMIN PE
10LIMA215PRESIDENT ENDS DISCORD OVER SECURITY FORCES' COMPENSATION
[...] (C) Summary: Compensation for GOP security forces has always been sensitive issue, given their key role in maintaining public security in a country where potential conflicts abound and state presence is lacking. After several weeks of bitter political wrangling within his administration and [...]
2010-02-26 15:30:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EFIN SOCI MCAP PE
10LIMA222January Trade and Investment Brief
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru's Free Trade Agreement with S. Korea -- Entry into Force of Peru-China Agreement Delayed -- The Peru-EU Negotiations -- Negotiations with Japan Remain Complicated -- India and Peru Talk Pos [...]
2010-02-02 19:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
10LIMA227Peru Response: OAS Reform and Mandate for Next Secretary
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Director for OAS Affairs Carlos Ortega. Ortega expressed interest in USG plans to raise issues of concern at the March 3 Permanent Council meeting, and said he would consult with his colleagues regarding reftel talking points. Post w [...]
2010-02-26 19:02:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KDEM OAS PE
10LIMA228Texting while driving illegal in Peru; relevant stats likely
[...] SUMMARY: Text messaging while driving is illegal in Peru under its law that prohibits the use of cell phones while driving. While some statistics are available relating to Peru road accidents, the Vice Minister expressed doubt that any estimates about accidents due to messaging would be reli [...]
2010-02-04 18:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS SOCI UNDP UNGA PE
10LIMA256Peru to Consider USG Cites Proposals
[...] SUMMARY: EconOff and REO Hub Officers met with officials from the Ministry of External Relations, Ministry of Environment, Vice Ministry of Fisheries of the Ministry of Production and Export, and the Peru Ocean Institute (IMARPE) regarding reftel CITES proposals. Visiting OES Marine Science O [...]
2010-02-09 13:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AORC UNEP PE
10LIMA272CIVAIR: PERU RESPONSE TO IATA'S "AGENDA FOR FREEDOM"
[...] Summary. The Peruvian aviation authority indicated that Peru will not be interested in endorsing reftel policy statement. The policy of the Peruvian government is to enter into bilateral aviation agreements instead of general agreements. Peru has bilateral aviation agreements with thirty coun [...]
2010-02-10 20:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD ECON PGOV PE
10LIMA29Scene Setter for Deputy Secretary Steinberg
[...] (C) Summary: Peru remains a critical "swing state" in a region divided along political fault lines. Peru's remarkable success in turning the page on 30 years of dictatorships, populism, near failed state status, and authoritarianism has given way to a decade of record economic growth, de [...]
2010-01-07 18:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR PTER PE
10LIMA33BLOODY BAGUA PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS UNRESOLVED ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A grisly photo of a missing police officer surrounded by his indigenous captors - widely published in Peruvian media -- has revived deep emotions over what happened during June 5 violence in Peru's Amazon region (refs),and rekindled debate over who is to blame. The picture app [...]
2010-01-08 17:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PGOV PHUM PE
10LIMA67Peru's Haiti Assistance
[...] Peru has sent three aircraft with humanitarian aid for Haiti. The presidential plane, carrying three cabinet members and the Chief of Peru's Armed Forces Joint Command, in addition to emergency relief aid cargo, landed in Haiti on January 14. Two additional aircraft (a Hercules C-130 and a Bo [...]
2010-01-22 18:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA PREF EAID ECON PE
10LIMA69Bagua Report - No Consensus but a Good Start
[...] (C) Summary: After three months of work, the "Special Commission to Investigate and Analyze the Events of Bagua" in late December issued its report describing the causes and events leading up to the June 5, 2009 violence. The document assigns blame broadly - including to the government and [...]
2010-01-25 20:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM PE
10LIMA77Peru Response to Georgia Demarche
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 16:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PNAT PREL GG RS XG PE
10LIMA97THE STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN PERU
[...] (C) Summary. ... id: 246088 date: 1/28/2010 20:49 refid: 10LIMA97 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09LIMA1053|09LIMA1561|09LIMA899 header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0097/01 0282049 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 282049Z JAN 10 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 062 [...]
2010-01-28 20:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PE
10LIMA99Peruvian Banking Superintendent Talks about Future of FIU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's Superintendent of Banking Felipe outlined his vision for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) moving forward and discussed his priorities as the new chairman of GAFISUD (spell out first usage) in a January 22 meeting with Emboffs. Accompanied by International Affairs Mana [...]
2010-01-28 20:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN SNAR PE KCRM KTFN
10SANTIAGO56CHILEAN PARTICIPANTS FOR ILEA LIMA - FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE
[...] In response to reftel, paragraphs two through four provide information regarding Chilean participants of the ILEA Financial Investigative Techniques program to be held January 25-29, 2010. 2. The nine (9) Chilean participants for the ILEA FIT program are: Name: Hector Ivan BARROS V [...]
2010-01-20 20:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC AFIN KCRM PREL PE CI
10SANTIAGO86CHILE RESPONSE TO GEORGIA DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Eduardo Schott, Deputy Director for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Schott was unaware of Ecuador's potential decision to recognize the independence of the Georgian separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He will consul [...]
2010-01-26 19:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PNAT PREL GG RS XG PE
10STATE1119SUBJECT: Combating Illicit Trafficking in Arms--GUIDANCE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5. 2. (SBU) The United States would like to follow-up the efforts of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Presidents recent call to ratify the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking [...]
2010-01-06 19:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE
10UNVIEVIENNA34PROGRESS DELAYED TOWARD A REVIEW MECHANISM FOR ORGANIZED
[...] SUMMARY: INL DAS Elizabeth Verville chaired a two day expert meeting, hosted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from January 25-26, in order to resume discussions of possible mechanisms to review implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). The ma [...]
2010-02-04 13:10:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UN BE CH CO AR PK PE RS MX
85LIMA5526 SENDERO CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] I... id: 61 date: 5/17/1985 20:17 refid: 85LIMA5526 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 85LIMA5476 header: O 172017Z MAY 85 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3881 INFO DIA WASHDC AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY QUITO AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PN [...]
1985-05-17 20:17:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PE
88LIMA4116 PERU: CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON TERR...
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS PERU PORTION OF DEPARTMENT'S NEW ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (REF A). REFS B AND C CONTAIN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON PERUVIAN GUERRILLA GROUPS. 3. SINCE THE APPEARANCE OF TERRORISM IN 1980, TERRORIST ATTACKS AND GOVERNMENT R [...]
1988-03-29 18:36:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PE
88LIMA9331 SENDERO ASSASSINATES APRA GOVERNOR
[...] (U) AT LEAST T... id: 219 date: 7/15/1988 23:27 refid: 88LIMA9331 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 152327Z JUL 88 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0144 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY QUITO USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM D [...]
1988-07-15 23:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PE
91LIMA7182 A SUMMARY OF RECENT ESTIMATES OF SENDERO
[...] (S/NF/NC/ORCO... id: 457 date: 5/30/1991 23:11 refid: 91LIMA7182 origin: Embassy Lima classification: SECRET destination: 90LIMA12787 header: P 302311Z MAY 91 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8453 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY QUITO USAFSO HOWARD AFB USCINCSO QUARR [...]
1991-05-30 23:11:00Embassy LimaSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PE
92LIMA12419 BETWEEN SENDERO AND THE GOP:
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TE... id: 537 date: 9/17/1992 21:25 refid: 92LIMA12419 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 172125Z SEP 92 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1854 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY QUITO AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO DIA WASHDC USCIN [...]
1992-09-17 21:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PE
92LIMA4541 GARCIA OPENS HIS PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AT A MARCH 21 PRESS CONFERENCE, EX-PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA CALLED FOR A NATIONAL FRONT AGAINST FUJIMORI; HE ALSO RULED CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 LIMA 04541 01 OF 02 261219Z OUT HIS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 199 [...]
1992-03-26 12:14:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PE
93LIMA56 THE CCD, POVERTY AND THE SENDERO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IN AN INITIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DEPA... id: 594 date: 1/4/1993 22:51 refid: 93LIMA56 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 042251Z JAN 93 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4660 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AME [...]
1993-01-04 22:51:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM OAS PE
94LIMA11661 AYACUCHO EMERGES FROM ITS SENDERO PAST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 1, AMBASSADOR AND MRS. ADAMS, ACCOMPANIED BY AID OFFICERS AND POLOFF TRAVELED TO AYACUCHO FOR THE OPENING OF AN AID-FUNDED DETAINEE REGISTRY CENTER. US-TEAM ALSO VISITED AN ORPHANAGE AND AMBASSADOR MET WITH THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY RECTOR AND UNIVERSITY STU [...]
1994-12-19 14:14:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KJUS PE
97LIMA4928SENDERO LUMINOSO LEADER "FELICIANO" CORNERED -- YET AGAIN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JAMES F. MACK, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, ... id: 886 date: 6/6/1997 17:21 refid: 97LIMA4928 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 061721Z JUN 97 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7890 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY QUI [...]
1997-06-06 17:21:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PMIL PE
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