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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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06SAOPAULO1242MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "14 Years In Power" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (12/5): "Chvez speaks about deepening his 'revolution.' Thus the way would be paved for another authoritarian escalation in Venezuela.... The joining of oppositionist forces, now within the rules [...]
2006-12-06 10:56:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1248MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT; WESTERN
[...] "Exit Door" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (12/10): "The Iraq Study Group report clearly says that the situation is bad and that there is not much one can do to improve it.... The document is an opportunity for the White House to change the focus [...]
2006-12-11 12:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1262SAO PAULO REACHES OUT TO UNIVERSITIES
[...] SUMMARY: As a part of a Mission-wide initiative to reach out to institutions that have historically had little contact with the USG, Sao Paulo Consulate General's Entry Level Officers are visiting universities and other organizations throughout its consular district. The officers found student [...]
2006-12-15 12:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ECON CMGT BR
06SAOPAULO1264PT EXPECTS LULA TO ADVANCE THE PARTY'S AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Officials of President Lula's Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) downplayed reports of tensions between the President and his party. The PT considers the 2006 elections to have been a referendum on President Lula's record and his vision for the country and believe [...]
2006-12-15 14:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON PREL BR
06SAOPAULO1268MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BRAZIL, LULA'S SECOND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 12:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1277MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE; SAO PAULO
[...] "Palestinian Crossroad" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (12/9) editorialized: "The Palestinians are on the eve of a civil war, and PNA President Mahmoud Abbas' decision of calling elections does not help to calm the situation. However, the call for elections has [...]
2006-12-19 12:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1280MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: LIBYA, BULGARIAN NURSES
[...] "Two Hypotheses For Qaddafi's Obstinacy" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge opined (12/20): "All experts reject that the five defendants have committed such a monstrous crime.... We believe that the accusation that they have inoculated the AIDS virus in the [...]
2006-12-20 12:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1283MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: LIBYA, BULGARIAN NURSES'
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 10:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1286MEDIA REACTION: CUBA; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 11:17:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO198Santa Catarina - Port Development and Challenges
[...] SUMMARY. The Port of Itajai's phenomenal growth, the development of a competing port in the neighboring city of Navegantes, and the 2005 opening of a private port facility in Itapoa highlight the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina's prominent role in Brazilian trade. A U.S. company, [...]
2006-02-23 10:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON EWWT PGOV KIPR ETRD BEXP BR
06SAOPAULO202LULA'S RECOVERY IN POLLS EXPOSES PSDB QUANDARY
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Recent polls showing President Lula recovering lost popularity have sounded alarms within the opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB),which is struggling to nominate a candidate to o [...]
2006-02-23 18:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO206LULA'S RECOVERY IN POLLS EXPOSES PSDB QUANDARY
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Recent polls showing President Lula recovering lost popularity have sounded alarms within the opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB),which is struggling to nominate a candidate to o [...]
2006-02-23 19:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO207Destruction of Pirated Software in Sao Paulo
[...] (U) On 21 February 2006, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) sponsored the destruction of more than 500,000 pirated software discs outside Sao Paulo's Pacaembu Stadium. The contraband was displayed publicly and then ceremoniously destroyed by feeding discs into a wood chipper. This event hig [...]
2006-02-23 19:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD KJUS BR
06SAOPAULO215 LEADER OF THE 1992 CARANDIRU PRISON MASSACRE ACQUITTED OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, Police Colonel Ubiratan Guimaraes was absolved of responsibility for the infamous 1992 Carandiru prison massacre by a Special Session of the Sao Paulo State Court of Justice. The Court overturned a 2001 grand jury sentence of 632 years in prison for Guimaraes. [...]
2006-02-24 23:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO216AOL LEAVES BRAZIL, STARBUCKS ARRIVES
[...] SUMMARY. After six years in Brazil, bankruptcy crises at parent company America Online Latin America have forced America Online Brazil to cease operations. Meanwhile, American retailer Starbucks will soon set up (coffee) shop in Brazil, with the first store scheduled to open in Rio de Janeir [...]
2006-02-24 23:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ECPS ETRD ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO223 CONTINUED DECLINE IN MOST VIOLENT CRIME IN SAO PAULO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sao Paulo State Secretariat for Public Security released fourth quarter (October-December, 2005) crime statistics for the city of Sao Paulo, the Sao Paulo city outskirts, and the state as a whole. Statewide, violent crime decreased, including a marked decrease in homicide an [...]
2006-03-02 18:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON SNAR BR
06SAOPAULO229HOPES AND FEARS: BUSINESS COMMUNITY VIEWS OF BRAZIL'S
[...] Summary: An informal survey of business leaders from Sao Paulo shows support for Finance Minister Antonio Palocci's macroeconomic policies and a general sense of relief that Lula's presidency has not destroyed the economy as originally feared. Although Lula is no longer seen as a threat to th [...]
2006-03-03 12:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PINR ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO245BRAZIL CRAWLS TOWARD DIGITAL TV
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the nominal March deadline set for the adoption of a digital television (DTV) standard, Brazilian officials remain divided on the issue, and the recent entry of the Brazilian Congress into the process will likely delay a final decision. Brazil is currently choosing a digit [...]
2006-03-06 19:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON PGOV ETRD BEXP BR
06SAOPAULO251Brazil's Cosmonaut
[...] SUMMARY: In late March, Brazil plans to send its first astronaut into space aboard a Russian rocket. This event appears to be the first step in space-related cooperation between Brazil and Russia. Despite the historic significance of this flight for Brazil, the director of Brazil's National S [...]
2006-03-07 17:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA PREL EAIR PGOV BR
06SAOPAULO258BRAZIL: A COMBINATION OF INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION, LOW
[...] Brazil's record trade surplus combined with currency appreciation that benefited imports and a substantial current account surplus were the main economic surprises of 2005. Brazil is recovering from a production slowdown in the third quarter of 2005 on the strength of year-end sales and compa [...]
2006-03-10 10:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ETRD EFIN EINV EIND BR
06SAOPAULO261The Ever-Rising Real Part II: The Emergence of Dutch
[...] (U) This is the second of a two-part series on the macro-economic consequences of the recent rise in the Brazilian real. The first cable in the series, Brasilia 366, looked at the GOB's macro and debt management policies. This cable, authored by ConGen Sao Paulo, considers the effect of the [...]
2006-03-10 19:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD BEXP ECON EINV PGOV BR
06SAOPAULO269LEBANESE SUSPECT IN HARIRI ASSASSINATION ARRESTED
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Brasilia. 2. (SBU) Sao Paulo State Civil Police arrested Rana Abdel Rahim Koleilat (PDOB Lebanon 23 JAN 1976) on March 12 based on an Interpol warrant for her involvement in the mid-2003 collapse of the Lebanese-based Al-Madina Bank. She is the [...]
2006-03-13 20:22:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KCRM BR LE
06SAOPAULO276CARDINAL HUMMES DISCUSSES LULA GOVERNMENT, THE OPPOSITION,
[...] (U) During a March 10 courtesy call by Consul General, Claudio Cardinal Hummes spoke at length of the successes and failures of the Lula government; shared his views on the competition between Sao Paulo Mayor Serra and Governor Alckmin for the presidential nomination of the Brazilian Social Dem [...]
2006-03-14 19:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL ETRD ECON ELAB BR
06SAOPAULO277CARDINAL HUMMES DISCUSSES LULA GOVERNMENT, THE OPPOSITION,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 20:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL ETRD ECON ELAB BR
06SAOPAULO278ALCKMIN IS PSDB CANDIDATE
[...] Senator Tasso Jereissati, President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB),announced from state party headquarters headquarters in Sao Paulo March 14 that Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin is the party's nominee for president. The announcement ends over two months of uncertainty and [...]
2006-03-14 20:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV BR
06SAOPAULO280LABOR LEADERS DIFFER OVER LULA GOVERNMENT, BUT MOST WORKERS
[...] (SBU) During his March 6-7 visit to Sao Paulo, Labor Attache met with representatives of three major labor organizations and the ruling Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),as well as some academics specializing in labor issues. With the exception of representatives of the influen [...]
2006-03-15 13:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO293UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES'S VISIT TO SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
[...] During her March 12-14 visit to Sao Paulo, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes delivered a message on shared values and common interests to a wide range of Brazilian audiences. U/S Hughes met with a group of Brazilian Youth Ambassadors and attended a cultural p [...]
2006-03-17 11:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP SCUL OEXC KPAO PREL PGOV OIIP BR
06SAOPAULO30PMDB Leader Ponders Party's Electoral Options
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Federal Deputy Michel Temer, national president of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB),believes that public disillusion with President Lula and the Workers' Party (PT) provides an opportunity for the PMDB to [...]
2006-01-11 14:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO316GERALDO ALCKMIN: TWO ADVISORS TALK ABOUT HOW HE BEAT SERRA,
[...] (SBU) The March 14 announcement by the leadership of the opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) of the nomination of Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin for President (ref A) represented the culmination of a two-month blitzkrieg by Alckmin's forces that apparently took party chieftai [...]
2006-03-22 17:36:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO319GANGS ON THE RISE IN SAO PAULO'S WOMEN'S PRISONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Director of Training for the Sao Paulo state prison system, street gang influence within Sao Paulo prisons has notably increased over the last three years. Particularly disturbing in this trend is that for the first time, prison officials see the influence of g [...]
2006-03-22 17:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO332 LANDLESS MOVEMENT'S EARLY YEAR ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Land invasions led by the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers Movement - MST) and allied groups have begun in the Sao Paulo Consular District (southern and part of southeastern Brasil) in anticipation of the annual Red April protests (ref A). Early Mar [...]
2006-03-24 18:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PREL ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO348SEVEN DEAD IN LATEST WAVE OF PCC-LED RIOTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seven inmates died during a 21-hour rebellion that rocked a public jail in Sao Paulo state March 23-24. This deadly event occurred two days after a series of prison disturbances in four municipalities in the state, and is believed to have been organized by the powerful gang, [...]
2006-03-29 19:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO350SAO PAULO STATE BANK ACCUSED OF FAVORING ALCKMIN
[...] Media reports published March 26 accuse state-owned "Nossa Caixa" bank of directing advertising money to political allies of Governor (and opposition presidential candidate) Geraldo Alckmin, including several state legislators. Alckmin and senior bank officials have denied wrongdoing; however [...]
2006-03-31 12:25:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ECON PINR BR
06SAOPAULO352VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY TO SAO PAULO: ETHANOL AND
[...] Senator Charles Grassley (IA) - Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - and his delegation visited Maringa, Parana state and Sao Paulo, March 22-23. Other members of the delegation included Senators Crapo (ID) and Allard (CO); Representatives Peterson (MN),English (PA),King (IA),Issa (CA [...]
2006-03-31 17:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ENRG BR
06SAOPAULO355SERRA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR OF SAO PAULO
[...] On March 31, Sao Paulo Mayor Jose Serra announced his resignation and his candidacy for Governor of Sao Paulo state. After agonizing for months over whether - and how - to break his 2004 promise to voters to serve a full four-year term as Mayor in order to run for President of Brazil, Serra he [...]
2006-04-03 16:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO356MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 16:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO357 ITAMARATY NEGOTIATOR TALKS TRADE
[...] (SBU) EconOff recently attended an American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) event featuring Ambassador Regis Percy Arslanian, Director of International Negotiations for the Brazilian MFA (Itamaraty). Well-known to U.S. diplomats from his tenure as Brazilian DCM in Washington as well as his stewar [...]
2006-04-03 19:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECIN KIPR PGOV PREL BR
06SAOPAULO360REP. ISSA'S MEETING WITH LEADERS OF LEBANESE COMMUNITY IN
[...] (SBU) During the visit to Sao Paulo of CODEL Grassley (septels),Rep. Darrel Issa (CA) held a separate meeting with four leaders of Sao Paulo's Lebanese community. They discussed the size and activities of Brazil's Lebanese community as well as the influence of the broader Arab community on th [...]
2006-04-04 13:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ETRD PTER EFIN BR LE
06SAOPAULO371PROSPECTS FOR LABOR REFORM AFTER BRAZILIAN ELECTIONS
[...] Summary: Labor expert Jose Pastore told Poloff he has advised opposition presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin not to pursue comprehensive labor reform immediately upon taking office, should he win, but to begin with more modest and less controversial legislative proposals that would remove di [...]
2006-04-06 10:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV SOCI ECON BR
06SAOPAULO374MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: ELECTIONS IN PERU; SAO
[...] "Peruvian Elections" Liberal Folha de S. Paulo (4/6) editorialized: "The prospect of candidate Ollanta Humala being elected president in Peru is worrisome. Although he presents himself as a leftist nationalist, it seems more correct to describe him as an ultranationalist with strong authori [...]
2006-04-06 12:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO387"TUCANO" TALKS CAMPAIGN, CHICKENS, CHINA
[...] (U) Poloffs met April 3 with Christian Lohbauer, until recently a municipal official in the administration of Sao Paulo Mayor Serra and now a lobbyist for Brazil's poultry association. Lohbauer ventured some predictions about the upcoming presidential campaign, described some of the challenges [...]
2006-04-10 11:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO PGOV PREL PINR ETRD BR CH
06SAOPAULO400PSDB OFFICIAL EYES UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Poloff and Political Assistant met April 7 with Sao Paulo Municipal Secretary of Government Aloysio Nunes Ferreira to discuss the local and national political scene following Mayor Jose Serra's resignation to run for Governor of Sao Paulo state (ref A). Nunes, who is close to Serra, was sa [...]
2006-04-13 10:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO412U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL SAO PAULO UNDERGOES CRISIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Selected staff of the U.S. Consulate General Sao Paulo participated in two-day crisis management training on March 30-31. Observations and recommendations, keyed to reftel para 2, A-H, follow in cable body. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On March 30/31, selected staff of the U.S. Consul [...]
2006-04-18 18:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM KESS OTRA BR
06SAOPAULO415WASTED OPPORTUNITIES -- SAO PAULO BUSINESS TELLS A/S WAYNE
[...] (SBU) E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Economic and Business Affairs, visited Sao Paulo April 5-6 to participate in the World Economic Forum on Latin America. During his visit, he also had several meetings with Sao Paulo business leaders, who generally agreed that whil [...]
2006-04-19 12:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EINV BR
06SAOPAULO423MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: MONDAY'S TERRORIST ATTACK, HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 15:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO428ALCKMIN THE BETTER MANAGER, SAO PAULO BUSINESS TELLS A/S
[...] (SBU) E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Economic and Business Affairs, visited Sao Paulo April 5-6 to participate in the World Economic Forum on Latin America. While here, A/S Wayne also had several meetings with Sao Paulo business leaders. They indicated a general disa [...]
2006-04-24 17:54:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO430MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ATTACKS IN EGYPT; WESTERN
[...] "Internal Factors" International writer Igor Gielow commented in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (4/25): "It is tempting to seek an easy explanation for the attacks in Egypt. If on the one hand there is a strong international component, with a probable link with Al Qaeda and the presence of weste [...]
2006-04-25 15:45:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO436CODEL GRASSLEY: FRANK DISCUSSIONS ON TRADE IN SAO PAULO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During its recent visit to Sao Paulo, CODEL Grassley engaged in vigorous and sometimes contentious discussions with representatives of Brazil's private sector over U.S. and Brazilian trade policies and different approaches to bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations. Braz [...]
2006-04-25 18:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR ECON ENRG BR
06SAOPAULO449FEDERAL DEPUTY GREEHALGH SHARES VIEWS ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN,
[...] (SBU) In a ninety-minute breakfast meeting with Consulate representatives, Federal Deputy Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh (PT-SP) offered his insights on a number of current political issues. He said President Lula faces a tough fight for re-election and is concerned about his prospects in populous S [...]
2006-04-28 18:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ELAB EAGR BR
06SAOPAULO454TREASURY A/S LOWERY MEETS WITH SAO PAULO CONTACTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury A/S Clay Lowery's interlocutors during an April 4 Sao Paulo visit pointed to problems obtaining financing and skilled labor, along with the high and complicated taxes, as hindering the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). A round-table with recipients of [...]
2006-05-02 18:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06SAOPAULO464MULTINATIONAL'S CONCERNS ABOUT BOLIVIAN GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sao Paulo-based head of British Gas (BG) for South America expressed grave concerns about the May 1 Bolivian Government decree nationalizing natural gas production. Brazil's Petrobras was hit the worst of all the multinational companies, losing much of its revenue stream in [...]
2006-05-03 14:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV ECON PGOV PREL BL BR
06SAOPAULO4652006 ELECTIONS: A "RENT-A-PARTY" (PTB) POLITICIAN'S
[...] (SBU) Sao Paulo former Governor Luiz Antonio Fleury Filho, now a Federal Deputy representing the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB),shared his views with Poloff on the upcoming national and state elections. DPO subsequently attended an event at AMCHAM where Fleury talked about his ideas for politica [...]
2006-05-03 14:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO466Media reaction: Bolivia; Sao Paulo
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 18:56:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO472CORRECTED COPY: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE:
[...] "Growing Tensions In South America" University Professor Sergio Amaral maintained in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (5/4): "To understand the reason for the tension in South America it is necessary to keep in mind three facts: the emergence of social movements in the Latin American politic [...]
2006-05-04 14:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO484MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SOUTH AMERICA, BOLIVIA,
[...] "Obsolescence of What Is Still Unfinished" The lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo remarked (5/5): "What should have been dealt with yesterday in Puerto Iguazu was the premature dismantling of the unfinished projects of [South American] regional integration. The ruined buildin [...]
2006-05-05 17:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO492SAO PAULO GOVERNOR CLAUDIO LEMBO TALKS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Sao Paulo Governor Claudio Lembo told us that despite press reports suggesting otherwise, his Liberal Front Party (PFL) will/will form an alliance with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and will strongly support the presidential candidacy of PSDB Sao Paulo ex-Governor Geraldo A [...]
2006-05-05 19:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO494MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SOUTH AMERICA,
[...] "Fragmentation Of Latin America" University of Sao Paulo Professor Boris Fausto opined in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/8): "President Evo Morales' decision to nationalize the Bolivian oil and gas industry, using the military and exacerbating the nationalist climate, is of itself a serious oc [...]
2006-05-09 13:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO495MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SOUTH AMERICA,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 13:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO498SAO PAULO'S ARAB COMMUNITY: DIVERSITY AND DIVISIONS
[...] (SBU) While the Lebanese Christian community in Sao Paulo is active in politics, the Arab community in general (Muslim and Christian) lacks political clout at the national level. In fact, our conversations with a number of Christian and Muslim leaders of Sao Paulo's large Middle Eastern comm [...]
2006-05-09 16:00:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KPAO KISL KIRF SOCI SCUL BR
06SAOPAULO501MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, RUMSFELD; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 18:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO505A BUSY TWO WEEKS FOR LULA'S PARTY: PT READIES FOR CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) The ruling Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) held its National Encounter in Sao Paulo, April 28-30, in preparation for the election campaign. Delegates authorized President Lula and party leadership to enter into electoral alliances with any willing partners, excluding only [...]
2006-05-10 18:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ELAB EPET BR
06SAOPAULO508MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BOLIVIA, GAS
[...] "Fake Nationalism" Economist Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. commented in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/11): "Brazil must not react violently to the Bolivian government's decisions. First, because Bolivia has its reasoning and those reasons should not be underestimated. Second, because aggravat [...]
2006-05-11 12:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO512SAO PAULO PERSPECTIVES ON BOLIVIAN GAS SITUATION
[...] (U) Representatives of Sao Paulo's leading industrial federation indicate that while gas supplies from Bolivia remain stable after that country's May 1 hydrocarbons nationalization announcement (refs B-C),Brazilian industries relying on gas are very price-sensitive, and short-term cost increas [...]
2006-05-11 18:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL EIND EINV BR
06SAOPAULO516OPPOSITION ASSERTS CRISIS IN BRAZIL'S FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (U) Brazil's foreign policy is going through its worst crisis in recent history, according to a number of leading diplomatic and academic experts tied to the opposition. Consul General (CG) attended a May 10 seminar on Brazil's foreign relations at the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Institute (IFH [...]
2006-05-12 18:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO526GANG WAGES WAR ON SAO PAULO POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The notorious Sao Paulo organized crime gang First Capital Command ("PCC") waged a deadly and brutal assault against the police over the weekend, killing 44 officers and injuring another 27 in up to 180 attacks across Sao Paulo state. The police, in turn, killed 23 suspected cr [...]
2006-05-15 20:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO530MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BRAZIL: WAVE OF
[...] "Frightened Society" Economic columnist Celso Ming commented in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (5/16): "The facility with which organized crime is successfully spreading terror can be analyzed from several points of view. One of them is the economic viewpoint. This is a nation of the in [...]
2006-05-16 14:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO532SAO PAULO STREET WAR OVER, BUT WHO WON?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The three-night assault on Sao Paulo police forces by the organized crime gang PCC seemed to have ended Monday evening (May 15) as suddenly as it started. The daily newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported on Tuesday, May 16, that the PCC leadership called a truce after reaching an [...]
2006-05-16 18:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO543DEPUTY IZAR SPEAKS ABOUT THE ETHICS COUNCIL, THE CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Federal Deputy Ricardo Izar, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies' Ethics Council, is frustrated that so many corrupt Deputies have been exonerated by the full Chamber, but believes nonetheless that the political corruption scandal will have a healthy impact on Brazil's political culture. [...]
2006-05-17 19:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO545MEDIA REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; WESTERN
[...] "Provincial Machiavellis" International affairs analyst Demetrio Magnoli commented in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/18): "The good news is that Brazil was the nation that received more votes among those who will represent Latin America in the recently created UN Human Rights Council. The bad [...]
2006-05-18 14:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO55IPR Advocacy Efforts Pay Dividends
[...] Summary: In response to sustained Consulate advocacy efforts, Sao Paulo Governor (and possible PSDB presidential candidate) Geraldo Alckmin launched an Interagency Committee to Combat Piracy (CICP),which will improve coordination among local, state and federal copyright piracy enforcement off [...]
2006-01-19 18:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KJUS BR
06SAOPAULO551SAO PAULO POLICE STRIKE BACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reaction to a wave of violence orchestrated by the organized crime gang First Capital Command (PCC) which left over 100 persons dead including over 40 law enforcement officers, Sao Paulo police stepped up patrols and checkpoints on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 16-17) in certai [...]
2006-05-18 20:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO556MEDIA REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 18:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO573DUST SETTLES IN SAO PAULO AFTER VIOLENT CRIME WAVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Criminal activities associated with last week's violent crime wave orchestrated by the organized criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC) have all but ceased in and around Sao Paulo. A few random incidents that appear related were reported over the weekend, but in general, [...]
2006-05-22 18:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO577Building on Momentum: Sao Paulo Forms IPR Working Group
[...] (U) Through sustained outreach over the last year, Post has successfully raised the profile of IPR problems in the consular district and forged relationships with local business and law enforcement interlocutors as effective means for encouraging improved IPR protection. To build on recent su [...]
2006-05-24 09:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KJUS EIND EAGR BR
06SAOPAULO590SEMICONDUCTORS RETURN TO BRAZIL AFTER 15 YEARS
[...] (U) American company Smart Modular Technologies (Smart) recently inaugurated its first semiconductor factory in Brazil. The Smart plant, which encapsulates imported finished memory wafers, is the first semiconductor facility in Brazil since the early 1990s when all microchip companies closed o [...]
2006-05-30 12:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EIND PGOV ETRD EINV BEXP BR
06SAOPAULO605MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 19:00:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO623PMDB LEADER RULES OUT ALLIANCE WITH LULA
[...] (SBU) Former Governor Orestes Quercia, Sao Paulo state chairman of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB),will support Senator Pedro Simon if he decides to run for President, but he considers it far more likely the PMDB will run no presidential candidate and will not ally with any par [...]
2006-06-02 14:25:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
06SAOPAULO626MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: HADITHA KILLINGS; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 12:46:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO638MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PERU, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "Lesser Evil" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (6/6): "Alan Garcia's victory in Peru's presidential elections is the triumph of a 'lesser evil'.... His alternative, Ollanta Humala seemed far more dreadful. Humala was a retired military who particip [...]
2006-06-06 12:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO643BRAZIL'S WORKING/MIDDLE CLASS GAINS PURCHASING POWER,
[...] Brazil's working/lower-middle class has been making slow but steady progress in regaining purchasing power over the last two years after seeing its economic position erode for a decade (1994-2003) (reftel). These families are becoming more sophisticated in their purchases, with the most notab [...]
2006-06-06 19:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON PINR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO647ALCKMIN'S CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR CLAIMS LULA'S POLL NUMBERS
[...] (SBU) Despite a series of recent opinion polls that show President Lula maintaining a lead of more than twenty points, with a chance to be re-elected in the first round, Geraldo Alckmin's campaign coordinator told Charg that the PSDB is methodically building grassroots political networks throu [...]
2006-06-07 18:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ETRD ECPS BR
06SAOPAULO649MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, US TALKS OFFER, NUCLEAR PROGRAM; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 18:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO652MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI'S DEATH; SAO
[...] "The Terrorist's End Does Not Resolve, But Helps" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (6/9): "Finally, good news came from Iraq: Zarqawi was killed.... Morally, the butcher's death can only be saluted with relief. Zarqawi had a relevant role in the [...]
2006-06-09 12:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO659 ARGENTINE CG DISCUSSES REGIONAL INTEGRATION, CALLS FOR
[...] (U) In a recent speech on Argentine-Brazilian bilateral relations, Argentine Consul General Vidal faulted regional asymmetries for Mercosul's disappointing economic performance (reftel) and proposed strengthening cultural ties as a means of achieving regional integration. Vidal points to indu [...]
2006-06-12 11:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD PGOV PREL SCUL BR AR
06SAOPAULO662MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI'S DEATH; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 15:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO666MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 12:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO675COMMERCE SECRETARY PROMOTES U.S. EXPORTS, PUSHES
[...] During his June 7-8 visit to Sao Paulo, Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez discussed intellectual property rights with the Governors of four states and attended a meeting of the Sao Paulo State Interagency Committee to Combat Piracy; met with leaders of major business and industrial gro [...]
2006-06-16 16:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ETRD BEXP KIPR EINV PGOV EAGR ENRG BR
06SAOPAULO676PSDB INSIDER OFFERS "REALISTIC" ASSESSMENT OF ALCKMIN'S
[...] (SBU) Though not sanguine about the odds, PSDB heavyweight Andrea Matarazzo thinks Geraldo Alckmin still has a chance to defeat President Lula in the election this October, provided that all the pieces fall into place. But the Assistant Mayor of Sao Paulo's downtown district thinks his party [...]
2006-06-16 18:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO685BRAZIL TRAILS IN WORLD BANK'S "DOING BUSINESS" RANKINGS
[...] SUMMARY: Brazil ranked 119th among 155 countries in the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Doing Business rankings, published by the World Bank. Brazil fared worst in its labor, tax, and bankruptcy rankings. Unless addressed, doing business in Brazil may be viewed more in terms of its [...]
2006-06-20 12:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO686MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 13:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO688MEDIA REACTION: US-EU SUMMIT IN VIENNA; NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR
[...] "Summit Defrosts US-EU relations, But Only Between Governments" Center-right o Estado de S. Paulo Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge opined (6/21): "Irritation between the US and Europe seems to be diminishing. They are now far away from the bad feelings that in 2003, at the beginning of the w [...]
2006-06-21 13:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO689PMDB CHIEF AFFIRMS PARTY'S POSITION AS POWER BROKER BUT
[...] (SBU) Michel Temer, President of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB),believes President Lula has done a masterful job of disassociating himself from the political corruption scandals that have crushed some of his closest advisers. He also has effectively expanded social programs t [...]
2006-06-21 16:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO692BRAZIL'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Viewed through the lenses applied by many business groupings, Brazil's "competitiveness" has been falling relative to its major emerging market peers, such as India and China. Numerous surveys of business leaders and some studies, including by the OECD, show Brazil falling in var [...]
2006-06-22 15:15:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KIPR PGOV ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO699MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE, FREE-TRADE, DOHA ROUND;
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 11:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO708PCC FOILED IN ATTEMPTED ATTACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF SP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo state security officials reported on Monday, June 26, that police foiled several attacks against employees of detention facilities planned by Sao Paulo's notorious criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC). State officials said imprisoned PCC leaders ordered stre [...]
2006-06-27 18:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO718MEDIA REACTION: WORLD TRADE: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 15:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO722SAO PAULO MAYOR DISCUSSES PCC VIOLENCE, ELECTIONS, BOLIVIA
[...] (SBU) Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab told the Consul General (CG) June 29 that the recent gang violence in the city was a wake-up call to the public, which has responded in solidarity with the police. Kassab believes opposition candidate Geraldo Alckmin will have a hard time catching up with [...]
2006-06-30 12:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON ETRD EPET BR
06SAOPAULO729MEDIA REACTION: GWOT: GUANTANAMO, SUPREME COURT; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 10:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO73ELECTION 2006: OPPOSITION PSDB TO DECIDE ON
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings in Sao Paulo on January 16- 20, Charge d'Affaires (CDA),Sao Paulo Consul General, Embassy PolCounselor and SP Poloff discussed the coming presidential election with the leading PSDB candidates - Sao Paulo city mayor Jose Serra (who is still undeclared) and Sao Pa [...]
2006-01-26 16:48:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR BR
06SAOPAULO734ALCKMIN UNVEILS GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) The opposition PSDB government program unveiled at the party's June 11 national convention cannot be characterized as a page-turner, but it contains a number of interesting proposals and initiatives. Its centerpiece, as is to be expected under the circumstances, is economic development [...]
2006-07-03 17:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO741MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "Fires That The US Dreamed Of Extinguishing Are Multiplying" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge underscored (7/7): "The war in Iraq has proved to all unruly, rebelling or messianic nations that they will never be safe from the US's wrath. The only way to preve [...]
2006-07-07 12:36:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO742PCC KILLS PRISON GUARDS AT HOME, POLICE NAB DOZENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a raid that left 13 of their compatriots dead and five apprehended, the PCC has carried out almost daily, precise assassinations and attempts on prison guards at their homes around Sao Paulo. Five guards have been killed and several other law enforcement person [...]
2006-07-07 16:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO751SNAPSHOT OF PRISON CHAOS IN SAO PAULO STATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past month, Sao Paulo prison officials have been housing over 1400 prisoners in an open yard designed to hold about 160 people in the Araraquara prison in northern Sao Paulo state. No AmCits are currently housed in Araraquara, but one AmCit is being held in somewhat si [...]
2006-07-10 17:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO761INCREASED OVERNIGHT VIOLENCE IN SAO PAULO LIKELY DUE TO
[...] Sao Paulo's slow burn of violence directed against prison and police officials by the organized criminal gang PCC over the past weeks flared during the early morning hours of July 12. Reminiscent of the beginning of the violence unleashed on Sao Paulo and neighboring cities in mid-May by the P [...]
2006-07-13 09:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO765REDUCED VIOLENCE IN SAO PAULO NIGHT OF JULY 12, BUS
[...] Sao Paulo and neighboring cities again suffered attacks the night of July 12/morning of July 13 from the organized criminal gang First Capital Command (PCC),though at a reduced level compared to the previous night. Two deaths from July 12 were reported, though apparently no one was killed in [...]
2006-07-14 08:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO766MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 13:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO771VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO DIMINISH IN SAO PAULO NIGHT OF JULY
[...] (U) Sao Paulo and neighboring cities suffered a third night of attacks the evening of July 12/morning of July 13 from the organized criminal gang First Capital Command (PCC),though the level of violence continued to fall. There were only about 17 attacks (no deaths) reported overnight: two in [...]
2006-07-14 18:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO782SAO PAULO LEBANESE AND MUSLIM REACTIONS TO EVENTS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federation of Muslims Associations in Brazil sent a letter to the Consul General in Sao Paulo expressing "immense concern" regarding the recent military actions conducted by Israel in Lebanon, especially as it affects Brazilians currently in Lebanon for tourism and to visit [...]
2006-07-18 19:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ASEC PREL BR
06SAOPAULO800MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE; GLOBAL
[...] "Peacekeeping Force" Liberal, largest circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (7/25) opined: "The proposal of an international force made up mainly of European troops to be sent to the South of Lebanon is praiseworthy.... That seems to be the best way both for an immediate ceasefire and to ensur [...]
2006-07-25 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO804MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: LEBANON; GLOBAL ECONOMY:
[...] "Lebanon's Drama" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (7/26) editorialized: "Israel will maintain a buffer zone in the South of Lebanon to prohibit the area to Hezbollah until international troops can replace its army. This is the only feasible solution for the conflict. Secretary of State Con [...]
2006-07-26 12:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO810IMPROVING POLL NUMBERS BUOY OPTIMISM OF ALCKMIN'S CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Opposition presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin's campaign coordinator told Consul General that the campaign is coming together well and that support for Alckmin is growing, as reflected in recent polls. Joao Carlos Meirelles said that critical alliances at the state level are firming [...]
2006-07-28 16:36:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EAGR BR
06SAOPAULO829MEDIA REACTION: DOHA ROUND, USTR SCHWAB IN BRAZIL; SAO
[...] "Truculence in Trade Negotiations" The lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (7/29) opined: "Among other topics, USTR Susan Schwab and Foreign Minister Celso Amorim are expected to discuss conditions to reactivate the Doha Round. But the terms of the bilateral cooperation in thi [...]
2006-07-31 13:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO837MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI BOMBINGS IN QANA; DOHA
[...] "The Tragedy Everyone Feared" The lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (8/1) maintained: "A single attack against a building in Qana, where local residents were looking for shelter, caused more casualties than all the rockets launched against Israel since the beginning of this [...]
2006-08-02 10:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO842MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: LEFTIST LEANINGS IN
[...] "Alan Garcia's Inauguration" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (8/2) editorialized: "It's indicative that two absences have been particularly noticed in the inauguration ceremony of Peruvian President Alan Garcia, which was attended by nine leaders of the region. The most shocking one was th [...]
2006-08-02 15:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO847MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, CASTRO'S HEALTH;
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 11:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO849MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 10:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO859MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: ISRAEL/HIZBULLAH COMBAT; WESTERN
[...] "Conflict Without An Arbiter" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (8/5) editorialized: "Bush supports Israeli policy so strongly that the US can no longer act as an arbiter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... Of course this is not a one-way relationship. Israel [...]
2006-08-07 11:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO862LULA'S BALANCING ACT: PT LEADER OUTLINES PARTY'S ELECTORAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sao Paulo State Legislator Renato Simoes outlined the strategy of Lula's Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) for the October elections. Simoes indicated that the party believes the Sao Paulo state and national campaigns have to be integrated. PT gubernatorial candid [...]
2006-08-07 18:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO865PRE-FATHER'S DAY ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BY PCC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo residents awoke Monday morning, August 7, to reports of yet another round of bus burnings and bomb and gun attacks against police targets orchestrated by the organized crime ring PCC. Twenty-seven attacks were reported in greater Sao Paulo by the office of the state [...]
2006-08-07 19:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO869SAO PAULO FACES DAY 2 OF PRE-FATHER'S DAY JITTERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The dawn of Tuesday, August 8, marked Day Two of the third wave of PCC violence in Sao Paulo State since May (ref A). Metropolitan Sao Paulo was spared from attacks overnight, but cities scattered throughout Sao Paulo state suffered from homemade bomb and Molotov cocktail att [...]
2006-08-08 20:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO873 FEWER PCC ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BUT NEW POLITICAL BATTLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The third day of what is being called the third wave of PCC-led attacks in Sao Paulo state brought only a few new incidents on Wednesday morning, August 9. The newest attacks, however, included targets in upper-scale neighborhoods and the greater use of homemade bombs. Meanwh [...]
2006-08-09 19:48:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO880Brazil: Domestic Demand Boosts Industry in First Half of 2006
[...] SUMMARY: Official data for the first half of 2006 suggest it should be a relatively good year for Brazil's economy, although less so than 2004. Slower global growth and the strong domestic currency (the Real) are, according to analysts, beginning to slow the growth of certain Brazilian expor [...]
2006-08-11 12:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ETRD EFIN EIND BR
06SAOPAULO887 QUIET IN SAO PAULO, BUT JOURNALISTS' KIDNAPPING MARKS NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sao Paulo residents enjoyed a relatively quiet Father's Day weekend, as a feared repeat of the widespread violence that occurred on Mother's Day three months ago failed to materialize (ref B). Some 13,000 inmates were given weekend furloughs for the holiday, but only scattered [...]
2006-08-14 13:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO892MEDIA REACTION: GWOT: AIRLINE TERROR PLOT; WESTERN
[...] "The Right Way To Fight Terror" The lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (8/12) maintained: "Almost five years from the unprecedented September 11 attacks, only a few things in the world today are as clear as the futility and the boomerang effect of the war the US under the Bus [...]
2006-08-15 12:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO893MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL/HIZBULLAH COMBAT;
[...] "No One Won" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (8/15) editorialized: "Following a month of fighting and more than a thousand deaths, a ceasefire has finally been established between the Israeli Army and Lebanese militia Hizbullah. Both were defeated.... The Israel [...]
2006-08-15 12:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO907PMDB LEADER PREDICTS NARROW LULA VICTORY, AND A
[...] (SBU) Federal Deputy Delfim Netto predicted President Lula will win a "fairly close" election in the second round if he can avoid committing too many more gaffes. Lula's Workers Party (PT),however, will take a serious hit because of corruption scandals and will end up with fewer than 50 Fede [...]
2006-08-18 13:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO910 BRAZIL'S NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT PIRACY: AN UPDATE ON
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. At the July 26 Sao Paulo meeting of Brazil's National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Crimes, the public-private Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP) officially became an autonomous unit of the [...]
2006-08-18 15:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON KJUS BR
06SAOPAULO912MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 11:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO918EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND ECONOMIC FAMILIARIZATION WITHIN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In an effort to increase consular outreach and deepen understanding of economic conditions in the diverse Sao Paulo Consular District, two consular officers completed a driving tour of the interior portions of the states of Parana and Sao Paulo. Outreach goals were addressed thro [...]
2006-08-22 18:46:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS EAGR EINV ETRD ECON BR
06SAOPAULO924 FIESP Responds to Threat to Brazil's GSP Benefits
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP),which represents approximately 34% of Brazil's industrial units and 39% of its manufacturing jobs, has concluded in a soon to be released study that if Brazil were to lose its eligibility for GSP benefits, the count [...]
2006-08-24 13:06:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR EINV BR
06SAOPAULO935Despite Sagging Poll Numbers, Alckmin Adviser Thinks
[...] (SBU) Fernando Braga, Sao Paulo State Secretary for Economy and Planning, argued that former Governor Geraldo Alckmin will make it to the second round of the presidential election, where he will take advantage of Lula's high negative numbers in the polls to "win in the last five minutes." He [...]
2006-08-28 10:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO962MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: LEFTIST LEANINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 15:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO965 AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 23-24 VISIT TO SAO PAULO
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Clifford Sobel passed two eventful days in Sao Paulo August 23-24, beginning his visit with an appearance at the opening of a Calder exhibit at the Pinacoteca, one of the major art museums in Sao Paulo. The following day he met separately with the heads of the Brazilian subsi [...]
2006-09-05 16:57:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD BEXP KIPR BR
06SAOPAULO968POLLSTER GIVES AlCKMIN A FIGHTING CHANCE IN ELECTIONS, SEES
[...] SUMMARY: Marcia Cavallari Nunes, Executive Director of the prestigious "IBOPE" polling firm, believes opposition candidate Geraldo Alckmin still has a chance to deny President Lula a first-round electoral victory, but that it would require an unpredictable combination of events between now and [...]
2006-09-06 13:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO970 VISIT TO SAO PAULO OF PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT
[...] Summary. PCAOB Member Charles D. Niemeier, sponsored by the Public Affairs Section, was the guest speaker at the August 15 meeting of Cafe com Finanzas (Coffee with Finances),a national group of financial organizations who meet on a bimonthly basis to discuss finance-related matters. Mr. Ni [...]
2006-09-06 19:15:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV KPAO ECON BR
06SAOPAULO981MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 16:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO988 COMMANDER OF CARANDIRU MASSACRE FOUND MURDERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The police commander who was in charge of operations during the infamous 1992 police massacre of inmates at Sao Paulo's Carandiru Prison was found dead in his apartment on Sunday night, September 10. Early reports indicate that Ubiratan Guimaraes, who retired from the police f [...]
2006-09-12 18:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM PINR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO990MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: FREE TRADE; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 12:36:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06STATE139878GUIDANCE ON ASYLUM CASE OF FARC TERRORIST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Department understands the Colombian government has approached the GOB regarding the July 14 decision by the Brazilian National Committee on Refugees (CONARE) to grant political asylum to Francisco Antonio Cadena Collazos (ref B). [...]
2006-08-24 19:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER BR CO
06THEHAGUE1359NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/BRAZIL: FM TO TRAVEL JULY
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch FM Bot will likely travel to Brazil and Venezuela July 10 and 11, to meet with the Foreign Ministers of those two countries. As late as last month, the Dutch had hoped the meetings would be with Presidents Lula da Silva and Chavez. Chavez has refused for over a year to meet [...]
2006-06-16 11:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL BR VE NT NL
06TOKYO2937JAPAN PRESSING FOR A MEETING WITH THE U.S. ON UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: Japan hopes to receive a response to the proposal on UN Security Council reform that Foreign Minister Aso passed to Secretary Rice during their May 2 meeting prior to the June 29 Summit, according to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. In addition, Japan "needs" a [...]
2006-05-26 09:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BR GM IN CH JA
06USUNNEWYORK1839CONFERENCE ON UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: NGOS
[...] SUMMARY: On September 5, civil society think tanks, NGOs, and UN mission representatives discussed next steps for the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) during a German NGO-sponsored symposium on "Getting the Peacebuilding Commission off the Ground - How to Include Civil Society on the Ground." [...]
2006-09-20 13:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO EAID SOCI BR SL
06USUNNEWYORK584BRAZIL: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...]
2006-03-23 19:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM UN BR
06VATICAN60(CORRECTED COPY) HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...]
2006-04-03 16:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALETRD SOCI FT MX BR
06VATICAN61HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN CARDINALS SEEK USG HELP
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...]
2006-04-03 16:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALETRD SOCI VT MX BR
07ACCRA483GHANA AT 50: A WORLD VIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the seventh and final in a series of scene setter cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the third looking at Ghana's external relations. Throughout its history Ghana has been independent and vocal on the international stage. It has preferred multilateral solutions, espe [...]
2007-03-01 18:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR CH ECON GH IN PGOV PHUM PREL RS
07ASUNCION396COM CONFERENCE: A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During May 8-9 Southern Cone / Brazil COM Conference in Rio de Janiero, the five Southern Cone Ambassadors discussed aggressive plans of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to create a unified Bolivarian movement throughout Latin America, particularly focusing on activities within their respe [...]
2007-05-17 13:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR BO BR CH PA UY VE
07ASUNCION515PARAGUAY: MONEY WELL SPENT; COPS ARRESTED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) seized the largest cocaine transshipmentin Paraguayan history in Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),during a joint intelligence operation between the Brazilian federal police, DEA, and SENAD. SENAD confiscated 450 kg of cocaine and arrested si [...]
2007-06-20 18:47:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PINR SNAR PA BR
07BOGOTA8306GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS SUSPENSION OF
[...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador that Venezuelan President Chavez' repeated violation of the rules set by President Uribe for Hugo Chavez' effort to promote a humanitarian accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had forced Uribe to suspe [...]
2007-11-30 23:56:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER MARR AR BR CS EC FR UY
07BRASIIA1568 Key Brazilin Senator Voices Concern over Venezuelan
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a lunchAmbassador Sobel gave on August 8 as part of a boader outreach to Brazilian senators (septel),the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Natonal Defense Committee, Heraclito Fortes, expresed concerns about threats to democracy from Venezela and Bolivia. A [...]
2007-08-14 18:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON BR XR
07BRASILIA1000BRAZIL: INL A/S PATTERSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C). Summary. INL Assistant Secretary Patterson and Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by DCM, Embassy Regional Affairs Chief, and PolCounselor, met on 14 May with General Jorge Armando Felix, chief of the ministerial-level Office of Institutional Security (GSI) in Brazil's Presidency. Felix was [...]
2007-06-04 13:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SNAR PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1006Update on GOL-Legacy Crash Legal Case
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, the Brazilian federal prosecutor in charge of the criminal investigation into the September 29 air collision between a business jet and GOL airliner indicted four air traffic controllers for the accident, one on serious charges of having acted deliberately. T [...]
2007-06-04 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR PGOV BR
07BRASILIA101COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JAMES STORY, ERIC STONER, AND
[...] Name of traveler: James B. Story -- Title: Regional Environmental Officer -- Passport number: US Diplomatic Passport 900346975 -- Agency represented: HUB/DOS -- Arrival/departure dates: February 04-10, 2007 -- Level of security clearance: Top Secret -- Purpose of visit: to attend a meeting on [...]
2007-01-19 13:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA PE BR
07BRASILIA1025 BRAZIL'S ACRE STATE: GROUND ZERO FOR SOUTH AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. One of President Lula's key objectives is the construction of an all-weather highway linking Brazil to the Pacific Ocean, and within a few years this dream will become reality. The GOB has paved route BR 364/317 to the Peruvian border and paving of this highway on the Peruvia [...]
2007-06-06 13:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD SNAR BR PE
07BRASILIA103BRAZIL: OPIC SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENT FUND
[...] Post supports OPIC's planned investment in Paladin Realty LP Fund, which will assist in the development of affordable and middle-income housing in Brazil (reftel). Recent changes to Brazilian legislation have encouraged substantial growth in the real estate and construction sector. These cha [...]
2007-01-19 16:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON BR
07BRASILIA1034LULA, CHAVEZ SPAR OVER BRAZILIAN SENATE RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Lula and Venezuelan President Chavez sparred in the media over Chavez's criticism of the Brazilian Senate's resolution on the RCTV forced closure on May 28, giving additional stress to an already frayed friendship. What began as a polite refusal by Lula to criticize [...]
2007-06-06 19:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECPS ETRD BR VE
07BRASILIA1037COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL SMITH
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William M. Smith, Program Director in the Office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to attend the 24th meeting of the Inter-American Institute (IAI) Conference of the Parties (COP). 2. Visitors are remi [...]
2007-06-06 20:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1039COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL BROWN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Louis B. Brown, Senior Staff Associate in the office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to participate in the meetings of the Executive Council and Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute [...]
2007-06-06 20:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1040COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL FILMER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Paul E. Filmer, Program Director in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR),to Manaus (Brazil),June 10-17, 2007, who will lead the U.S. Government Delegation to the Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute. 2. Visitors ar [...]
2007-06-06 20:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1041COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL ROSALY CORREA
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Rosaly Correa de Araujo, Director of the Americas, OGHA, OS, HHS to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 9-10, to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-15, and to Sao Paulo, Brazil from June 15-16, 2007, to co-chair the meeting of the JCM Workgro [...]
2007-06-06 20:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1042COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR OES/EGC OFFICIAL
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Norman Barth, OES/EGC/State Department, to Manaus, Brazil, June 07-16, 2007, to attend the Executive Council and Conference of Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens t [...]
2007-06-08 10:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1049COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Prevention Research Program Director, NCCDPHP, DACH, COGH, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, June 11-14, 2007, to represent HHS/CDC interests in establishing an agenda of future [...]
2007-06-08 16:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA105FISCAL DATA FOR TRAVEL OF PATRICIA S. PIRIZ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 16:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA BO BR
07BRASILIA1052POSSIBLE U.S.-BRAZIL COOPERATION ON WATER RESOURCES ISSUES
[...] As discussed in reftel, Brazil's Ministry of the Environment has proposed discussions to investigate the possibility of bilateral technical cooperation in water resource issues. 2. As this is the first area of proposed cooperation where there is bilateral agreement since the establishment [...]
2007-06-08 18:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA1067 BRAZIL'S RONDONIA STATE CONFRONTS THE PROBLEMS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Located in center-west Brazil, the state of Rondonia forms part of the country's frontier with Bolivia. Sparsely populated until the 1980s, Brazil's military government during its reign paved highway BR 364 to the state's capital, Porto Velho, to encourage (for national securit [...]
2007-06-11 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD BR PE
07BRASILIA107CHAMBER PRESIDENCY CONTEST REVEALS COALITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The battle for the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies (equivalent to U.S. Speaker of the House) is revealing an inability by the presidential palace to enforce discipline within the governing coalition and may cause a rift with lasting damage. The crisis is worsening and [...]
2007-01-19 17:29:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BR
07BRASILIA108 INFORMATION ON THE SEED INITIATIVE CANDIDATE FROM BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) Reftel requests that Post evaluate Brazilian candidates for the SEED initiative. "Projeto Bagagem" is well-known to USAID Brazil. USAID Senior Advisor Eric Stoner reports it is a community-based tourism network in Brazil. Stoner is familiar with the individuals who participated in the c [...]
2007-01-19 17:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KPAO KAID TBIO KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1097BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES VOTES TO UPHOLD
[...] The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (lower house) voted on June 12 in favor of the proposed reorganization of IBAMA, the Ministry of Environment's enforcement agency. The restructuring, first announced April 25 by Environment Minister Marina Silva and supported by President Lula, would split IBA [...]
2007-06-14 14:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA1099COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NPS OFFICIAL JOHNSON
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert Johnson, Director of the Everglades-South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service (NSP) in Florida, to Foz do Iguacu, Brasilia, and Cuiaba (Brazil),June 15-26, 2007, to participate in the Brazilian Congress on Protect [...]
2007-06-14 17:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY KSCA SCUL OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1105 BRAZIL: IPR TRAINING REQUEST
[...] In accordance with requirements presented in reftel A, Embassy Brasilia submits the following proposal for 2007 IPR enforcement training. The proposal is for a grant of $43,900 to provide a two-day high-level workshop for law enforcement officials (Federal Police, Customs, Highway Patrol) and [...]
2007-06-15 11:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON BR
07BRASILIA1115 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTORS PETERSON
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David P. Perterson and Loren J. Habergger, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),July 5-19, 2007, to Itaituba and Creporizao (State of Para) Brazil, to work on projects on reduction of emissions from community and small scale gold mining in developin [...]
2007-06-15 18:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1130AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES RURALFONE FOR THE SECRETARY'S
[...] (U) Based upon its outstanding program aimed at using technology and resources to assist communities located in Brazil's remote, underprivileged areas, the Ambassador nominates the U.S. company Ruralfone, Inc. for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award For Corporate Excellence For the Small to Med [...]
2007-06-18 17:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
07BRASILIA1131AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES FORD AND MICROSOFT BRAZIL FOR
[...] (U) Based upon their leadership and commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR),Ambassador Sobel nominates the U.S. multinational companies Ford and Microsoft Brazil, as representatives of the 50 U.S. multinational companies that support the U.S. Embassy Brazil CSR Initiative, for th [...]
2007-06-18 17:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
07BRASILIA1145COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE DOS AND NNSA FUNDED
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for a Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE/NNSA) International Nonproliferation Export Control Program (INECP) for the following DOS and NNSA-funded personnel, from July 7-14, 2007 to conduct WMD Commodity Identifica [...]
2007-06-20 10:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KSCA KNNP BR
07BRASILIA116 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HOWARD
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William Howard, Safety and Health Manager, Office of Health and Safety, OD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, February 6-8, 2007, to participate in the BSL-4 lab design workshop. 2. Visitors [...]
2007-01-22 20:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1185SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 96
[...] The following is the ninety-sixth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]
2007-06-22 19:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA12POSSIBLE INSTRUMENT FOR BRAZIL MERCURY REDUCTION PILOT
[...] At a December 8, 2006, meeting at Brazil's Ministry of the Environment, ESTH Counselor Patricia Norman, Science Officer KG Moore and EPA Project Leader Dr. Luis Fernandez met with Dr. Marilia Cerqueira, Director of Brazil's Mercury programs. Dr. Fernandez presented to the Brazilians the scope [...]
2007-01-04 18:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AORC EMIN ETRD PREL KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1204 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL SCHNEIDER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William Schneider, Office of Prevention, Pesticides an Toxic Substances, for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s OECD Biopesticide Steering Group, to Sco Paulo (transit only) and Brasilia, Brazil, from June 29 to July 05, 2007, to partic [...]
2007-06-26 19:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA121BRAZIL - FOLLOW UP ON AMB. SOBEL'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY USTR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post appreciates USTR's thoughtful and considered outline (reftel) of potential initiatives that the USG might pursue bilaterally with Brazil to enhance the trade relationship. After reviewing those ideas put forth, we believe the area of greatest near term potential is a bilat [...]
2007-01-23 18:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD USTR ECPS EINV PREL BR
07BRASILIA1216COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, , from July 1-8; Brasilia, from July 8-14, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 14, 2007, as follow: -- Rio de Janeiro/Brasilia: to provide techni [...]
2007-06-27 19:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1220 BRAZILIAN SUPPORT FOR BOLIVIA ON CN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Worried about the potential for increased narco-trafficking to (and through) Brazil, the Lula administration has sought to provide both economic and moral support to the Morales government. Consistent with their perception of Brazil as the (self-anointed) leader of South Ameri [...]
2007-06-28 18:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ETRD ENRG BR BL
07BRASILIA1231BRAZIL PREFERS SUSPENSION OF ISS ARRANGEMENT
[...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from Brazil's Foreign Ministry on June 29, 2007, referring to the Government of Brazil's position about the bilateral International Space Station Arrangement (ISS). The Diplomatic Note is as follows: "The Ministry of External Relations complements the United S [...]
2007-06-29 19:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA SENV KSCA KTIA TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA1240 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE A/S KARSNER JULY
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alexander Karsner, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazil [...]
2007-07-02 18:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1242SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 9-11 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and Brazil share the basic goals of fostering hemispheric stability, promoting democracy, achieving a mutually satisfactory conclusion to the Doha round of WTO negotiations, preventing terrorist and drug transit activity and strengthening international non-proliferation [...]
2007-07-02 19:22:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETECON PGOV EFIN BR
07BRASILIA1249 BRAZIL: 2006 GSP ANNUAL REVIEW DEMARCHE
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel points to Peter Fox, MRE Deputy Director of the Division of Market Access, on July 3, 2007. Fox also served on the recent GOB Doha Round negotiating team. Sobel [...]
2007-07-03 15:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ELAB PREL BR
07BRASILIA1262 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL FERNANDEZ
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Luiz Fernandez, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA),U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia, Itaituba, and Creporizao, Brazil, July 5-29, 2007, to work on UNEP Global Mercury Partnership P [...]
2007-07-05 10:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1278 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE BARTON
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Bradley L. Barton, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director of Commercialization and Deployment, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Sao Paulo (transit),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitivenes [...]
2007-07-06 15:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA128BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by PolCouns, met on 12 January with President Lula's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Marco Aurelio Garcia, for a tour d'horizon of regional and bilateral issues as Lula starts his second mandate. Garcia is one of Lula's closest advisors and has frequently [...]
2007-01-25 10:33:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA1285 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE LUTTRELL
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ellen Luttrell, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Consultant- Communications Advisor, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 15),Brazil, to participa [...]
2007-07-09 13:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1287 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE SATTELBERG
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alfred P. Sattelberg, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Contract, Argone National Laboratory, Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences, to Brasilia (July 9-13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazilian coun [...]
2007-07-09 13:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1289 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE ARVISU
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dan E. Arvizu, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Compet [...]
2007-07-09 13:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1308 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL LUDWIG
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Victoria Ludwig, Program Manager, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Goiania, Cuiaba, Porto Alegre and Florianopolis, Brazil, July 15-29, 2007, [...]
2007-07-10 18:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA132RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS MILITARY SALES IN BRAZIL BUT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with his Russian counterpart, Ambassador Vladimir L. Tyurdenev, on January 12, 2007 at the Russian Embassy. Tyurdenev spoke candidly about bilateral relations, trade, Russian hopes to furnish equipment and exprtise to the potential regional gas pipeline proect, [...]
2007-01-25 13:37:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG BR RU
07BRASILIA1331COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS OFFICIALS TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William R. Steiger, Special Advisor to Secretary Leavitt for International Affairs, HHS, and Dr. Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Director Office for the Americas, Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA),OS, HHS to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [...]
2007-07-13 12:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1333COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL LINK AND
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Link, Health Scientist; William Garvin, Computer Specialist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 11, and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 11-18, 2007: -- Brasilia: travelers will par [...]
2007-07-13 16:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1334 BRAZIL: U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: During their July 11 Brasilia meeting, U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson and Brazilian Finance Minister Mantega discussed recent Brazilian economic performance, recent U.S. economic performance and the importance of promoting reform at the International Monetary Fund - including th [...]
2007-07-16 14:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1335 BRAZIL: U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson Meeting with
[...] (SBU) In a July 11 meeting with Planning Minister Paulo Bernardo, U .S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outlined the focus of his visit to Brazil: (1) increasing private sector infrastructure finance; (2) facilitating the development of small and medium-sized enterprise development through inc [...]
2007-07-16 14:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1336BRAZIL: July 11, 2007, meeting between U.S. Treasury
[...] (SBU) Summary: In their July 11 Brasilia meeting, Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles told Secretary Paulson that Brazil appears to have overcome the extreme economic and financial volatility it experienced in the past, and that Brazil's medium-term growth and inflation outlook is positi [...]
2007-07-16 14:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1351UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY 'S VISIT TO BRAZIL SPARKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Dobriansky's visit to Brazil May 16-17, 2007, not only fulfilled the request by President Bush and Brazilian President Lula to elevate the Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) dialogue, but helped the U.S. Mission in Brazil move forward on a number of key issu [...]
2007-07-18 09:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR
07BRASILIA1355SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN USGS AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 17:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA1368 BRAZIL: U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Amorim emphasized to Secretary Paulson in their July 11 Brasilia meeting the significance Brazil places on regional infrastructure integration. Paulson noted the importance of bringing in the World Bank to this discussion. On trade, Amorim stated that even thou [...]
2007-07-20 09:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA137CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S.-BRAZIL DVC ON APPROACHES TO REDUCING
[...] Post has contacted Fernando Lyrio, Director of International Relations at Brazil's Ministry for the Environment, and presented the proposal for a DVC on U.S. and Brazilian approaches to reducing emissions from deforestation. Lyrio reports that the three people key for the Brazilian panel to r [...]
2007-01-25 17:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1380FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 17:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA VE BR
07BRASILIA1412COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOKDAD
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ali Mokdad, Epidemiologist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 12, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 12-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to participate in a meeting and workshop to discus [...]
2007-07-25 15:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1413COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HICKS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 15, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 15-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to support the bilateral cooperation agreement wit [...]
2007-07-25 15:11:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1414COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 5, and to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 5-16, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to lead a data analysis workshop as part of a year lon [...]
2007-07-25 15:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1425INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY
[...] Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil was the site of a weeklong conference of 250 community forest entrepreneurs and policy makers from Africa, Asia, Central and South America, July 15-23, 2007. Participants debated the challenges confronted by inhabitants of tropical forests on three continents: la [...]
2007-07-26 18:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1431 BRAZIL: IPR TRAINING REQUEST
[...] Embassy is resending this as an amendment to reftel F to incorporate suggestions made by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 2. SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements presented in reftel A, Embassy Brasilia submits the following proposal for 2007 IPR enforcement traini [...]
2007-07-26 19:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON BR
07BRASILIA144 U.S.-BRAZIL CAE - NEXT STEPS
[...] At the December 13, 2006, U.S.-Brazil Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) it was agreed that a Technical Work Group be created under the CAE framework to review and coordinate technical-level cooperation. This work group could meet at any time but would report its work and seek policy gui [...]
2007-01-26 14:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPA TBIO KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1456COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JOHNSON
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Denise Johnson, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, August 7-14 and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 14-16, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to provide [...]
2007-07-31 19:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1457COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, CCID/NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Sao Paulo on or about (o/a) August 9; to Rio de Janeiro, o/a August 9-10 and to Brasilia, Brazil, o/a August 10-17, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to partic [...]
2007-07-31 19:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1458COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOEN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 15-18, 2007, to provide an opportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan [...]
2007-07-31 19:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1463SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 98
[...] The following is the ninety-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]
2007-08-01 14:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1465COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGIONAL
[...] Country clearance is requested for Larissa A. Stoner, the Brasilia regional environment assistant, to visit Medellin August 13-19 and Lima August 19-26. Purpose of the visit is to provide logistic support as well as attend and report on EPA Trainings on Environmental Law Enforcement. 2. Sto [...]
2007-08-01 19:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA BL BR
07BRASILIA1466BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per instructions in reftel, US Embassy Brasilia is aware of one (1) claim of US persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Brazil (GOB). Claim 1 ------- a. Claimants A and B b. 1999 c. Claimants A and B, along with a Brazilian partner, through a joint [...]
2007-08-02 11:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE ENRG CASC ECON OPIC PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1485EMBASSY BRASILIA CY 2006 CLASS B REFERRAL VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary: In July 2007, the consular section of Embassy Brasilia conducted a validation study of 475 class B Referral visas issued between January 1st, 2006 and December 31st, 2006. Results from this random sample showed that 71% returned, 2% did not return, 23% never traveled; 4% were inconcl [...]
2007-08-03 15:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KRFD CMGT BR
07BRASILIA149BRAZIL: LULA'S SECOND TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH PACKAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB announced on January 22 a series of measures, the Program to Accelerate Growth (PAC),meant to enliven Brazil's current lackadaisical economic growth rates. The measures, a combination of targeted tax breaks and new public spending, along with the recycling of a few exist [...]
2007-01-26 18:46:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ETRD PREL EINV BR
07BRASILIA1498THE SOYBEAN MORATORIUM, ONE YEAR LATER
[...] (U) Summary: On July 24, 2007, NGOs involved in the pact for sustainable soy in the Amazon - the soy moratorium - such as Greenpeace and The Nature Conservancy, met in Sao Paulo with representatives of the soybean industry and large-scale European consumers to evaluate the results of the one ye [...]
2007-08-06 12:19:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PGOV ECON XR BR
07BRASILIA1507COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Pratt, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, August 22-26, 2007, provide technical assistance/consultation to the Brazilian Ministry of Health on developing national chronic [...]
2007-08-07 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1519FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 19:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA VE BR
07BRASILIA1520FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 19:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA VE BR
07BRASILIA1530FISCAL DATA FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 17:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA CO VE BR
07BRASILIA1535 BRAZIL: GOVERNMENT REQUESTS REVIVAL OF FRAMEWORK SPACE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 7 BELOW. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) contacted Post to express interest in reviving the bilateral "f [...]
2007-08-10 12:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSCA KTIA TPHY TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA1536 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIALS MR AND MRS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeffrey Williams (Astronaut) and Anna Marie Williams (spouse),National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Sao Paulo (SP),Campos dos Goitacases (RJ),Brasilia (DF) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) [...]
2007-08-10 12:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1539REVISED FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 15:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA CO VE BR
07BRASILIA1540DEPT OF ENERGY'S BRADLEY BARTON AND DAN ARVIZU BRING A
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Energy's Bradley Barton, Director of the Office of Commercialization and Deployment, and Dan Arvizu, Director of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),led panels on [...]
2007-08-10 17:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG EAGR ETTC EPET PREL BR
07BRASILIA1555BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DUE
[...] (SBU) The below answers are in response to the request for information in ref C: A) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of your post's nominee? --Post has no knowledge of any downside or embarrassment that would result from the selection of its no [...]
2007-08-13 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV BR
07BRASILIA1568 Key Brazilin Senator Voices Concern over Venezuelan
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a lunchAmbassador Sobel gave on August 8 as part of a boader outreach to Brazilian senators (septel),the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Natonal Defense Committee, Heraclito Fortes, expresed concerns about threats to democracy from Venezela and Bolivia. A [...]
2007-08-14 18:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON BR XR
07BRASILIA1578FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN
[...] The following fiscal data is being provided by the Regional Environmental Hub for expenditures (detailed below) for the Environmental Law Enforcement Workshop to be held August 20-23 in Lima (Peru). 19-726/7103715-1008-7a0926-021000-2403-4121 Total expenditures should not to exceed USD 2,58 [...]
2007-08-16 14:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA BR PE
07BRASILIA1581SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S REUBEN JEFFERY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a June setback to the Doha Round discussions, in which talks between the U.S., the EU, Brazil, and India stalled over disagreements concerning tariff cuts for goods and services and over agricultural subsidies. The Brazilian delegation, led by F [...]
2007-08-16 16:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA1585BRAZIL TO HOST MINISTERIAL MEETING ON
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian Foreign Ministry briefed representatives of embassies about its "Ministerial Meeting on International Governance for Sustainable Development," which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, September 3-4. The For [...]
2007-08-17 10:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV UN EAGR ECON KSCA BR
07BRASILIA162BINDING MERCURY POLLUTION REDUCTION TARGETS - NO POSITION
[...] On January 25, 2007, SCI Officer met again with Otavio Trindade of the Ministry of External Relations' Division for Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development for follow-up discussions regarding demarche request in Ref A. Trindade reiterated Brazil's support for UNEP voluntary mercury pa [...]
2007-01-29 20:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN AORC ETRD PREL SENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1620 BRAZIL: OCR DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) On August 23, EmbOffs delivered the demarche points in reftel to Otavio Brandelli, Director of the Division of Intellectual Property Rights at the Ministry of External Relations and Ana Soares, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Anti-Piracy Council, Ministry of Justice. The meet [...]
2007-08-24 14:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON ADCO BR
07BRASILIA1648 BRAZIL: GOB THREAT TO SUSPEND IPR OF US CITIZENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Otavio Brandelli, Chief of the Division of Intellectual Property Rights at the Ministry of External Relations told EconOff on August 27 that the media exaggerated some elements of an August 24 report announcing GoB plans to "cross-retaliate" over a WTO finding against U.S. cotto [...]
2007-08-29 18:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA1651COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL IMAI
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Kumiko Imai, Service Fellow, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 2 to September 6, 2007, to attend the Secretariat of Health Surveillance Meeting and Workshop, and present "Methodology Cos [...]
2007-08-29 19:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1653COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 10 to September 21, 2007, to work with current HHS/CDC secondee for immunizations and the Pan American Health Organizati [...]
2007-08-30 12:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1654COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PATEL
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Manish Patel, Medical Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 17; to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 17 to September 20; and, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2007, as [...]
2007-08-30 13:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1664BRAZIL,S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISSES AND DISMISSES
[...] (C) Summary: The director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti, told PolCouns in a meeting August 27 that Brazil does not see the Brazil/Argentina/Paraguay tri-border cooperation mechanism and the 3 1 mechanism that incl [...]
2007-08-31 11:47:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA BR AR
07BRASILIA1670SCANDAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST EX-OFFICIALS SEEN AS A
[...] (U) Summary. In rulings seen by Brazilians as an important step forward in countering impunity, the Brazilian Supreme Court has allowed prosecution to proceed against all 40 individuals accused in the "mensalao" ("monthly payola") political scandal that rocked the Lula presidency in 2005. In [...]
2007-08-31 16:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
07BRASILIA1674BRAZIL ANNOUNCES DRAMATIC DECLINE IN AMAZON DEFORESTATION
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED, AND IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil reports a sharp decline, 25 percent, in its rate of deforestation for the year 2006. Further, it estimates that the rate will drop another 30% in 2007. END SUMMARY [...]
2007-08-31 17:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD EAGR KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1686COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA CAREY BYLIN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Carey Bylin, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 16 to September 18; to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 18 to September 23, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: Meetings at Ministry of Mines and Energy. In Rio de Janeiro: Meetings at P [...]
2007-09-05 13:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA169BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, JANUARY 2007
[...] According to data from Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil produced more ethanol in 2006 than any other production period. The 2006 harvest produced a total of 17.8 billion liters compared to a 16.9 billion liter production from the period before. According to Angelo Bressan, Director o [...]
2007-01-30 18:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA17 Brazil and Russia Sign Space Cooperation MOU
[...] One of the agreements signed by Brazil with Russia during the December 14-15, 2006, visit of Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov to Brasilia was an MOU for Cooperation in Space. According to the newspaper Jornal do Brasil, the principal beneficiary of the agreement will be Brazil's rocket launchi [...]
2007-01-05 14:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO TPHY TRGY BR
07BRASILIA1715DEPUTIES PROPOSE TRIP TO CUBA TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (C) Summary. A delegation of Brazilian federal deputies could travel to Havana soon to learn more about the Cuban boxers who were returned to Cuba during the PanAm games after apparently trying to defect and then undergoing a change of heart. The deputies would try to see the boxers to det [...]
2007-09-11 15:50:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL BR CU
07BRASILIA1718 Brazil Likely to Attend Seminar on UNSCR 1737
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) On August 28, 2007, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer met with Minister Santiago Mourao and Counselor Luiz Fernando Galvao of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive T [...]
2007-09-11 16:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC IR PARM KNNP BR
07BRASILIA1721 Brazil to Attend Vienna Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On August 28, 2007, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer met with Minister Santiago Mourao and Counselor Luiz Fernando Galvao of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]
2007-09-11 16:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA BR
07BRASILIA1722BRAZIL: VIEWS ON COALITION AGAINST WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING:
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations Environment Division Director Coimbra stressed in an August 27 meeting with ESTH Counselor that Brazil had concerns about the scope of [...]
2007-09-11 16:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1723 Brazil's Delegation to Upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) On August 28, 2007, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer met with Minister Santiago Mourao and Counselor Luiz Fernando Galvao of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive [...]
2007-09-11 16:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG MNUC NPT PARM PREL BR KNNP
07BRASILIA1742BRAZIL: WASHINGTON SEPT. 27-28 MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil will certainly attend the September 27-28 meeting in Washington on climate change. It appears the Ambassador Everton Vargas, the Under Secretary for Policy in the Ministry of Exterio [...]
2007-09-13 16:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1743COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL NOTMAN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Evan Notman, Assistant Program Officer in the Division of International Science Engineer (OISE),to Sao Paulo(SP),Manaus (AM),and Brasilia(DF),Brazil, from September 17 to September 26, 2007, to participate in the discussion of cooperative pr [...]
2007-09-13 16:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1745 SENATE PRESIDENT WINS ACQUITTAL ON IMPROPRIETY CHARGES
[...] (U) In a historic vote, Brazilian Senate President Renan Calheiros was absolved on September 12 of charges of misconduct - the first time the Senate had voted on a charge of impropriety against its president. The secret vote of 40 to 35, with 6 abstentions, fell short Of the 41 votes needed t [...]
2007-09-13 18:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA1772INL SUPPORT IN 2007 IS YIELDING RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a dramatic reduction in NAS Brasilia external activities since June 2006, while an internal re-organization and new overall program strategy were being developed, INL authorized the continued support of several projects. In cooperation with other USG agencies at post, N [...]
2007-09-17 16:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA1774SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 99
[...] The following is the ninety-nine in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views express [...]
2007-09-17 19:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1775BRAZIL: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY OF
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche points to Otavio Brandelli, Chief of the Division of Intellectual Property Rights at the Ministry of External Relation,s on September 17. Brandelli said that the GoB feels it should adopt a "low profile" on the issue to avoid alienating the African Group [...]
2007-09-17 21:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC WIPO BR
07BRASILIA1779COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JACOBS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Krista Jacobs, Economist, CCID/NCCPSTP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/HHS, to Rio de Janeiro, October 16 and Brasilia, Brazil, from October 16-20, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: to assist in teaching a course in economic evaluatio [...]
2007-09-19 14:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA178BRAZILIAN REPRESENTATION AT GLOBE REGIONAL TRAINING, 2-9
[...] The Ministry of Education has informed post that Brazil will have two representatives at the Globe Regional Training on February 2-9 in Panama City. The information provided is as follow: 2. Name: Rachel Trajber Date of Birth: April 24, 1954 (04/24/1954) Place of Birth: Sao Paulo, Sao Pa [...]
2007-01-31 17:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKGLB SENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1784MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING: BRAZILIAN DELEGATION
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On September 18, the Embassy's Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor met with Paulo Chiarelli, acting Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Division of Environme [...]
2007-09-20 10:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA1803EPA TRAININGS STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
[...] (U) Summary: Using funds from OES, three trainings on environmental law enforcement were carried out by EPA experts in August 2007 in Medellin (Colombia),Lima (Peru),and Georgetown (Guyana). With support from the Regional Environmental HUB Office, ECON Offices in each respective country, and [...]
2007-09-21 10:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1811BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] (U) Poloffs delivered Reftel demarche to Counselor Glivania de Oliveira, chief of the United Nations Division at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty). Oliveira was familiar with the Tribunal and agreed its establishment will represent a significant step forward for Lebanon. [...]
2007-09-21 20:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC LE BR
07BRASILIA1813 BRAZIL: UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETINGS WITH GoB
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and delegation met with Acting Minister of Mines and Energy, Nelson Hubner; Vice President Jose Alencar; and senior Ministry of Finance officials during his August 20 visit to Brasilia. Hubner said he saw an immediate need to showcase a biofuels p [...]
2007-09-24 13:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENGR ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA SENV BR
07BRASILIA1819 BRAZIL: UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY LEADS ECONOMIC DISCUSSION
[...] (U) Summary: Following up on a March conversation between the Secretary and Foreign Minister Amorim, Under Secretary Jeffery, SIPDIS along with Ambassador Sobel and State Department officers, in an August 20 discussed with Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs (MRE) Under Secretary Roberto [...]
2007-09-24 15:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA BR
07BRASILIA1826 BRAZIL: FIRST MEETING OF USG-GOB BIOFUELS STEERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III, Ambassador Sobel and delegation participated in the first USG-GOB Biofuels Steering Committee meeting on August 20, 2007. Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Under Secretary Everton Vargas led t [...]
2007-09-25 09:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EAGR BR
07BRASILIA1837LULA'S TRIP TO EUROPE: CAN ITAMARATY FOLLOW
[...] (C) Summary. Brazilian President Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva,s mid-September tour of four Scandinavian countries and Spain to promote foreign investment, expand the use of biofuels in Europe, and press for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),represents a continuation o [...]
2007-09-26 10:05:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG BR
07BRASILIA1850 Brazilian Senators Welcome U.S. Outreach, Exchange
[...] (U) Summary. As part of a broad outreach to Brazilian senators August 7-8 on a number of topics, Ambassador Sobel found very high receptivity to the prospects of an increase in bilateral congressional exchanges. Interest is not limited to members of the foreign affairs committee, and topics [...]
2007-09-27 20:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL BR
07BRASILIA1865VENEZUELAN MERCOSUL ACCESSION MAY NOT PASS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The bill to approve Venezuelan accession to Mercosul may not pass the Brazilian congress, in spite of support from the administration and the government's large majority in the chamber of deputies. President Chavez may have torpedoed Venezuela's chances when, at the September [...]
2007-09-28 19:29:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN BR VE XR
07BRASILIA1870 AMB. GROSS LEADS INTERAGENCY DELEGATION TO BRAZIL FOR
[...] Summary: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (EEB/CIP) led a senior-level U.S. delegation to Brazil for meetings with the Brazilian Ministry of Communications and the telecommunications regulator, the National Telecommunications Ag [...]
2007-10-01 19:19:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS TINT TSPA BR
07BRASILIA1873COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, GAP, NCHHSTP/CCID/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-16-2007; Brasilia, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-20-2007; Sao Paulo, Brazil from Oct [...]
2007-10-02 14:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA188COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL KSIAZEK
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, Research Scientist, COCH, OD, HHS/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from February 5-7, 2007, to assist in the developing stages of a Bio Safety Level 4 Laboratory (BSL4) facility. 2. Visitors are re [...]
2007-02-01 11:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1881U.S.-INDIA AGREEMENT: BRAZIL STILL REVIEWING DRAFT POLICY
[...] (U) On September 24, ESTH Off delivered reftel's demarche and draft text of a policy exception for the Nuclear Suppliers Group for the U.S.-India 123 Agreement to the Deputy Head of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),Luis Galvao. The [...]
2007-10-03 09:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN BR
07BRASILIA1893NAS BRASILIA REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS-supported activities during September -- though still limited in size and scope -- continued to produce results. In particular, two key NAS and DEA-supported operations carried out by the Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) resulted in several arrests and the seizure of signific [...]
2007-10-03 19:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA1897SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NEC DIRECTOR AL HUBBARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of an August visit to Brazil by State Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III. During his visit, the Under Secretary's discussions with GOB officials included biofuels and infrastructure (REFTELS A, B,C). A [...]
2007-10-04 10:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA190TABLOID SAYS BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE SEES FOREIGN
[...] (U) On Jan. 29, Jornal do Brasil (JB) published excerpts of what it claimed were from a "Situation report" prepared by the "Amazon Working Group," composed of intelligence and military officials. The JB story described the "Situation Report" as the consensus of Brazilian intelligence officials [...]
2007-02-01 13:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL BR XR
07BRASILIA1907BRAZILIANS "DARE" TO STRENGTHEN DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION
[...] (U) The Brazilian National Anti-drug Secretariat (SENAD) and the National Public Safety Secretariat (SENASP) convened a national conference on September 27-28 to re-assess the U.S.-based Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (D.A.R.E.),or PROERD as it is known in Brazil. The federal govern [...]
2007-10-04 20:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA1918BRAZIL AND THE FOREST 11 STATEMENT: PRIMARILY A POLITICAL
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 24, 2007 leaders from eleven Tropical Rainforest Countries (the Forest 11) issued a joint statement calling for, inter alia, cooperation to slow, stop and reverse deforestation [...]
2007-10-09 11:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG TNGD TRGY KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1934BRAZIL ON EU'S ETS AVIATION EMISSIONS PROPOSAL AND REVIVING
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On the margins of the September 3-4 Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development (SEPTEL),in Rio de Janeiro, State Department Assistant Secretary for Oceans, International Environme [...]
2007-10-10 11:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAIR KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1935MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil hosted the "Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development: Challenges for International Governance," in Rio de Janeiro, September 3 and 4, 2007. Participants from t [...]
2007-10-10 11:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG UN KSCA BR
07BRASILIA195EU TO APPROACH BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT ON TAXATION OF
[...] (U) Action Request - paragraph 2. 2. (U) Summary and Action request. On January 31, EU Econ/Commercial Counselor Fabian Delcros approached Commercial Attache with respect to problems that EU cosmetics companies were experiencing regarding alleged discriminatory taxation upon their expo [...]
2007-02-01 19:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP ECON BR
07BRASILIA1952MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZILIANS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian delegation has expressed both public and private disappointment with the September 27-28 meeting in Washington of representatives of major economies to discuss energy security [...]
2007-10-11 13:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1976COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA LOREN HABEGGER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Loren J. Habegger, to Itaituba, Brazil, from October 27 to November 5 and to Creporizao from November 5 and November 8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to further test the performance of the technology installed in the two places [...]
2007-10-15 17:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1990Ambassador Sobel Visits Chamber of Deputies Foreign
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with members of the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee on October 2 for a wide-ranging discussion that included the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, Burma, Cuba, Darfur, Iran, Haiti, tourism, and other topics. Members expressed intere [...]
2007-10-16 18:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA1991EMBATTLED SENATE PRESIDENT TAKES LEAVE, WILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embattled Senate President Renan Calheiros (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Alagoas) took leave from the Senate on October 11 after five months of unrelenting media and opposition attacks over alleged corruption. He is now expected to resig [...]
2007-10-16 18:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
07BRASILIA2011BRAZIL: LULA TOUTS FOREIGN POLICY INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary. During a speech on 1 October Brazilian President Lula touted the independent trajectory of his foreign policy, and criticized his predecessor's as intellectually submissive and overly oriented towards the United States and Europe. Brazilian foreign policy observers suggest the s [...]
2007-10-19 22:16:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA2012BRAZIL: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PROPOSALS COMMISSION FOR THE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. REF: SECSTATE 138243 2. (SBU) SCICOUNS delivered reftel points on October 11 October to Government of Brazil (GOB) Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director for Space, Marine and Antarctic Affairs, Couns [...]
2007-10-22 09:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV PHSA BR
07BRASILIA2020BRAZIL: FRANK DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In a frank and wide ranging conversation, Director of the National Economic Council Al Hubbard, Deputy National Security Advisor Dan Price, and Ambassador Clifford Sobel met in Brasilia on O [...]
2007-10-22 15:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2021COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE RODMAN LINN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for DOE Official Rodman Linn, to Brasilia, Brazil, from November 3 to November 10, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend and do a presentation at the 19th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering. 2. Visitors are reminded that all [...]
2007-10-22 17:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2038BRAZIL: POST OCR FINDINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends retaining Brazil on the Watch List based on its continued strong overall anti-piracy enforcement efforts and in light of some continuing problem areas. The value of pirated and contraband items seized by Receita Federal in the first six months of 2007 was over [...]
2007-10-26 18:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA2044BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Drawing on REFS, ESTH Counselor Driscoll had a series of conversations in mid- and late-October with Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Chief of the Division of Division for New and Renewa [...]
2007-10-29 09:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG BR
07BRASILIA2047 BRAZIL PLANS TO RENEW NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH INDIA
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a meeting with EmbOffs on October 19, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, said the USG [...]
2007-10-29 09:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA IN BR
07BRASILIA206INSIGHT INTO BRAZILIAN FM AMORIM FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch Foreign Minister Bot met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Amorim recently during his visit to Brazil. Ambassador Sobel was briefed by the Dutch Mission and gained insights particularly into Brazil's ideas on a UN Security Council seat, views on Syria from his recent meeting wi [...]
2007-02-06 14:24:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA2062 Ambassador Sobel's meeting with the Senate Foreign
[...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee told Ambassador Sobel in a closed, informal meeting on October 16 of concerns about a possible U.S.-Brazil tax treaty, fears of Venezuelan aggression, support for the Doha Round, and hopes for sustainable de [...]
2007-10-30 13:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2064BRAZIL: NEC Hubbard and BNDES Luciano Galvao Coutinho
[...] (U) When NEC Director Hubbard, DPA/DNSA Dan Price and Ambassador Sobel met with BNDES President Luciano Galvao Coutinho on October 11 in Brasila, Galvao began by providing brief historical background about BNDES. BNDES was established in 1952 to promote the expansion of capital-intensive indust [...]
2007-10-30 19:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2065COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV/MULLER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Richard P. Muller and Ann E. Mattsson, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Belem (Para),Brazil, November 3 to November 10, [...]
2007-10-30 19:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA2066BRAZIL: DOC Secretary Gutierrez and MDIC Jorge meeting
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Miguel Jorge met October 10 in Brasilia to discuss the CEO Forum, trade and investment challenges in Brazil, and specific trade problems encountered by American firms. The meeting was c [...]
2007-10-30 19:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2067BRAZIL: NEC Hubbard and DOC Gutierrez with Casa Civil
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The meeting between Casa Civil Dilma Rousseff, MDIC Secretary Jorge, Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez, NEC Director Hubbard, DPA/DNSA Price and Ambassador Sobel focused primarily on Doha. Both sides agreed we must seize the moment to come to closure on a Doha agreement. The del [...]
2007-10-30 19:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2068SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101
[...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]
2007-10-30 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2069SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101
[...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]
2007-10-31 09:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2070SUBJECT: BRAZIL: PROBABLY WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA
[...] (C) On 29 October, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. While Toniatti was familiar with the AMIA case and the upcoming Interpol General Assembly vote, and noted Brazil,s con [...]
2007-10-31 10:05:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PGOV PREL IR BR
07BRASILIA2079COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV MILLS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John M. Wills, Los Alamos National Laboratory, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) to attend the International Workshop on Full [...]
2007-11-01 13:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA208BRAZILIAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JAN. 29-FEB. 5, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary. The new Congress took office and each house elected a leader from the pro-government coalition, although the choice in the Chamber of Deputies widened a painful split in the government's base. President Lula da Silva must now find ways to repair the damage, and he may use mi [...]
2007-02-06 17:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
07BRASILIA2082 USG-GOB COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE: CONTINUING A STRONG FORWARD
[...] Summary: The reporting session of the third meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue, an hour-long event held October 10, 2007 in Brasilia, Brazil, was a positive and productive example of current USG-GOB bilateral cooperation. Visiting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez and [...]
2007-11-01 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EINV ENRG TSPL TBIO TPHY TRGY TNGD PGOV BR
07BRASILIA2084 BRAZIL: TRAINING BY USG EXPERTS BRINGS TO LIFE PROMISE OF
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Seminars put on in mid-October by U.S. water resource management experts have served to implement recommendations developed by the bilateral water technical working group created under the C [...]
2007-11-01 19:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2087BRAZIL: CEO Forum recommendations report to USG and
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Brazilian and American CEOs participating in the CEO Forum reported their recommendations to President Lula's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Miguel Jorge, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and National Economic Council Direc [...]
2007-11-05 17:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2090BRAZIL: NEC Hubbard and DOC Gutierrez Roundtable with
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an October 11 roundtable with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and National Economic Council Director Hubbard on the margins of the CEO Forum and Commercial Dialogue, the governors of Bahia (Jacque Wagner),Rio Grande do Sul (Yeda Crusius),and Santa Catarina (Luis Henrique Silveir [...]
2007-11-06 09:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2091DRAFT 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Following is a draft of Part I of the Brazil chapter of the 2007 INCSR. As requested in reftel B, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. Brazil is a major transit country for illicit drugs shipped to Euro [...]
2007-11-06 09:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2120BRAZIL: ICAO DEMARCHE ON MONTREAL CONVENTION AMENDMENT
[...] (SBU) Econoff and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Monday, November 5 to Alexandre de Lima in the Division of Services, Investments and Financial Affairs (DSF) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),as a follow-up on the demarche points sent to him on October 30. De Lima, who will [...]
2007-11-09 09:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON MARR PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA2124BRAZIL CIVAIR: ANAC PRESIDENT RESIGNS; THREE DIRECTORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's civil aviation agency (ANAC)'s Director-President Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi formally submitted his resignation to President Lula the afternoon of October 31. The same day, the "Diario Oficial da Uniao," the GOB's Federal Register equivalent, announced the confi [...]
2007-11-09 14:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON MARR EIND PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
07BRASILIA2131 BRAZIL: COMMANDER OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During his visit to Brazil October 1-5, LTG Robert Van Antwerp, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),and his delegation met on October 3 with civilian Brazilian counterpart [...]
2007-11-10 18:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA ECON EINV BR
07BRASILIA2132IRAN-RUSSIA-VENEZUELA TRIANGLE THREATENS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Iran, Russia, and Venezuela are involved in an open and growing collaboration with a common purpose to make more arms available to radical populist governments and spread anti-American ideology in the region, according to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and National [...]
2007-11-13 14:41:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL MASS BR VE XR RS IR
07BRASILIA2140 BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SOBEL DISCUSSES UPCOMING ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Sobel and Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs (MRE) Under Secretary Roberto Azevedo met on November 9 at the MRE to discuss the upcoming State-MRE Economic Dialogue scheduled for December. During the meeting, Azevedo said the only deliverable he expected from the [...]
2007-11-14 15:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA BR
07BRASILIA2147KEY SENATOR SAYS CLIMATE IS RIGHT FOR BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Aloizio Mercadante, chairman of the Senate Economic Affairs Committee, told Ambassador Sobel on October 18 that the bilateral relationship is at a very favorable point and the bilateral agenda must be resumed without delay so as to expand economic relations. He predicted the [...]
2007-11-16 12:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA2151FORMER PRESIDENT URGES USG TO COUNTER CHAVEZ
[...] (C) Summary. Former President and sitting senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) urges the USG to do more to counter Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasingly destabilizing actions in the region. Sarney said Chavez threatens to c [...]
2007-11-19 15:49:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS MASS MCAP BR GY VE IR RS
07BRASILIA2158MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING IN BRASILIA -- NOVEMBER 2007
[...] SUMMARY: On November 19, 2007, under the chairmanship of the Government of Spain, the Mini-Dublin Group convened at the Spanish Embassy to discuss counter narcotics assistance and cooperation between member countries and the Government of Brazil (GoB). This was the first time the group had g [...]
2007-11-21 14:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2159BRAZIL: CUBAN BOXERS SAGA LIKELY TO END WITH A
[...] Summary: (C) Federal Deputies will probably unceremoniously drop their investigation into the departure of two Cuban boxers who apparently tried to defect at the Pan Am Games but later were repatriated to Cuba. Unable to gain traction on the issue outside of Congress, and stymied by the Cuban [...]
2007-11-21 17:49:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BR CU
07BRASILIA2160SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 27-28 VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]
2007-11-21 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2161SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 26-30 1 VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]
2007-11-21 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2162SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 1 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]
2007-11-21 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2171BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel request, and pursuant to request for extension to Oct. 19 response date, Post submits the following information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels in Brazil, including research and reports available, [...]
2007-11-23 10:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON PGOV OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2174 BRAZIL: HEAD OF FTA UNIT DISCUSSES CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with Evandro Didonet, Director of the Department of International Negotiations at Itamaraty, Didonet reviewed the status of ongoing Mercosul FTA negotiations, including Israel, GCC, India, EU and the preferential agreement with SACU. Brazil does not negotiate F [...]
2007-11-23 14:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA2176BRAZIL: ACTING MINES AND ENERGY MINISTER HUBNER
[...] (U) In a meeting with EconCouns, Acting Minister of Mines and Energy Jose Hubner Moreira described his agency's role in energy supply contracting, discussed mining concession processes, and touched on the challenges of environmental legislation and working with the states at the federal level. [...]
2007-11-23 19:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ENIV BR
07BRASILIA2177BRAZIL: CNI INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PRIORITIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Director and the Manager of the Economic Policy Unit at CNI explained the industry association's structure and priorities in a meeting with EconCouns. CNI is Brazil's manufacturing lobbying and export promotion association of state-level associations and also serves [...]
2007-11-23 19:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV EFIN BR
07BRASILIA2184SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 102
[...] The following is the one hundred second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]
2007-11-27 11:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2185BRAZIL READY TO CONSTRUCTIVELY DISCUSS SUPPLY ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) On November 7, 2007, per REFTEL ESTHOff met with the Deputy Head of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),Luis Galvao, to discuss Brazilian views on supply assurances leading up to the visit to Brazil by IAEA Director General, ElBa [...]
2007-11-27 11:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
07BRASILIA2188BRAZIL: ILLICIT CASH COURIERS
[...] On November 19, 2007 Econoff met with an advisor to the Council for Financial Activities Control (COAF) in Brasilia. COAF has actively worked with Customs to discourage illegal transportation of funds domestically and internationally. Brazilian regulations allow up to Reais $10,000 (approx [...]
2007-11-27 11:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEEB INL ECON KTFN PTER EETC PREL BR
07BRASILIA2193Brazil: Draft National Trade Estimate
[...] (U) Per reftel, set forth in paragraph 2 below is the text of post's draft of the National Trade Estimate. Post notes a new industrial policy is expected to be announced before the holidays, which may affect the subsidiaries and investment sections. 2. (SBU) Begin Text. TRADE SUMMARY [...]
2007-11-27 17:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EFIN ECON BR
07BRASILIA2206BRAZIL:INVESTMENT AND SERVICES DIRECTOR COSTA
[...] (U) Ronaldo Costa Filho, division head for Services and Investment, discussed bilateral and intra-Mercosul investment negotiations, as well as WTO services negotiations in a recent meeting with EconCouns. CAMEX (External Trade Chamber) has recently approved a new BIT parameters proposal intende [...]
2007-11-30 10:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON EFIN PREL BR
07BRASILIA2215BRAZIL:DEPUTY PALOCCI ECONOMICS MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 20 with Antonio Palocci, an influential pro-business Federal Deputy (PT, Workers Party, from Sao Paulo) and former Finance Minister. Deputy Palocci was enthusiastic about a possible US-Brazil regional infrastructure initiative and suggested specific p [...]
2007-12-03 16:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL BR
07BRASILIA2227Brazil Views National Intelligence Report as Positive and
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 4, 2007, per REFTEL POLCouns and ESTHOff met with the Head of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to discuss the recent release of the USG National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) regarding Ir [...]
2007-12-05 09:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP NPT TREL BR
07BRASILIA2233 SENATE PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN -- FINALLY
[...] (SBU) Senator Renan Calheiros (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, government coalition; of Alagoas) resigned as Senate President on December 4 after facing months of mounting accusations of ethics violations. His resignation was an apparent quid pro quo with his fellow Senators in exc [...]
2007-12-05 20:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
07BRASILIA2234BRAZIL:ITAMARATY TRADE A/S - ECONOMIC DIALOGUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Carlos Marcio Cozendey, director of the MRE Economic Department (A/S equivalent) has the lead on the Economic Dialogue and provided feedback on the December 13 agenda in a recent meeting with EconCouns. (See ref B for expanded Brazilian feedback on details of the dialogue). Cozende [...]
2007-12-06 12:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA2236BRAZIL: INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL
[...] (U) Post sends this cable in response to information requested in reftel. 2. (U) Total 2006 industrial production in Brazil was approximately USD 284 billion. Through June, 2007 (latest available figures),total industrial production increased 6.7% over the same period in 2006. 3. [...]
2007-12-06 15:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTEX BR
07BRASILIA2241BRAZIL: GOB REQUESTS RENEWAL OF 1997 ENERGY COOPERATION
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 7, 2007, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Division for Non-Renewable Energy Resources (DREN) contacted the Embassy to request that the USG and the Government of Brazil (G [...]
2007-12-07 21:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2242SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE VISIT OF WHA A/S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit for the economic dialogue will expand and develop economic cooperation themes discussed during the Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben SIPDIS Jeffery's August visit (REFTELS A, B, C). We hope to use the dialogue to focus on areas wh [...]
2007-12-07 21:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL SENV BR
07BRASILIA2243BRAZIL: INTEGRATION A/S CARDOSO ON MERCOSUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MRE A/S for Integration Afonso Cardoso stressed the political importance of Mercosul for Brazil as a unifying force for economic development in a recent meeting with EconCouns. Cardoso underlined his views on Mercosul's strengths, highlighted recent integration decisions he felt [...]
2007-12-07 21:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
07BRASILIA2244NAS BRAZIL ACTIVITY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thanks to ongoing NAS support, the Brazilian Federal Police (DPF),with operational assistance from DEA Brazil, culminated operation "Fenix" an investigation that made significant progress toward dismantling a major drug trafficking organization run by Luis Fernando da Costa, a [...]
2007-12-10 13:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2258 Court Rulings Limit Party Switching by Elected Officials
[...] Summary. Recent federal court rulings have placed strict limits on party switching that are expected to strengthen large parties and could weaken traditional spoils politics. The rulings are a victory for large parties and a loss for smaller, non-ideological parties in the government coaliti [...]
2007-12-11 15:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KCOR BR
07BRASILIA226APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "LONG TERM IMPACT
[...] On January 15, 2007, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 003, dated January 15, 2007) approving the research project proposal entitled "Long Term Impact and Intervention for Diarrhea in [...]
2007-02-09 15:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA2262BRAZIL: UNWILLING TO ENDORSE ARGENTINE CLAIMS ON
[...] (S) Summary: With its abstention on the vote to confirm issuance of international capture notices for five Iranian nationals and one Lebanese suspected of involvement in the 1994 terrorist attack in Buenos Aires at the Interpol General Assembly session on November 7 the Government of Brazil has [...]
2007-12-12 14:06:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL BR AR
07BRASILIA2263UNCTAD SEEKS MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH BIOFUELS: CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. UNCTAD, together with the Government of Brazil (GoB),held a conference on biofuels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 4-5 as a pre-event to the twelfth session of the United Nations [...]
2007-12-12 14:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY UN UNCTAD KGHG ECON SENV ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2269BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN COOPERATION WITH EPA ON MERCURY, BUT
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last six months, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) has repeatedly expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the field of [...]
2007-12-13 10:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TNGD KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2309BRAZIL CIVAIR: POSSIBLE INCREASED FREQUENCIES, ROUTES FOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Sobel spoke again on December 19 with recently confirmed new National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) Director-President Solange Vieira, who will now be responsible for air services negotiations with the United States. The Ambassador also met separately on the same day with Mini [...]
2007-12-20 09:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EIND PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
07BRASILIA2321SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 104
[...] The following is the one-hundred-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]
2007-12-26 14:11:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2326BRAZIL: FTC CHAIRMAN MEETINGS IN BRASILIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Majoras met in Brasilia with Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Administrative Council for Consumer Defense (CADE) officials. Majoras discussed deepening the cooperation between the FTC and the MoJ on consumer protecti [...]
2007-12-27 14:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN BR
07BRASILIA2335BRAZIL: IAEA DG ELBARADEI ADDRESES LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6-7, 2007, Rio based think-tank CEBRI (Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais - Brazilian Center for International Relations) hosted an international seminar geared toward promotion of the use of nuclear energy and to enhancing the nuclear energy dialogue betwee [...]
2007-12-28 19:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
07BRASILIA239BRAZIL GLOBE ACCORD CLEARANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. (U) On February 5, 2007, SCI officer spoke with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) and Brazil's future GLOBE country coordinator. Trajber said that MEC would prefer to hol [...]
2007-02-12 16:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA240BRAZIL GLOBE ACCORD CLEARANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. (U) On February 5, 2007, SCI officer spoke with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) and Brazil's future GLOBE country coordinator. Trajber said that MEC would prefer to hol [...]
2007-02-12 16:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA249 BRAZIL: Copyright Scenesetter: Piracy Enforcement Efforts
[...] Post sends this telegram in advance of A/USTR Espinel's visit to Brazil the week of February 26. Our Special 301 reporting cable, which (inter alia) will include industry views and a look at the patent/trademark situation, will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Summary: The December "Report on Acti [...]
2007-02-13 13:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA260HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Country clearance is requested for Suzanne Westman, Epidemiologist, GAP-Brazil, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC, to travel to New Delhi, India, from March 2, 2007 to March 9 to participate in the Regional WHO Training Workshop on Avian Influenza Preparedness and Response and from March 11th - May 20th on tem [...]
2007-02-14 16:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA265 SUSPENSION OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 19:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA SENV BR
07BRASILIA266Request for training, PE 142 Resource Economics
[...] This cable is in response to reftel from January 18, 2007. The Regional Environmental Affairs Officer (Hub) for South America is requesting inclusion in PE 142, Resource Economics, to take place in Washington, DC and Denver, Colorado from July 9-13. 2. As South American Hub officer, this [...]
2007-02-14 19:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI ECON BR
07BRASILIA271BRAZILIAN DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO CUBA SEEKING CLOSER
[...] The Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology announced February 12, that a delegation lead by Erney Camargo, President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq),would travel to Cuba February 19-21, hoping to identify new opportunities for S&T cooperation. [...]
2007-02-15 11:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY TRGY BR
07BRASILIA273 SUSPENSION OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 14:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA SENV BR
07BRASILIA277BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 30 DINNER WITH
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador hosted a dinner for Brazilian Minister for Institutional Security, General Armando Felix on January 30. Felix was accompanied by his newly appointed deputy, Major General Ruben Peixoto Alexandre. Political Counselor and Regional Affairs Officer were in attendance. The [...]
2007-02-15 16:40:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL BR
07BRASILIA282BRAZIL TO PAY MORE FOR BOLIVIAN GAS
[...] (SBU) An agreement reached February 15 between Brazil and Bolivia created a formula that could oblige the parastatal Brazilian energy company, Petrobras, to pay up to four percent more each year for the Bolivian natural gas that primarily supplies the state of Sao Paulo. The increase--althoug [...]
2007-02-16 15:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON BR BL
07BRASILIA288TEDS VISIT BY REO SUCCESSFUL
[...] On February 14-15 the Regional Environmental Officer (Hub) for South America traveled to Belem at the start of the shrimping season to work with the GOB inspectors as they conducted their annual pre-season TEDs verification check. During the last Turtle Excluder Device (TEDs) verification vis [...]
2007-02-16 18:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD XR BR
07BRASILIA289 BRAZIL: USDOT/FHWA/AASHTO AND MINISTRY OF
[...] (U) Summary: On February 13, EconOff attended a digital videoconference (DVC) between representatives of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)'s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO),and their Brazilian co [...]
2007-02-16 18:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ECON BEXP OTRA BR
07BRASILIA290 AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]
2007-02-16 18:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA294 BRAZIL: Special 301 Recommendation
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: In 2006, Brazil continued to make significant progress in improving protection of copyrights and intellectual property. The potential for compulsory licensing - a key area of [...]
2007-02-16 19:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA297 AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]
2007-02-18 18:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA298 Brazil: US Mission's 4th Quarter 2006 Corporate Social
[...] Summary. (U) Since October 2006, when Ambassador launched the US Embassy's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative, USAID, FCS, Embassy and Consulate Sao Paulo have worked exhaustively with our 31 corporate partners (firms such as Microsoft, GE, IBM, and GM) to follow-up on this issue [...]
2007-02-18 18:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA313VENEZUELA'S GROWING MILITARY PROWESS AND CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel gave a dinner on February 13 for veteran political figures that drew out opinions on political reform, relations with the U.S., party behavior, and grave concerns about a perceived growing menace from Venezuela. Guests included a former president; the presid [...]
2007-02-23 14:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL BR XM SCUL
07BRASILIA315 ETHANOL IN THE RAINFOREST: GLOBAL COMMODITIES AND HIGHWAY
[...] Summary: USAID Mission officers and the Regional Environmental Affairs Officer visited the Southwest Amazon February 4-10, 2007 (en route to the Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative meeting in Yucay, Peru) on a 550- kilometer road trip connecting Rio Branco, capital of the state of Acre, with [...]
2007-02-23 14:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ENRG EAID TBIO SNAR ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA316 ETHANOL IN THE RAINFOREST: GLOBAL COMMODITIES AND HIGHWAY
[...] Summary: USAID Mission officers and the Regional Environmental Affairs Officer visited the Southwest Amazon February 4-10, 2007 (en route to the Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative meeting in Yucay, Peru) on a 550- kilometer road trip connecting Rio Branco, capital of the state of Acre, with [...]
2007-02-23 14:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ENRG EAID TBIO SNAR ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA319 BRAZIL: WTO Taft Goods Demarche Response
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel points in to Peter Fox, GOB Deputy Director of Division of Market Access at the MFA. Fox, who will leave for the Geneva talks on 24 February, said that he had read in full the USG position on the issue and, after discussions both internally and externally with pri [...]
2007-02-23 18:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA32BRAZIL'S NEW SMALL BUSINESS LAW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Lula signed legislation on December 14, 2006 that expanded the scope and coverage of previous efforts to simplify the taxation system as applied to small and medium enterprises (SME) in Brazil. When it comes into full effect in July 2007, the new law, known as "Supersim [...]
2007-01-08 14:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EFIN SOCI BR
07BRASILIA351BRASILIA REQUESTS COPIES OF AGREEMENTS SIGNED AT
[...] This is an action message. See point 3. 2. Reftel notes that at the July 21, 2006, U.S. - Brazil S&T Commission meeting held in Washington, the United States and Brazil signed renewals of the Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation on Environmental Scientific Research in the Large Scale [...]
2007-02-27 19:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA BR
07BRASILIA362UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met in Brasilia with six state governors, representing some of the largest and most significant states by population and GDP, on February 8 to discuss areas of potential cooperation. The governors described specific areas where they would welcome technical [...]
2007-03-01 14:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO ENRG PREL BR
07BRASILIA366Brazil: Under Secretary Burns Meets with Minister of
[...] (SBU) Summary. During Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns' February 7-8, 2007 visit to Brasilia, he met with Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce Luiz Fernando Furlan and his management team. The friendly, wide-ranging conversation touched upon issues s [...]
2007-03-01 16:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG KIPR EAGR SENV BR
07BRASILIA367COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WEATHERS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Andrew Weathers, Program Analyst, COCH, OD, HHS/Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from March 18-23, 2007, to work with the Field Epidemiology Training Program staff to identity administrative and logistical priorities i [...]
2007-03-01 19:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA368COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS OFFICIAL TIESZEN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Larry Tieszen, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),Physical Scientist to travel to Brasilia (DF),Brazil (03/18-03/25/2007). PURPOSE OF TRAVEL: To participate in a meeting for South American mapping agencies organized by the Andean Development Corpo [...]
2007-03-01 19:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA370BRAZIL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, P Special Assistant Heide Bronke, Ambassador Sobel and PolCouns Dennis Hearne met on 7 February with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim for a broad discussion of bilateral and regional iss [...]
2007-03-01 19:48:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA371BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns met on 7 February with Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's Chief of Staff for Policy and, effectively, his senior cabinet official. The discussion focused on rapidly moving progress in the development of U.S.-Brazil cooperation in biofuels, and established the political c [...]
2007-03-01 19:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA373US-BRAZIL S&T MINISTERIAL COMMISSION JOINT STATEMENT
[...] On February 27, 2007, U.S. Ambassador Clifford Sobel and Brazil's Deputy Science and Technology Minister, Luis Fernandes, signed the joint statement resulting from the July 21, 2006, U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission Meeting on S&T Cooperation. The ceremony, held in Brazil's Foreign Ministry, was w [...]
2007-03-02 16:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV TBIO TPHY EAGR ECON TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA376 Brazil: Silicon Metal Statistics
[...] (U) Note: Since there is no central repository in Brazil for retention of data on this industry, Post has not been able to obtain information in all categories requested for the period covering January 1999 - September 2002. In several other categories requested in reftel, information was co [...]
2007-03-02 17:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA382COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB
[...] James Story, South America Regional Environmental Officer based in Brasilia, requests country clearance to visit Lima from March 15-17, Cartagena March 17-21, and Bogota March 21-24. Purpose of trip to Lima is to discuss an environmental enforcement training proposal with embassy staff; trip [...]
2007-03-05 16:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV CO PE BR
07BRASILIA394COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL CROWLEY FROM APRIL 19
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Crowley, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Sao Paulo (SP) April 19-28, 2007 and Maraba (PA),Brazil, April 28 to May 4, 2007 (in transit at Brasilia and Sao Paulo airports). Purpose of travel: Dr. Crowley and scien [...]
2007-03-06 18:11:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA396 AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENIOR BRAZILIAN POLICYMAKERS PRIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 27, the Ambassador met (separately) with three influential GOB policymakers: Minister of Justice Marcio Thomaz Bastos, MFA U/S for Political Affairs Everton Vieira Vargas, and Lula Private Secretary Gilberto Carvalho. The wide-ranging discussion touched upon a numb [...]
2007-03-06 18:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PTER OVIP SENV PGOV EAGR BR
07BRASILIA401 BRAZIL TO INTRODUCE NEW BIOPIRACY LEGISLATION
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Brazil (GOB) is preparing new legislation to address biopiracy in Brazil, which the GOB believes fuels a USD 100 million a year market for chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries worldwide. The new legislation will feature electronic registration for re [...]
2007-03-07 13:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO KSCA BAIO BR
07BRASILIA419 TWO USGS MOUS WITH BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES APPROVED BY
[...] Reftel authorizes Post to seek Government of Brazil (GOB) authorization to sign two previously negotiated Memorandum of Understanding, between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Geoscience Institute of the University of Brasilia and USGS and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte [...]
2007-03-09 19:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA KTIA NASA SENV BR
07BRASILIA420STAS TEAM VISIT - U.S.-BRAZIL BIOINFORMATICS CONFERENCE AND
[...] SUMMARY: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson led a team of scientists and engineers to Rio, Sao Paulo, Campinas and Petropolis, Brazil, November 10-17, 2006, to co-host a regional Global Dialogue on Emerging Science & Technology (GDEST) Conference [...]
2007-03-09 19:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA SENV TNGD BR
07BRASILIA430BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]
2007-03-13 11:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA431BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]
2007-03-13 12:34:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA433U.S.-BRAZIL SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON BIOFUELS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 16:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY SENV KSCA TPHY TBIO US BR
07BRASILIA452BRAZIL: LULA'S MEETING WITH GOVERNORS PRODUCES LITTLE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula held a meeting with the governors of Brazil's 26 states and the federal district on March 6, in part to lay the foundation for cooperation with the governors on some of the sensitive fiscal federalism issues that, in an ideal world, Lula would address over the cou [...]
2007-03-16 13:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA453HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Country clearance is requested for Aristites Barbosa Junior, Epidemiologist, GAP-Brazil, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC, to travel to Luanda, Angola from April 28-2007 to May 4-2007. 2. The purpose of this trip to Luanda: accompany on several visits to government and NGO principals in order to improve co [...]
2007-03-16 15:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA459 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
[...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, Charge and Acting DCM presented to the head of the Brazil Foreign Ministry's NAMA office (Carlos Henrique Abreu e Silva) reftel demarche points. Abreu e Silva noted that he was already aware of the issue - probably because the EU had previously presented him with [...]
2007-03-16 19:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA482 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIALS ZEPP AND
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Richard Zepp, Senior Research Scientist and Marirosa Molina, Research Scientist, Office of Research and Development, to Brasilia (DF) April 13-20, and Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, April 20-23, 2007, to attend the Large-Scale Biosphe [...]
2007-03-21 18:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA485PRO-GOVERNMENT LEGISLATORS BLOCK AIR TRAFFIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a dramatic marathon session of the Chamber of Deputies' Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship Committee (CCJ),pro-government legislators on March 20 broke the backbone of a minority attempt to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) into the Air Traffic Crisis. [...]
2007-03-22 15:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAIR BR
07BRASILIA487 BRAZIL: Hot Rolled Paper Dumping Case
[...] Post received a letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the Embassy that it has accepted an anti-dumping petition on exports to Brazil of hot rolled base paper for siliconization originating from the U.S. Original will be [...]
2007-03-22 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA50 Brazil Supports UNEP Voluntary Mercury Partnerships
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 15:11:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EMIN ETRD PREL SENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA501THREE NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN; CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] Three new cabinet ministers were sworn in on March 23, nearly completing the long-awaited cabinet shuffle of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's second term (reftel). Lula has also selected Miguel Jorge, a banker, to be the new Minister of Development, Industry and Trade. He could be sworn [...]
2007-03-26 12:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BR
07BRASILIA502THREE NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN; CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] Three new cabinet ministers were sworn in on March 23, nearly completing the long-awaited cabinet shuffle of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's second term (reftel). Lula has also selected Miguel Jorge, a banker, to be the new Minister of Development, Industry and Trade. He could be sworn [...]
2007-03-26 12:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BR
07BRASILIA503THREE NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN; CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] Three new cabinet ministers were sworn in on March 23, nearly completing the long-awaited cabinet shuffle of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's second term (reftel). Lula has also selected Miguel Jorge, a banker, to be the new Minister of Development, Industry and Trade. He could be sworn [...]
2007-03-26 12:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BR
07BRASILIA510SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 91
[...] The following is the ninety-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]
2007-03-26 19:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA512BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, MARCH 2007
[...] The Government of Mexico is sending representatives to Brazil on March 28, 2007, to propose a partnership on ethanol. According to media reports, Mexico will offer the Brazilian ethanol producers fiscal incentives to attract companies to Mexico. The added benefit, of course, would be the nea [...]
2007-03-27 11:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA52 BRAZIL REQUESTS SPECIFICS ON SUSPENSION OF ISS
[...] (SBU) Summary: SCI Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 9, to Counselor Maria Teresa Pessoa, Chief of the Division of Oceans, Antarctic and Space, Brazil Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty). Counselor Pessoa was expecting the visit and aware of the USG desire to either suspend or terminate the [...]
2007-01-10 18:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA SENV KSCA KTIA TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA524 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL YEOW
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Aaron Yeow, Environmental Health Scientist, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, and Executive Secretary and OSRTI Liaison for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Technical Review Workgroup (TRW) for Metal and Asbes [...]
2007-03-27 18:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA53 Brazil and Russia Sign Space Cooperation MOU
[...] (SBU) One of the agreements signed by Brazil with Russia during the December 14-15, 2006, visit of Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov to Brasilia was an MOU for Cooperation in Space. According to the newspaper Jornal do Brasil, the principal beneficiary of the agreement will be Brazil's rocket l [...]
2007-01-10 19:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TBIO TPHY TRGY BR
07BRASILIA544BRAZIL: PETROBRAS AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Drawing on ref A, the Ambassador raised USG concerns over potential Petrobras investments in oil and gas exploration in Iranian waters on the Caspian Sea with Energy Minister Silas Rondeau, Petrobras Southern Cone Manager Deccio Oddone and Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Polit [...]
2007-03-28 11:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETTC EPET EINV BR IR
07BRASILIA545COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Director, Prevention Research Centers, NCCDPHP, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 9-19, 2007, to provide technical assistance to develop a long-term plan for training, scien [...]
2007-03-28 11:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA555FIVE NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN; CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (U) With the March 29 swearing-in of four new ministers and the reassignment of one, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seems to have completed the overhaul of the cabinet that is to serve him in his second term. Lula created a new cabinet post for the new government spokesman and director [...]
2007-03-30 14:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
07BRASILIA556REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE SERVICES REVIEW OF TWO USGS MOUS WITH
[...] The two USGS Memorandum of Understanding have been professionally translated into Portuguese. They are being transmitted via email, both the English and Portuguese versions, to Leslie Blancas, OES/STC. 2. Post requests that Language Services review the Portuguese translation to ensure that [...]
2007-03-30 16:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA KTIA NASA SENV BR
07BRASILIA559COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL NICHOLS PLUS 2
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Nichols, Senior Scientist, Byron Williams, Senior Science Advisor, and James Hines, Computer Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Cuiaba (Mato Grosso),Brazil, April 28 to May 12, 2007. Purpose of travel: [...]
2007-03-30 16:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA564BRAZIL: POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) President Lula has apparently wound up his cabinet shuffle after four rounds of swearing-ins, on March 12, 16, 23 and 29 (refs a, b and c). The new cabinet aims to satisfy all parties in his coalition, although the Brazilian Socialist Party was left with, in its view, inadequate repre [...]
2007-03-30 18:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAIR BR
07BRASILIA572BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SEEKS IN-COUNTRY FAA PRESENCE TO FURTHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy enthusiastically endorses the concept of posting an FAA attache in Brazil to provide for a regional FAA presence in South America. Bilaterally, such a presence would allow FAA and Mission Brazil to work together to assist the Brazilians in dealing with their air traffi [...]
2007-04-02 15:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA580SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 92
[...] The following is the ninety-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]
2007-04-03 15:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA591BRAZIL'S MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT PRESENTS CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] Brazil's Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, presented on February 27, 2007, the expected consequences of the impacts of global warming on the biodiversity of Brazil for the next 100 years (from 2010 to 2100). The results came from a total of eight studies that were requested by the Minist [...]
2007-04-04 19:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA592COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICER CHILLER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED, OD, CDC, HHS, Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-27, 2007, and to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final analysis of the Candidemia surveillance stud [...]
2007-04-04 19:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA598OPPOSITION DEPUTY BLAMES LULA FOR AIR TRAFFIC
[...] (C) Summary. Federal Deputy Antonio Carlos Magalhaes Neto ("ACM Neto"),of the Democrats party ("DEM," formerly called the Liberal Front Party, PFL),of Bahia believes President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defused a ticking bomb in the military this week by reversing his decision not to punish [...]
2007-04-05 18:59:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAIR BR
07BRASILIA60BRAZIL: FISCAL PACKAGE CLAIMS FIRST BUREAUCRATIC VICTIM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The fiscal battle over President Lula's planned package of economic measures -- which the GoB is now referring to prosaically as a "package to accelerate growth" (PTAG) -- has claimed its first bureaucratic victim. Finance Ministry Treasury Secretary Carlos Kawall (under-secreta [...]
2007-01-11 14:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA600BRAZIL: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE, MAY BE PROSECUTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 30, between 120 and 200 air traffic controllers (ATCers) initiated the strike that they had been obliquely threatening for months, marking another tense chapter in Brazil's civil aviation history. Due to the military's control of the ATC system, this action was consid [...]
2007-04-05 19:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA607BILATERAL ENGAGEMENT RESULTS IN IMPROVED PUBLIC REACTION TO
[...] (U) Summary. A number of high level visits by USG officials to Brazil, culminating in two Presidential visits have given us an unprecedented opportunity to get our views into the media. As a result, a more positive tone has started to emerge in the media and public opinion, with residual ske [...]
2007-04-05 19:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA617FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Internationally, in recent years there has been an emphasis on directing foreign assistance to lower-income developing countries where the levels of poverty are generally more acute. However, this approach may result in insufficient support to the development and poverty eradic [...]
2007-04-09 21:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL BR
07BRASILIA64FRANCE MAKES BRAZIL NUMBER ONE IN LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) French Ambassador to Brazil Antoine Pouillieute met with Ambassador Sobel on January 9, 2007 for a surprisingly frank and substantive conversation. Key themes from the meeting are reported below. BRAZIL -- THE NEW FRENCH PRIORITY 2. (C) Pouillieute noted that his government has a co [...]
2007-01-12 17:07:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA661BRAZIL: SUBCABINET LEVEL ECONOMIC TEAM CHANGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the make-up of President Lula's second-term cabinet now finally finalized (ref B),attention has shifted to some of the second tier positions in government. The Central Bank announced on April 11 that it was asking Lula to nominate Mario Gomes Toros, a former Vice Presiden [...]
2007-04-13 16:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA671 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIAL BRIDGES
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Nathan Bridges, National and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Carajas (PA),Brazil, to conduct fieldwork at the Carajas mine in support of the remote spectral characterization of terrestrial life formi [...]
2007-04-16 13:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA680 BRAZIL: MOJ OFFICIALS SUPPORT NEW PRIVATE INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) Newly appointed Minister of Justice Tarso Genro joined Vice Minister of Justice Luiz Paulo Barreto in expressing support to representatives of the Motion Picture Association (MPA),the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Rio De Janeiro based Association o [...]
2007-04-17 18:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA694 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE A/S KARSNER DELEGATION
[...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander "Andy" Karsner, and his delegation, to Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil, April 22-25, 2007. Members of the Assistant Secretary's delegation include Courtney Gillespie, Michael Mills [...]
2007-04-19 12:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA697COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANERY
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, COCH/NCIRD/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-30, 2007, to meet with current CDC secondee to PAHO in Brasilia for measles and immunizations activities [...]
2007-04-19 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA698COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHILLER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007, and Brasilia (DF) April 23-27, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final an [...]
2007-04-19 18:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA71BRAZIL HOSTS THE I SOUTH AMERICAN FISHERS FORUM ON SOLVING
[...] On December 12-14, an OES-sponsored workshop with the slogan "Catch Fish Not Birds" brought together 50 experts from across the world to take a look at the potential to reduce seabird bycatch throughout the South American long-line fishery via the adoption of mitigation measures in South Americ [...]
2007-01-12 18:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA745COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL NESLUND
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms.. Verla Neslund, Special Project Advisor, OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 1-5, 2007, to participate in WHO meeting as CDC foundation representative to ensure greater understanding of the [...]
2007-04-26 19:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA751BANCO DEL SUR BECOMES A BRAZILIAN "PEEVE"
[...] (C) Summary: The abrasive and high-handed manner in which Venezuelan President Chavez has sought to advance his "Banco del Sur" project has pushed Brazil to the point of seriously considering not joining the Venezuelan's latest flight of fancy. The Brazilians, according to both the IMF resrep [...]
2007-04-27 17:16:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN PGOV PREL BR XM
07BRASILIA752BRAZIL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) Per reftel, Mission officers have received additional and sometimes conflicting information in recent days on the events surrounding the closing of the Iranian Defense Industries (DIO) stand at the Latin American Air and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio on 16-17 April, following the realization [...]
2007-04-27 18:41:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA755 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS DELEGATION VISITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: From April 11-13, FIESP (the Sao Paulo State Industrial Federation) hosted visits to Sao Paulo and Brasilia by a National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) delegation led by Governor John Engler, the organization's president. The meetings, which came on the heels of USTR Susan [...]
2007-04-27 20:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA759BRAZIL: MANAUS MEETINGS, MEANDERINGS AND MUSINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Virtual Presence Post Officer, Econoff visited Manaus, State of Amazonas from April 16-19 for public outreach and economic-related meetings. While there, she visited the U.S. Consular Agent in Manaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Amazonas, and the bi-national center, Institu [...]
2007-04-30 15:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG KPAO OIIP CVIS PGOV SENV BR
07BRASILIA762COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SAMIRA ASMA
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Samira Asma, Associate Director, Global Tobacco Control Program, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo(transit),May 1; Brasilia, May 1-3; Rio de J [...]
2007-04-30 19:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA769 BRAZIL: SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) On April 30, EconOff presented demarche points in reftel to Joao Storti and Renato Pinheiro of the Ministry of External Relations' Intellectual Property Rights Division and to Andre Barcellos, Executive Secretary of the National Council Against Piracy (CNCP). 2. (SBU) The GOB offici [...]
2007-04-30 22:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR BR
07BRASILIA771MINISTER SILVA ANNOUNCES STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S
[...] Minister Marina Silva announced structural changes in the Ministry of Environment and at Brazil's Environmental Protection Agency (IBAMA) on April 25, 2007. Four new secretariats were created: Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat(SEMUC)to be headed by Thelma Krug; Water Resour [...]
2007-05-02 13:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA787 BRAZIL: MERCK REPORTS IMMINENT COMPULSORY LICENSING
[...] (SBU) Merck representatives have told EmbOffs that the GOB informed their company on May 3 that it would initiate a compulsory licensing order for Merck's HIV drug Stocrin (Efavirenz) as early as May 3 or the morning of May 4. According to Merck officials, the GOB communicated that any additio [...]
2007-05-03 21:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA790COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS GREGG, IMAI,
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Edward Gregg, Epidemiologist; Kumiko Imai Senior Service; and Yiling Cheng, Scientist, NCCDPHP/HHSCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 6-12, 2007, to participate in a meeting and workshop to discuss the [...]
2007-05-04 14:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA791 BRAZIL: U.S. WTO Proposal Demarche Response
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 14:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA792EARTH DAY PHOTO CONTEST ATTRACTS OVER 1,500 PICS FROM ALL
[...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy in Brasilia, through its Regional Environmental HUB Office and with indispensable support from the Public Affairs section, celebrated Earth Day 2007 through a countrywide photography contest entitled 'A Snapshot of Brazilian Nature.' With over 1,500 entries from throu [...]
2007-05-04 14:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KPAO OIIP BR
07BRASILIA793 BRAZIL: WTO ARTICLE XXI DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche points to Ronaldo Costa Filho, Chief of the Division of Services, Investments and Financial Issues at the Ministry of External Relations. Costa Filho did not know of any GOB interest in requesting compensatory adjustment at this point. Sobel [...]
2007-05-04 16:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTRO BR
07BRASILIA799THE ATLANTIC RAIN FOREST WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT
[...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian National Network to Fight the Trafficking of Wild Animals - RENCTAS, launched The Atlantic Rain Forest Wildlife Trafficking Assessment Report on May 2, 2007. The report indicated that the poaching and trafficking in wild animals such as monkeys and parrots is reaching [...]
2007-05-07 17:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV XM XS BR
07BRASILIA800SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTE SENSING CALLS FOR MORE LATIN AMERICA
[...] SUMMARY: The 13th Brazilian Symposium on Remote Sensing was held from April 23-26 attracting nearly 2,000 participants. While the focus of the event was on increasing regional cooperation on remote sensing technologies through transferring technology, sharing methodologies, and building up r [...]
2007-05-07 17:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO TSPA SOCI SENV KSCA EAID XM XS BR
07BRASILIA82MERCOSUL RIO DE JANEIRO SUMMIT: WHITHER MERCOSUL?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mercosul members are facing more than the usual number of institutional challenges as they prepare for the bloc's biannual summit, to take place January 18-19 in Rio de Janeiro. In an implied slap at Mercosul dispute resolution mechanisms, Argentina recently requested WTO consul [...]
2007-01-17 11:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL ECIN EFIN BR
07BRASILIA822FURTHER INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S
[...] This week new details are emerging about the massive reorganization at Brazil's Ministry of the Environment first announced April 25, 2007 (Ref). The four new secretariats created were Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat (SEMUC),Water Resources and Urban Environments (SRU),E [...]
2007-05-08 19:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA832 AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL AGENDA WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) On April 25, Ambassador met privately with Lula Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff in the wake of a prior meeting between visiting DOE A/S Andrew Karsner and Rousseff (reported septel). In this subsequent give-and-take session, the Ambassador raised a number of pending issues with Rousseff [...]
2007-05-09 19:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD OVIP EINV BR
07BRASILIA833BRAZIL: PETROBRAS AND GOB RESPOND TO BOLIVIAN OIL
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Government's decree prohibiting Brazil's Petrobras from exporting refined petroleum products (reftel) has drawn an incrementally more robust official response from the Brazilian Government than previous Bolivian actions prejudicial to Petrobras. Foreign Ministry (Itam [...]
2007-05-10 15:23:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA834BRAZIL EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS ABOUT SIGNING THE GLOBE MOU
[...] SUMMARY: After previously indicating that it was ready to participate in the NASA GLOBE program, a K-12 science program for the schools, the GoB has reversed itself stating that since the United States has not ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity, the GoB could not be sure that the [...]
2007-05-10 16:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA839COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 27 to June 10, 2007, to work with current CDC secondee for immunization to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) o [...]
2007-05-10 17:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA840COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WELLINGTON SUN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Wellington Sun, Dengue Branch, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 23-25, 2007, to attend as a Temporary Advisor at the Regulatory Forum on Clinical Evaluation of Dengue Vaccines, as part of the Sixth [...]
2007-05-10 17:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA841COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PARASHAR
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Umesh Parashar, Medical Epidemiologist, CCID, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 22-23, 2007, to participate and present at a WHO Meeting on Developing Countries Vaccine Regulators Netw [...]
2007-05-10 17:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA850BRAZIL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Per reftel B, on May 8 the senior human rights offfical in the Ministry of External Relations indicated to visiting Ambassador for Social Issues, Grover Joseph Rees, that Brazil will not support Belarus and would support Slovenia and the Czech Republic for he UNHRC. 2. (C) In light of [...]
2007-05-11 14:11:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BR
07BRASILIA854COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF U/S DOBRIANSKY
[...] The U.S. Mission in Brazil welcomes the May 16-17, 2007, visit of Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and delegation for the Common Agenda for The Environment and other meetings, and grants country clearance to the travelers. During your stay in Brasilia (DF),Bra [...]
2007-05-14 14:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA OVIP PGOV BR
07BRASILIA855 U.S. COMPANIES PRESS TRADE MINISTER ON COMPULSORY
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 9 meeting with newly-appointed Minister of Trade Miguel Jorge, representatives from the Brazil-U.S. Business Council outlined their thoughts regarding the direction of bilateral trade trends. Chief on their mind was the damage to Brazil's investment climate done by t [...]
2007-05-14 15:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EIND BR
07BRASILIA858COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Michael Pratt, Lead, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, May 15; to Brasilia, Brazil, May 15-18; to Curitiba, May 18-20; to Brasilia May 20-23; and, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, [...]
2007-05-14 17:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA872BRAZIL: PMDB PLAYED HARDBALL WITH AIR TRAFFIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) leadership used a threat of non-cooperation with the government in the Chamber of Deputies' just-created Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPI) on the Air Traffic Crisis to pressure the Lula administration for jobs in the second t [...]
2007-05-16 15:10:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV CASC BR
07BRASILIA874BRAZIL'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SILVA DISCUSSES MINISTRY
[...] SUMMARY. During a wide-ranging conversation with Ambassador Sobel and other Embassy staff on May 11, 2007, Brazil's Minister for the Environment, Marina Silva, discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Topics included Brazil's proposal regarding compensated deforestation, Ministry prio [...]
2007-05-16 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TRGY BR
07BRASILIA888COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS SCHMID AND
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Thomas Schmid, Senior Evaluation Specialist and Eduardo Simoes, Chief, PRC, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 20, 2007 and to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 20-24, 2007, and Sao Paulo on May 24, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]
2007-05-18 15:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA890COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS/FDA OFFICIALS TIERNAN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Rose Tiernan, Medical Officer and Robin Levis, Regulatory Coordinator, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 22-27, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]
2007-05-18 17:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA905DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S A/S KARSNER VISITS BRAZIL TO JUMP
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Assistant Secretary Karsner's April 23-25, 2007, visit, he was able to meet with a broad spectrum of policymakers representing state and federal government plus those from the private sector who make up Brazil's biofuel power elite. Beginning with meetings in Sao Paulo w [...]
2007-05-21 19:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR
07BRASILIA918 CVRD EXECUTIVES LAMENT INCREASING CHINESE INFLUENCE OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 18 office call on the Ambassador, CVRD executives expressed their concern about increasing Chinese influence over both natural resources and the distribution/transportation infrastructure needed to export these resources to distant markets. In the future, they war [...]
2007-05-23 10:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND EINV BR CH
07BRASILIA919 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTOR NOZIK
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Arthur J. Nozik, Sr Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Manaus, Brazil from August 19-25, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to present a speech on recent published results from NREL's research on multiple exciton generat [...]
2007-05-23 13:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG OTRA BR
07BRASILIA920COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH DR. KAMHAWI
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, Staff Scientist, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-9, 2007, to meet with Brazilian collaborator to continue Sand Fly Leishmania Program research related to malaria studies. [...]
2007-05-23 13:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA921"OPERATION NAVALHA": EMERGING POLITICAL SCANDAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. A large-scale Federal Police investigation has surfaced a major political corruption scandal involving bribes a construction firm allegedly paid to politicians to guarantee lucrative contracts. The scandal has reached the Cabinet and at least six ministries may be involved. S [...]
2007-05-23 13:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON BR
07BRASILIA934COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH/FIC DR. COSTERO-SAINT
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Adriana Costero-Saint Denis, Program Officer, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-15, 2007, to attend a two-week course, Biology of Disease Vector, at Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. 2. V [...]
2007-05-24 16:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA94BRAZIL'S APRIL 2007 GLOBE LAUNCH ON TRACK
[...] (U) On January 11, 2007, SCI officer met with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Trajber has been designated by the Government of Brazil (GOB) as GLOBE country coordinator. GLOBE is a USG sponsored interagency science and education [...]
2007-01-18 13:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA944 BRAZIL: Corruption, Public Apathy, Lack of Resources
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 10, Federal Police stationed in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco told EmbOff that public apathy, corruption among state officials, and limited resources have undercut their efforts to stem the flow of pirated goods in the region. Despite a directive from the state's [...]
2007-05-25 12:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA956BRAZIL - SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Brazil has a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB does not publicly criticize the Castro regime's human rights policies. During the last six months, President Lula and Cuban President Fidel Castro have sparred publicly over Brazil's ethanol policy. Castro echoed Venezuelan President C [...]
2007-05-25 19:43:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ECON ETRD BR CU
07BRASILIA958 BRAZIL: NEXT STEPS ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 24, in a joint "NAFTA" approach to the Ministry of External Relations, the Econ Counselors from the U.S. and Canadian Embassies, along with the Commercial Counselor from the Mexican Embassy, met with Evandro Didonet, the Ministry's recently-appointed Chief of its Intern [...]
2007-05-26 19:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA96SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 87
[...] The following is the eighty-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views ex [...]
2007-01-18 16:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA961 MEDIA ARTICLE SPECULATES ON WHY BRAZIL COULD NOT LIVE UP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian newspaper quotes George Washington University director, John Logsdon as saying because of delays and its inability to meet its obligations for the International Space Station (ISS),Brazil has lost its chance to be a space station partner. The article quotes the Brazili [...]
2007-05-29 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA SENV TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA984COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL HANDLEY
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Frank Gray Handley, Associate Director for International Research Affairs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-14, 2007, to participate in the first me [...]
2007-05-31 17:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA985 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/FE OFFICIAL MCKEE TO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Barbara McKee, Director, Office of Clean Energy Collaboration, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Brasilia, Brazil, June 26-30, 2007, to chair the International Energy Working Party on Fossil Fuels Executive Committee Meeting and speak a [...]
2007-05-31 17:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA990 FEAR OF CHINA CONSTRAINS BRAZIL'S STANCE ON THE DOHA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian industry leaders and GOB officials have repeatedly underlined that concern about the impact of Chinese imports on domestic manufacturers is a root cause behind their unwillingness to agree to the non-agricultural tariff cuts proposed by both the USG and the EU. Brazil [...]
2007-05-31 18:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTO BR
07BUENOSAIRES1127Managed Mercosur Auto Trade
[...] (U) Argentina's auto sector is roaring ahead, and 2007 is well on track to be the best in its history. The auto industry is a crucial pillar of the Argentine economy, bringing good jobs, technology transfer and innovation. Given the auto industry's importance and political sensitivity, the GO [...]
2007-06-07 20:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD AR BR VE
07BUENOSAIRES1685NEXT STEPS ON THREE PLUS ONE MECHANISM AND TBA
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In Ref B, Embassies Buenos Aires, Asuncion and Brasilia recommended expanding the Three Plus One mechanism (3 1) to encompass other illicit activities and sources of illicit financial flows, while continuing to give preeminence t [...]
2007-08-27 12:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA BR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1709ARGENTINE MINISTER OPEN TO BROADER 3 + 1 DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Ambassador asked Argentine Minister of the Interior (MOI) Anibal Fernandez August 27 about his views on dealing with terrorist threats and other serious problems in the Tri-border area (TBA). He asked the Ministe his views on the potential benefits of addressing a broader scope of issue [...]
2007-08-29 20:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KTFN AR BR PA
07BUENOSAIRES1833ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO THE TRIBORDER AREA
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 11, top Argentine intelligence officials and analysts briefed Ambassador on their perspective of the terrorist threat in the Tri-Border Area (TBA). They noted that Hizballah maintains a real structure in the region, including experienced agents. They detailed adv [...]
2007-09-13 16:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV SNAR AR PA BR
07BUENOSAIRES1972AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH UNHCR REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Cristian Koch-Castro, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for Southern Latin America, called on the Ambassador to discuss UNHCR's activities in Argentina and the region. Koch-Castro explained that UNHCR has made it a priority to strengthen the cap [...]
2007-10-03 13:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREF AR BR CI UY BL PE
07BUENOSAIRES2191REACTION IN ARGENTINA TO POSITIVE NOVEMBER 7
[...] (C) Summary: Argentine officials, Jewish organizations, and private citizens lauded the Interpol General Assembly's (GA) overwhelming vote for the issuance of international capture notices for five current and former Iranian government officials and one Lebanese Hizballah member wanted in con [...]
2007-11-08 20:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL AR IR BR
07BUENOSAIRES2317BANCO DEL SUR LAUNCHED IN BUENOS AIRES DECEMBER 9
[...] (C) As his last official act in office, President Nestor Kirchner hosted five other South American Presidents for the December 9 signing of the "Founding Act of the Bank of the South" (Banco del Sur). In their public remarks, the Presidents and President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner e [...]
2007-12-10 18:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL AR BL BR CO EC PA UY VE
07BUENOSAIRES285ARGENTINA TO REVIEW GLOBAL NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 17:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER KGIT KNNP PREL AR BR OM KS SN SF IAEA
07BUENOSAIRES767COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH
[...] (SBU) POST WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIAL ISSUES, WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ARGENTINA FROM APRIL 25-28, 2007. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES AND TO ASSESS U.S. SUPPORTED MULTILATERAL [...]
2007-04-20 13:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI UNICEF WHO OTRA PREL AR BR CI
07BUENOSAIRES808AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 24 LUNCH WITH BRAZILIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador met April 24 with Brazil's Ambassador to Argentina, Mauro Viera, to discuss the April 26-27 visit of President Lula to Argentina (after Lula's visit to Chile). Following are highlights of the discussion: 2. (C) Brazil-Argentine Relations: Friday morning, Lula will meet pr [...]
2007-04-25 18:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ENRG AR BR
07BUENOSAIRES864ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana briefed Ambassador Wayne on his recent trip to, and Argentine relations with, Mexico, as well as President Kirchner's meeting with Brazilian President Lula Ignacio da Silva. Taiana, who accompanied First Lady Cristina Kirchner to Mexico [...]
2007-05-03 11:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AR MX BR
07CARACAS2363LULA: TOUCH AND GO IN CARACAS TO DISCUSS TRADE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Lula Da Silva, accompanied by approximately 130 Brazilian business leaders paid a five-hour visit to Caracas on December 13, and met with President Chavez and other senior BRV officials. Nine agreements were signed in the areas of health, agriculture, energy, [...]
2007-12-18 15:59:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENRG EINV VE BR
07CHENNAI84US DUMPING DUTIES FORCE INDIAN SHRIMP EXPORTERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Elias Sait, Secretary General of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI),contends that the imposition of U.S. anti-dumping duties on Indian shrimp and subsequent U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bond requirements have reduced the number of seafood exporters to [...]
2007-02-01 10:58:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV EFIS EIND SENV IN CE BR EC
07LAPAZ2030EVO MORALES' WAR ON BIOFUELS
[...] (U) Recent food shortages, increased food prices, and rising inflation in Bolivia have prompted President Evo Morales to strike out verbally at biofuels. In recent weeks, President Morales' anti-biofuel statements have become heated, echoing those of his political allies Fidel Castro and Hug [...]
2007-07-24 23:14:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR ECON BL BR
07LAPAZ2494DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BOLIVIA TO VOTE YES ON MINUSTAH
[...] (SBU) On September 10, poloffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of International Organizations and delivered reftel demarche. The director responded that the GOB is prepared to vote in favor of extending MINUSTAH, although he mentioned that the Bolivian government believes [...]
2007-09-11 15:14:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR AR BR BL CI CO EC ES GT PE PA
07LAPAZ3253LOANS TO MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
[...] (U) The following is in response to a potential Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) program to support loans to Microfinancing Institutions (MFI) and, in particular, the Bolivian MFI, Fundacion Boliviana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (FUNBODEM). FUNDOBEM is part of the Women's [...]
2007-12-14 16:06:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON BL BR CO IN ID MX NU PK RP
07LAPAZ3270BOLIVIA CALM FOR PRODUCTIVE BRAZIL/CHILE SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales joined his Brazilian and Chilean counterparts December 16 to sign a $900 million road project to link South America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts via Bolivia. He also received a $750 million commitment for natural gas investments from Brazil the next [...]
2007-12-17 22:52:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALBL ECON PBTS PGOV PREL CI VE BR
07LAPAZ918DEMARCHE DELIVERED GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 19:22:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIT KNNP PREL AR BR OM KS SN SF IAEA
07LIBREVILLE222POSSIBLE US-BRAZIL COOPERATION TO COMBAT MALARIA
[...] (U) During a visit to Sao Tome and Principe (STP) last week, Ambassador Walkley met Manuel Innocencio de Lacerdo Santos, Brazil's ambassador in STP, to explore possible US-Brazilian cooperation in the fight against malaria. One focus of the conversation was an examination of Taiwan's anti-mal [...]
2007-05-14 13:34:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI TBIO TP BR
07LIMA2503COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARIE HICKS
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, CDC, HHS from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is the Influenza Division Bilateral Cooperative Agreement with Peru to increase capacity for health information collection res [...]
2007-07-24 15:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE
07LIMA2504COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED, CDC, HHS from August 22-29 and September 1-4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on d [...]
2007-07-24 15:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE
07LIMA2547COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANN MOEN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an oppportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan for the second year of th [...]
2007-07-26 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC BR AR PE
07LIMA2826COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P WILLIAM MCILHENNY
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. William McIlhenny, Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Office of the Secretary (S/P),from August 21-22, 2007. Mr. McIlhenny is a member of the delegation of the Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Aff [...]
2007-08-17 23:05:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC PREL BR CO PE
07MADRID75SPAIN ON URGING BRAZILIAN PSI PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 18:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP EWWT PHSA BR PO SP
07MANAGUA2402REGIONAL PARTNERS SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT DIRECTION
[...] (C) Ambassadors from Spain, Japan, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico share similar concerns about the direction of Nicaragua under the Ortega Government. They are frustrated by the GON's lack of professionalism, transparency and accountability, and have a low level of confidence in the gove [...]
2007-10-30 21:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID BR CI CO ECON JA MX NU PREL XM
07MONTEVIDEO1053MERCOSUR SUMMIT: POLITICAL ATMOSPHERICS IMPROVE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents from the four Mercosur countries plus Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela met in Montevideo on December 18 at Mercosur%s 34th Common Market Council. Unlike in previous meetings, and contrary to pre-Summit expectations, the gathering was diplomatic and pleasant. Uruguayan Pre [...]
2007-12-19 21:37:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD AR BOL BR CH PY VZ XR UY
07MOSCOW5035CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: MFA PRESSES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, EUR/PRA Director Antia Friedt discussed the Framework Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) and other civil space cooperation issues with Andrei Kruitskikh of MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). Kruitskikh noted the good progress made [...]
2007-10-17 07:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL PREL PARM NASA KZ AS BR KS RS
07NASSAU169BRAZIL TO OPEN EMBASSY IN THE BAHAMAS
[...] On February 1, Poloff had a chance meeting with the new Brazilian Ambassador to The Bahamas, Tomas Mauricio Guggenheim, on the street outside their homes. Guggenheim, former ambassador to Gabon, said Brazil was in the process of opening an Embassy in The Bahamas. He is currently searching f [...]
2007-02-07 19:40:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG BR BF
07NEWDELHI1866DELHI DIARY, APRIL 12-19
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 12-19, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Third Phase of the Uttar Pradesh Election Completed -- The Saffron Crowd Finding a Home in the BJP Again -- Chief of Naval Operations Vi [...]
2007-04-19 08:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MNUC KUNR ETRD EPET KWMN BR
07NEWDELHI27INDIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) DCM received a letter dated December 20, 2006 from Manjeev Singh Puri, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social),responding to Ambassador SIPDIS Mulford's letter of November 6, 2006 inviting India to participate in the "Core Group" meeting to help shape the [...]
2007-01-04 01:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KCOR BR MX SF IN
07OTTAWA819SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Ottawa, Ambassador Schwab. This cable offers background information on Canada,s political and economic environment, especially on issues that may be raised outside the formal agenda of your talks with Trade Minister Emerson. Information regarding Canada-Brazil relations [...]
2007-05-07 18:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBR CA ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
07PRETORIA3772IBSA: SECOND HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT
[...] (U) Summary: The Heads of State of India, Brazil and South Africa met in Johannesburg on October 17 for the 2nd Annual India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summit. The leaders issued a declaration covering economic, political, environmental and other issues. Although the Summit produced few co [...]
2007-10-26 07:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD IMF PREL SF BR IN
07QUITO2204ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant points on U.S. UNGA priorities to MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on September 21, 2007. He was not able to obtain a response until September 25 because Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, was on travel. 2. (C) Climate Change [...]
2007-09-26 20:43:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA EC BR
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
07RECIFE2PERNAMBUCO GOVERNOR BELIEVES VENEZUELA WON'T STAY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In October 2005, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a joint investment with Venezuela in a $2.5 billion oil refinery to be built in the Suape port complex of Pernambuco state. Two months later, Lula and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez laid the cornerstone for [...]
2007-01-09 17:35:00Consulate RecifeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PGOV BR
07RECIFE37SETBACK TO ANTI-PIRACY EFFORT IN BRAZIL'S NORTHEAST
[...] (C) Summary: The lawyer leading the fight for intellectual property rights (IPR) in the Northeast, Monica Lustosa, (PROTECT NO FORN) told consular officers that due to concern for her personal safety she will no longer publicly demand enforcement of anti-piracy laws. She was shaken to learn th [...]
2007-05-10 13:13:00Consulate RecifeCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD ECON PGOV BR
07RIODEJANEIRO295ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSON'S VISIT TO RIO, MAY 16, 2007
[...] (U) INL A/S Anne Patterson completed her Brazil travel with a May 16 stop in Rio de Janeiro where she held discussions with representatives of civil society and local and state government to examine public security issues in and around Rio. She wrapped up the visit by meeting with Governor Se [...]
2007-06-08 16:10:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS BR
07RIODEJANEIRO541 RIO DE JANEIRO'S "OPERATION TWO FACES" RESULTS IN MAJOR
[...] (U) Summary. Rio de Janeiro state officials announced a major sting operation which resulted in the arrests of 52 Military Police officers from a single police battalion yesterday. The officers are accused of involvement in a police corruption ring whereby they were on the payroll of drug tra [...]
2007-09-18 14:58:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI BR
07RIODEJANEIRO559 DIRECTORSHIPS AT PETROBRAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
[...] (U) Summary. A political battle erupted among the government and its allied parties last week over high-level positions within various government entities. Although the federal government has managed to alleviate many of the tensions arising from this struggle, it has so far not been able to [...]
2007-09-27 18:23:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EIND PGOV BR
07RIODEJANEIRO564AMBASSADOR HOSTS BIOFUELS ROUNDTABLE
[...] (U) Summary. On July 13, U.S. Ambassador Clifford Sobel hosted a roundtable on biofuels with representatives from Brazil's public, private, and academic sectors. The event marked the initiation of a dialogue to explore areas for strategic cooperation on research, development and commercializat [...]
2007-09-28 15:19:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET PREL BR
07RIODEJANEIRO580INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LEARNING JOURNEY (IILJ) VISIT TO
[...] (U) Summary: From September 9-14, a group of pension and endowment fund managers, accompanied by Commerce DAS Ana Guevara, FCS and Treasury Brazil personnel, visited Rio de Janeiro and Sco Paulo on an Institutional Investors Learning Journey (IILJ). The IILJ was organized by the Brazilian Vent [...]
2007-10-22 14:30:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN PREL BR
07RIODEJANEIRO620 FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF I
[...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio o 2. (SBU) LeMieux met with Awad on November 7. He stated that the Stat 3. (SBU) Awad responded that Petrobras must go where the Brazilian Gov 4. (C) LeMieux inquired about media reports about Iranian delegations [...]
2007-11-23 13:49:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR
07RIODEJANEIRO621 FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF I
[...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio o 2. (SBU) LeMieux met with Awad on November 7. He stated that the Stat 3. (SBU) Awad responded that Petrobras must go where the Brazilian Gov 4. (C) LeMieux inquired about media reports about Iranian delegations [...]
2007-11-23 13:50:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR
07RIODEJANEIRO622 FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF
[...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio on November 7-8, the Governor's Chief of Staff George LeMieux met with Samir Awad, Executive Manager for Petrobras' International Assets, on November 7. They discussed Florida's legislation requiring divestiture of the state's [...]
2007-11-23 13:57:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR
07RIODEJANEIRO626AMBASSADOR SOBEL'S VISIT TO VITORIA - A SEA OF POTENTIAL
[...] Summary: Ambassador Sobel visited Vitoria, the capital of Espirito Santo, on October 25-26, 2007. There he met with Governor Hartung, Mayor Coser and members of the business community, including the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). Vitoria is a major hub for international trade and logi [...]
2007-11-28 13:55:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG PGOV BR
07SANTIAGO983A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON COUNTERING CHAVEZ
[...] (C) Hugo Chavez,s effort to expand his influence into the Southern Cone was the subject of ref A. This, part two in a series of joint cables from Southern Cone embassies, looks at ways the U.S. can counter Chavez and reassert U.S. leadership in the region. From posts' perspectives, there are [...]
2007-06-18 14:45:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM AR BO BR PARM UY VE CI
07SANTODOMINGO1302U.S.-BRAZIL BIOFUELS DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] On May 31 Charge, accompanied by Brazilian Ambassador Ronaldo Dunlop, delivered ref A demarche to Jose Manuel Trullols, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Morales (Morales briefly dropped by the meeting). Trullols was joined by MFA Adjunct Ambassador Juan Pla Gomez. 2. Trullols welcomed th [...]
2007-05-31 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG PREL BR DR
07SAOPAULO10BOLSA FAMILIA LIKELY TO EXPAND DESPITE CONTROVERSY
[...] SUMMARY: Bolsa Familia is the best-known and most popular cash transfer program in Brazil. As the Lula administration's flagship social program, it played an important role in 2006 in securing support for President Lula among the very poor and thus ensuring his re-election. It currently bene [...]
2007-01-04 16:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PGOV ECON BR
07SAOPAULO1002SAO PAULO CONTACTS RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING RISING HATE
[...] (SBU) Brazil's image of a racially and culturally harmonious country contrasts with the reality that deeply-held prejudices and stereotypes are contributing to a rise in hate crimes. Contacts tell us that while a national movement has not yet taken root, skinhead gangs and racist websites are [...]
2007-12-21 15:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KCRM BR
07SAOPAULO1004DESPITE CORRUPTION SCANDALS, MAJORITY CAMP WINS IN WORKERS'
[...] (SBU) Federal Deputy Ricardo Berzoini won the second round of internal voting in President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) presidential elections on December 16. The results maintain the distribution of political power within the PT's national directorate and consolidates President Lula's faction, [...]
2007-12-21 17:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV KDEM BR
07SAOPAULO1005CPMF DEFEAT WILL NOT BREAK LULA'S BANK
[...] (U) Summary: The Lula Administration suffered a serious setback on December 12 when the opposition defeated the extension of a financial transactions tax (CPMF) that brought in more than R$40 billion (approximately USD 22.5 billion) into the government coffers. Despite the revenue loss, most [...]
2007-12-21 17:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV BR
07SAOPAULO1007IPR ROUNDTABLE FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO SAO PAULO
[...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel S. Sullivan held a roundtable on intellectual property rights (IPR) on December 12 at the U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo. Representatives from recording, film, publishing, healthcare, and Sao Paulo state [...]
2007-12-26 18:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON BR
07SAOPAULO104BRAZIL-U.S. A NEW OPPORTUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 16:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO107MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VISITS OF NICHOLAS
[...] "There is No 'Free' Alliance" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo's International Editor Claudia Antunes commented (2/12): "The failed occupation of Iraq led many international relations experts in the US to conclude that the Americans, different from the British and [...]
2007-02-12 11:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO117MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 10:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO118MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM, IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 10:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO119 ICMS Tax Benefits Issue: Financial Concerns for U.S.
[...] (SBU) Consul General convened representatives of US and Brazilian companies at ConGen Sao Paulo on January 19 to discuss ongoing issues associated with tax benefits (ICMS - rough VAT equivalent collected at the state level) granted by the Sao Paulo state government. Motorola and other electron [...]
2007-02-14 12:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PGOV KJUS BR
07SAOPAULO129PT INTERNAL DISPUTE FORESHADOWS 2010 ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2010 presidential election, in which President Lula will not be a candidate for the first time since 1985, is the apple of discord behind the current conflict between various factions and tendencies of the ruling Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT). The differe [...]
2007-02-15 10:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV ELAB BR
07SAOPAULO150MST INVASIONS IN WESTERN SAO PAULO STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since February 18, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) has invaded thirteen farms in the far west of Sao Paulo state. The de facto leader of the actions has indicated that more invasions are forthcoming if the government does not get serious soon about land reform and redistribut [...]
2007-02-23 18:44:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB PGOV PINS PINR BR
07SAOPAULO152MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 12:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO157MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] "How To Negotiate With Tehran's Astuteness" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent commented (2/27): "The UN Security Council members' meeting in London to discuss a new resolution against Tehran's tricks is affected by two uncertainties: the Europe [...]
2007-02-27 13:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO16MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S DEATH; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 11:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO160MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: MERCOSUL, BRAZIL AND
[...] "Action In The Americas" The lead editorial in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/28) commented: "Brazilian concessions during President Lula's visit to Uruguay are in the right direction, but should not be considered a solution for Mercosul's erosion.... Urugua [...]
2007-02-28 12:45:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO161 CONSUL GENERAL VIIT TO THE PORT CITY OF SANTOS
[...] (U) ConsulGeneral (CG) and Econoff recently visited the port city of Santos, which lies 60 kilometers southwes of Sao Paulo across the Serra do Mar mountain rnge. Santos serves the industrial and agricultual trade needs of Sao Paulo and neighboring stats and is the most active port by volume [...]
2007-02-28 13:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EINV ETRD ECON SENV OEXP BR ELTN SNAR
07SAOPAULO163UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH CEOs IN
[...] (U) Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns' February 6 roundtable with the CEOs of major American companies and subsidiaries in Sao Paulo provided business leaders a chance to comment on the lcal and regional business environment and detail their corporate social responsibility programs. [...]
2007-03-01 13:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BR
07SAOPAULO165UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S ENERGY ROUNDTABLE IN SAO PAULO,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his February 6 meeting in Sao Paulo with senior Brazilian energy experts, Under Secretary R. Nicholas Burns emphasized the tremendous potential of U.S.-Brazilian cooperation on ethanol, and solicited his interlocutors' views on developing this partnership. Discussion centered [...]
2007-03-01 16:06:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV EAGR EPET SENV BR
07SAOPAULO166UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH SAO PAULO GOVERNOR SERRA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his February 6-7, 2007 visit to Sao Paulo, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and his delegation were hosted for lunch by Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra and key members of Serra's cabinet. U/S Burns and the Governor discussed cooperation on biofuels, [...]
2007-03-01 16:06:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR EPET SNAR ASEC EINV BR
07SAOPAULO167UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' SPEECH IN SAO PAULO, FEBRUARY 6,
[...] (U) Summary: In a speech at the new American Studies Center at the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP) in Sao Paulo February 6, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns highlighted common challenges and opportunities that Brazil and the U.S. face and called for strengthen [...]
2007-03-01 16:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OEXP KPAO PREL PGOV SCUL BR
07SAOPAULO172MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IN
[...] "Ethanol And Diplomacy" The lead editorial in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo maintained (3/5): "Agriculture and trade will be the prevailing issues during President George W. Bush's visit this week in Brazil. Biofuel will be the preferential topic of Presidents [...]
2007-03-05 16:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO176MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH TRAVEL TO BRAZIL; WESTERN
[...] "Chances And Obstacles Of A Positive Agenda With The US" Business-oriented Valor Economico (3/13) editorialized: "President Bush's goal today is to recover his popularity in the final half of his second term, as well as to recover some maneuvering room before Republican and Democratic Congres [...]
2007-03-13 17:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO177CORRECTED COPY MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE:
[...] "Lula And Bush In Globalization" Economic columnist Carlos Alberto Sardenberg commented in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (3/12): "Many Latin American nations have already signed free-trade agreements with the US and do not pay the ethanol tariff Brazil has to pay.... Seen from this viewp [...]
2007-03-13 17:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO18 RECORD BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT OUTSIDE BRAZIL
[...] (U) 2006 marked the first time in Brazilian financial history that Brazilians invested more overseas during the year than foreigners invested in Brazil. This phenomenon is due in large part to the internationalization of Brazilian companies, which are becoming global players as they search fo [...]
2007-01-08 16:57:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR
07SAOPAULO197MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PRESIDENT BUSH AND USTR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 17:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO199MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PRESIDENT BUSH IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 11:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO206MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ AND
[...] "The Guyana Factor" Political columnist Eliane Cantanhede opined in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/16): "President Bush made rapprochement gestures towards US friends in Latin America while Chvez poured millions of dollars into Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia a [...]
2007-03-16 12:06:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO212VISIT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TO SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) On March 8-9, President George W. Bush came to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the first stop in his five-country visit to the Latin American nations of Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico. This visit served to underscore the U.S. commitment to the Western Hemisphere and highlighted [...]
2007-03-19 12:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP BUSH GEORGE PREL PGOV SOCI EPET KTIA BR
07SAOPAULO221MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 15:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO242 BRAZIL: USTR SCHWAB MEETINGS WITH BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab pointed out recently to leading Brazilian industrialists and agriculture sector representatives in Sao Paulo meetings the significance to Brazilian interests of the current Doha Round and affirmed that non-agricultural market access (NAMA) is key to [...]
2007-03-26 15:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTO BR
07SAOPAULO249MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO250SAO PAULO GETS NEW ARCHBISHOP
[...] Summary: On March 21, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Odilo Pedro Scherer, Secretary-General of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB),to be the next Archbishop of Sao Paulo. Dom Odilo replaces Dom Claudio Hummes, who in October of last year was named Cardinal Prefect of the Cong [...]
2007-03-27 16:25:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL PGOV PINR ECON BR
07SAOPAULO251 BRAZIL: INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS PUSH FOR GREATER
[...] Summary: At a March 10 meeting held at the Sao Paulo headquarters of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP),Brazilian industrialists presented USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab with a joint statement issued by eight Brazilian industrial and trade associations that calls fo [...]
2007-03-27 16:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTO BR
07SAOPAULO264MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN, DETENTION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 12:44:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO290MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: US ACTION AGAINST CHINA AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 11:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO299MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: ECONOMY AND THE
[...] "A World Scale Injustice" Former UNCTAD Secretary General Rubens Ricupero maintained in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (4/15): "The US and Europe are responsible for two-thirds of gas emissions causing climate changes, while 840 million Africans cause less than [...]
2007-04-16 11:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO3SAO PAULO BUSINESSMEN PRESS ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR A US TRADE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Members of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, a bilateral business grouping, recently expressed lack of faith in the resumption of FTAA negotiations and demanded greater commitment from the GOB to begin negotiations for alternative mechanisms to enhance bilateral trade relations. [...]
2007-01-03 15:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD EINV BR
07SAOPAULO30MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 12:31:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO301GOB UNVEILS NEW EDUCATION PLAN TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
[...] Prominent commentators and politicians have increasingly identified deficiencies in Brazil's public education system as a leading cause of the country's subpar economic performance and its inability to keep pace with other so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) economies. Recent result [...]
2007-04-16 15:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI PGOV ECON KPAO BR
07SAOPAULO33MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN;
[...] "Is There Any Logic In Bush's 'Madness'?" The lead editorial in center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo commented (1/13): "Bush has not only recognized that he made a mistake and publicly admitted it, but he is aware that not even with an additional 20,000 soldiers will h [...]
2007-01-16 13:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO36AMBASSADOR AND SAO PAULO GOVERNOR DISCUSS CRIME, PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) During an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador, Jose Serra, Governor of Sao Paulo state, said that his most immediate priority upon taking office was public security, especially in the metropolitan public transportation system, which is the state government's responsibility. Though sta [...]
2007-01-17 10:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR EINV ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO364MEDIA REACTION: ECUADOR, PRES. CORREA'S LEADERSHIP; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 10:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO367MST'S "RED APRIL" OFFERS LOTS OF THEATER BUT NOT MUCH
[...] Summary: (SBU) Actions by the Rural Landless Workers' Movement (MST) this year in observance of "Red April" have been characterized by strident rhetoric but less property destruction than last year. While they have generated some attention, the land invasions and occupations do not appear to h [...]
2007-05-02 17:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB PGOV PINS PINR BR
07SAOPAULO368MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: ISRAEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE:
[...] "Report Converts Israel Into 'Razed Land'" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (5/3): "Following the preliminary conclusions of the Winograd Committee report on the war between Israel and Lebanon last year, Prime Minister [...]
2007-05-03 14:31:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO369MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: LEFTIST LEANINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 17:22:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO371MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 10:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO384MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BRAZILIAN FOREIGN
[...] "What Kind Of Leadership Is This?" The lead editorial in center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo (5/5) maintained: "The GOB continues to support the creation of the Bank of the South, a financial adventure with a deadline to begin.... The idea is to constitute a developme [...]
2007-05-07 12:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO387MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
[...] "Elected To Change" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (5/8) editorialized: "Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy obtained a clear victory in the French presidential elections. As a result, the Socialist Party had its third consecutive defeat in presidential elec [...]
2007-05-08 10:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO404MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: UK, TONY BLAIR STEPS DOWN; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 09:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO42WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S REGIONAL AND
[...] "From Venezuela To The World" Political columnist Eliane Cantanhede commented (1/18) in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo: "When Hugo Chvez speaks about a '21st Century socialism,' each one understands it as he/she wishes. [Brazilian] Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, [...]
2007-01-18 15:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO426BRAZIL'S NEW GDP METHODOLOGY RESULTS IN HIGHER GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE),in an effort to bring its methodology to determine Brazil's GDP growth into line with international standards, recently revised its current methodology, establishing 2000 as the base year. The highest differences between th [...]
2007-05-18 10:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EIND BR
07SAOPAULO432OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY (OCC) MEETS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 12:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
07SAOPAULO444ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO PAULO, MAY 15, 20
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 17:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO447ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO
[...] (SBU) During her May 15 visit to Sao Paulo, INL A/S Anne Patterson participated in a roundtable with police, prosecutors, and other experts, who discussed the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal organization (see refs C-D) and the different experiences of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with ga [...]
2007-05-25 09:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO45WESTERN HEMISPHERE: MERCOSUL SUMMIT IN RIO DE JANEIRO;
[...] "Lost Mercosul" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo (1/19) maintained: "In 2006, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay imprudently accepted Colonel Hugo Chvez's Venezuela as a member of Mercosul.... With five partners, Mercosul is weaker than it was with four. With [...]
2007-01-19 12:00:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO456MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 16:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO460MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: EU-RUSSIA TENSIONS; WESTERN
[...] "Cold War Signs" Center-right national circulation and influential daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (5/28): "In addition to the Middle East horrors, a new focus of international tension has continued to expand in recent months and weeks. It is the remarkable deterioration of the relat [...]
2007-05-29 17:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO464POPE BENEDICT'S VISIT TO SAO PAULO
[...] Pope Benedict XVI's four-day visit to Sao Paulo, the first trip to Latin America of his papacy, was received with popular enthusiasm and saturation media coverage. In his several sermons and other public utterances, the Pope called on the faithful to adhere to Church rules on personal morali [...]
2007-05-29 17:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL PGOV PINR SOCI BR
07SAOPAULO475MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: BUSH'S SPEECH ON CLIMATE
[...] "Preemptive Attack" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (6/1) editorialized: "In what seems to be a preemptive attack against the tough criticism the U.S. would suffer at the G8 Summit - to take place next week in Germany - because of his position on climate change, [...]
2007-06-01 13:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO48CONVERSATION WITH OPPOSITION FEDERAL DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition Federal Deputy Arnaldo Madeira outlined what he considers Brazil's four major problems, which have the cumulative effect of impeding the country's economic growth. He also decried the immaturity of Brazil's political class, one symptom of which is the perennial weakn [...]
2007-01-19 18:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
07SAOPAULO481WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CLOSING OF RCTV, CHAVEZ'S
[...] "Geopolitical Presages" Editorialist Aldo Pereira remarked in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (6/4): "Hugo Chvez bought USD 4.5 billion in weapons over the past two years.... He has justified such spending as a precaution against a possible 'asymmetrical' war ag [...]
2007-06-04 13:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO485WHITHER THE LULA ADMINISTRATION - A PT EX-DEPUTY'S
[...] (SBU) Workers Party (PT) stalwart and former Federal Deputy Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh sees President Lula as working for the first time in his career without a real power behind the throne, either in the government or in his party. This situation has turned Lula into a political operator who ma [...]
2007-06-05 12:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO486GLOBAL ECONOMY: CLIMATE CHANGE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE:
[...] "Bush's Move To Combat Global Warming" Business-oriented Valor Economico (6/5) editorialized: "The fight against global warming may have gained an important - although exceptional - ally: the U.S..... What remains to be seen is whether Bush entered the game with a diversionary maneuver with d [...]
2007-06-05 13:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO490GLOBAL ECONOMY: VENEZUELA, CLOSING OF RCTV; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 13:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO496PT SHOWS ITS UNDEMOCRATIC SIDE
[...] (SBU) On May 30, Workers Party (PT) President Ricardo Berzoini signed an amorphous "Party Cooperation Agreement" with Syria's Baath Party. On June 4, while senior politicians and commentators across Brazil's political spectrum were expressing outrage over Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's de [...]
2007-06-08 18:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BR
07SAOPAULO5MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S DEATH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE:
[...] "Good For The US, Not For Justice" Liberal largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo's Washington correspondent Sergio Davila commented (12/30): "Saddam Hussein's execution served the USG's interests, the White House's will to be able to leave Iraq in the least shameful way possibl [...]
2007-01-03 15:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO504EUROPE: G-8 SUMMIT, RUSSIA, CLIMATE CHANGE; WESTERN
[...] "George and Vladimir" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (6/10) editorialized: "Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush did not solve their nations' differences at the G-8 Summit, but succeeded in moderating the tone of the rhetoric between Russia and the U.S..... Both k [...]
2007-06-11 17:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO53WESTERN HEMISPHERE: MERCOSUL SUMMIT IN RIO DE JANEIRO;
[...] "Chvez, The Dictator" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (1/21): "In Venezuela, all the powers, the republic and democracy are now facing a checkmate. The powers that the Assembly members - who are Chvez's followers without exception - gave to the pres [...]
2007-01-22 12:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO537MIDEAST: HAMAS-FATAH CLASHES; SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 12:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO538 VENEZUELAN PAYMENTS LATE FOR BRAZILIAN EXPORTERS
[...] (SBU) The Venezuelan Office that regulates the payment of foreign currencies (Commission for the Administration of Official Exchange - CADIVI) is taking an average of six months or more to pay Brazilian companies for their products, adding up to a total estimated at USD 100 million, according [...]
2007-06-19 15:06:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD BEXP ECON BR
07SAOPAULO551 BRAZILIAN MERCANTILE AND FUTURES EXCHANGE GROWTH AND
[...] (SBU) In a June 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM and F) President Manoel Felix Cintra Neto and Government Relations Director Joao Lauro Amaral gave an overview of the institution and presented an optimistic outlook of derivatives and commodity tradi [...]
2007-06-21 15:17:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EAGR SENV ECON BR
07SAOPAULO554MIDEAST: GLOBAL ECONOMY: WTO AND DOHA ROUND, G-4 TRADE
[...] "Double Loss" Influential center right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's economic columnist Celso Ming commented (6/22): "If it is true that a bad deal is preferable to no deal, then the failure of the Postdam meeting to advance trade negotiations signals a double loss for Br [...]
2007-06-22 13:57:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO560A PSDB INSIDER'S EARLY LOOK AT THE 2008 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Poloff, Walter Feldman, a leader of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) currently serving as Sao Paulo Municipal Secretary of Sports, Leisure, and Recreation, shared his views on local government, next year's municipal elections, and the broader Braz [...]
2007-06-25 16:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
07SAOPAULO572BRAZILIAN COMPANY BECOMES WORLD'S LARGEST BEEF PRODUCER
[...] The Brazilian company JBS-Friboi, the largest producer and exporter of beef in Latin America and the largest exporter of beef in the world, purchased 100 percent of Colorado-based Swift & Company for USD 225 million with the assumption of USD 1.16 billion in debt, giving the deal a total value [...]
2007-06-29 11:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN ETRD EINV BEXP BR
07SAOPAULO58HELPING SAO PAULO AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO SECURITY THREATS
[...] (SBU) Consul General met January 17 with Sao Paulo State Secretary of Metropolitan Transportation Jose Luiz Portella and his SIPDIS team to follow up on Governor Serra's request (ref A) for security assistance in the subway and train systems. Portella described the challenges these systems [...]
2007-01-24 09:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO580MIDEAST: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, NATIONALIZATION
[...] "Chavez' New Constitution" Main editorial in center right O Estado de S. Paulo (7/2) says: "The first measure Hugo Chavez took once he became president of Venezuela in 1998 was to reform the constitution.... With the 1999 constitution Hugo Chavez was able to begin to tailor Venezuela to the [...]
2007-07-02 13:54:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO598SANTOS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT: WHERE IS THE MONEY?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ FSN visited the Port of Santos recently to follow up on several news stories relating major infrastructure investment. Interviews with municipal and GoB Port Authority (CODESP) officials revealed that there are several privately-funded projects under way, and [...]
2007-07-11 14:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD BEXP EWWT BR
07SAOPAULO599PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH HOLD WHITE HOUSE
[...] "Late and Modest Attention" Editorial on liberal Folha de S. Paulo (7/11) comments: "The re-discovery' of Latin America by the White House comes late, it is a reactive measure and does not promise glaring results. It comes late because George W. Bush already displays all the symptoms ...of a [...]
2007-07-11 16:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO601CONVERSATION WITH AN OLD FRIEND OF LULA
[...] (C) At a June 26 lunch with poloff and econoff, businessman and lobbyist Mohamad Ali Laila (protect) shared his views on President Lula, the PT, Brazil,s relations with Venezuela, and the Lebanese and Muslim communities in Sao Paulo. Laila, who is President Lula,s neighbor in Sao Bernardo [...]
2007-07-12 14:12:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL SCUL BR LE
07SAOPAULO639FIESP AND CIESP HEAL RIFT, UNANIMOUSLY ELECT PAULO SKAF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sao Paulo State Federation of Industries (FIESP) almost unanimously reelected Paulo Skaf to a four-year term as President. The Sao Paulo State Industry Center (CIESP) also overwhelmingly chose Skaf to lead it, ending a three-year breach between the two organizations. Skaf's [...]
2007-07-30 17:31:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD EFIN EIND BR
07SAOPAULO640MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: US-CUBA DIALOGUE;
[...] "From Havana To Washington" Foreign affairs analyst Newton Carlos commented in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (7/28): "The idea of a possible dialogue between Cuba and the United States seems to be in Ral Castro's mind with who knows, maybe a slight ray of hope. [...]
2007-07-30 19:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO641MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: UK PRIME MINISTER BROWN'S VISIT TO
[...] Iraqi Question May Break 'Privileged Relation'" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (7/31): "In his first visit to Washington, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown adopted a tranquilizing posture. Yes, there is a privileged [...]
2007-07-31 12:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO644MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO652MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: DARFUR, UN PEACEKEEPER FORCE; SCO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 13:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO657MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA'S CLAIM OVER THE ARTIC; SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 13:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO669MEDIA REACTION: GWOT: BROWN'S STATEMENTS ON GUANTANAMO; SCO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 11:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO673MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN; SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 13:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO683MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: PAKISTAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 12:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO7MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S DEATH; AFRICA: SOMALIA; SAO
[...] "Saddam And The Hanging" Columnist Carlos Heitor Cony wrote in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/4): "Except for the US and the UK, the supporters of the Western civilization, apparently all other nations have condemned Saddam Hussein's execution.... I oppose t [...]
2007-01-04 10:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO701FHC PREDICTS NO REFORMS ON LULA'S WATCH, PSDB/DEM
[...] (C) During an August 14 meeting with the Consul General (CG),former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) proffered his views on Lula,s inability to pass economic reforms, whether or not sub-prime lending in the U.S. and Europe could have an impact on the Brazilian economy, the state of [...]
2007-08-16 11:06:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EFIN BR
07SAOPAULO709WORLD FINANCIAL MARKET VOLATILITY ROCKS BRAZIL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial turmoil resulting from losses in global credit markets as well as concerns about the US sub-prime credit market have hit Brazilian assets hard over the last several days. BOVESPA, Brazil's principal stock market, registered declines of more than 15 percen [...]
2007-08-17 19:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN BR
07SAOPAULO714MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 18:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO718DESPITE CHALLENGES, PRC,S INTEREST AND INFLUENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 18:29:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV ETRD EINV ECON PGOV EMIN KNNP BR CH
07SAOPAULO726BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD ON BILATERAL HEALTH ISSUES
[...] (SBU) The government of Brazil is interested in increasing bilateral health cooperation with the United States and particularly in setting up joint programs in Africa, especially in the area of training medical technicians. According to Brazilian contacts, working together on health issues is [...]
2007-08-27 20:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TBIO EAID TSPL BR PGOV SOCI
07SAOPAULO731BRAZIL: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III met August 21 in Sao Paulo with Henrique Meirelles, President of Brazil's Central Bank. Meirelles commented on the recent global market turbulence and used the relatively mild reaction by Brazilian markets [...]
2007-08-28 13:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV BR
07SAOPAULO734PT PREPARES FOR NATIONAL CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) In recent meetings with Poloff, leaders within the Workers Party (PT) outlined the focus of the upcoming PT National Congress. According to Renato Simoes and others, the Third National Congress of the Workers' Party (PT) will not be a forum for great ideological debates, but rather an op [...]
2007-08-29 19:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO737MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: TURKEY, ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY; SCO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 15:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO74MIDDLE EAST: PROSPECTS FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN DIALOGUE;
[...] "End Of A Cycle" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/31) editorialized: "The Israeli Army's unilateral withdrawal from the Palestinian territories - an idea in which most Israelis placed their hopes for peace - did not work.... The unilateral withdrawal plan conc [...]
2007-01-31 12:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO742PT FACTIONS AND TENDENCIES - A PRIMER
[...] (U) President Lula's Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),faces a number of challenges as it looks towards a post-Lula future. The centrist, pragmatic "Majority Camp" currently occupies the strongest position in the party, but does not dominate. The CM is increasingly challenged [...]
2007-09-04 19:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO743INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ANALYSTS BULLISH ON BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador and US Treasury Attache met with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Credit Suisse on August 22 and 23 to discuss the recent volatility in the financial markets. The Brazilian financial markets have calmed down following worldwide financial turmoil earlier this month (reftel),[...]
2007-09-05 12:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN BR
07SAOPAULO749WORKER PARTY CONGRESS GETS BRAZIL'S NEXT PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (SBU) The Workers' Party (PT) National Congress held in Sao Paulo between August 31 and September 2 - only the third in the party's 27-year history - set the stage for a marathon presidential election cycle as the PT looks forward to 2010. A decision to move internal elections up to December [...]
2007-09-06 19:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO754BRAZIL'S RIBEIRAO PRETO: SUGAR AND ETHANOL BRING PROSPERITY
[...] (U) During an official visit to Ribeirao Preto, an agri-business center in northeastern Sao Paulo state, the Consul General visited a sugar mill and met with the Mayor and the President of the City Council. Once part of the state's coffee belt, the Ribeirao Preto area is now best known for it [...]
2007-09-11 19:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV ENRG ELTN BR
07SAOPAULO76WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S RULE BY DECREE; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 11:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO766INFRASTRUCTURE IN BRAZIL: THE TIETE RIVER
[...] (U) The Brazilian Transportation Ministry hosted the first Bilateral Brazil-U.S. Inland Waterways Navigation Conference August 28-30 in Brasilia that brought together experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by inland waterways. The U.S. delegation included representativ [...]
2007-09-14 17:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ETRD ECON SENV ELTN BR
07SAOPAULO767SAO PAULO MAYOR WANTS U.S. INVESTMENT, MAY RUN FOR
[...] (SBU) In an introductory lunch with recently arrived Consul General (CG) and DPO, Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab expressed an interest in strengthening the city's cooperative relationship with the USG and said Sao Paulo was interested in attracting U.S. investors for infrastructure projects. [...]
2007-09-14 19:12:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PINR PGOV BR
07SAOPAULO768BRAZIL: INVESTMENT GRADE BY 2008?
[...] (U) Amid public speculation surrounding Brazil's possible ascent to an investment grade bond rating, Econoffs visited the credit ratings agencies Standard and Poors (S&P) and Moody's to solicit their views. Both ratings agencies have divergent opinions about the quality of Brazil's fiscal acc [...]
2007-09-14 19:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV BR
07SAOPAULO776MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 14:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO777CIVIC MOVEMENT "CANSEI" GENERATES BACKLASH
[...] (U) In an attempt to tap into popular discontent with the Lula government, a group of Sao Paulo-based professional and business organizations recently launched the Civic Movement for the Right of Brazilians, known informally as "Cansei" (I'm tired). Though leaders insist that the movement is [...]
2007-09-18 14:12:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON PINR PGOV ELAB EAIR BR
07SAOPAULO780DELFIM NETTO: NOT BULLISH ON BRAZIL"S ECONOMY OR
[...] (C) Former Finance Minister Antonio Delfim Netto told CG September 17 that the Brazilian economy is all right for now despite recent market turbulence, but he has "serious doubts" about the next 5-10 years, especially if the global economy enters a down cycle. He characterized Brazil's focus [...]
2007-09-20 17:34:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR ELAB EAGR BR
07SAOPAULO785Media Reaction: Western Hemisphere: Venezuela, Chvez's
[...] "Difficult Dialogue With Chvez's Venezuela" Business-oriented Valor Econtmico (9/24) editorialized: "Presidents Hugo Chvez and Lula da Silva resumed in Manaus embraces and friendly public declarations following a tense separation period that began in May when the Venezuelan accused the Brazil [...]
2007-09-24 13:01:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO787BRAZILIAN EXCHANGE STUDENTS FLOCKING TO THE UNITED STATES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: AmConsul Sao Paulo had a 23 percent increase in J visa applicants during the first semester of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. This is the continuation of a trend that has resulted in a 185 percent increase in demand for J visas over the past five years. The increased [...]
2007-09-24 18:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD OEXC ELAB SMIG BR
07SAOPAULO794MEDIA REACTION: UNGA; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 13:44:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO802BRAZILIAN FIRMS LOBBY TO HOLD ONTO GSP BENEFITS
[...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) and Sao Paulo Federation of Industries (FIESP) met with representatives of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on September 13 and 14 to discuss Brazil's inclusion in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade program. Amcham an [...]
2007-09-28 19:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON BR
07SAOPAULO814MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: ECUADOR; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 16:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO819BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDEX BREAKS RECORD
[...] On September 27, the primary index on Brazil's stock exchange surpassed 60,000 points for the first time in its history. The Ibovespa, the main indicator of the Brazilian stock market's average performance, gained nearly 11 percent in the month of September, and is up 36 percent in 2007. It [...]
2007-10-03 17:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON BR
07SAOPAULO832CREDIT GROWTH IN BRAZIL DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] (U) Credit growth in Brazil is one of the major drivers of economic growth despite some of the highest real interest rates in the world. Overall credit availability is up 25 percent over the last 12 months, especially in personal consumer credit and much of this growth is attributed to rising [...]
2007-10-11 19:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON BR
07SAOPAULO834BRAZIL: POLITICAL SCIENTISTS OFFER GLOOMY PROGNOSIS, SEE
[...] (SBU) At a September 28 lunch with Emboffs, two prominent political scientists offered a gloomy outlook on the current political situation. According to them, chances for meaningful political reform seem dead, and the ongoing scandals involving Senate President Renan Calheiros (ref A) offer a [...]
2007-10-11 20:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
07SAOPAULO836MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-15 12:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO855SAO PAULO'S ARCHBISHOP ON SOCIAL ISSUES
[...] (U) In a recent courtesy call, Consul General (CG) sought the views of Dom Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of Sao Paulo, on a range of issues in Brazil's political life and on the role of the Church in Brazil and Latin America. Dom Odilo, who replaced Cardinal Claudio Hummes in late April, an [...]
2007-10-24 09:54:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PINR KIRF ECON BR
07SAOPAULO869MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA; SAO PAULO.
[...] Venezuela Begins To React An editorial in center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo (10/27) maintained: "It's certain that in a few days the Venezuelan National Assembly will approve a reform aimed at establishing in that nation a regime that will submit all political, ec [...]
2007-10-29 11:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO873PUBLIC SECURITY IN SAO PAULO: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
[...] (SBU) Although public security remains one of the most serious policy challenges in Brazil, civil society researchers and law enforcement analysts in Sao Paulo believe that the federal and state governments are taking inadequate action to tackle the issue or to coordinate with each other in fi [...]
2007-10-29 16:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PGOV ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO876TWO KILLED IN MST LAND INVASION SKIRMISH
[...] (U) Summary: Two people were shot dead and eight wounded Sunday in a clash between members of landless peoples' organizations and armed guards protecting a farm owned by the Swiss-owned biotech company Syngenta Seeds in Santa Tereza do Oeste, a small town about 340 miles west of Curitiba, the [...]
2007-10-30 12:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ELAB PGOV PINR PINS SOCI BR
07SAOPAULO878SAO PAULO CITY OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT GOVERNANCE, POLITICS,
[...] (SBU) Calling the operations of street vendors a "racket," Sao Paulo assistant Mayor Andrea Matarazzo told Consul General (CG) that he has been cracking down on the sale of pirated and counterfeit goods by both stores and vendors. He associated the vendors' activities with organized criminal [...]
2007-10-31 13:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KCRM KIPR SNAR ETRD ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO879TWO KILLED IN MST LAND INVASION SKIRMISH
[...] (U) Summary: Two people were shot dead and eight wounded Sunday in a clash between members of landless peoples' organizations and armed guards protecting a farm owned by the Swiss-owned biotech company Syngenta Seeds in Santa Tereza do Oeste, a small town about 340 miles west of Curitiba, the [...]
2007-10-31 13:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ELAB PGOV PINR PINS PHUM SOCI ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO882BRAZIL'S OPPOSITION PSDB POSITIONING FOR 2008 AND 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: It is not true, according to Sao Paulo city official Andrea Matarazzo, that the Sao Paulo State Social Democracy Party of Brazil(PSDB) is divided between allies of Governor Jose Serra and supporters of former Governor (and 2006 presidential candidate) Geraldo Alckmin. Matarazzo [...]
2007-11-01 11:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON EFIN BR
07SAOPAULO89MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: IRAN; GLOBAL ECONOMY: IPCC REPORT;
[...] "Bush Helps Ahmadinejad" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo's Washington correspondent Sergio Davila commented (2/5): "The Iranian medium class imposed a political defeat on President Mahmoud Ahmdinejad in recent elections because he failed to fulfill his promise o [...]
2007-02-05 14:46:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO891MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA;SAO PAULO.
[...] "The Language That Chvez Understands" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (11/6): "A regime that permits a caudillo to remain perennially in power, deprives minorities and the opposition their fundamental liberties and allows a nation to be ruled without [...]
2007-11-06 16:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO895BRAZIL: NOT A MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL PARADISE
[...] (SBU) Discrimination against Afro-Brazilians tarnishes Brazil's international reputation as a tolerant and welcoming country home to hundreds of indigenous groups and immigrants from every corner of the world. In Brazil the issue is extremely divisive with many claiming that racism does not e [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KPAO BR
07SAOPAULO899BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGE IPO LARGEST IN HISTORY
[...] (U) The Brazilian Stock Exchange's (Bovespa) initial public offering (IPO) last month was the largest in Brazil's history, bringing in nearly USD 4 billion. Bovespa representatives told Econoff that its IPO raised its international profile and increased its worldwide credibility as a premier [...]
2007-11-08 09:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON BR
07SAOPAULO90MIDEAST: CHIRAC ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PLANS; WESTERN
[...] "Middle East Is A Politicians' Swamp" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (2/2): "Concerned with the idea that the world will be an orphan - when he leaves the presidency in two months - French President Jacques Chirac wan [...]
2007-02-05 14:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO900BRAZIL CIVAIR: BUDGET AIRLINE BRA SHUTS DOWN OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After operating for eight years, the Brazilian low-fare airline BRA (Brasil Rodo Aereo Transportes) suspended operations on November 7 and gave thirty days notice to its 1100 employees of a possible dismissal. In a last-ditch effort to avoid shutting down entirely, BRA is seek [...]
2007-11-08 16:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV ECON EINV BR
07SAOPAULO902SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S VISIT TO
[...] "Bush's New Best Friend" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (11/7): "It was a U.S. friend who arrived yesterday in Washington for a two-day visit. The Americans, who are not used to kind words from French presidents, are [...]
2007-11-08 18:12:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO910Brazil's Real Estate Market Booming
[...] (U) In an October 23 meeting with Eli Horn, president and founder of Cyrela Brazil Realty, Ambassador Sobel discussed Brazil's booming real estate business. Horn expects company sales in 2007 to reach USD 1.2 billion, compared with less than USD 200 million in 2004. Cyrela's stock is up 50 [...]
2007-11-13 10:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EINV EFIN ECON BR
07SAOPAULO915DESPITE PROBLEMS, BRAZILIAN AIRLINES OPTIMISTIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with the Presidents of the two leading Brazilian airlines TAM and Gol on October 22 to discuss developments in the aviation sector. Both firms noted that Brazil's underdeveloped infrastructure is buckling under increased air traffic in recent years. The T [...]
2007-11-14 09:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL MARR PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
07SAOPAULO916MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S VISIT TO
[...] "Self Coup In Pakistan" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's editorial remarked (11/10): "The US and its allies are facing an extremely difficult situation in Pakistan. They cannot support the violent abandonment of democratic appearances, nor can they impose sancti [...]
2007-11-14 10:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO917Brazil-U.S. CEO Forum Follow-Up
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a November 7 meeting with Josu Gomes da Silva, the Brazilian Chairman of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum and President and CEO of Coteminas, Ambassador Sobel and FCS Officer discussed follow-up activities to the October 2007 CEO Forum. All participants agreed that a positive conclusi [...]
2007-11-14 14:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD EINV ECON BTIO CVIS AR BR
07SAOPAULO922MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EL BARADEI'S REPORT; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO935MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE, VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 12:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO942MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] "Israeli View Of The Summit" An op-ed by Israeli Ambassador in Brazil Tzipora Rimon in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (11/27) reads: "For Israel, the Annapolis conference is an opportunity to reach a common understanding in order to allow the negotiations to ad [...]
2007-11-27 12:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO943SAO PAULO PSDB LEADERS SEEK MORE NATIONAL INFLUENCE
[...] (SBU) The new Sao Paulo state directorate of the Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB) is developing a strategy to increase its influence at the national level and to impose party discipline on candidates for elective office. As part of this strategy, the PSDB is focusing on municipal elect [...]
2007-11-27 17:46:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
07SAOPAULO945MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 11:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO946UN REPORT ACCUSES BRAZIL OF SUPPORTING PRISON TORTURE
[...] (SBU) Consistent with Brazil's Annual Human Rights Report, a UN report released on November 23 points out that torture is systemic in Brazilian prisons. The report also blames the GoB for not taking steps to prevent prison abuses and calls for compensation for prison torture victims. The GoB [...]
2007-11-28 18:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI BR
07SAOPAULO947MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 12:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO949LULA ASSOCIATE CALLS THIRD TERM TALK A MEDIA INVENTION
[...] (SBU) Devanir Ribeiro, a federal deputy who is a long-time personal friend and political associate of President Lula, dismissed as an invention of the media rampant speculation that Lula may seek to amend the Constitution to allow him to run for a third term in 2010. Ribeiro denied reports t [...]
2007-11-30 15:56:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV KDEM ELAB BR
07SAOPAULO954MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO958FORCED LABOR IN BRAZIL: URBAN MYTH OR RURAL REALITY?
[...] (SBU) Recent reports in the Brazilian media have focused on the question of forced labor in Brazil and whether or not the GOB is doing enough to combat poor labor conditions in the country. Some observers question whether forced labor exists in Brazil at all but harsh working conditions are c [...]
2007-12-04 17:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAGR EIND PHUM SOCI KTIP BR
07SAOPAULO959MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: US REPORT ON IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 10:17:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO961PT INTERNAL ELECTIONS HEAD TO SECOND ROUND
[...] (U) Results in the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) internal elections on December 2 confirm that the old centrist Majority Camp, associated with President Lula and the inner circle of his first term, no longer commands a majority of the party faithful or the leadership, but non [...]
2007-12-06 13:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV KDEM ELAB BR
07SAOPAULO966CODEL REID'S VISIT TO FOZ DO IGUACU, BRAZIL
[...] (U) During a November 27-28 visit to Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, Codel Reid met with the Ambassador and Embassy Brasilia and ConGen Sao Paulo officers, visited Federal Police headquarters and an operating center of the Maritime Federal Police, and toured Itaipu Dam. The delegation dined with three [...]
2007-12-12 09:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM OPRC BR
07SAOPAULO976SAO PAULO PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTIES AND AFRO-BRAZILIANS
[...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based contacts, Brazil's political parties are slowly beginning to see the value in pursuing initiatives to ameliorate racial inequality in the country especially through programs that directly support the Afro-Brazilian community. Local civil society leaders often [...]
2007-12-14 10:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM BR
07SAOPAULO978MEDIA REACTION: UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN BALI; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 11:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO988SUMMER WORK TRAVEL PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL
[...] SUMMARY. Congen Sao Paulo attended an estimated 7726 students in this year's Summer Work Travel (SWT) season, a 10 percent increase over last year. The vast majority of the students were well-prepared and qualified for the program. Brazilian exchange agencies predict that growth will continu [...]
2007-12-18 14:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD OEXC ELAB SMIG BR
07SAOPAULO991JUDGES WARN THAT BRAZIL MUST DO MORE TO BATTLE
[...] (C) Sao Paulo Supreme Court justices are concerned about the possibility of growing ties between organized crime and terrorism in Brazil. During a December 5-7 visit to Sao Paulo by Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the Northern D [...]
2007-12-19 18:07:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV OEXC OIIP KCRM BR
07SAOPAULO992OVERWORKED SAO PAULO JUDGES WANT GREATER LAW
[...] (SBU) Sao Paulo judges tell us that they are overworked and overburdened and that the growth in the drug trade and lack of prison space make their already difficult work even more challenging. Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the [...]
2007-12-19 18:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KCRM SNAR
07STATE142845WHA A/S SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) September 27, 2007, 5:00 p.m., New York 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S Thomas A. Shannon Scott Miller, WHA Notetaker Brazil U/S for South America Jorge D'Escragolle Taunay Christian Sigueiroa, second secretary, Brazilian Mission to the U.N. Wilson Dockhorn, second secr [...]
2007-10-11 16:02:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALBL BR EC PA UNGA
07STATE148408U/S JEFFERY,S MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery met with Central Bank of Brazil (CBB) Governor Henrique Meirelles October 21 on the margins of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting. They discussed the need for and impediments to infrastructure investment in Brazil, impact of recent financial marke [...]
2007-10-24 19:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR ECON EFIN PREL
07STATE152799STEERING GROUP NON-PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The Partnership for Democratic Governance was successfully rolled out at a well-attended high level event co-hosted by OECD and UNDP in New York on October 1, 2007. The Department appreciates Posts' support and effort [...]
2007-11-05 22:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAU BR CA CI EAID ET JA KDEM KS MX NL NZ PL PO
07THEHAGUE1460NETHERLANDS/US NONPROLIFERATION INITIATIVE: DUTCH
[...] A GONL representative will attend the international meeting on October 22-23, 2007 in Spiez, Switzerland hosted by the US Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. On August 6, poloff delivered the meeting invitation and r [...]
2007-08-06 14:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP ENRG PREL AR AS BR CA CI CH EZ
07USEUBRUSSELS1537NO EU UNITY GOING INTO REVIEW OF COMMON POSITION
[...] (C/NF) EU and member state officials told visiting WHA DAS Madison and Cuba Coordinator McCarry May 2-3 that the EU has not yet reached consensus on what parts of its Common Position on Cuba will be renewed in June. Contacts agreed on the need for Cubans to decide their future with encouragem [...]
2007-05-08 17:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EAID EUN BR CU
07USNATO332WELCOME TO NATO FOR STAFFDEL KENNETH MYERS, MAY
[...] Mission welcomes Mr. Kenneth Myers to NATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Peter Chisholm, work tel:(32)2-724-3384, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. USEU Control Officer is USEU Political Officer M [...]
2007-05-25 12:06:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN FR BR
07USUNNEWYORK1183UNSC REFORM: LITTLE CHANGE IN SUBSTANCE BUT SOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC expansion on December 14, President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim announced that he had created a three-PermRep "task force" to help him advance the upcoming inter-governmental negotiations on Council r [...]
2007-12-18 22:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNSC IN JA BR
07USUNNEWYORK1225USUN VIEWS ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM
[...] (C) Summary and comment. With inter-governmental negotiations on Security Council reform set to begin in 2008, a serious debate has begun on Council expansion. We are closer than we have been in several decades to the prospect that a formal proposal for expansion could be put to a vote. We d [...]
2007-12-29 02:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC JA BR IN GE
07VATICAN85PAPAL VISIT TO BRAZIL: A PREVIEW
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI travels to Brazil May 9-13 to open a plenary session of the council of Latin American and Caribbean bishops conferences (CELAM). The three most recent continental meetings (Colombia 1968, Mexico 1979, and Dominican Republic 1992) provided direction for the Catholic Chur [...]
2007-05-06 13:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ECON SCUL SOCI BR VT XM
08ASUNCION267PARAGUAY ELECTION DAY MEDIA PLAY
[...] (U) "Lugo Overpowers the Colorado Party," shouts almost identical Monday morning headlines in two of the three national dailies, while circulation-leader ABC Color uses its entire front-page for an editorial entitled "The people defeat those who humiliated them, impoverished them and betrayed [...]
2008-04-21 21:52:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL CI AR BR PA UY
08ASUNCION62THREE PLUS ONE READOUT
[...] (C) The January 10-11 Three-Plus-One Security Dialogue with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and the United States in Asuncion played out as expected, with fruitful coordination on the margins of the meeting, but plenary interventions from the three focused primarily on crime fighting and preserving [...]
2008-01-29 17:16:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PGOV GTIP SNAR PA BR AR
08ASUNCION701ANTI-DRUG AGENTS ARREST FIRST CAPITAL COMMAND
[...] (C) Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) arrested six members of the Sao Paulo-based gang First Capital Command October 13 operating near Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),Amambay Department. SENAD agents -- with the assistance of the U.S.-trained Paraguayan Military Forces' Joint Imm [...]
2008-10-15 17:39:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PGOV BR BL PA
08ASUNCION709PPL MEMBERS INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING AS LAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguayan authorities indicted former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members Manuel Cristaldo Mieres and Osvaldo Villalba September 23 for the kidnapping (and post-ransom release) of former Tacuati mayor and wealthy rancher Luis Alberto Lindstron. Whether politically or just finan [...]
2008-10-20 13:49:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER ASEC PINS PGOV PA BR AR
08ASUNCION722TENSIONS WITH BRAZIL INCREASE OVER LAND AND
[...] (C) Paraguay's bilateral relations with Brazil soured in October over Brazilian military exercises on the Paraguayan border and an increase in invasions of land owned by Brazilian-Paraguayans. Although Brazil informed Paraguay of its plans to conduct military exercises, Paraguayan officials c [...]
2008-10-24 18:41:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PINS PGOV PREL PA BR AR ES
08ASUNCION97PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY08 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS
[...] (U) Embassy Asuncion submits the following anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) proposal for FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funding (reftel). This proposal details the second phase of an IOM project funded by G/TIP in 2006 and completed in July 2007. Cynthia Bendlin, WHA winner of the 2008 Secretary's [...]
2008-02-13 13:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BR AR PA
08BEIJING1210TIBET: MFA ORGANIZES TIGHTLY CONTROLLED TRIP TO
[...] (C) With less than 24-hours notice to participating Embassies, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Government, organized an overnight trip to Lhasa March 28 to 29. Fifteen Beijing-based diplomats, including PolOff, participated. Diplomats we [...]
2008-03-31 13:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NP IN JA BR GM CA IT
08BEIJING2104THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, WORKING
[...] (U) May 26, 2008; 1:30 p.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 2. (U) Participants: U.S. David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secret [...]
2008-05-30 10:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KOLY NK BR CH
08BEIJING3703MFA AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY PREVIEW SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC
[...] (C) At least three Foreign Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC" nations) will meet September 25 on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA),according to a Chinese MFA official. Items for discussion will include international development cooperation and the Millenniu [...]
2008-09-24 10:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SENV ENRG CH RU BR IN
08BEIJING4023MFA REVIEWS SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Responding to ongoing global financial turbulence, climate change and issues related to the G8-plus-5 grouping were the topics at the September 25 meeting of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC forum"),according to an MFA contact. Despite the regional and cu [...]
2008-10-22 09:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALBR CH ECON EG ENRG GG IN MX PREL RS SENV SF
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
08BOGOTA1715BRAZIL PUSHES SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim briefed Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on April 28 on the GOB proposal to create a South American Security Council and pushed hard for the GOC to sign up. Santos told us the GOC fears the initiative may duplicate UN and OAS efforts, suspects Ve [...]
2008-05-09 18:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MOPS PTER PHUM BR CO
08BOGOTA337CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) President Uribe's overwhelming concern during a January 17 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Admiral Michael Mullen, was Hugo Chavez' aggressive remarks and proposal to grant belligerent status to the FARC. Uribe insisted the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]
2008-01-28 17:05:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS VZ AR BH BR CI CS
08BOGOTA683GOC TO FACILITATE NEW FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE,
[...] (C) President Uribe said the GOC will facilitate the possible release of four more political hostages held by the FARC, including allowing Venezuelan helicopters to use San Jose de Guaviare airport. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the February 21 meeting with Uribe and French FM Kouchner [...]
2008-02-25 21:33:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER PHUM OAS BR CU FR PM SP SZ
08BRASILIA1000USDA UNDER SECRETARY KEENUM CO-CHAIRS 3RD U.S.-BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Mark Keenum, USDA Under Secretary Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services co-chaired the 3rd U.S.-Brazil Consultative Committee on Agriculture in Brasilia May 19-20, 2008 which was successful in expanding bilateral dialogue and in nudging the agricultural trade agenda with Br [...]
2008-07-24 10:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1002BRAZIL: FOUR SENATORS TAKE ON THE FOURTH FLEET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four members of the Senate Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee visited Ambassador Sobel on July 9 to express objections to the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet, and called on President Bush to reverse it. They asked the Ambassador to transmit their objections [...]
2008-07-24 16:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL XM BR
08BRASILIA1003BRAZIL,S HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY: FOLLOWING THE
[...] (SBU) Bolstered by economic success, the GOB demands equal footing with all nations, especially when it comes to foreign policy, and its human rights policy is no exception. Brazil's Constitution mandates that the second prevailing principle of its international relations is human rights. Even [...]
2008-07-24 16:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA1035UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON ABADIA EXTRADITION
[...] (C) As a follow up to ref a instructions, Post, on July 24, 2008, once again contacted Ministry of Justice Legal Advisor, Rafael Tomaz Favetti regarding the expulsion of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia (Chupeta). Favetti advised Post that he had encountered stiffer opposition within the Ministry t [...]
2008-07-28 11:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1048Brazil: Post-Doha - early public reaction
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 15:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA1061BRAZIL'S NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER COMPETITION TAKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting the July 31, deadline for responses to Brazil's request for information (RFI) on a next generation fighter aircraft (FX2),Boeing and Lockheed Martin submitted their proposals on July 30 and 31 respectively. The Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) is expected to review the propo [...]
2008-08-05 14:57:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR ETTC
08BRASILIA1069NEXT STEPS ON ABADIA EXTRADITION CASE AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Post appreciates Department and DOJ assistance in determining next steps on securing the extradition of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia ("Chupeta") and requests the guidance discussed ref A on an urgent basis, as ongoing investigations into Abadia's activities in Br [...]
2008-08-06 20:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1079BRAZIL: MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS ON SHOOTDOWN
[...] (C) On August 5, POLMILOFF met with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Special Advisor Marcos Pinta Gama and discussed U.S.-Brazil cooperation on shootdown-related issues. (Note: Pinta Gama, a key embassy contact, is chief of staff to Secretary General (vice minister) Samuel Pinheiro Guim [...]
2008-08-08 11:29:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA1102BRAZIL GENERALLY SUPPORTS CREATING NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. At an August 14 meeting with Environment, Science and Technology Counselor, the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technol [...]
2008-08-15 11:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC ETTC BR
08BRASILIA11112009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT DECLARATION OF
[...] As per reftel, post discussed preparations for the April 2009 Summit of the Americas with Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs Division of American States Deputy Director Antonio Franca. Franca said that Brazil was still reviewing the draft declaration and would have specific comments later [...]
2008-08-15 20:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1112CLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZIL WILL CONSIDER USG NOMINATION FOR
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology Counselor met on August 15 with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director of the Division of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development, Cou [...]
2008-08-15 21:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG KSCA SENV AORC BR
08BRASILIA1113BRAZIL SUPPORTIVE OF ATCM MEASURE ESTABLISHING THE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology Counselor met on August 14 with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director of the Department for the Environment and Special Themes, Min. Luis Alb [...]
2008-08-15 21:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY BR
08BRASILIA1118DUE DILIGENCE FOR BRASILIA NOMINEE GOOGLE EARTH OUTREACH
[...] (SBU) Post Brasilia reaffirms that the conduct of Google Earth Outreach, building conservation partnerships with indigenous leaders and practitioners in the Amazon forests of Brazil, has been exemplary and deserving of consideration for State's 2008 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). An aw [...]
2008-08-18 19:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EINV SENV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1120CONTROVERSY OVER BRAZIL,S AMNESTY LAW INFLAMES OLD
[...] (U) On August 31, Brazilian Justice Mininster Tarso Genro called for prosecution of members of the Brazilian military involved with violations of human rights, including torture, during Brazil,s 1964-85 military government. This would call for a revision of the 1979 law on amnesty which hal [...]
2008-08-19 15:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR MARR PGOV PHUM
08BRASILIA1122EXPANDING THE ENERGY REALTIONSHIP WITH BRAZIL: KUPFER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffery Kupfer and his delegation visited Brazil August 4 - 7. They met with a wide variety of private sector and government officials to discuss a broad range of energy issues. In Rio on August 4, Kupfer discussed primarily oil issues, in Bras [...]
2008-08-21 15:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG EINV SENV KSCA BR IN
08BRASILIA1124SHOOTDOWN: VISIT TO CINDACTA IV
[...] In late July, a team from MLO Brasilia and SOUTHCOM visited CINDACTA IV, the regional air traffic control center responsible for almost fifty percent of Brazil's territory and controlling the most commonly used routes for drug traffickers. The team reported that the CINDACTA was working effi [...]
2008-08-22 13:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR MOPS BR
08BRASILIA1128BRAZIL: Trade, Taxes and Investment - CAMEX Lytha Spindola
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting August 20 between Ambassador Sobel and CAMEX (see para 7) Executive Secretary Lytha Spindola, Spindola hinted strongly that MRE is becoming extremely interested in pursuing 4 plus 1 conversations on trade with the United States. She expressed optimism that forward m [...]
2008-08-25 16:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA113CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRASILIA AND BELEM
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Bill Nelson visited Brazil November 27-30, 2007, focusing primarily on environmental issues, biofuels, and national security matters. He met with key Brazilians in the national gove [...]
2008-01-22 11:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP SENV KGHG EAGR TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1151SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF
[...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...]
2008-08-27 20:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1159BRAZIL LAUNCHES ITS AMAZON FUND, BUT WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 1, President Lula signed Decree 6527 calling on the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) to create the "Fundo Amazonia" (or Amazon Fund),a new tool to help reduce Brazil's [...]
2008-09-02 11:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG EFIN NO BR
08BRASILIA1160BRAZIL: Airport Administrator INFRAERO Meeting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting between Ambassador Sobel and the head of INFRAERO, Sergio Guadenzi, Guadenzi provided a brief overview of civil aviation administration in Brazil, discussed airport profitability and privatization proposals, reviewed cargo infrastructure, and noted a decision on Gu [...]
2008-09-02 12:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON BR
08BRASILIA1170SHOOTDOWN: Brazilian Air Defense Procedures
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Paragraph 2 contains an Embassy translation of the text of the procedures under which Brazil's Air Defense Authorities can order a shootdown under Brazilian law. These procedures were provided by the Braizilian Air Force and should be treated as an internal Brazilian [...]
2008-09-04 16:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER FARC BR
08BRASILIA1172NREL EXPERT ON RENEWABLE ENERGY RECEIVES RAVE REVIEWS IN
[...] Renewable energies expert Dr. Doug Arent from the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) spoke at a series of events in Chile and Argentina on energy technology and energy efficiency, issues of primary importance to the national security of these two countries. Dr. Arent's visit was [...]
2008-09-05 11:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG ECON CI AR XR BR
08BRASILIA1176BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Brazil biofuels steering committee met at the technical level on August 20 in Brasilia, following the postponement of travel to Brazil by Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery. The meeting included a highly constructive private sector element and a very p [...]
2008-09-05 20:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAGR ETRD ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA1183GEORGIA: BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON SITUATION
[...] (C) Post has held a series of discussions with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) using the points and themes contained in reftels. Consistent with its normal practice, the Brazilian government has avoided taking a strong position on a situation distant from Brazil's borders [...]
2008-09-08 11:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA12BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR FINDS OPPORTUNTIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Clifford Sobel met with Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao on December 12 to advance the public health cooperation agenda. The Ambassador said the USG would work with the Health Ministry, the NGO "Malaria No More," and the State of Amazonas to develop a program [...]
2008-01-03 19:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI EAID KHIV BR
08BRASILIA12142008 RECOMMENDATION FOR RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In accordance with ref a instructions, Post has conducted an extensive review of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (ABD)/Shootdown program. Following site visits, conversations with Brazilian government officials and analysis of Brazil's shootdown procedures, (reftels) post has a clea [...]
2008-09-11 18:42:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL MOPS BR
08BRASILIA1215Brazilian Concerns over Bolivian Gas Disruptions
[...] (C) Summary: Calling the situation "worrisome," Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy Assistant Secretary for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Renewables, Limo Neto, shared with Econoff the breaking news that gas flow from Bolivia was decreasing, although the majority of the supply to Brazil remains [...]
2008-09-11 18:44:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ECON EPET EINV BR BL
08BRASILIA1217BRAZIL: BTT-Receita Federal Lina Vieira and Ambassador
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the new head of Receita Federal, Lina Vieira and the chief international tax negotiator Marcus Pontes, Vieira appeared focused, well-briefed and clearly knowledgeable both on general tax issues and very aware of domestic political atmospherics. She understood [...]
2008-09-12 11:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1218LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS CONTINUITY, IRAN, VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings with Senator Hagel, President Lula and Foreign Minister Amorim shared common views about the need for the next U.S. Administration to continue building on the remarkable progress achieved in the past several years in bringing the two countries closer. Bo [...]
2008-09-12 13:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1219SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 112
[...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]
2008-09-12 15:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1224Bolivian Gas in Brazil: Stable But Waiting For The Shoe To
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As of September 12, Brazil's gas supply had stabilized following first a minor (10 percent) and then major (50 percent) disruption in Brazilian imports of Bolivian natural gas during the preceding two days as the result of a domestic political struggle in Bolivia. Flow remains dow [...]
2008-09-12 20:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ECON EPET EINV BR BL
08BRASILIA1226WHAT TO DO ABOUT BOLIVIA? BRAZIL'S PRESIDENCY,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 23:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENGR EPET EINV BR BL
08BRASILIA124BRAZIL'S LONG-TERM PLANNING MINISTER OUTLINES
[...] (C) Summary. Over the course of two meetings with the Ambassador (accompanied by PolCouns, DAO, and MLO representatives) and a briefing with Department of Defense officials in Cambridge, Long-Term Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger has laid out his vision for a U.S.-Brazil partnership [...]
2008-01-24 19:38:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM SOCI SENV ECON BR
08BRASILIA125263RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: BRAZILIAN PRIORITIES
[...] Poloff discussed this year's UNGA with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) UN Division Director Gilda Neves. Brazil will be represented by President Lula and Foreign Mininster Amorim. Both will have extensive schedules of bilateral meetings. Lula is spending more time than planned in New Y [...]
2008-09-19 20:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1253BRAZIL VIEWS ON BOLIVIA CRISIS, EXPULSION OF US
[...] (C) PolCounselor delievered ref A demarche September 19 to Ambassador Marcel Biato, foreign policy advisor at the Brazilian presidency (Planalto). Biato asked if the decision to expel the Bolivian and Venezuelan ambassadors to the U.S. was "considered" or "reciprocal." PolCouns responded the [...]
2008-09-19 22:04:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR BO
08BRASILIA1257 BRAZIL- DEMARCHE DELIVERED -OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
[...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008 ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF officials Joaquim da Cunha Neto and Bernardo Mota took delivery of the document, which outlined the reasons behind the designation of thr [...]
2008-09-22 14:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE BR SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08BRASILIA126Brazil: Biofuels Meeting with MRE's Division of Renewable
[...] Summary: EconOffs and ESTHOffs met January 22 with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) interlocutors to discuss next steps on our Biofuels MOU, and used the opportunity to introduce the MRE to new economic deputy and energy officer. Claudia Vieira Santos and Marcelo Solomao Martinez clarifie [...]
2008-01-25 12:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET PREL BR
08BRASILIA1261DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNODC SELF-ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) On September 16, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. Asked if Brazil would complete the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) self-assessment checklist, which Bra [...]
2008-09-22 20:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM KJUS UN PG BR
08BRASILIA1265LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS TRADE, CUBA, UNSC REFORM WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 21:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1266BRAZIL FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BOLIVIA SITUATION
[...] (C) PolCounselor delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry South America 1 Division (Mercosul countries) Chief, Minister Joao Luis Pereira Pinto, who is handling all of South America in the absence of his counterpart who handles the Andes and Under Secretary for [...]
2008-09-22 21:16:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PREF BR BO
08BRASILIA1267SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES ENERGY, REGIONAL POLITICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Brasilia from August 31 to September 1, during which time he met with key leaders in the Brazilian government, including Minister of Defense Jobim, Minister of Mines and Energy Lobao, and Minister for Strategic Affairs Unger, to discuss Brazil,s dynam [...]
2008-09-22 21:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1289BRAZIL: DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON APPLICATION OF IAEA SAFEGUARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 19:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY BR
08BRASILIA129BRAZILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON DCA, TRIP TO FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told the Ambassador January 17 that he would like to sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA, ref A) when he visits Washington in March, but that he faces stiff opposition in the Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty). He brie [...]
2008-01-25 14:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAIR PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1290Brazil Municipal Elections: Belo Horizonte Race Will Test
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although all Brazilian cities elect mayors and city councils on October 5, the municipal elections in Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo have the most potential to affect the national political situation. In Belo Horizonte, Brazil's sixth largest city located in the state of Minas G [...]
2008-09-29 20:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
08BRASILIA1291 BRAZIL: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS: UPDATED
[...] Per REFTEL, Post's officers responsible for handling requests for marine scientific research authorizations are as follows: - Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor Richard J. Driscoll - tel. 55 61 3312-7401, email DriscollRJ@state.gov (through summer 2010) - ESTH [...]
2008-09-29 20:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KRVC EWWT KSCA SENV BR
08BRASILIA1292BRAZIL: DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON PROPOSED IMPORT OF LOW LEVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 14:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1294SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 113
[...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]
2008-09-30 16:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1299Brazil Responds to U.S. Financial Crisis
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the U.S. financial crisis, Brazil's Central Bank (CB) has partially reversed its hawkish anti-inflationary policies by adding 13.2 billion reais to the financial system in hopes of freeing up credit and has indicated that future interest rate hikes are unlikel [...]
2008-10-01 11:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA13BRAZIL: SEN. BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During a November 27 conversation with Senator Bill Nelson (Florida),the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy, Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas, discussed relati [...]
2008-01-03 19:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP SENV KGHG KPKO EAGR TRGY PREL HA VE BR
08BRASILIA130BRAZIL: USTR OCR MEETING WITH GOB OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On January 15, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) Chris Wilson and delegation met privately with Hadil Vianna, Director for Scientific and Technical Affairs (DCT) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and later with members of the [...]
2008-01-25 18:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA1301BRAZIL'S LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SUMMIT:
[...] (C) Summary. Brazilian officials are describing the first-ever Latin America/Caribbean Summit, to be held in Salvador, Bahia December 16-17, as an opportunity for the region to discuss its own agenda. With no more than an indicative focus on integration and development as the stated theme of [...]
2008-10-01 13:50:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM BR
08BRASILIA131MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II: BRAZIL DELEGATION
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian delegation to the second Major Economies Meeting (MEM2) in Honolulu has changed little in terms of personnel. What we do see, however, is a remarkable change in terms of their [...]
2008-01-25 19:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
08BRASILIA1312WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
[...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered the demarche on September 24 to Minister Marcos Pinta Gama in the Foreign Ministry's General Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and Poloff delivered it on September 29 to First Secretary Marisa Kenicke, the Afghanistan desk officer. Pinta Gama noted that Brazil had a [...]
2008-10-03 11:04:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL AF BR
08BRASILIA1314SUPREME COURT WIRETAP SCANDAL CHANGES FACE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Long-running suspicions that phone calls of high-level Brazilian officials from all three branches of government are being intercepted became the latest front-page scandal when Veja magazine reported that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) had tapped conversations between a [...]
2008-10-03 14:51:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PTER PINS BR
08BRASILIA1315BRAZIL: WIRETAP SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS POWER STRUGGLE
[...] Summary: Revelations that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) may have been wiretapping Supreme Court (STF) President Gilmar Mendes' calls (reftel) have reinvigorated Congressional inquiries into abusive wiretapping practices and will likely lead to legislation providing oversight over wi [...]
2008-10-03 15:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL PTER BR
08BRASILIA1320 BRAZIL: LOCAL ELECTIONS AN EARLY SIGNAL OF TOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Brazilians will elect mayors and city council members in all cities except Brasilia. It is increasingly looking like the results will define the 2010 presidential election as a contest between Dilma Rousseff (PT),the president's chief of staff and clear favorite, [...]
2008-10-03 19:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
08BRASILIA1325BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR CEO FORUM - OCT 9/10 - SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 13:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1330BRAZIL: BRAZIL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: FIRST ROUND
[...] (U) Summary: During local elections held on Sunday, October 5, in over 5500 Brazilian cities and towns (but not in Brasilia, as the DF has a governor but no mayor),Brazilians voted for mayors and city councils peacefully without incident. In state capitals they generally re-elected mayors or [...]
2008-10-07 20:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BR
08BRASILIA1332 Growth Trends in Brazilian Telecommunications
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian Ministry of Communications (MOC) staff noted in a recent meeting that information technology use has increased by 40% over 2006 in the mobile service sector, by 35% in the internet service sector and by 30% in the pay TV service sector. The MOC also confirmed the rumo [...]
2008-10-08 14:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINT MARR PINR TINT TSPA BR
08BRASILIA1334BRAZIL: UPDATE ON SPACE COOPERATION
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 1, 2008, Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor met with Luis Maria Pio Correa, the Acting Director of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Oceans, [...]
2008-10-08 17:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TSPA TSPL SENV BR
08BRASILIA1335NEXT MOVES IN BRAZILIAN ENERGY ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Based on a conversation between Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) Minister Lobao and Ambassador Sobel on October 6, Deputy MME Minister Zimmermann is expected to come to the United State in late October, to be followed by a visit at a later date by Minister Lobao. The trip is e [...]
2008-10-08 17:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG BR IN EINV KSCA
08BRASILIA1345SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADM. STAVRIDIS TO
[...] SUMMARY. Your visit comes at an important time for our strategic partnership with Brazil. Overall, the U.S.-Brazil relationship is as productive as it has ever been, driven by strong cooperation between Presidents Bush and Lula, particularly in the area of biofuels. As Brazil completes its [...]
2008-10-10 13:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ETTC BR
08BRASILIA1353BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATIONS
[...] (SBU) On October 3, 2008 Econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF official Bernardo Mota took delivery of ref A document regarding the Department of the Treasury's (DOT) Office of Foreign Assets Contr [...]
2008-10-10 19:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER PINR EFIN NU CI UY PA PM CA VE BR AR
08BRASILIA1354BRAZIL: UPDATE ON BRAZIL'S AMBITIOUS CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has ambitious plans for Brazil's nuclear renaissance. It intends to complete construction of its third nuclear power plant (Angra 3) located near Rio de Janei [...]
2008-10-10 19:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1356BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...]
2008-10-10 20:47:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
08BRASILIA1362Brazil: U/S Jeffery - Central Bank and External Relations
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 10:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1365 IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON VIEWS TOWARD CHINA
[...] (SBU) This cable transmits Brasilia's responses to questions (reftel) about the impact that China's hosting of the Olympic Games has had on views of China. A) How closely did the public follow the Beijing Olympic Games? The Brazilian public followed the games with great interest, especial [...]
2008-10-15 20:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA1366 BRAZIL: THIRD MEETING OF USG GOB BIOFUELS STEERING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III, Special Advisor Greg Manuel and PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the third USG-GOB Biofuels Steering Committee meeting on October 3. The Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) new Under Secretary f [...]
2008-10-16 11:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1373BRAZIL'S FIGHTER COMPETITION - THE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On September 29th, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) announced its three finalists for Brazil's next generation fighter aircraft (FX2): the Boeing F18 Super Hornet, the Dassault Rafale and the Saab Gripen. The winner of the c [...]
2008-10-16 20:54:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PREL MARR ETTC
08BRASILIA1377BRAZIL-DEFORESTATION: GREAT CONCERN BUT LITTLE ASSISTANCE,
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a September 8 meeting, representatives of key European and Asia-Pacific countries outlined their current and planned financial and technical assistance to Brazil to help combat deforestati [...]
2008-10-20 09:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG EFIN NO BR
08BRASILIA1378BRAZIL DEFORESTATION UPDATE - OCTOBER, 2008
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) had another bad month in August in its efforts to reduce the rate of deforestation: the rate more than tripled compared to August 2007. Against this backdrop, [...]
2008-10-20 09:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA BR
08BRASILIA1393 BRAZIL: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOFUELS, NOVEMBER
[...] SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is hosting an International Conference on Biofuels from November 17 through 21 in Sao Paulo. Brazilian President Lula will speak twice at the conference; and President Bush has been invited to participate. Post and the GOB hope to have the U.S. represe [...]
2008-10-23 12:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ECON ENRG EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1396U.S. FOREST SERVICE COLLABORATION ADVANCES BRAZILIAN FOREST
[...] Following a two-week workshop lead by U.S. Forest Service (USFS) experts, the Brazilian Center for Forest Fire Fighting and Prevention (PREVFOGO/IBAMA) agreed to take the lead in forming a National Wildfire Coordination Group, which will be responsible for elaborating and implementing a Brazil [...]
2008-10-23 17:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1398 Ambassador Schulte Visit to Brasilia - Nuclear Issues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 13 visit to Brasilia, Ambassador Gregory Schulte discussed Iran, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issues and Brazil's nuclear program. Brazil wants to play a constructive role with the UN on nuclear issues, particularly with Iran. Completing an Additional Pro [...]
2008-10-24 16:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG MNUC PARM UN BR
08BRASILIA1399BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY (IBAMA) TO TAKE
[...] SUMMARY. In an effort to improve handling of trade in products covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) will assume responsibility for all imports and exports. Pursuant to a rule th [...]
2008-10-24 17:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1405BRAZILIANS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) During his October 17 visit to Brazil, Under Secretary Bill Burns was told repeatedly by GOB officials and others that relations between the United States and Brazil are excellent and that they hope a new U.S. administration will make an early effort to build on them. GOB officials focused [...]
2008-10-24 20:08:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG BR
08BRASILIA1406BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR USDEL TO PREP MEETING FOR THE JOINT
[...] SUMMARY: The overall relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, with an excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. A variety of cooperative mechanisms have been created or revitalized in [...]
2008-10-27 09:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG BR
08BRASILIA1407Brazil: WTO Amb Azevedo Meeting with DUSTR Veroneau
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 09:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EIND EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1414 Brazil: Incumbents, PMDB Win in Second Round Mayoral
[...] (U) Summary. In second round voting for mayors in thirty Brazilian cities, candidates from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and incumbents did well, while President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) lost in Sao Paulo, Salvador, and Porto Alegre, but did well in the industrial cities su [...]
2008-10-28 10:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
08BRASILIA1417Brazil Enacts Preventive Measures to Address Global
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the global financial crisis, Brazilian President Lula signed Provisional Measure 443 (MP443) October 22 that allows two federal institutions, the Bank of Brazil (BB),and Caixa Economica, the right to purchase stock in Brazilian banks, private or public, as a pre [...]
2008-10-28 18:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1418Brazil: Scenesetter - Economic Partnership Dialogue October
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The third meeting of the Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the importance USG attaches to deepening and expanding the positive economic agenda between the United States and Brazil now, through the transition, and into a new Adminis [...]
2008-10-29 09:49:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1427BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO INFO GATHERING REQUEST SUMMIT
[...] (U) The following is in response to Ref A action request for information gathering leading up to the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington, November 15, 2008. Post also recommends Refs B, C, E, F and G which all address Brazil's reaction and response to the U.S. fin [...]
2008-10-31 09:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA1435BRAZIL: NEW DELHI IBAS SUMMIT ENSURES CONTINUITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Brazilian diplomats say Brazil was satisfied with the October 15 India)Brazil-South Africa (IBAS) Summit in New Delhi because it strengthened IBAS and should ensure its continuity after the upcoming changes in member state governments. The IBAS Fund is capitalized at only tw [...]
2008-11-03 11:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD IN SF BR
08BRASILIA1460U.S. CANDIDACY FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 19:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN AORC PGOV PREL XK XL XS BR
08BRASILIA1462 BRAZIL'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN - NON-BINDING,
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has released its draft National Plan for Climate Change, which it intends to submit at the Poznan UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference [...]
2008-11-06 12:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG EAGR KGHG ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA1463Brazil: Views on G20 meetings
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian officials across GOB welcome the G20 approach to address the global financial crisis. External Relations Ministry, Finance Ministry and Central Bank emphasize the G20 must be seen as a mechanism to develop concrete proposals that take emerging economy input into accou [...]
2008-11-07 13:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1465SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 114
[...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]
2008-11-07 18:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1471 BRAZIL DEMARCHE DELIVERY: UNITED STATES COMPROMISE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel points, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) raised concerns that consolidating working party activities could diminish focus on international mobile telecommunications work. ANATEL looks forward to discussing these issues further with [...]
2008-11-13 09:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECIP ECON BR
08BRASILIA1472BRAZIL: CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) REFTEL A asked how the Brazilian government may have changed organizationally with respect to climate change over the past 12-18 months. Post's answers are keyed to questions. 3. (SBU) HAS YOUR [...]
2008-11-13 09:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG BR
08BRASILIA1477BRAZIL: UPDATE ON NUCLEAR MATTERS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per November 10 meeting with the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),the Government of Brazil (GOB) has n [...]
2008-11-13 14:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA1479 Brazil: Obama's Victory Unleashes Outpouring of
[...] (SBU) Summary. Official statements and media reactions to the election of Barack Obama have been overwhelmingly positive, and political and opinion leaders have expressed hopes that the already good bilateral relationship will improve. Brazilians elites have high expectations that Obama will [...]
2008-11-13 17:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1482 Brazil: Cachaga and Tennessee Whiskey
[...] (SBU) Summary: William Foster, Assistant Administrator of the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB),met with Agriculture, External Relations, and Receita Federal (Brazilian Customs) on October 29th to propose a Memorandum of Understanding, discuss new Brazilian a [...]
2008-11-13 19:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA1486BRAZIL WILL OPEN AN EMBASSY IN PYONGYANG
[...] (C) Summary. Brazil will open an embassy in Pyongyang next year, and has already selected an experienced diplomat as ambassador, an Itamaraty official told poloff on November 4. Downplaying the opening's significance, the diplomat said the timing was "spontaneous" but fulfills a long-standi [...]
2008-11-14 18:04:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PARM PHUM BR KN ZO
08BRASILIA1487SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 20 BILATERAL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The revival of the Bilateral Working Group (BWG) with Brazil comes at an important time for our strategic partnership. With Nelson Jobim as Defense Minister, Brazil has, for the first time, effective civilian leadership and a mandate to modernize its armed forces. As Brazil co [...]
2008-11-14 18:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PREL MARR MOPS
08BRASILIA1493COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...]
2008-11-17 12:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR
08BRASILIA1523Brazil: Economic Partnership Dialogue meetings
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian External Relations Ministry (MRE) U/S Mendonca welcomed the continuation of the Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) in the October 30 meeting with WHA A/S Tom Shannon and EEB A/S Dan Sullivan. The EPD agreed to expanded substantive cooperation in third countries on de [...]
2008-11-24 18:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1528DISASTER DECLARATION FOR SEVERE FLOODING IN SANTA CATARINA
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Charge has determined, based upon information from Brazil's Secretariat for Civil Defense and Santa Catarina State Government, that the severe destruction due to recent record rains, flooding, and mudslides is of sufficient magnitude to w [...]
2008-11-25 17:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TBIO SENV BR
08BRASILIA1529NNSA ADMINISTRATOR SEEKS BRAZIL SUPPORT FOR NSG PROPOSAL ON
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 5, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator D'Agostino met with senior officials of the Government of Brazil (GOB) - Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Und [...]
2008-11-25 17:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1532BRAZIL RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL
[...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche November 25 to Ambassador Goncalo de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourao, director of the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Department at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. Morao said that Brazil had expressed in the OAS its "apprehensiveness" wi [...]
2008-11-25 19:32:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BR NU
08BRASILIA1538DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AT
[...] (C) On Tuesday, November 25, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretario Ricardo Rizzo from the United Nations Division of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations. Rizzo sincerely thanked poloff for the detailed information breaking down the number of anti-Israeli resolutions compared [...]
2008-11-28 16:18:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY BR
08BRASILIA1539DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE
[...] (C) On Tuesday, November 25, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary Ricardo Rizzo from the United Nations Division of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Rizzo noted that he did not expect Brazil's vote to change, but that he would consult with the Division of Disarmamen [...]
2008-11-28 16:19:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1542BRAZIL: (SOME) PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN PETITION
[...] Seventy-five Brazilian federal deputies signed and forwarded to this Embassy a petition addressed to the U.S. Congress asking it to "intercede with representatives of the UN General Assembly to suspend the financial, commercial, and economic blockade imposed on Cuba, a matter voted on in the [...]
2008-12-01 19:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BR CU
08BRASILIA1543BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CAUTIOUS ON IRAN, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings, both Ambassador Everton Vargas, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, and Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao, confirmed to Ambassador Sobel that Petrobras is not planning any further investments in Iran [...]
2008-12-02 15:38:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR IR
08BRASILIA1552Brazil: Investment Agreement Discussion on EPD Margins
[...] (SBU) Summary: DOS and USTR representatives met with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations officials Carlos Marcio Cozendey, Minister, Director of the Economic Development Department and Marcello Salum, Gabinete to the Under-Secretary for Economic and Technology Affairs, on October 29, in ad [...]
2008-12-04 09:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1553BRAZIL'S BIOFUELS CONFERENCE - MANDATES NEEDED,
[...] SUMMARY: The International Biofuels Conference hosted by the Brazilian government in Sao Paulo from November 17-21, may have changed the focus of the international debate over biofuels. Despite some criticisms of U.S. corn-based ethanol and tariffs, the participants from over 90 countries over [...]
2008-12-04 09:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1557BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDERSTANDS DEA ROLE IN
[...] (SBU) On November 18, Ambassador Sobel met with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas to inform him of our intention to increase DEA staff in our offices in Brasilia and Sao Paulo in light of the Bolivian government's dec [...]
2008-12-04 11:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL BR BO
08BRASILIA1559BRAZILIANS, KOREANS SAY RELATIONS GOOD, GETTING
[...] (C) Summary. The four-day visit to Brazil by Korean President Lee Myung-bak reaffirmed an already positive relationship characterized by a rapidly growing but unbalanced trade relationship, plans for modest exchanges in agricultural and mining technology, and very different views on UN refor [...]
2008-12-04 16:11:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV ETRD BR KS KN
08BRASILIA1565GERMANY SEEKS TO EXPAND ITS SUBSTANIAL ASSISTANCE TO BRAZIL
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany has long been the leading contributor of financial and technical assistance to Brazil on deforestation and climate change. It is looking to expand its substantial program of technic [...]
2008-12-05 18:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA KGHG BR GM
08BRASILIA1567BRAZIL SEEKING REASSURANCE ON ARGENTINA WILL CONFER WITH
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 3, Science Counselor and Science Officer met with the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technology, Min. Santiago Mourao, to [...]
2008-12-05 19:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1568BRAZIL SEEKS REASSURANCE ON REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT BEFORE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 3, Science Counselor and Science Officer met with the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technology, Min. Santiago Mourao, to [...]
2008-12-08 13:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1572SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 115
[...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]
2008-12-08 18:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
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
08BRASILIA1589THE FX2 COMPETITION: OVERCOMING KEY CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A December 9 meeting with Boeing representatives highlighted several key issues for the success of Boeing,s bid for Brazil,s next generation fighter aircraft, the FX2. As noted in ref a, technology transfer continues to be Brazil,s most important criterion for selecting a figh [...]
2008-12-12 15:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASC BR
08BRASILIA1590THE BRAZIL-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP: COFFEE AND SYMPATHY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The late November visit to Brazil by Russian President Medvedev provided an opportunity for both countries to express their interest in enhanced economic ties, science and defense cooperation, energy and development of the BRIC grouping as a more regular international forum. Br [...]
2008-12-12 15:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ETRD EAGR ENGR BR RS
08BRASILIA160GOVERNMENT PUSH FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS TAX
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the months-long unsuccessful effort to renew the tax on financial transactions ("CPMF"),the Lula administration tried to win congressional votes by distributing jobs and federal funds, meddling in the legislative agenda, and seeking favors for key legislators. The episode [...]
2008-01-31 15:55:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM KCOR EFIN BR
08BRASILIA1603 PRODUCTIVE U.S.-BRAZIL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIALOGUE,
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 30-31, representatives of the USG scientific and technological community met with Brazilian counterparts in Brasilia. The Brasilia meeting was generally viewed as very productive [...]
2008-12-12 17:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KSCA SENV ECON ETRD EINV BR
08BRASILIA1608BRAZIL CRIMINALIZES POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH
[...] (U) Brazilian President Lula opened the Third International Child World Congress in Rio de Janeiro on November 25 (SEPTEL) by pulling out his pen in front of thousands of participants and signing a bill that made possession of child pornography a felony, the first time it has been criminalized [...]
2008-12-15 19:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM BR
08BRASILIA1610FIRST MERCOSUL-ASEAN MINISTERIAL: BABY STEPS, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the first Mercosul-ASEAN ministerial, delegations discussed global affairs, trade and investment, people-to people ties, and future cooperation. A joint declaration highlighted the blocs' "firm commitment to successfully concluding the Doha Round in a fair and balanced ma [...]
2008-12-16 11:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD BR ASEAN
08BRASILIA1612BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATIONS
[...] (SBU) On 12 December 2008, ECONOFF met Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) official Bernardo Motta to follow up previous discussions regarding the recent USG designations of individuals and organizations as supporters of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 (refs A, B, and [...]
2008-12-16 19:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR
08BRASILIA1617 BRAZIL'S PORT DREDGING CHALLENGE
[...] (U) Summary: Brazil recently unveiled updated plans to dredge over 75 thousand cubic meters at an estimated cost of R$ 1.4 billion (USD580 million) in 16 of its largest commercial maritime ports as part of President Lula's Accelerated Growth Program (PAC). The plan, entitled the National Progra [...]
2008-12-17 17:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
08BRASILIA1621Brazil Civil Aviation: Liberalization/Privatization Update
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is currently considering Brazilian civil aviation liberalization/privatization legislation that the government hopes would result in greater direct foreign investment, domestic market liberalization, transference of air traffic functions from military to civilian control, [...]
2008-12-17 18:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1622BRAZIL AND INDONESIA: A RELATIONSHIP FOR THE FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 18-19 visit to Brazil by Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono, Indonesia and Brazil agreed to cooperate in agriculture, including biofuels; mining; and poverty eradication. They formalized a strategic partnership for ongoing dialogue and cooperation. Brazili [...]
2008-12-18 13:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV ENRG EAGR BR ID
08BRASILIA1636BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...]
2008-12-20 17:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR
08BRASILIA1637BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 2: BRINGING LATIN AMERICA AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with ministerial level contacts on December 18 and 19 who commented with varying degrees of detail on the series of summits (Mercosul, UNASUL, Rio Group, and Latin America/Caribbean--CALC) hosted by Brazil in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia December 16-17 (Ref A). Seni [...]
2008-12-20 18:12:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN KSUM MARR XM XL BR MX CU
08BRASILIA1638BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 3: THE SURPRISE OF BAHIA:
[...] (C) In a meeting on December 19 with Ambassador Sobel regarding the outcome of the regional summits hosted by Brazil December 15-17 in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia (see septels),Mexican Ambassador to Brazil Andres Valencia Benavides (protect),just back from Bahia, revealed that President Calderon' [...]
2008-12-20 18:19:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM ECIN MARR BR MX
08BRASILIA1640BRAZIL RESPSONE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED LACEY ACT -
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 9, Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor briefed Antonio Carlos Hummel, Director for the Department of Forests, in the Brazilian environmental agency (IBAMA) abo [...]
2008-12-22 10:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO BR
08BRASILIA1650BRAZIL: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PETITION BARACK OBAMA
[...] Seventy-one of Brazil's 81 senators and 203 of the 513 federal deputies signed a petition addressed to President-elect Obama calling for an end to the Cuba trade embargo. They represent the spectrum of ideological parties in congress and include some who are opposed to the Cuban regime. Th [...]
2008-12-23 11:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD BR CU
08BRASILIA1652UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the USG to reconsider its earlier position and now support the Ukrainian-Brazilian space launch venture that will operate out of Alcantara, allowing U.S. satellite firms to benefit from these facilities. While the Ukrainians noted some [...]
2008-12-23 15:48:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
08BRASILIA1664Brazil: 2008 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (U) The Brazilian government continues to be a cooperative partner in countering terrorism and related activities that could contribute to the facilitation of attacks in the region or elsewhere--to include investigating potential terrorism financing, and document forgery networks and other illi [...]
2008-12-29 10:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV ECON CO BR
08BRASILIA1665NSF DIRECTOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US-BRAZIL SCIENTIFIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The visit to Brasilia and Sao Paulo by National Science Foundation (NSF) Director, Dr. Arden Bement and Brazil Program Manager from the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE),Dr. Carmina Londono, included several very productive meetings with GOB agencies an [...]
2008-12-29 10:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL NSF KSCA SENV ENRG EAGR KIPR BR
08BRASILIA1666BRAZIL: ANNUAL 2007/2008 REPORTS SHOWS MIXED RESULTS IN
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In its annual deforestation report, the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE) concluded that for the August 2007 to July 2008 period deforestation in the Amazon Forest rose by 3 [...]
2008-12-29 10:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1669RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA TO OTHER WHA
[...] (C) Following are mission's response to ref a, para 3. a) As reported ref B, the Ambassador delivered a diplomatic note to Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary Vargas on November x informing the GOB of our intent to increase staffing at existing DEA offices in Brasilia and Sao Pa [...]
2008-12-29 17:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR AMGT BR
08BRASILIA168BRAZILIAN RESPONSES TO INVITATIONS TO PARTICIPATE ON PANELS
[...] Post has received the following responses to the invitations to Brazilians to participate on a panel or in a plenary session at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008): ACCEPTED: Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, President of Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil [...]
2008-02-01 16:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG SENV TRGY KSCA BR
08BRASILIA1681 Senate Strikes Back Against Presidential Decree Authority
[...] (U) Summary. The days of "legislation by presidential decree" may be numbered, after the Senate President recently took the unprecedented step of returning a decree to President Lula, and both houses of Congress again focused on curtailing the President's ability to control the legislative age [...]
2008-12-31 16:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BR
08BRASILIA1685BRAZIL: LAYING BLAME AT THE FEET OF ISRAEL, U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian government heavily criticized Israel's actions against HAMAS in Gaza, after originally suggesting it might take a more nuanced approached with its initial statements. President Lula, backed by most Brazilian media outlets, harshly criticized both Israel and the Uni [...]
2008-12-31 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IR BR
08BRASILIA1686BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Air Bridge Denial ("shootdown") program has diminished drug flights in Brazil, and as a result, traffickers are increasingly using riverine routes to transport drugs out of the country. The state of Para sees much of this riverine trafficking. The combination of tribu [...]
2008-12-31 19:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC BR
08BRASILIA169 BRAZIL CIVAIR: MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON
[...] (SBU) Ref A points were raised in Ambassador's January 10 meeting with Tourism Minister Suplicy, in Ambassador's January 17 meeting with Defense Minister Jobim (ref B) and by Econcouns and Econoff in January 18 meeting with Ronaldo Costa Filho, the head of the Ministry of External Relations's ( [...]
2008-02-01 16:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON BR
08BRASILIA177 BRAZILIAN RESPONSE: U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology (EST) Counselor delivered REFTEL points on January 31 to Counselor Luiz Fernando Abbott Galvao in the Ministry of External Relations' Division for Disarmament and S [...]
2008-02-01 19:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PARM IN BR
08BRASILIA196BRAZIL: EXPLAINING THE PAC (THE GROWTH ACCELERATION PROGRAM)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 19:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON BR
08BRASILIA210SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]
2008-02-13 15:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA215EXTENSION REQUEST - KRISTIAN G. MOORE, BRASILIA (TED
[...] (U) Kristian G. Moore (ESTH Officer 12/06-12/08) requests to extend his current assignment to Embassy Brasilia from 11/2008 to 05/2009. Mr. Moore requests the extension in order to be repositioned to the summer 2009 bidding cycle and also due to family considerations (allowing a child to finis [...]
2008-02-13 18:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDBR
08BRASILIA216BRAZIL TO WAIT AND SEE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) In the Ambassador's absence from the capital, Political Counselor followed up Ambassador's initial demarche on Kosovo independence (ref B),delivering Ref A points to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Eastern European Acting Director Rodrigo Mendes Carlos de Almeida. De Almeida [...]
2008-02-14 10:04:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI BR
08BRASILIA222 BRAZIL CIVAIR: MEETINGS WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, ANAC
[...] (SBU) On February 13, during a meeting with Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim primarily to discuss Jobim's March visit to Washington, the Ambassador raised the issue of the proposed aircraft parking fee increase at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos airport. The measure was announced in December by [...]
2008-02-15 17:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ECON BR
08BRASILIA226SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has s [...]
2008-02-19 10:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA228SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 106
[...] The following is the 106th in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]
2008-02-19 16:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA229BRAZIL'S DEFORESTATION CYCLE (PART 2 of 3): FROM FORESTS,
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The massive clearing that has been taking place in the Amazon since the 1970's (REFTEL) has generally followed the pattern: conversion into cattle pastures and later either soybean productio [...]
2008-02-19 16:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG KSCA BR
08BRASILIA236AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE JOBIM
[...] (C) Ambassador Sobel met with Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim Feb. 13 to discuss Jobim's upcoming visit to Washington, regional security and progress on defense cooperation. Jobim agreed with Ambassador Sobel's outline of possible areas for discussion during his March visit to Wa [...]
2008-02-20 21:30:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PREL MARR
08BRASILIA246BRAZIL'S DEFORESTATION CYCLE (PART 3 of 3): GOVERNMENT HAS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has a limited ability to use "sticks," various law enforcement measures to control deforestation. Even if it could obtain the tools it currently lacks (suffic [...]
2008-02-24 13:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG KSCA BR
08BRASILIA247WIREC 2008: BRAZILIAN DELEGATION
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) The Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) has informed Post that the official delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) is as follows: Head of Dele [...]
2008-02-24 13:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG SENV TRGY KSCA BR
08BRASILIA249DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE US POSITION FOR
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel per instructions to Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Officials had no immediate reaction, and post will report any response septel. SOBEL [...]
2008-02-25 20:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CU BR
08BRASILIA253BRAZIL: EXTENSION OF FRAMEWORK SPACE COOPERATION AGREEMENT;
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. EXTENSION OF FRAMEWORK SPACE COOPERATION AGREEMENT 2. (SBU) Per REFTEL, Post delivered a diplomatic note to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) regarding the extension of the Space Cooperation Ag [...]
2008-02-26 11:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TSPA TSPL BR
08BRASILIA254 BRAZIL: 2008 Special 301 Recommendation
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2008 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Special 301 Watch List based on the GoB's ongoing commitment to a strong overall anti-piracy enforcement regime and its determin [...]
2008-02-26 11:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA258HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Country clearance is requested for Dr. Aristides Barbosa Junior, Epidemiologist, GAP-Brazil, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC, to travel to Maputo, Mozambique from March 02-2008 to March 08-2008. 2. The purpose of this trip to Maputo: to discuss the South to South Collaboration between CDC-GAP-Mozambique, [...]
2008-02-26 19:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA BR
08BRASILIA271BRAZIL EXPECTS TO SIGN JOINT ACTION PLAN AGAINST
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Although the new Racial Equality Minister Edson Santos was just confirmed on February 20, President Lula's administration is working hard to have the bilateral Joint Action Plan against Racism signed durin [...]
2008-02-28 17:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA272BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE - TREAS DAS O'NEILL VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In January 29 meetings with BNDES, Casa Civil, Central Bank, and Planning and Finance Ministries, Treasury Western Hemisphere DAS Brian O'Neill advanced discussion of a possible US-Brazil infrastructure initiative, further explored bilateral investment and tax treaties (see para [...]
2008-02-29 11:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON BR
08BRASILIA278SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 107
[...] The following is the one-hundred-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]
2008-02-29 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA286BRAZIL: NEW SCANDAL COULD MEAN ANOTHER LOST YEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The latest scandal to engulf the Lula government was unleashed January 13 when influential daily Estado de Sao Paulo took advantage of one of the government's most highly touted clean-government initiatives, its transparency web portal, to report on the exponential increase in u [...]
2008-03-02 13:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
08BRASILIA288Brazil: CEO Forum Members meetings Feb 20
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CEO co-chair Tim Solso (CEO Cummins) and Brazilian CEO Forum representatives Jorge Gerdau (CEO, Gerdau SA) and Flavio Leite (representing Josue Gomes da Silva of Cotaminas) met with Embassy staff and MRE visas chief Mitzi Gurgel the morning of February 20 to discuss progress on C [...]
2008-03-03 14:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA289Brazil: Investment Agreement Principles - consolidated GOB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides consolidated input to Washington agencies regarding the status of intra-GOB discussions on bilateral investment treaty principles. While no treaty "text" comparable to the US model BIT exists, CAMEX (the Brazilian External Trade Chamber) member ministries h [...]
2008-03-03 14:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA3OECD DSG AT BRAZIL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
[...] OECD Deputy Secretary General Thelma Askey spoke at a conference in Brasilia, the "Fourth International Conference on Knowledge Management in the Public Sector" on December 11. The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Planning Ministry, Presidential Council for Economic Development, and Long-Term Pl [...]
2008-01-02 19:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV SCUL PREL BR
08BRASILIA304BRAZIL: IRAN, ARAB WORLD, ON AMORIM'S MIND IN 2008
[...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's recent visit to five Middle Eastern countries continues a renewed focus on the Middle East that began with Amorim's participation at the Annapolis meetings in November of last year. Since Annapolis, Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) Middle Eas [...]
2008-03-05 10:41:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL BR VE IS IR BL JO SA EG MO SY
08BRASILIA318BRAZIL: RANF DEMARCHE - GOB OPEN TO DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On February 27, 2008, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor met with the Deputy Director of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technolog [...]
2008-03-06 17:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG IR IAEA BR
08BRASILIA319BRAZIL: USG VIEWS ON IAEA IRAN BRIEFING
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On February 27, 2008, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor met with the Deputy Director of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technolog [...]
2008-03-06 17:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA BR
08BRASILIA322BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On February 27, 2008, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor met with the Deputy Director of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technolog [...]
2008-03-07 12:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA BR
08BRASILIA323BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA COOPERATION ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula and Argentine President Kirchner met on February 22 and announced a joint effort regarding uranium enrichment. This new initiative is part of Brazil's overall polic [...]
2008-03-07 13:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG IAEA PREL ECON AR BR
08BRASILIA33BRAZIL GRAPPLES WITH RACISM AND RACIAL QUOTAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs recently met with University of Brasilia (UnB) President Timothy Mulholland, an expert on Brazil,s university quota systems to discuss self-imposed quotas and the proposed Racial Equality Statue. Racism in Brazil is a difficult topic to address largely as a result of a [...]
2008-01-07 12:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA331NO ADVERSE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS REGARDING NSF
[...] Reftel requested the Embassy to review a grant proposal for four training institutes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) titled "IAI Training Institute to Develop Capacity Building in Interdisciplinary Global Environmental Change Sciences," number OISE-07455732. The proposal would be u [...]
2008-03-10 14:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY NSF US BR
08BRASILIA3432008 U.S.-BRAZIL POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) Mission delivered the reftel agenda to Foreign Ministry Special Advisor Marcos Pinta Gama who indicated that Brazil would be prepared to host AA/S Mull for this year's political military consultations April 15. Pinta Gama said that he needed to consult other members of the Brazilian del [...]
2008-03-12 13:04:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR MARR PREL PTER
08BRASILIA35BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON
[...] (C) Summary: After much hesitation, President Lula was finally forced to wade into the public security debate in light of consistent polling that places crime as the number one concern of most Brazilians. The result, a public security plan called the National Program on Public Security with C [...]
2008-01-07 13:22:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA351SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim will travel to Norfolk and Washington from March 18-22, 2008 on a counterpart visit. He will meet with Secretary Gates in an office call on March 20 June. Minister Jobim,s objectives for the visit are to enhance prospects for bilateral cooperation and exp [...]
2008-03-13 16:57:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASC OVIP BR
08BRASILIA36 BRAZIL: TREASURY DAS O'NEILL MEETS WITH GOB AND MDBs ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill had economic meetings in Brasilia on December 12-13, 2007 with officials from the Brazilian Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning, as well as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. The meetings [...]
2008-01-07 15:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA373POLLUTION RANKS HIGH AMONG ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN PERU
[...] (SBU) Regional Environmental Officer held meetings January 28-31, 2008 with Peruvian government representatives, trade organizations, international institutions, NGOs, and private industry to discuss environmental concerns. Discussions of priority environmental issues covered: (1) Mining pollu [...]
2008-03-18 16:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA390Brazil's Congress Prepares to Rein in President's Decree
[...] (SBU) Summary. Angered by an alleged overuse of decree-making authority that has caused legislative gridlock, Congress will try to limit the president's ability to dominate the legislative agenda and implement policy through issuance of "provisional measures" (MPs). President Lula's unprecede [...]
2008-03-20 18:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM BR
08BRASILIA395 CODEL MARKEY VISIT TO BRASILIA
[...] SUMMARY. Codel Markey visited Brazil February 15-21. The CODEL began its visit in Manaus where it received briefings on environmental issues focusing on the effects of climate change on the Amazon rainforest. It then proceeded to Rio de Janeiro (reported septel) to focus on alternative fuel [...]
2008-03-24 14:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PGOV PREL AMGT BR
08BRASILIA41BRAZIL: LITTLE HOPE OFFERED ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the regional office of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime together with the University of Brasilia sponsored a roundtable with senior Brazilian government officials from the judicial and legislative branches, medi [...]
2008-01-07 17:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM BR
08BRASILIA420BRAZIL: IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR
[...] (C) Summary: An Iranian delegation headed by Vice-Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar held a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian officials from the Ministries of External Relations (MRE, aka Itamaraty),Mines and Energy, and Development, Industry and Commerce at the same time Secre [...]
2008-03-27 10:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR BR
08BRASILIA429THOUGHTS ON THE VISIT OF DEFENSE MINISTER JOBIM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jobim's March 18-21 visit to Washington focused on Brazil's efforts to modernize its defense institutions and on possible avenues for bilateral cooperation and identified several areas for further work, particularly completion of a General Security of Information [...]
2008-03-31 18:43:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR MARR OVIP
08BRASILIA43COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: LOOKING BEYOND THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Brazil remains highly sensitive to public claims suggesting that terrorist or extremist organizations have a presence or are undertaking activities in Brazil--a sensitivity that appears to be the rise and is resulting in more than symbolic reactions. At an op [...]
2008-01-08 10:47:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL KCRM AR PA BR
08BRASILIA440COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE
[...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...]
2008-04-02 19:12:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR
08BRASILIA454SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 108
[...] The following is the one hundred eigth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]
2008-04-09 16:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA469SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON
[...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]
2008-04-04 18:11:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BR
08BRASILIA48CHINESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIS PRIORITIES,
[...] (C) Summary. Chen Duqing, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, told Ambassador Sobel on October 19 that his top priorities are to create a more favorable environment for economic relations and to promote Chinese interests in the Brazilian Congress. Ambassador Chen described an economic relationship [...]
2008-01-08 13:01:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA5A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (C) Summary. Michele Varensise, Italian Ambassador to Brazil, told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 13 that Brazil is the centerpiece of Italy's South American strategy. Italy sees Brazil playing an increasingly larger role in maintaining stability, economic growth, and integration. He p [...]
2008-01-03 11:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD IT BR XM XR VE UNSC
08BRASILIA504COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE
[...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...]
2008-04-11 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR
08BRASILIA507Got Guerrillas? The Rise of the LCP in Brazil
[...] (U) Summary: Following is an Embassy Brasilia translation of an article published in the March 26, 2008, edition of IstoE, a major Brazilian news magazine. The article reports that a violent leftist guerrilla organization operates in Rondonia state, Brazil, and in some ways resembles the Co [...]
2008-04-14 10:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FARC BR CO
08BRASILIA516BRAZIL: DEFENSE PLAN PREVIEW GETS THUMBS UP IN
[...] (U) Summary: Previewing their Strategic Plan on National Defense (scheduled to be unveiled on September 7, 2008) in Congress for the first time on April 9, Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim and Long-Term Planning Minister Mangabeira Unger were met with an overwhelmingly positive response from m [...]
2008-04-17 10:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MCAP PREL BR
08BRASILIA523BRAZIL: SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN CONCERNED
[...] (S) Summary. Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee Chairman Heraclito Fortes (strictly protect) (Democrats Party, opposition; of Piaui) told Ambassador Sobel on March 28 he is deeply concerned about signs of terrorists in Brazil. He cited a published report (reftel) of a [...]
2008-04-18 15:34:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPTER PREL FARC BR VE EC CO XR BO
08BRASILIA525BRAZIL: RECOVERY OF A FALLEN SPACE OBJECT
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On April 14, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for the Sea, Antarctica and Space, Counselor Bernardo Paranhos Velloso, informed the Embassy's Environment, Science and [...]
2008-04-18 18:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA SENV KSCA BR
08BRASILIA526IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2
[...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...]
2008-04-18 18:31:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN
08BRASILIA534BRAZIL: CHINA AND BRAZIL STRENGTHEN RELATIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sino-Brazilian relations are officially excellent, characterized by a booming economic relationship and a political relationship that has become increasingly closer, especially since 2004. Both governments are taking a long-term view and are trying to focus on crafting a pati [...]
2008-04-22 17:41:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV BR CH XR
08BRASILIA540BRAZIL "MONITORS" ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's surprising decision to participate in monitoring Zimbabwe's elections was not what it initially appeared. Although Brazil was among those countries invited to serve as an observer, it was the participation of a federal deputy as an observer on behalf of an NGO that fo [...]
2008-04-23 12:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PHUM PREL AF
08BRASILIA551Brazil: CEO Forum April 28 Scenesetter
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, with an excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [...]
2008-04-25 10:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON EFIN CVIS BR
08BRASILIA56BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON
[...] (C) Summary: As part of the Lula government's plan to take on the crime issue, the government proposed a multi-pronged plan to address both the social causes of crime and the weakness of the law enforcement community to fight it. Lula's proposal, the National Program on Public Security with Ci [...]
2008-01-09 17:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA57BRAZIL: (KIND OF) MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: For the world's fourth largest democracy, the promotion of democracy abroad remains an important, if secondary goal of Brazil's foreign policy, but its focus and execution has been only loosely defined under the Lula government, limiting potential efforts to forge bilateral initi [...]
2008-01-09 17:24:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL EAID BR
08BRASILIA593HOW BRAZIL IS WIRED - ELECTRICITY SERIES #1
[...] SUMMARY: (U) This year will mark ten years since the denationalization of Brazil's electrical sector after fifty years of state control. The sector has undergone many changes during this period: from the days of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso's ambitious drive to privatize the ent [...]
2008-05-05 14:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA6A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT SARNEY
[...] (C) Summary: Former President and sitting Senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 14 that President Lula is doing a good job and has maintained the social calm necessary for growth and development. [...]
2008-01-03 11:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KDEM BR VE GY BL EC CO XM XR FARC
08BRASILIA602DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 6 to the Ministry of Exterior Relations OAS Division Secretary Luciano Rego, who noted that they were aware of the U.S. candidacy and would take a careful look at the non-paper and C.V. Rego noted that the GoB already made commitments to the Paraguay [...]
2008-05-06 17:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OAS XM BR
08BRASILIA603BRAZIL: INVITATION TO PSI WORKSHOP DELIVERED
[...] (U) Deputy PolCouns delivered invitation to PSI workshop on April 28 to Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. Any response will be reported septel. SOBEL [...]
2008-05-06 17:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC KNNP XX BR
08BRASILIA618SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 109
[...] The following is the 109th in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]
2008-05-09 10:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA638CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 8 VISITS BRAZIL, STRENGTHENS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Carrier Strike Group Eight (CSG8),centered on the USS George Washington, visited Brazilian waters April 16-May 2. While in Brazilian waters to participate in the UNITAS 08 exercise, the priority objective for the visit was to enhance the strategic partnership between the U.S. [...]
2008-05-12 14:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS BR
08BRASILIA640DOROTHY STANG'S KILLER'S FREED ON APPEAL -- TOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, also known as Bida, was acquitted by a jury of the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun and naturalized Brazilian citizen, on May 6, almost exactly a year after his initial conviction. On May 15, 2007, Moura, a Brazilian rancher, was sentenced to [...]
2008-05-12 15:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR PREL PHUM
08BRASILIA641RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BRAZIL
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. Below is Post's response to STATE 39410 regarding the impact of rising food and commodity prices on Brazil. As Brazil is a significant net agricultural exporter, high international commodity p [...]
2008-05-12 18:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR BR
08BRASILIA643BRAZIL,S MILITARY PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANCE: TRUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent meeting of Presidents Lula and Sarkozy and the visit of Defense Minister Jobim to Paris triggered a wave of Francophilia within the Brazilian foreign policy establishment, particularly with regard to the strategic partnership. Despite heavy coverage in the press of [...]
2008-05-13 19:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM BR MASS
08BRASILIA656RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BRAZIL
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. Below is Post's response to STATE 39410 regarding the impact of rising food and commodity prices on Brazil. As Brazil is a significant net agricultural exporter, high international commodity p [...]
2008-05-15 12:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR BR
08BRASILIA663BRAZIL FOREST STEWARTSHIP COUNCIL MEETING ON CERTIFIED
[...] SUMMARY: The 3rd Brazil Certified Fair and the Amazonia Sustainable Forum (Sao Paulo, April 2008) brought together the Brazilian Council for Forestry Management and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC),in partnership with Friends of the Earth, Imafora, and Imazon for discussion of sustainable [...]
2008-05-15 18:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA664BRAZIL: GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE A TROPICAL FOREST
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Department, Min. Figueiredo Machado, informed Post that the Government of Brazil wants to begin negotiations t [...]
2008-05-15 19:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID EFIN BR
08BRASILIA672SOURCES OF GENERATION - ELECTRICITY SERIES #2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 12:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA674BRAZIL: TOP ADVISER DILMA ROUSSEFF BOOSTS OWN 2010
[...] (C) Summary. Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's top domestic policy adviser and apparent favorite to succeed him in 2010, greatly increased her chances of being her party's 2010 presidential candidate by an impressive performance before hostile questioning in the Senate Infrastructure Service [...]
2008-05-16 19:02:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BR
08BRASILIA681BRAZIL'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MARINA SILVA RESIGNS -
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Frustrated by a growing string of defeats and cuts to her authority, Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva resigned on May 13. Her ministry's slow pace in approving environmental licen [...]
2008-05-19 11:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV BR
08BRASILIA707BRAZILIAN GENERAL BREAKS RANKS ON INDIGENOUS
[...] (C) Brazilian Army General Augusto Heleno, military commander of the Amazon region, spoke out on April 16 against the GOB's indigenous policy calling it "chaotic," specifically in reference to a traditionally indigenous area in northern Roraima state planned to become a protected reserve. Thi [...]
2008-05-20 19:23:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PHUM PREL PGOV
08BRASILIA708CALLING ALL SMUGGLERS - BRAZILIAN "SACOLEIROS" BILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Brazilian bill intended to improve customs processing at the Paraguayan border would likely serve to increase opportunities for the importing of counterfeit goods and smuggling of all types. The so-called "Sacoleiros" (or peddlers) bill would allow small-scale importers to re [...]
2008-05-20 19:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA712 Brazil - Focus on Forest Fire Prevention
[...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian environmental protection agency (IBAMA) and its forest fire prevention unit (PREVFOGO) are seeking ways to better control forest fires. These efforts included the organization of two seminars in March 2008 focused on promotion of inter-agency coordination and advanced [...]
2008-05-27 10:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG EAGR EAID SOCI BR
08BRASILIA735 Brazil - Areas of Interest in Cooperation With USG on
[...] SUMMARY: Brazilian officials have identified a range of areas for possible cooperation with the USG on forest fire control and prevention. Opportunities on forest fire themes include: interagency coordination; remote monitoring; incident command training; fire management; and environmental e [...]
2008-05-30 10:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG EAGR EAID BR
08BRASILIA736 BRAZIL LAUNCHES FORUM ON ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) has launched a climate change forum to focus on analyzing the main economic, social, and environmental impacts of climate change. IPEA has a demonstrated reputation of substantial experience in the economic valuation of envi [...]
2008-05-30 10:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG EAGR TBIO BR
08BRASILIA737 BRAZIL: AGREEMENT TO SUSPEND BRAZIL'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil has completed the exchange of diplomatic notes that suspends Brazil's particpation in the International Space Station. Per the two notes, the suspension took effect upon the receipt by Post of this second note, which occurred on May 29, 2008. END SUMMARY. [...]
2008-05-30 10:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA SENV BR
08BRASILIA750BRAZIL LAUNCHES ANOTHER PLAN FOR A SUSTAINABLE AMAZON
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 8, 2008, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unveiled a package of 16 measures called the Plan for a Sustainable Amazon (PAS). The plan is long on good intentions and hints [...]
2008-06-03 19:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAGR ECON BR
08BRASILIA756S/P DIRECTOR GORDON HOLDS FIRST STRATEGIC TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. S/P Director Dr. David Gordon held four hours of talks April 9 in Brasilia with Ministry of External Relations (MRE, or Itamaraty) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas. The wide-ranging talks focused generally on the trends that are likely to ch [...]
2008-06-04 19:19:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
08BRASILIA760BRAZIL: MEETING WITH SENATE PEDOPHILIA
[...] Summary. Ambassador, Resident Legal Adviser, DHS/ICE Attache, and Poloff met on May 13 with the Chairman of the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) into Pedophilia and two law enforcement officials to discuss U.S. laws to protect children, prosecute sex offenders, and [...]
2008-06-05 14:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINT SOCI TINT KCRM KJUS PHUM BR
08BRASILIA768DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES ON FOOD SECURITY TO BRAZILIAN
[...] SUMMARY: Post delivered the messages indicated in reftels to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA). MAPA agrees with many of the arguments stated and shares many common positions with the U.S. government. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) USDA Under Secretary Mark Keenum and FAS Administrator M [...]
2008-06-06 17:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR BR
08BRASILIA769DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES REGARDING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX
[...] SUMMARY: Post delivered demarche points in reftel regarding the U.S. candidate for CODEX chairperson to Brazil's CODEX Point of Contact and the Ministry of Agriculture. Both expressed support for the candidate, but clarified that the Government of Brazil's position also involves input from Min [...]
2008-06-06 17:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR BR
08BRASILIA770ANDEAN ORGANIZATIONS TELL THEIR STORY AT THE 2ND MEETING OF
[...] SUMMARY. The USAID-funded Initiative for Conservation of the Andean Amazon (ICAA) brought together 75 participants for the Second ICAA Partners Meeting, held in Quito, Ecuador from May 18-23, 2008. ICAA is a five year program (2006-2011) based in the Amazon regions of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuad [...]
2008-06-06 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA779BRAZIL: AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENSION OF SPACE COOPERATION
[...] SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil agrees on the extension of the Cooperation Agreement in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space signed in 1996. END SUMMARY. 2. In response to the diplomatic note from Embassy (per REFTEL) proposing the extension of Brazil's participation in the cooperation in [...]
2008-06-09 20:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA SENV BR
08BRASILIA792Brazil: "Sovereign Wealth Fund" aka "fiscal savings fund"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 17:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA793Brazil: "Sovereign Wealth Fund" aka "fiscal savings fund"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 17:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA8052008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD)
[...] (S) Reftel requests that post "evaluate and provide guidance on the following issues: (1) Does the USG provide assistance (funding, intelligence, information, equipment, training, or otherwise) to the GOB that could be used to locate, identify, track, or intercept a civil aircraft? (2) Do an [...]
2008-06-12 14:37:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETBR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA8062008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD)
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Per ref a, Post is engaged with the Brazilian government to assess Brazil's safety procedures concerning its Air Bridge Denial (ABD) program, in order to make the annual Presidential Determination (PD). Based on regular contacts with the Brazilian Defense Ministry and air tra [...]
2008-06-12 14:43:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETBR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA813 Brazil: Local elections: Lots of Heat, Little Light
[...] (SBU) Summary. Campaigning for October 5 municipal elections is getting underway with much media attention and political jockeying but the results will have almost no bearing on national politics. About a fifth of the 513 federal deputies are running for mayor, and the Chamber of Deputies will [...]
2008-06-13 18:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
08BRASILIA822BRAZIL VIEWS ON DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] (SBU) On 12 June 2008, EST officer delivered ref talking points and non-paper to Minister Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Minister Mourao indicated that Brazil was already part of a civilian nuclear liability conv [...]
2008-06-13 19:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA823SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-22 VISIT OF SECRETARY
[...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]
2008-06-16 12:24:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KHLS OVIP ECON BR
08BRASILIA824Brazil: Tax Treaty Roundtable with Receita Federal
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 13:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA836OAS DISCUSSES PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE
[...] Approximately 30 people from nine countries of the Americas (including Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil) attended the OAS event "Trends in the Implementation of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in the Americas" June 04 in Sao Paulo. The discussion took place withi [...]
2008-06-18 18:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA843 BRAZIL: SATELLITE PIRACY MONITORING HAS BEGUN--SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following up on Ref. C demarche regarding U.S. military satellite interference by Brazilian radio operators, Brazilian telecommunications regulatory agency, ANATEL POC indicated during a telcon on 9 June that monitoring will take place over the next at least two months and then [...]
2008-06-19 20:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS MARR PINR TSPA BR
08BRASILIA847U.S. AIRCRAFT IN CONTENTION TO BE BRAZIL'S NEXT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 10, MLO Brasilia obtained an unofficial copy of a Request for Information (RFI - passed electronically to Washington agencies) from the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) concerning the upcoming competition for Brazil,s next fighter aircraft. One U.S. origin fighter, the F- [...]
2008-06-20 18:02:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNMARR ETTC BR PREL ETRD EAIR EIND
08BRASILIA848ENHANCING POL-MIL ENGAGEMENT WITH BRAZIL
[...] (C) Per instructions in ref a, post has remained in discussions with the Brazilian MRE and MOD on how best to proceed with building a fuller, more cooperative political military relationship. When Poloffs asked MRE pol-mil advisor Marcos Pinta Gama for his views on prospects for enhancing ou [...]
2008-06-20 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR MARR MOPS PREL
08BRASILIA849BRAZIL AND EUROPE: PRIORITIES AND PARADOX
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Although relations with Europe do not figure highly in Brazilian public statements of foreign policy priorities, Brazil,s relations with the EU and with major European governments are gaining in importance and complexity. As with the United States, Brazilian leaders sometimes [...]
2008-06-20 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR EU
08BRASILIA851SENIOR BRAZILIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS MIDDLE EAST PEACE,
[...] (C) In an office call June 9, the Ambassador discussed Brazil's policies in the Middle East and Africa with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs (II),Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe. Jaguaribe described an intensifying series of reciprocal visits with Middl [...]
2008-06-20 19:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC IR XF ZU BR
08BRASILIA855 Brazil: Do All the Corruption Scandals Matter?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fresh scandal news appears daily in major newspapers, and there are now investigations into at least seven major corruption scandals involving politicians. Experience suggests courts and congressional inquiries will mete out little or no punishment. The constant parade of cor [...]
2008-06-25 16:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM KDEM EAIR BR
08BRASILIA877SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 110
[...] The following is the one-hundred-tenth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]
2008-06-27 14:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA880BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PROMISES TO RAISE
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with Brazilian presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia on June 25 to express our concern regarding the Bolivian government's lack of concrete assurances to protect our embassy in La Paz. Garcia promised to raise the issue with the Bolivian ambassador (wh [...]
2008-06-27 15:41:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG BO BR
08BRASILIA89BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and EB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan, joined by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Latin America Brian O'Neill, led the US delegation to the successful December 13 Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) with Brazil's Ministry of External A [...]
2008-01-15 15:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN BR
08BRASILIA895INFRASTRUCTURE THREATENS AMAZON FOREST CONSERVATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Vulnerability of Amazonian rainforests is increasing as a result of rising commodity prices and regional infrastructure integration, as well as global climate change and fire practices. This is the first in a two-part series addressing the regional impacts of agricultural expansion [...]
2008-07-01 16:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON XR BR
08BRASILIA896CONSTRAINING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BRAZIL
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Brazil's participation in the Annapolis peace conference is now cited by every Itamaraty contact, from Foreign Minister Amorim to Middle East desk officers, as the cornerstone of its growing efforts to exert global lead [...]
2008-07-01 22:05:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR BR
08BRASILIA902BRAZIL: QUESTIONABLE ON GIVING PRESENTATION DURING
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on July 2 regarding Brazil's participation in the Missile Technology Control Regime plenary Information Exchange to Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. In responding to Poloff' [...]
2008-07-03 11:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMTCR PREL BR
08BRASILIA910OIL RESTRUCTURIN: AMBASSADOR TALKS TO ENERGY MINISTER LOBAO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As Brazil debates the revision of its oil exploration fee structure in light of its newly discovered presalt reserves, it is clear that the Ministry of Mines and Energy, tasked with making a recommendation to the President, will advise the formation of a new state entity to own th [...]
2008-07-03 18:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08BRASILIA913DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BRAZIL'S POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim our interest in seeing Brazil recognize Kosovo's independence. Amorim said that Brazil's position had not changed with regard to the need to respect UNSC Resolution 1244 (ref b). However, Brazil's posi [...]
2008-07-07 10:29:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALUN KPKO PREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA922AMAZON FOREST STRESSED BY FIRE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] SUMMARY. This is the second in a two-part series addressing the impacts of climate change and fire (Part 2),and agricultural expansion and infrastructure integration (Part 1) on Amazon rainforest vulnerability and conservation. Most climate change models predict a 21st century warming and d [...]
2008-07-09 10:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON XR BR
08BRASILIA94BRAZIL CIVAIR: AVIATION BILATERALS HELD IN RIO DEC. 5-6,
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Brazilian delegations met in Rio de Janeiro December 5-6, 2007 for their first formal bilateral aviation consultations in 10 years to focus on liberalization. While the Brazilian negotiators offered a limited number of increased frequencies to limited destinations in t [...]
2008-01-16 10:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON MARR PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
08BRASILIA943BRAZIL: LULA TAKES ON THE FOURTH FLEET
[...] (C) Summary: During the Mercosul Summit in Argentina, President Lula together with other South American leaders, such as Bolivian president Evo Morales and Venezuelan president Chavez, criticized the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet Chavez, with Lula at his side, called it a "threat" to t [...]
2008-07-10 12:49:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BR
08BRASILIA955EMBASSY BRASILIA PHASE 2 RENOVATION ADOPTS GREEN DESIGN
[...] The US Embassy Brasilia will be embarking on a Phase 2 Renovation of the Embassy Chancery starting in FY2009 or FY2010. Recognizing the growing importance of environmental issues in Brazil and South America, the Executive Office of the Embassy Brasilia requests that the Office of Buildings Ope [...]
2008-07-14 16:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON XR BR
08BRASILIA958CONVEYANCE OF THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN TO BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) On 2 July 2008, EST officer delivered ref updated copy of the P5+1 package for Iran to Minister Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Minister Mourao expressed appreciation for the delivery of the P5+1 package an [...]
2008-07-14 19:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA964RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE
[...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil has already shipped nearly all of its FY2008 quota to the U.S. and expects to ship the entire amount. If the U.S. were to open further TR [...]
2008-07-16 13:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BR
08BRASILIA967AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND ENGAGES ON
[...] (U) Summary: On Wednesday, July 2, Ambassador Sobel met with new Minister of Environment, Carlos Minc. During a positive conversation that covered issues ranging from the development of ecotourism in the state of Amazonas to the impending visit to Brazil by USAID Administrator Fore, Ambassador [...]
2008-07-17 14:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
08BRASILIA97AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH BRAZILIAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, joined by PolCouns (notetaker),met with Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Everton Vargas on January 11 to raise Kosovo independence (ref A) and possible Brazilian participation in UNAMID (ref B). Vargas was joined by chi [...]
2008-01-17 12:22:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SENV SOCI SNAR UNSC BR
08BRASILIA987BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD WITH BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ON
[...] (C) On July 8, 2008, Defense Attache, Air Force Attache, and Poloff had an initial high-level meeting with Brazilian Air Force generals, Tenente Brigadeiro Paulo Roberto Rohrig de Britto (the number two general in the Brazilian Air Force),Brigaderio Egito, and Colonel Roque to discuss Brazil' [...]
2008-07-21 11:02:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL SNAR BR
08BRASILIA99OUTSIDE DEFENSE MINISTRY, BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. I separate meetings, the Ambassador discussed the roposed Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) withMinistry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretay for Political Affairs Everton Vargas and Long-erm Planning Minister Roberto Managabeira Unger. Although Minister of Defense Jobim [...]
2008-01-17 12:22:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PTER BR
08BRASILIA993BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...]
2008-07-21 20:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR
08BRASILIA998RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE
[...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil has already shipped nearly all of its FY2008 quota to the U.S. and expects to ship the entire amount. If the U.S. were to open further TR [...]
2008-07-23 20:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD BR
08BUENOSAIRES1079LULA VISITS ARGENTINA TO ADDRESS BILATERAL TRADE FRICTIONS
[...] (SBU) Brazilian President Lula da Silva arrives in Buenos Aires August 3 with a 300-strong delegation of private sector representatives shortly after a very public split between Argentina and Brazil on agricultural subsidy and industrial tariffs in end-game WTO Doha negotiations. Lula's meetin [...]
2008-08-04 19:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAGR WTRO AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1089ARGENTINA: CFK BOOSTED BY LULA, CHAVEZ VISITS, MIXED
[...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) used overlapping August 3-5 visits by Brazil's President Lula and Venezuelan President Chavez to try to regain political momentum. Lula's visit focused on renewed Argentine-Brazilian commercial collaboration following a damaging public diverg [...]
2008-08-06 13:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD WTRO AR BR VE
08BUENOSAIRES1092Argentina: President Kirchner Cancels Trip to Bolivia,
[...] (U) In the face of protests in Tarija, Bolivia and reportedly at the request of Bolivian Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Kirchner and visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cancelled August 5 their planned trip to meet with Bolivian President Evo Moral [...]
2008-08-06 20:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AR BR VE
08BUENOSAIRES1116Argentina's Growing Trade Deficit with Brazil Spotlights
[...] (SBU) President Lula's August 3-4 visit to Argentina has focused attention on Argentina's 62-month-long string of bilateral trade deficits with Brazil. Brazil is Argentina's number one trading partner and this bilateral merchandise trade deficit, up 47% y-o-y to US$ 3 billion in just the first [...]
2008-08-09 16:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV EAGR AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1324Argentina and Brazil Pledge Increased Cooperation
[...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (Lula) pledged increased cooperation and agreed on a number of economic and infrastructure deals during a September 6-8 CFK state visit to Brazil. The fact that the summit constitut [...]
2008-09-23 12:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EINV ENRG EFIN EIND MARR MCAP SENV AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1443Argentina's auto sector still somewhat strong despite
[...] (U) The Argentine auto sector is on track for another record-breaking year in 2008, in spite of the adverse impact of the global financial crisis on the Argentine economy and recent high profile media reports of slowdowns in sales and planned layoffs. Production, sales, and exports are at all-t [...]
2008-10-21 19:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1489BRAZIL-ARGENTINA COORDINATE ON G-20, DIFFER ON
[...] (C) On October 27, Brazilian Ambassador to Argentina Mauro Vieira (protect strictly) told the Ambassador that while Brazil and Argentina differed on the proper trade policy response to the current economic crisis, Brazil would be patient with its neighbor and would work to encourage a constru [...]
2008-10-29 19:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1495Argentina: Global Crisis Threatens Export Growth, Trade
[...] (SBU) Argentina's strong goods export performance in the aftermath of the 2001/02 financial crisis has stalled, a victim of plunging world commodity prices and slower global growth projections. From a projected 2008 trade surplus in the $12 billion range, local economists now see the 2009 surp [...]
2008-10-30 17:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1537Argentina: G-20 Trade Policy Position
[...] (SBU) Despite a relatively protectionist response to the global financial crisis, Argentina trade officials say they will work towards consensual and practical trade policy communique language at the G-20 Summit. Argentina will, however, likely object to any Summit calls to resuscitate WTO Do [...]
2008-11-07 13:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1589Argentina and Brazil Consider New Trade Barriers
[...] (SBU) Argentine and Brazilian officials discussed in Argentina November 17 a new Brazilian plan to subsidize consumer auto financing that will include autos imported from Argentina. They also reviewed recently imposed Argentine non-tariff barriers and Argentina and Brazil's common interest in [...]
2008-11-21 18:05:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON AR BR
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
08BUENOSAIRES1726Argentina: Presidential Declaration of Argentina, Brazil
[...] Argentine Ambassador to the United States Hector Timerman gave the Ambassador December 17 an unsigned copy of a joint declaration that he said was signed by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez i [...]
2008-12-19 21:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL BR VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES230Argentina Hosts Brazil, Bolivia Presidents on Looming
[...] (SBU) A bilateral Argentine/Brazil presidential summit in Buenos Aires February 22 and a follow-on February 23 trilateral Argentine/Brazil/Bolivia presidential summit focused largely on regional energy coordination. Bolivia's President Morales acknowledged his country's near-term inability to [...]
2008-02-26 08:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AR BR BL
08BUENOSAIRES242ARGENTINA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSTS DISCUSS CFK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Eliot Engel and Delegation met February 21 with noted Argentine political and economic analysts to discuss bilateral relations, views on the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration, and regional issues, including relations with Brazil, Venezuela, and Cu [...]
2008-02-27 15:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON OREP AR VE BR CU
08BUENOSAIRES496ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TAKEN BY SURPRISE AS CHAVEZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Venezuela's (GOV) announcement that it would nationalize Venezuela's largest steelmaker, Ternium Sidor, majority-owned by Argentine interests, has rattled local markets and complicated the relationship between Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C [...]
2008-04-17 17:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EIND ETRD AR VE BR MX
08BUENOSAIRES568ARGENTINA: PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON ARGENTNE TIES WITH U.S., VENEZUELA, AND DOMESTIC STRATEGY TO LAUNCH NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND "SOCIAL PACT" INITIATIVES
[...] (SBU) Planning Minister De Vido called A/S Shannon's visit to Buenos Aires a positive step in rebuilding bilateral relations damaged by the earlier Antonini Wilson "suitcase" scandal. He hopes the postponed visits to the United States by former President Nestor Kirchner and Chief of Cabinet Al [...]
2008-04-30 17:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL PGOV AR VZ BR EC EPET
08BUENOSAIRES736ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK P. LAGON
[...] POST WARMLY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR MARK P. LAGON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),AND BARBARA FLECK, G/TIP REPORTS AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER, WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ARGENTINA FROM JUNE 18-21, 2008. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO OBTAIN AN UPDATE ON TIP I [...]
2008-05-29 13:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM SMIG UY AR BR
08HANOI107 MISSION WELCOMES OECD INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) The Embassy welcomes the opportunity for enhanced engagement in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with potential Southeast Asian partners, and looks forward to further information from the Department on this initiative. Vietnam has the goal of becoming an [...]
2008-01-31 00:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD AORC OECD BR CH ID IN SF XC VM
08HAVANA460VISIT TO CUBA OF BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM
[...] (C) Poloff met with Brazilian DCM Vilmar Coutinho (please protect) to discuss the May 30-31 visit to Cuba of Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim. Amorim's visit was a follow-up to Brazilian President Lula da Silva's January 2008 visit to Cuba (Reftel). In addition to meeting with his co [...]
2008-06-17 14:41:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ETRD CU BR
08JAKARTA1242G8 OPPORTUNITY FOR US-BRAZIL-INDONESIA BIOFUELS
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Lula of Brazil will be signing a biofuels Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indonesia on July 12, according to Brazilian Embassy contacts at an informal discussion hosted by Ambassador Hume. Participants noted that the upcoming G8 Summit in Japan provides an oppo [...]
2008-06-26 01:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV ID BR
08JAKARTA1346IN LULA'S VISIT, GOI-BRAZIL HIGHLIGHT ENVIRONMENT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his July 11-12 visit to Jakarta, Brazilian President da Silva signed cooperation agreements on biofuels development and education. President Yudhoyono also endorsed Lula's call for expansion of the UN Security Council and seemed to voice outright support for Brazil's cand [...]
2008-07-14 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV UNSC ID BR
08LAPAZ735NEW PUSH FOR DIALOGUE: SHOW BEFORE THE SHOWDOWN?
[...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca called for renewed examination of third-party facilitated negotiations with the opposition March 31, in conjunction with an April 1 La Paz visit by OAS envoy Dante Caputo. Caputo met with Santa Cruz opposition leaders April 2. Choquehuanca said [...]
2008-04-03 20:47:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ751BOLIVIA: PRE-MAY 4 DIALOGUE HOPES ON THE ROPES
[...] (C) Summary: Despite much-publicized government urgency to head off Santa Cruz Department's (state) May 4 autonomy referendum through dialogue with the opposition, Bolivian government contacts are privately accepting they cannot head off the referendum and are looking at a post-May 4 strategy. [...]
2008-04-07 17:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ854DIALOGUE: MUCH ADO ABOUT INTERNATIONAL VOICES
[...] (C) Summary. OAS Political Secretary Dante Caputo seemed resigned to the fact that the opposition is holding firm to a May 4 date for an autonomy referendum in Santa Cruz Department (state) and will not sacrifice it as a means to expedite a new round of negotiations with the government. Caput [...]
2008-04-15 22:53:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LIMA1130SFRC STAFFDEL examines transparency
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Members Carl Meacham and Brooke Daley visited Lima May 25-31 to discuss the state of transparency in Peru's extractive industries. Meetings with government officials, non-government organizations (NGO),and private sector executives all e [...]
2008-07-02 21:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ENRG AMGT EMIN ASEC AFIN BR
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
08LISBON2690PORTUGAL'S TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE LUSO-BRAZILIAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 28, Brazil hosted the Ninth Luso-Brazilian Summit in Salvador, Brazil. The summit is held biennially to discuss common bilateral agendas, and this year included discussions on the financial crisis, the status of the Doha Round and the signing of ten bilateral commercia [...]
2008-11-04 09:27:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV BR PO
08LONDON727UK SUPPORTIVE OF WHA PDAS KELLY'S VIEWS ON LATIN
[...] (C) Summary. FCO Director of the Americas Chris Wood was supportive of U.S. policy on Latin America, praising progress in Colombia in particular during a visit by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly March 7. Wood agreed Venezuela and Bolivia were worrisome and that Cuba had not changed since Fidel's illne [...]
2008-03-11 17:37:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EU UK CO EC BR CU VE BL
08MONTEVIDEO103MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE NETS INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKERS AND 142
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The Uruguayan National Police arrested 11 alleged drug traffickers and seized 142 kilos of cocaine in the third significant bust since 2006. The plane used to transport the cocaine was also seized. DEA Buenos Aires-Southern Cone was actively involved in the investigation an [...]
2008-02-28 15:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UY MX BL BR PA XM XR
08MONTEVIDEO266BANCO DEL SUR: MINISTERS AGREE ON DRAFT CHARTER,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministers of finance from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela met in Montevideo on April 25 for the fourth Banco del Sur (Bank of the South) ministerial meeting. Argentina did not participate in the meeting following the resignation of its Minister of Economy [...]
2008-05-07 20:06:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL AR BL BR PY EC VE UY
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
08NEWDELHI2763INDIA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA DISPLAY SOUTH-SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the October 15 India-Brazil-South Africa summit in New Delhi, the three countries: -- emphasized their solidarity by pledging to work together to meet shared challenges of the global financial crisis, while criticizing rich countries for the crisis; -- signed seven agr [...]
2008-10-21 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SF BR IN
08OTTAWA1172CANADA WILL DISCUSS BRAZIL'S PARTICIPATION IN PDG
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Planning officer Helen Fytche told poloff September 4 that Canada would be pleased to discuss Brazil's participation in the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) at the October 17 Steering Group meeting. Canada felt [...]
2008-09-05 21:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM BR CA
08OTTAWA889CANADA TO OPEN NEW TRADE OFFICES IN CHINA, MEXICO
[...] (U) Summary: In a June 19 speech, International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is establishing 10 new trade offices in China, Mexico, and Brazil as part of Canada's "aggressive" trade policy. This is in addition to new trade offices in India and Mongolia announced in April. The [...]
2008-06-30 19:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV CA EFTA CH BR IN
08PARIS2130U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GRANT AWARD FOR
[...] ESTH Office has review the proposed research and Embassy Paris find no objection to the proposed research grant entitled "Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy". STAPLETON [...]
2008-11-20 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US UK PO FR SW AR BR
08PARIS501LATIN AMERICA: FRENCH SHARE SENSE OF POSITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PDAS Craig Kelly reviewed Latin American priorities with MFA PDAS for Latin America Jean-Marc Laforet and DAS for Central America Jose Gomez on March 6. They concurred with Kelly,s assessment that the democratic governance and regional cooperation were improving across the regi [...]
2008-03-18 08:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM FR CO EC BR CU
08PARIS538BURMA REFERENDUM: FRANCE SEEKS P-3 UNITY BEFORE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 15:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR BR
08PARISFR1185 UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE
[...] (C) Summary: The race to succeed UNESCO Director-General Matsuura (Japan) is on in earnest, even though UNESCO's General Conference will not make the final selection until October 2009. Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Husni was the first to enter the race, but he has hurt his chances with a s [...]
2008-06-24 09:54:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNESCO EG MO BU BR LH CO
08PARISFR2202UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUCCESSION: CONVERSATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Mexican and Swedish UNESCO Ambassadors told Ambassador Oliver that their respective countries will oppose the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni for the position of Director General of UNESCO. The Mexican Ambassador also expressed misgivings about the pos [...]
2008-12-04 17:01:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALUNESCO PREL FR SW MX BR
08PARISFR2227 UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: JORDANIAN AND INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Ambassador Oliver, the Jordanian Ambassador to UNESCO said that Egypt will move ahead with its candidate for the next Director General (DG) of UNESCO unless it decides that its candidate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would have serious difficulty gettin [...]
2008-12-09 16:39:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO JO FR EG IN CU VE BR RS AR
08PORTAUPRINCE430G/TIP PROGRAM: FIRST MONITORING REPORT
[...] Summary: The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) awarded the Pan-American Development Foundation (PADF) a USD 250,850 grant to support an anti-trafficking program in Haiti from September 30, 2007 through October 1, 2008. Due to extensive staff turnover at PADF's Haiti [...]
2008-03-18 12:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDBR KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE795PRESIDENT LULA REITERATES BRASILIA'S SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva visited Haiti for seven hours on May 28. meeting at length with President Preval and other senior Haitian officials. He reiterated his nation's support for Haiti and announced that it would build a major dam for the generation of hydroele [...]
2008-06-02 21:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON HA BR
08PRETORIA908SOUTH AFRICA-BRAZIL TRADE: THE WEAKEST LINK IN
[...] (U) Summary. Brazil and South Africa's economic relations, although growing, are still comparatively small. South Africa and Brazil have already formed the trilateral India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Forum, established closer trade ties through the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)-Merc [...]
2008-04-30 11:19:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV BR SF
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
08QUITO70UNASUR STRUCTURE AND CARTAGENA MEETINGS UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary. Members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are planning meetings of their delegates, foreign ministers and heads of state in Cartegena on January 26-28, but as of January 14 no countries had confirmed attendance. The purpose of these meetings is to approve a draft [...]
2008-01-22 17:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AORC EC CO BR XM XR
08QUITO996ODEBRECHT AND PETROBRAS - ECUADOR MOVES AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: President Correa raised the rhetoric level against two big Brazilian companies, and went further with the construction firm Odebrecht, cancelling its projects in Ecuador and its employees' visas. Correa also pressed Petrobras to quickly renegotiate its contract or face expulsio [...]
2008-10-21 16:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL EINV ECON EC BR
08RECIFE34NORTHEAST BRAZIL: LANDLESS MOVEMENT TRIES TO RE-INVENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Just as in southern Brazil (reftel),the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST),and their fellow travelers in the always-disadvantaged northeast region, seem to be changing tactics; with confrontation less appealing, they appear to be re-positioning themselves and trying to get o [...]
2008-05-28 00:57:00Consulate RecifeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO135Petrobras Delays Some Subsalt Tests Due to Equipment
[...] Summary. A shortage of drilling rigs and looming relinquishment deadlines have made Brazilian oil company Petrobras delay tests on potentially huge subsalt finds like Carioca and move the rigs to other blocks. Petrobras CEO Sergio Gabrielli announced in late May that production evaluation tes [...]
2008-06-05 11:57:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO138Brazil Considers Changing Energy Sector Rules
[...] (SBU) Brazil is considering changes to its oil sector for the purpose of capturing more revenue from the country's significant newfound "pre-salt" oil reserves. Brazil's National Energy Policy Council will meet later this year to decide how to proceed. Meanwhile, further leasing of offshore exp [...]
2008-06-05 16:59:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO14AMBASSADOR SOBEL MEETS WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER LAMPREIA
[...] Classified by: PAO Erik Holm-Olsen for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: During a recent meeting at his Rio de Janeiro residence, former Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia spoke with Ambassador Sobel in a candid, free-wheeling look at the current Br [...]
2008-01-16 15:35:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BR
08RIODEJANEIRO144Rio de Janeiro Pol-Econ Round-Up April-May 2008
[...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of April-May 2008. - Rio's Former Governor Indicted, Former Police Chief Arrested - Militias Torture Journalists - Brazil Plans for More Nuclear Power Plants - Rio Official [...]
2008-06-12 15:16:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EIND EAIR ECON PGOV PHUM KCRM KOCI SOCI SNAR BR
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