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08LAPAZ1941	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS, GOVT INSTALLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Starting late morning September 9, civic groups and university students in opposition-aligned departments (states) attacked and took over government installations. The focus of the attacks included buildings belonging to government agencies, Entel (the recently-nationalized form [...]	2008-09-10 20:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL

08LAPAZ1942	BOLIVIA: MORALES DECLARES AMBASSADOR PNG [...] (C) Summary: One day after the Bolivian government informed Post that DEA agents were indefinitely expelled from the Chapare, President Evo Morales announced on national television September 10 that Ambassador Goldberg is persona non grata and requested that Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca [...]	2008-09-10 23:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1950	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE WORSE, DIALOGUE DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: In the worst of the recent violence between ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)-aligned groups and autonomists, eight people were killed in the northern department of Pando on September 11. The central government has rejected an offer of a visit of high-level Friends Group me [...]	2008-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ1951	BOLIVIA: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: After intermittent clashes in the past weeks, the level of violence in Bolivia has increased dramatically with deaths, wounded, and troop movements. Air traffic into the country is limited due to difficulties and uncertainty at the Santa Cruz commercial airp [...]	2008-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1964	CHARGE MEETING WITH BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Charge met with Bolivian FM David Choquehuanca the night of September 14 to raise concerns about possible protests at the Embassy and in the Zona Sur residential neighborhood planned for September 15 and 16. The Charge asked the Foreign Minister for security guarantees and for the Bo [...]	2008-09-15 14:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL CASC PGOV PREL PTER
08LAPAZ1966	BOLIVIA: DIALOGUE DESIRED BUT DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Publicly, both the opposition and the government say they want to meet for dialogue. As a show of good faith, the opposition has called off regional road blocks. Based on past statements, however, there seems to be little will to compromise. The opposition has said it absolutely requires [...]	2008-09-15 15:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1970	BOLIVIA SITREP #1 1130: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 15:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC AEMR PTER BL
08LAPAZ1972	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/15/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: 0n 9/15 at 0930 the Post Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the impending demonstration at the Embassy, the possible impact of an announcement on counter-narcotics certification, next steps in authorized departure, the possibility that some USG agencies will be expelled, [...]	2008-09-15 17:33:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1973	EVO CONNECTS THE DOTS: PANDO, PNG, AND PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of his September 10 announcement declaring Ambassador Goldberg persona non grata, Bolivian President Evo Morales is linking the USG to violence in the opposition departments (states) and specifically to the death of thirty-some people in opposition-controlled Pand [...]	2008-09-15 17:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ODIP OFDP VE BL
08LAPAZ1975	BOLIVIA SITREP #2 1500: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] (U) Situation Report. This is the second and last situation reports planned for today. --EMBASSY. The Embassy compound is currently secure with no protesters in the vicinity. Embassy and USAID/NAS personnel have been informed that they may return to work or take liberal leave. --EL CENT [...]	2008-09-15 18:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AEMR PTER BL
08LAPAZ1979	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 1600 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 1600 9/15 to discuss the protest of 9/15 that required evacuation of the alternate command center, the planned protest for 9/16 that may include violent student demonstrators, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the overall po [...]	2008-09-15 23:01:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ1980	MAS TO BLOCKADE CONGRESS AMID DIALOGUE TALK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government representatives met on September 12 to discuss opening a formal dialogue to end the increasingly violent east-west conflict. Those discussions continued September 14 and 15. However, opposition sources concede they have low expectations and are primaril [...]	2008-09-15 23:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE BL
08LAPAZ1981	BOLIVIA: WHAT EVO TELLS HIS PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary. A member of congress with President Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party provided PolOff with rundown of Morales' latest meeting with MAS congressional representatives. Morales allegedly told the congressmen that "new friends" like Venezuela and Iran could make up [...]	2008-09-15 23:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ODIP OFDP BL
08LAPAZ1984	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 0900 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 0900 on 9/16 to discuss the expected 9/16 protest of university students, the possible impact of the counter-narcotics certification announcement, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the ongoing political situation. The Embas [...]	2008-09-16 19:39:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ1985	BOLIVIA: UNASUR DECISION BOLSTERS EVO [...] (SBU) President Evo Morales applauded the UNASUR (group of South American presidents) decision in his September 16 press conference, thanking UNASUR for its "full support" and using the UNASUR declaration to lash out at the opposition. "I hope that the opposition authorities respect UNASUR" Mo [...]	2008-09-16 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ1993	WILL EVO/MEDIA LUNA GIVE PEACE A CHANCE? [...] (C) Summary: There was a glimmer of hope for a negotiated solution to Bolivia's increasing violent political standoff early September 16, when the government apparently canceled plans to force through legislation calling for a January 25 referendum on a controversial draft constitution and a r [...]	2008-09-16 22:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1994	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 1700 [...] (U) Summary: EAC meet on 9/16 at 5 p.m. to review the 9/16 demonstrations, discuss information on possible demonstrations for later in the week, review the Bolivian government's reaction to the counter-narcotics certification announcement, and discuss progress on authorized departure. End sum [...]	2008-09-16 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ1995	BOLIVIA: REACTION TO "DECERTIFICATION" [...] (C) The Charge notifified VFM Hugo Fernandez (FM Choquehuanca was not available) at 1600 that President Bush had found that Bolivia had failed demonstrably to cooperate in accordance with its bilateral and international obligations. The Charge explained the reasons for the decision: inadeq [...]	2008-09-16 23:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ20	BOLMIL'S PREDICTABLE PROMOTIONS AND RED LINES [...] (C) Summary: Promotions of Bolivia's military high command announced January 2 appeared free from overt political manipulations. However, President Evo Morales and both incoming and outgoing armed forces commanders made calls for increasing government influence in the military and using the m [...]	2008-01-03 20:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON BL
08LAPAZ2000	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/17 [...] (SBU) Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 10 a.m. 9/17 to discuss current political situation, status of authorized departure process, and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Current Political Situation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) Opposition and government-aligned groups are reacting [...]	2008-09-17 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ2004	BOLIVIA: DEAL AND DIALOGUE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government-aligned groups initially reacted positively to the news of a "pre-negotiation" agreement between President Morales and opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio (who negotiated on behalf of the opposition association CONALDE.) The agreement supposedly call [...]	2008-09-18 11:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EPET PHUM BL
08LAPAZ2005	CN PROGRAMS SURVIVE DECERTIFICATION BACKLASH (FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government's public backlash for the September 16 USG decision to decertify Bolivian counter-narcotics efforts as failing demonstrably to cooperate in accordance with its bilateral and internal obligations was less harsh than anticipated. Outreach to Bolivian officia [...]	2008-09-18 11:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2019	DECERTIFICATION: EVO SETS STAGE TO CUT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Early indications that the Bolivian government would confine its reaction to the U.S. counter-narcotics (CN) decertification decision to anti-U.S. rhetorical attacks (reftel a) are fading as government officials appear to be laying the groundwork to limit or sever CN assistance an [...]	2008-09-18 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC RS BL
08LAPAZ2025	BOLIVIA: 505 AGREEMENT DIPLOMATIC NOTE REPLY [...] (SBU) The Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Relations and Worship sent Diplomatic Note 1024-08-15.723 to Embassy La Paz as a reply to La Paz Diplomatic Note 350/08. The MFA's note was dated September 16 and received by the Embassy September 17 (Note: Due to demonstrations, the Embassy was closed S [...]	2008-09-18 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS BL
08LAPAZ2035	EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/18-CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG, formed by agreement of EAC on 9/17) met 9/18 to discuss contingency planning for a low probability but high risk event: President Evo Morales is removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG core will consist of RSO, ORA, DEA, MG [...]	2008-09-19 20:10:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER CASC BL
08LAPAZ2036	BOLIVIA: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS RATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition prefects and civic leaders are meeting in Cochabamba with representatives of the central government in an attempt to negotiate an agreement that would avoid further violence after clashes have left many dead. Outside observers including the EU, religious organizations, [...]	2008-09-19 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ2037	BOLIVIA: REQUEST USG VISITORS POSTPONE TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC OVIP CASC BL
08LAPAZ2052	BOLIVIA: EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/19 [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG) met 9/19 with members of SSAT team to discuss contingency planning for low probability but high impact event: President Evo Morales removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG noted that while this remains a low probability ev [...]	2008-09-22 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ2054	BOLIVIA: MORALES DECREES INTERIM PANDO PREFECT [...] (U) Amid fanfare and high-ranking government and military guests, Bolivian President Evo Morales appointed Deputy Navy Commander Landelino Rafael Bandeira Arze as the new interim Pando Department Prefect (state governor) September 20. Bandeira replaces Leopoldo Fernandez, who was taken into cu [...]	2008-09-22 21:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2056	DIALOGUE: EVO PUSHING, OPPOSITION WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: The central government pushed hard the night of September 21 for the opposition to sign an agreement on the "framework" of the dialogue, but the opposition is thus far holding out. Government-aligned social groups have besieged the city of Santa Cruz and announced that they will [...]	2008-09-22 21:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ2072	EVO THREATENS, SANTA CRUZ CLASH POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Announcing that he had left an agreement signed, President Evo Morales left Bolivia September 22 to attend the UNGA in New York. Morales also said that the siege of the city of Santa Cruz would be immediately suspended if the prefects would sign the agreement that guarantees a law [...]	2008-09-23 22:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ2073	BOLIVIAN DRUG CZAR: CN COOPERATION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Social Defense Felipe Caceres told EmbOffs September 22 that the government would continue bilateral counter-narcotics efforts so long as USG funding was not cut. Caceres said the inclusion of waiver to continue CN assistance tempered cabinet reaction to the Sep [...]	2008-09-23 22:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2083	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/23 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, GSO, ECOP, DEA, NAS, USAID, ORA, DAO, MSG, MILGRP, IPC, MED, SSAT, and others) met September 23 at 1600 to discuss the current situation in Santa Cruz, where government supporters (some armed) have surrou [...]	2008-09-24 17:12:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL
08LAPAZ2087	QUIET IN SANTA CRUZ, PANDO PREFECT STILL IN CUSTODY [...] (SBU) Following President Evo Morales' order that government-aligned social groups suspend their siege of Santa Cruz for 48 hours, Bolivia is relatively calm on September 24. The city of Santa Cruz canceled its founding day ceremonies and parades because of food shortages and the possibility [...]	2008-09-24 22:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ21	BOLIVIA'S MACRO-ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Entering 2008, the Bolivian economy seems likely to suffer the consequences of recent political mismanagement. In 2007, overall GDP growth slowed to between 3.8% and 4.2% (well below the 5.6% average for the region) and almost all sectors of the economy are showing the effects of sever [...]	2008-01-04 12:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL
08LAPAZ2111	BOLIVIA: REACTIONS TO ATPDEA ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initial Bolivian reaction to the decision to suspend ATPDEA privileges has been muted but somber. A number of our contacts are faced with severe financial repercussions from the decision, but most people we have talked to understand that this was brought about by the Bolivian gov [...]	2008-09-26 21:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2118	BOLIVIA: EVO REACTS TO ATPDEA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The initial characterization by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez of the government's reaction to ATPDEA suspension as "not happy" is proving to be an understatement. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca later announced to the press that the decision was "vengeance" and " [...]	2008-09-29 17:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2127	BOLIVIA: EVO DETERMINED ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: "For good or for bad," President Evo Morales declared on September 27 that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draft constitution would go forward. Amidst calls from his own ministers and party-members to modify elements of the draft constitution, Evo declared himself unwilling to [...]	2008-09-30 14:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM BL
08LAPAZ214	EU ELECTION MONITORS UNCOMMITTED, BUT EYES ARE OPEN [...] (C) A European Union (EU) election observer advance team met with Emboffs and explained that many issues need clarification before the EU can commit to sending an observer team to monitor up to three referenda -- a presidential and prefects recall referendum which seems increasingly unlikely [...]	2008-01-30 20:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ2140	BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON THE WAY? [...] (C) Summary: A negotiated agreement between the regional opposition and the government seems increasingly unlikely, despite the scheduled October 5 resumption of talks. Constitutional analysts point to endemic problems with the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draft constitution, including the [...]	2008-10-01 22:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ2150	EVO BANS DEA FLIGHTS [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales said he would ban DEA overflights October 2, a decision he claimed was based on the strong Bolivian public sentiment to stand up to "the empire" in order to recover national sovereignty and dignity. "Two days ago I received a letter from the DEA of the United [...]	2008-10-03 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2151	EVO'S DEADLINE FOR DIALOGUE, OPPOSITION ARRESTS [...] (SBU) President Evo Morales officially announced that Sunday, October 5 will be the last day of dialogue, while also saying that arrests of opposition leaders will continue. During an event in the opposition department of Tarija (where the arrest of opposition leader Jose Vaca took place days [...]	2008-10-03 19:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2165	BOLIVIA: TALKS FAIL, MORALES PLANS PRESSURE TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Formal talks between the remaining opposition prefects (Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, Chuquisaca--the Pando prefect is still in government custody) and the government ended on October 5. Opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio announced that the two sides "have not made any agreement t [...]	2008-10-06 23:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ2166	MORALES' NOT SO EXCELLENT UNGA ADVENTURE; DEA [...] (C) Summary: An MFA insider and one of Bolivia's UNGA organizers provided PolOff October 4 with an inside look at the Bolivian UNGA delegation's schedule. President Evo Morales had heated discussions with EU officials, telling one the EU "could leave" Bolivia if it wanted, Choquehuanca had a [...]	2008-10-07 11:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ2168	EAC RECOMMENDS EXTENDING AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, ECOP, DEA, NAS, DAO, MILGRP, PAS, and others) met October 6 to discuss the current political situation and security planning. EAC agreed unanimously to recommend extending Authorized Departure due to President Evo Mor [...]	2008-10-07 14:19:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL
08LAPAZ2170	BOLIVIA: U.S. MINES MAINTAIN LOW PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. mining executives predict that if the new Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution passes, it will be "the end of mining investment" in Bolivia for the foreseeable future. U.S. mining companies in Bolivia are trying not to draw any attention to themselves during a time [...]	2008-10-07 16:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV ETRD BL
08LAPAZ2175	BOLIVIA: CONGRESS READYING FOR VOTE OR SIEGE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are now considering pushing this week for a vote in congress on a law to convoke a constitutional referendum. The opposition has a majority in the Senate and therefore can reject a law passed by the MAS-majority [...]	2008-10-07 21:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2176	WHAT IS MAS THINKING? WHATEVER MORALES DECIDES [...] (C) Summary: Four ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) congressmen shared their views with PolOff following an October 1 closed-door session with President Evo Morales. Morales allegedly outlined to MAS congressmen his strategy to pass a MAS-drafted constitution with subsequent national elec [...]	2008-10-07 21:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2178	PANDO MASSACRE DISPUTED; HINTS OF PREFECT'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Congresswoman Ana Lucia Reis (Movement Toward Socialism, Pando) told PolOff October 5 that President Evo Morales told government-aligned lawmakers he may have to free Pando Prefect (governor) Leopoldo Fernandez. Reis also disputed the government's characterization of the September [...]	2008-10-08 13:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR VE BL
08LAPAZ2192	BOLIVIA: MORALES ON ATPDEA, CASTRO, AND CHE [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke to supporters on October 7, downplaying recent USG decisions regarding ATPDEA, lauding Che Guevara, and citing the advice of his friend and ally Cuban President Fidel Castro. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATPDEA: "Won't Affect Us At All" - - - - - - [...]	2008-10-09 13:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD BL
08LAPAZ2197	SANTA CRUZ: WORN DOWN AND DISPIRITED [...] (C) Emboff met with Santa Cruz political, civic and business leaders on October 7-8. The mood within the Santa Cruz leadership is dispirited. All believe that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) constitutional referendum will pass and that it will be almost impossible to defeat Morales' c [...]	2008-10-09 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
08LAPAZ2202	OPPOSITION CONGRESSMAN'S DIALOGUE REALITY CHECK [...] (C) Summary: Despite public comments to the contrary, opposition Congressman Peter Maldonado told PolOff October 10 that a latest round of congressional talks regarding the draft constitution had "no chance of success." Although Maldonado backpedaled a bit, confirming that sectors of all pol [...]	2008-10-10 22:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BL
08LAPAZ2220	BOLIVIA: MORALES RALLIES (SOCIAL) TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales joined approximately 5000 marchers for the first kilometer of their journey from Oruro province to the city of La Paz, where they plan to encircle the congress to "encourage" passage of a law to convoke a referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draf [...]	2008-10-14 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2221	BOLIVIA: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STILL MIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met on October 8 with representatives from a number of intellectual property rights (IPR) stakeholder groups including music and composers groups, the Bolivian book chamber, cinematic organizations, and IPR law. It was the first time many in the group had ever met, desp [...]	2008-10-14 22:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BL
08LAPAZ2241	VICE FM: BILAT RELATIONS COULD GET WORSE [...] (C) CDA and A/DCM met with Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez October 15 to discuss the state of bilateral relations. Fernandez rejected the notion that the relationship had bottomed out, stating that relations "could get worse" as the government evaluates the merits of continuing bilateral [...]	2008-10-16 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM PHUM BL
08LAPAZ2245	OPPOSITION GEARS UP LAST RESORT "NO" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition strategist Javier Flores told PolOff October 15 that ongoing congressional negotiations to change the draft constitution are a "show." He asserted that both sides had agreed to engage in another round of negotiations for tactical reasons, but that both were turning the [...]	2008-10-16 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2252	EVO'S QUEST FOR THE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) "social movement" groups began to arrive in La Paz on October 17, with the stated goal of encouraging or forcing the congress to pass legislation calling for a referendum on the MAS draft constitution. Negotiations on the text of the constitution ar [...]	2008-10-17 18:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2255	MFA TO MISSIONS: SIEGE ON CONGRESS JUST A PARADE [...] (C) Summary: MFA representatives explained the government's position on recent political developments to Ambassadors from the Americas October 16. The MFA representatives thanked Ambassadors for UNASUR's September 15 declaration, which "forced the opposition to the negotiating table." The MF [...]	2008-10-17 19:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2262	BOLIVIA: AGREEMENT (AND SIEGE) "CLOSE" [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters are converging on the congress, marching from the south through the residential areas and from El Alto with President Evo Morales leading the main column that originally gathered in Oruro almost a week ago. A one-day strike has been called in El Alto, school [...]	2008-10-20 15:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2263	BOLIVIA: GONI EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez and Former Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman came to the Embassy as expected on October 17 and delivered about 3,000 pages of documents to be notarized; the documents are part of the still-unfiled extradition request for ex-President Gonzal [...]	2008-10-20 15:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM CJAN CASC BL
08LAPAZ2268	BOLIVIAN DEAL: EVO GETS REFERENDUM, NO THIRD TERM [...] (C) Summary: In a welcome day of calm with up to 100,000 pro-Evo Morales demonstrators descending on La Paz, Bolivia's congress began voting October 20 to make changes to the text of the draft Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution and to hold a referendum on the constitution on January [...]	2008-10-21 16:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PINR KIPR BL
08LAPAZ2284	BOLIVIA: REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary and action request: The immediate threats that initially prompted Mission Bolivia's request for Authorized Departure status have dissipated, and an agreement between the national opposition and the government is likely to bring a period of calm as both sides prepare for a January 25 [...]	2008-10-22 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC PGOV BL
08LAPAZ2285	BOLIVIA: TEARS AND TANTRUMS AFTER THE COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: One day after the final voting on a compromise that will give President Evo Morales his January 25 referendum on a modified draft constitution, reactions vary widely. Evo's teary welcome of the announcement (and declaration that he can now die happy) reflects the high stakes at p [...]	2008-10-22 21:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ2293	EVO THANKS DIPCORPS, ACCUSES USG [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales addressed the diplomatic community October 23, showering them with praise for helping him reach an October 21 compromise with the opposition on a draft constitution. Morales portrayed the compromise as a one-sided affair in which the radical opposition was f [...]	2008-10-23 20:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
08LAPAZ2305	USG AGENCIES AGAIN IN EVO'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of government attacks on the DEA suggest that the Morales Administration will decide whether or not to expel DEA based on the "independent" decision of Chapare-region cocalero leaders. Morales and MAS leaders railed against DEA "infiltrators" October 25 and 26, c [...]	2008-10-27 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2311	BOLIVIA: DECEMBER 09 ELECTIONS: OFF TO THE RACES [...] (C) Summary: Opposition politicians are beginning to position themselves for the possible December 2009 presidential election. A presidential election will only take place in December 2009 if the draft Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution is passed, and some politicians (particularly i [...]	2008-10-28 15:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
08LAPAZ2341	BOLIVIA: MINING PROBLEMS IMPACT GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mining woes caused in part by the recent fall in world mineral prices are making front-page headlines in Bolivia, and the government has announced the first of potentially many "loan funds" for the cooperative mining sector. Further state involvement in the economy is not a surp [...]	2008-10-30 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV ETRD BL
08LAPAZ2368	BOLIVIA: DEA GIVEN 90 DAYS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy sees a potential opportunity to encourage the Bolivian government to begin the DEA's 90-day departure period with the start of the new U.S. administration (thus buying more time). Any time gained could benefit us, since Evo faces another election in December 2009, and [...]	2008-11-05 15:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2370	FRACTURED BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION UNITING AGAINST EVO? [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with Bolivian opposition contacts suggest several parties are making serious efforts to form a united front against President Evo Morales before the December 2009 elections. The head of the Unidad Nacional (UN) party, Samuel Doria Medina, has proposed to create a "Un [...]	2008-11-05 15:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL KDEM PGOV PREL PINR
08LAPAZ2374	BOLIVIA: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE PANDO [...] (C) Summary: A series of interviews with Post contacts, including with Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and National Unity (UN) party Deputies, has shed light on the Bolivian government's contradictory statements on when it will lift the state of siege in Pando, and also on the continued detent [...]	2008-11-05 17:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2375	VICE MINISTER CACERES FLOATS DEAL FOR DEA STAY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-up meeting with the NAS Director and DEA country attache after President Morales' November 1 announcement that DEA would be expelled, Vice Minister of Social Justice Felipe Caceres suggested an alternate solution, which he says he has run by Morales. Under Caceres' p [...]	2008-11-06 13:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC PINR BL
08LAPAZ2388	NO MAS RESPECT - CENTRAL BANKER DUMPED [...] (C) The President of the Central Bank of Bolivia, Raul Garron, was officially removed from his post on November 5. His replacement will be former Minister of Planning Gabriel Loza. Hours before the official announcement Garron met with Econoff and speculated about the possible reasons for hi [...]	2008-11-06 19:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ2391	BOLIVIA: EVO'S WISH LIST FOR OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales saluted the victory of President-elect Obama, offering support and expressing a sense of kinship with the President-elect, whom he characterized as coming from "the most discriminated sectors... from enslaved sectors." Raising hopes for a sea cha [...]	2008-11-07 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2392	BOLIVIA'S NEW CONSTITUTION: MAS WINS [...] (C) Summary: On October 21, President Evo Morales announced that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and the opposition had reached a compromise to update the text of the MAS draft constitution, which will go to a national referendum on January 25. Some of Evo's hard-core MAS supporters [...]	2008-11-07 13:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2393	BOLIVIA: PARTIES GEAR UP FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian presidential elections are expected to take place in December 2009 and "only" 15 parties are registered on the national level. Given that it takes a minimum of eight months to register a political party, unaffiliated candidates and parties with lapsed credentials have r [...]	2008-11-07 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2395	SANTA CRUZ FEELING DEFEATED [...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz political and civic leaders have run out of money and energy to aggressively oppose the Morales government. They will not run a "No" campaign on the January 25, 2009 constitutional referendum, which they believe will pass no matter what they may do. Instead, they are [...]	2008-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON PINR BL
08LAPAZ24	EVO AVOIDS SUCRE, JUSTICE MINISTER UNWELCOME TOO [...] (U) Protesters in Sucre hurled insults and firecrackers and proceeded to block Justice Minister Celima Torrico and members of Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party from leaving Bolivia's Supreme Court building following the inauguration of the 2008 judicial year. With strong police protection [...]	2008-01-04 18:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ2422	IRANIAN BANKING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On November 7, EconOff delivered Iranian Banking Demarche (reftel) to Maria Mendoza, Head of the Americas Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The demarche was given orally along with a white paper in Spanish. Mendoza took issue with the "casual nature" of the white paper. She [...]	2008-11-12 14:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BL
08LAPAZ2424	NOMINATION OF FOREIGN VIP FOR MEDICAL CARE [...] Summary: Embassy La Paz proposes to send Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Espindola Mackay, wife of Bolivian Army commander General Freddy Mackay Peralta, to the United States for medical treatment under the guidelines of the VIP Medical Program (reftel). As per program guidelines, Charge d'Affaires nom [...]	2008-11-12 14:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BL
08LAPAZ2440	BOLIVIA'S "EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION" [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise appointment on November 7, President Morales replaced former Education and Culture Minister Magdalena Cajias with Roberto AGUILAR Gomez, former rector of the state-university Mayor San Andres and former vice-president of the constitution-drafting Constituent Assembly [...]	2008-11-13 15:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR BL
08LAPAZ2442	BOLIVIA BURNS MORE TRADE BRIDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 11, Bolivian Trade Representative Pablo Solon confirmed that Bolivia will no longer participate in the negotiations between the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) and the European Union (EU.) The EU will progress with Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador dropping the uncooperativ [...]	2008-11-13 19:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL
08LAPAZ2447	BOLIVIA: MAS ECONOMIC RECIPE FOR A DIFFICULT YEAR [...] (C) Prominent La Paz economic authorities generally agree that the current international economic crisis will not severely impact Bolivia until April or May of next year. While Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) policy during yet another "election year" in Bolivia will cushion many Bolivians ag [...]	2008-11-14 15:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ2449	BOLIVIA: WARNING NEW FRIENDS AND OFFENDING THE OLD [...] (SBU) With a phrase oft-repeated in the last two weeks, President Evo Morales confirmed that "if anyone wants the DEA to return, well first they have to end the government of Evo Morales," adding, "there can't be an armed uniformed group managing the armed forces and the police like the DEA use [...]	2008-11-14 20:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2458	BOLIVIA: BEFORE U.S. VISIT, EVO LASHES OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the days before his November 16 departure for the United States, where he will speak at the OAS and UN and meet with U.S. representatives (Dodd, Lugar, Baukus and possibly others),President Evo Morales and his closest cabinet advisors lashed out at a wide selection of USG ta [...]	2008-11-18 13:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2462	ELECTION OBSERVER REQUEST FROM GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Post has received a Diplomatic Note from the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting we provide election observers for the January 25, 2009 constitutional referendum (informal translation attached). This request has [...]	2008-11-19 17:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ2464	BOLIVIA: MAS CONTINUES PURGE OF JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are moving aggressively once again to bring to heel dissident members of the country's judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and to install new justices more amenable to the MAS vision. Recent [...]	2008-11-19 18:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
08LAPAZ2477	BOLIVIA'S BENI: STILL RESISTING EVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian department (state) of Beni is commonly referred to in the press as part of the "wealthy lowland opposition" but statistics prove that most of the population live in extreme poverty. Struggling farmers, including a colony of Canadian Mennonites, fear sweeping land refo [...]	2008-11-24 17:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PINR PGOV BL
08LAPAZ2480	TARIJA: DEFENDING THE HOME TURF -- PASSIVELY [...] (C) Opposition leaders in the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija are disheartened by their failure to halt the national advance of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) agenda. While the departmental government will come out officially against the new MAS constitution, a vig [...]	2008-11-25 20:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM BL SNAR ASEC EFIN
08LAPAZ2483	BOLIVIA: PANDO SIEGE LIFTED, SIEGE LIGHT BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: Although the government lifted the state of siege in Pando Department (state) November 23 without incident and released 16 of 38 Pando prisoners November 24, the military maintains a strong presence in the department with the permanent addition of nearly 2,000 security personnel. [...]	2008-11-26 17:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM PREF KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2494	BOLIVIA: EVO CALLS ATPDEA SUSPENSION "VENGEANCE" [...] Summary: Press reports highlighted the closure of two more small businesses in the wake of the announcement of President Bush's decision to suspend ATPDEA trade benefits for Bolivia starting December 15. President Morales reacted angrily, calling the suspension "political vengeance." Vice P [...]	2008-11-28 16:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN BL
08LAPAZ2507	COCHABAMBA: MORE CONCERNS AND SUSPICIONS [...] (C) In meetings with the Private Business Federation of Cochabamba, former Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa's spokesman, and the civic organization umbrella group Confidence Network, all expressed concern about the consequences of DEA's expulsion from Bolivia, the imminent approval of President M [...]	2008-12-03 15:20:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BL ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ2508	BOLIVIA: EVO RENEWS ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (C) The National Democratic Council (CONALDE, an association of opposition civic leaders and prefecture authorities) has announced that it will meet December 9 to form a defensive block in the face of ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) arrests of opposition leaders. The meeting is also in [...]	2008-12-03 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2532	U.S. FURNITURE MAKER FACES BOLIVIAN CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SumaPacha is a Bolivian subsidiary of North Carolina-based ForestWorld. It is one of the largest woodcrafting plants in Latin America and is located in El Alto, the poor, largely indigenous city adjoining La Paz. Founded twenty years ago by a Bolivian graduate of the University of Nor [...]	2008-12-04 20:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ELAB
08LAPAZ2540	BOLIVIA: IMPLICATIONS OF APEX SILVER SELLOUT [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with executives from Denver-based Apex Silver and its subsidiary Minera San Cristobal on December 5 to discuss the future of Bolivia's largest mining operation. High taxes, the fall in metals prices, and Apex's unfavorable loan structure have caused a drop in Apex stock [...]	2008-12-05 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
08LAPAZ2543	UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...]	2008-12-05 23:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL
08LAPAZ2566	EVO TAKES ON THE CHURCH [...] (C) Summary: Recent sermons from Bolivian Cardinal Julio Terrazas raising concerns about increases in narcotrafficking have unleashed a torrent of government criticism of Terrazas, the Catholic Church in general, and the Church's tax-exempt status. Terrazas maintains his views are endorsed by [...]	2008-12-10 22:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR VT BL
08LAPAZ2567	BOLIVIA: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, Emboff met with Daniel Caceres, president of Social Control Movement (MCS) which is comprised of leaders of social groups and unions, including the nationally powerful mining cooperative union and a number of small business associations. Caceres was a 2008 Intern [...]	2008-12-11 15:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2569	BOLIVIA: EVO ATTACKS PRESS FOR CORRUPTION COVERAGE [...] As more evidence is made public about Presidency Minister Quintana's alleged deal to allow contraband to be smuggled out of the country in return for political support, many groups (including allies of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism party) are calling for Quintana's resignation. Congress [...]	2008-12-11 20:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID BL
08LAPAZ2571	CARDENAS/OTHERS POSITION THEMSELVES TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Former Vice-President Victor Hugo Cardenas announced he will run in the December 6, 2009 presidential election. Cardenas is rallying the opposition against the government's proposed constitution, which he called "exclusionary, incomplete, illegal, and self-contradictory." The dr [...]	2008-12-12 17:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR BL

08LAPAZ2575	SANTA CRUZ CIVIC SPIRIT REVIVING [...] (C) Summary: The arrest and "deportation" to La Paz of three members of the Union of Santa Cruz Youth, combined with government threats against other civic leaders and activists, have served to re-energize civic spirit in Santa Cruz. The "NO" campaign on the January 25, 2009 constitutional re [...]	2008-12-12 20:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ2581	"LITERACY ACCOMPLISHED:" LIBERTAD ACT AND [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a vi [...]	2008-12-16 15:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD KDEM BL CU
08LAPAZ259	SANTA CRUZ CALLS FOR MAY 4 VOTE ON AUTONOMY WHILE [...] (U) The Ambassador's January 31-February 1 visit to Santa Cruz coincided with Prefect Ruben Costas' call for a referendum on the Santa Cruz autonomy statute to be held on May 4, 2008. The prefect and the departamental council issued a resolution calling for the vote, and the Constitutional Co [...]	2008-02-08 19:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAS EAID MGMT PINR BL
08LAPAZ2591	BOLIVIA: EU DEMARCHES EVO ON DEA [...] (C) Summary: On December 12, representatives from EU Embassies in La Paz demarched Bolivian President Evo Morales on the expulsion of DEA and the lack of availability of EU counternarcotics cooperation. EU delegate Ivo Hoefkens announced to the press that the EU is worried about the increase [...]	2008-12-17 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN BL
08LAPAZ2601	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASAG) has spent the better part of 2008 trying to reorganize and line up operational funding. Our effort to fund technical programs with remaining Title I funds has been caught up in political battles and the refusal by some members of th [...]	2008-12-18 12:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ2604	CHARGE'S VISIT TO COCHABAMBA [...] (C) The Charge made a one day trip to Cochabamba on December 15 to highlight the U.S. Mission's positive agenda, which goes forward despite strained relations. During his trip he participated in donations to a USAID street children's shelter, and visited the NAS supported Trafficking in Per [...]	2008-12-18 15:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ2606	BOLIVIA: COCHABAMBA CAMPESINOS OUTSIDE EVO'S CAMP [...] (C) Summary: On December 15 Emboff met with Ruben Lopez and Gonzalo Quispe, leaders of the Federacion de Campesinos de Cochabama (Cochabama small-farmers federation.) Lopez and Quispe emphasized that they were aligned with the original CSUTCB (a national confederation of small-farmers) and no [...]	2008-12-18 15:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2613	EVO-CUBA LOVEFEST: YESTERDAY, TOMORROW, FOREVER [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales has turned up the anti-U.S. rhetoric in the last two weeks, making increasingly virulent demands that the incoming Obama Administration change course on Cuba or face the wide-spread expulsion of U.S. Ambassadors from Latin American countries (Bolivi [...]	2008-12-19 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CU BL
08LAPAZ2614	BOLIVIA: GAS COMPANIES CAN WAIT MORALES OUT [...] (C) Headaches, frustrations, and uncertainty are constant for the private hydrocarbon companies that remain in Bolivia, but profits and potential are also a reality. As a result, the companies are generally taking a long-term perspective which assumes that the policies of the Morales admini [...]	2008-12-19 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ2623	BOLIVIA: MORALES MANIPULATES MEDIA OWNERS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales continues on the offensive against the media, part of a long-running campaign against the Bolivian media. Through verbal and financial assaults, the Bolivian Government is attempting to manipulate the way news is reported in this country. The GOB uses fin [...]	2008-12-22 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ODIP OIIP KPAO EAID BL
08LAPAZ2626	BOLIVIA'S JUDICIAL SHOWDOWN: MAS WINS AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia's ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party scored a double victory over the opposition in a Congressional showdown over new judicial appointments on December 20. It revitalized the National Electoral Court (NEC),which it needs to execute and sanction the results of [...]	2008-12-22 21:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM BL PINR
08LAPAZ2633	MORALES' LATEST BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE: BOMBAST [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales unleashed another round of vitriolic attacks against the United States December 23. Morales barred all but foreign and state media from the presidential press conference, underscoring his recent feud with the private media (reftels). Morales: DEA Tried to K [...]	2008-12-23 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EPET ODIP CU VE IR BL
08LAPAZ266	BOLIVIA: PREFECTS PROMISE PROTESTS IF TALKS TANK [...] (SBU) Bolivia's National Democratic Council (consisting of the autonomy-seeking eastern and lowland departments or states) met on February 7 to declare that they will grant President Evo Morales until February 13 to respond to their demands on autonomy and resources to the departments. If the [...]	2008-02-08 22:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL ASEC
08LAPAZ2669	GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK: BOLIVIAN ECOTOURISM [...] SUMMARY. Known as the "Tibet of the Andes," Bolivia has long relied on beautiful mountains, lush valleys and the opportunity for adventure for its tourism industry. As more of Bolivia's mystique is revealed to the outside world, ecotourism experts continue to clash on how to develop (or not) o [...]	2008-12-30 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENVR BL
08LAPAZ2670	MORALES BASHES GOLDBERG PINATA ONE MORE TIME [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with cabinet on December 30 to evaluate his third year in office, Bolivian President Evo Morales justified once again his decision to expel Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg. Morales noted that with the departure of Ambassador Goldberg, the political opposition had "bottomed o [...]	2008-12-31 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR OPDC OPRC BL
08LAPAZ2671	BOLIVIA CONDEMNS "ISRAELI CRIMINAL AGGRESSION" [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) In response to the violence in the Gaza strip, on December 29 Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca condemned Israel for its "criminal aggression." "We completely disapprove," Choquehuanca told press and announced that Bolivia had demanded that the United Nations (UN) int [...]	2008-12-31 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	IS ASEC PGOV PINR PREL KTER BL
08LAPAZ296	BOLIVIA: "TRUCE" DURING NATURAL DISASTER? [...] (U) On February 11 La Paz Mayor Juan del Granado proposed a 60-day truce between the central government and the opposition prefects so that the country could focus on disaster-relief for flood-stricken areas. Originally President Evo Morales praised del Granado for the idea. On February 12, [...]	2008-02-12 22:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ301	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2008. Piracy and counterfeiting remain serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation remains weak, and enforcement remains inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especia [...]	2008-02-14 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KIPR BL
08LAPAZ302	FLOODS BRING TRUCE, AND DELAYS POLITICAL CONFLICT [...] (U) The Bolivian government and opposition have called a truce in their political conflict so that the country can focus on disaster-relief for flood-stricken areas. Following the suggestions of several political figures, President Morales urged the opposition on February 12 to halt any acti [...]	2008-02-14 23:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ313	BOLIVIAN BUSINESS: GAS, PAPER, AND MILK MAS STYLE [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) vision of their 21st century economy is taking shape, but it only echoes the disasters of the past. The government recently announced the creation of state run milk processing and paper plants. These plans make little economic sense and were seemingly [...]	2008-02-15 18:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ315	BOLIVIA REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives and the chance to work with Embassy Peru and the OES Hub in South America to explore the issues facing biofuel development in the two Andean nations. Both Bolivia and Peru hold great promise as producers [...]	2008-02-15 18:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ECON SENV BL
08LAPAZ329	GOB RESPINS ANTI-U.S. ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government attempted to renew and, in some cases, repackage old allegations against the U.S. February 16-18. Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened to show USAID the door if it continues undermining his administration. As proof, Morales provided the example of a po [...]	2008-02-19 23:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ374	BOLIVIAN SPY SCANDAL: CONTINUED EMBASSY ACCUSATIONS [...] (U) Summary: In response to an unfolding domestic spy scandal the former National Intelligence Directorate (NDI) chief Jose Luis Centellas testified before a Senate Commission and stated that the Embassy "manages" many different intelligence groups and maintains records on all Bolivian citiz [...]	2008-02-21 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ386	BOLIVIA SPY SCANDAL: POLICE CHIEF BACKS USG STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian National Police (BNP) commander Miguel Vasquez testified before a Senate commission and refuted Minister of Government Alfredo Rada's espionage allegations against the Embassy and a USG-funded police unit. Vasquez rejected accusations that the unit did not report to h [...]	2008-02-22 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV BL
08LAPAZ406	EVO LAYS OUT STRATEGY TO APPOVE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Despite continuing calls for dialogue, President Evo Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has laid out an aggressive strategy for pushing through its draft constitution. The MAS' goal is simple; organize a national referendum on the MAS draft constitution before the opp [...]	2008-02-25 22:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ407	EVO LAYS OUT STRATEGY TO APPROVE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Despite continuing calls for dialogue, President Evo Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has laid out an aggressive strategy for pushing through its draft constitution. The MAS' goal is simple; organize a national referendum on the MAS draft constitution before the opp [...]	2008-02-25 23:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ408	EVO IRKED BY AMBASSADOR/INDIGENOUS LEADERS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and members of the Public Affairs and EcoPol sections met with indigenous leaders (particularly leaders of the eastern lowlands) on February 21 to discuss their view of the situation for indigenous Bolivians under President Evo Morales. Many of the participants de [...]	2008-02-25 23:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
08LAPAZ428	WANTED: IMPROVED RELATIONS, BUT WITH A NEW [...] (SBU) The Bolivian government has reacted negatively to news that the Ambassador had a public meeting with eastern lowland indigenous leaders, arguing that it was interference in Bolivia's domestic affairs and proof that the USG is conspiring against the Morales administration (reftel.) While [...]	2008-02-26 22:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ432	MOD: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Walker San Miguel told the Ambassador February 26 that the Bolivian government has a new sense of urgency to conclude an anti-narcotics agreement with the USG. San Miguel and the Ambassador agreed to a high-level March 3 meeting to discuss a potential agreement t [...]	2008-02-27 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ433	BILAT "RELAUNCH": HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary. During a February 26 lunch meeting at the Ambassador's residence, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told the Ambassador not to overreact to accusations against the USG. The Ambassador explained that continued baseless USG criticisms can only have a negative impact on bilateral [...]	2008-02-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IR BL
08LAPAZ434	BOLIVIA: TRUCE REJECTED, CONFRONTATION EXPECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Garcia Linera's call for a two-month truce has been rejected by the opposition and by social groups aligned with the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Sporadic violence around the country has left a number of people injured, and both the MAS and the [...]	2008-02-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ435	IRANIAN DCM: U.S. CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Hojjatollah Soltani arrived in Bolivia February 25 to open the Iranian Embassy. The building is nearly ready and staff will move in next week. Soltani discussed plans to establish a television station in the Chapare region with the Bolivian media. Although the station w [...]	2008-02-27 23:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IR BL
08LAPAZ441	CEMENT: A WINDOW INTO THE BOLIVIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The Bolivian economy is ripe for more domestic production. International prices are high for its principle export products and the economy is overflowing with liquidity. However, overall growth is constrained by a fear of government actions and a lack of investment in basic infrastruc [...]	2008-02-29 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL ELAB
08LAPAZ457	EVO BEATS CONSPIRACY/WAR DRUMS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales is taking conspiracy charges to new levels of absurdity. Morales said March 2 that the United States uses its South American counter-narcotics efforts as a smokescreen for military intervention and political meddling. Morales linked a perceived upturn in an [...]	2008-03-03 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ46	EVO BLASTS ELECTORAL COURT, ITS PRESIDENT, AND USG [...] (C) President Evo Morales used an unscheduled appearance at the 2008 inauguration of the National Electoral Court (CNE) to launch a diatribe against the CNE, the USG and the highly respected outgoing CNE President, Salvador Romero. Evo characterized himself as a "victim" of the "USG manipula [...]	2008-01-07 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ462	BOLIVIAN GAS: BEGGAR THY NEIGHBOR [...] (SBU) Bolivia is struggling to cope with stagnant national gas production, increased contractual obligations, and growing domestic demand. In an effort to largely allay Argentinean fears of energy shortfalls over the winter months, President Morales met with the Presidents of Brazil and Arge [...]	2008-03-03 20:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ464	OPPOSITION RESPONDS TO CONGRESS ENCIRCLEMENT [...] (SBU) In response to the February 28 government orchestrated violent encirclement of the national congress and subsequent passage of three laws (two on the MAS proposed constitution and the other on state autonomy referendums) the regional opposition group known as CONALDE held an emergency [...]	2008-03-03 21:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL PGOV PHUM PREL
08LAPAZ465	VP RATIONALIZES RULING PARTY'S ACTIONS TO DIP CORPS [...] (C) The Bolivian government invited the entire diplomatic corps to lunch March 3 to explain its position regarding recent events. On February 28, the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) rammed through legislation to convoke a national referendum on its draft constitution while pro-MAS mo [...]	2008-03-03 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ483	WOULD BOLIVIAN MILITARY GO ALONG WITH A CRACKDOWN? [...] (S) Summary: Although Post believes the Bolivian military would still balk at participating in a crackdown on the opposition in the Media Luna departments as we assessed in November 2007 (reftel d),some changes since then make the probability greater. First, the current senior military leade [...]	2008-03-04 21:13:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	BL ECON MARR PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ485	AN IMPARTIAL ELECTORAL COURT IN BOLIVIAN REFERENDA? [...] (SBU) As Bolivia's opposing political forces face off at the ballot box in 2008, the National Electoral Court (CNE) )- which oversees the electoral process -- faces some of its toughest challenges since Bolivia's return to democracy in the early 1980s. President Evo Morales' Movement Toward [...]	2008-03-04 21:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ505	BOLIVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON MALDIVES' [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC BL
08LAPAZ521	BOLIVIA: LAWLESSNESS AND LYNCHINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent actions of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to block opposition congress members from entering Congress, thus allowing MAS bills to pass uncontested, come at a time when Bolivians are worried over what seems to be an increasing sense of lawlessness in the [...]	2008-03-06 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ522	AMBASSADOR MEETS PRODUCTION/MICROENTERPRISE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by USAID Deputy Director, and Emboff, met with the new Minister of Production and Microenterprise Dr. Javier Hurtado Mercado on March 5. Dr. Hurtado is an accomplished businessman and also a member of the USAID-Quinoa Global Development Alliance. During the m [...]	2008-03-06 20:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ETRD PREL BL
08LAPAZ537	FORMER EVO ALLY LEADS PARALLEL STATE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) At a rally of several thousand Sucre residents, Sabina Cuellar Leanos, a former member of Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS),was selected to be Chuquisaca department's (state) interim prefect (governor) on March 6. Ariel Iriarte remains the Morales administration's pick for i [...]	2008-03-07 20:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ538	BOLIVIA: MAS MOB ATTACKS PEACE PROTEST [...] (C) A small peace protest against Evo Morales' government organized by university students turned violent on Thursday night when a mob affiliated with the ruling Movement Towards Socialism Part (MAS) violently disrupted the gathering. The police resorted to tear gas and water cannons to dis [...]	2008-03-07 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC BL
08LAPAZ551	BOLIVIAN PIRACY: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM [...] (SBU) Summary: Piracy of audio-visual materials is almost universal in Bolivia, damaging the domestic movie- and music- industries and eliminating any chance of profits for international imports. Certain members of the domestic industry have recently taken two different routes in attempts t [...]	2008-03-10 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EINV BL
08LAPAZ554	BOLIVIAN MFA INSIDER: PARANOIA PREVAILS [...] (C) Summary: On March 7, Emboff met with Jorge Caballero (strictly protect),a director and career member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Caballero claimed that the MFA was responsible for Bolivia's neutrality in the recent tensions between Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. Caballero su [...]	2008-03-11 17:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ56	EVO RECASTS HIMSELF AS PEACEMAKER [...] (C) Summary: Despite heated rhetoric leading up the event, a January 7-8 meeting between Bolivian President Evo Morales and nine department prefects (state governors) was surprisingly conciliatory. Participants agreed to attempt to resolve demands from opposition-led departments with a nation [...]	2008-01-08 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL VN BL
08LAPAZ560	ELECTORAL COURT RESOLUTIONS MUDDY WATERS [...] (C) The National Electoral Court (CNE) issued two resolutions March 7 dealing setbacks for the referendum plans of both President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and the opposition. The first calls for a postponement of a national referendum on the MAS' draft constitution and reque [...]	2008-03-12 18:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ589	BOLIVIA: A PRODUCTIVE SECTOR SQUEEZE IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) The Department of Santa Cruz is the commercial agricultural center of Bolivia. It has suffered two consecutive years of flooding, but Morales Administration political actions, neglect, and mismanagement have combined to exacerbate the problems. The agricultural sector has faced diesel [...]	2008-03-17 12:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ611	SANTA CRUZ TO EVO: DIALOGUE AFTER MAY 4 VOTE [...] (C) Santa Cruz leaders are determined to hold their autonomy referendum on May 4. At the same time the Morales' government is trying to stop the referendum. Evo's latest offer to have the Catholic Church facilitate a dialogue is taken with skepticism and the reply "call us on May 5th." Aut [...]	2008-03-17 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08LAPAZ612	GLOBAL MICROFINANCE PARTNERSHIPS: BOLIVIA/OPIC [...] Embassy La Paz supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) initiative to support microfinance institutions in Latin America. The three Bolivian microfinance institutions (Crecer, Diaconia, and Pro Mujer Bolivia) are non-profit, non-regulated NGOs that are authorized to provid [...]	2008-03-17 21:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BL ECIN ES GT HO MX NU PE
08LAPAZ614	BOLIVIAN GAS: THE STATE COMPANY IN CHAOS [...] (C) While the Bolivian government publicly presses the gas companies to increase investments, ironically the biggest obstacle may be the government itself in the form of the national hydrocarbon company YPFB. The company is involved in all aspects of the Bolivian gas industry, yet it enjoys [...]	2008-03-18 19:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ615	WILL BOLIVIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL RISE AGAIN? [...] (C) President Evo Morales' Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party appears to have a renewed interest in Bolivia's highest constitutional court )- after two years of harassing the court's members with pay cuts, impeachment charges, and threats from pro-MAS groups. Bowing to pressure, nine of [...]	2008-03-18 23:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ625	BOLIVIA: AMB MEETING WITH NATIONAL UNITY MAYORS [...] (SBU) At the invitation of the head of National Unity party leader Samuel Doria Medina, the Ambassador and officers from EcoPol and USAID met with 22 of the Bolivia's 23 National Unity mayors (one mayor was unable to attend.) Doria Medina organized the gathering of his party's mayors so that t [...]	2008-03-19 19:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL EMIN BL PINR SENV
08LAPAZ638	BOLIVIAN EXPORT BAN COULD DEVASTATE ECONOMY [...] (C) On March 19, President Morales issued a decree banning the exportation of four types of cooking oil. If maintained for any length of time, the move would destroy the most important sector of the economy in the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz and force the withdrawal of American firm [...]	2008-03-20 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ647	ATTACKS AGAINST FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Attacks against the press are frequent in Bolivia, but the number and severity of these attacks has risen over the past two years. The Superintendent of Telecommunications issued and then retracted after a public outcry a policy stating that published or transmitted information, even if [...]	2008-03-24 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ661	BOLIVIAN MINING: CONFLICTIVE "COOPERATIVES" [...] (SBU) Summary: As high world mineral prices encourage the re-opening of areas previously considered "mined out", Bolivia's cooperative miners have regained political street power. Various estimates suggest that up to 100,000 miners work in cooperatives, semi-socialist organizations that are [...]	2008-03-25 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EINV ELAB BL
08LAPAZ665	BOLIVIA: "DIALOGUE, WHAT DIALOGUE?" [...] (C) President Evo Morales announced on March 14 that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party was prepared to talk with the opposition with the presence of the Catholic Church as mediators or, as the Church prefers, facilitators. The opposition responded with a series of conditions )- the [...]	2008-03-26 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ670	EXPORT BAN STRETCHES TO SIX DAYS [...] (C) The devastating ban on Bolivian cooking oil exports has now been in effect for six days. The Morales Administration, according to the Vice President in a meeting with the Ambassador March 26 (Septel),is determined to guarantee the supply of cooking oil at affordable prices. They are pre [...]	2008-03-26 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ693	BOLIVIA FORECAST: LEADING UP TO MAY 4 [...] (C) Short of an outbreak of widespread chaos and violence, the opposition-led department (state) of Santa Cruz is on track to hold a referendum on its autonomy statute despite President Evo Morales' attempts to stop or at least postpone it. The Catholic Church and the international communit [...]	2008-03-28 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV ECON EAID AGR BL
08LAPAZ694	BOLIVIA: EVO AND AUTONOMY, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Although isolated incidents of violence are already occurring and will continue up to the scheduled May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, we do not expect the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to take military or police action against the opposition departments (states) [...]	2008-03-28 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC EAID BL
08LAPAZ695	BOLIVIA DEMANDS USAID PORTFOLIO REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against a tense political backdrop and at the request of the GOB, USAID and the GOB have initiated a hurried and dense review of USAID,s portfolio, unprecedented in its level of detail. While we are making a sincere effort to be responsive to the steady stream of ad hoc and i [...]	2008-03-28 22:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL EAID
08LAPAZ707	BOLIVIA COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCRS, BUT DEFENDS IRAN; UN TO STAY IN NY [...] (C) Poloff relayed reftel speaking points and non-papers. Director of Bilateral Relations Jean Paul Guevara told poloff Bolivia would abide by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 restrictions on transfer of dual use items. Although Guevara said he could not go into technical details [...]	2008-03-31 22:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM NSG IR BL ECON MNUC
08LAPAZ711	BOLIVIA: COMMUNITY JUSTICE, INDIGENOUS JUSTICE, [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, Emboff meet with Vice Minister of Community Justice and Human Rights Valentin TICONA Colque. Also present was Director of Community Justice Petroni FLORES Condori. Emboff had requested the meeting to learn more about community justice under the new draft constituti [...]	2008-04-01 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR BL
08LAPAZ717	SANTA CRUZ: MAY 4 AS A PANACEA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 26-28 visit to Santa Cruz, American Presence Post officer found the city surprisingly calm and optimistic, although individual Santa Cruz citizens are outraged. They cite an increasingly long list of grievances and complaints against the central government, and the [...]	2008-04-02 15:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO BL
08LAPAZ719	EVO,S SPOKESMAN RESIGNS, REVEALING INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) Summary: In an abrupt move, Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party insider Alex Contreras officially resigned as the government's spokesman on April 1. Contreras is a long-time friend and confidant of Bolivian President Evo Morales, and his departure reveals serious fissures and in-fightin [...]	2008-04-03 12:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PINR PREL PGOV
08LAPAZ720	VMOD VARGAS: "WE WILL NOT FIRE ON BOLIVIANS" [...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with PolOff and MILGP Commander, Vice Minister of Defense (recently Armed Forces Commander) Wilfredo Vargas registered disappointment with "the government" for not concluding a peaceful negotiated end to the opposition-GOB standoff. He said the military does not [...]	2008-04-03 12:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ735	NEW 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 20:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ747	RADA REHASHES AMBASSADOR CONSPIRACY THEORY [...] (U) Government Minister Alfredo Rada again accused Ambassador Goldberg of trying to divide Bolivia April 6. Rada said Goldberg was using the same tactics used to divide Kosovo from Yugoslavia to "dismember" Santa Cruz Department (state) from Bolivia. "He knows perfectly well these processes, [...]	2008-04-07 17:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ751	BOLIVIA: 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 17:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ836	BOLIVIA AND THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS [...] (C) Post identified Graciela Toro, Minister of Planning and Development, and Javier Hurtado, Minister of Production and Micro Enterpise, as the two most important players in the Bolivian government regarding the Monterrey Consensus. Both were named to their ministerial positions in January 2 [...]	2008-04-11 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV UN BL
08LAPAZ854	DIALOGUE: 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 22:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ872	BOLIVIA'S TINY MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) Bolivia has a small Muslim community. Estimates range from between 300 to 1000, out of a total population of 9 million. Most in the established Muslims community were born in Bolivia and converted, or are the descendants of Palestinian or Lebanese immigrants that have long-lived in Bol [...]	2008-04-16 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ9	BOLIVIA: VERY LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY 7 TALKS [...] (C) With the holiday season "truce" coming to an end, it appears that the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and the opposition are preparing to resume where they left off in early December with belligerence and bluster. While President Evo Morales and the five prefects of opposition-led [...]	2008-01-03 19:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ900	BOLIVIA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE [...] Summary: Mission Bolivia held a Crisis Management Exercise (CME) via digital video conference with Washington on April 7. Members of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and representatives from DEA Santa Cruz and Cochabamba were present. The scenario outlined a civil disturbance in La Paz [...]	2008-04-17 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL AEMR BL
08LAPAZ918	CHARGE MEETING WITH COEUR D'ALENE BOARDMEMBERS [...] (C) Coeur D'Alene CEO Dennis Wheeler, South American Operations' President Jim Duff, and four members of the Coeur board of directors met with Emboffs April 21 to express their thanks for advocacy on behalf of Coeur's San Bartolome Mine and to discuss the investment and political climate in Bo [...]	2008-04-21 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
08LAPAZ919	EVO ASSAILS "TREASONOUS" CATHOLIC CHURCH HIERARCHY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the Catholic Church hierarchy of "treason and deception" on April 19, casting doubt on the Church's future role as a mediator in the growing crisis between the Government and the opposition prefects in the eastern lowlands. Morales was rep [...]	2008-04-21 22:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PREL PGOV
08LAPAZ927	EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS GROUP STANDING UP TO EVO [...] (C) Poloffs met with six representatives of the recently formed group "Alianza Plaza Abaroa" (Abaroa Plaza Alliance) on April 14. The Alliance is a newly formed political movement compromised mostly of middle-class La Paz residents. They claim their primary objective is to stand for the pro [...]	2008-04-22 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ935	MFA ASSURES UNSCR COMPLIANCE DESPITE WARM IRANIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs Jean Paul Guevara April 22, emphasizing Bolivia's Security Council Resolution obligations for travel restrictions, financial institution monitoring, and trade restrictions regarding Iran. Poloff also left Spanish-langua [...]	2008-04-23 19:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC BL
08LAPAZ983	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez explained the government's push for statements supporting Bolivian unity from the OAS and other international institutions were intended to ensure that May 4 is carried out without violence. Whe [...]	2008-04-29 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ99	BOLIVIAN MILITARY PULLS OUT OF WHINSEC [...] (C) Incoming 2008 Bolivian Army Commander General Freddy Mackay Peralta told Military Group officers January 11 that the army would no longer send officers to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Georgia. Mackay said the decision was "political [...]	2008-01-14 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ999	SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE: PLANS FOR A "BIG PARTY" [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 24-27 visit to Santa Cruz (including the capital city and the rural towns of San Javier and Concepcion),American Presence Post officer's (APP) interlocutors downplayed fears of violent confrontation and predicted the May 4 autonomy referendum would be a "big part [...]	2008-04-30 18:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO ASEC BL
08LISBON2596	PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA DEMARCHE [...] (C) DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Portuguese MFA diplomatic advisor Francisco Ribeiro Menezes on September 19. Menezes expressed firm support for the US position in the disputes with Bolivia and Venezuela, adding that Portugal had taken note of US "moderation". Sayin [...]	2008-09-19 17:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PO BL
08LJUBLJANA509	SLOVENIA: DEA EXPULSION CAN ONLY HARM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM BL SI
08LONDON727	UK 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 17:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EU UK CO EC BR CU VE BL
08MADRID1190	DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KDEM SNAR BL SP
08MADRID518	WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S VISIT TO MADRID, [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon visited Madrid April 30-May 1, 2008. He met with Secretary General of the Presidency Bernardino Leon and former President Jose Maria Aznar. He also attended a lunch in his honor hosted by Charge d' Affaires Hugo Llorens with Spanish private sector, media, and [...]	2008-05-09 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM AR BL CO CU PE SP
08MONTEVIDEO103	MAJOR 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 15:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM UY MX BL BR PA XM XR
08MONTEVIDEO235	CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING -- DVC LESSONS LEARNED [...] Post appreciates the CME we recently received and the opportunity to provide lessons learned. 2. Comments/answers are keyed to questions A-H in reftel. A. DVC FORMAT: DVC format was effective and video/audio quality was good, with the exception of one or two brief periods of lag. Thr [...]	2008-04-30 18:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT AR ASEC BL CI PA UY
08MONTEVIDEO266	BANCO 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 20:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL AR BL BR PY EC VE UY
08MONTEVIDEO534	URUGUAY'S TAKE ON PNG DECLARATIONS OF U.S. [...] (C) DCM made reftel points to MFA Secretary General Ambassador Nelson Fernandez September 17. Fernandez acknowledged the U.S.'s positive regional agenda, and expressed regret over the persona non grata designations of our ambassadors to Bolivia and Venezuela. Looking for a bright side, Ferna [...]	2008-09-18 18:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC UY
08MONTEVIDEO666	AN URUGUAYAN REACTION TO THE EXPULSION OF DEA FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Baxter made reftel points November 28 to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidency and head of Uruguay's drug-fighting agency (JND) Jorge Vazquez. Vazquez agreed that the possibility of an increase in the flow of drugs from Bolivia is a concern, and said he hopes to continue to wo [...]	2008-12-01 14:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL UY
08MOSCOW2893	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BOLIVIAN AND VENEZUELAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC
08NICOSIA897	CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER USG CONCERNS OVER EXPULSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 13:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CY
08OSLO519	NORWAY CONCERNED ABOUT EVENTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Oyvind Johansen and Kjersti Rodsmoen of the Latin America section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. While generally supportive of our talking points, they inquired what kinds of evidence (if any) had been used by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela to support thei [...]	2008-09-22 11:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC NO
08OSLO613	MORALES NOVEMBER 26 OSLO VISIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftel concerning the explusion of DEA from Bolivia to the head of the Latin American section in the MFA, Hege Araldsen. Araldsen asked if it would be possible to have more information on the positive impact that the DEA has had in Bolivia. Bolivia's Presi [...]	2008-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL NO
08PARIS1793	FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. ON PNG DECISION BY BOLIVIA [...] (C) The French Government agrees with the U.S. position from reftel demarche on the decision by Bolivia and Venezuela to declare our ambassadors persona non grata (PNG),according to MFA desk officers Aurelien Lepine-Kouas and Lionel Paradisi who spoke to poloff on September 22. The MFA noted [...]	2008-09-25 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC FR
08PRAGUE621	DEMARCHE ON U.S. AMBASSADORS TO BOLIVIA AND [...] (C) Political/Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche September 19 to Czech MFA American States Department Deputy Director Veronika Bajgarova 2. (C) Bajgarova said Venezuela has recently attempted to intensify diplomatic dialogue with the Czech Republic. The incoming Czech ambassado [...]	2008-09-19 15:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BL VE EZ
08SANSALVADOR1102	SALVADORAN MFA ON USG VS. BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA [...] (C) Acting MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Nelson Amaya told PolCouns September 22 that while the GOES was surprised when Bolivian President Morales expelled our Ambassador, it was not surprised when Venezuelan President Chavez followed suit. He said the GOES believes the charges leve [...]	2008-09-22 22:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL VZ ES

08SANTIAGO1042	BORDER ISSUES IN NORTHERN CHILE: DISPUTES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contested border and drug trafficking can sometimes bedevil relations between Chile and Peru on a national level, while on a local level, officials from communities on both sides of the border appear committed to cooperation. Government officials in the northern Chilean borde [...]	2008-11-28 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MARR SNAR KTIA PREL CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO1085	UNASUR AGENDA: REPORT ON BOLIVIAN KILLINGS, [...] (U) On December 16, leaders from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will meet in Bahia de Salvador, Brazil on the margins of the MERCOSUR meeting in the same city. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, acting in her capacity as UNASUR President Pro Tempore, will chair the meeting. [...]	2008-12-11 18:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER MARR CI BL BR
08SANTIAGO577	CHILE AND BOLIVIA SIGN DEFENSE AGREEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The governments of Chile and Bolivia signed a historic defense agreement on June 16th designed to strengthen cooperation and trust between the two militaries. The agreement calls for greater transparency, mutual collaboration, and cooperation between police and military forces. E [...]	2008-06-19 19:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL BL CI
08SANTIAGO602	BRAZILIAN AND CHILEAN SENATORS AGREE TO PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean and Brazilian Senators agreed during a meeting in Brazil on June 11-12 to urge their respective governments to take steps to diminish their military presence in MINUSTAH over the long run. They also discussed Chilean fruit exports to Brazil, emigration of Chilean and [...]	2008-06-24 18:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL BL CI
08SANTIAGO665	CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON SOUTH AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a July 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Goni explained that the proposed South American Defense Council will not/not be a military alliance and instead will promote defense coordination, exchanges, and transparency. Chile's recently signed defense ag [...]	2008-07-17 18:29:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL CI BL VE
08SANTIAGO840	CHILEANS LAMENT EXPULSION OF U.S. AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met separately with Interior Minister Perez Yoma and Foreign Minister Foxley and briefly discussed the expulsions of Ambassadors Duddy and Goldberg from Venezuela and Bolivia. Both Chilean Ministers expressed surprise and disappointment with the developments. Pe [...]	2008-09-16 11:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL VE CI
08SANTIAGO851	UNASUR LEADERS TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNASUR Summit concluded with a commitment from leaders to facilitate dialogue through a UNASUR commission in Bolivia. The leaders also agreed to send a team to investigative the deaths and disappearances in Pando Department and provide (undefined) experts to assist and suppo [...]	2008-09-17 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO852	UNASUR'S ROAD AHEAD AFTER EMERGENCY BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. A senior Chilean diplomat characterized UNASUR's meeting this week to deal with the crisis in Bolivia as an important early victory for the new organization and for its President Pro-Tempore, Chile. According to MFA Planning Subdirector Patricio Pradel, UNASUR is still defining [...]	2008-09-17 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI MARR BL CI
08SANTIAGO853	CHILEANS GENERALLY UPBEAT ON UNASUR OUTCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political commentators we consulted over the past two days tended to view the emergency UNASUR meeting as a positive development, particularly the nudging of Bolivia toward a political dialogue. They regard the UNASUR consensus as a Chilean foreign policy success for having tam [...]	2008-09-18 16:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO912	UNASUR COMMISSION HEAD SAYS LAST ROUND OF [...] (C) Juan Gabriel Valdes, the head of the UNASUR commission to Bolivia told the Ambassador October 9 that the last round of meetings in Cochabamba had "for the short term" created a space to continue dialogue and prevented violence. While there was no accord, the government seemed committed to [...]	2008-10-10 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI BL
08SANTIAGO931	ECONOMIC WOES AT CHILE'S NORTHERN BORDER [...] SUMMARY: Arica, Chile's northernmost city, faces multiple economic challenges, including the 2000 kilometers that separate it from Santiago and competition from cheaper Peru, which is just a short drive north. This city, once part of Peru, has the highest unemployment rate in Chile and pove [...]	2008-10-20 15:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND PGOV ELAB SOCI EWWT EAGR EFIS CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO933	BACHELET'S UNASUR PARLIAMENT PLANS DRAW FIRE FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several Chilean parliamentarians have criticized President Bachelet's attendance at an UNASUR parliament event in Bolivia to be held Oct. 17. The Chilean legislators allege that Bachelet should have consulted with them before attending and should have invited them to join the [...]	2008-10-20 15:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CI BL
08SANTODOMINGO1474	FOREIGN MINISTER ON UNGA DEMARCHES AND [...] (U) On September 18, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso to deliver Reftel demarches on the UN General Assembly and the Bolivian and Venezuelan decisions to declare our Ambassadors persona non grata. 2. (SBU) Regarding A/S Shannon's meeting with DR/CARICOM Ambassadors [...]	2008-09-19 19:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA VE HO BL DR
08SEOUL2177	MOFAT-WHA CONSULTATIONS: ROK'S EXPANDING TIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korea is actively expanding ties with Latin America through trade, investment, overseas development assistance and high-level engagement, according to ROK Foreign Ministry officials who met with WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon on October 15 for consultations. The Ministry's Lati [...]	2008-11-06 22:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ETRD SK BR BL CU CI MX PE
08STATE100946	SECRETARY RICE'S SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) September 16, 2008; 9:30-10:00 a.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Barbara Stephenson Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama President Martin Torrijos First Vice Preside [...]	2008-09-22 14:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS RS GG KV BL PM
08STATE103384	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S SEPTEMBER 23, [...] Classified by WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 23, 2008; 5:15 p.m.; New York. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Shannon Hillary Thompson (Notetaker) NICARAGUA FM Santos (Notetaker) 4. (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Shannon m [...]	2008-09-26 19:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BL CG CU NU PREL UNGA
08STATE113930	CANCELLATION OF TRAVEL WARNING - BOLIVIA [...] The Travel Warning issued for Bolivia on September 12, 2008, has been cancelled, effective October 23, 2008. 2. The conditions described in the Warning no longer exist and the Department of State has lifted Authorized Departure for post. Up-to-date information on safety and secur [...]	2008-10-25 01:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC BL
08STATE34727	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050088970 for the export of rifles to Bolivia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...]	2008-04-03 18:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BL ETTC KOMC
08STATE98073	MGBL01: MONITORING GROUP FORMATION REGARDING THE [...] The Executive Secretary has directed the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs to form a Monitoring Group to coordinate all State Department activities regarding the situation in Bolivia, effective 1600 EDT September 12, 2008. The Monitoring Group will operate virtually with support from the [...]	2008-09-12 22:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT BL
08STATE98094	TRAVEL WARNING BOLIVIA [...] This Travel Warning is being issued to alert U.S. citizens to the unstable social and security situation in Bolivia. The Department of State has authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and all family members of U.S. Embassy personnel in Bolivia and suggests all U.S. citizens defer [...]	2008-09-13 02:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC BL
08STOCKHOLM754	DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL SW
08THEHAGUE1008	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: HIGH PLAINS SHORT SHRIFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dutch diplomat expressed frustration with the GOB's unfair treatment of eastern communities. Eastern Bolivia appears to oppose the January 25 constitutional referendum, for which the EU will provide observers. On the DEA expulsion, the EU is likely to demarche the GOB within a [...]	2008-12-05 14:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NARR ECON NL BL
08THEHAGUE810	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: DUTCH EXPRESS CONCERN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch DG for Political Affairs De Gooijer told visiting Bolivian Vice Minister for Foreign Relations Fernandez on September 12 that the Netherlands feels "uncomfortable about the declaration of persona non grata of Ambassador Goldberg." Fernandez responded that the U.S. is interv [...]	2008-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC PINR NL BL
08THEHAGUE953	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: UNCERTAIN IF BOLIVIA TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch note that it's "difficult to assess" whether Bolivia takes combating drugs seriously. The Dutch provide significant assistance to Bolivia and are concerned about the domestic political situation. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On November 13, embassy shared reftel A points wit [...]	2008-11-14 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR EAID NL BL
08USUNNEWYORK1086	UNGA: EVO MORALES CALLS FOR A DEMOCRATIZED GLOBAL [...] Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma addressed the 63rd UN General Assembly November 17 to express thanks for the support of the international community during Bolivia's recent political and civil crises. Morales used the speech as an opportunity to call the United Nations to democra [...]	2008-11-18 22:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA BL
08VIENNA1696	AUSTRIA: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points November 20 with Andreas Melan, MFA Unit Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean. Melan said he had just received notice that the French EU Presidency has decided to instruct EU troika ambassadors in La Paz to demarche the Bolivian Government on their co [...]	2008-11-21 07:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL AU
08WARSAW1105	POLAND CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA; SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoP is concerned about the political situation in Bolivia and Venezuela -- particularly after the expulsions of the U.S. Ambassadors to both countries. MFA Deputy Director Daniel Gromann indicated that Poland supports the EU position of "constructive engagement" with both cou [...]	2008-09-23 05:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ENRG BL VE PL
08WARSAW1301	WARSAW EMPATHIZES WITH U.S. ON DEA EXPULSION BUT [...] (C) Warsaw agrees that the suspension of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operations in Bolivia could have a serious impact on the level of narcotics, particularly cocaine, entering the European market. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was aware of the DEA suspension and fea [...]	2008-11-14 07:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR BL PL
08WARSAW392	POLISH FM ON BELARUS JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with teh United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised two additional issues with respect to possible collaboration on a joint U.S./EU communique on Belarus and U/S Paula Dobriansky's [...]	2008-03-28 11:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL BL
09ASUNCION381	PARAGUAY AND BOLIVIA BRING PEACE TO THE CHACO [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo and Bolivian President Evo Morales met June 12 in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the 1932-35 Chaco War. The two presidents affirmed their countries' territorial sovereignty and pledged to strengthen their bilateral relat [...]	2009-06-17 21:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BL PA
09ASUNCION561	BOLIVIA EXPLAINING ARMS PURCHASES [...] (U) Press reports that Bolivian ministers of defense and foreign affairs are visiting Paraguay to better explain up to USD 100 million in future Bolivian arms purchases from Russia. Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata responded to earlier press reports with an official request for information to [...]	2009-09-10 12:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PGOV PREL PA BL
09ASUNCION576	GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS BOLIVIAN ASSURANCES ON ARMS PURCHASES [...] (U) Leading daily ABC Color reported September 11 that Bolivian and Paraguayan Foreign and Defense Ministers held a 2+2 meeting in Asuncion September 10 to discuss a pending controversial Bolivian USD 100 million arms purchase. According to ABC, Bolivian Foreign Minister Choquehuanca con [...]	2009-09-15 13:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MCAP PA BL
09ASUNCION8	PRESIDENT LUGO MISSTEPS ON CUBAN LITERACY PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo's pre-Christmas acceptance of Bolivian and Venezuelan assistance to implement a Cuban literacy program in Paraguay elicited a sharp negative, nationalistic reaction here. Even as it turns out that Paraguay has been using the modified Cuban system here since 2003, [...]	2009-01-07 21:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL BL CU VZ PA
09BOGOTA2977	COLOMBIA OK WITH MAJORS LIST DETERMINATION FOR [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Director for Multilateral Political Affairs Margarita Orozco and Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Adriana Maldonado on September 14. Deputy Polcouns stressed that the USG was committed to remaining engaged with Bolivi [...]	2009-09-16 18:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR UN BL CO
09BRASILIA1360	BRAZIL ON U.S.-BOLIVIA DIALOGUE, ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY. In a meeting November 19 with PolCouns, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) South America 1 (Southern Cone) Department head Minister Joao Luiz Pereira Pinto (protect) described Brazil-Bolivia relations as frustrating and indicated a continuing interest in trilateral counte [...]	2009-11-24 18:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AR BR BL PY
09BUENOSAIRES1029	ARGENTINA URGES CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON BOLIVIA IN [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered points in reftel regarding potential Majors List determination for Bolivia to Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti on September 14 (see septels for other issues discussed). Taccetti did not react with particular concern or surprise to the renewed listing of [...]	2009-09-16 19:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV BL AR
09BUENOSAIRES1239	Argentina: President of the Chamber of Deputies Welcomes [...] (SBU) Ambassador paid an introductory call on a warm and talkative Eduardo Fellner, President of Argentina's Chamber of Deputies, November 12. Fellner, a strong supporter of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),speculated that the Lower House might consider political reform legislat [...]	2009-11-20 19:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI BL AR
09BUENOSAIRES509	Argentina Hosts Lugo and Morales for Signing of Final Act [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina hosted Paraguayan President Lugo and Bolivian President Morales for an April 27 ceremony to deliver the Final Record of the border commission in execution of the 1938 Peace Treaty between the two countries. The Ambassador attended as representative of one of the six g [...]	2009-05-04 17:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PA BL AR
09BUENOSAIRES87	Argentina: Pan American Energy on Bolivian Nationalization [...] (SBU) Dennis Keleher, CFO of Pan American Energy, called Ambassador January 26 to inform him that no/no U.S. citizens were involved in the January 23 Bolivian government take-over of Empresa Petrolera Chaco SA (Chaco). He said only one UK national had been present at the takeover, that all oth [...]	2009-01-27 09:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD EINV AR BL
09DOHA128	QATAR BELIEVES USG IRAN POLICY HURTING DOHA'S GAS [...] (C) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met February 16 with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah. Also attending the meeting for Qatar were Minister of State for Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammad Al-Sada, Minister Al-Attiyah's Office Director Abdulaziz Al-Malki, and QP Director of Oi [...]	2009-02-19 04:51:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU EK BL VE
09FSINFATC1533	Capturing Recent Crisis Management Experience [...] (U) With the summer transfer and leave season rapidly approaching, FSI asks personnel from posts that have faced significant crises in the last 18 months to consider sharing their experiences when back in Washington. FSI's Crisis Management Training division (CMT),in our Leadership and Manage [...]	2009-06-17 20:53:00	DIR FSINFATC	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC YI CD CM YM BM GG BL CU BF
09GENEVA259	WTO COUNCIL FOR GOODS APPROVES AGOA, CBERA AND [...] Summary: On March 24, 2009 the CTG agreed to waive WTO MFN rules to allow the U.S. to grant preferential access to the U.S. for AGOA, CBERA and ATPA beneficiary countries. With some reluctance, Bolivia joined the consensus on these waivers. They expressed their hope that the U.S. will restor [...]	2009-03-25 16:43:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR BL
09LAPAZ1027	GOB "SUSPENDS" USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Citing "orders from above," GOB Planning and Development Minister Noel Aguirre on July 9 delivered a letter to CDA Creagan suspending all USAID democracy programs as of July 15. Aguirre acknowledged such a decision could neg [...]	2009-07-10 21:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR SOCI BL
09LAPAZ1028	BOLIVIA: 2008-09 COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales Government,s 2008-2009 counternarcotics performance continues to be mixed, with slowly rising eradication levels and increased seizures in interdiction, but with legislative reform on hold until after the December 2009 presidential elections. UNODC,s recent coca sur [...]	2009-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1029	MGSF01: BOLIVIA: 416 CONFIRMED CASES [...] As of July 10, Bolivia has 416 World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu. The Bolivian Center for Tropical Diseases (CENETROP) claims 542 confirmed cases. Epidemiology officials communicated that CENETROP laboratory H1N1 testing capacity is now limited due to a shortage of [...]	2009-07-13 13:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR AMGT ASEC BL CASC EAID KFLO KPAO
09LAPAZ103	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM OBSERVERS UNDER OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Jose Luis Exeni has confirmed that 11 international observer missions are expected to observe the January 25 constitutional referendum, including most prominently the European Union, OAS, Carter Center, the CAN, and Unasur. OAS Mission Re [...]	2009-01-23 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ104	BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP 1, 1130 [...] (U) Voting in the constitutional referendum has begun with no reports of violence thus far. Reports of minor procedural irregularities include the fact that a major polling station had closed with no notice: the president of the National Electoral Court himself expected to vote at the closed [...]	2009-01-25 16:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1043	CHOQUEHUANCA UNAWARE OF USAID SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca expressed to CDA James Creagan in a meeting on July 14 some surprise that he was unaware Planning Minister Noel Aguirre had given Creagan a letter July 9 directing USAID to freeze all democracy and governance programming by [...]	2009-07-14 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ105	BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP #2 1400 [...] (U) Radio Erbol is reporting that as of noon over 40 percent of urban registered voters and over 60 percent of rural registered voters have voted. (Note: Voting is mandatory in Bolivia. Registered voters who do not vote are removed from the voter rolls and must re-apply. The National Electo [...]	2009-01-25 18:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1053	BOLIVIAN MINING, INDUSTRY OF INDECISION AND [...] (C) The Mining industry in Bolivia is in a state of uncertainty. Propelled by large investments to start operations at the San Bartolom and San Cristobal mines, the sector was responsible for 25% of Bolivia's GDP in 2008. Despite concerns about the local government, unions, community, and n [...]	2009-07-20 18:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ106	BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP #3 1730 [...] (U) Although initial official result estimates will not be available until after 8 pm local (7 pm Eastern),exit polls suggest that the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution has been approved by a majority of voters. 2. (U) Leading pollsters Ipsos-Apoyo and Mori Group announced natio [...]	2009-01-25 23:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1062	USAID SUSPENSION: DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) As per reftel A, Embassy has prepared a draft diplomatic note to be delivered to the GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Planning Minister Noel Aguirre's request to Charge Creagan on July 9 to suspend all USAID Democracy and Go [...]	2009-07-22 15:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID OPDC BL
09LAPAZ1079	BOLIVIA: H1N1 GOVT INTERVENTIONS [...] Since ref B, Bolivia now reports five deaths from the H1N1 virus and over 600 cases throughout the country. Per ref A, the following is information relating to the national interventions for H1N1 influenza in Bolivia. 2. Making Influenza a Notifiable Disease and Emergency Declarations The [...]	2009-07-23 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR AMGT ASEC BL CASC EAID KFLO KPAO
09LAPAZ1080	UNGA BOLIVIA ATTENDANCE: INTERIM REPORT [...] (SBU) As per reftel, Embassy has requested information from the GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the attendance of President Morales, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, and all other members of the GOB delegation to the UN General Assembly. At this time, the GOB has told us only that Pre [...]	2009-07-23 22:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ11	CRY FRAUD: PRE-DENOUNCING REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Podemos Party launched its first wave of voter fraud accusations January 5, focusing on sudden large increases in the electorate and increased support for the government in key regions. Former National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero told us the attacks [...]	2009-01-06 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM VN BL
09LAPAZ1111	CHOQUEHUANCA SAYS USAID SUSPENSION "LIMITED" [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan July 29 that a GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy and governance programs (reftels) applied only to a limited number of democracy programs and agreed with Charge that it would be better to disc [...]	2009-07-30 16:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1141	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...]	2009-08-04 20:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1142	MORALES SEEKS OBAMA MEETING AT UNGA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan August 4 that President Evo Morales seeks a "significant meeting" with President Obama on September 23 as part of the UN General Assembly gathering. Choquehuanca accepted the USG counterproposal on a bilateral framework a [...]	2009-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1146	HOLY FRIJOLE: BOLIVIA'S ALBA TRADE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a three-part series on the trade and economic situation in Bolivia. While Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to alienate his neighbors (ref C) his government publicly continues to rely on Bolivia's membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas [...]	2009-08-07 11:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL CU VZ IR EAGR
09LAPAZ115	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM PASSES, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In a generally peaceful day of voting marked by scattered accusations of fraud, Bolivians voted in a national referendum January 25 to approve a new constitution. Although official vote tallies will not be available until February, initial surveys place the national referendum r [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ1166	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: ELECTRIC INERTIA [...] (C) The Government of Bolivia (GOB) began negotiations in late July with the country's electric generation and distribution companies to reportedly nationalize the sector by the end of the year. As negotiations move forward, the GOB will find it is acquiring a sector that received no invest [...]	2009-08-11 21:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ117	BOLIVIA: MUTED REACTION TO USG STATEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales used a substantial portion of his January 22 state of the union address (marking the beginning of his fourth year in power) to repeat baseless attacks on the USG, forcing Charge to leave the speech early (reftel). After leaving the event, Charge spoke with t [...]	2009-01-27 18:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1170	TWO BOMBINGS IN LA PAZ [...] (SBU) On August 12, 2009, the Bolivian National Police (BNP) informed the U.S. Embassy La Paz that a bomb had exploded at the Las Dos Torrez Building in La Paz. Later that same day, the BNP informed the Embassy that a second device exploded at a bus station in La Paz (La Zona de Villa Ftima, C [...]	2009-08-13 11:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR BL
09LAPAZ1183	MANY ACCUSATIONS, LITTLE PROOF OF BOMB MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Although the Bolivian National Police have not yet established a motive in the August 12 letter-bomb explosions in La Paz (Refs A and B),President Evo Morales has nevertheless cast a wide net in accusing the political opposition, former military officials, and unnamed Peruvians [...]	2009-08-14 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1184	RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST [...] Following review of the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft revised EO 13126 list of products for Bolivia (reftel),post has concluded that child labor in Bolivia in the sugar cane and Brazil nut sectors does not constitute forced or indentured labor as defined in E.O. 13126. 2. Post understa [...]	2009-08-14 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1196	BOLIVIA: SPECULATION, LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: After initially blaming a range of potential actors for two letter bombs that exploded August 12 in La Paz (reftels A - C),the GOB now seems to be downplaying the attacks. Some embassy sources suggest the bombings could be the result of differences within President Morales' rulin [...]	2009-08-19 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1220	BOLIVIANS PRESS FOR END TO ADDITIONAL USAID [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent assurances from Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca that the GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy programs should not apply to our public administration and conflict resolution programs (reftels),Bolivian Planning Minister Noel Aguirre wrote our acting [...]	2009-08-21 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1233	BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]	2009-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ1239	"CLOSED" MEANS "CLOSED": USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charg d'Affaires Creamer met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Deputy Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on August 24 to discuss their previous agreement to "suspend" rather than "close" USAID democracy programs (REFTEL A). The meeting was prompted by an August 18 GOB l [...]	2009-08-27 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1256	BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY CRUMPLES UNDER MAS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Through a series of judicial maneuvers and pressure tactics reminiscent of their 2007 dismantling of the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party appear to be set on shutting down the Supreme Court until [...]	2009-08-31 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ127	BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...]	2009-01-28 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ1285	BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the passage of the September 7 filing deadline, eight parties have registered to contest the December 6 elections for Bolivia's presidency and Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Three parties are set to split the bulk of the opposition vote, greatly strengthening Presiden [...]	2009-09-09 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM INR PHUM BL
09LAPAZ131	EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) published on January 27 its Preliminary Statement regarding the January 25 constitutional referendum. Although the report says the referendum was credibly completed and the "electorate could in general freely exercise their ri [...]	2009-01-29 11:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ1320	BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770) [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel A request, Embassy reports that Bolivian election planning is advancing on all fronts. The registration process for the new biometric electoral roll, managed by the Bolivian National Electoral Court (CNE) is proceeding on schedule and without major obstacles. The CNE [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1321	PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687 [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]	2009-09-17 15:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1327	NEW VIDEO CASTS DOUBT ON PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the September 11, 2008 clash in Pando department that left 11 dead, local opposition groups released new video evidence that casts doubt on the GOB's version of events. Poloff traveled to the site of the conflict on September 11 and 12 to interview a [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1359	BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION MOSTLY RESIGNED TO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Meetings September 23-24 with leading Bolivian opposition figures in Santa Cruz underscored their subdued mood two months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. Almost all believe that President Morales will be easily re-elected to a second term and that his MAS party [...]	2009-09-30 13:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1412	FM CHOQUEHUANCA ON BILAT TALKS, USAID, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In two conversations on September 30 and October 2 with Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed the second round of bilateral talks, Iranian presence in Bolivia, continuation of USAID's municipal strengthening program, USG approval of Brazilian helicopter [...]	2009-10-05 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID PARM BL IR
09LAPAZ1417	BOLIVIAN ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ADDRESS REAL NEEDS [...] (SBU) With an overall poverty rate of 60% and with 37% of the population in extreme poverty, the government of Bolivia has made the fight against poverty a priority. Although programs may be concentrated in areas where the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party hopes to win during the upcoming [...]	2009-10-06 17:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL
09LAPAZ1425	POLLS: MAS TO SWEEP, MAY WIN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Three recently-published polls -- including an unreleased, privately-commissioned poll by Stanley Greenberg's firm -- confirm President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are well positioned to sweep the December 6 elections. Morales is favored to wi [...]	2009-10-07 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1468	GOB DIVIDED ON APPROACH TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Our recent experiences with the Bolivian government show its internal divisions, between those officials who distrust the USG but recognize the value of repairing relations and those who view us as a threat and want to reduce us to a minimal in-country presence. The upcoming sec [...]	2009-10-20 11:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1476	BOLIVIA HOSTS ANTI-IMPERIALIST ALBA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales played host to the Seventh Summit Meeting of ALBA (the "Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America," in its latest iteration) October 16-17 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Leaders from ALBA's nine member states (Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, [...]	2009-10-20 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD BL
09LAPAZ1477	SUSPENSION OF MINING ACTIVITY ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pressure from the local community in Potosi has led to a directive from the government of Bolivia (GOB) for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Coeur d'Alene, to suspend mining activity at their San Bartolome silver mine at altitudes above 4,400 meters. Although this [...]	2009-10-21 12:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PREL PGOV EINV BL
09LAPAZ1520	INDIGENOUS LAND USE RIGHTS EMERGING ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: With President Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party projected to take control of both houses of Congress in upcoming elections, attention has begun to turn to a package of 100 laws Morales has pledged to pass to implement the new Constitution, including several t [...]	2009-11-04 19:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ1529	BOLIVIA SUGAR QUOTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 19:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR BL FAO FAS
09LAPAZ1538	MORALES MAINTAINS COMMANDING LEAD [...] (C) Summary: With one month left before the December 6 national elections, President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) remain poised to retain the presidency and take control over both houses of the Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Public and private polling indic [...]	2009-11-09 12:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ155	BOLIVIAN FM'S CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO SEC. CLINTON [...] On January 27, 2009, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship transmitted a letter (Note GM No. 037/09) from Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca to Secretary of State Clinton. The official Embassy translation follows: - - - - - - BEGIN TEXT - - - - - - Republic of Bolivia M [...]	2009-01-29 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1551	SANTA CRUZ GOVERNOR REMAINS IN OPPOSITION, WILL RUN AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect (Governor) and leading opposition figure Ruben Costas told us November 6 that he will run again for prefect in April under the banner of his recently-established "Verde" party. Costas described public security in Santa Cruz as worsening, prompting the national [...]	2009-11-18 14:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1553	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]	2009-11-18 14:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1557	BOLIVIAN FM ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT, UNGA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian FM Choquehuanca reported that the GOB now hopes to be able to give final approval to the bilateral framework agreement after the December 6 general elections here, with the aim of hosting a signing ceremony in La Paz before Christmas. Choquehuanca heard our message on the [...]	2009-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA BL
09LAPAZ1559	Response Regarding Title III of the Libertad Act [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Bolivian government officials are strongly supportive of the existing Cuban government and crit [...]	2009-11-19 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM BL CU
09LAPAZ156	BOLIVIA: MURDER AND SCANDAL [...] Summary: Bolivian headlines announced "murder", "torture", and "conspiracy" in the days following a brutal murder and robbery which may have ties to powerful politicians. An investigation into the January 27 murder and theft of $450,000 has raised suspicions of corruption within the state hy [...]	2009-01-29 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ1567	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: POTOSI AND CHUQUISACA GO TO THE MAS [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland department of Potosi will vote heavily in favor of President Evo Morales and his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party in December's elections. His support is solid in rural areas, as well as in the periphery of Potosi city, populated by newcomers from the co [...]	2009-11-25 13:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1577	BOLIVIA: ELECTION MONITORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on November 24 and 25 with representatives from the OAS, European Union, and Carter Center electoral observation missions, all told us they were prepared for the December 6 elections and identified potential pitfalls, including the practice of "public voting," inapprop [...]	2009-12-01 17:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1585	BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...]	2009-12-02 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1587	BOLIVIA: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A SECOND MORALES TERM [...] (C) Summary: With a sweeping victory increasingly likely for Bolivian President Evo Morales and his MAS party in December 6 elections, the political focus in Bolivia has already shifted to how Morales will approach his next five years in office. Morales's outreach to opposition voters and (re [...]	2009-12-03 20:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BL
09LAPAZ1589	MORALES, MAS WIN RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) won a resounding victory in national elections on December 6. Parallel vote counts show Morales won re-election with approximately 63 percent of the vote and that the MAS won at least 24 of 36 Senate seats. L [...]	2009-12-07 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1591	GOB DEMARCHED ON UNGA DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 19:43:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA UN BL
09LAPAZ1593	BOLIVIA MINING -- UPDATE ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to the San Bartolome silver mine in the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, EconOff learned that the financial impact of the suspension of mining above 4400 meters is significant and is already impacting operations for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Co [...]	2009-12-09 16:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1595	BOLIVIAN FM: URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON BILAT ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 5 with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, who said President Morales wants to finalize a bilateral framework agreement but that "certain cabinet members" do not want the accord to succeed and would prefer to maintain minimal relations with the USG. H [...]	2009-12-09 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID ECON BL

09LAPAZ1597	President Morales will Travel to COP-15 to Advocate for [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Morales confirmed December 8th that he will attend the 15th Conference of the Parties under the UN Climate Change Convention (COP-15). He will travel to Denmark from Cuba where this weekend he will attend the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) 5th Anniversa [...]	2009-12-11 13:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG BL
09LAPAZ1599	BOLIVIA - MOVING FORWARD WITH LITHIUM PRODUCTION ON ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is moving forward with its ambitious plans to produce 100,000 tons a year of lithium carbonate by 2013, starting with President Morales' inauguration of a pilot lithium processing plant on October 30. The GOB has made it clear it is not interested in inter [...]	2009-12-14 18:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1601	BOLIVIANS REACT SHARPLY TO SECRETARY'S IRAN REMARKS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government responded forcefully to the Secretary's December 11 caution about closer ties with Iran, seizing upon her remarks to attack the United States for "imperialist" and "colonial" interference in Bolivia's sovereign affairs. The Bolivian MFA initially sought to [...]	2009-12-14 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR BL
09LAPAZ1605	GOB TO JAIL OPPOSITION LEADER REYES VILLA? [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa confirmed to local press December 16 that he is in hiding from GOB authorities but said he had not fled the country. Reyes Villa labeled himself a victim of political persecution and said President Morales sou [...]	2009-12-18 17:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1609	DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...]	2009-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1611	BOLIVIA: NEGATING "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia regularly votes for the Organization of the Islamic Conference's UN resolutions against "defamation of religions," most recently on December 18 in the UNGA plenary session. Given our thorny bilateral relationship, the GOB's ALBA membership, and its growing ties with Iran, [...]	2009-12-23 14:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KISL OPDC BL
09LAPAZ163	MORALES: "DEA PLANNED MY ASSASSINATION" [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ministers are calling for improved bilateral relations even as he continues to state publicly that the USG has tried, is trying, and will try to kill him. In the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, Morales called for a "world revolution to end the north [...]	2009-01-30 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1642	BOLIVIAN NOMINATION: THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy La Paz nominates Dr. Marina Flores Villena for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Through her work as a lawyer and public prosecutor, Marina has dedicated herself professionally and personally to positively impacting the lives of hundreds o [...]	2009-11-30 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO BL
09LAPAZ1730	Bolivia CN Update November 09 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Year-to-date seizures of precursors and labs rose substantially; seizures of cocaine base rose slightly; and cocaine HCL seizures declined. In a series of 43 joint operations called "Plan Inca," Bolivian and Peruvian Counter Narcotics (CN) forces seized 100 [...]	2009-12-11 14:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL KJUS PHUM
09LAPAZ175	BOLIVIA: PANDO REPORT CONCERNS; OHCHR RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Denis Racicot, representative in Bolivia for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) January 26, to assess OHCHR activities as per request (Reftel E). Relations between the OHCHR and both the government and civil society actors appear to be generally qu [...]	2009-02-02 20:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ176	BOLIVIAN GAS CHIEF FIRED IN MURDER/KICKBACK SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales fired the president of state hydrocarbons company YPFB on February 1, just two days after publicly defending Santos Ramirez, a close confidant and member of his inner circle of advisors. Santos Ramirez has been implicated in the kickback case that involved t [...]	2009-02-02 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ178	LATEST PODEMOS MAGIC BULLET: NAVA TO TURN ON EVO [...] (S) Opposition strategist Javier Flores (strictly protect) told PolOff February 1 that Bolivian Army Lt. Jorge Nava is working with Flores and opposition Senator Roger Pinto (Podemos, Pando) to discredit the government's denial of involvement in the June 21 bombing of an opposition television [...]	2009-02-03 17:47:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL VE
09LAPAZ1784	BOLIVIA: COUNTER-NARCOTICS NEWS AND TRENDS [...] 1. Summary and comment: Bolivian Counternarcotics (CN) officials have voiced public concern over a number of negative trends, including a sharp rise in the number of cocaine laboratories seized, the GOB's inability to track the rising number of small aircraft used to transport drugs to ne [...]	2009-12-17 21:50:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL KJUS PHUM
09LAPAZ183	BOLIVIAN MINING: WORLDWIDE WOES AND LOCAL LAMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. presence in Bolivian mining will change dramatically over the next few years. Denver-based Apex Silver has announced the sale of all its San Cristobal Mine stock to former partner Sumitomo Corporation, which will take over full ownership of the largest silver mine in Bo [...]	2009-02-04 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1832	2010 BFIF Proposal: Building AMCHAM Capacity and Promoting [...] Embassy La Paz is pleased to respond to EEB/CBA's Solicitation for 2010 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund program proposals with a request for funding for two projects: 1) capacity building for the American Chamber of Commerce Bolivia (AMCHAM Bolivia) and 2) support for Corporate Soci [...]	2009-12-29 17:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ETRD ECON BL
09LAPAZ194	LOWER HOUSE PRESIDENT ENLISTS SELF AS BILAT ALLY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House President Edmundo Novillo told Charge' February 3 that, in order for bilateral relations to move forward, both sides would need to identify common ground and establish some "essential points" for engagement. He added the United States would need to acknowledge the his [...]	2009-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SNAR BL
09LAPAZ211	MAS AIMS CONSTITUTION AT SENATE, MFA, "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the January 25 constitutional referendum, we are seeing signs that the Morales Administration plans to move its agenda forward aggressively after promulgating the new constitution. The MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs told diplomats February 5 that the governme [...]	2009-02-09 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ETRD KDEM KTIA BL
09LAPAZ220	BOLIVIA: NEW CONSTITUTION, NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Leveraging his now certified victory in the January 25 constitutional referendum, President Evo Morales held a massive "party" February 7 to promulgate the constitution and herald the arrival of the new "community socialist" revolution. The next day, Morales announced the result [...]	2009-02-10 16:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ225	BOLIVIA: ENGAGING MAS-CONTROLLED ORURO [...] (U) Charge's February 6 trip to Oruro to visit USAID-supported organic sweet onion and quinoa projects was well-received in the Oruro press and by the indigenous communities which benefit from USAID's projects. In Amachuma Catuyo, organic sweet onion farmers thanked the Charge and USAID for t [...]	2009-02-11 13:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BL
09LAPAZ232	ALLEGED GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB AFFECTS U.S. RANCHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently, the Bolivian Government and landowners in the Cordillera province of Santa Cruz have clashed violently concerning land rights. The government acuses the landowners, including a high-profile AmCit rancher, of labor abuses and serfdom against the resident Guarani popula [...]	2009-02-11 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM EINV CACS BL
09LAPAZ247	VICE MINISTER FIRED FOR U.S. IV VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister for Basic Services Gustavo Morales was fired last month for participating in a USG-sponsored International Visitor program. VM Morales said his former boss Minister of Water Rene Orellana and Minister of Government Juan Ramon Quintana approached President Evo Morale [...]	2009-02-12 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OEXC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ248	BOLIVIA: NO INFORMATION ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke with multiple representatives at the Bolivian foreign ministry and the phytosanitary agency SENASAG. Officials informed us that Bolivia is not a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol. They did not know if they had received invitations to participate in the upcoming Mexico Ci [...]	2009-02-13 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR BL
09LAPAZ267	LITHIUM: A NEW BATTERY FOR BOLIVIA'S ECONOMY? [...] (C) Summary: Recent articles from BBC, the New York Times, and business journals have created substantial buzz about the reportedly large reserves of lithium contained in Bolivia's Uyuni salt flat. On February 11, Bolivia's National Mining Director Freddy Beltran announced that four companies [...]	2009-02-19 13:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ268	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. Piracy and counterfeiting are serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation is weak, and enforcement is inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especially [...]	2009-02-19 13:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BL
09LAPAZ270	PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIAN CONGRESS'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) In a February 18 call on the Charge d'Affaires, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of congress) Michiatki Nagatani portrayed himself as a personal messenger from Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca. He said Choquehuanca had asked [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BL
09LAPAZ271	A/DCM VISIT TO SANTA CRUZ [...] (U) During a February 12-13 visit to Santa Cruz, Acting DCM: --escorted two youth from the Yungas region of La Paz, who won scholarships from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to the Tahuichi soccer academy; --announced English scholarships for 50 disadvantaged high school students to study [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO EAID SNAR BL
09LAPAZ290	SEVEN TAKEN IN NEW ROUND OF PANDO DETENTIONS [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in conversations with EcoPol contact (reftel A),Bolivian security forces on February 18 detained up to 21 people in Pando department (state) before releasing 14 and bringing the rest to La Paz for further questioning. According to the prosecutor's office, the detai [...]	2009-02-20 21:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ303	FOREIGN MINISTER ON CIA, ERADICATION, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Kris Urs met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca February 26 to refute President Evo Morales' accusations of CIA presence in state oil company YPFB, discuss joint counternarcotics eradication efforts, and review the newly-released human rights report. Choqu [...]	2009-02-26 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ31	USAID AND GOB AGREEMENT ON CHAPARE PHASE OUT [...] (C) USAID-Bolivia and the Vice Ministers of Social Defense Felipe Caceres and Coca/Integrated Development Geronimo Meneces Mollo have signed an agreement for the orderly phase-out of USAID's work in the Chapare. In the agreement the Government of Bolivia agrees to provide the necessary securi [...]	2009-01-08 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV
09LAPAZ374	MAS MOB TAKE HOUSE, BEAT FAMILY OF FORMER VP [...] (C) Summary: Apparently induced by agitators, protesters from one Lake Titicaca region ransacked the house and attacked the family of former Vice-President and current presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas on March 7. Although the government has launched an investigation, officials inclu [...]	2009-03-09 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ38	UN DROPS PANDO "BOMB" ON MFA [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources indicate the UN is preparing a report on the violent events in Pando in September, which will be much less to the government's liking than the Unasur's report released December 3. According to MFA Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictl [...]	2009-01-09 20:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIA PINR CI BL
09LAPAZ381	MFA PLUGS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING, APPLAUDS IRAQ PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered demarche on Iraq (reftel A) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received a generally positive response. Conversation turned quickly to recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearings on bilateral relations, which MFA representatives used to ask again for a m [...]	2009-03-11 18:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ MOPS PREL KDEM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ386	"COMMUNITARIAN JUSTICE" SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL? [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 7 ransacking of former Vice President Victor Hugo Cardenas' home and attack on his wife and family (reftel),provincial community leaders declared March 10 they would formally expropriate the property and claimed the new constitution explicitly justified their [...]	2009-03-12 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ389	BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INT'L HELP [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate President and opposition leader Oscar Ortiz on March 12 publicly called on the diplomatic community to "remain engaged" and encourage the Morales administration to negotiate in good faith regarding the new constitution's implementation, Congress' role during the transitio [...]	2009-03-12 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ4	MORALES OFFERS OBAMA DIALOGUE, OR SETS TRAP? [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively restrained New Year's Day address, Bolivian President Evo Morales offered to dialogue with President-elect Barack Obama regarding suspension of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act benefits instead of pursuing a complaint with the World Trade Organizati [...]	2009-01-02 17:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL ECON EFIN
09LAPAZ407	BOLIVIA: CIA ACCUSATIONS SPREADING [...] (C) Summary: Accusations of CIA involvement in Bolivian "internal affairs" have proliferated since the announcement of Embassy officer Francisco "Frank" Martinez's expulsion March 9. President Morales' top advisors, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Government Minister Alfredo Rada, [...]	2009-03-13 21:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ409	GOB RHETORIC MAY SET STAGE FOR FURTHER EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 9 expulsion of Embassy officer Frank Martinez (Reftels B, C) and subsequent government accusations March 12 of more CIA activity in the country (Reftel A),President Evo Morales charged March 13 and 14 that "foreign agents" were "buying the loyalty" of Bolivia [...]	2009-03-16 15:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ412	BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...]	2009-03-17 18:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ416	BOLIVIA: MOD ANNOUNCES USG BLOCKED JET SALE [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with CDA and MILGP Commander March 16, the spokesman for the Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel announced the United States had "vetoed" the sale of Czech L-159 military jets to Bolivia. Post suspects San Miguel was expecting to be told that the sale was [...]	2009-03-17 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MCAP SNAR KTIA BL
09LAPAZ418	BOLIVIAN VFM: THINGS MAY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Fernandez, the GOB had no reaction to the Charge's protest regarding the expulsion of Francisco Martinez, President Morales' latest claims of CIA conspiracies, and Minister Rada's accusations that Bolivian Police working for the Embassy a [...]	2009-03-17 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ434	BOLIVIA: CONTINUED MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: While official media give extensive coverage of Foreign Secretary David Choquehuanca's March 19 announcement that Bolivia seeks to "rebuild mutual trust" with the USG, President Evo Morales' March 20 statement that he will "personally investigate the presence of external agents" [...]	2009-03-20 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ436	BOLIVIA: WHO CAN CHALLENGE MORALES? (PT 1) [...] (C) Summary: Although presidential elections will not occur until December 6, at least ten members of the opposition are being mentioned as potential candidates. This is the first in a series of cables that will review the possibilities for each. Part One will focus on the three leading can [...]	2009-03-20 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL ECON
09LAPAZ469	MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]	2009-03-26 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ470	CHARGE MEETING WITH FM CHOQUEHUANCA [...] (C) Summary: Per Reftel Charge met with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca on March 25 to deliver correspondence from Secretary Clinton. The FM again confirmed assurances provided by UN Charge Solon in New York that the GOB would first seek to resolve bilateral issues through dip [...]	2009-03-26 18:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL OPDC PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ472	GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...]	2009-03-27 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ474	MORALES ALLEGES USG INTERFERENCE, AGAIN [...] (C) One day after Foreign Minister Choquehuanca assured us the GOB would not take actions to embarrass the U.S. administration and would resolve bilateral issues through diplomatic channels, President Evo Morales on March 26 publicly and without proof accused the USG of "mobilizing" CIA and DE [...]	2009-03-27 16:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ478	BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC
09LAPAZ496	MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...]	2009-03-31 17:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ497	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE NOT DELIVERED [...] Post believes that delivering reftel would be counterproductive at this time per reftel instructions. The Bolivian government used former Ambassador Goldberg's past experience working on Balkan issues as "proof" he was conspiring against the Morales Administration. See reftels for additiona [...]	2009-03-31 18:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL ICJ KVBL BL
09LAPAZ501	SANTA CRUZ LEADERS ALARMED BY EROSION OF [...] (C) Summary: During several recent trips by embassy officials to Santa Cruz, leaders and common citizens alike have expressed concern over the growing anti-democratic tendencies of the Morales government. Issues such as the continued imprisonment of Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez, the self [...]	2009-03-31 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM SNAR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ508	GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA FOLDS REGULATORY BODIES BACK [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) economic model firmly places the state at the center of all economic activity. One more step will be taken toward this goal with the dismantling of the regulatory system that won accolades upon its creation in the early 1990s. The system featured sup [...]	2009-04-01 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ASEC SENV
09LAPAZ519	MORALES PARROTS CHAVEZ ON G20, CRITICIZES OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Bolivian President Evo Morales on April 3 repeated almost verbatim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's criticisms of the G20 summit agreement from a day before. Morales added his own doubts regarding President Obama, saying he [...]	2009-04-03 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ522	BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...]	2009-04-06 15:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ55	FACEBOOK REMAINS YOUTH POLITICAL OUTLET IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The use of social networking groups and the internet is proliferating in Bolivia, despite the fact that relatively few Bolivians have access to the internet in their homes. Many of Bolivia's wealthier youth are using every resource available to promote their message, including Fac [...]	2009-01-12 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ETTC KDEM
09LAPAZ555	MR. OBAMA, TEAR DOWN THIS EMBARGO: BOLIVIA'S BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a press conference at the presidential palace April 8, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) will meet prior to the Summit of the Americas to discuss a Bolivian proposal to lift the United States' embargo on Cuba. The group [...]	2009-04-09 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL CU
09LAPAZ556	SIGNING OF BILATERAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS LETTER OF AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 20:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL
09LAPAZ557	STARVING DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL LAW IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: As of 2:00pm April 9, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has been unable to break a legislative deadlock with the opposition over passage of the constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which will govern all aspects of upco [...]	2009-04-09 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ559	MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT REGARDING [...] (SBU) On 04/07/09, Charge d,Affaires (CDA) Krishna Urs, RSO Patrick Moore and Local Guard Program (LGP) Coordinator Fernando Gonzalez met with the Minister of Government (MOG) Alfredo ((RADA)); Vice-Minister of Interior Regime and Police, Marcos ((FARFAN)); and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]	2009-04-09 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV SNAR BL
09LAPAZ572	NO ELECTION DEAL; MORALES: USG DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Summary: After five days of often heated debate, as of 4:00pm April 13, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have been unable to reach a satisfactory compromise with the opposition to pass a constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL). The [...]	2009-04-13 21:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ578	OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...]	2009-04-14 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ584	MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT [...] PolOffs demarched on April 9 and April 15 Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza and MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Cecilia Chacon, respectively, to request information on the Bolivian delegation to the Summit of the Americas, or SOA (Reftel B). Between the two dates, th [...]	2009-04-15 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC BL KDEM KSUM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
09LAPAZ586	BOLIVIA: ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE [...] (U) Econoff spoke with both General Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Foreign Ministry Cecilia Chacon and General Director on Climate Change Issues Jaime Villanueva on April 15. Chacon will attend the Summit of the Americas (SOA) as the Multilateral Representative. Villanueva has previou [...]	2009-04-15 22:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUM ECON ENRG SENV BL KGHG
09LAPAZ593	GOVERNMENT CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary: Early April 16, a Bolivian National Police (BNP) SWAT team raided the ExpoCruz fairgrounds in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, reportedly discovering arms and ammunition. Police also raided a downtown hotel, engaging in a firefight and ultimately killing three individuals (reportedly includin [...]	2009-04-16 22:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PREL BL
09LAPAZ594	BOLIVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel B, PolOff on April 9 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. On April 15, Post delivered via diplomatic note the points listed in Reftel A. 2. (C) During the April 9 meeting, Mendoza lame [...]	2009-04-17 13:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ596	BOLIVIAN FM: "STOP SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 20, one day after leaving the Summit of the Americas (SOA),both Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Charge to the United Nations Pablo Salon are claiming victory after making their "demands" known to the U.S. delegation. Salon spoke to press in Geneva about "laying down [...]	2009-04-21 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
09LAPAZ6	FEARS OF CLOSING CONGRESS FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Alternate Senator Rafael Loayza (Podemos, La Paz) told PolOff he anticipated Bolivian President Evo Morales would shut down Congress sometime before mid-summer. Loayza argued that Morales will use the "inevitable" approval of a constitutional referendum January 25 to j [...]	2009-01-05 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ600	GOB BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON "TERRORIST CELL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and other senior administration members, during an address to the diplomatic corps on April 21, underscored the seriousness of what they labeled a series of three terrorist attacks and the presence of a terrorist cell with at least ten [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ601	MORALES PRAISES OBAMA, BLASTS DEA [...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales gave a press conference with foreign press April 21 to express his views on the Summit of the Americas (SOA) in terms of the U.S.-Bolivian bilateral relationship. He highlighted his brief encounters with President Obama at the SOA, saying that Bolivia "saw [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ604	Bolivia 2009 Fiscal Transparency Report [...] (U) The Government of Bolivia has maintained its commitment to fiscal transparency and accountability as reported in Post's submissions for the Department's preparation of the report submitted under a similar provision in the FY 2008 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriatio [...]	2009-04-23 13:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV BL
09LAPAZ611	MIXED SIGNS ON TERROR INVESTIGATION, USG [...] (SBU) During April 22 interviews to BBC Mundo and CNN Espanol, Bolivian President Evo Morales seemingly sent mixed messages regarding any international role in the investigation of the April 16 operation against an alleged terror cell in Santa Cruz in which three alleged terrorists were killed [...]	2009-04-24 14:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ODIP OFDP OPRC PGOV PREL PTER HU EI HR RO BL
09LAPAZ62	BOLIVIA: EVO WARNS HE WILL RULE BY DECREE [...] (U) At the January 11 conference of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, President Evo Morales called on his followers to perpetuate MAS power "forever." Morales assured his listeners that he was confident the new constitution would pass in the January 25 referendum, allowing for [...]	2009-01-13 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ631	BOLIVIA SCENESETTER FOR FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER [...] Embassy La Paz offers a warm welcome to Former President Carter and accompanying team to Bolivia April 30-May 3. The information in this cable on U.S. government engagement in Bolivia is designed to complement the background paper provided by the Department of State, which summarized political [...]	2009-04-29 19:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ635	BOLIVIA: "TERRORISM" EXCUSE FOR MASS ARRESTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Morales administration may use an April 16 police team raid in opposition-dominated Santa Cruz, in which police shot and killed three alleged terrorists, arrested two more, and reportedly found a separate weapons cache (Reftels A, B),to initiate arrests of the political opposition [...]	2009-04-29 21:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ637	DELIVERED: SPECIAL 301 - BOLIVIA 2009 [...] Econoff delivered reftel to Dr. Alvaro Sepulveda Rivero, Executive Director of the Bolivian National Service of Intellectual Property (SENAPI) April 29. Dr. Sepulveda was unfamiliar with the Special 301 list but said he was relieved that Bolivia had not been moved to the Priority Watch List. H [...]	2009-04-30 15:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD BL
09LAPAZ640	CN DEMARCHE: OBAMA OPTIMISM AMIDST CN NEGATIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered the annual certification counternarcotics (CN) demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez on April 28, 2009. Post highlighted that the legal cultivation of coca needs to be regulated, no concessions should be made to coca producers in the Chapare [...]	2009-04-30 18:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID KJUS KCRM BL
09LAPAZ65	BOLIVIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced January 13 the Congress would end its session without designating new members of the Constitutional Tribunal or the Supreme Court. Assuming voters approve the new constitution on January 25, new appointments would not occur [...]	2009-01-14 22:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ655	BOLIVIA: MORALES' MAY DAY WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: Continuing a three-year tradition of May Day nationalization announcements, Bolivian President Evo Morales on May 1 nationalized AirBP, a jet fuel provider and subsidiary of British Petroleum. Morales announced the nationalization in conjunction with several supreme decrees regar [...]	2009-05-05 17:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ658	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...]	2009-05-05 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC
09LAPAZ659	GOB IMPLICATES SANTA CRUZ LEADERS IN "TERRORISM" [...] (S) Summary: The government prosecutor has implicated a dozen top Santa Cruz leaders in supporting a "terrorist cell" aiming to divide the country. A former public defender for one of the Hungarian defendants told us the government had informants within the group and a great deal of evidence t [...]	2009-05-06 15:17:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC BL
09LAPAZ67	LA PAZ - ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - 2009 [...] ROAD CONDITIONS IN BOLIVIA Outside the major cities, road conditions are quite poor. Of the 42,815 Km. of roads in Bolivia, less than five percent are paved. Of the remainder, one third is topped with gravel, and the rest (approximately 60% of all the roads in country) are poorly maintained [...]	2009-01-15 11:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER BL
09LAPAZ674	EL ALTO MAS ASKS FOR USAID EXPULSION [...] SUMMARY. El Alto members of President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party verbally attacked the United States May 4, following a presentation by Venezuelan-American Eva Golinger entitled "The Interference and Subversive Strategies of the United States in Latin America during the Twe [...]	2009-05-07 18:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ69	BOLIVIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Bolivia remains a difficult place to do business. Economic activity is often disrupted by social unrest resulting from centuries of economic, political, and social inequality, and indigenous, labor, and anti-globalization organizations have recently targeted private investment )- particula [...]	2009-01-15 17:10:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	BL EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV ELAB
09LAPAZ695	POSITIVE TARIJA EVENTS: BOOKS, OREGANO, BASEBALL [...] Building on the positive relationship enjoyed between the Embassy and the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija, the A/DCM traveled to the region May 7-8 to host a variety of events. A PAS book donation was attended by the mayor of Tarija, Oscar Montes and well over 100 red, wh [...]	2009-05-12 19:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BL EAID OEXC OPRC EAGR
09LAPAZ698	BOLIVIA: POLITICAL VIEWS FROM TARIJA STATE [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and PolOffs met with Tarija Department (state) leaders during a May 7-8 outreach trip (reftel a). Prefect (governor) Mario Cossio told us the GOB's investigation into an alleged terror cell was a "show." He said he would be the next prefect to be arrested largely because th [...]	2009-05-13 20:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ708	USAID BOLIVIA: IN THE CLEAR OR IN THE CROSSHAIRS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ten days after several El Alto leaders called for the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from their city (ref),other leaders, including the mayor, are coming to the organization's defense. Oscar Chirinos, an El Alto Movement Towards Social [...]	2009-05-14 21:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ710	DEFENSE ATTORNEY LAMENTS POLITICIZED TERROR CASE [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Relations Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictly protect) told PolOff May 11 that her close friend and the former defense attorney for Santa Cruz terror cell suspect Elot (alternative spelling Elod) Toasa told her there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Toasa for "st [...]	2009-05-15 16:13:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ715	SUPREME COURT HALTED, JUDICIARY DISMANTLED [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Congress' lower house narrowly voted on May 14 to impeach Supreme Court President Eddy Fernandez, and the opposition-controlled Senate will begin a "trial of responsibilities" within two weeks. The ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's main charge against F [...]	2009-05-15 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ72	WE'RE RUDE, WE'RE NUDE, WE WANT OUR '99 NISSANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is facing massive protests - some in the nude - relating to a December Presidential decree relating to used car imports. The decree limits the importation of used cars older than five years into Bolivia. Importers have been protesting for weeks, including o [...]	2009-01-15 20:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SENV BL
09LAPAZ722	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S SHANNON VISIT [...] (C) Welcome to La Paz! Your visit comes at a critical moment in U.S./Bolivian relations. In the past year, bilateral relations sank to their lowest point in decades, largely as a result of unprovoked Government of Bolivia rhetoric and action. Events over the past twelve months include a mar [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ743	CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...]	2009-05-22 15:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ744	BOLIVIA-CUBA RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO TITLE III OF [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? --No. The Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a via [...]	2009-05-22 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KDEM BL CU
09LAPAZ750	LAWYER: GOB INVOLVED IN TERROR, PANDO, YPFB CASES [...] (S) Summary: A Bolivian government lawyer who worked closely on the Santa Cruz terrorism case, the investigation into the September 2008 Pando conflict, and the YPFB (state oil company) murder and corruption case provided new information on GOB involvement in all three incidents. In the alleg [...]	2009-05-26 19:45:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ758	GOB TO SEIZE "TERRORIST" ASSETS WITHOUT TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: President Morales issued a supreme decree on May 20 authorizing government prosecutors to seize, without trial, assets related to alleged terrorist acts, including personal goods, business assets, bank accounts, and communications media. The decree is to be applied retroactively [...]	2009-05-27 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ766	BOLIVIA'S BILATERAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Paragraph two contains the Embassy La Paz translation of the proposed Framework Agreement presented by the Bolivian Government for consideration at the May 20-21 bilateral dialogue. A point of clarification in Article III, Section 1: the Bolivian Government intends "State to State" to ex [...]	2009-05-29 12:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ODIP OPDC OEXC SNAR BL
09LAPAZ799	BOLIVIA: USG-BACKED CONFERENCE SPURS TIP [...] Summary: On April 21 and 22 the Embassy's Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),in a joint initiative with the United Nations, Office of International Migration (OIM) and the Attorney General's Office, organized Bolivia's first International Conference on Trafficking in Persons in the city of Cochab [...]	2009-06-02 18:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KDEM ASEC KJUS BL
09LAPAZ811	BOLIVIA: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post has verified via the Defense Attache's office that the Bolivian military does not use the Mi-17 helicopter (nor does it have such parts in its inventory) and therefore cannot provide assistance to Pakistan. Bolivian military and security forces use the Bell UH-1 (Huey [...]	2009-06-03 18:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG PARM PKBL BL
09LAPAZ812	BOLIVIA TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Per reftel a instructions, Post did not deliver reftel point to Bolivian Government as doing so would be counterproductive at this time. The Bolivian government used former Ambassador Goldberg's past experience working on Balkan issues as "proof" he was conspiring against the Morales Admi [...]	2009-06-03 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KVIR PREL BL
09LAPAZ844	HOW GOB COULD BLAME US FOR ALLEGED TERROR CELL [...] (S) Summary: The USG has not yet been directly accused of involvement with an alleged terrorist cell in Santa Cruz. However, there are several factors that could induce the GOB to connect us to suspected extremist groups in Santa Cruz: the petition of political asylum from alleged terrorist Hug [...]	2009-06-08 20:52:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ845	BOLIVIA LUKE WARM ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez June 4. Fernandez was noncommittal, but was responsive to reftel point that U.S. Caniddate Lucretia Myers was the only candidate from the Americas. URS [...]	2009-06-09 19:27:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUST KUNR PREL UNGA BL
09LAPAZ846	BOLIVIA ON UN SUDAN MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez June 4. Fernandez and MFA officers were noncommittal on their support for extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Sudan, saying only that the Bolivian Government was also concerned about the situation in [...]	2009-06-09 19:27:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNHRC SU AF BL

09LAPAZ867	BOLIVIA: NEIGHBOR RELATIONS NOT SO NEIGHBORLY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are enmeshed in diplomatic flaps with neighbors, including: a growing feud with Peru over asylum approvals for four former GOB ministers and allegations of GOB support for a June 5 Peruvian indige [...]	2009-06-10 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ871	PL-480: TWO YEARS OF FRUSTRATION [...] (C) As the Bolivian State presses forward with its desire to more fully control U.S. donations, the attempt to program and use PL-480 Title I funds provides an insightful case study. Following the monetization of agricultural commodities in 2004-05, about $6.7 million was planned to be joint [...]	2009-06-15 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ884	MGSF01: BOLIVIA: NINE CONFIRMED CASES [...] As of June 15, Bolivia has nine confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu. The three original suspected cases (ref A) were confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and six additional cases have been confirmed. One case has been confirmed in La Paz (an Am [...]	2009-06-16 18:44:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR AMGT ASEC BL CASC EAID KFLO KPAO
09LAPAZ89	U.S./BOLIVIA RELATIONS: HOW WE GOT HERE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales has repeatedly stated that he will "never break relations with the United States," and he has recently expressed hopes that bilateral relations will improve under the Obama administration. Privately, however, high-level officials told us as early as 2007 tha [...]	2009-01-21 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ECON EFIN EAID BL
09LAPAZ90	SANTA CRUZ "NO" CAMPAIGN WORKING FOR EVERY VOTE [...] (C) With less than a week before the January 25 constitutional referendum, both the pro-government "Yes" and the anti-government "No" campaigns have stepped up efforts in Santa Cruz Department (state). Pro-government Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) forces have a higher campaign budget in Sant [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ASEC CONS BL
09LAPAZ93	BOLIVIA: MORALES TARGETS USG BEFORE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In his January 22 State of the Union Address marking the beginning of his fourth year in office, President Evo Morales made repeated rhetorical attacks against the United States, to the point that Charge was obliged to leave the meeting. In an encounter with the press afterwards, [...]	2009-01-22 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD EAID OFDP OPRC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ934	THE U.S.- BOLIVIA TRADE RELATIONSHIP [...] SUMMARY. This is the first of a three part series on Bolivia's economic and trade situation. In 2008, Bolivia was the United States 105th highest trading partner, while the U.S. was Bolivia's third. Despite concern over the potential permanent removal of Bolivia from the Andean Trade Preferenc [...]	2009-06-24 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL EAID KTIA KTDB PE
09LAPAZ94	SENATE MURDER PLOT TURNS INTO PANDO "TELL ALL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian television networks aired testimony January 19 from the supposed organizer of the pro-government, September 11, 2008 campesino (peasant farmer) march in Pando Department that accuses Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana of arming the group with the purpose of violently [...]	2009-01-22 22:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR VN BL
09LAPAZ957	BOLIVIA: CDA, FM DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca welcomed new Charge d'Affaires James Creagan June 26 at what he called a "historic moment" in the country's history. Although he emphasized his desire to return the bilateral relationship to a state of normalcy, Choquehuanca admitted no [...]	2009-06-26 23:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...]	2009-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ960	MGSF01: BOLIVIA: 47 CONFIRMED CASES [...] As of June 25, Bolivia has 47 World Health Organization confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu. The Bolivian Center for Tropical Diseases (CENETROP) claims 127 confirmed cases. Most are located in the lowlands eastern region of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Press reports indicated that many cases are Chil [...]	2009-06-29 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR AMGT ASEC BL CASC EAID KFLO KPAO
09LAPAZ968	BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...]	2009-06-30 14:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ977	BOLIVIA: DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel, PolOff on June 29 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Desk Officer Yuri Arce regarding threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapon, ballistic missile, WMD, and conventional weapons programs. PolOff informed Arce of the resolution and that purchase of all weapons system [...]	2009-06-30 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC MTCRE KN BL
09LIMA1649	PERU DEMARCHED ON U.S.-BOLIVIA 2ND ROUND OF DIALOG [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to the MFA's DirGen for South America, Francisco Rivarola and Andean DeskOff Augusto Salamanca on November 12. Rivarola appeared pleased by U.S. engagement and efforts to improve its relations with Bolivia following [...]	2009-11-13 21:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PE BL
09LIMA680	PERU-BOLIVIA RELATIONS TENSE OVER EX-MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary: Peru's relations with Bolivia took another sour turn after Bolivian President Evo Morales called President Alan Garcia "chabacano" (vulgar) over Peru's granting of political asylum to three former cabinet members of Bolivian ex-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada's adminis [...]	2009-05-12 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BL PE
09LIMA794	BOLIVIAN MEDDLING IN PERU [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales has launched a new round of rhetorical attacks on the Government of Peru with a call for indigenous peoples to rebel against their governments. GOP officials and other observers are concerned Morales' rhetoric is part of a broader effort to meddle i [...]	2009-06-05 19:50:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL PTER BL PE
09LIMA924	"EVO MORALES IS OUR PRESIDENT": THE ANTI-SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Its economic success of recent years notwithstanding, Peru remains fertile terrain for anti-system radicals, with persistent endemic poverty and social inequality, the absence of the state from large swaths of national territory, and clumsy, sometimes jarring public action when t [...]	2009-06-26 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR BL PE
09MADRID59	JANUARY 8-9 VISIT BY WHA A/S SHANNON REAFFIRMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon's January 8-9 Madrid program and subsequent media play were characterized by bilateral goodwill and Spanish optimism for a new phase in U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America despite significant challenges in the region. He highlighted U.S. engagement in the Americas, [...]	2009-01-16 16:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM AR BL CU SP
09QUITO865	Ecuador: Demarche on Major List Determination for Bolivia [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA South America Bilateral Affairs Directorate on September 14 and followed up with South America Affairs Acting Director General Gonzalo Gonzales on October 1. Gonzales said he was familiar with the report last year and welcomed the USG's commitment [...]	2009-10-06 13:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR EC BL
09SANTIAGO1156	Ambassador's Trip to Iquique: Positive Engagement on Drug [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Chile's 1st region October 28-29 to meet local leaders and strengthen ties to an important economic area of the country. Iquique, a city in far northern Chile built on the once-booming nitrate industry, is now home to one of Chile's two free trade zones. I [...]	2009-12-01 15:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR TRGY DEA CI BL
09SANTIAGO287	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER: PROUD OF REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Goni was pleasantly surprised by his assignment as the Chilean Ambassador to Washington, and plans to continue to play an active role in U.S.-Chilean defense relations. He is proud of the defense reforms passed under his watch, and hopeful that another ke [...]	2009-03-25 19:08:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS CI BL PE
09STATE100988	U/S OTERO,S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH BOLIVIA [...] Classified by U/S Maria Otero (G). Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 11:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Maria Otero WHA A/S Thomas Shannon Laura Pena Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca UN Charge Pablo Solon 4. [...]	2009-09-28 20:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR BL
09STATE18528	A/S SHANNON,S FEBRUARY 19 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (U) Classified by: Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon for E.O. 12958, Reasons 1.4 (b) AND (d). 2. (U) February 19, 2009, 10:00a.m. ) 1:00p.m. 3. (U) Participants: United States A/S Thomas Shannon DAS Christopher McMullen WHA/BSC Director Milt Drucker WHA/BSC Deputy Director Bruc [...]	2009-02-27 16:01:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AR BL CO EC OTRA OVIP PA PBTS PREL TD VZ
09STATE23685	DEMARCHE: PNG OF EMBASSY OFFICER FRANCISCO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The Department is concerned about the Bolivian government's unjustified declaration of Embassy officer Francisco Martinez persona non grata and its implications for bilateral and regional relations. 3. (SBU) The Department direct [...]	2009-03-12 20:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
09STATE57016	(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING IN ADVANCE OF 5TH [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE HIGH-QUALITY REPORTING, BOTH IN RESPONSE TO REF A AND THOSE PREPARED SEPARATELY, FROM POSTS ON US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL PREPARATIONS IN THE MONTHS PRECEEDING THE 5TH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS. WHILE MANY MORE CABLES WERE ALSO HIGHLY [...]	2009-06-03 14:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL AC AR BB BF BH BL BR CI CO CS CU DO DR
09STATE60497	BOLIVIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 21:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BL
09STATE6423	(C) IRANIAN OUTREACH TO LATIN AMERICA [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ASSESS THAT TEHRAN IS REACHING OUT TO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE ITS DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION AND INCREASE TIES TO LEFTIST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION THAT TEHRAN PERCEIVES MAY SHARE ITS ANTI-US AGENDA. PRESIDENT AHMADI-NEJAD APPEARS TO BE THE DRIVING FORC [...]	2009-01-23 21:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR AR BH BL BR CI CO CS
09STATE70566	JUSTIFICATION FOR DECISION ON ATPA FOR BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Following a review of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) eligibility for Bolivia and Ecuador, the President has decided not to reinstate benefits for Bolivia ) benefits which were suspended last December due [...]	2009-07-08 15:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL
09STATE87251	(U) GOVERNMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE MORALES ADMINISTRATION'S CURRENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM IN PANDO, BENI, AND POSSIBLY OTHER OPPOSITION DEPARTMENTS. WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER REPORTING TO ILLUMINATE THE CURRENT SITUATION, INCLUDING THE INTENTIONS OF THE OPPOS [...]	2009-08-21 14:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV BL
09STATE94259	(C/NF) BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WELCOMED REFTEL REPORTING ON THE BILATERAL TALKS AND THE GOB,S DECISION TO SUSPEND USAID PROGRAMS. NOT SURPRISINGLY, WE ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE UPCOMING BOLIVIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS, INCLUDING BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION [...]	2009-09-10 19:01:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV BL
09THEHAGUE404	NETHERLANDS: WHA PDAS KELLY'S JUNE 25, 2009 [...] (U) June 25, 2009; 8:45 am; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, WHA Eric Falls (Embassy notetaker) Netherlands ----------- Laurent Stokvis, MFA Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter Potman, [...]	2009-07-07 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL BL NU CU VE
09UNVIEVIENNA97	CND: MORALES TO REQUEST DELISTING OF COCA LEAF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 14:30:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAID PREL UN BL
09USUNNEWYORK361	BOLIVIAN CHARGE PLEDGES DIALOGUE, PUSHES "MOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently arrived Bolivian Charge d'Affaires Pablo Solon Romero paid a courtesy call April 6 on Ambassador Wolff, agreeing to pursue an open and constructive dialogue with USUN on issues of concern and avoiding the temptation to use the UN as a propaganda pulpit. Ambassador Wolff [...]	2009-04-07 20:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV SNAR UN BL
09VATICAN59	(C) VATICAN HOPES FOR BETTER U.S.-CUBA TIES, IN PART TO REIN [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See welcomes President Obama's new outreach to Cuba and hopes for further steps soon, perhaps to include prison visits for the wives of the Cuban Five. Better U.S.-Cuba ties would deprive Hugo Chavez of one of his favorite screeds and could help restrain him in the region, acc [...]	2009-04-22 16:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT CU VE BL
09WELLINGTON229	DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 04:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AR AS BC BL BR CI EC FJ ID NZ PA PE PGOV PREL SF
10BRASILIA55	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, CN, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institutional Security Office (GSI) Minister General Jorge Felix shared with Ambassador Shannon on February 9 Brazil's top security concerns, which include: assistance and cooperation in Haiti; increased drug trafficking in the region and consumption in Brazil; and security for the [...]	2010-02-18 21:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PTER SNAR ASEC BR BL HA DHS KOLY
10LAPAZ102	TFHA01: La Paz Media Engagement on Haiti [...] (U) Summary. Reporting in Bolivia on the U.S. response to the earthquake in Haiti has been generally balanced in the independent media outlets, while state-run media outlets have focused their coverage on GOB criticism and suspicions of U.S. efforts. Embassy La Paz has taken multiple ste [...]	2010-01-21 18:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL PGOV HA BL
10LAPAZ112	FY 2010 U.S. SPEAKER PROGRAM - REQUEST FOR A SPEAKER TO [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM: This one-week program would be scheduled around the XIV Tourism International Fair, an event that will be held in the city of Tarija which will host tourism entrepreneurs from Bolivia and other countries in the region. The speaker would deliver a lecture at the Fair, [...]	2010-01-25 18:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP BL KPAO SCUL OEXC
10LAPAZ13	BOLIVIA STEPS UP ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government has sharply intensified its anti-American rhetoric in the days leading up to President Evo Morales's January 22 inauguration, revisiting perceived grievances, asserting that Bolivia is better off for having expelled the U.S. ambassador and DEA, providing a [...]	2010-01-21 12:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ144	Embassy La Paz Validation Study Results [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy La Paz recently concluded two small validation studies of recipients of J1 visas and members of a traditional Bolivian dance troupe. The Consular Section suspected high overstay rates among both groups and conducted the studies to determine actual return rates. Th [...]	2010-01-26 18:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD BL
10LAPAZ146	Authorization to use local courier service for ACS passback [...] Per instructions in 7 FAM 1362, Embassy La Paz requests Department authorization to implement an ACS passback system using a local courier service. Post would like the new system to take effect on February 1, 2010. 2. The Consular Section's non-immigrant (NIV) and immigrant [...]	2010-01-26 19:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CPAS CASC KFRD BL
10LAPAZ19	BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales announced January 23 sweeping changes to his cabinet, replacing fourteen of twenty ministers, including the key posts of defense, government and the presidency. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca and Economy and Finance Minister Arce were among the six re [...]	2010-01-26 16:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ202	BOLIVIA - response to TDA report on worst forms of child [...] Per reftel B, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. Post has no new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, Sec [...]	2010-02-02 12:23:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PREL BL PGOV EAID
10LAPAZ21	SOLIS, OTERO DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONS WITH BOLIVIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, U/S for Global Affairs Maria Otero, and Charge met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Vice Minister for Social Defense Felipe Caceres on January 21 and reiterated the USG's desire to improve bilateral relations. Choquehuanca thanked the d [...]	2010-01-26 17:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR OVIP ODIP BL
10LAPAZ23	Morales begins next administration in strong economic [...] (U) SUMMARY. As President Morales is inaugurated into his second term in office, Bolivia enters 2010 with strong economic fundamentals. Although concerns remain about the investment climate, GDP continues its strong growth (6.1% in 2008, 3.25% in 2009),inflation fell significantly (from 11.8% [...]	2010-01-26 18:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL BL EINV EFIN SNAR ETRD
10LAPAZ256	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Sovereign Challenge [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following member of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Post [...]	2010-02-08 16:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ258	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Search and Rescue Course, Feb [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]	2010-02-08 16:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ260	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Aircraft Technician course, [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]	2010-02-08 16:10:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ262	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Aircraft Pneudraulics Course, [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]	2010-02-08 16:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ264	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Pilot Instrument Procedures [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]	2010-02-08 16:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ27	BOLIVIA: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Presidential delegation members Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, U/S for Global Affairs Maria Otero, and Charge attended President Evo Morales' traditional and official inauguration ceremonies on January 21 and 22, respectively. The delegation met with FM Choquehuanca (reftel) Januar [...]	2010-01-27 21:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR OVIP ODIP BL
10LAPAZ276	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST - Trafficking in Persons [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]	2010-02-11 13:39:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ282	S/GWI Project Proposal - Bolivia [...] Disseminate the values of gender equality and respect and refocus the culture of machismo among male officers in the Bolivian police force 2. Complete a diagnosis and provide a baseline on the topic of violence and discrimination against policewomen from a male perspective 3 [...]	2010-02-11 18:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO PHUM BL KWMN
10LAPAZ29	BOLIVIA: NEW LAWS INSTITUTIONALIZE MORALES' CHANGE PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: The GOB is preparing several pieces of legislation to implement the country's new constitution. Judiciary-related laws will "re-found" the country's electoral, supreme, and constitutional courts, and will also define how the now co-equal indigenous and "ordinary" justice systems w [...]	2010-02-02 18:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ294	Bolivia CN Update January 2010 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures in all categories except solid precursors and cocaine HCl labs declined compared to January 2008. (paras 2-7). * Eradication: The GOB did not undertake eradication operations during the month. (para 8). * [...]	2010-02-12 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL KJUS PHUM
10LAPAZ296	FY 2010 U.S. SPEAKER PROGRAM - REQUEST FOR A SPEAKER TO [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM: This one-week program would support the 3rd Annual International Forum of Business Women Leaders to be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and would also reach audiences in the cities of La Paz, El Alto, and Sucre. The speaker would be one of the main lecturers of the for [...]	2010-02-17 18:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL BL
10LAPAZ306	BOLIVIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) ANNUAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz submits the following response to the questions posed in paragraphs 25-35 of the cable guidance (reftel) regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. 25. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: A. The primary sources for the information contained in this [...]	2010-02-18 15:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM BL KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG KMCA
10LAPAZ31	GOB USING JUDICIAL REFORM TO HUNT OPPOSITION? [...] (C) Summary: President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are accelerating the pace of judicial reform and moving to increase control over Bolivia's divided judiciary. GOB representatives say legislation is needed to appoint temporary justices to the Supreme Court and [...]	2010-02-08 15:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ33	Morales Continues to Attempt to Derail Copenhagen Accord [...] (C) Summary: Declaring the Copenhagen UN climate change summit a failure, Bolivian President Morales announced he will convoke the first "People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Mother Earth" in Cochabamba April 20-22 -- coinciding with Earth Day. The conference's stated objective is to [...]	2010-02-09 12:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG PREL BL
10LAPAZ348	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST - Trafficking in Persons [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]	2010-02-22 13:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ35	BOLIVIAN PROSECUTOR TIES TERROR CASE TO CIA [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian prosecutor investigating a 2009 alleged domestic terrorism plot claims that the perpetrators' leader, Eduardo Rozsa, had been in regular contact with a former CIA employee and kept him informed of the group's activities in Bolivia. The prosecutor's assertion is the first s [...]	2010-02-09 16:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ368	Special 301 La Paz Input [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2010. Bolivia's new constitution, passed by referendum on January 25, 2009, includes references to protection of intellectual property rights (IPR),but only for indigenous groups by name. Bolivia protects co [...]	2010-02-26 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BL
10LAPAZ37	CORDIAL FIRST MEETING WITH NEW BOLIVIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The ChargC) met February 4 with new Bolivian Interior Minister Sacha Llorenti for a surprisingly cordial one-hour exchange. Llorenti, a frequent critic of the U.S. and reportedly close to hard-line Vice President Garcia Linera, underscored his interest in working closely with u [...]	2010-02-10 16:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ370	BOLIVIA - Telcom Officer [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 15:44:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS BL
10LAPAZ47	Bolivia: No major changes predicted in gas industry [...] (U) Summary: Bolivia's natural gas production fell in 2009 due to reduced regional demand, dropping from 40-42 million cubic meters a day (Mm3/d) in 2008 to the current 33 Mm3/d. Natural gas exports also fell as a percentage of the value of total exports, from 45 percent in 2008 to 37 percen [...]	2010-02-17 16:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV BL
10LAPAZ51	DEFENSE MINISTRY, MILITARY FACE OFF OVER ARCHIVES OF [...] (C) Summary: After a nine-month standoff, Bolivian military leadership on February 17 again refused to allow a civilian investigator access to archives said to contain information regarding approximately 150 persons "disappeared" during Bolivia's military dictatorship period. Minister of Defen [...]	2010-02-18 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS BL
10LAPAZ53	BOLIVIA: NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS RELATIVELY DIVERSE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Evo Morales on February 18 announced temporary judicial appointments to fill eighteen vacancies in the Supreme Court, Constitutional Tribunal, and Judicial Council. Most appointees drew praise for their qualifications and judicial independence. Only five are declared [...]	2010-02-19 22:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ55	EMBASSY LA PAZ CONVENES DEMOCRACY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge hosted February 12 a meeting of key resident ambassadors and UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) representative Denis Racicot to launch an informal working group on democracy and human rights issues in Bolivia. The group reviewed the Bolivian government's re [...]	2010-02-19 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ57	The United States Remains Bolivia's 4th Largest Trading [...] SUMMARY. U.S.-Bolivian bilateral trade remains relatively strong, in spite of cancellation of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) preferences for Bolivia. Overall, preliminary 2009 numbers indicate that Bolivian exports to the United States decreased by 14.5% from 2008, c [...]	2010-02-23 20:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINT PREL BL
10LAPAZ7	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes the Presidential Delegation headed by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to the January 22 inauguration of Bolivian President Evo Morales for a second term. The U.S. delegation will visit Bolivia as efforts to normalize relations with the Morales government rema [...]	2010-01-14 21:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID OVIP BL
10LAPAZ72	BOLIVIA - 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, Embassy La Paz submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. The Bolivian investment climate is undergoing a transformation. In February 2009, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led government obtained passage of a new constitution which aggressively [...]	2010-01-13 19:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BL
10LAPAZ90	Bolivia CN Update December 09 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures of cocaine HCl and coca leaf declined significantly in 2009 compared to the previous year. Seizures of solid and liquid precursor chemicals, and cocaine recycling and HCl labs rose dramatically. (paras 2-6). * Era [...]	2010-01-20 13:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL KJUS PHUM
10SANTIAGO15	Bachelet Shares Views on South American Leaders with A/S [...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet emphasized the need to understand the nuances of Latin America's leaders and their countries rather than lumping them into populist and pro-western camps. During a January 12 lunch with A/S Valenzuela, Bachelet was relatively upbeat on Bolivia, reserving parti [...]	2010-01-15 12:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CI CU BL BR AR PREL
10SANTIAGO9	A/S Valenzuela Reviews Regional Issues with Chilean Foreign [...] (C) Summary. In a January 12 meeting with WHA A/S Valenzuela, FM Fernandez pressed to set the timing for an extraordinary OAS meeting to elect a new Secretary General. The two discussed Honduras, agreeing on the importance of resolving the status of both de facto President Micheletti and Pr [...]	2010-01-15 12:11:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD SNAR OAS CI HO BL

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