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07CONAKRY188	TFGV01: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS INVESTIGATIONS INTO [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 15, Minister of Justice Alseny Rene Gomez briefed G-8 ambassadors on the status of investigations into killings during the June 2006 and January 2007 general strikes. Minister Gomez and his associates described a meticulous and tediously paced process that include [...]	2007-02-17 11:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PINS GV

07COTONOU25	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI APPOINTS NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] On January 9, 2007, President Boni Yayi announced that his chief of staff, Nestor Dako, was being named as Minister of Justice and Spokesman of the Government. Mr. Dako replaces Mr. Abraham Zinzindohou who has been appointed as Benin's member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UE [...]	2007-01-12 11:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KMCA BN
07COTONOU440	BENIN: PRESIDENT BONI YAYI RESHUFFLES HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi reshuffled his cabinet on June 17. This move had been widely anticipated as a result of the April 2007 legislative elections. While Yayi was faced with making at least five ministerial re-assignments due to the election results, he has opted for a wholesale [...]	2007-06-20 03:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI PINR BN
07COTONOU494	BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...] This is the second in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel provided a list of ministers. This telegram provides profiles of ten new ministers who, along with returning Defense Minister N'Douro and Economy Minister Koupaki, will be the key [...]	2007-07-05 09:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN
07COTONOU508	BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...] This is the third in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel B provided a list of ministers. Reftel A provided profiles of ten new ministers who, along with returning Minister of State in Charge of National Defense N'Douro and Minister of St [...]	2007-07-11 10:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN
07COTONOU887	GOB STOPS ENFORCING COURT RULINGS ON LAND DISPUTES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 09:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN ECON PGOV
07COTONOU955	BENIN'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM HEADS TOWARD IMPASSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 12:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMCA BN
07DAKAR112	SENEGAL: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] Senegal offers investors political stability, democracy, advanced telecommunications infrastructure, an advantageous geographic location, a bilateral investment treaty with the United States, low inflation, a currency pegged to the euro, easy repatriation of capital and income and abundant se [...]	2007-01-12 15:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SG
07DAKAR501	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. Following passage of its first trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law in April 2005, police now maintain a compute [...]	2007-03-05 12:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF SG
07DAKAR871	SENEGAL: FY-2007 ESF AND INCLE PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Embassy Dakar is pleased to submit four project proposals to strengthen and expand Senegal's commitment to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The proposals, listed in order of funding priority, would provide training in trafficking for law enforcement and health officials, give social assi [...]	2007-04-20 12:30:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM SMIG SG
07DHAKA1135	KILLING BY RAB SPARKS PROTESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. A May 18 incident in northwestern Bangladesh has attracted unprecedented domestic criticism of the paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). A man was allegedly beaten to death by RAB officers, resulting in a public protest and subsequent clampdown by the government. END SUMMAR [...]	2007-07-12 03:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1161	HASINA FACES NUMEROUS ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION, [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) On July 16, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was arrested at her Dhaka residence and brought to court on charges of extortion. The charges stem from an alleged bribe Hasina and her cousin, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, extracted from a company seeking permission to build an e [...]	2007-07-18 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1207	AT 180 DAYS, A REPORT CARD ON BANGLADESH'S INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY. After 180 days in power, the interim government installed after the January 11 declaration of a state of emergency remains popular. It has racked up a series of accomplishments and corrected initial excesses, particularly in the area of human rights. The Election Commission has u [...]	2007-07-25 08:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1234	ANATOMY OF THE EXTORTION CASE AGAINST SHEIKH HASINA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 16, Awami League leader and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was detained by police and brought before a Dhaka magistrate, where she was accused of abetment in an extortion case. Authorities provided the Embassy with copies of evidence, including the confession of Shei [...]	2007-07-30 03:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1439	FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and her son Arafat Rahman (&Koko8),were arrested in Dhaka September 3 on charges filed by Bangladesh,s Anti-Corruption Commission. The charges relate to the awarding of a bid for a shipping conta [...]	2007-09-04 01:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR BG
07DHAKA1785	DRAFT BANGLADESH PART I FOR 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh of the first part (drugs and chemical control) for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: 2. (U) I. Summary: A Major narcotics bust in Dhaka in October 2007 supported law enforcement officials' claims of a sharp incr [...]	2007-11-13 09:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BG
07DHAKA198	SENIOR FIGURES FROM BOTH PARTIES ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary. Seven former ministers and at least nine other senior figures from both major political parties have been arrested, apparently on suspicion of corruption. Tariq Rahman, the son of the former prime minister, is reportedly hunkered down at home and may face imminent arrest. Popula [...]	2007-02-05 12:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA284	2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - BANGLADESH [...] Summary: Bangladesh is establishing the legal framework needed to comply with its obligations under the TRIPS agreement, but has not yet implemented the patent or trademark provisions of TRIPS. Although new laws have been drafted, they have not been enacted. Enforcement of intellectual pro [...]	2007-02-20 10:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR BG
07DHAKA329	ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION PLOWS AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The reconstituted Anti-Corruption Commission is off to a quick start. It summoned 50 individuals to its office to declare their wealth, threatened arrest if declarations were found to be false, arrested seven individuals even after they made their declarations, and announced pl [...]	2007-02-28 07:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA524	HEAD OF LAND-RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IMPRISONED, BEATEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Shahidul Islam, director of the non-governmental organization Uttaran, was detained at his organization's training center in Tala in southwestern Bangladesh by army personnel on January 27. At a meeting with POLOFF on March 22, Uttaran officials provided first-hand details of Is [...]	2007-04-01 06:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA86	AS JUDICIARY FINALLY SEPARATES, ERSHAD CASE ENDS [...] (SBU) On January 17, Jatiya Party president Ershad confirmed to us that a district court has ruled that his time served has fully satisfied the sentence he received for his conviction in the Japanese boat purchase corruption case. Ershad, who ruled Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990 as a military di [...]	2007-01-17 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV BG
07GEORGETOWN267	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2007 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------------------- -- Begin Report: Overview of country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: ----------------- [...]	2007-03-12 20:47:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY
07GRENADA167	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 18-24, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. Grenada Teachers Up the Ante The President of the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT) announced that if there is no pa [...]	2007-11-28 20:56:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELAB EAIR GJ
07GUATEMALA487	CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) On March 6, the Guatemalan Congress sent the CICIG agreement (refs) to the Constitutional Court for an opinion on its legality, which will further delay ratification. At the request of the Foreign Relations Committee and with majority support of Congress, including representatives of ruli [...]	2007-03-07 22:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA858	GUATEMALA LAUNCHES 2007 ELECTORAL SEASON [...] Summary: Guatemala's 2007 electoral season officially opened on May 2, leaving four months of campaigning until general elections on September 9. A second round, if necessary, to elect the president is scheduled for November 4. Approximately 5.7 million citizens are registered to vote for [...]	2007-05-04 19:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM EAID SNAR GT
07HARARE1011	Zim Notes November 9, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-11-09 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1135	Zim Notes December 21, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-12-21 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE170	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This is Embassy Harare's response to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of SECSTATE 202745. -------- Overview -------- -- A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally and domestically trafficked persons. Women and young girls are the most at ris [...]	2007-03-07 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB KFRD PREF SMIG
07HARARE204	TSVANGIRAI, OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS FREED [...] (C) Police late on March 13 released all of the MDC activists arrested on March 11 (Ref B) without filing charges. Eleven of the detainees, including Morgan Tsvangirai, are still being treated at Avenues Hospital. SIPDIS Separately, witnesses claim that Gift Tandare, the MDC youth killed [...]	2007-03-14 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE383	INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH ARREST OF [...] (C) The government on May 4 arrested Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni, two prominent human rights lawyers who have been representing 31 opposition officials arrested over the last six weeks. The two lawyers were charged with obstruction of justice. Police subsequently ignored a series of c [...]	2007-05-07 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE532	GEARING UP TO IMPLEMENT NEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT [...] (SBU) After years of debate and controversy, Parliament in February passed the Domestic Violence Act which criminalizes domestic violence and protects victims of domestic abuse. While President Mugabe has yet to set the date for the Act to become law, the Ministry of Women's Affairs and loc [...]	2007-06-15 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE533	STATE CASE IN PETROL BOMB ATTACKS CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) The GOZ's case against 32 MDC activists accused of carrying out March 13 petrol bomb attacks continued to crumble last week as the state withdrew the charges against thirteen of the accused. MDC Election Coordinator Ian Makone, along with six others, was released on June 7 after spendin [...]	2007-06-15 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE942	FINAL PUSH ON LAND SEIZURES [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe, led by Minister of State for Security and Minister of Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement Didymus Mutasa, appears intent on evicting the last approximately 350 white farmers (out of approximately 4,500 farmers when land seizures began in 2000). In the past tw [...]	2007-10-18 12:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON EAGR EINV ZI
07HONGKONG2244	RULE OF LAW IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Since its 1997 reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong has retained its common law system and strong rule of law under the "one country two systems" principle enshrined in the Basic Law. All ordinances, rules of equity, subordinate legislation, and customary law previously enforced by th [...]	2007-08-28 09:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI CH HK KJUS
07ISLAMABAD1280	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: JUSTICES RESIGN, [...] (U) Pakistan's press and elite continue to focus on the controversy over Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. As of mid-afternoon March 20, the following occurred: - There were no reports of large-scale demonstrations in any of Pakistan's cities on March 20. - On March 20, Naseer [...]	2007-03-21 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2402	PRESS COVERAGE OF BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS MISSES [...] (C) On May 30, the Islamabad district administration issued an official Section 144 order banning "all kinds of gatherings of five or more people" inside Islamabad for two months. Breathless press reports described the order as a new and dangerous decision, but in reality the document merely r [...]	2007-05-31 13:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD4754	MGPK01: SITREP 08, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: LAWYERS' [...] (C) Summary: Overall, the country remains calm. Sporadic lawyers' demonstrations occurred through the country, some involving police beatings of journalists and activists. The government agreed in theory to release 50-60 human rights activists in Lahore, but a paperwork glitch postponed thei [...]	2007-11-06 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4809	MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours (local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 15 [...]	2007-11-09 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD5395	BHUTTO'S SON (AND HUSBAND) NEW PPP LEADERS; PPP [...] (C) The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has chosen Benazir's son, Bilawal Bhutto, to lead the party, with support from her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as a co-chair. Amin Faheem will continue as Vice Chairman and be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. While Bilawal finishes his degree at Oxf [...]	2007-12-30 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07JAKARTA3182	RULE OF LAW -- PROSECUTORS GET CLOSE LOOK AT U.S. [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Accompanied by poloff and DOJ/OPDAT, 11 Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force participated in a November study visit to the U.S. The USG-funded program gave the participants both a broad [...]	2007-11-16 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS PGOV PTER ID
07JERUSALEM2226	DISTRICT COURT APPROVES BEIT HANINA HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The District Court upheld the order to demolish a Beit Hanina apartment building on October 24. Advisor to Mayor Lupolianski Elad Halevy told PolOff the Municipality has 30 days to implement the court decision. According to the Municipality's October 25 press release, a building [...]	2007-10-26 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2259	ISRAEL ENACTS LAND EXPROPRIATION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: Ir Amim Executive Director Amos Gil confirmed to PolOff press reports that in March 2007 the GoI implemented an expropriation order for 30 dunums of East Jerusalem olive orchards, part of a 40 dunum property known as Karam ha-Mufti. Ten dunums were not expropriated. Following t [...]	2007-11-01 07:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2468	HAMAS STRENGTHENS GRIP ON GAZA JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. Since the June takeover of Gaza, Hamas has strengthened its control of the Gaza judicial system by taking over courthouses and appointing its own High Judicial Council, Chief Justice, and Attorney General. On November 26, Hamas took control of Gaza City's Judicial Compound, whi [...]	2007-12-04 10:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07KAMPALA1089	UGANDA: BESIGYE'S DETAINED BROTHER GRANTED BAIL [...] Summary. The High Court finally granted bail and release of Joseph Kifefe, Dr. Besigye's brother and an alleged member of the Peoples' Redemption Army (PRA),due to grave illness. The court was satisfied with the medical reports, which provided grounds for bail to be granted. Kifefe had spe [...]	2007-07-03 13:09:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1346	UGANDA: COURTS SET TOUGH BAIL TERMS FOR PRA SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) The High Court in Mbarara granted bail and released two suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels charged with murder on August 16. The court imposed a new condition, requiring each suspect to have three individuals deposit land titles as a guarantee for bail. The suspects are part [...]	2007-08-24 06:24:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1419	SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES NORTHERN UGANDAN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with a wide range of government officials, local and religious leaders, military officers, internally-displaced persons, UN officials and international donors to discuss the current situation in northern Uganda during his visit from August 26 to 30. [...]	2007-09-07 09:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1485	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-09-25 13:37:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1708	UGANDA: GAVI SCANDAL TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Health Ministry officials and a State House mobilizer for the diversion of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) funds resumed on October 29. The Chief Magistrate overruled two defense team motions, causing the lawyers to walk out of court. [...]	2007-11-02 08:37:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
07KINGSTON1525	JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 15:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1706	Jamaica: Ambassador meets with Minister of Justice [...] Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Johnson, the Deputy Chief of Mission and NAS Director held their first meeting with Jamaica's new Minister of Justice, Dorothy Lightbourne. Also in attendance was Carole Palmer, the Ministry's Permanent Secretary. The Minister, who comes from the private ba [...]	2007-11-26 19:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON380	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINSHASA118	KABILA COALITION DOMINATES IN KATANGA SENATE [...] (U) Results of the January 19 senatorial vote in Katanga confirmed the dominance of President Joseph Kabila's AMP coalition in his home province. Nine of the 16 senators elected by the provincial assembly January 19 are members or allies of Kabila's AMP coalition. Only one of the parties al [...]	2007-01-31 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1232	DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE [...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...]	2007-10-30 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1236	PROGRAM UPDATE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DRC [...] Gender-Based Violence continues to be a threat to stability and affects the most vulnerable populations - women and children-in Eastern Congo. Recent reports indicate the problem is worsening, particularly in the province of North Kivu, but the problem is also severe in South Kivu, Maniema, a [...]	2007-10-31 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS CG
07KINSHASA1248	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO [...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...]	2007-11-02 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA129	CONGOLESE MILITARY JUSTICE FIGHTING AN UPHILL [...] (SBU) Summary. The numerous obstacles to effective application of military justice in the Congo are in stark evidence in the province of Katanga. Military courts are fighting an uphill battle against crumbling infrastructure, poor facilities, and the lack of legal training for practitioners [...]	2007-02-01 14:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1344	President Kabila Delivers Upbeat "State of the Nation" [...] Summary: President Kabila's December 6 "state of the nation" address was generally upbeat and conciliatory. It contained few surprises. Kabila defended the offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, hailed achievements in infrastructure and services, defended the agreement with Chin [...]	2007-12-07 05:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1392	MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: DIILS [...] Summary: Following up on its assessment of the Congolese military justice sector (reftels),the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) has completed preparations for a DRC-wide training program focusing on military magistrates and judicial police. In what hopefully evolves [...]	2007-12-20 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MASS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA256	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2007 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Yes. Does the trafficking occur within the country's borders? Yes. Does it occur in territory outside of the government's control? -- Child sold [...]	2007-03-01 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
07KINSHASA284	CHARGES AGAINST ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONER STILL [...] (C) Pursuant to the arrest of the DRC's Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA) head and his assistant (reftel),there has still been no public release of the charges. Professor Fortunat Lumu, the CGEA Commissioner and director of Kinshasa's Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) told EconOff late afternoo [...]	2007-03-09 11:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV KGIT IAEA CG
07KINSHASA590	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OUTLINES LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on May 29, National Assembly president Vital Kamerhe outlined his legislative goals for the remainder of the ordinary session and for an additional, already-scheduled extraordinary session. He highlighted six significant pieces of [...]	2007-05-31 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA667	SENATE PRESIDENT LAYS OUT HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA [...] (U) Summary: Leon Kengo wa Dondo, the newly-elected president of the Senate, highlighted his legislative priorities in his first formal meeting with the Ambassador. His priorities include the draft budget, the law on the opposition, the judicial sector law creating the governing body for mag [...]	2007-06-14 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA679	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES REGULAR SESSION, REOPENS [...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly adjourned on June 15 as scheduled, after passing two key pieces of legislation on the budget and the opposition law. Deputies also approved an amended report on the Bas-Congo violence in January. The Assembly will convene an extraordinary session on June 19 [...]	2007-06-19 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA816	NLANDU'S COURT BATTLE MAY NOT YET BE OVER [...] (U) Congolese lawyer and opposition figure Marie-Therese Nlandu, who was acquitted April 30 on charges of insurrection and weapons possession (reftel),could find herself back in court at the urging of prosecutor Homere Nkulu Katenda. The Kinshasa military appeals court filed an appeal June 2 [...]	2007-07-14 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA882	KABILA, OTHER LEADERS AGREE ON POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Summary. President Kabila, Prime Minister Gizenga and the presidents of the National Assembly, Senate and Supreme Court met July 23 in an initial inter-institutional meeting. They agreed to Kamerhe's proposal for political and diplomatic strategies to reduce tensions in the east and re- [...]	2007-07-25 15:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA906	PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION [...] Summary. The National Assembly and the Senate closed their special sessions on July 18. The Assembly considered five of twelve scheduled items: the 2007 budget, the laws on the political opposition and national road patrimony protection, and ad hoc commission reports on the Kahemba border [...]	2007-08-02 06:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG
07KOLKATA167	INDIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO DETAIN INDEFINITELY HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11 Manipuri human rights activist Irom Sharmila was summoned to New Delhi to face charges of attempted suicide stemming from her six-year hunger strike against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Sharmila has been protesting the continued human rights violation [...]	2007-05-17 11:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI PTER IN
07KOLKATA295	WEST BENGAL VILLAGERS WANT FOOD NOT IDEOLOGY: ATTACK [...] (U) Summary: On September 16, villagers in West Bengal's (WB) Left Front ruled Bankura district attacked local Communist leaders who had arranged a meeting to protest the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement (referred to as the 123 agreement). The villagers insisted they wanted food, not sloga [...]	2007-09-21 11:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN
07KOLKATA336	IROM SHARMILA CONTINUES SIX-YEAR HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (U) Human Rights activist Irom Sharmila has been detained for six years in a government hospital in Manipur and force fed by local authorities as she maintains her hunger strike to protest human rights abuses in Manipur and to demand the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). [...]	2007-11-06 12:36:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KWMN PREL IN
07KOLKATA385	HINDUS AND CHRISTIANS CLASH OVER CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN [...] (U) Summary: Since December 24 one person has been killed, at least 30 persons injured and several churches have been damaged as tribal Christians and Hindu fundamentalists have clashed over Christmas celebrations in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Trouble started on December 24, when a [...]	2007-12-26 09:25:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
07KUALALUMPUR1106	Malaysia Economic Update June 2007 [...] (U) Summary: - Malaysian Cabinet approves Intellectual Property Courts - New Islamic Bond thirteen times oversubscribed - Oil palm prices more than double in past two years - KL Mayor blames "uncontrolled development" for flash flood damages. End Summary. -- [...]	2007-07-03 11:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1145	EMBASSY SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Malaysian officials are still smarting over the U.S. decision to rank Malaysia in TIP Tier 3 but they have expressed much more willingness to discuss the issue quietly than they did in the immediate aftermath of the USG decision of June 12. We have engaged with senior off [...]	2007-07-16 01:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1218	VIRTUAL LIMITS: MALAYSIA ATTEMPTS TO REIN IN BLOGGERS [...] (C) Bloggers fear the recent police actions against two prominent online political commentators, Nathaniel Tan and Raja Petra Kamaruddin, presage a Government of Malaysia (GOM) crackdown on the freedoms of speech and the press in cyberspace. GOM leaders and officials from the dominant United [...]	2007-07-30 11:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1568	GOM UPDATES ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) A senior official in Malaysia's Internal Security Ministry told us October 22 that the Anti-Trafficking Council created by the new anti-trafficking in persons law would meet formally by mid-November. Enforcement of the law would begin in early 2008, as Malaysian authorities needed time [...]	2007-10-25 10:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR232	NON-MUSLIM LEADERS VOICE CONCERN OVER ISLAMIZATION [...] (C) Eight senior non-Muslim religious leaders grouped under the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Taoists (MCCBCHST) expressed their individual and collective concerns about the state of religious freedom and civil rights for non-Muslims in Malaysia dur [...]	2007-02-07 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL MY
07LAGOS534	LAGOS MAKES STRIDES IN PROPERTY REGISTRY [...] Summary: On June 19, Debra Erb, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),and housing sector stakeholders visited the Lagos State Lands Bureau. The Bureau has implemented significant improvements in registering property, including dramatically lowering fees, automating registration, and s [...]	2007-07-27 13:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PREL NI
07LAGOS688	PRISON RIOT SPARKS DEBATE ON PRISON REFORM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Several prisoners died recently during an attempted jail break in a federal prison in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Government of Nigeria (GON) pledged to institute lasting prison reform that would improve prisoners' living conditions. However, human rights activists argued that no mean [...]	2007-10-22 12:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM NI
07LAPAZ1467	GOB STEPS UP ATTACKS ON INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY [...] (C) On May 15, President Morales presented to congress impeachment charges against four of five the constitutional tribunal justices (REFTEL A). The GOB and Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) officials followed with a full-blown public campaign against the judiciary, calls for the closQe of the [...]	2007-05-30 07:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1571	BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY GOES ON FIRST STRIKE EVER [...] (C) Summary: On Tuesday June 5, in the first known strike to affect Bolivia's court system, 2,900 judicial branch employees stayed home. The strike was a response to President Evo Morales' repeated rhetorical attacks on the judiciary. The stoppage provoked mixed reactions among Bolivia's publi [...]	2007-06-06 20:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1948	SOME TRANSPARENCY AND MAS COMPROMISE IN NEW [...] (SBU) After nearly two months of deliberations, Bolivia's congress successfully voted on the appointment of four new supreme court judges in a process that while not fully transparent, was a marked improvement over the past. Historically the congressional approval process was opaque, based on [...]	2007-07-13 22:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2112	COMRADE CHAVEZ'S CHECKS COVER THE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Over the past week, President Morales has handed out Venezuelan checks or goods amounting to over USD 18 million. During a July 31 visit to Oruro where he delivered over USD two million in Venezuelan aid checks President Morales likened Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Simon Bolivar. [...]	2007-08-01 22:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2305	MAS TAKES STEPS AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) On August 16, the Constitution Commission in Bolivia's lower house of Congress submitted a report recommending legal action against all but one of Bolivia's five Constitutional Tribunal judges (the Constitutional Tribunal rules on the constitutionality of laws, while the separate Suprem [...]	2007-08-21 19:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2333	PUNCHES AND PROTESTS IN CONGRESS AND SUCRE [...] (C) Fisticuffs in Congress forced the opposition and ruling party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) delegates to retreat to separate buildings on August 22. The MAS delegates were later reconvened in the Vice Presidential offices and voted by "majority of those present" (that is, the majority [...]	2007-08-23 19:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2355	MAS' LATEST DRAFT CONSTITUTION: RADICAL RUMORS [...] (C) On August 15, national newspaper La Razon published a draft constitution purportedly written by the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and President Evo Morales' Venezuelan and Spanish advisors. In the days following the publication, some MAS officials repudiated the draft while [...]	2007-08-27 16:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2689	CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL IN LIMBO [...] (C) On October 3, the Superior Court of La Paz, ruled against the opposition-led senate's September 5 decision to "shelve" (not proceed with) impeachment proceedings against four of five constitutional tribunal magistrates, leaving the tribunal in limbo. The superior court's decision, if fo [...]	2007-10-04 22:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2827	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY SCENARIO II: NO DEAL = CRISIS [...] (C) The Constituent Assembly is in recess until October 22 but is in danger of complete collapse if the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and opposition cannot reach agreement on key issues. This cable lays out the second of two likely scenarios regarding the Constituent Assembly's futu [...]	2007-10-19 13:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2902	MAS DISMANTLING OF CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Two of five magistrates of Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal resigned on October 26 declaring that government's "permanent aggression" against the court made it impossible to continue their "normal activities." The Tribunal's President Elizabeth Iniguez and it's deacon Martha Rojas each [...]	2007-10-29 19:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3066	BOLIVIA'S JUDICIAL IMPASSE: RECESS APPOINTMENTS? [...] (C) A leading opposition senator accused the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party of purposefully blocking Congressional debate over judicial nominations so that President Evo Morales can issue interim appointments during Congress' upcoming recess. MAS Congressional representatives v [...]	2007-11-20 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3099	BOLIVIA: DRAFT CONSTITUTION--THE STATE RULES [...] (C) Ruling party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constituent assembly members pushed through "en grande" the MAS draft constitution with only a handful of opposition members present on November 26. The draft constitution has not been officially released: we obtained a copy from a contact (in a [...]	2007-11-27 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ3209	EVO PUSHES DEMOCRACY'S EDGES, APPROVES CONSTITUTION [...] (C) In a process largely devoid of democratic and legal procedure, President Evo Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) pulled together a quorum of the Constituent Assembly at about 7:00 PM December 8 in the heavily pro-MAS city of Oruro (three hours outside of La Paz). By 11:30 AM [...]	2007-12-10 13:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PREL
07LAPAZ3216	EVO'S EXCLUSIONARY REVOLUTIONARY CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution that was passed in a surprise session of the Constituent Assembly without most opposition assembly members has not yet been published. According to press reports, state involvement in the economy and control over natural resources continues [...]	2007-12-10 20:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ3258	BOLIVIA'S JUSTICE SYSTEM ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (C) Constitutional Tribunal Magistrate Dr. Walter Alfredo Rana Arana submitted his resignation leaving the court without a quorum and Bolivia without a judicial body to rule on constitutional matters including the extra-legal maneuvers President Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (M [...]	2007-12-14 18:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ688	TOBIAS MEETING WITH JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (C) Visiting Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Randall Tobias and visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 2 with senior judicial officials who expressed concerns about GOB threats to the courts' independence. The judges argued that the Morales administration would use [...]	2007-03-13 14:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LILONGWE792	MALAWI: U.S. TRAINING SCORES A SUCCESS FOR PROSECUTORS; [...] (U) Summary. A recent criminal case stands out as an example of the Malawi Prosecutor's Office's stated willingness to apply lessons learned from MCC/DOJ OPDAT assistance and utilize progressive western methods of prosecution. A DOJ OPDAT trained prosecutor scored a first ever in Malawian jur [...]	2007-10-23 07:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KMCA KJUS KCRM KPAO MI
07LIMA1266	MINOR ANOMALY FOUND IN CAMISEA PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: On April 3, Camisea pipeline operator TGP detected an anomaly in the gas liquids pipeline and took measures to remediate the problem. This is the only anomaly reported for the 2006-7 rainy season (now ending),during which the sodden earth has historically caused problems. A "smart p [...]	2007-04-04 21:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
07LIMA167	GOP WINS BATTLE AGAINST RADICAL TEACHER,S UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 60 per cent of teachers nationwide took the government-mandated competency test, handing the GOP a victory in its showdown against the powerful and radical union SUTEP. In some provinces outside Lima SUTEP members bullied test-takers and physically blocked access to t [...]	2007-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PE
07LIMA798	SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT MOVES ON JUSTICE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In one of several early moves to clean up the judiciary, the Office of Control of Magistrates (OCMA) in early February suspended Lima Superior Court President Angel Romero. The action was a promising first step in fulfilling the promise Supreme Court President Francisco Tavara m [...]	2007-03-19 12:08:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KJUS PE
07LOME186	TOGO - ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES - 2007 [...] Summary: Togo's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has made institutional and logistics progress in a number of key areas toward legislative elections, officially scheduled for June 24. However, many believe that implementation of the new election system and voting logistics will [...]	2007-03-06 15:05:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR TO
07MADRID1000	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE REJECTS CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S [...] (SBU) On May 24 Spanish investigative magistrate Judge Santiago Pedraz rejected the appeal of National Court Chief Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza to drop the charges against three U.S. servicemen accused of killing Spanish television cameraman Jose Couso during a firefight in Baghdad in April 200 [...]	2007-05-24 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SP

07MADRID101	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: MEETING WITH CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (SBU) Embassy officials from Legat, the Consular Section, and the Political Section met with National Court Chief Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza on 1/18 to review developments in the Spanish court case charging three U.S. servicemen with murder and war crimes in the April 2003 death of Spanish cam [...]	2007-01-18 17:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID112	UPDATE ON SPANISH DETENTION OF ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following the arrest in Spain of accused Argentine death squad leader Rodolfo Almiron on December 28 (ref A),Spanish police briefly detained Argentine ex-president Maria Estela Martinez (aka Isabelita Peron) on January 12. The police acted on a warrant issued by Argentine magistrate Raul [...]	2007-01-19 16:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SP AR
07MADRID173	SPAIN/CIA FLIGHTS: JUDGE ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. National Court Examining Magistrate Ismael Moreno requested on January 31 that the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the National Intelligence Center (CNI) declassify any information related to the transit of CIA aircraft through Spanish territory, as well as any information indicating w [...]	2007-02-01 17:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR SP
07MADRID2023	SPAIN/CT: S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led an interagency delegation to Madrid on September 21 for meetings with Spanish security, law enforcement, diplomatic and intelligence officials to discuss the evolving [...]	2007-10-24 07:58:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID2041	SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE [...] (C) On October 26, the Fourth Section of the Criminal Division of the Spanish National Court made public its 2-1 vote to accept the extradition to the U.S. of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar. Judge Teresa Palacios presided over the October 4 extradition hearing and voted against remanding [...]	2007-10-26 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CIVS KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SP
07MADRID2055	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid offers the following responses to REFTEL request for information on the government of Spain's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. For ease of reading, we have opted to rewrite each question set [...]	2007-10-31 17:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CIVS ASEC KHLS SP
07MADRID215	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE THREATENS TO OBSTRUCT US-SPAIN JUDICICIAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 18:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CJAN KJUS SP
07MADRID2282	AMBASSADORâ€™S MEETING WITH SPAINâ€™S CELEBRATED AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met on December 14 with Judge Baltasar Garzon, a high-profile investigative magistrate in Madrid's powerful National Court (Audiencia Nacional). Garzon was upbeat in his comments and said that he has a good understanding of U.S. law enforcement and counterterrorism policy, even t [...]	2007-12-21 12:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
07MADRID432	SPAIN/ETA: RELEASE OF PRISONER TRIGGERS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Just two months after ETA's December 30 bomb attack at Madrid's airport set off a bitter debate regarding the Zapatero Government's handling of the Basque issue, Zapatero has drawn fresh criticism for allowing a hunger striking ETA member to serve the remainder of his sentence in house [...]	2007-03-08 09:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
07MADRID449	SPANISH INTERIOR MINISTER RUBALCABA ON DE JUANA [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 lunch with Spanish Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Ambassador Aguirre heard the Spanish government's defense of its recent controversial decision to allow convicted ETA assassin Inaki De Juana Chaos to serve out the rest of his sentence under house arrest [...]	2007-03-08 19:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID520	SPAIN/IRAQ: SOCIALISTS FIRE UP ANTI-WAR RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary. In a volatile political climate leading up to regional/municipal elections in late May, the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) and far left political allies have ramped up criticism of the war in Iraq, in part to counteract opposition Popular Party (PP) attacks on the Zapatero Government's [...]	2007-03-21 12:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID546	GOS ACKNOWLEDGES US CONCERN ABOUT IRAQ WAR COMMENTS [...] (C) The combination of the anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the fervor of the Spanish campaign season led to a brief flurry of anti-US rhetoric from public figures associated with the government. As reported in reftel, magistrate Baltasar Garzon wrote an op-ed on March [...]	2007-03-23 17:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID82	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE ISSUES DETENTION ORDER [...] (U) National Court Examining Magistrate Santiago Pedraz issued international detention orders on January 16 against three U.S. servicemen, Sgt. Thomas Gibson, Captain Philip Wolford, and Lt. Col. Philip de Camp, accused of murder and violating international law in the death of Spanish cameraman [...]	2007-01-16 17:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID863	SPAIN: LEGAL SUIT AGAINST FORMER SECRETARY RUMSFELD [...] (U) The AFP news wire service reported April 30 that the left-wing Spanish NGO "Seville Social Forum" had filed war crimes charges against former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in an Andalusian court for his role in the war in Iraq and for the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The lawyer [...]	2007-05-10 17:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SP
07MADRID910	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: PROSECUTOR APPEALS CHARGES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MANAGUA1592	FSLN TO USE PRN TO FURTHER DIVIDE LIBERALS IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan Resistance Party's (PRN) internal problems continue. The Supreme Electoral Counsel canceled internal PRN elections, citing irregularities and internal struggles. There is a serious rift between PRN president Salvador Talavera and vice president Julio Blandon. T [...]	2007-06-28 17:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1663	ALN DEPUTY SUBJECT OF FSLN/PLC WITCH HUNT [...] SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputy Alejandro Bolanos Davis' seat in the National Assembly hangs by a thread. Led by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) magistrates, the Nicaragua Supreme Electoral Counsel (CSE) voted to strip Bolanos of his seat over supposed citizenship irregu [...]	2007-07-05 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1921	MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR THE PLC [...] (C) Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) stands at a pivotal juncture. An upcoming vote (date TBD) on the issue of Citizens' Councils in the National Assembly will auger whether former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman's power over the party is waning. At stake too are [...]	2007-08-15 20:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2246	REAL OPPOSITION, OR AN END TO CHECKS AND BALANCES? [...] (C) Some members of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) appear to be on the verge of joining forces with the pro-democracy Liberal Alliance of Nicaragua (ALN) party, headed by Eduardo Montealegre, despite that fact that under its leader, former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman, [...]	2007-10-03 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA324	PLC DEPUTY WARNS OF OPPORTUNISTIC FSLN INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) deputy Freddy Torres recently warned that the Sandinistas are working to buy the loyalty of vulnerable and impoverished farmers in the Liberal heartland, and the Liberals do not have the resources to oppose them. Torres agreed that the PLC must [...]	2007-02-02 23:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID NU
07MANAGUA627	CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS ELECTORAL COUNCIL SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Barreto, Chief of Staff of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE),claims that most CSE magistrates are ready to implement desperately needed electoral reforms, but the Council requires donor assistance to move forward. The reforms would center around the issuance of [...]	2007-03-08 23:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM NU
07MANAGUA875	EU ELECTIONS REPORT MIXED BAG OF VALID [...] (C) Summary: The European Union's final report on Nicaragua's national elections -- belatedly released on March 30 -- contains several useful recommendations, but soft-pedaled direct criticism of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) while unjustifiably bashing the USG and Nicaraguan [...]	2007-04-03 23:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NU XG
07MASERU147	LESOTHO: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] There is no known trafficking in persons in Lesotho that meets the term as defined in REFTEL. Per REFTEL instructions, post has answered the questions 27 - 30. Post's primary sources are Inspector Masoabi Thosa, Child and Gender Protection Unit, Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS); Se [...]	2007-03-13 15:59:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF LT
07MASERU371	LESOTHO: EMBATTLED RADIO PRESENTER FACES SEDITION CHARGES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 17:10:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU436	LESOTHO: ARMY AND POLICE RECOVER STOLEN WEAPONS AMID NEW [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) launched a joint operation to recover weapons stolen from army guards outside of ministerial residences (ref B). In their first major success in locating these weapons, the LDF and LMPS recover [...]	2007-07-23 14:34:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU460	LESOTHO: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FACE HARASSMENT IN LESOTHO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) redetained two soldiers charged with high treason immediately upon their release on bail from Maseru's "Maximum Central Prison." Meanwhile, local media and opposition political leaders claim that South African National Defense Force [...]	2007-08-01 15:31:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS KMCA LT
07MASERU500	LESOTHO: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FREE IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, three of the six Lesotho nationals accused of coup plotting in Lesotho, and reportedly granted political asylum in South Africa, walked free from a magistrate court in Gauteng Province after posting bail. Crowds of their supporters, bused in from Maseru, packed th [...]	2007-08-17 14:55:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS SF LT
07MASERU549	LESOTHO SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: ARRESTS, ANALYSIS, [...] SUMMARY: - Fitch Puts Lesotho's Economy Under Microscope - Article IV Consultations: Good Numbers, No Poverty Impact - Principal Secretary of Justice Arrested - High-level Chinese Trade Delegation Visits Lesotho - "One Stop Shop" to Simplify Trade - Promise in the Mining Sect [...]	2007-10-01 12:13:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EMIN EFIN PGOV CH LT
07MEXICO1367	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH 9 - MARCH 16 [...] (SBU) A senior Mexican Treasury (Hacienda) official told emboffs that pension reform introduced this week would pass before a general fiscal reform because it was less contentious. The Mexican Senate nixed Carlos Hurtado as a new Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mexico (Central Bank). A judge r [...]	2007-03-16 23:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
07MEXICO3304	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3305	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3306	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3307	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3308	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MONROVIA591	LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR HDAC CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the May 31-June 2 visit of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) congressional delegation. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a democratically elected government that has been in office a year and a half. [...]	2007-05-18 15:53:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI
07MONROVIA910	LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the August 16, 2007 visit of the Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a d [...]	2007-07-27 15:17:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI
07MUSCAT97	OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...]	2007-01-30 13:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07NAIROBI3251	COURT RULES FATHER KAISER'S DEATH HOMICIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent finding by a Kenyan court that the death in 2000 of an American priest, Father John Kaiser, was a result of homicide has stirred renewed interest in the case due to his prominence as a human rights activist and vocal opponent of the former Kenyan government. The Cour [...]	2007-08-13 11:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM CASC KE
07NASSAU608	NEW BAHAMIAN CABINET BUILT FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made his initial cabinet appointments May 7, with others following in subsequent days. With few exceptions, the new Ministers are experienced and well-suited to their portfolios, having served in Ingraham's previous government. Ingraham r [...]	2007-05-15 19:10:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAIR BF
07NEWDELHI1653	THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART I [...] (SBU) Summary: During the March 19-24 visit of Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Mission officers joined Ambassador Tahir-Kheli to survey New Delhi's leading NGOs, think tanks, pundits, government officials and activists on the ch [...]	2007-04-09 07:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI2433	BIOGRAPHY: UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER MAYAWATI: [...] (C) On May 13, 2007, Kumari Mayawati, commonly referred to as Mayawati or Bhenji (sister),was sworn in as Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP),India's most populous state. President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),a party created to represent low caste voters, Mayawati has long been [...]	2007-05-22 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI4473	INDIA AND NEPAL HOLD TALKS ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: India and Nepal held Home Secretary level talks on border security in Kathmandu September 26. The two sides agreed to set up a joint task force of security agencies for better cross border cooperation. Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta stated that the Government of India [...]	2007-10-03 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR NP IN
07NEWDELHI5157	DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 22-30,2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India Freezes Arms sales to Burma -- India votes against the UN's draft resolution on Burma -- PM Singh to Visit China -- Indian is Fi [...]	2007-11-30 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SENV ECON CH BM IN
07NIAMEY128	NIGER TRIP REPORTS (1) ILLELA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SMALL [...] (U) In December, Poloff conducted extensive travel to Niger's Tahoua and Agadez Regions. One outcome was a series of in-house trip reports providing readers with background on the issues, people, and preoccupations of several key towns and sub-regions. With the expectation that such a "virtual [...]	2007-02-13 08:25:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI SMIG SENV NG
07PANAMA1143	PANAMA POST: EDITION IV [...] (C) Welcome to the Fourth of July edition of the Panama Post! Our staff members were out in force trolling crowd at the Ambassador's residence for this year's Independence Day reception to take Panama's political pulse. This week, Panamanian President Torrijos flexed his muscle: powering [...]	2007-07-06 17:12:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SMIG SOCI PM
07PANAMA1370	RESPONSE: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION SECTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 17:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD PM
07PANAMA1737	PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...]	2007-11-02 18:54:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM
07PANAMA1895	PANAMA: AD HOC COMMITTEE WADES THROUGH SUPREME [...] (SBU) An ad hoc committee, named by President Martin Torrijos, on December 17, began wading through the applications of candidates interested in filling one of two seats Panama's Supreme Court. In keeping with the method established for his last nominations, Torrijos named this committee to p [...]	2007-12-20 21:59:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PM
07PANAMA307	PANAMA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. The negotiations concluded successfully in December 2006. As of early 2007, the re-named [...]	2007-03-01 22:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR
07PANAMA636	PANAMA: PANAMENISTA PARTY PRESIDENT LAYS OUT [...] (C) "Panama has fifteen to twenty years to get its act together to prevent populism from taking root here," Panamenista Party President and presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela told POLCOUNS on April 20. Varela stated that, with the right leadership (ostensibly his),stronger institutio [...]	2007-04-23 21:33:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA637	PANAMA: PANAMENISTA PARTY PRESIDENT LAYS OUT [...] (C) "Panama has fifteen to twenty years to get its act together to prevent populism from taking root here," Panamenista Party President and presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela told POLCOUNS on April 20. Varela stated that, with the right leadership (ostensibly his),stronger institutions, and [...]	2007-04-23 21:33:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PM
07PARIS1785	DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...]	2007-05-04 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS2027	THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED [...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...]	2007-05-18 17:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS232	FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2007-01-22 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS3147	DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...]	2007-07-23 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS3709	DJIBOUTI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BORREL CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa Helene Le Gal told us on September 5 that a court in Versailles had issued warrants against Djibouti's chief prosecutor Djama Souleiman and secret service chief Hassan Said, for allegedly suborning the testimony of a witness involved i [...]	2007-09-07 11:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ DJ FR
07PARIS4678	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4679	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4680	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4681	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4732	FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]	2007-12-17 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS572	FY-2007 Voluntary Visitor Program: Madame Sylvie [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 09:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
07PARIS797	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Answers below are keyed to section and paragraph numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Charlie Davis, daviscr3@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 50 hours. LES-9 50 hours. FS-1 Deputy [...]	2007-03-01 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS798	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS830	OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...]	2007-03-05 14:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PHNOMPENH1059	CHHAY HOUR II JUDGE REMOVED [...] (U) Summary: This weekend, a Cambodian Royal Decree removed Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng from her position for taking bribes to overturn a prison sentence for managers of the Chhay Hour II brothel. The development comes at the heels of Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) commitments t [...]	2007-08-14 10:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH207	REOPENED CHHAY HOUR II CLOSED; OWNERS RE-ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary. On February 3, the Minister of Justice directed the re-arrest of the owners of the Chhay Hour II. On February 4, the Minister of Interior Sar Kheng shut down the establishment, vowing that it will not re-open. These events followed several interventions by the Ambassador. Pres [...]	2007-02-05 11:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KCRM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH350	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...]	2007-03-05 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH765	EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAGY MEETS POLITICAL PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua told visiting EAP/MLS Deputy Director Eleanor Nagy that 2007 commune council election flaws are a preview of problems likely to arise during the 2008 national elections. Sochua expressed hope for a U.S. delegation visit to Camb [...]	2007-06-06 10:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM CB
07PODGORICA246	ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INTENSIFY AS EAGLE'S FLIGHT CASE [...] (U) Summary: On September 9, 2006 the Montenegrin police arrested 12 individuals, including three American citizens, on suspicion of planning to use violence to disrupt the Parliamentary elections scheduled for September 10. An additional six were named in the indictment, three of whom are no [...]	2007-07-12 13:02:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1224	JUSTICE MINISTER MOVING ON JUSTICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Rene Magloire on July 3 told the Ambassador that his ministry was moving forward to vet Haiti's judges, even as his legislative reform proposals remain stalled in parliament. Because most judicial terms will expire in the coming months, the minister will use the [...]	2007-07-13 15:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1247	POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO DRUG STRIKE [...] (C) Public reaction to joint operations conducted by the GoH and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on July 16 to arrest and remove drug traffickers to the U.S. has been largely positive. Coming after a months-long rhetorical campaign against drug-trafficking and corruption led by Presi [...]	2007-07-19 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KCOR KCRM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1294	PARLIAMENT/EXECUTIVE REACH AGREEMENT ON JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have resolved an impasse over justice reform legislation that parliament has been deliberating since May. Parliament's judicial committees capitulated on the most controversial issue: the structure of a judicial council. The president [...]	2007-07-31 12:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1852	HAITIAN POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATION SPEECHES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On November 6, the 19th class of recruits of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Academy graduated. The class consisted of 627 cadets, including 86 women. This is the largest number of women to ever enter [...]	2007-11-21 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1955	JUSTICE REFORM PASSES PARLIAMENT AFTER MONTHS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The second and third of a package of three laws governing judicial reform passed the Chamber of Deputies in late November. The three laws require establishment of a judicial council to oversee the judiciary, set down required qualifications and obligations of "magistrates" (in [...]	2007-12-13 18:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE330	SCENSETTER FOR CODEL PRICE VISIT [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified --- please protect accordingly. 2.(U) We very much look forward to your visit to Haiti next week and have worked hard to put together a program that will begin to build bridges between the Congress and the Parliament. Parliamentary leaders are eager [...]	2007-02-21 14:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE370	STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...]	2007-02-26 14:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE526	JUSTICE MINISTER ANTICIPATES REFORM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 8, Justice Minister Rene Magloire told Ambassador that his priorities are to reduce pre-trial detention times and to create effective task forces for serious crimes. His endeavors are bei [...]	2007-03-19 14:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE683	GASSANT RETURNS TO WORK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Port-au-Prince's chief public prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, returned to work on April 2 after an absence of almost three months. During his absence, Justice Minister Rene Magloire appointed a c [...]	2007-04-13 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE848	MAYETTE RELEASE STOKES CONTROVERSY/DISORDER IN [...] (U) Summary. Tension stemming from the release of one of the accused in the La Scierie massacre culminated on May 7 in Gonaives when demonstrators disrupted the funeral of a local judge and threw stones at the government delegation led by Prime Minister Alexis. MINUSTAH and Haitian police [...]	2007-05-09 15:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS PHUM HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1111	CORRUPTION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is concern in Trinidad and Tobago over alleged corruption in the public and private sectors. This is a black mark for the ruling People's National Movement (PNM) and an impediment to Prime Minister Patrick Manning's goal of achieving developed country status by 2020. Tra [...]	2007-11-06 12:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN EPET TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1202	EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 19:23:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PORTOFSPAIN236	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY [...] PM announces "Full Employment" 2. Inflation Continues Downward Trend 3. Central Bank Bond Issue Oversubscribed 4. Smelter Saga Continues 5. Amended OSHA debuts U.S. affiliate charged 6. Music pirates keel-hauled 7. Opposition questions U.K. consulting firm ties to CAL CEO, role [...]	2007-03-16 17:50:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR ECPS EFIN EIND ELNT KIRP TD
07PORTOFSPAIN281	COURT OF APPEAL QUASHES CONVICTION OF FORMER P.M. BASDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Court of Appeal Judge Margot Warner, quashed the conviction and sentence pending against former Prime Minister and current interim Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Basdeo Panday. Warner ordered a retrial for reasons of a possible conflict of in [...]	2007-03-22 11:00:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN987	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 [...] (U) In this edition of the Roundup: A. CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION B. TRADE UNIONS SUCCESSFUL IN SOLIDARITY C. MP WINS FIGHT TO BE SCREENED FOR OFFICE D. CHIEF JUSTICE TRIBUNAL SNARES MORE -------------------------------- CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION -------------------- [...]	2007-09-27 12:16:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PRETORIA1135	SAG'S EFFORTS TO CURB GENDER VIOLENCE SLOWLY MOVES [...] (SBU) Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka officially launched the SAG's "365 Days National Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children" on International Women's Day (8 March) despite the conspicuous absence of an action plan. Mlambo-Ngcuka claimed that South Africa is the first [...]	2007-03-30 13:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM KHIV SF
07PRETORIA616	SOUTH AFRICA INPUT FOR 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Ref A, Post recommends that South Africa not be placed on the Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Optical media piracy and counterfeit goods do pose a problem for the South African Government (SAG),but the SAG has made continuous efforts to combat this issue. The [...]	2007-02-21 14:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR SF
07QUITO1758	A REVOLVING DOOR IN ECUADOR'S ECONOMIC MINISTRIES [...] (U) In the past month, the Correa administration has implemented a number of high-level changes in Ecuador's economic ministries. The country now has new ministers of Electricity, Petroleum and Mining, Transportation, and Economy and Finance. Ministers Leave to Run for Constituent Assembly [...]	2007-08-06 20:42:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR EC
07QUITO78	CONGRESS READY TO ACT; CORREA RALLYING SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: An overwhelming but still fluid majority in Congress is preparing to act quickly on its own package of constitutional reforms and to seize control of key independent positions, including the positions of Attorney and Comptroller General. Its intention is to attempt to thwart th [...]	2007-01-10 21:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07RABAT1335	STAFFDEL CAMMACK:THE MOROCCAN ELECTORAL ORCHESTRA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 14:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO OREP OVIP
07RABAT1672	MOROCCO - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND [...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM. The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to us. Post's CT working g [...]	2007-10-31 12:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS MO
07RABAT1724	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from July 1-September 30. A large MEPI grant (USD 450,000) made possible the first international observer mission in the history of Moroccan elections. Other activities included an election survey by Akhawayn University [...]	2007-11-08 18:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV EFIN KMPI SCUL MO
07RABAT272	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. Activities included the publication of a new guide for NGOs' advocacy, Arab Civitas and International Republican Institute (IRI) activities, teaching Arabic through local languages, Financial [...]	2007-02-09 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
07RABAT781	MOROCCAN ROAD REFORM LOST IN RHETHORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The appalling death toll on Moroccan roads is being overshadowed by uninformed and politically inspired rhetoric against the proposed new road reform law under debate in Parliament, according to the law's principal champion, Transport Minister Karim Ghellab. Moroccan roads are [...]	2007-04-30 10:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON ELAB MO
07RABAT784	MOROCCAN ROAD REFORM LOST IN RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The appalling death toll on Moroccan roads is being overshadowed by uninformed and politically inspired rhetoric against the proposed new road reform law under debate in Parliament, according to the law's principal champion, Transport Minister Karim Ghellab. Moroccan roads are [...]	2007-04-30 12:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON ELAB MO
07RABAT813	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. Activities included the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Better Future (ALEF) literacy project, pharmaceutical and Agribusiness workshops, preparations for the 2007 legislative election [...]	2007-05-04 11:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
07ROME1217	ITALY IPR: POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN GOI SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND INTRO: On May 31, Economic Development Minister Bersani hosted Ambassador Spogli for a joint public presentation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Bersani and the Ambassador emphasized the necessity of effective IPR protection to stimulate growth and innovation in knowledge [...]	2007-06-04 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD IT KIPR LAB PGOV
07ROME1872	GOI RESPONSE TO USG 2007-2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST (see para 11). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered information on the USG Special 301 Initiative and an IPR Action Plan to Mauro Masi, the Government of Italy's (GOI) Delegate on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Chief of Cabinet to Massimo D'Alema in his r [...]	2007-09-04 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV IT
07ROME2095	ITALIAN OFFICIALS AGREE TO MONITOR NEW IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: A senior Italian Ministry of Finance official agreed to carry out increased vigilance over new Iranian Central Bank (Bank Markazi) accounts in Italy (Ref A). The official told us that he has not met with the Iranian Embassy in Washington to discuss possible Financial Action Task Fo [...]	2007-09-28 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL EFIN ECON UNSC KNNP PTER IR IT
07ROME2096	AFGHANISTAN: ITALIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE REKINDLES ISAF [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and rescue of two Italian military intelligence officers in Western Afghanistan the weekend of September 22-24 has rekindled the political discussion in Italy over involvement in ISAF. But so far Prodi's far left allies in the fragile governing coalition are keepin [...]	2007-09-28 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF IT UK

07ROME2143	TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIANS STILL NOT ON BOARD [...] (S) Summary: An Italian Ministry of Finance official predicted lengthy discussions on UNSCR 1737 (Iran) implementation at the October 12 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris. Italian officials are also close to announcing a decision to approve delisting Italian national Nasredd [...]	2007-10-05 16:56:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER IT IR
07ROME2419	ITALY AND 301: SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS, BUT NO ACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 08:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV IT
07ROME2515	ITALY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 1267 TERROR FINANCE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21, Stefania Fancello at the MFA's Office of International Cooperation Against Terrorism conveyed to Econoff a request for more information on the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) delisting cases of Nasreddin, N [...]	2007-12-28 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KFIN ECON IT
07ROME387	2007 IPR SPECIAL 301, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Italian authorities have taken several significant steps to improve Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection here, and there are emerging signs of government agencies acting in concert with each other, and with industry, academic, and union partners to address IPR illegality. In additio [...]	2007-02-27 06:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD IT KIPR
07ROME411	ITALY: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. 2. (SBU) 27. A. Italy is a country of destination and transit for inter [...]	2007-03-02 06:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT KWMN SMIG
07ROME710	ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE, [...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...]	2007-04-06 10:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT
07SANJOSE1322	COSTA RICA: NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMES CALLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Chinese Ambassador-designate Wang Xiaoyuan has wasted little time in making the rounds in San Jose. Arriving in Costa Rica on June 13, he presented a copy of his credentials to FM Stagno on June 18 (although he has not yet presented his credentials to President Arias). In [...]	2007-07-11 17:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR XK CS
07SANJOSE625	COSTA RICA'S JUDICIARY LACKS EXPERIENCE; [...] (U) SUMMARY. Judges in Costa Rica have an average age of 36 and lack experience, according to one Supreme Court Magistrate. The magistrate recommends increasing contact with U.S. judges and court administrators to share best practices. The explosion of constitutional challenges since the cre [...]	2007-03-30 19:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD KIPR KJUS PINR CS
07SANSALVADOR1185	SACA COMPLETES THREE YEARS AND SIDESTEPS FMLN AGAIN [...] (U) Summary. In a June 1 speech to the nation delivered at the Legislative Assembly, President Saca marked his third anniversary of his presidency. With his trademark stirring oratory he lauded his Administration,s achievements, challenged the leftist-opposition party FMLN, and set out an am [...]	2007-06-15 22:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EPET ENRG EAGR EINV ES
07SANSALVADOR765	EARLY SPECULATION OVER 2009 FMLN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY and Comment: Notwithstanding ongoing media speculation regarding possible FMLN presidential candidates for the 2009 elections, moderate FMLN Legislative Assembly Deputy Hugo Martinez recently outlined to poloff that his party has settled on television commentator Mauricio Funes as [...]	2007-04-23 17:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
07SANTODOMINGO2260	BLOWBACK PREDICTED IF DOMINICAN EXTRADITION [...] Summary. Accused cop-killer and top-wanted Dominican fugitive Jeffry Alejandro Pena Bencosme remains in custody in New York while fighting extradition to the Dominican Republic. A combination of legal maneuvering and doubts about the Dominican claims have caused the hearing to morph into a " [...]	2007-10-05 15:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CJAN KCRM KPAO KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO441	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 2, SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] The following is Part 2 of Embassy's response to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) questions raised in reftel. 2. 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the Dominican Republic, Part 2 III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS The Dominican government made significant progress i [...]	2007-03-02 11:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
07SAOPAULO5	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S DEATH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: [...] "Good For The US, Not For Justice" Liberal largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo's Washington correspondent Sergio Davila commented (12/30): "Saddam Hussein's execution served the USG's interests, the White House's will to be able to leave Iraq in the least shameful way possibl [...]	2007-01-03 15:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO992	OVERWORKED SAO PAULO JUDGES WANT GREATER LAW [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo judges tell us that they are overworked and overburdened and that the growth in the drug trade and lack of prison space make their already difficult work even more challenging. Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the [...]	2007-12-19 18:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KCRM SNAR
07SOFIA168	BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's latest batch of constitutional amendments, approved [insert date] attempt to reform Bulgaria's dysfunctional judicial system by creating an OIG-like entity within the Supreme Judicial Council. (The sentence does not track as originally written) Building on earlier c [...]	2007-02-08 14:38:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EUN BU
07SOFIA169	BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's latest batch of constitutional amendments, approved February 2, attempt to reform Bulgaria's dysfunctional judicial system by creating an OIG-like entity within the Supreme Judicial Council. Building on earlier core amendments, which were seen as a precondition for [...]	2007-02-09 09:37:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EUN BU
07SOFIA181	BULGARIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Bulgaria - 2007 Investment Climate Statement ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime; a top government priority is to attract foreign investment, especially American. The government foc [...]	2007-02-13 09:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
07SOFIA231	BULGARIA 301: RECOMMEND RETAIN ON WATCH LIST, WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government has made tremendous strides over the past 15 months to improve its Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime. It has met virtually all of our Action Plan requests (Ref C). With renewed political will, it has adopted strong IPR legislation; established [...]	2007-02-21 12:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD BU
07SOFIA364	BULGARIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A year into his term, Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Boris Velchev is staying true to his goal to reform the dysfunctional Prosecution Service and make it an effective law enforcement and judicial tool. He has improved the country's image abroad by candidly speaking out against c [...]	2007-03-19 10:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU BU
07SOFIA510	BULGARIA GRAPPLES WITH COMMUNIST-ERA FILES AMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seventeen years after the fall of communism, the Bulgarian National Assembly disgorged a law to open communist-era state security files. Rather than clearing the political air, passage of the law has further clouded it. Few Bulgarians believe the unredacted files of Bulgaria's cu [...]	2007-04-24 12:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BU
07SOFIA582	BULGARIA GRAPPLES WITH GROWING CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's establishment has been rocked by a far-reaching corruption scandal that involves high-ranking magistrates and government officials and may potentially lead to changes in the Socialist-led government. The high-profile case already forced PM Sergei Stanishev to sideline [...]	2007-05-11 15:05:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR BU
07SOFIA862	BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES CABINET RESHUFFLE; REASSURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's Parliament approved July 18 two new ministers as part of the first reshuffle of the Socialist-led three-party coalition government which assumed office nearly two years ago. Petar Dimitrov, a Socialist MP who chaired Parliament's budget committee, was confirmed as th [...]	2007-07-18 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON KIPR KJUS BU
07STATE143859	VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] ACTION REQUEST: Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the Security Council resolution contained in para 2 below concerning the extension of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). USUN should seek additional guidance if substantive changes are made [...]	2007-10-13 00:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	HA KPKO PGOV PREL UNSC
07STATE170201	THE USPTO GIPA PROGRAM ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The USPTO will hold the Global IP Academy Program on IPR Enforcement for Judges from 4-7 March 2008 at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. Posts are requested to inform host government officials of this program (see PARA 2 [...]	2007-12-26 23:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA
07SUVA2	FIJI UPDATE 1/3/07: CJ ON LEAVE; INTERIM PLANS? [...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama today announced Fiji's Chief Justice is going on indefinite leave, pending a full inquiry into the judicial system. Bainimarama says he will return executive authority to President Iloilo within the next few weeks, with an inte [...]	2007-01-02 23:01:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA20	FIJI UPDATE 1/9/07: MORE INTERIM MINISTERS; [...] (C) The total of ministers tapped for Fiji's interim administration reached 16 with the swearing in of 6 on Jan. 9, including former PM Chaudhry as Finance Minister. They join Interim PM Bainimarama, 8 interim ministers sworn in yesterday (ref),and Ratu Epeli Ganilau to be sworn in next week [...]	2007-01-08 21:28:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA273	EU PRESSES FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO HONOR [...] (C) The EU Representative to Fiji, along with the French and UK heads of mission, met with interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau May 11 to express concern about the apparent lack of movement by Fiji's interim government in meeting its commitments to the EU. The EU representatives told Nailati [...]	2007-05-15 21:44:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA333	FIJI UPDATE: TROUBLE WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM [...] (C) It appears that Fiji's interim President, Commodore Bainimarama, Justices Gates and Shameem, and others are making moves to reconstitute the Fiji judiciary. The suspension of Chief Justice Fatiaki in early January, the end of some expat Appeals Court Justices' terms, and several suspiciou [...]	2007-06-26 18:50:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR ASEC CASC KJUS FJ
07SUVA338	TONGA POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, RECONSTRUCTION DELAYS [...] (C) As Tonga's Parliament was adjourning its session just after last November's tragic riot in Nuku'alofa, new King George V tasked government and pro-democracy critics to conclude the national debate on democratic reforms for Tonga's monarchy and provide a solution for the next session of Par [...]	2007-07-01 16:00:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TN
07SUVA387	FIJI UPDATE AUG. 6, 07: STRIKES; AUSTRALIA-FIJI; [...] (C) Some Fiji public-sector unions remain on strike. Others have gone back to work, at least for now. The interim government (IG) is adamant thus far that no lucrative settlement will take place. A war of words between Australia and the IG continues. Interim PM Bainimarama is spinning the I [...]	2007-08-05 20:30:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA416	FIJI UPDATE 8/20/07: BAINIMARAMA "JOKING" RE [...] (C) Fiji interim PM Bainimarama was only joking in announcing an election date, according to the interim Attorney General. Critics don't find that funny. Pacific Island Forum (PIF) and EU dialogues with the interim government (IG) are adding to doubts about IG motives. Some court cases sugg [...]	2007-08-19 19:50:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR FJ
07SUVA43	FIJI UPDATE 1/19/07 - FATIAKI SUSPENDED; PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Iloilo suspended Chief Justice Fatiaki and directed that investigations should be conducted into Fatiaki's actions in the aftermath of the 2000 coup. Iloilo decreed today that all decrees and decisions made by the military government when Bainimarama was "Acting President" are [...]	2007-01-18 19:13:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA46	FIJI UPDATE 1/22/07: PRESIDENT ISSUES IMMUNITY [...] (C) President Iloilo has issued a broad immunity decree for the military and others involved in the coup. The Fiji Law Society and others say the decree is unconstitutional. Bainimarama has reacted angrily to Aussie and Kiwi visa restrictions on members of his government and is threatening " [...]	2007-01-21 22:18:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ NZ
07SUVA465	FIJI UPDATE 9/24/2007 [...] (U) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama intends bilats with Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Italy during his UNGA stay. The Fiji military has warned against any efforts to depose Bainimarama during his trip. Bainimarama has signaled he will re-shuffle the interim cabinet soon [...]	2007-09-23 20:19:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA506	FIJI MILITARY STOPPED FROM SENDING SUSPECT [...] (U) Fiji media reported over the weekend that a number of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers, suspects in the murder of Sakiusa Rabaka early this year, were stopped from departing on deployment to UNAMI in Iraq. (See reftel for context.) The Fiji Office of the Director for Publi [...]	2007-10-28 19:35:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UNAUS IZ
07SUVA526	FIJI: COURT CASES; PEOPLE'S CHARTER; [...] (C) A Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldier has been charged in the Verebasaga beating death last January. He was immediately released on bail. Eleven suspects have now been charged in last weekend's "assassination plot" case. Those suspects' request to be released on bail was denie [...]	2007-11-07 17:59:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07TAIPEI1023	FRANK HSIEH WINS DPP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY [...] (C) Summary: Former Premier Frank Hsieh is set to be named the DPP's presidential nominee following his surprisingly strong victory in the May 6 party primary. Premier Su Tseng-chang, DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun, and Vice President Annette Lu have pledged to support Hsieh, and all four have said [...]	2007-05-07 11:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI1046	DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director on May 9 that if elected, he would seek common interests between the U.S. and Taiwan, strengthen mutual trust, and work to maintain strong security cooperation with the U.S. Hsieh said he supported a more open economic-cen [...]	2007-05-09 10:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
07TAIPEI1172	DPP AND KMT CONTEST BATTLEGROUND COUNTIES IN [...] (C) Summary: Changhua, Nantou, and Yunlin are key swing counties in central Taiwan where 8 seats will be up for grabs in upcoming legislative elections. The three counties will also produce 10 percent of the votes in the critical 2008 presidential election between the ruling DPP's Frank Hsie [...]	2007-05-25 09:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI1284	PRO-GREEN SCHOLARS ON DPP INFIGHTING, FRANK HSIEH, [...] (C) Summary: A group of pro-Green scholars told the Director on May 30 that resentment within the DPP against President Chen and the pro-Su Tseng-chang New Tide faction was an important reason for the victory of former Premier Frank Hsieh over Premier Su in the May 6 presidential primary. Th [...]	2007-06-07 10:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA TW
07TAIPEI1295	TAIPEI MAYOR HAU LONG-BIN ON PRESIDENTIAL RACE, [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin (KMT) told the Director on June 5 that he expects KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou to face a tough, close race against DPP opponent Frank Hsieh. Ma must choose a running mate to strengthen his appeal with Taiwan-born voters, especially in the sout [...]	2007-06-08 09:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI1387	RESULTS OF DPP LEGISLATIVE PRIMARY IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has recently completed primaries in southern Taiwan for the legislative election set for January 12, 2008. Multiple candidates competed for a chance to represent their party in six of the eight southern Taiwan counties or cities. Taitung [...]	2007-06-20 00:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
07TAIPEI141	KMT SECRETARY-GENERAL WU DEN-YIH ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Recently appointed KMT Secretary-General Wu Den-yih told AIT Deputy Director on January 12 that over the next year he will focus on liquidating the KMT's remaining party assets, improving relations with the KMT legislative caucus, and overseeing preparations for the upcoming le [...]	2007-01-18 09:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
07TAIPEI1423	VICE PRESIDENT ANNETTE LU ON UPCOMING U.S. TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Annette Lu told the Director on June 21 that she appreciates Washington's assistance in arranging a transit through the West Coast on her way to and from Latin America in early July. Lu said she would be visiting Paraguay for the 50th anniversary of Taiwan-Parag [...]	2007-06-22 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
07TAIPEI1853	DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH PICKS [...] (C) Summary: DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh announced on August 15 that former Premier Su Tseng-chang has agreed to be his vice presidential running mate. Although Hsieh had strongly hinted at this outcome for several days, Su's agreement came only at the last minute after much diffi [...]	2007-08-15 11:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI20	A VIEW FROM OUTSIDE TAIPEI: TAOYUAN MAGISTRATE [...] (C) Summary: A group of younger KMT leaders are trying to encourage faltering KMT Chairman and presidential hopeful Ma Ying-jeou to exert greater leadership over the party, according to Taoyuan Magistrate and rising KMT star Eric Chu. They are also trying to convince Ma to increase KMT chanc [...]	2007-01-04 09:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
07TAIPEI2151	KMT CANDIDATE MA YING-JEOU ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou told the Director on September 20 that the KMT's UN referendum was politically necessary to counter the DPP's referendum proposal. KMT flexibility on nomenclature reflected the fact that Taiwan had joined several international organizations [...]	2007-09-20 10:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
07TAIPEI2285	VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SU TSENG-CHANG ON DPP [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with DPP vice presidential candidate Su Tseng-chang on October 3, the Director stressed the importance for President Chen and the DPP to avoid further "surprises" beyond the UN referendum between now and next May, when President Chen steps down. Su said Chen selecte [...]	2007-10-04 10:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
07TAIPEI2289	Taipei Economic Brief for September 2007 [...] Summary. This cable summarizes selected September 2007 economic events in Taiwan. Economic statistics show better than expected performance and potential job growth....Biggest share of next year's government budget goes to defense and deficit expected to shrink significantly....The Central B [...]	2007-10-05 06:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI2346	The Changing Face of Voter Manipulation and Under-the-table [...] (SBU) Summary. Southerners have differing expectations of the impact the new "single-member district, two-vote" election system will have on Taiwan politics when it commences in the January 2007 Legislative Yuan (LY) elections. One political leader told AIT/K that he believes it will make el [...]	2007-10-17 07:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI240	DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH NEW TAIPEI MAYOR HAU [...] (C) Summary: Recently-elected Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin intends to focus the first six months of his term demonstrating to the public that his administration is clean, competent, and committed to serving the public. Hau will concentrate on bread-and-butter issues, including the environment, [...]	2007-01-31 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
07TAIPEI2427	KMT CANDIDATE MA YING-JEOU ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou discussed the presidential campaign, cross-Strait relations, the UN referendum, defense budget issues and U.S.-Taiwan relations during a meeting with the Director at Ma's campaign headquarters on October 30. Ma said he plans to continue his [...]	2007-10-31 09:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI2470	DIFFERENCES OVER CAMPAIGN STRATEGY BETWEEN DPP [...] (C) Summary: A close advisor to DPP candidate Frank Hsieh told AIT that Hsieh is concerned President Chen's confrontational style could undermine his efforts to reach out to moderate centrist voters. Our contact attributed Chen's approach to a view that Taiwan's society has an "M" shape distr [...]	2007-11-13 09:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI2471	DIFFERENCES OVER CAMPAIGN STRATEGY BETWEEN DPP [...] (C) Summary: A close advisor to DPP candidate Frank Hsieh told AIT that Hsieh is concerned President Chen's confrontational style could undermine his efforts to reach out to moderate centrist voters. Our contact attributed Chen's approach to a view that Taiwan's society has an "M" shape distr [...]	2007-11-13 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI2502	KMT VICE CHAIRMAN JOHN KUAN ON COMPETING UN [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman John Kuan told the Deputy Director November 14 that China now understands better why the KMT had to launch its own referendum to remain competitive in next year's presidential race. Kuan, echoing others in the KMT, predicted low voter turnout and high thresholds [...]	2007-11-19 10:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI2518	PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE SECRETARY GENERAL YEH CHU-LAN [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Secretary General Yeh Chu-lan stressed to the Director on November 20 that, regardless of the outcome, President Chen Shui-bian will produce no "surprises" between the presidential election next March and the inauguration of the new president in May. Yeh said [...]	2007-11-21 10:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
07TAIPEI2611	LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PREVIEW: THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With just four weeks to go before Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) elections, the ruling DPP appears to have the upper hand in most districts of southern Taiwan, except for Taitung and Penghu Counties. With a halving of the legislature and a reduction in the size of most electi [...]	2007-12-14 08:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI2617	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: THE BATTLE FOR CENTRAL TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Central Taiwan, a swing region between the Blue north and the Green south, is shaping up as the key battleground in the KMT-DPP competition for seats in the Legislative Yuan (LY) elections on January 12, 2008. Although the KMT enjoys an overall advantage, controlling four of th [...]	2007-12-18 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI2628	SQUABBLE OVER VOTING PROCEDURES; PROSPECTS FOR DPP [...] (C) Summary: The DPP central government and KMT local governments continue to argue over the procedures to be used for voting in legislative elections and two referenda on January 12. The KMT fears that the DPP's "one-step" procedure, under which voters cast election and referendum ballots a [...]	2007-12-19 22:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
07TAIPEI2656	LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PREVIEW: KMT HOPES FOR BIG [...] (C) Summary: With two weeks to go before the Legislative Yuan (LY) elections, the KMT appears likely to win at least 7 and probably more of the 10 seats in the three counties and one city of Blue stronghold northwestern Taiwan. Traditionally, the KMT receives strong support from ethnic Hakkas, [...]	2007-12-28 09:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI28	KMT CHAIRMAN MA SINGS THE BLUES [...] (C) Summary: The opposition KMT's poorer than expected performance in key mayoral elections on December 9 was a minor setback for KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, giving critics an opening to raise doubts about his leadership and ability to appeal to Taiwan's southern voters. The KMT kept control [...]	2007-01-05 07:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW PINR
07TAIPEI30	Taipei Economic Brief for December 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected December 2006 economic events in Taiwan: --Export Growth Slows in Q4; --Problem Bank Taken over; --10% Growth in Manufacturing Sales in Q3; --Exports of LCD Monitors Surges; --Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Continues to Grow; --Semiconductor China Investment Pr [...]	2007-01-05 08:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI434	TAIPEI COUNTY MAGISTRATE CHOU HSI-WEI ON KMT [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory meeting with the Director on February 15, Taipei County Magistrate Chou Hsi-wei (KMT) suggested that friction between former KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and other pan-Blue leaders stemmed from Ma's failure to treat them with sufficient "respect." Shy by natu [...]	2007-02-26 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI467	PARTISAN POLITICS UNDERLIES COMMEMORATIONS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Over the past several days, President Chen used a series of speeches commemorating the tragic February 28, 1947 Incident as a vehicle to attack the KMT, including the late Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT's leading presidential contender for 2008, Ma Ying-jeou. Chen linked the current [...]	2007-03-02 00:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI468	TAOYUAN COUNTY MAGISTRATE ERIC CHU ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: The Director met with Taoyuan County Magistrate Eric Chu on February 27 to discuss party politics and the upcoming presidential and legislative elections. Chu is confident Ma will be cleared of the corruption charges that led to his indictment on February 14, despite Ma's "neg [...]	2007-03-02 00:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI533	HSIEH AND SU THE FRONTRUNNERS IN FOUR-WAY RACE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Premier Su Tseng-chang, former Premier Frank Hsieh, Vice President Annette Lu, and DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun have all formally joined the race for the DPP presidential nomination as long expected. The DPP hopes to select a single candidate through a month-long process of consulta [...]	2007-03-08 10:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI950	TAICHUNG: KEY BATTLEGROUND IN LEGISLATIVE AND [...] (C) Summary: Central Taiwan, where KMT-dominated north meets DPP-controlled south, will be a key battleground between the DPP and KMT in their fight to win a legislative majority and the presidency in 2007-2008 elections. More than ten percent of Taiwan's voters reside in Taichung City and C [...]	2007-04-27 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TBILISI1299	GEORGIAN POLITICAL REFORM UPDATE, PART ONE [...] (U) This is part one of a two-part series by outgoing officers on Georgia's progress on key internal reforms as Georgia tries to obtain a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the next twelve months. 2. (C) Summary. The Saakashvili government, which came to power following the Rose Revoluti [...]	2007-06-01 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1479	JUDICIAL REFORM: MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgian officials admit privately that judicial reform was not high on the list of reform projects immediately following the Rose Revolution. It was deemed too hard to accomplish quickly, and as a result, was slow to get started. International pressure, however, has moved this [...]	2007-06-19 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1622	OCTOBER LAUNCH OF JUDICIAL TRAINING PROGRAM TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. The USAID Caucasus Mission Director and Poloff attended the opening of a new High School of Justice (HSOJ) facility on 22 June in Tskaltubo (Kutaisi) where the Georgian Chairman of the Supreme Court released to the international community copies of the much anticipated curricul [...]	2007-07-10 05:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2019	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza and GoG Prosecutor General Adeishvili discussed judicial reform, Abkhazia, property issues and crime. Adeishvili talked about the training of judges and implementation of the magistrate system, both of which are on track. He cited great strides in the last [...]	2007-08-13 08:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2645	SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN ON JUDGES' TRAINING, ETHICS [...] (U) Summary: The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Konstantin Kublashvili, recently updated Ambassador on two milestones of judicial reform expected by the end of October: enrolling students in the High School of Justice (HSOJ) and approval by the Conference of Judges of an Ethics Co [...]	2007-10-25 09:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI932	Ambassador's meeting with High School of Justice and High [...] Summary: Ambassador met with representatives of the Georgian High School of Justice (HSOJ) and High Council of Justice to discuss the HSOJ's progress on meeting the legislatively imposed deadline for launching a fourteen-month training course for newly appointed judges. With less then the six [...]	2007-04-25 12:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1915	SUPREME COURT VOTES TO ALLOW PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12 the Constitutional Court was unable to muster a unanimous decision in the President of Congress Roberto Micheletti case. President Manuel Zelaya was able to manipulate this outcome and saw this as a personal victory. This forced the case to go to the entire plenary [...]	2007-12-17 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1945	HONDURAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PASSES MIXED BAG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran National Congress approved new electoral reforms on December 20, 2007, in late-night, closed-door discussions only a few days after the Supreme Court ruled that the President of Congress, Roberto Michelleti, could run for President (ref. A). With substantive changes [...]	2007-12-27 22:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA906	POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MICHELLETI'S BID FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post believes it is likely that Liberal Party member Roberto Michelleti Bain will succeed in his attempt to be allowed to run for President in the 2009 elections without resigning from his position as President of the National Congress. This means that a contest in the next elec [...]	2007-05-23 16:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HO
07TELAVIV1094	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1223	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]	2007-04-26 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2050	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2558	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TIRANA1069	ALBANIA: IMPRESSIVE EARLY PERFORMANCE BY NEW PG [...] (C) In an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador December 13, Albania's newly appointed Prosecutor General (PG),Ina Rama, outlined an ambitious set of priorities for her new job. Describing herself as an "activist" who wanted to energize the PG's office, Rama promised to devote herself to s [...]	2007-12-21 13:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA173	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS [...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...]	2007-03-02 15:58:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS
07TUNIS1366	RESPONSE TO IDENTIFYING ARAB JUDGE CANDIDATES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 14:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC KJUS KCRM LE SY TS PREL
07TUNIS1439	TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving fo [...]	2007-10-30 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
07TUNIS1454	CIVIL SOCIETY EMBARKS ON ANOTHER HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) On November 1, Poloffs spoke with journalist Slim Boukhdhir who announced that he and attorney Mohamed Nouri had begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions. Among their examples: a judge recently upheld a decision that bars Nouri from traveling, Boukhdhir has be [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS259	MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC [...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...]	2007-02-26 11:12:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PINR TS
07USUNNEWYORK515	UN PLANS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL CRYSTALLIZE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 22 discussion, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel described progress on implementing UN Security Council resolution 1757, which brought the provisions of the Tribunal Agreement between the UN and Lebanon into force on June 10. Michel and his task force have focused on the [...]	2007-06-25 17:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL UNSC
07YAOUNDE1497	CAMEROON'S JUSTICE MINISTER ON CORRUPTION LEGAL [...] (C) Ambassador joined the Canadian and Dutch COMs on December 18 for a joint meeting with Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister/Minister for Justice Amadou Ali focused on the GRC's request for legal assistance (ref b) in pursuing overseas bank accounts of Cameroonians tied to corruption. Explainin [...]	2007-12-27 12:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE227	CAMEROON: POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT BIYA [...] (SBU) President Biya's 74th birthday (February 13, 2007) revived speculation about who might succeed him, especially if were not to complete his term in office (which ends in 2011). The latest round of succession talk began last year following his spring 2006 illness (Ref. A),and his final [...]	2007-02-22 13:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV CM KCOR
07YAOUNDE689	CAMEROON SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO WORLD [...] (U) In a May 22 diplomatic note, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) announced the candidacy of Mr. Antoine Marie Manga Massina for the post of Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs at the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and requested USG support for his candidacy. This mess [...]	2007-06-01 11:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CM
07ZAGREB46	CROATIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, accompanied by low inflation, a stable exchange rate and growth in the tourism sector. At the same time, the government has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy in an effort to [...]	2007-01-17 15:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
08ABIDJAN36	COTE D'IVOIRE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Despite the ongoing political/economic crisis, the Ivorian government actively encourages foreign investment through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, takeovers, or startups. There are no significant limits on foreign investment nor are there generally diffe [...]	2008-01-16 14:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD
08ABUJA1482	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-16 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-31 06:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA2270	PD OCTOBER ROUND-UP - MISSION NIGERIA PROGRAMS SUPPORT [...] Summary: In the month of October, public diplomacy activities of the U.S. Mission to Nigeria supported each of the four pillars of the U.S. - Nigeria Framework for Partnership: Governing Justly and Democratically, Investing in People, Economic Trade and Growth, and Peace and Security. Headlin [...]	2008-11-18 15:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KDEM ECON EFIN NI
08ABUJA2526	NIGERIA: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) Per reftel A, the following is comprehensive biographical information, with comment, on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's new cabinet. The list is presented in alphabetical order by Ministry. 2. (C) Michael Kaase Aondoakaa -- Attorney General/Minister of Justice. Aondoakaa hails from Be [...]	2008-12-24 14:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EAID NI
08ABUJA863	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 16-30 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-Runs -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Economi [...]	2008-05-12 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ADDISABABA614	ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. (U) Number of hours spent in preparation of TIP report cable: [...]	2008-03-04 10:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ET PRM ASEC PREL
08AITTAIPEI1143	MEDIA REACTION: U.S-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 06:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1151	MEDIA REACTION: BEIJING OLYMPICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 07:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1656	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM, APEC [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their November 26 news coverage on the economic predicament of the world and of Taiwan; and on the probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's alleged corruption. In terms of editorials and commentaries, an op-ed in the pro-independenc [...]	2008-11-26 08:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW

08AITTAIPEI1673	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM, APEC [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their November 26 news coverage on the economic predicament of the world and of Taiwan; and on the probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's alleged corruption. In terms of editorials and commentaries, an op-ed in the pro-independenc [...]	2008-12-01 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08ALGIERS1206	ALGERIA: BUREAUCRACY STIFLES GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Business leaders told Ambassador and visiting NEA/MAG Director that the government bureaucracy continues to stifle the Algerian economy. Contract tenders are slow to develop, forcing the government to accept bidders who promise speed but who often have cost overruns in the end [...]	2008-11-10 18:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS384	SCARRED BY SCANDAL AND INEXPERIENCE, CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Algeria, worried that it will be perceived as soft on corruption and banking irregularities, has been carrying out an increasingly aggressive oversight campaign whose intentions may be pure, but whose results have frustrated and suffocated banking reform. Our contacts [...]	2008-04-01 16:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS774	ENHANCING ALGERIA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Algeria's still nascent financial intelligence unit is ready to cooperate on a technical assistance program to be offered through the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist finance (AML/TF). Bo [...]	2008-07-08 15:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN KTFN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER ECON AG
08ANKARA1306	TERRORIST EXTRADITION ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top terrorism prosecutors and judges from Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland met in Istanbul, Turkey June 24-26, 2008 to discuss their respective practices and overcome obstacles in extraditing terrorists. The meeting, co-hosted [...]	2008-07-22 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA549	TURKEY'S PARTY CLOSURE CASE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (C) Turkey's Constitutional Court consists of 11 members, of whom 8 were appointed by the previous president, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, himself a former Constitutional Court judge. Unlike previous presidents coming from a political background, Sezer selected his appointments to reflect not only hi [...]	2008-03-21 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TU
08ANTANANARIVO162	MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or des 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silva 3. (U) As requested in Ref A, Embassy Antananarivo submits the followi -- 27 A-D. (U) Available statistics and reports do not indicate that Ma [...]	2008-02-29 11:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO164	MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...]	2008-02-29 11:52:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO620	Comoran Dialogue Depends on Sambi's Leadership [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Sambi to take leadership and reach out to the opposition to make progress toward the pending "Inter-Comoran Dialogue". In bilateral discussions and in joint meetings with international community colleagues, the Ambassador encouraged Union and [...]	2008-09-15 14:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO764	ANTANANARIVO: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT RESPONSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOM set high goals in 2007 with a string of legislative achievements and hands-on efforts to push the administration's fight against child labor and human trafficking into the field via training programs, victim's assistance, and awareness campaigns. This drive seems to hav [...]	2008-11-14 07:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP MA
08ASUNCION406	PARAGUAYAN SUPREME COURT VACANCIES [...] (C) Paraguay's notoriously politicized judiciary remains a major impediment to continued democratic progress. While the Supreme Court has made recent strides in terms of putting in place new transparency and accountability systems, the selection process for judges remains opaque and linked to [...]	2008-06-20 18:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PA
08ASUNCION729	INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD NOMINEE: [...] (U) Post nominates Paraguayan anti-corruption prosecutor Ms. Rocio Vallejo as our nominee for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Ms. Vallejo's personal information requested in reftel is as follows: -- Full legal name of nominee: Hilda Maria del Rocio Vallejo Av [...]	2008-10-28 18:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PA
08ATHENS1291	MONASTERY LAND DEAL BUFFETS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The senior prosecutor of the Greek Supreme Court, George Sanidas, has ordered an inquiry into a 2007 land swap between the Vatopaidion monastery and the state. Opposition parties have seized on the issue, alleging the state traded some prime facilities built for the 2004 Athen [...]	2008-09-10 15:03:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1362	GREECE: UN MINORITIES EXPERT REFUTES ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 16 visit to Greece at the invitation of the GOG, UN Minorities expert Gay McDougall examined Greek legislation, policies, and practices related to minority rights and highlighted challenges and good practices. McDougall refuted erroneous claims in the Greek pres [...]	2008-09-25 11:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL GR MK
08ATHENS153	RULING PARTY MAJORITY RAZOR THIN FOLLOWING MP [...] (SBU) On January 31, the ruling New Democracy party's already-thin majority was shaved further (152 to 151 seats of 300) when ND MP Kostas Koukodimos announced he was leaving the party following allegations of corruption in connection with the parties to the overheated Zachopoulos scandal (refs [...]	2008-02-01 16:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1658	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 11 UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece was relatively quiet at late afternoon Thursday. PM Karamanlis traveled to Brussels to participate in European Council meetings December 11-12. The atmosphere in the country remained tense, however, and it was impossible to predict whether the slacking off of demonstrat [...]	2008-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08ATHENS64	SEX, SUICIDE AND DVDS PART II: MORE SMOKE, SOME [...] (C) The scandal involving former Culture Ministry Secretary General Christos Zahopoulos (reftel) continues to SIPDIS dominate headlines and television news shows throughout Greece. Lurid photos of Zahopoulos and Evi Tsekou, a former contract employee at the Culture Ministry, supposedly take [...]	2008-01-16 15:50:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GR
08BAGHDAD1693	NSC JUNE 1 REVIEWS ONGOING OPERATIONS, AMNESTY [...] (S REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 1 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed security operations in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Deputy PM Barham Salih, National Security Advisor Mowaffak Rubaie, and Minister of State for National Security Shirwan [...]	2008-06-04 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BANGUI141	BOZIZE CALLS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO [...] By decree signed on July 24, 2008, President Francois Bozize called an extraordinary session of the National Assembly scheduled to start on August 1, 2008. On the agenda: Adoption of an amnesty law Review of the 2008 financial law Adoption of a new forestry code Adoption of a law organizing [...]	2008-07-25 11:15:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON CT
08BANGUI234	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - DECEMBER 8 PRESS COMMENTS, [...] (U) Most CAR private and official media focused on the political dialogue which began with an opening ceremony this Monday, December 08: 2. (U) The private newspaper `Hirondelle' reports that MLCJ rebel leader Abakar Sabone and former CAR President Ange Filix Patassi have arrived in Bangui [...]	2008-12-08 21:37:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI250	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - FIRST COMMISSION RESULTS BOLD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 16, the Political Issues and Governance Commission of the CAR's National Dialogue presented a series of recommendations to Dialogue Chair and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. The resolutions included the creation of an ad hoc committee of Central Af [...]	2008-12-19 18:18:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI251	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - POSITIVE FINALE, BUT WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) The CAR's National Dialogue ended in a seven-hour closing ceremony on Saturday, December 20, that brought speeches by President Bozize, former President Ange Felix Patasse, and Dialogue mediator and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. Finishing on a positive note as well as on schedul [...]	2008-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANJUL216	THE GAMBIA: MORE CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT [...] On June 27, President Yahya Jammeh appointed a new Secretary of State (Minister) for Youth and Sports and a new Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The new Sports Minister is former army lieutenant Sheriff Gomez, while Benedict Jammeh, until recently the Inspector Gene [...]	2008-07-03 08:12:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM GA
08BANJUL86	THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]	2008-02-29 09:15:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BEIJING4572	IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267, [...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...]	2008-12-17 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH
08BEIRUT166	LEBANON: NEW UNIIIC COMMISSIONER SAYS FAILURE IS [...] (C) New UNIIIC Commissioner and Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare believes time is running out for the Special Tribunal and "failure is not an option." UNIIIC was "clearly making process," but needs member states' urgent assistance in putting together the pieces of the puzzle and increasin [...]	2008-02-04 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BELMOPAN148	BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 20:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BERLIN1664	GERMANY: POISED TO DEPLOY WITH ROBUST MANDATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of interagency wrangling over legal issues, Germany is poised to contribute a frigate with a 200-man crew to the EU "Atalanta" counter-piracy operation on the basis of a robust parliamentary mandate that allows the Bundeswehr to carry out "opposed boardings" and to tak [...]	2008-12-12 15:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN GM
08BERN122	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:55:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
08BOGOTA1517	URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS RISE OVER [...] (C) Preliminary investigations by the Supreme Court of Senate President Nancy Patricia Gutierrez and U Party President Senator Carlos Garcia for alleged paramilitary ties led President Uribe to call on April 17 for "objectivity" in the Court. Uribe voiced "total support" for the judiciary, b [...]	2008-04-23 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1722	CONGRESSWOMAN GUILTY OF TAKING BRIBES IN 2004 [...] (U) The Supreme Court accepted former Congresswoman Yidis Medina's guilty plea on bribery charges related to her 2004 vote to change the Constitution to allow President Uribe's 2006 reelection. She faces a minimum of two years in prison. The Court also sent its case files to the Prosecutor Gen [...]	2008-05-12 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1764	COLOMBIA EXTRADITES 14 EX-PARA LEADERS TO THE U.S. [...] (U) The GOC extradited 14 ex-paramilitary leaders, including Salvatore Mancuso, Diego Murillo, and Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, on May 13 to the United States to face narcotrafficking and money laundering charges. President Uribe said he extradited the fourteen due to due to their continued involvemen [...]	2008-05-13 22:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2295	FARC DESERTIONS ON THE RISE; LEGAL HURDLES FOR [...] (C) The Ministry of Defense's $21 million budget for humanitarian aid, rewards, and public outreach continue to promote FARC desertions. FARC desertions hit a record 2480 in 2007, and 1278 have deserted through May 2008. Still, Colombia's constitutional prohibition against granting amnesty [...]	2008-06-25 12:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PREL FR PTER MARR
08BOGOTA2328	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO META, JUNE 12, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on June 12 to the historically conflict-plagued Department of Meta to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives and highlight USG efforts to assist the GOC in consolidating security gains made in territory previously occupied by th [...]	2008-06-26 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC ECON EPET EAID
08BOGOTA2373	URIBE CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS AFTER COURT [...] (SBU) President Uribe addressed the nation at midnight on June 27, calling for the "repetition of the 2006 presidential elections." His speech was prompted by the Supreme Court's request--in its ruling sentencing former Congresswoman Yidis Medina to 47 months of house arrest for selling her vo [...]	2008-06-27 23:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2535	URIBE'S POPULARITY AT ALL TIME HIGH AS [...] (C) After the successful July 2 rescue of 15 hostages from the FARC, President Uribe's approval rating reached a record 85 percent. Seventy-four percent of Colombians approved of a third Uribe term. The Constitutional Court rejected the Supreme Court's request that it review the legality of t [...]	2008-07-14 17:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2598	URIBE CONFIDANT JAIME BERMUDEZ SWORN IN AS NEW [...] (C) President Uribe named Jaime Bermudez Merizalde Foreign Minister on July 17, replacing Fernando Araujo. Bermudez, a close Uribe confidant and Colombia's ambassador to Argentina since September 2006, was President Uribe's communications director in the 2002 presidential campaign and througho [...]	2008-07-17 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PINR CO
08BOGOTA2702	ARREST OF U PARTY LEADER PRESIDENT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The arrest of U Party President Carlos Garcia--leader of the largest party in the governing congressional coalition and a player in efforts to amend the constitution to allow for a possible third Uribe term--shows the strength of Colombia's democratic institutions as they investi [...]	2008-07-28 20:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2891	HIGH COURTS OPPOSE GOC JUDICIAL REFORM PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court and other high court judges oppose a judicial reform package proposed by Justice and Interior Minister Fabio Valencia on July 29. The proposal would--among other reforms--apparently transfer authority to conduct criminal investigations of legislators from the S [...]	2008-08-05 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3007	NO END IN SIGHT TO URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER [...] (C) President Uribe used a statement by Senator Nancy Patricia Gutierrez accusing Auxiliary Supreme Court Magistrate Ivan Velasquez of irregularities in his para-political investigations, to slam the Supreme Court for "judicialclientalism" and nepotism. Uribe urged Congress to proceed with ju [...]	2008-08-15 17:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3193	URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS ESCALATE [...] (C) President Uribe intensified his offensive against the Supreme Court the week of August 24 after the revelation that senior GOC officials met three times at the presidential place with emissaries of extradited former paramilitary leader Diego Murillo Bejarano (Don Berna). The two allegedly [...]	2008-08-28 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3304	ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (C) Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC),visited Colombia August 25-27 to review progress on the prosecution of those responsible for crimes against humanity. Moreno questioned whether the GOC's extradition of 15 former paramilitary leaders to the U [...]	2008-09-04 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3653	SUPREME COURT RULES EX-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REMAIN [...] (C) Colombia's Supreme Court opted on September 18 not to expand its powers to investigate members of Congress suspected of paramiliatary ties to include ex-legislators. Under current rules, the Court prosecutes and tries sitting senators and representatives; the Prosecutor General's Office (F [...]	2008-10-02 17:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3715	HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW [...] (C) The USG co-hosted a two-day conference on international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as well as measures to promote the Colombian military's respect for human rights, with the Colombian Defense Ministry. The conference was attended by officials from the Prosecutor [...]	2008-10-08 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3718	URIBE-SUPREME COURT FEUD SPAWNS FEARS OF [...] (U) The conflict between President Uribe and the Supreme Court spilled into the judiciary after the Superior Judicial Council (CSJ)--one of Colombia's four top courts--ordered the Supreme Court to delete all references to Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio from its ruling accepting the g [...]	2008-10-09 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA528	APPELLATE COURT ELECTS NEW JUDGE FOR LABOR [...] SUMMARY. In late December, 2007, the six-month term for Colombia's three specially appointed judges handling cases of violence against unionists ended. As part of its normal selection process, magistrates of the Appellate Court for Bogota voted to reappoint Elsa Rivera de Jimenez and Maria [...]	2008-02-11 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA591	URIBE VS THE SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: In January, Supreme Court Justice Cesar Valencia publicly accused President Alvaro Uribe of interfering in the Supreme Court's investigation of the president's distant cousin for alleged paramilitary connections. Valencia said Uribe called him to complain about the Court's actions an [...]	2008-02-14 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS CO
08BRASILIA41	BRAZIL: LITTLE HOPE OFFERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the regional office of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime together with the University of Brasilia sponsored a roundtable with senior Brazilian government officials from the judicial and legislative branches, medi [...]	2008-01-07 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM BR
08BRIDGETOWN116	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 [...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC, a.k.a. "Invest Barbados"),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. [...]	2008-02-25 14:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN163	TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, o [...]	2008-03-11 12:28:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN229	ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]	2008-04-03 19:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN78	ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...]	2008-02-06 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRUSSELS122	BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER PUSHING FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary: During a one-on-one lunch held January 17, 2008, Belgian Interior Minister Dewael told the Ambassador he would press for passage of new legislation that would expand the authority of the country's intelligence services to use "special investigative techniques" like wiretaps. Law [...]	2008-01-24 14:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PTER BE
08BRUSSELS1500	EUROJUST'S EVOLVING ROLE IN INVESTIGATING AND [...] (U) The President of the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST),Jose Luis Lopes da Mota, and the Chairperson of EUROJUST's External Relations Committee, Malci Gabrijelcic, explained their organization's increasing role in investigating and prosecuting serious organized crime wi [...]	2008-09-26 13:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS158	BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER EXPECTED TO HEAD [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREF SMIG BE
08BRUSSELS1957	BELGIUM:2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy point of contact is Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov 2. Begin text of report. Belgium Belgium continued to strengthen its response to the threat of terrorism, with the new institutions it developed over the past several years working to coordinate the Belgian governmen [...]	2008-12-24 11:09:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC BE
08BRUSSELS99	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (OTHER [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing development programs in several Balkan countries including Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro were discussed during a December 13 donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The EC anticipates making more than 450 million euros available [...]	2008-01-18 10:34:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BUCHAREST117	BLAND JUSTICE: JUDICIAL INSIDERS DECRY WEAK EC [...] (C) Summary: A recent European Commission interim report on judicial reform in Romania provoked disappointment in many judicial circles, with pro-reform activists hoping for a sharper rebuke of recent backsliding. Based on comments from many local contacts, we have prepared a "parallel report" [...]	2008-02-13 13:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST139	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Romania remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2008. Although industry contacts report that there has been a decline in physical optical disc piracy, the growth of internet piracy - both peer-to-peer file sharing and business-to-consumer piracy - is a worrisome tre [...]	2008-02-21 06:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON RO
08BUCHAREST325	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PREDIOU -- [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on April 22 with new Justice Minister Predoiu, to discuss bilateral cooperation on arrests and extraditions, concerns about maintaining strong IPR enforcement, and alarm over the final remaining bad amendment to the Romanian criminal and penal code that would e [...]	2008-04-24 10:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CJAN RO
08BUCHAREST97	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES LUSTRATION LAW [...] (C) Summary. The process of lustrating communist-era collaborators received an unexpected blow January 31 when the Constitutional Court ruled that the law establishing the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS) is unconstitutional. The CNSAS had been a controversial body [...]	2008-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RO
08BUENOSAIRES1011	MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON BILAT ECONOMIC ISSUES: [...] (C) This cable provides status of bilateral economic issues: Paris Club, holdouts, ExImBank tolling agreement, Post advocacy and ICSID cases, as well as updates on GoA/IMF relations and GoA finances. New Economy Mnister Carlos Fernandez supported his predecessor's Paris Club proposal to make [...]	2008-07-24 20:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1054	ARGENTINA: JUSTICE MINISTER COMMITS TO ENHANCED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with GOA Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez at the latter's request July 30 to discuss the monitoring and control of methamphetamine and heroin precursor drugs produced and imported to Argentina. With leaders of the key police agencies prese [...]	2008-07-31 14:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS SNAR DCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1522	ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT MOSTLY SILENT SO FAR ABOUT [...] (U) Summary: The November 3rd guilty verdict in the trial of convicted illegal Venezuelan agent Franklin Duran was front page news in Argentina November 4. Key prosecution witness Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W) was also quoted in most dailies after he repeated in his first press interview his co [...]	2008-11-04 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1550	ARGENTINA: ANTONINI-WILSON CLAIMS NESTOR KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine daily "La Nacion" prominently published November 9 a lengthy exclusive interview with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W),who was intercepted by GOA authorities in August 2007 with a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 arriving on a c [...]	2008-11-12 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCOR KLIG CJAN AR
08BUENOSAIRES171	EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Among Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include strengthening law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. The Argentine government, in conjunction with the [...]	2008-02-13 15:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1764	ARGENTINE FM TAIANA MEETS CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine FM Jorge Taiana received in his office Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY),Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX),and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) December 18. The codel conveyed a strong U.S. desire for dialogue and strengthened bilateral relations with Argentina. Taiana expr [...]	2008-12-30 17:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES619	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARGENTINE CONGRESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met May 7 with Chairman of Argentina's Joint Congressional Committee for the Oversight of Intelligence Activities and Organizations Senator Marcelo Fuentes. Fuentes has known former president Nestor Kirchner for a long time; they both studied at law in La Plata a [...]	2008-05-09 14:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES643	ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO VISIT U.S. TO FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentina4s Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti will travel to Washington and New York the week of May 19 for meetings at the American Law Institute and the Council of the Americas as part of his effort to strengthen judicial practices in Argentina. Ambassador Wayne met wi [...]	2008-05-15 10:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES714	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador met with Laura Alonso, Executive Director for Argentine NGO "Citizen Power" (Poder Ciudadano-PC) and discussed its ongoing efforts to promote government accountability and transparency at the federal and local levels. Alonso explained PC's on-going efforts to inv [...]	2008-05-23 21:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES86	ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...]	2008-01-25 14:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR
08CANBERRA240	SUPPLEMENTAL TIP QUESTIONAIRE RESPONSE - AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Below are supplemental responses to the questions posed in ref A, which were initially answered in ref B. The answers correspond to the question numbers in ref A. PART I: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING B. Sex Trafficking Arrests ----------------------- On Ma [...]	2008-03-12 07:06:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC AS
08CARACAS498	MORE TWISTS IN CASE OF SLAIN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutor Hernando Contreras accused former Attorney General (AG) Isaias Rodriguez of doctoring witness testimony that could have proved unfavorable to the government in the case of slain public prosecutor Danilo Anderson. AG Luisa Ortega dismissed the allegations against her pr [...]	2008-04-08 17:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CO VE
08COLOMBO264	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REITERATE PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) issued its fifth public statement on March 6, reiterating its concerns about the Commission of Inquiry's (COI) lack of progress and failure to adhere to international norms. The statement also announced IIGEP's decis [...]	2008-03-14 05:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO344	SRI LANKA: REPORT BLAMES GOVERNMENT FOR "TRINCO 5" [...] (C) Summary: On April 1, the prominent Sri Lankan human rights group University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) released a lengthy report on two cases that have received significant international attention: the murders of five Tamil youths in Trincomalee in January 2006, and the killing of [...]	2008-04-03 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO39	BFIF FY08 PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES [...] Post expresses its appreciation for continued BFIF support of commercial activities in Sri Lanka and Maldives. Post has witnessed considerable success from BFIF support for the "American Pavilion" at the annual Maldives trade show (ref B); the Ambassador and post's Econ/Commercial Section str [...]	2008-01-10 05:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD KIPR CE MV
08COLOMBO461	SRI LANKA: POLICE RAID VENDORS OF PIRATED SOFTWARE [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, Sri Lankan police raided software dealers in a popular shopping mall in Colombo. The raid was Sri Lanka's first intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement action against pirated software dealers. With uncommon swiftness, offenders were raided, charged, pleaded g [...]	2008-05-12 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EAID CE
08COLOMBO58	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - MALDIVES [...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for Maldives for 2008. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT-MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2008 Investment Climate --Introduction Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 95 are exclusive resort islands. The popu [...]	2008-01-14 02:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MV
08COLOMBO61	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
08COLOMBO754	POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT IN JUNE WHITE POWDER [...] (SBU) Summary - The Sri Lanka Police Service (SLPS),working at the behest of RSO Colombo, located and detained a subject believed to have delivered the envelope containing the white powder (ref B and C) that closed AmEmbassy Colombo for normal business for a week in June. Subsequent to his de [...]	2008-08-13 09:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER AMED
08COTONOU10	GOB'S MORATORIUM ON ENFORCING JUDICIAL DECISIONS ENDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 07:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN KCMA PGOV
08COTONOU202	BENIN: ELECTORAL PROCESS IN TURMOIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark the second anniversary of President Yayi's rule, deputies from his political coalition Force Cowry for an Emerging Benin (FCBE) took stock on April 5-6 of the political situation. They asked the government to suspend immediately the electoral process after the arrest of el [...]	2008-04-10 07:09:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU327	BENIN'S NOMINEES FOR CYBERCRIME WORSHOP [...] Per reftel, the following individuals are Benin's nominees to participate in the West Africa Regional Cybercrime Workshop to be held from July 9-11, 2008 in Cotonou Benin: A. Olivier Ghezo, Director of Legislation, Codification, and Seals, Ministry of Justice; Email: golflu@yahoo.fr, Cell: 0 [...]	2008-06-05 16:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	LEGAT INL NAS DEA FBI DHS DOJ RLA PGOV BN
08COTONOU617	BENIN: LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL INERTIA HAMPER GOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Judicial inertia and active resistance in Benin's National Assembly temper the positive impact of President Boni Yayi's ambitious anti-corruption and economic governance agenda. Political gridlock continues as opposition parties consolidate control of the National Assembly wrestl [...]	2008-09-29 13:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA PINR BN
08COTONOU750	BENIN: PROFILE OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second of two cables concerning the second cabinet reshuffling of the Government of Benin (GOB),which took place on October 22. Reftel highlighted major changes in the new government and provided general background information on the reshuffle. This cable provides prof [...]	2008-12-01 04:33:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN
08DAKAR1011	PRESIDENT WADE FIRES BUDGET MINISTER AFTER REVELATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 7 cabinet meeting, President Wade fired Budget Minister Ibrahima Sarr and named Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow, a career Senegal Treasury official, as the new Minister. The Presidential decree to remove Sarr -- which came just hours after Wade met the IMF Resrep -- fol [...]	2008-09-02 17:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD EAID KCOR SG
08DAKAR126	RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 09:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER KCRM PREL SNAR PGOV SG
08DAKAR155	UPDATE ON STATUS OF HISSENE HABRE II [...] (SBU) On January 22, a delegation of judicial experts from the European Union (EU) concluded a series of discussions with the Government of Senegal on the ways and means to prosecute former Chadian President Hissene Habr. While it seems that the discussions went well and that the GOS said the [...]	2008-02-07 17:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SG CD
08DAKAR262	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) As was the case in previous years Senegal continues to devote, time, resources and attention to combat trafficking in persons. 2. (U) responses are keyed to questions in reftel Begin TIP report PARA 27: OVERVIEWS OF A COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Senega [...]	2008-03-04 14:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SG
08DAKAR451	SENEGAL-THE RETURN OF THE SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, the Senegalese National Assembly passed a law reforming the judicial system to reinstate a Supreme Court. According to the government, this will streamline the system by allowing budgetary savings and harmonizing jurisprudence. The Association of Judges called the [...]	2008-04-18 10:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DARESSALAAM650	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - TANZANIA [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. Country: Tanzania Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Tanzania's population increased to approximately 40.3 million in 2007. 2007 Gross National Income (GNI) was $16.2 billion and GNI per capita was $400. Over the past tw [...]	2008-10-09 06:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ELAB PTER TZ
08DARESSALAAM869	Tanzania 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 11:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM TZ
08DHAKA1025	HOME ADVISER DISCUSSES RAB ENGAGEMENT, [...] (C) Home Affairs Adviser M.A. Matin welcomed prospects for engagement between the USG and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a September 23 meeting with the Ambassador. He also welcomed a USG inter-agency assessment of Bangladesh's border controls. Matin was pre-occupied, however, with the a [...]	2008-09-29 05:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PINR KCOR MARR MASS KCRM
08DHAKA1140	DRAFT BANGLADESH PART I FOR 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh of the first part (drugs and chemical control) for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: 2. (U) I. Summary: There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of [...]	2008-11-03 03:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BG
08DHAKA1356	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS BNP CHAIRPERSON KHALEDA ZIA ON [...] (C) On the eve of Bangladesh's December 29 parliamentary election, the Ambassador met with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to highlight the USG's efforts to promote free, fair and credible polls leading to a return of democracy in the world [...]	2008-12-29 11:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM EAID BG
08DHAKA251	LARGEST ISLAMIC PARTY FACES RENEWED ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bangladesh,s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has come under scrutiny in recent months for alleged war crimes committed by its members during the 1971 Liberation War. With the Awami League leading the charge, there have been demands for the Election Commission to ban Jam [...]	2008-02-26 07:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
08DHAKA266	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY BANGLADESH INPUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) does not effectively enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) protections. Piracy of optical disks, software and books is rampant in Bangladesh. The GOB is currently focused on higher prioritized projects, including ensuring a transition to a [...]	2008-02-28 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD BG
08DHAKA341	BANGLADESH'S RAPID ACTION BATTALION RESPONDS [...] (C) Summary: Senior members of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said they highly valued a just-concluded human rights course and were eager for more such training. The United Kingdom-administered training has the potential to quickly improve the paramilitary forces' human rights perfo [...]	2008-03-18 09:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BG
08DHAKA622	READY, SET, WAIT. SHEIKH HASINA DEPARTURE FOR U.S. [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not leave Bangladesh for the U.S. the morning of June 9 as planned, but her Awami League confidantes and a senior government official told the Embassy that morning they expected her to depart within days. The delay appeared due in part to tying up bu [...]	2008-06-09 10:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA629	RAPID ACTION BATTALION GOES AFTER DRUG-DEALERS, [...] (C) The new Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) commander in Rajshahi said his top priorities were fighting drug dealers and violent leftists. He said deaths still occurred in firefights with the leftists but added that all killings were investigated by independent magistrates. Although he said he ha [...]	2008-06-11 00:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR PINS MASS MARR BG

08DHAKA856	ENGAGING BANGLADESHâ€™S RAPID ACTION BATTALION: [...] (C) The leadership of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has pledged to provide additional information about alleged human rights violations committed by members of the force since its inception in 2004. This pledge came during two days of intensive fact-finding and discussions with members [...]	2008-08-11 08:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MASS PREL BG
08DJIBOUTI236	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) The following is Embassy Djibouti's response to reftel questions on fiscal transparency in Djibouti. 2. (SBU) The Government of Djibouti is showing increasing commitment to transparency and accountability but needs capacity building and continued support from the IMF and other internatio [...]	2008-03-13 13:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL DJ
08DJIBOUTI309	DJIBOUTI CONDEMNS LATEST BORREL CASE JUDGMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Djibouti has reacted with outrage to the latest judgment in the long-running series of legal battles between France and Djibouti over the 1995 death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibouti. In a March 29 communique, the GODJ strongly condemned the Versailles Correctiona [...]	2008-04-01 13:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KJUS DJ FR
08DJIBOUTI356	BORREL CASE: DJIBOUTI ACCUSES FRENCH NATIONALS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a French court convicted two senior Djiboutian officials on charges of witness subornation (reftel) in connection with investigations into the 1995 death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibouti, a Djiboutian court issued international arrest warrants for f [...]	2008-04-13 16:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KPAO KCRM DJ FR
08DJIBOUTI89	DJIBOUTI: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Foreign direct investment in Djibouti in 2007 is five times as large as it was in 2003. Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Arabian Gulf, or [...]	2008-01-31 06:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV
08FREETOWN505	SIERRA LEONE COCAINE TRIAL UPDATE: FOUR SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Four minor suspects have been granted bail in Sierra Leone's ongoing narcotics case (reftel),and may have their charges dropped. Key figures remain in jail, however, but the pace of the trials is slow. The drugs seized in the case have not yet been destroyed, and general cons [...]	2008-10-16 16:48:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL SL
08FREETOWN580	COCAINE CASE CRAWLS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on December 8 for an update on the pending expulsion request for two individuals to face narcotics charges in a U.S. Court (reftel B). President Koroma is still considering the request, made November 24, and told Bangura that he w [...]	2008-12-11 18:21:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR SL
08GENEVA751	PART TWO OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GRENADA151	GRENADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. 2. Begin text: The Government of Grenada (GOG) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and, with limited exceptions, encourages investors to enter in and operate enterprises in all fields of lawful econom [...]	2008-12-12 13:05:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV GJ
08GRENADA91	GRENADA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The Investment Climate Statement is contained in paragraph 2 below. 2. (U) Begin text: The Government of Grenada (GOG) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and encourages investors to enter in and operate enterprises in all fields of lawful economic activity. There is no minimum en [...]	2008-07-03 19:11:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GJ
08GUATEMALA1175	BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 14:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1311	BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 14:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1416	SENIOR GOG OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE NEED FOR PROFOUND [...] (C) At an October 31 meeting on justice sector reform called by Vice President Espada, senior GOG leaders said they are on the verge of "losing the country" to criminals. Following CICIG Commissioner Castresana's biting critique of Guatemala's administration of justice, participants shared bl [...]	2008-11-12 22:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM EAID ASEC GT
08HARARE1008	SOME MDC ALLEGATIONS OF INCREASED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) In recent days, MDC has publicly claimed that ZANU-PF has renewed its campaign of violence against the MDC and its members. In a November 6 press release, the MDC claimed that in Epworth, a high density suburb outside of Harare where ZANU-PF set up pre-election torture and reeducation c [...]	2008-11-07 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1136	ZIM NOTES 12-19-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- This is the last edition of Zim Notes in 2008. We will resume publication on January 2. Topics of the week: - Constitutional Amendment 19 Gazetted... - Allegations of MDC Paramilitary Camps in Botswana Refuted... - PF ZAPU Reemerges... - New Attorney General Ap [...]	2008-12-19 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1138	MDC, ZPP DETAINEES TO GET CHRISTMAS EVE COURT [...] (SBU) After weeks of repeated public denials by the GOZ that dozens of MDC and civil society leaders were in state custody, lawyers learned on the afternoon of December 23 that numerous abductees were in police stations around Harare. After hours of searching individual police stations, lawyer [...]	2008-12-24 12:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1145	DETAINEES REMAIN IN CUSTODY, DESPITE COURT ORDERS [...] (C) At least 32 MDC and civil society activists remain in state custody following court hearings regarding their detention and charges facing them. On Christmas eve, eight detainees - including Zimbabwe Peace Project Director Jestina Mukoko - appeared in a magistrate's court for their bail h [...]	2008-12-30 13:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1147	ZPP LEADERS DETAIL ABDUCTIONS, TORTURE [...] (C) Lawyers have drafted affidavits for nine individuals who have recently been abducted and tortured by Government of Zimbabwe actors. Because lawyers have not had access to all abductees that are in State custody, there may be more who have suffered torture and been coerced into making fals [...]	2008-12-30 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE18	Zim Notes January 11, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-01-11 10:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE186	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- -- 27 A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Women and children are trafficked for labor and [...]	2008-03-10 15:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
08HARARE287	SITUATION REPORT: ZIMBABWE CALM AS HIGH COURT [...] (SBU) Harare's residents remain calm and continue to go about daily activities despite entering a ninth day of waiting for the results of Zimbabwe's presidential contest. The High Court ruled on April 7 that it does have jurisdiction in a petition brought by the opposition MDC to compel the Zi [...]	2008-04-07 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM CASC ZI
08HARARE345	ZIM NOTES April 17, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Still No Election Results, Court Rebuffs Opposition Demand - Post-Election Violence Spreads, One Confirmed Death - Scores of Opposition Arrested - An Analytic Note On Violence - Opposition "Stay-In" a Flop - UN Security Council Deliberates Over Z [...]	2008-04-17 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE463	MEDIA CRACKDOWN: INTIMIDATION INCREASES AHEAD OF RUNOFF [...] SUMMARY: Alongside the ongoing ZANU-PF directed violence in advance of Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential election runoff, the Mugabe regime's crack down on dissenting opinion is increasingly targeting the independent media and even those within the state media who favor more balanced coverage. Ac [...]	2008-05-27 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ZI
08HARARE490	ZIM NOTES June 6, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - U.S. Diplomats, Staff, Detained and Harassed By Police - Gov Suspends Field Operations of All NGOs - United Opposition Unlikely - Public Unenthusiastic About GNU - Senior MDC Officials Released - Violence Spurs Internal Displacement - Yout [...]	2008-06-06 11:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE512	ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four deten [...]	2008-06-16 04:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE513	ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four detention [...]	2008-06-16 04:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE515	RETALIATION CONTINUES. WILL SADC SEE? [...] (C) ZANU-PF MPs and thugs continue to attack MDC supporters and their families in Bindura in retaliation for a U.S. delegation visit on June 5. The brother of the losing MP in Bindura, Philip Mabika, called on poloff on June 17 to report an attack on his elderly parents at their home in Bind [...]	2008-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE532	BITI MISTREATED IN JAIL, DENIED BAIL [...] (SBU) The Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) Secretary General, Tendai Biti, appeared in a Harare court on June 17, 18 and 19 where he was charged with four counts, including treason, which carries the death penalty. Lawyers lodged 11 complaints against the State for his treatment in jai [...]	2008-06-23 16:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE554	ZIM NOTES June 27, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - MDC Pulls Out of Election Run-Off - Tsvangirai Takes Refuge in Dutch Embassy - Fallout from Raid on Opposition IDPs - Biti and Matinenga Released from Jail - As Abductions, Beatings, and Unlawful DetenQQ s@f62Qx - Mining Sector Top Forex Ea [...]	2008-06-27 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE622	ZANU-PF TARGETS MDC OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Even though the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won a majority of seats in the March 29 parliamentary elections, MDC officials continue to battle trumped-up charges, evade bogus arrests, and endure harassment at the hands of the ZANU-PF-run security structures. 10 MDC MPs and two [...]	2008-07-21 13:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE656	ZIMBABWE MEDIA UNDER SIEGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The conditions for independent media in Zimbabwe continue to worsen. Harassment of journalists by Zimbabwe government (GOZ) state agencies continues. Despite the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between President Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic [...]	2008-08-04 06:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECPS ZI
08HARARE67	POLICE SHUTDOWN MARCH, BUT MDC MANAGES TO RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, a magistrate's court upheld the police ban on a planned Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) protest march, but gave permission for the MDC to hold a rally. Police responded with violence to efforts by MDC supporters to march to the rally location, in defiance of th [...]	2008-01-23 16:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC
08HARARE70	MDC'S TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC [...] (SBU) At a diplomatic briefing on January 24 attended by the Ambassador, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai said that March elections were logistically impossible, and had already been sufficiently rigged to assure a ZANU-PF victory. Tsvangirai said the two MDC factions had agreed in principle [...]	2008-01-24 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE715	ZIM NOTES 8-22-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Stall Again... - SADC Communiques... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - MDC and Donors Meet... - Magistrate Court Dismisses Case Against MDC MP... - WOZA Arrests... - "Zim's inflation not that bad"... - Exchang [...]	2008-08-25 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE78	Zim Notes November 16, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-01-28 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE819	OPPOSITION PARTY CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT AT RISK [...] (C) The one-seat advantage MDC-Tsvangirai maintains over ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe's House of Assembly is at stake in upcoming by-elections for two vacant parliamentary seats. Matobo North in Matabeleland is likely to be a closely contested campaign, while the Gokwe-Gumunyu seat in Midlands will pro [...]	2008-09-11 11:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE934	PROTESTS LEAD TO BEATINGS, ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Two civil society groups led marches of 200 people each this week, drawing attention to the humanitarian crisis and crumbling educational infrastructure. In both instances, police beat protesters to disburse the groups and arrested those leading the marches. Despite the ongoing politic [...]	2008-10-17 11:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE966	BUSINESS AS USUAL: POLICE TEAR GAS PROTESTERS, [...] (SBU) In the face of ongoing SADC-sponsored negotiations, the GOZ continues to use violence to stifle free expression. At 9:00 am this morning, several civil society groups led two different protests of hundreds of people to the area outside Rainbow Towers, the hotel where the negotiations wer [...]	2008-10-27 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HONGKONG179	HONG KONG'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy with minimal government interfe [...]	2008-01-28 06:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08JERUSALEM2189	JENIN: LOCAL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE [...] (C) Summary. Judges and prosecutors in Jenin told Poloff and SEMERS staff that inadequate resources and interagency cooperation are the major obstacles to improving local administration of justice. They said the security campaign in Jenin has significantly improved public perception of the [...]	2008-12-03 17:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KJUS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM757	JENIN: PASF EXCHANGE FIRE WITH GUNMEN IN QABATIYA, [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) clashed with gunmen in Qabatiya on May 6, with a bystander killed and two PIJ activists injured in separate exchanges of gunfire. Security contacts report that a PASF patrol was attacked with a pipe bomb and pelted with stones. West Bank National Secur [...]	2008-05-06 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08KAMPALA1391	UGANDA: 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...]	2008-10-16 13:53:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ETRD PGOV KCOR EINV ECON UG
08KAMPALA351	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 1 [...]	2008-03-04 11:03:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
08KINGSTON1039	JAMAICA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and markets itself to companies in Europe, North America and the Caribbean region. [...]	2008-12-10 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08KINGSTON707	JAMAICA: POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, CHARGED WITH EXTORTION AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 21:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV PHUM SOCI AID ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
08KINSHASA1123	DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met separately with the leadership of the DRC's main political opposition to identify party priorities and gauge the level of coordination between opposition elements. Opposition leaders identified security and justice sector reform as pressing needs, as well as improvin [...]	2008-12-17 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA1125	DRC: TAKING ACTION AGAINST GENDER- [...] (SBU) Summary: During the UN 16 Days of Activism Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, embassy personnel participated in several events. USAID Social Protection Officer spoke at the Protestant University of Congo and CALI (Congolese-American Language Institute) English clubs about Sexual an [...]	2008-12-17 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KPAO SOCI CG
08KINSHASA224	SSR roundtable long on particulars, short on priorities [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese government presented its priorities for reform of the military, justice and police sectors at the long-awaited but hastily-organized security sector reform (SSR) roundtable February 25-26 in Kinshasa. Officials offered a series of detailed presentations which gave [...]	2008-03-05 18:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS CG
08KINSHASA246	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-03-12 07:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
08KINSHASA290	JUDICIAL REFORM, DECENTRALIZATION AND ELECTIONS KEY ITEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Judicial reform and decentralization legislation are among the key priorities for the regular session of Congolese Parliament which opened March 15. Creation of a successor body to the Independent Electoral Commission will be one of the more difficult agenda items. Also likely [...]	2008-03-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
08KINSHASA306	KAMERHE, KENGO STRESS STATE AUTHORITY AND REFORM AT OPENING [...] Summary: National security, judicial reform, and the lack of fundamental services such as water and electricity were key themes presented at Parliament's March 15 opening ceremonies by the leaders of its two houses. National Assembly President Kamerhe cited recent violence in Bas-Congo as an [...]	2008-03-31 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM CG
08KINSHASA361	Press freedom quarterly: January-March 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese authorities used restrictive freedom of expression laws to convict a journalist in Kasai Oriental province and arrest four others in Kinshasa and South Kivu. Police beat a cameraman filming their operations in Katanga. Legal proceedings resumed in the case of murdere [...]	2008-04-18 11:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA383	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...]	2008-04-29 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN
08KINSHASA560	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-06-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA664	AMANI PROGRAM WORKING GROUP ON THE EXTENSION OF STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: European Union (EU) political advisor Veronique Aulagnon provided Emboff notes from the August 9 meeting of the Amani Program working group on the extension of state authority in North and South Kivu. Provincial government members suggested increasing the number and pay of mag [...]	2008-08-14 06:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA706	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (SBU) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and beyond [...]	2008-08-27 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA733	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and bey [...]	2008-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR CG
08KINSHASA799	Amani Program Steering Committee meets 23 [...] (U) The Amani Steering Group, tasked with monitoring progress on the implementation of the Goma agreements of January, 2008 (the "Actes d'Engagement") met September 23 in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu. The selection of Bukavu follows a decision by Denis Kalume, Interior Minist [...]	2008-09-25 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA832	KABILA MAKES LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila signed three ordinances September 24 appointing nearly three hundred individuals to sub-provincial government positions. The list included both new political appointees and incumbents, as well as non-partisan civil servants at the district commissioner, mayor and d [...]	2008-10-02 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA9	UNHRO reports continued deficiencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Human Rights Office's (UNHRO) Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for October 2007, released November 28, 2007, describes numerous violations highlighting the inadequacies of the country's justice system at all levels including the police, the courts, an [...]	2008-01-07 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG
08KINSHASA909	ARRIVAL OF SECOND MONUC DEPUTY SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Algeria native Leila Zerrougui has recently assumed the position of MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG). She will join DSRSG Ross Mountain as one of two deputies to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss. DRSG Mountain serves as the development and humanitarian coordinat [...]	2008-10-21 15:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA96	Congolese Parliament wraps up special session [...] Congo's National Assembly and Senate adopted legislation on the 2008 budget and on the status of the political opposition during their December 15-January 15 special sessions. Both laws are now in force after having been reviewed by the Supreme Court and promulgated by President Kabila. Memb [...]	2008-01-29 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA975	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES MUZITO GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly approved the government of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 2. The government easily obtained the necessary absolute majority vote following intense debate during an emergency plenary session of parliament. Muzito stressed reinforcing state author [...]	2008-11-06 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KOLKATA106	LOCAL FARMERS PAID FOR ILLICIT POPPY CULTIVATION IN WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Illicit cultivation of poppy has been detected in a number of villages in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district. An unidentified group or organization is offering cash payments to farmers to grow illicit poppy. Poppy fields in this district are fragmented small plots, hidden [...]	2008-03-28 14:21:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM EAGR IN BG
08KOLKATA148	WEST BENGAL LOCAL ELECTIONS INCLUDE CONTROVERSY AND [...] (U) Summary: On May 11, the first phase of panchayat (local village) polls took place in five districts of southern West Bengal. Violence and controversy in Nandigram dominated the day's events. Local Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) Member of Parliament (MP) Lakshman Seth attempted to [...]	2008-05-13 11:12:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IN
08KOLKATA177	WEST BENGAL ALERTS THE INDIAN ARMY FOLLOWING GORKHA [...] (SBU) On June 12, the West Bengal government put local Indian Army units on alert to possibly control Gorkha and Bengali agitations in Siliguri and Darjeeling district, and adjacent areas in northern West Bengal. Darjeeling District Magistrate Rajesh Pandey told Post that the army may be requ [...]	2008-06-12 13:30:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MARR KCRM ASEC CASC IN
08KOLKATA23	AI IN WEST BENGAL - SITREP FOR JANUARY 18. [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ FSN traveled on January 18 to Margram in Birbhum district. As of the morning of January 18, approximately 24,852 birds had been culled in the districts of Birbhum and S. Dinajpur. Culling operations are slow because the villages and farms are spread out over a large distanc [...]	2008-01-18 12:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC IN KHIV
08KOLKATA40	AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 14 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the evening of January 30, W. Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee chaired a digital video conference with all of W. Bengal's district magistrates and senior health and ARD officials to discuss improving coordination in the state's avian influenza (AI) response effort [...]	2008-01-31 13:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV CASC AMED PGOV IN
08KOLKATA69	AI IN W. BENGAL SITREP 20 - APHIS ADVISOR VISITS BIRD FLU [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13-15, USDA-APHIS Scientific and Technical Advisor for Emergency Management, Joseph Annelli and New Delhi Embassy Senior Attache for Agricultural Affairs, Oliver Flake visited a West Bengal district affected by the recent H5N1 outbreak. They also visited the India-Ban [...]	2008-02-22 15:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO SENV PREL PGOV AMED CASC IN BG
08KUALALUMPUR1017	MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since April 2008, as requested ref A. Implementing and Enforcing the Law ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Malaysia is in the pr [...]	2008-11-17 09:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR1073	MALAYSIA SEEKS USG EXPERTISE ON COMBATING TIP [...] (SBU) Government of Malaysia (GOM) ministries and agencies with responsibility for combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in recent months have increasingly requested U.S. expertise to guide policy and build GOM's anti-TIP capacity in the framework of Malaysia's comprehensive anti-trafficking [...]	2008-12-09 08:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR212	MALAYSIAN GOVT SHELTERS INITIAL 23 TIP VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Women's Ministry publicly announced that on March 25 it had admitted 17 female trafficking victims to one of its two recently established government shelters in Kuala Lumpur. The women, all Thai nationals, had been rescued in a police raid in Johor Bahru on March 24, accordi [...]	2008-03-26 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR619	POLICE COMPEL ANWAR'S APPEARANCE ON JULY 16; [...] (C) Malaysian police have threatened Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim with arrest if he does not appear at a police station on July 16 to give his statement in the criminal investigation regarding sodomy allegations. Anwar's lawyer publicly stated that Anwar will comply with the police order, [...]	2008-07-15 11:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR631	PROMINENT BLOGGER ARRESTED, CHARGED IN COURT [...] Police on July 17 arrested Raja Petra, controversial editor of the online portal Malaysia Today, and prosecutors charged him with criminal defamation of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor and two others. In a sworn affidavit, Raja Petra claimed he was "reliably informed" [...]	2008-07-17 10:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR69	CONTROVERSIAL SQURES OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS [...] (C) Ministry of Internal Security officials confiscated some Christian children's books from stores in early January. Officials took the action because the books contained pictures of Moses and Noah, and they judged portraits of these figures, who are also prophets in Islam, would offend Musl [...]	2008-01-31 08:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR943	POLICE ARREST 11 HINDRAF SUPPORTERS AT PM'S OFFICE [...] (SBU) Police arrested 11 Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) supporters, including K. Shanti, wife of defacto exiled HINDRAF Chairman Waytha Moorthy and brother to HINDRAF leader P. Uthayakumar, on October 23 while the group attempted to deliver a letter to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's off [...]	2008-10-24 09:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR955	MALAYSIA'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECRETARIAT [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff met with Malaysian officials leading the newly established anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) Secretariat, located in the Home Ministry, on October 23. Polcouns reviewed U.S. recommendations for anti-TIP measures in Malaysia, outlined the 2008 U.S. TIP report proces [...]	2008-10-31 02:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP MY
08LAGOS27	FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FOURTH QUARTER 07 [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 135 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]	2008-02-01 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI
08LAGOS357	NIGERIA: AMCIT CAUGHT IN ESCLATING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 an American academic doing research in Cross River State was beaten and then detained for six hours by Nigerian police. The incident occurred against a background of increasing political violence in Cross River State. A traditional ruler in Calabar, Edidem Bassey Ekp [...]	2008-09-08 11:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL CM NI
08LAPAZ1082	BOLIVIA: RECALL SURPRISE -- A HIGH RISK GAMBIT [...] (C) In a surprise move on May 8, Bolivia's opposition-controlled Senate passed a law proposed originally by President Evo Morales that provides for a recall referendum on the President and Bolivia's nine prefects (governors). Evo signed off on the law a few hours later. The Senate has opted [...]	2008-05-09 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1574	BOLIVIA'S VOTER SYSTEM: RIPE FOR FRAUD? [...] (C) Summary: The National Electoral Court is facing strong opposition criticism concerning its ability to effectively organize and implement the August 10 Referendum. Plagued with internal tensions and coordination problems with the National Police and scandals over discrepancies in the natio [...]	2008-07-18 20:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1752	BOLIVIA: DIALOGUE RESUMES, THEN COLLAPSES [...] (C) Summary: The central government and the prefects of Tarija, Beni, Pando, Chuquisaca, Oruro, and Potosi met August 13 and 14, along with representatives of Santa Cruz prefect Ruben Costas, who remained in Santa Cruz participating in a hunger strike. The central government's dialogue agenda [...]	2008-08-15 13:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL
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
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
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
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
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
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
08LILONGWE131	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains committed in its fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. The GOM has a strong working relationship with International Organizations (IOs) and NGOs and continued to provide social, counseling, and rehabilitation serv [...]	2008-03-05 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MI
08LJUBLJANA41	U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS INFORMAL HIGH LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior U.S. and European Union (EU) officials met in Ljubljana, Slovenia January 9-10 for the U.S.-EU informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Senior Level Meeting to discuss cooperation and coordination across a broad range of transatlantic law enforcement and internal security [...]	2008-02-01 05:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER SNAR PREL EUN KHLS SI
08LUSAKA40	PHARMACEUTICAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (ZAMBIA) [...] (SBU) Summary. Although counterfeit medicines are prevalent on the local market, the GRZ has not determined the extent of the problem and its implications on the economy and public health. Zambian regulatory institutions lack resources to carry out their mandate, and this shortcoming might con [...]	2008-01-10 15:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP KHIV EAID ZA
08LUSAKA401	Zambia Political Round-up [...] (U) Summary: -- Patriotic Front: Eating Its Young -- Irene Mambilima Appointed Deputy Chief Justice -- President's Nephew in Hot Water Over Remarks -- Key Session of Constitutional Conference in the Offing -------------------- PF: Eating Its Young ---------------- [...]	2008-04-09 10:13:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ZA
08LUSAKA849	ZAMBIA SUMMER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Continues to Rise -- GRZ Increases Pharmaceutical Import Fees -- ZESCO Makes Plans to Recapitalize -- GRZ Issues Copper Mining License -- Aviation Sector Expands -- GRZ Achieves IPR Enforcement Success Inflation Continues to Rise 2. According to the Central Stati [...]	2008-08-22 10:52:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EMIN ENRG EINV ECON ZA
08MADRID138	SPANISH ELECTIONS: BASQUE NATIONALIST PARTY POISED [...] (U) This cable is one of a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the potential role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections (REFTEL A) and beyond. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The national vote in the Basque Country is expected to fracture bet [...]	2008-02-11 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID234	SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT CONVICTS TWENTY FOR [...] (U) The Spanish National Court (Audiencia Nacional) on February 27 convicted 20 of 30 suspected Islamist terrorists who were arrested in October 2004 (during Spain's so-called Operation Nova investigation) on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and plotting to destroy the National [...]	2008-02-29 19:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID409	RWANDA/SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDICTMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post offers the following answers in response to ref A questions from Department regarding the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGE ANDREU AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE? Judge Andreu is completely indep [...]	2008-04-11 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS KLIG OFDP RW SP
08MADRID504	SPAIN/RWANDA - PROSECUTOR DOWNPLAYS INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Post's Consular Legal Advisor (LES) met informally with Spanish National Prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez on May 5 to discuss the ongoing Spanish prosecution of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). According to Rodriguez (please protect),the judiciary undertook the investigation and subs [...]	2008-05-09 08:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID542	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: NATIONAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES [...] (SBU) On May 13, Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez, President of the Criminal Division of the National Court, and Javier Zaragoza, Chief Prosecutor of the National Court, phoned Charge Llorens and informed him that earlier in the day the National Court handed down a decision dismissing the case agai [...]	2008-05-14 17:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SP
08MADRID552	SPANISH CABINET MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES - ZAPATERO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Zapatero's center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. This cable gives brief biographies for the cabinet members in Zapatero's second administration. Overall, the cabinet reflects Zapatero's campaign promises to [...]	2008-05-19 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SP
08MADRID56	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT,s Leslie Crawford says: International financial gridlock has destroyed the country,s recent bout of economic euphoria. The article describes December,s bad inflation and unemployment numbers, the international credit squeeze, lower growth estimates and signs of falling house prices [...]	2008-01-22 08:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SCUL SOCI FR SP

08MADRID7	SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: EXTRADITION ON TRACK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The extradition process of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar continues to move forward and we are increasingly confident that he will end up in U.S. custody. Foreign Minister Moratinos and Interior Minister Rubalcaba have both told the Ambassador in recent days that the judicia [...]	2008-01-03 12:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID73	SPAIN/BARCELONA ARRESTS: SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (C) Spanish media reports and our Mission contacts continue to reveal new information on the January 19 arrests in Barcelona of 14 suspected Islamist extremist terrorists (REFTEL A),and indicate that the terrorists were planning to conduct suicide bombings on bus and subway lines located near [...]	2008-01-25 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SP
08MANAGUA1040	JUDICIAL DAZE IN NICARAGUA: ALEMAN'S GET OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) National Assembly Deputy and Justice Committee head Jose Pallais proposed legislation that would give Nicaraguan courts a one month deadline to resolve the 9,040 criminal cases that have languished in the Nicaraguan justice system wi [...]	2008-08-14 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	NU PGOV PREL SNAR
08MANAGUA1220	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS -- SO TRANSPARENT YOU CAN SEE [...] (C) Summary. On September 25, German Ambassador Betina Kern convened a meeting of the Elections Group (an informal group to monitor election-related issues chaired by the German Ambassador and comprising EU member states plus Japan, Canada and the U.S.) with Roberto Rivas, President of the S [...]	2008-10-03 15:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM NU
08MANAGUA130	2008 SCORECARD - ORTEGA'S CITIZENS' COUNCILS 1, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a legal shell game, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega folded his embattled Citizens' Power Councils (CPCs) into the Council of Economic and Social Planning (Conpes),an existing body which advises the GON on public policy matters, and placed his wife, First Lady Rosario Muril [...]	2008-02-04 21:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1505	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS AFTER ELECTION FRAUD [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the fraudulent November 9 municipal elections, the National Assembly concluded its legislative year on December 15 at an impasse as both the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the united opposition parties were unable to gather a quorum to p [...]	2008-12-18 14:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
08MANAGUA153	ORTEGA TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER ELECTORAL ENVIRONMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM
08MANAGUA209	NICARAGUA: THE PACTO STRIKES A DOUBLE BLOW AGAINST [...] (C) On February 20, the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) delivered a double blow to democratic opposition efforts to unify in the November municipal elections. First, ignoring an appeal by all parties (other than the FSLN),the CSE voted to confirm the municipal electoral calendar which require [...]	2008-02-21 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
08MANAGUA297	ATLANTIC COAST ELECTION DELAYS COULD SPARK VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 20:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA394	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States and revoking the visa presently held by Jose Manuel Martinez Sevilla, born in Nicaragua [...]	2008-04-04 16:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
08MANAGUA419	ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE ERUPTS ON NICARAGUA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, April 4 violence erupted in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region's (RAAN) capital of Puerto Cabezas between local government-backed opponents of municipal elections and supporters of elections. Initial reports that at least two pro-vote supporters died in the [...]	2008-04-09 15:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM KDEM NU
08MANAGUA573	THE ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT 15 MONTHS: SLIPPING [...] (S/NF) Summary and Background: Fifteen months into his second administration, Ortega continues to skillfully use his political pact with former President and convicted felon, Arnoldo Aleman to keep pro-democracy forces divided, vulnerable to coercion, and unable to mount sustained opposition [...]	2008-05-08 17:38:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EAID ECON PTER PREL NU
08MANAGUA706	NICARAGUA'S TWO CAUDILLOS MOVE FURTHER TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has initiated proceedings to revoke the legal registration of two minority national democratic parties, the leftist Movement for Sandinista Renovation (MRS) and the center-right Conservative Party (PC). These two parties, representing [...]	2008-06-04 23:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM NU
08MASERU143	LESOTHO: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 09:19:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE PGOV LT
08MASERU62	LESOTHO: 2008 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE [...] Lesotho 2008 Country Commercial Guide Chapter 1: Doing Business in Lesotho The economy of Lesotho, a mountainous southern African nation completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, is based on agriculture, livestock, light manufacturing, water exports, earnings from the Souther [...]	2008-03-03 15:07:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO LT
08MASERU73	LESOTHO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following extensive interviews with local experts, law enforcement officials, and members of Lesotho's civil society, post has not identified a substantiated case of trafficking in persons in the Kingdom of Lesotho. In drafting this report, sources informed post of a case involvi [...]	2008-03-10 17:38:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG LT
08MEXICO1838	RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION [...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...]	2008-06-16 22:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV MX
08MEXICO1840	RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION [...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...]	2008-06-16 22:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV MX
08MEXICO2073	MEXICO 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 22:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
08MEXICO2353	SUBJECT: MILITARY JUSTICE -- AND JUSTICE REFORM-- [...] (C) Summary: Stung like most Mexicans by the U.S. Senate's (now abandoned) dictate that it divest itself of prosecutorial authority over soldiers accused of human rights abuses, Mexico's military remains reluctant to cede this territory to civilian prosecutors. Procedures are in place to i [...]	2008-07-31 22:44:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MX
08MEXICO2669	MEXICAN LEADERS SIGN SECURITY ACCORD RESPONDING TO [...] Civil society organizations have organized a massive demonstration on August 30 calling upon the government to respond with greater urgency to rising levels of violent crime. In response to the public clamor over the serious security challenges Mexico faces, senior Mexican government official [...]	2008-09-02 17:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO3612	MEXICO'S PIRACY SURVEY - SURVEY SAYS . . . [...] (U) Summary: AmCham Mexico just released its second annual nationwide survey of consumption habits for pirated goods in Mexico. Three-quarters of the Mexican population knowingly purchase pirated products, mostly CD's and DVD's, due primarily to their lower prices as compared to the original [...]	2008-12-08 22:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON
08MILAN73	ITALY: PRIORITIES FOR PROBABLE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Ignazio La Russa is the most likely candidate for Minister of Defense in Berlusconi's government. If given this portfolio, he said he would work to quickly increase MOD's budget, increase Carabinieri police patrols for domestic security, and try to establish military summer camps for Ita [...]	2008-04-23 08:29:00	Consulate Milan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TBIO MARR MCAP IT
08MONROVIA446	LIBERIA: CRIME RATE STEADY BUT PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian public has grown uneasy about a rumored increase in violent crime since the beginning of 2008. While crime continues at a high rate, UN crime statistics do not indicate a sharp increase. The public perception continues, however, because of frequent media coverage [...]	2008-06-06 07:54:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM EAID LI
08MONROVIA477	SUBJECT: LIBERIA'S PRS: GOVERANCE AND RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sustainable peace and poverty reduction in Liberia require an unambiguous break from the poor governance and disrespect for the rule of law that led to Liberia's crippling civil war. The Governance and Rule of Law (GRL) Pillar of the GOL's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is ch [...]	2008-06-20 12:43:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID LI
08MONROVIA701	STAFFDEL SMITH LOOKS AT RULE OF LAW AND SECURITY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Shannon Smith (Biden) and Sarah Margon (Feingold) visited Liberia August 20-22. Their visit, which focused primarily on rule of law and security issues, included meetings with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary G [...]	2008-09-12 18:44:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAID LI
08MONROVIA742	LIBERIA HOLDS RULE OF LAW RETREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than a year of rancor between Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis and Minister of Justice Phillip A.Z. Banks III over issues of separation of powers, the two came together to hold Liberia's first rule of law retreat September 15-16. In a mostly cordial atmosphere, the Judic [...]	2008-09-24 16:30:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID LI
08MONROVIA772	LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 12,000-strong UNMIL deployment. The first 2,000 [...]	2008-10-06 08:00:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD LI
08MONTERREY194	NUEVO LEON'S AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM LIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite statements by President Calderon on down that Mexico needs to fundamentally reform its educational system, to date no reform proposals have been forthcoming at the federal level. While Mexico has achieved nearly universal coverage in primary school education, internat [...]	2008-04-21 23:32:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV MX
08MOSCOW1643	ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to President MedvedevQs rhetoric about the rule of law and anti-corruption, the EmbassyQs Law Enforcement Section (LES) and Resident Legal Adviser (RLA) conducted two programs last week focused on strengthening RussiaQs capacity to combat corruption. The first, a rou [...]	2008-06-10 07:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR
08MOSCOW409	AUSTRIAN EMBASSY SASY OMV COMMITTED TO NABUCCO, [...] (C) Austrian Embassy Political-Economic Counselor Reimund Magis told us February 11th that Austria is committed to the Nabucco project and to diversification of Europe's gas sources. That said, Austria viewed Russia as a "strategic partner" on energy issues and planned to continue to carefull [...]	2008-02-15 05:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW433	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Seversk Business Development Agency, Seversk, Russia. The [...]	2008-02-15 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MUSCAT99	2008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART I [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 13:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU
08NAIROBI2563	NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KENYAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KE
08NAIROBI2667	KENYANS MOVE AHEAD ON NEW PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the UK's Royal Navy seized eight Somali nationals in international waters off the coast of Yemen after the British responded to a distress call from a Danish ship that the Somalis had attempted to board. After proceeding to Mombasa, Kenya, the British relinquishe [...]	2008-11-26 12:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS UK SO DA
08NAIROBI2869	UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI [...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...]	2008-12-23 12:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA
08NAPLES38	ORGANIZED CRIME III: CONFRONTING ORGANIZED CRIME IN [...] (C) Summary: This is the third of a three-part series (see reftels A-B for parts I and II); this message offers views on how to combat organized crime in Italy. The USG has a significant stake in the fight against organized crime in Italy. The Italian crime syndicates help support terrorist groups [...]	2008-06-06 17:20:00	Consulate Naples	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT
08NAPLES96	CAN CALABRIA BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Summary: If it were not part of Italy, Calabria would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate controls vast portions of its territory and economy, and accounts for at least three percent of Italy's GDP (probably much more) through drug trafficking, extortion and usury. La [...]	2008-12-02 15:02:00	Consulate Naples	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL BEXP SENV SOCI KCRM KCOR IT
08NASSAU206	PM INGRAHAM OUTLINES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Ingraham recently delivered an upbeat assessment of his government's accomplishments in 2007 against the background of negative economic conditions in the wider world and worries over crime and economic uncertainty at home. Ingraham put a brave face on "a difficult year" [...]	2008-03-10 17:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SMIG BF
08NASSAU764	AFTER SUMMER RESHUFFLE, NEW GCOB INITIATIVES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham consolidated his government after a cabinet reshuffle in July and launched several new initiatives in the first hundred days since. The new Ministry of Environment has energetically pushed renewable energy options, while the new Minister of Tourism has u [...]	2008-10-30 14:17:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON BF
08NDJAMENA411	CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 8-12, 2008 [...] FOLLOWING SIGNATURE ON AUGUST 18, 2008 OF A PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE SIRTE ACCORD, 22 OFFICERS FROM THE REBEL "RASSEMBLEMENT DES FORCES DE CHANGEMENT" (RFC) ARRIVED IN NDJAMENA TO BEGIN REINTEGRATION INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY COLONEL ISAACK BACHAR TOGOU, RFC'S DEFENSE CO [...]	2008-09-15 09:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD
08NDJAMENA515	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] Embassy has received the following message for President-elect Obama from President Deby. Original will be forwarded by diplomatic pouch. Unofficial translation from the French follows. 2. His Excellency Mr. Barrack Obama, President elect of the United States Mr. President, With gre [...]	2008-11-07 09:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP CD
08NEWDELHI1372	AFTER BOMBS, RAJASTHAN THREATENS ACTION AGAINST [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led Rajasthan government asked its district magistrates to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state over the next 30 days. In the aftermath of the bombings which rocked Jaipur on May 13 to which the Indian government has link [...]	2008-05-20 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1721	DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Congress and JDS Team Up Against the BJP in Karnataka -- Jammu and Kashmir: Amarnath Yatra Begins -- Presumed "Dead" Former Bonded Labor [...]	2008-06-23 07:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI790	DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...]	2008-03-14 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS
08NEWDELHI895	WITH ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON, RAJASTHAN WRESTLES [...] (C) Summary: On a March 11-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloffs met journalists, politicians, and academicians to gauge the political and social pulse of the state before elections there in November 2008. Currently under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Chief Minister Vasundhara R [...]	2008-03-28 10:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN
08NIAMEY1133	NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON),in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF),hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...]	2008-12-03 11:28:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY
08NIAMEY1167	Embassy Niamey Confronts Gender-Based Violence in Niger [...] SUMMARY: Between November 26 - December 10, 2008, Embassy Niamey took advantage of the U.N.-sponsored "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" (reftel) to raise awareness successfully on issues of domestic violence and women's rights in Niger. Niamey's Public Affairs Section (PAS) [...]	2008-12-18 06:22:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KISL KWMN NG
08NIAMEY231	NIGER GSP PETITION: INTERIM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) DCM on February 20 made ref A demarche with Labor Ministry Secretary General Assane Harouna, National Commission against Forced Labor and Discrimination director Issa Dan Azoumi and the head of the Labor Ministry's child labor division, Dounama Abdou. They noted that the slavery study [...]	2008-02-25 08:51:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD SOCI USAID PREL NG
08NIAMEY534	THIRD SPAIN AND AFRICA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - EMPOWERMENT OF [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON) played host to the 3RD annual Spain and African Women's Conference, held May 12-13, 2008, in Niamey. GON President Mamadou Tandja (the only male speaker),Government of Spain (GOS) Vice President (VP) Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and GON Foreign Min [...]	2008-05-20 15:13:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN ECON EAID SCUL PHUM XA NG SP
08NOUAKCHOTT431	SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD),a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...]	2008-08-12 20:46:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC MR
08OUAGADOUGOU1045	BURKINA FASO: 2008-09 INSCR PART II MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Per reftel request, below is Part Two of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report concerning Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, submitted in narrative form. Embassy Ouagadougou will forward a copy of the most recently published submission via unclassified email to the addressees [...]	2008-12-02 14:23:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU971	PRIME MINISTER STRESSES FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION WITH DONORS [...] (C) Prime Minister Zongo met with the Chiefs of Mission from donor countries and organizations on October 16th and 17th. In a private session on the 16th, Zongo was extremely open in accepting criticism of his government's progress on key economic issues, and instructed select Ministers to mov [...]	2008-10-20 15:29:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM UV
08PANAMA14	PANAMA: FIRST VP AND FM SAMUEL LEWIS' FIRST 2008 [...] (C) Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis touched up: -- President Martin Torrijos' impending trip to Cuba and perceived Cuba-Venezuela tensions; -- his exasperation at Chavez's ability to rise like a phoenix; -- his February travel to New York during Panama's UNSC Presidency; and -- Tor [...]	2008-01-04 16:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC VE CU PM
08PANAMA157	PANAMA POST: 6TH EDITION, VOLUME II [...] (C) The February 14 and 15 disturbances, vandalism, and clashes with the police led by radical construction union SUNTRACS and efforts to respond to these outbursts largely pushed political activity off the public's radar scope. The Torrijos Administration, caught flat-footed by scope of the [...]	2008-02-22 15:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA461	PANAMA: SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT GREENLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Panamanian Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell secured unanimous approval for three of eleven elements of a long-pending USG-GOP anti-corruption program funded by USAID, Mitchell informed USAID Director on April 25, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ----- Mitchel [...]	2008-06-03 21:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS PM
08PANAMA469	PANAMA POST: EDITION 10, VOLUME II [...] (C) In this edition of the Panama Post, our top stories include: -- Former President Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares announces that he will endorse Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro in the race to secure the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential nomination; -- P [...]	2008-06-06 17:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA542	PANAMA: LUIS POSADA'S PARDON REVOKED BY SUPREME [...] (U) The Panamanian Supreme Court unanimously revoked the 2004 pardon of Luis Posada Carriles (accused of plotting to assassinate ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the 2000 Ibero-American summit in Panama),three of Posada's accomplices, and 179 other individuals on June 30. This retroactiv [...]	2008-07-03 19:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU
08PANAMA623	GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...]	2008-07-28 20:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR
08PANAMA698	PANAMA: HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (U) Post plans to provide a regular human rights update to supplement the yearly Human Rights Report in order to track emerging changes in the human rights situation in Panama. Below follows a summary of Post's most recent contact with a number of groups advocating for the rights of individu [...]	2008-08-21 20:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM
08PANAMA74	PANAMA: NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Recognizing that Panama's judiciary has "a corruption problem" and believing that he has limited powers to sway the opinion of the court's other magistrates, newly installed Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell told Ambassador on January 14 that he planned to use his authority and bul [...]	2008-01-25 14:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM EAID ECON PM
08PARIS141	FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2008-01-28 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
08PARIS408	FRANCE'S MUNICIPAL AND CANTONAL ELECTIONS -- [...] (U) In a two-round election Sunday March 9 and Sunday March 16, France's voters will go to the polls to elect the municipal councils of their -- nearly 37,000 - communes of residence. These communal (also called municipal) councils in turn elect, from among their members, the country's nearly [...]	2008-03-06 16:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR
08PESHAWAR391	PAKISTAN'S PROSPECTS FOR CURBING MILITANCY [...] (C) Despite the presence of over 100,000 combined military/security forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and over 50,000 in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),the government has been losing space to militants since 2002. The pace of loss has accelerated over the past [...]	2008-07-08 13:02:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PINR PK
08PESHAWAR394	FATA: KHYBER OPERATION TRANSITIONS TO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) A military operation in the Bara area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Khyber agency has given way to negotiations with tribesmen. Khyber's Political Agent (PA) has prepared a list of demands that he intends to deliver to militant leaders with whom he believes he is negot [...]	2008-07-09 12:12:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK
08PORTAUPRINCE102	PREVAL TAKES ON IMPUNITY AS HIS NEXT CAUSE, ASKS [...] (C) President Preval has told us that he Haitian judicial system is in no position to mete out justice in the wave of so-called "blood crimes", notably kidnapping and murder, which have marked the Haitian landscape for the past few years. With more than 700 gang members in jail, Preval wants [...]	2008-01-18 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HA UN
08PORTAUPRINCE1163	CHIEF PROSECUTOR RESIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claudy Gassant made a surprise announcement on August 12, publicly submitting his letter of resignation as Chief Prosecutor. Gassant, whose professional and personal behavior has become increasingly erratic and occasionally and violent over the past several weeks, made the an [...]	2008-08-13 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE1458	NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR PLEDGES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The new Chief Prosecutor of Port au Prince, Joseph Manes Louis, says he wants to address the widespread corruption in Haiti's judicial system and improve relations between his office the Haitian National Police (HNP). He will have to follow-through with the these reforms if he [...]	2008-10-15 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1460	HAITI'S TOP JUDGE LASHES JUDICIARY FOR CORRUPTION, [...] (U) Haiti's top judge opened this year's judicial session with a scathing critique of corruption and incompetence in the criminal justice system and associated government offices. He outlined areas where reform is badly needed, particularly the setting up of the already mandated Superior Coun [...]	2008-10-16 12:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1522	ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS PICK UP STEAM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassifed -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After doing virtually nothing over the past year to prosecute corruption cases, law enforcement authorities in October moved against a handful of corruption suspects. The most significant [...]	2008-10-30 19:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1575	HAITI SCHOOL COLLAPSE: NO SHORTAGE OF BLAME [...] (SBU) Summary: Rescue teams have transitioned from rescue work to recovery of bodies buried in debris after the collapse November 7 of a primary and secondary school in Port au Prince. As Haitian officials begin the blame game, prosecutors have already arrested the director of the school and [...]	2008-11-13 12:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID HA PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE1576	HAITI SCHOOL COLLAPSE: NO SHORTAGE OF BLAME [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Rescue teams have transitioned from rescue work to recovery of bodies buried in debris after the collapse November 7 of a primary and secondary school in Port au Prince. As Haitian officials begi [...]	2008-11-13 12:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1710	SENIOR POLICE OFFICER JAILED IN DRUG-RELATED [...] (C) Summary: A 35 year old Haitian woman with suspected connections to drug-trafficking networks was kidnapped from her home in Port-au-Prince and murdered on November 30 just outside of the capital. A regional Haitian National Police (HNP) Commissioner and several lower-ranking HNP officers [...]	2008-12-12 19:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE341	HAITI IN 2008: FOUR YEARS AFTER ARISTIDE [...] (C) Summary: Four years after the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti now enjoys a degree of stability not seen here in almost a decade. A democratically elected President and Parliament, a growing national police force, strong international support, led by the United State [...]	2008-02-29 17:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID HA KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS KPKO PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE37	HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HA PGOV PHUM PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE374	HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) LAVALAS PARTISANS MARCH ON 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARISTIDE DEPARTURE A crowd of seve [...]	2008-03-07 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	HA PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN
08PORTAUPRINCE520	SENATOR BOULOS RETRACTS RESIGNATION; DUAL [...] (SBU) Senate Vice Presdent Rudolph Boulos withdrew his resignation fro the Senate in a March 19 letter to the Presiden of that body, one day after he walked out of theSenate session that labeled him and another Senato a dual national and hence not a legal member ofthat body. Claiming to still [...]	2008-04-01 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE553	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITIAN PRISON CONDITIONS [...] Summary: Ambassador Sanderson met with HNP Director of Prison Administration Celestin on April 4. They discussed current prison conditions, plans for facility construction and renovation, staffing gaps, USG assistance and the major problems facing the Haitian corrections system. He is appr [...]	2008-04-08 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM HA
08PORTLOUIS381	PARADISE LOST: HOW CORRUPTION BANKRUPTED SEYCHELLES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) An overall lack of transparency and corruption throughout the ranks are behind the Seychelles' recent international appeal for help after a chronic lack of foreign exchange, loan defaults, drastic inflation, and an excessive debt burden of 175 percent of GDP effectively left the [...]	2008-11-07 07:21:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV SE
08PORTOFSPAIN60	T&T COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: Recent parliamentary debate on the Copyright Amendment Bill has drawn the attention of government officials and the media to the issue of intellectual property rights in Trinidad and Tobago. One Member of Parliament called for education to combat piracy and encourage good decision-mak [...]	2008-01-31 18:47:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR KCRM TD
08PRETORIA2195	SOUTH AFRICA INPUT FOR 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, Post provides the following input for the 2009 AGOA eligibility review. -------------------------- Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of South Africa was 48.7 million in mid-2008. In 2007, South African Gross National Income [...]	2008-10-06 15:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AGOA SF
08PRETORIA2395	WJEI IN SOUTH AFRICA (2) - ANNEXURES [...] This cable provides annexures to reftel cable, "WJEI IN SOUTH AFRICA: BUILDING ON SUCCESS." --------------------------------------------- --------------- IV. "FINAL PROGRAM DESIGN" --------------------------------------------- --------------- 2. Per the format requested by [...]	2008-10-31 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2573	JUDICIAL WORKSHOP ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CASE [...] (U) Summary: More than 200 South African regional magistrates attended a USG-funded IPR workshop near Johannesburg on November 13-15. The workshop follows earlier USG-funded programs on the investigation and prosecution of IPR offenses. These programs have enhanced the capacity of South Af [...]	2008-11-25 13:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR SF
08QUITO633	UPDATE ON SEIZURE OF ISAIAS GROUP PROPERTIES [...] (C) Summary. The Constituent Assembly approved a mandate ratifying the Correa Administration's decision to seize the assets of the Isaias group and blocking any judicial appeal. One former Finance official, who worked on the Filanbank/Isaias case under a previous government, believes that [...]	2008-07-11 15:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EC
08RABAT1017	RABAT'S COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, the Japanese DCM convened the only G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting during Japan's presidency. Representatives of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated, as did representatives of the European Union, [...]	2008-10-23 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN MO
08RABAT1025	MEPI 4TH QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from July 1 - September 30. During the quarter the Women in Technology (WIT) program was launched. Highlights from existing programs included activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Bet [...]	2008-10-24 16:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT29	MOROCCO: CODEL MARTINEZ MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS. [...] (C) On January 5, CODEL Martinez met Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and Speaker of the House-equivalent Mustapha Mansouri among other Moroccan officials. Interlocutors thanked the delegation for U.S. support for the Moroccan Western Sahara proposal and criticized Algeria and the POLISARIO. T [...]	2008-01-14 08:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP MOPS PREL SENV MO
08RABAT434	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. During the quarter, NEA DAS Kent Patton visited Morocco and post approved a new local grant proposal. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employabil [...]	2008-05-14 13:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT89	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. During the quarter, two representatives from MEPI's Washington offices visited Morocco. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a B [...]	2008-01-28 18:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08ROME1048	BERLUSCONI'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FIRST HUNDRED DAYS [...] (C) Defying expectations, Silvio Berlusconi used his first hundred days back in government to deliver results on election promises, though long-term solutions are still needed. The trash problem in Campania is not yet permanently solved, but the streets are cleared and troops are keeping dump [...]	2008-08-14 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT
08ROME1136	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1267 DE-LISTING REQUESTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post presented reftel A points to Italian MFA and Treasury officials on the delisting requests of Youssef Nada and Ali Ghaleb Himmat. The GOI no longer thinks a USG public statement on Nada's case is necessary, though it continues to face pressure from his attorney to suppor [...]	2008-09-10 15:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER IT
08ROME1279	ITALY: FALL REGIONAL ELECTIONS A TEST FOR [...] (C) Two elections in the coming weeks will be the first opportunity for the electorate to speak since the center-right's resounding victory in April. Provincial elections in Trentino (October 26) could go either way, but given the center left's traditional strength in the province, a center ri [...]	2008-10-23 07:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT
08ROME1416	THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY SERVICE: AN [...] (C) Summary. Italy abolished its Office of the High Commissioner Against Corruption in June 2008. The Berlusconi Government defended the closure as a cost-cutting move, and said the functions of the office would be subsumed by another, newly created GOI office, the Anti-Corruption and Transpar [...]	2008-11-20 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KJUS PGOV
08ROME1485	PIRACY: ITALY FAVORS ROBUST APPROACH BUT MAY LACK [...] (C) Poloffs raised reftel points with Italian MFA NATO Desk Officer Andrea Romussi and UN Desk Officer Gabriela Biondi on December 4. They said Italy shared U.S. concerns over the increasing danger of piracy and the threat it posed to commerce, maritime safety and the delivery humanitarian as [...]	2008-12-08 09:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER NATO IT
08ROME190	ITALY/TERROR FINANCE: NEW POLICY RELIES ON LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: In response to a US request, the GOI will not reveal to Italian National Nada the US decision to oppose his de-listing at the 1267 committee. The GOI repeated its request to be informed of the US position on the de-listing case of Himmat, a colleague of Nada's, before the March 1 [...]	2008-02-11 16:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08ROME711	ITALY/TERROR FINANCE: A NEW PROCEDURE ON 1267 [...] (C) Summary: The Italian Government has determined that it cannot continue to support the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) listing of its nationals if they have been cleared of criminal charges. Italy will support delisting requests from persons cleared of charges, but it will forward delisting reque [...]	2008-06-04 15:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KFIN IT
08ROME72	ITALY: MINISTER OF JUSTICE SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] (C/NF) Minister of Justice Clemente Mastella submitted his resignation January 16 after prosecutors ordered the provisional house arrest of his wife, also a prominent politician. PM Prodi quickly rejected his resignation. It is unclear whether Mastella will insist on resigning, though an off [...]	2008-01-16 18:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV IT
08ROME840	ITALY: BERLUSCONI HITS STRONG HEADWINDS [...] (C/NF) After a very strong first month in office, PM Berlusconi's political honeymoon has been upset by prosecutors accelerating proceedings in criminal cases pending against him. These proceedings, leaked wiretaps, as well as the probability of further leaks have Berlusconi insiders concerned. The [...]	2008-07-03 16:54:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV IT
08SANJOSE5	ANOTHER CAFTA REFERENDUM GAMBIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme Election Tribunal (TSE) accepted a petition to collect signatures for another CAFTA-related referendum, this one to ratify the UPOV (Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) Convention and to approve related legislation. The Convention and legislation [...]	2008-01-03 22:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ETRD PGOV PINR PREL SENV
08SANJOSE541	SCENESETTER FOR AUSTR EISSENSTAT'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes AUSTR Everett Eissenstat and his team. The Arias administration seems prepared for a final political push on the remaining CAFTA-DR legislation, and sees the AUSTR visit as an essential component of that push. GOCR officials evince confidence abou [...]	2008-06-23 22:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PREL

08SANJOSE593	COSTA RICA - AUSTR VISIT CLEARLY LAYS OUT REMAINING CAFTA [...] (SBU) Visiting Costa Rica June 24-26 at GOCR request, AUSTR Everett Eissenstat told GOCR officials that legislative solutions are required to resolve the state guarantee (insurance) and biodiversity issues. GOCR officials, including President Arias, made equally clear that new legislation at t [...]	2008-07-11 22:25:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CS
08SANJOSE745	SUPREME COURT RULING DELAYS CAFTA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Costa Rican Supreme Court has thrown up one more obstacle to CAFTA, ruling that one section of the final CAFTA implementation bill (on IPR and biodiversity issues) was unconstitutional. The Constitutional Chamber (Sala IV) held that the GOCR should have consulted with Cost [...]	2008-09-12 23:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL
08SANSALVADOR1305	OAS RELEASES ELECTORAL REFORM PLAN TOO LATE [...] (U) Summary: The Organization for American States (OAS) released a technical plan to implement electoral reforms prior to the January and March 2009 elections; however, the plan is likely too late for real reform. End summary. 2. (U) The Organization for American States (OAS) released a te [...]	2008-11-21 22:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR750	A PRAGMATIC SHIFT OR MERELY A TACTICAL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: In 1980 the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front Party (FMLN) began as a loose coalition of leftist groups united with the goal of bringing down the conservative government. The tumultuous history of the FMLN continues to influence its actions and internal struggles today, as the par [...]	2008-06-24 17:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR843	EMERGING PLAN B SHOULD THE FMLN WIN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Salvador Samayoa told us of a "Plan B" in the works to insulate El Salvador from (leftist) FMLN mischief should Mauricio Funes win the March 2009 election. The draft plan is reportedly focused on preventing a catastrophic (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA loss in the Legislative Ass [...]	2008-07-14 22:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANTODOMINGO1608	FERNANDEZ'S PRIORITY: A NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, President Fernandez delivered his long-promised draft of a new constitution to the Congress. With the goal of a "democratic revolution," Fernandez proposes changes to the judiciary, presidential re-election, electoral system, nationality, and many other areas. [...]	2008-10-17 15:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1819	VISIT BY WHA DAS ROBINSON [...] (U) Summary: The November 17-19 visit of WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Robinson and WHA/CAR Deputy Director Willard Smith to the Dominican Republic provided them an opportunity to hear first hand about the challenges faced by the GODR and Embassy Santo Domingo - the energy and fiscal cr [...]	2008-12-01 18:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO586	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: LEFTIST PARTY HOPES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In his April 16 meeting with PolOff, Guillermo Moreno, the presidential candidate for the political party Movement for Independence, Unity, and Change (MIUCA),expressed concern about the allegations of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party's (PLD) use of state resources for the [...]	2008-04-22 18:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
08SHANGHAI477	SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING FOLLOWS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The CPC Central Committee and the State Council recently approved Shanghai's plan on restructuring municipal government agencies. The restructuring is in line with the Central Government's administrative reorganization in March 2008 at the National People's Congress, which also was known [...]	2008-11-04 02:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV EAGR SENV CH
08SHANGHAI505	LUWAN DISTRICT OFFICIAL RETURNS TO SHANGHAI AFTER MYSTERIOUS [...] (C) An official from Shanghai's Luwan District returned home earlier this month after mysteriously disappearing during a business trip to France in October. It is unclear why the official vanished, or why he returned, but media reports have focused on corruption as the likely cause. Public sc [...]	2008-11-20 08:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH
08SOFIA124	BULGARIA: 2008 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen a significant energizing o [...]	2008-02-29 11:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
08SOFIA17	ONE YEAR IN, BULGARIA FINDS EU MEMBERSHIP BRINGS [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria welcomed January 1, 2007 with more than just fireworks -- it joined the EU with high expectations and hopes for rapid change. One year later, Bulgarians still overwhelmingly support the EU, but with a collective sigh (or shrug) about membership benefits. Bulgarians we [...]	2008-01-10 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA44	BULGARIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 09:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
08STATE4740	ITALY: INFORMATION REQUEST CONCERNING UN 1267 [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 11-14 and 18-19. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21, Stefania Fancello at the Italian MFA's Office of International Cooperation against Terrorism conveyed a request to Embassy Rome officials for more information on the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban [...]	2008-01-15 22:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE77798	USUN DEMARCHE FOR KK UNAMID SUPPORT [...] (C) This is an action request for USUN (para 4). 2. (C) In several recent meetings with the State Department, the most senior GOR leaders have delivered the message that Rwanda will pull out of Darfur if Rwandan UNAMID Deputy Force Commander General Karenzi Karake is removed. Most notab [...]	2008-07-19 00:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL RW SU UNSC
08SUVA13	FIJI: "LAND" ISSUE; ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES; PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Interim Finance Minister Chaudhry has proposed that he and interim PM Bainimarama can resolve Fiji's racially charged "land" issues. That vision has raised intense concern among ethnic-Fijians, most of whom trust neither Bainimarama nor Chaudhry to handle the issue. The interim governmen [...]	2008-01-15 17:11:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
08TAIPEI1042	SOUTHERN TAIWAN KMT LEADERS POSITIONING THE PARTY - AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 luncheon with DIR Young, prominent local KMT leaders assessed the early stages of President Ma's administration and blamed Ma's lagging poll ratings on the declining stock market and rising prices. Participants hoped that Terry Gou's Hon Hai electronics' major inve [...]	2008-07-16 04:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TW
08TAIPEI1044	SOUTHERN TAIWAN DPP "YOUNG TURK" INSISTS DPP POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 meeting with DIR, popular DPP Kaohsiung County Magistrate Yang Chiu-hsing praised new DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen despite some drawbacks and predicted DPP gains in 2009 county and mayoral elections. Lamenting the last two years of President Chen's administration as a [...]	2008-07-16 06:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1093	PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU: AN INTRODUCTORY PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou entered office on May 20 with high expectations that he would improve cross-Strait relations, strengthen economic performance, and help calm Taiwan's charged partisan political atmosphere. Ma's clean image, moderate political style, and reputation for integ [...]	2008-07-24 11:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
08TAIPEI1432	LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON KMT POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: In addition to low approval numbers in national polls, President Ma Ying-jeou suffers from a poor image within the KMT, Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director during an October 2 meeting. Despite his concerns about Ma's management style, Wang, a KMT power center [...]	2008-10-02 10:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI1471	Director's 10/6 Meetings with DPP Tainan Heavyweights [...] (SBU) Summary: In his October 6 meeting with the Director, Tainan County Magistrate Su commented on former President Chen's lingering influence in the DPP, foreshadowed the possible return of some of the DPP "old guard," and remarked on DPP Chair's Tsai concern over her image. In a separate [...]	2008-10-15 07:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TW
08TAIPEI1521	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON PRESIDENT MA [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Director on October 27, KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung attributed President Ma Ying-jeou's low standing in public opinion polls to the economic downturn, public disappointment that Ma's presidency has not fulfilled expectations, and Ma's early standoffish attitu [...]	2008-10-27 10:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1531	FORMER PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Director on October 24, former Premier Su Tseng-chang expressed disappointment that the DPP has not been able to take advantage of what he regarded as the dismal performance of President Ma Ying-jeou and the KMT administration. While Ma's approval rating in [...]	2008-10-30 00:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI156	RISING KMT STAR ERIC CHU ON ELECTIONS, "TYPHOONS" [...] (C) Summary. Taoyuan Magistrate Eric Chu, a rising younger generation KMT leader, told the Director on January 28 that he expects the KMT to "take off the table" its support for the UN referendum before the March 22 presidential election. He urged that the U.S. not make further statements, [...]	2008-02-01 07:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CH TW
08TAIPEI1599	DPP CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN FEARS MORE VIOLENCE IF [...] (C) Summary: A visibly tense Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on November 10 that she was decidedly downbeat about the future of Taiwan democracy. Claiming that President Ma Ying-jeou wasn't really in charge of his party (the KMT),Tsai predicted more p [...]	2008-11-12 09:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI16	LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PREVIEW: KMT SEEKS SWEEP IN [...] (C) Summary: In the January 12 Legislative Yuan (LY) elections, the pan-Blue camp is expected to win at least 10 of the 11 seats in northeastern Taiwan, the offshore islands of Matsu and Kinmen, and the two aborigine constituencies. With the exception of rural Ilan County, these districts an [...]	2008-01-04 11:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1603	FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN DETAINED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 11:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1604	FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN DETAINED ON [...] (C) Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian taken was taken into custody yesterday and sent this morning to the Taipei Detention Center where he is being held incommunicado. The Taipei District Court approved Chen's detention on grounds that he is suspected of committing corruption-related [...]	2008-11-12 22:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1627	TAIWAN PREPARES TO ADMIT PRC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 10, Education Minister Cheng Jei-ching announced that, beginning with the fall semester in 2009, Taiwan's colleges, universities and graduate schools will begin accepting up to 1,000 students per year from the PRC. Increasing cross-Strait contacts by opening Taiwan t [...]	2008-11-19 09:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ECIN CH TW KPAO
08TAIPEI1628	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director on November 17 that PRC ARATS Chairman Chen Yunlin had seemed satisfied with his visit to Taiwan, despite the protests. Wu was concerned that violence in some of the demonstrations would give the mainland a bad impression of Taiwan's [...]	2008-11-19 10:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1676	DPP STRUGGLES TO GET BACK INTO THE POLITICAL GAME [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Director, several DPP elders argued that the Ma administration under President Ma Ying-jeou has reversed course on Taiwan's democratization, citing the clampdown on protesters during the early November visit of PRC official Chen Yunlin and an alleged j [...]	2008-12-02 08:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CH TW
08TAIPEI1690	CORRUPTION CASES FUEL PARTISAN RIFT; PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The opposition is questioning the fairness of Taiwan's judicial process following the detentions of former President Chen Shui-bian and some other senior DPP politicians during corruption investigations. They charge the KMT government with manipulating the judicial system and vi [...]	2008-12-04 10:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1746	DPP CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN ON CHEN SHUI-BIAN AND PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian should be "brave" and face Taiwan's judicial process, opposition DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on December 16. Balancing pressure from Chen's supporters to do more on his behalf with views of critics within the party of the former preside [...]	2008-12-17 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1758	LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) assured the Director on December 16 that he would support speedy action by the LY to approve Taiwan's accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Wang discussed plans for his upcoming visit to Washington for the [...]	2008-12-19 06:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECON ETRD PHUM CH TW
08TAIPEI1759	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON THE UPCOMING KMT-CCP [...] (C) Summary: Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director on December 18 that he had agreed to the request of both Honorary Chairman Lien Chan and President Ma Ying-jeou to lead the KMT delegation to the KMT-CCP forum in Shanghai on December 20-21. Topics at the forum will include cross-Strait c [...]	2008-12-19 07:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD CH TW
08TAIPEI1789	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON CROSS-STRAIT FORUM, [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director on December 29 he was optimistic on prospects for a breakthrough regarding Taiwan's participation in the WHA next May, although he acknowledged the issue is not yet resolved. The Director noted that China objects to the U.S. raising the [...]	2008-12-31 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CH TW
08TAIPEI20	KAOHSIUNG LEADERS ON UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE AND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 3 trip to the south, Director Young discussed the upcoming legislative and presidential elections with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (DPP),Kaohsiung County Magistrate Yang Chiu-hsing (DPP) and Kuomintang (KMT) Kaohsiung City Chairman Hsu Fu-ming. Mayor Chen and Mag [...]	2008-01-07 10:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI281	DPP CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: DPP candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director on February 28 that the presidential race is much closer than polls suggest and he predicted the margin of victory will be within two percentage points. Hsieh plans to begin promoting the DPP's UN referendum to boost his campaign, but s [...]	2008-02-29 10:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI326	CONCERNS IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN ABOUT DPP PROSPECTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Some DPP officials and pro-DPP political experts in southern Taiwan express pessimism about the DPP's chances of winning the 2008 presidential election. Chiayi County Magistrate Chen Ming-wen (DPP) told the Deputy Director on March 8 that at this late stage in the campaign DPP [...]	2008-03-11 06:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI366	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: CENTRAL TAIWAN AGAIN THE [...] (C) Summary: The four counties of Taichung, Changhua, Yunlin and Nantou in central Taiwan portend to once again be the key battleground that decides Taiwan's March 22 presidential election. Both parties see the area as a critical buffer zone between the KMT-dominated "blue" north and the DP [...]	2008-03-14 12:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI371	TAIWAN ELECTIONS: DPP SCRAMBLING TO CONSOLIDATE SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Still playing catch up, DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh is scrambling to consolidate his southern base, the cornerstone of any pan-Green candidate's electoral support. His latest attacks on KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou's cross-Strait economic policies have hit a sweet spo [...]	2008-03-17 10:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI375	KMT'S MA YING-JEOU IN THE HOME STRETCH, [...] (C) Summary: KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou is taking nothing for granted in the run-up to the March 22 presidential election. He told Director Young in a March 15 meeting that only the deepest-blue cities and counties are "safe," and that he will campaign to the end. Ma conceded t [...]	2008-03-17 10:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI407	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN: DPP, KMT SEE [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on March 19 with the Director, DPP Kaohsiung County Magistrate Yang Chiu-Hsing insisted that the DPP had surged into the lead in this hotly-contested county, but KMT County Chair Liu Ching-tien claimed the race was nearly even. Yang believed that the "one- [...]	2008-03-21 10:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI408	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN: TIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: On election eve, most local observers believe that Frank Hsieh has not pulled away from Ma Ying-jeou in southern Taiwan, the DPP's heartland. Hsieh's southern campaign has picked up momentum as of late, but Ma is staying close in several populous southern areas. Kaohsiung is [...]	2008-03-21 10:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI421	KMT'S MA YING-JEOU WINS DECISIVE VICTORY IN [...] (C) Summary: The KMT's Ma Ying-jeou swept to victory with a record-breaking 58.4 percent of the votes in Taiwan's presidential election on March 22, beating the ruling DPP candidate Frank Hsieh, who took 41.6 percent of the votes. On a day when the entire island enjoyed good weather, the elec [...]	2008-03-24 11:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI452	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON MA YING-JEOU'S [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Director Young on March 27, KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung conceded that president-elect Ma Ying-jeou had jumped the gun by publicly announcing his desire to visit the U.S. before consulting AIT first. To avoid embarrassment, Wu expressed hope the U.S. would allow t [...]	2008-03-28 11:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI482	FORMER PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE HEAD YEH CHU-LAN ON DPP [...] (C) Summary: DPP Central Standing Committee (CSC) member Yeh Chu-lan told the Director on April 2 that recent election defeats should not be blamed on a single person such as President Chen. Rather, those involved in party decision making at all levels should take responsibility. The DPP ne [...]	2008-04-03 11:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI499	MA INSIDER TAOYUAN MAGISTRATE ERIC CHU PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: Taoyuan Magistrate Eric Chu told the Director privately on April 9 that President-elect Ma Ying-jeou had already chosen his premier (Prof. Liu Chao-hsuan),and the likely candidates for Foreign Minister (David Lee),National Security Adviser (Su Chi),and the head of the Straits [...]	2008-04-10 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI509	NEW TIDE FACTION ELDER WU NAI-JEN ON DPP POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: During an April 10 meeting with the Director, DPP New Tide faction elder Wu Nai-jen told us he expects it will take some time for the DPP to recover from its back-to-back election defeats earlier this year. The party must first confront the reasons for the losses: corruption, e [...]	2008-04-11 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI571	FORMER PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG DISCUSSES DPP [...] (C) Summary: Former Premier Su Tseng-chang told the Director on April 24 that former Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen hopes to win the May 18 DPP chairperson election by a wide margin in order to have a strong mandate. The party needs to first focus its attention on restoring its former reputation [...]	2008-04-24 11:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI58	SOUTHERN TAIWAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RESULTS AND RALLY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) barely won a majority of seats in its traditional southern heartland in the January 12 legislative elections. DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh held a campaign rally in Kaohsiung the day after the DPP setback with a good turn- [...]	2008-01-14 07:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TW
08TAIPEI582	MA GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE: SECOND TRANCHE OF [...] (SBU) Premier-designate Liu Chao-hsuan today, April 28, announced the second tranche of eighteen appointments to his new cabinet, which will take office on May 20 following the swearing-in of President-elect Ma Ying-jeou and Vice President-elect Vincent Siew (see reftel for first tranche). Li [...]	2008-04-28 10:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR TW
08TAIPEI657	PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU'S NEW CABINET: DEMOGRAPHICS [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable describes the demographic profile of President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's cabinet (not including the National Security Council and Presidential Office appointments),with particular attention to the age, gender, birthplace, education, government experience, political conne [...]	2008-05-13 08:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI670	VANQUISHED KMT KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL CANDIDATE PLUGS KMT-LED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 09:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI833	TAIWAN-JAPAN RELATIONS HEAT UP OVER COLLISION NEAR [...] (SBU) At 3:38 a.m. local time on Tuesday, June 10, the "Lienho," a Taiwanese leisure fishing boat carrying 13 tourist passengers and three crew, sank after colliding with a Japan Coast Guard vessel during a chase near the disputed Diaoyutai (Senkaku) Islands in the East China Sea. Taiwanese c [...]	2008-06-16 10:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JP TW
08TAIPEI892	DPP CHAIRPERSON TSAI ING-WEN ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (C) Summary: New DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on June 20 that so far she has been accepted by party elders, whose support she needs to carry out reforms to strengthen the party's structure. The opposition DPP needs to reduce the damaging infighting in party primaries and to [...]	2008-06-23 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TW
08TAIPEI959	KMT INSIDER CANDIDLY DISCUSSES KMT POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: Taoyuan County Magistrate Eric Chu (protect) suggested to the Director on July 2 that recent maneuverings by Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng and other KMT leaders were part of the normal give and take of intra-party politics. In a free-wheeling discussion, this confidant of Pr [...]	2008-07-02 10:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ECON CH TW
08TEGUCIGALPA1021	SUPREME COURT ROLLS BACK 2001 CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled on November 14 to turn back 2001 reforms to the Constitution that established the office of the Vice President. The case effectively abolishes the office and returns Honduras to a system with three presidential designates. Those candidates running for pre [...]	2008-11-14 20:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1064	ZELAYA CONSULTS WITH AMBASSADOR ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya for a one-on-one lunch at the Residence on November 21 where they covered a number of issues, including the upcoming primary elections, Zelaya's proposal for a constitutional referendum, the impact of the global economic crisis o [...]	2008-11-25 19:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN ECON VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1072	ALL SET FOR THE KEY HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The primary elections of November 30 are a critical event in Honduras. Our Mission had been intimately involved with supporting democracy and the primary election process in Honduras for months. We have worked through our Democracy Working Group, in conjunction with the Group of [...]	2008-11-28 20:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA243	INCUMBENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER REAPPOINTED [...] (U) The incumbent head of the Honduran Human Rights Commission, Ramon Custodio, was reappointed by the Honduran National Congress to another six-year term on Wednesday. Custodio has been active in Human Rights since the 1980's and has been Human Rights Commissioner since 2002. The reappointm [...]	2008-03-14 14:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA41	CIRQUE DE MICHELETTI: THINGS GET OUT OF HAND IN [...] (C) Summary. Both the Constitutional Court and the plenary of the Supreme Court returned a decision of "not unconstitutional" in regards to the electoral reforms vetoed January 8 by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. This allowed President of Congress Roberto Micheletti to call for an override v [...]	2008-01-14 13:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA659	HONDURAN ELECTION SEASON KICK-OFF [...] (C) Summary: July 15 marks the official beginning of Honduran election season when leaders of political party factions turn in their slates to the party councils. By August 24, the names of the official primary candidates will be known. The two main parties are the Liberal Party and the Nat [...]	2008-07-14 18:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI SCUL ECON KCOR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA787	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DISQUALIFIES VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) disqualified Vice President Elvin Santos as a presidential candidate based on constitutional rules on candidates' qualifications. This action was taken despite the fact that the TSE 48 hours earlier had found Santos and his slates technically [...]	2008-08-25 19:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MOPS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA832	VP ELVIN SANTOS' MARCH GARNERS MORE SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Vice President and current Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos led a march to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on September 8 that garnered the support of over 20,000 people. Santos was protesting the fact that the TSE disqualified him as a candidate (see reftel). He tol [...]	2008-09-09 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA959	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) who informed him that things were progressing positively and that they felt well prepared for the upcoming primary elections on November 16. The TSE magistrates detailed their plans for both international [...]	2008-10-24 11:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA998	HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG [...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...]	2008-11-05 21:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
08TELAVIV2374	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- While Yediot reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni has offered Shas 1 billion shekels (around $ 260 million),Maariv reported that Livni signaled to Shas that she can no lo [...]	2008-10-23 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2733	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...]	2008-12-08 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2774	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Human Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told the newspaper that Likud is behind him and far-right-winger Moshe Feiglin will soon disappear. The Jerusal [...]	2008-12-11 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV442	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "When the malice of Hamas meets the confusion of an Israeli government that has no solution to the Qassam rocket fire, the outcome means playing wi [...]	2008-02-25 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TIRANA152	ALBANIA: 2007 TRFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 11:10:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AL KCRM KWMN SMIG KRD ASEC PREF
08TRIPOLI592	THUG LIFE: HANNIBAL AL-QADHAFI'S ARREST PROMPTS FISSURE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 16:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS ECON EAIR LY SZ
08TUNIS1145	JOURNALIST, LAWYER POSSIBLE TARGETS OF GOT [...] (C) Journalist Neziha Rejiba, better known by her pen name Om Zied, and her husband attorney Mokhtar Jallali have both had recent legal difficulties, giving rise to speculation that they are the targets of GOT harassment. As is common in Tunisia, Jallali remains in prison following a car ac [...]	2008-11-06 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1238	STORM CLOUDS GATHER: GAFSA TRIAL EMBODIES [...] (C) Thirty-eight protestors, arrested in coQunction with the January to June unemployment protests in the southwestern mining towns of Redeyef and Gafsa, were given sentences ranging from six to ten years on December 11. According to one defense attorney, the verdict was not unanimous. The [...]	2008-12-22 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS
08USNATO93	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 5, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer thanked the NAC for strengthening the Senior Civilian Representative's office and, in later discussion, reiterated his disagreement with a U.S. intelligence report that concluded the Afghan governme [...]	2008-03-11 13:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08VATICAN14	POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...]	2008-01-14 16:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT
08VATICAN26	UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY SEE: ECCLESIAL (LAY) MOVEMENTS, PART [...] (U) This is the second in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel A). In this cable, we provide an overview of ecclesial movemen [...]	2008-02-21 17:31:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08YAOUNDE1257	BIYA TAPS PARTY FAITHFUL TO RUN NEW ELECTION AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya appointed the membership of the newly created elections agency ELECAM in a Presidential Decree issued on December 30, one day after the legislative deadline. The process of devolving management of the elections from the central government to an independent [...]	2008-12-31 14:52:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM PINR CM
08YAOUNDE449	CAMEROON: 212F HELPS GRC DETAIN CORRUPT OFFICIAL [...] (U) Paragraph 6 of this message contains an Action Request for INL/C. 2. (U) Cameroonian police detained Zachaeus Mungwe Forjindam on May 7, the same day he was replaced as General Manager of the parastatal Cameroon Shipyard. Forjindam's arrest has been greeted by Cameroonian press rep [...]	2008-05-09 11:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR CVIS PREL ECON CM
08YAOUNDE622	CAMEROON: EMBASSY ENGAGES ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. On June 4, the Embassy hosted the opening ceremony for a USG-funded American Bar Association (ABA) seminar titled "Promoting a Multi-Disciplinary Strategy to Combating Trafficking in Persons". The Ambassador addressed the opening session by calling for stronger implementation of [...]	2008-06-17 13:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CM
08YAOUNDE856	CAMEROON: BIO OF DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE [...] (U) Summary. Philemon Yang, already a senior official in Cameroon's Presidency, is pegged by many for more senior positions in the Government of Cameroon, including perhaps as a future Prime Minister. Anglophone and comfortable with the Western (especially English-speaking) world, Yang has im [...]	2008-09-08 16:03:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL CM
08YAOUNDE885	Cameroon Requests Support for ICJ Candidate [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Cameroon has requested USG support for its candidate to the International Court of Justice, Professor Maurice Kamto. Kamto is an outstanding legal figure in Cameroon, whose experience in settling the Bakassi dispute and in unifying Anglophone and Francophone cr [...]	2008-09-15 10:31:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CM
08ZAGREB50	CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART I) [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]	2008-01-24 14:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
09ABIDJAN391	IVOIRIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy has informed the Ministry of Family that Cote d'Ivoire will face sanctions in 2011 if the country continues to remain on Tier 2 Watch List status. Representatives of both the Ministry of Family and the National Committee to Fight Trafficking told Poloff that they are ham [...]	2009-06-26 13:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IV
09ABUJA1822	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 2, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. ------------------------------------------- NIGERIA STRIVES FOR FAA CATEGORY ONE RATING ------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Nigeria cont [...]	2009-10-02 17:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EMIN PHUM PINR KTIP NI
09ABUJA1871	INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON GUINEA RECOMMENDS [...] (SBU) The October 12 International Contact Group (ICG) on Guinea discussed the crisis in Guinea and received reports of "total disorder" within Guinea and "harassment of the civilian population by a military which wants to impose itself on the country." "Les Forces Vivres" representatives gave [...]	2009-10-13 17:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA475	NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR USCIRF VISIT (MARCH [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Your visit comes two years into President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's four-year term. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections in April 2007, there was hope from Ni [...]	2009-03-19 07:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC PHUM PREL KIRF NI
09ADDISABABA2773	USAU: AFRICAN UNION TO NAME NEW SPECIAL [...] (U) This message is from USAU Ambassador Battle. 2. (C) The African Union (AU) will soon announce the appointment of Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra as the Special Representative of the Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, replacing Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira. Diarra, a long-time [...]	2009-11-24 12:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SO AU
09AITTAIPEI1063	MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT, JAPAN'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 1 on China's reaction to the visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan; on the "surprising" results of the KMT's primary for the year-end Hualien County Magistrate election; and on the H1N1 epidemic in Taiwan. In terms o [...]	2009-09-01 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1176	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1208	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize winners, among whom one holds an honorary position at Taiwan's Academia Sinica; on the upcoming NBA preseason game in Taipei; and on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrate [...]	2009-10-07 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1231	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 09:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1247	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 20 on the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes starting in 2011; on President Ma Ying-jeou's remarks on cross-Strait relations during his interview with Reuters Monday; and on the year-end city mayors' an [...]	2009-10-20 09:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1272	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 29 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan professional baseball players; and on [...]	2009-10-29 09:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1295	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: On November 4, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage to the controversy caused by the Taiwan government decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a front-page banne [...]	2009-11-04 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1326	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage from November 7 through 9 on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on U.S. President Barack Obam [...]	2009-11-09 09:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1370	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 17 on a financial memorandum of understanding inked between Taiwan and China Tuesday evening; on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China and his town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai Tuesday afterno [...]	2009-11-17 08:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1376	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language papers gave significant straightforward and editorial coverage November 18 to a joint statement released by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Tuesday. News coverage also focused on developments in cr [...]	2009-11-18 09:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1380	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 19 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on t [...]	2009-11-19 09:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW

09AITTAIPEI1391	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage November 20 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relation [...]	2009-11-24 04:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1395	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 24 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taiwan; on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island; and on Taiwan's falling unemployment rate from September to October. The pr [...]	2009-11-24 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1400	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 25 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit in Taiwan; on Premier Wu Den-yih's interview with several major Taiwan papers; and on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island. The [...]	2009-11-25 09:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1411	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 10:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1416	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT, PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 2 on the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, which are scheduled to be held on December 5, and on the sudden resignation of Japan's representative to Taiwan. Several papers also repor [...]	2009-12-02 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1425	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 08:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]	2009-12-07 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1442	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 8 on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, its impact on cross-Strait relations; and on the upcoming fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchan [...]	2009-12-08 07:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1449	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 9 on the U.S. beef issue, which was stalled at the legislative sessions Tuesday due to a boycott by DPP legislators; on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the isla [...]	2009-12-09 09:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1470	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 11 on the fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait, which will be held in Taichung from December 22-24; on possible U.S. arms [...]	2009-12-11 11:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI379	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI386	MEDIA REACTION: G-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392	MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]	2009-04-03 08:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI413	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 7 news coverage on the fraud scandals involving several high-ranking Taiwan military officials; on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrates' elections; on a Taiwan fishing boat which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the I [...]	2009-04-07 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI717	Penghu in Lead to Open Taiwan's First Casino [...] (SBU) Summary: Penghu County recently submitted an application to the Executive Yuan (EY) to establish a casino on the island, and will hold a legally-required referendum on the issue in August. The Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) will soon establish an interagency casino c [...]	2009-06-16 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV TW
09AITTAIPEI927	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 09:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI932	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS164	ALGERIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's population of roughly 35 million, its energy wealth, and growing demand for modern infrastructure and consumer products have generated broad interest in this market from companies around the world. But an often difficult business regulatory environment, symbolized by [...]	2009-02-17 07:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPOC PGOV USTR AG
09ALGIERS415	ALGERIA AND MEPI - MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) MEPI remains a valuable tool in Algeria, both to continue existing programming and to focus future programming on new opportunities we identify. In response to refs A and B, this cable outlines what programs work in Algeria, today and tomorrow, and why. MEPI programs support USG goals of [...]	2009-04-26 12:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PREL KPAO KDEM AG
09AMMAN2768	Controversial Landlord and Tenants Law Comes into Force; [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Landlord and Tenants Law came into effect on December 1 which will increase landlord rights and establish a mechanism with which to base future increases in rents. The law also includes termination dates for old leases. Critics expect the new law to hit hardest lower-inc [...]	2009-12-22 10:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI AMGT ABLD JO
09ANTANANARIVO141	MADAGASCAR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Madagascar is not a confirmed source or destination for internationally trafficked men and women, during the year there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values, poverty, corruption, lack of funding and capacit [...]	2009-03-02 13:54:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MA
09ANTANANARIVO204	THE TRANSITION GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andry Rajoelina has moved quickly to give his transition government a legal foundation, issuing an Ordinance on March 19 that outlines the roles and responsibilities of each element of Madagascar's new government. Most controversial will be his suspension of parliament (Article 1 [...]	2009-03-24 14:09:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO282	MADAGASCAR: BAPTISM BY FIRE -- RAJOELINA'S FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andry Rajoelina took power on March 17 in a military coup, and has spent his first month fending off political attacks, economic crises, and international condemnation. Rajoelina's High Transitional Authority (HAT) has a tenuous hold on the country, and his government retains an [...]	2009-04-17 11:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO283	MADAGASCAR'S TRANSITION CABINET PARTIALLY FORMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's transition cabinet remains incomplete, with only 12 ministers named (out of a planned 25),and the critical post of Minister of Defense still empty. Transition President Andry Rajoelina remains evasive on further appointments, and will likely wait until the full cab [...]	2009-04-18 04:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO301	MADAGASCAR: ADDITIONAL CABINET MEMBERS NAMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A second group of Madagascar's transition cabinet members was named on April 17, leaving only the mining, public works, agriculture/fisheries, and youth/sports portfolios unassigned. The cabinet now contains 21 ministers and one cabinet-level secretary of state, with several stru [...]	2009-04-23 13:28:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO73	MADAGASCAR: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] SUMMARY: The battle against child labor in Madagascar is being fought on several levels, with the GOM, civil society, and the international community working to coordinate policy, develop capacity, and get children out of work and into school. While the situation on the ground is still rather [...]	2009-02-02 10:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MA
09ASUNCION531	SUPREME COURT SHAKE-UP IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Via a controversial political deal between opposition parties, the Senate elected August 20 a new Supreme Court Justice to fill a two-year old vacancy and rejected reconfirmation of two Supreme Court Ministers. With three vacancies at stake, the Colorado Party, UNACE and a seve [...]	2009-08-25 14:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PA
09ATHENS519	PAVILIDIS AFFAIR PAINFUL, BUT NOT FATAL, TO RULING ND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 13:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR
09BAMAKO111	BLACK TAMACHEKS LOBBY FOR ANTI-SLAVERY LAW IN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ELAB ML
09BAMAKO195	MORE CRITICS TAKE AIM AT MALI'S EMBATTLED AUDITOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 13:20:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML
09BAMAKO251	MALI'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS STYMIED BY ITS OWN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, Malian authorities destroyed 20 tons of counterfeit goods - including fake toothpaste, soap, and other products valued at USD 40,000 to 60,000 - seized from local markets. The joint effort by the Regional Directorate of Trade and Competition (DRCC),law enforcement, [...]	2009-04-21 16:47:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO27	MALI SETS APRIL 26 DATE FOR 2009 LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 16:31:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO321	IN HASTE, MALI POSTS FLAWED LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 16:30:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO375	STRIKE OUT! MALI'S MAGISTRATES RETURN TO WORK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 16:29:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KJUS ML
09BAMAKO509	ARBITRARY DETENTION: ATT ORDERS ACQUITTED MAN TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, the Supreme Court of Mali reversed the conviction for embezzlement of Mamadou Baba Diawara, the former CEO of one of Mali's largest banks, and ordered that he and an accomplice be released from prison. The Minister of Justice, on orders from President Amadou Toumani Tou [...]	2009-07-31 09:39:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ML
09BAMAKO666	COSMETIC CHANGES IN STORE FOR THE MALIAN JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM ML
09BAMAKO68	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALI: FY 2009 [...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Mali. 2. Investment Climate Statement: A. Country Investment Policies and Practices. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment: The Malian government has made efforts to encourage foreign investment. It [...]	2009-02-02 14:09:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EIND EAID EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB
09BAMAKO77	LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRISONS, AND JUSTICE IN MALI: A [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to detention centers in Bamako, Mali's Public Prosecutor for the Court of Appeals Mahamadou Boire met with staff and inmates to verify prison conditions, identify areas of concern, and propose potential solutions to the two most pressing problems facing [...]	2009-02-06 09:07:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN208	BRUNEI MUSICIANS ACKNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE OF COPYRIGHT [...] (SBU) Local music composers and lyricists recently met with the International Confederation of Authors and Composers (CISAC) to discuss the establishment of a collective management organization (CMO). The CMO will manage and protect the copyright of players in the local music industry by colle [...]	2009-09-04 06:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN209	BRUNEI MUSICIANS ACKNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE OF COPYRIGHT [...] (SBU) Local music composers and lyricists recently met with the International Confederation of Authors and Composers (CISAC) to discuss the establishment of a collective management organization (CMO). The CMO will manage and protect the copyright of players in the local music industry by colle [...]	2009-09-04 07:07:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANGUI54	CAR: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2009 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 12:32:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CT
09BANJUL79	OPPOSITION LEADER CHARGED WITH SPYING AND SEDITION [...] (C) On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, opposition politician and former presidential candidate Mr. Halifa Sallah appeared in court charged with spying, acting with seditious intent and leading a procession without a police permit. Sallah was arrested March 8 and is likely to remain in detention bec [...]	2009-03-13 12:33:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GA
09BANJUL90	OPPOSITION POLITICIAN RELEASED UNCONDITIONALLY [...] On March 19, 2009, prominent Gambian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Halifa Sallah was released unconditionally after 11 days of detention for reporting on and protesting an ongoing campaign apparently supported by the government to rid the country of "witches" (reftel). T [...]	2009-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GA
09BEIJING1660	PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER GREEN DAM UNLIKELY TO PROMPT [...] (C) After an initial wave of media criticism, the Communist Party Propaganda Department ordered news outlets to report positively on the government's decision to require that new computers be sold with pre-installed Internet filtering software. Following the order, official media, including th [...]	2009-06-18 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIRUT240	LEBANON: THREE SUSPECTS RELEASED FOUR DAYS BEFORE [...] (C) Examining Magistrate Saqr Saqr released on bail three suspects in the Hariri assassination case on February 25. They had been incarcerated since late 2005 and early 2006. All three could still be charged and prosecuted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),scheduled to begin March Â [...]	2009-02-27 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT263	LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...]	2009-03-05 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE
09BEIRUT285	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ASSURES AA/S FELTMAN THAT [...] (C) Visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro recounted to DefMin Elias Murr on March 15 their visit to Damascus the day before, commenting on Syrian interest in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Mur [...]	2009-03-12 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT500	LEBANON: FOUR GENERALS' RELEASE: HIZBALLAH DEMANDS "JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY" [...] (C) In a May 1 speech following the release of the four generals detained in connection with Rafiq Hariri's assassination, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah implied that he would now be wary of future STL decisions because he faults the international court for the generals' prolonged detention. Nasrallah als [...]	2009-05-05 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BELGRADE1534	FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a Response to Action Request that solicited and provided instructions for preparing criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response encompasses proposals f [...]	2009-12-22 13:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS SNAR SR
09BELMOPAN229	BELIZE'S MONEY-GRAM MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONS [...] Recent GOB investigations into money laundering operations conducted through a MoneyGram sub-agency in Belize have revealed identity theft through the fraudulent use of the Belize City Council's drivers license database during the period October 2007 to December 2008. 2. Money Exchange In [...]	2009-06-11 20:53:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN EINV BH
09BELMOPAN238	CHIEF JUSTICE QUASHES CASE AGAINST FORMER PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 21:59:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN BH
09BELMOPAN57	FORMER PRIME MINISTER TO STAND TRIAL FOR THEFT [...] On February 10, 2009, Magistrate Earl Jones of the Municipal Court in Belmopan handed down a judgment finding that enough evidence had been submitted against former Prime Minister Said Musa for a prima facie case to be heard. As a result he ordered that Musa stand trial in the Supreme Court on [...]	2009-02-11 16:37:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL BH
09BELMOPAN66	BELIZE - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to reporting questions in (paras 23-25) in ref A. --------------------------- The Country's TIP Situation --------------------------- 23A. (SBU) Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking oc [...]	2009-02-19 21:39:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG BH
09BERN93	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 16:35:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
09BOGOTA1027	JUSTICE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS PROPOSE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 14:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1208	COLOMBIA: PROPOSED ACTION PLAN TO ENSURE CONTINUED [...] (C) The Colombian Supreme Court's recent denial of seven U.S. extradition requests marked the Court's shift to a more restrictive interpretation of Colombia's constitutional limits on extradition. The shift reflects a longstanding debate in Colombian judicial circles, a nationalist backlash [...]	2009-04-08 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1385	SUPREME COURT ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT [...] (C) After more than one hundred votes and a four month delay, the Supreme Court elected Augusto Ibanez as its new President. The delay reflected divisions between magistrates who favor a confrontational approach toward the executive and those who want lower Court-Executive tensions. Ibanez co [...]	2009-04-29 20:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1412	DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS [...] (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),alleging the DAS maintained an extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has had a uni [...]	2009-05-04 19:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1415	DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS [...] (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),alleging the DAS maintained an extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has had a uni [...]	2009-05-04 19:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1506	URIBE PLEDGES TO PROTECT JUSTICES FROM ILLEGAL [...] (C) President Uribe met with the heads of Colombia's highest courts following press revelations that Colombia's Department of Administrative Security (DAS) had conducted illegal surveillance and harassment of Supreme Court magistrates. The press reported that the magistrates left the meeting [...]	2009-05-13 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1587	REELECTION BILL PASSES FINAL SENATE VOTE - THREE [...] (C) The Senate approved a bill on May 19, that would modify the constitution to allow the 2010 reelection of President Uribe in the fourth, and final, vote on the measure in Congress. The House version, which would allow for reelection only in 2014, and the Senate version will need to be reco [...]	2009-05-20 20:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA1618	DAS REVELATIONS KEEP COMING [...] (C) The DAS scandal returned to the headlines on May 13 with media reports that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) had spied on leading opposition figures in the 2006 elections and that a former DAS official linked high-ranking GOC officials to the illegal surveillance of Supreme [...]	2009-05-22 17:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1624	DAS SCANDAL REIGNITES URIBE-COURT FEUD [...] (C) The longstanding feud between Colombia's judicial and executive branches reignited on May 14 after media reports claimed a former Department of Administrative Security (DAS) official had testified about high-level GOC involvement in the illegal surveillance and monitoring of Supreme Court [...]	2009-05-22 20:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1853	U PARTY MOVES AHEAD ON URIBE REELECTION--BUT ALSO [...] (C) President Uribe's allies remain focused on changing the Constitution to allow the president to run for a third term, but U party President Restrepo told us former-Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos would be the party's candidate if Uribe does not run. The bill to change the Constitution t [...]	2009-06-09 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA1879	BOTH SIDES UP THE ANTE IN EXECUTIVE-COURT FEUD [...] (C) The ongoing feud between the executive and judicial branches heated up in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 4 conviction of two former congressmen for accepting bribes from GOC officials to help President Uribe's first reelection initiative. The Casa de Narino responded on June 7 by re [...]	2009-06-11 19:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1975	SUPREME COURT AND GOC UPDATE POSTIIONS ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with leaders of Colombia's Supreme Court and with Interior and Justice Minister Valencia Cossio to discuss extradition-related issues. The Ambassador stressed the USG's desire to keep positive relations with the Court, and said the Court might find USG input [...]	2009-06-18 18:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1982	SUPREME COURT DENIES MARTIN SOMBRA'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) The Supreme Court denied our request for the extradition of FARC member Eli Mejia Mendoza ("Martin Sombra"),who was involved in the hostage-taking of the three American contractors rescued last July. The Court concluded that our request failed to meet the necessary "extraterritorial" req [...]	2009-06-18 23:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2016	CTI INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DAS SURVEILLANCE [...] (C) A preliminary Prosecutor General Office (Fiscalia) report confirms media claims of extensive spying on human rights groups, journalists, and opposition leaders by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS). Investigators found evidence that the DAS--probably illegally--set up a secre [...]	2009-06-23 18:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA2019	CTI INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DAS SURVEILLANCE [...] (C) A preliminary Prosecutor General Office (Fiscalia) report confirms media claims of extensive spying on human rights groups, journalists, and opposition leaders by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS). Investigators found evidence that the DAS--probably illegally--set up a secre [...]	2009-06-23 20:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA2156	URIBE PICKS FOR TOP PROSECUTOR FACE COURT SCRUTINY [...] (C) President Uribe nominated former Colombian Permanent Representative to the OAS Camilo Ospina, former Council of State magistrate Juan Angel Palacio, and long-time Uribe associate Virginia Uribe Betancur to replace Mario Iguaran as Prosecutor General. The Supreme Court will question all thre [...]	2009-07-08 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS CO
09BOGOTA2908	VFM FORERO GIVES AMBASSADOR READOUT ON UNASUR MEETING; AGREES TO LOWKEY DCA SIGNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	CO HO KJUS KTIA MARR PGOV PHUM PREL VZ XM
09BOGOTA2921	DAS ONCE AGAIN EMBROILED IN DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL [...] (S/NF) The Administrative Department of Security (DAS) is once again under fire with illegal recordings of Colombian magistrates leaked to the press and airing on the radio. Press article contend that recent scandals and subsequent investigations have not stopped the GOC from monitoring domest [...]	2009-09-10 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA2958	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TARGETED [...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield visited the prominent Colombian human rights NGO, the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) on September 4 to launch the Embassy's new human rights strategy. CCJ Director Gustavo Gallon attributed responsibility for illegal intelligence collection by the Administrati [...]	2009-09-15 21:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO
09BOGOTA2963	AMBASSADOR AND VP SANTOS DISCUSS RESPONSE TO DAS [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Vice President Francisco Santos and Administrative Department of Security (DAS) Director Felipe Munoz on September 15 to discuss DAS wiretapping scandals (reftel). The Ambassador made clear that the USG was close to severing all relations with the DAS. He stressed [...]	2009-09-16 15:16:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KJUS ASEC CO
09BOGOTA3035	Uribe Informs Ambassador of DAS Investigation Developments [...] (S/NF) President Alvaro Uribe emphasized to the Ambassador and DCM on September 21 that he is determined to get to the bottom of the scandals surrounding the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) (see reftels). New evidence indicates that the orders for improper wiretaps, including of an [...]	2009-09-22 13:34:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM PINR ASEC CO
09BOGOTA3043	(C/NF) COLOMBIAN SENATOR CLAIMS DEATH THREATS BY URIBE [...] (C/NF) Opposition Senator Rodrigo Lara told us he received death threats that he believes emanate from influential supporters of President Alvaro Uribe. Lara - son of a crusading Justice Minister slain by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel - claims his own anti-corruption efforts unearthed corrup [...]	2009-09-23 15:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KJUS SNAR
09BOGOTA3045	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR KERLIKOWSKE [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota warmly welcomes the visit of R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Your visit comes as Colombia faces new challenges from narcotrafficking groups as well as some political uncertainty. The Colombian Congress has just approved a referend [...]	2009-09-23 23:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3051	Supreme Court Refuses To Appoint Uribe Nominee for [...] (C) Tensions between President Alvaro Uribe and the Supreme Court flared September 16 when the Court refused to accept Uribe's slate of three nominees for Prosecutor General. Questioning the suitability, honesty, and independence of the proposed candidates, the Court voted to declare that the [...]	2009-09-24 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3057	Supreme Court Refuses To Appoint Uribe Nominee for [...] (C) Tensions between President Alvaro Uribe and the Supreme Court flared September 16 when the Court refused to accept Uribe's slate of three nominees for Prosecutor General. Questioning the suitability, honesty, and independence of the proposed candidates, the Court voted to declare that the [...]	2009-09-25 06:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3097	OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES HIGHLIGHT WEAKNESS IN THE [...] (U) Former Defense Minister Rafael Pardo of the Liberal Party and Senator Gustavo Petro of the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) won their parties' presidential primaries on September 27. These two opposition parties viewed the elections as a test of strength but voter turnout was much lower t [...]	2009-09-29 18:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3185	UPDATE ON ILLEGAL WIRETAP SCANDALS [...] (S/NF) Colombian Government officials continue to engage in damage control in the wake of wiretap scandals embroiling the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) and the Prosecutor General's Office. The Prosecutor General's Office is investigating alleged crimes by former DAS officials as [...]	2009-10-13 23:22:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3271	CNP HYPOTHESIS AS TO ILLEGAL WIRETAPS MASTERMINDS [...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolCouns and XXXXXXXXXXXX Colombia DeskOfficer on October 21 that the analysis of cell phone calls made by the six signers of mala fide judicial telephone intercept orders (see reftels) submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office pointed to an individual named XXXXXXX [...]	2009-10-27 23:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3277	Judicial Institutions' Family Feuds [...] (SBU) Colombia's dizzying array of judicial institutions has always made understanding and navigating its judicial system complicated and time-consuming. Moreover, recent turf battles have frozen the implementation of some policies and threaten to plunge the judicial system into crisis. Inspe [...]	2009-10-28 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS SOCI KWMN PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3333	Ambassador Discusses DAS Scandal and Judicial Cooperation [...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Court President Augusto Ibanez thanked the Ambassador for USG support in ensuring a successful U.S. visit for Colombian judges and emphasized the Court's desire for ongoing collaboration. The Ambassador impressed upon Ibanez the need for continued exchange programs between [...]	2009-11-09 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3373	URIBE REELECTION BID HITS ANOTHER SPEED BUMP [...] A sub-panel of Colombia's National Electoral Council (CNE) on November 12 announced it had invalidated the signatures on the nationwide petition that initiated the process of reforming the Constitution to allow President Uribe to run for a third term (ref A). The CNE's investigation began in [...]	2009-11-13 20:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3375	PROSECUTOR SINKS CASE AGAINST CORRUPT ADMIRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and the Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria) unexpectedly reversed course and called for all charges to be dropped in the case against retired Rear Admiral GarbrielArangoBacci for alleged links with narco-trafficking. In addition, b [...]	2009-11-13 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3405	COLOMBIA IN THE POLITICAL DOLDRUMS [...] (C) Colombian politics have entered a holding pattern while President Uribe awaits the next step of his quest for a third term. Scandals over agricultural subsidies and illegal surveillance have slightly tarnished Uribe's popularity but public concern over Venezuela's saber-ratting may bump him [...]	2009-11-17 18:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3435	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S DEC 2-6 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and Cartagena is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric and trade freeze as [...]	2009-11-24 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3437	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRASER'S NOV 30 - DEC 1 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric, violence against Colombians along the b [...]	2009-11-25 18:21:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3441	XXXXXXXXXXXX TO AMBASSADOR: GOC ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON VENEZUELA; PROBLEMS WITHIN MOD; NO NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on November 24 that President Uribe was angry with the USG for its lack of response to Venezuela's aggressions towards Colombia. XXXXXXXXXXXX also said the GOC was interpreting the cancelation of Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg's December 1-3 v [...]	2009-11-25 20:06:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS PHUM KJUS PINR VE CO
09BOGOTA3455	POLICE MAKE ARRESTS IN WIRETAP SCANDAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 22:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM CO
09BOGOTA3519	DAS DIRECTOR: ILLEGALITY OF SURVEILLANCE UNCLEAR [...] (C) In a meeting with Polcouns November 13, Administrative Department of Security (DAS) Director Felipe Munoz said that allegations against his agency of illegal surveillance were exaggerated in some cases. Nevertheless, he emphasized that DAS is cooperating with Colombian judicial authorities [...]	2009-12-07 22:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3521	COLOMBIAN COURTS TAKE TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (SBU) The Colombian courts handed down two positive decisions in human rights cases, and a disappointing one in a public corruption case. On December 2 the Supreme Court sentenced former Sucre Department Governor and Ambassador to Chile Salvador Arana to 40 years in prison for his role in orde [...]	2009-12-07 23:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3537	JUDICIAL SECTOR WORKERS BARRED FROM STRIKING [...] (SBU) On November 11 the Colombian Supreme Court ruled that a 2008 strike by 38,000 members of the National Association of Judicial Branch Employees (ASONAL JUDICIAL) over remuneration and judicial independence was illegal. The ruling has renewed debate over restrictions on the right of public [...]	2009-12-14 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
09BOGOTA3670	2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 17:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
09BOGOTA3672	2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 17:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
09BOGOTA3704	FOR RELEASE: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PAIPA UNDERSCORES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to Paipa, Boyaca, on November 5 to speak at the Supreme Court-organized National Summit of General Jurisdiction, a conference which brought together judges from all over Colombia. The Ambassador stressed the importance of access to justice during Colombia's journe [...]	2009-11-20 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR KJUS AID CO
09BOGOTA434	SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KIDNAPPING EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) The Colombian Supreme Court ruled on February 5 against the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan, ("Enrique Gafas") for the kidnapping of three Americans. This is the Court's seventh denial of U.S. extradition requests related to hostages or terrorism since August. In a confusi [...]	2009-02-11 20:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA569	DAS CONTINUES DOMESTIC SPYING [...] (C) Colombia's leading news magazine reported that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) illegally spied on a wide range of the GOC's domestic political opponents, including Supreme Court magistrates, opposition leaders and journalists. Some DAS officials reportedly monitored private [...]	2009-02-23 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA59	DECEMBER 2008: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The civilian Prosecutor General's Office announced investigations against four former generals for alleged previous ties to now-demobilized paramilitaries. On December 20, the FARC kidnapped ten men from Arrayanes (Meta). The Southern Bloc of the FARC admitted to the December 7 "mistake" ki [...]	2009-01-09 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO

09BOGOTA849	SUBJECT: URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER CONTINUES [...] (C) The recent scandal involving the Department of Administrative Security's (DAS) surveillance of several Supreme Court justices has exacerbated the already tense relations between the Court and the GOC. The dispute, originally centered on longstanding turf battles between the Supreme and Co [...]	2009-03-13 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA926	SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...]	2009-03-18 11:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA929	SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...]	2009-03-18 15:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA930	SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrique Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...]	2009-03-18 17:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA974	URIBE DEPLOYS TRUSTED LIEUTENANTS FOR REELECTION [...] (C) President Uribe has not said he intends to seek a third term in office, but his allies--with his support--are pushing hard for a constitutional change that would give him the option. Uribe has deployed trusted lieutenants to consolidate his control over coalition political parties and blo [...]	2009-03-20 22:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF CO
09BRAZZAVILLE143	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 11, 2009 [...] The date has been set: Presidential elections for the Republic of the Congo (ROC) will be held July 12. Eligibility regulations were published: a candidate must be of Congolese nationality, of good morality, must have 15 years of professional experience, be between the ages of 40 and 70, and [...]	2009-05-11 14:39:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETTC ETRD PGOV CF
09BRUSSELS1666	SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE [...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...]	2009-12-11 15:40:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF
09BRUSSELS1737	MINISTER OF INTERIOR DEFENDS GO-SLOW ATTITUDE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom on December 16 to discuss possible contributions to police training in Afghanistan. Turtelboom took credit for obtaining cabinet approval for sending two or three police trainers and a magistrate to the EUPOL Afghani [...]	2009-12-30 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV BE AF
09BRUSSELS1739	URGING BELGIUM TO STEP UP EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary: (C) Embassy Brussels has been conducting an intense campaign to encourage Belgium to step up its efforts to extend and increase its military commitment to Afghanistan, and to increase the level of its civilian assistance, including police trainers. This has been carried out through [...]	2009-12-31 13:14:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID AF BE
09BRUSSELS244	BELGIUM: 2009 TIP REPORT -- CORRECTED COPY [...] (U) POC for Brussels is Political Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov; Office:33-2-508-2483. 2. (U) Hours spent by Embassy Brussels preparing this report by employee: Charge Wayne Bush (FE-MC):3 hours; Political-Economic Counselor Richard Eason (FO-01): 8 hours; Political Office [...]	2009-02-20 15:55:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09BRUSSELS779	BELGIUM: PKK UPDATE [...] (S) Summary: Poloff and Polintern met with MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Thomas Baekelandt June 4 to receive an update on the PKK (DHKP/C) in Belgium prior to Deputy CT Coordinator Schlicher's scheduled trip to Brussels June 9. Poloff and Legatt also met with Belgian Federal Police Islam E [...]	2009-06-05 09:30:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	KTFN PGOV PREL PTER IZ BE
09BRUSSELS802	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht traveled to Iraq on May 27-28. While Belgium has been absent from Iraq for several years, his visit indicates a new willingness to be more active and cooperative with efforts to build security and good governance in the country. De Gucht [...]	2009-06-09 11:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EPET BE IZ
09BUCHAREST153	A PERFECT STORM: CORRUPTION, RULE OF LAW, AND JUSTICE REFORMS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: An unexpected convergence of factors has recently brought matters involving the Rule of Law (ROL) and much-needed justice reforms into high relief. These include, inter alia: reports of rising criminality amidst a declining economy; scandals involving the penal system; a parliamentary [...]	2009-03-06 11:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS EU RO
09BUCHAREST24	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. The Agency for Foreign Investment (ARIS),created in 2004, is designed to advertise the co [...]	2009-01-14 13:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
09BUCHAREST247	DNA CHIEF PROSECUTOR MORAR: MORE BOMBSHELL [...] (C) Summary: DNA Chief Prosecutor Daniel Morar warned Emboffs that the fast-track code reform package now being debated in parliament is flawed, given inadequate consultations and provisions that would lower or eliminate criminal penalties for corruption, reductions in the statutes of limitations, [...]	2009-04-10 14:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS RO
09BUCHAREST25	CHARGE CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU [...] (C) Newly-installed Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu met with Charge on January 14 to share his thoughts on those foreign policy issues Romania will emphasize during his tenure. He first focused on neighborhood concerns, including the importance of improving Romanian-Ukrainian relations. [...]	2009-01-15 05:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST525	ROMANIAN JUDICIARY UPDATE: CONSTITUTIONAL STALEMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, the Charge d'Affaires and DOJ RLA met with Prosecutor General Codruta Kovesi, Tom Barnes from the European Commission's Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, and Laura Stefan, anti-corruption expert with the Romanian Academic Society. Issues discussed included the [...]	2009-07-28 05:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS PREL RO
09BUENOSAIRES1179	ARGENTINA: VIOLENCE AMONG GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Argentine media and opposition are questioning government financial support of a group that attacked the venue for an October 16 speech in Jujuy by Senator Gerardo Morales, leader of the Radical Party (UCR). Morales blames 40 members of the piquetero group Tupac Amaru for orchest [...]	2009-10-31 00:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI AR
09BUENOSAIRES428	Argentina: Playing the Judicial Blame Game [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a political firestorm between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches on who is to blame for Argentina's increasingly dysfunctional judicial system. The courts have long been plagued by an overwhelming demand for [...]	2009-04-09 21:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES534	(C) ARGENTINA: RECENT UNSETTLING DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Recent moves by the Government of Argentina (GoA) undermine the independence and efficacy of Argentine agencies with jurisdiction over corruption cases. In early March, Manuel Garrido, Argentina's chief prosecutor for corrupton cases resigned, claiming frustration over perc [...]	2009-05-06 21:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM KFRD SNAR ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES56	Argentina: Supreme Court gradually reasserts itself [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although Argentina's overall court system is still perceived as inordinately slow and ineffective, the Supreme Court gained considerable ground in 2008. By rendering politically-sensitive judgments in leading cases or mandating executive branch action in some areas, Argentina's [...]	2009-01-16 20:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS ELAB SENV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES698	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER USES DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE ARM [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's husband and former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) reportedly has called on Argentina's Secretariat of Intelligence (SIDE) to dig up dirt against his closest competitor, Peronist dissident Francisco De Narvaez, and other politica [...]	2009-06-16 10:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES977	ARGENTINA: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEEKS TO DEEPEN LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with CDA on August 20, Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi expressed interest in expanding and deepening bilateral law enforcement cooperation on a wide range of areas including extradition, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism finance and [...]	2009-08-26 16:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM KFRD ASEC ELAB
09BUJUMBURA523	BURUNDI STRIKES OUT: TEACHERS WALK, NURSES MAY [...] Burundi's secondary school teachers went on strike September 28, joining primary school teachers who have been on strike since September 18, to demand a salary increase and harmonization of their pay scales with other government employees. The Minister of Civil Service asked the teachers to [...]	2009-09-29 15:35:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV BY
09CAIRO1818	TIP PROSECUTOR TALKS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFICKING LAW REF: CAIRO 1758 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG
09CANBERRA751	NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS TO BE CHANGED [...] (U) Summary: The government has proposed changes to Australia's counter-terrorism and national security laws which strengthen them in some areas, while softening them in others. The government will seek to expand the definition of terrorism and give police greater search powers. On the other h [...]	2009-08-13 23:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV PTER
09CAPETOWN80	CAPE TOWN'S "TIK"ING TIME BOMB [...] Summary: Cape Town is in the midst of a drug epidemic, with little relief in sight. Tik, South Africa's name for crystal methamphetamine, has emerged since about 2005 as the drug of choice for Cape Town residents, particularly from the city's ethnic "colored" community. The highly addictive d [...]	2009-03-30 12:13:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF SOCI
09CARACAS1134	CNE RECTOR WARNS ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS COULD COME AS [...] (C) Summary: Vicente Diaz, one of the five rectors of the National Electoral Council (CNE),met with Poloffs August 20 and speculated that President Chavez may call for National Assembly (AN) elections as early as March 2010. Diaz, who is the only rector not beholden to Chavez, suggested that this [...]	2009-08-27 23:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS272	SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS HIGHLIGHT JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) will hold internal elections March 4 to determine the president, vice-president, and a number of other posts. Current TSJ president Luisa Estella Morales is likely to be reelected to a third consecutive two-year term, arguing that the passage [...]	2009-03-03 21:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
09CARACAS306	SUPREME COURT ASSESSMENT UNDERSCORES REFLEXIVE [...] (C) Summary: A legal study quantifying the level of partisanship in the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) was released the week of March 2 to a number of local Venezuelan dailies. The study, conducted by legal scholar Antonio Canova, finds that the court has been unwilling to rule in favor of [...]	2009-03-10 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE
09CARACAS398	SUPREME COURT INITIATES ANOTHER JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Chavez Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) has announced an "integral restructuring" to combat corruption, although it is almost certainly a measure to remove judges or court officials who have not sufficiently demonstrated their "revolutionary" credentials. Judicial expert [...]	2009-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
09CARACAS539	CHAVEZ CONTINUES ATTACKS ON THE OPPOSITION AND [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez is now using Venezuela's highly politicized judiciary to go after well-known, but vulnerable, political supporters. He and his supporters also continue to put pressure on the opposition media, pursuing charges against prominent opposition journalist Teodoro Pe [...]	2009-04-29 15:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
09CARACAS547	NEW LAWS FURTHER POLITICIZE VENEZUELAN JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) passed two new judicial laws in April that will further diminish what independence remains within Venezuela's court system and make it easier for the executive and legislative branches to discipline or remove magistrates. Pundits assess that this is [...]	2009-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS VE
09CASABLANCA198	THE KING, THE COURTS, AND THE RISE OF ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: With only 150 judges in the entire commercial judiciary and close to 100,000 pending cases, Morocco's slow and often inept judicial system has made international firms increasingly skittish about investments and business transactions. In his major annual youth day address in lat [...]	2009-10-22 13:33:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CHENGDU296	GUIZHOU: PORTRAIT OF A SELF-PROMOTING COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: At 39 years old, Chen Cangxu has been the Secretary of the Guizhou Communist Youth League (GCYL) for the last two years. Over dinner, Chen told Consul General how he [...]	2009-12-09 08:26:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
09CHISINAU108	MOLDOVA: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 06:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM SMIG
09CHISINAU430	Embassy Enhances Continuing Legal [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April seminar, the Embassy, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Government of Moldova's (GOM) National Justice Institute trained 57 judges and prosecutors to understand Moldovan law and relevant UN conventions; taught them how to seek evidence from countries su [...]	2009-06-05 14:24:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU620	FY2009 Project Proposals for INL Law Enforcement [...] Summary: Post believes the best use of FSA/INL funds for law enforcement in Moldova will combine technical and training assistance to strengthen institutional as well as individual capacities. This cable outlines a program for using FY2009 funds to provide an array of projects for the Go [...]	2009-08-07 07:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID MD
09COLOMBO273	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 - MALDIVES [...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for Maldives for 2009. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT-MALDIVES JANUARY 2009 Investment Climate --Introduction Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 95 are exclusive resort islands. The popul [...]	2009-03-11 08:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MV
09COLOMBO602	SRI LANKA: CHARGE URGES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Foreign Secretary and Foreign Minister on June 9, Charge emphasized that the U.S. goal is to get bilateral relations with Sri Lanka on a more constructive, cooperative basis, as they were in the past. Charge noted that since the war was now behind u [...]	2009-06-10 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO67	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
09COLOMBO728	SRI LANKA: RESOLUTION OF CHILD SOLDIERS ISSUE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A/DCM, Poloff, and USAID met withUNICEF Representative and Protection Officer on July 17 to discuss GSL progress on facilitating release and rehabilitation of TMVP and LTTE child soldiers. UNICEF shared their data on under-age recruitment and noted progress on a number of fron [...]	2009-07-23 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO931	REPORT NUMBER THREE ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE (IPC) [...] (SBU) This is the third of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks, as outlined in Ref B. With a policy dialogue more focused on freedom of movement and issues associated with closed IDP camps, this report is shorter than its predecessors and focu [...]	2009-10-05 09:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO985	Sri Lanka TIFA Talks Take Incremental Steps Toward [...] (SBU) The United States and Sri Lanka held their seventh annual Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Colombo on October 15, which resulted in incremental advances but no breakthroughs. The TIFA talks covered agricultural and government procurement issues, progress in the D [...]	2009-10-23 05:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV ELAB KIPR KTEX CE
09CONAKRY736	FORCES VIVES REJECT PROPOSAL FOR TRANSITIONAL GOV'T [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guineans have recieved reports of the talks in Ouagadougou between Burkinabe President and mediator Blaise Compaore, the Forces Vives, and the CNDD with a mixture of concern, outrage, and resignation. After Compaore delivered his "non-paper" on November 20 outlining a proposed t [...]	2009-11-23 16:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ASEC GV
09COTONOU328	BENIN: WJEI LEADS BENINESE DELEGATION ON STUDY TOUR OF [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI),DOJ/OPDAT organized a study tour of South Africa for a Beninese delegation comprised of magistrates, representatives of the Justice, Health, and Family Ministries, and NGO representatives. The study tour [...]	2009-07-27 13:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN
09COTONOU339	BENIN: STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF COMPUTERIZED VOTER REGISTRY [...] SUMMARY: The GOB, political parties, and civil society are engaged in a fierce struggle for control of the Permanent Computerized Voter Registry (LEPI). In a climate of mutual suspicion, stakeholders are attempting to influence the composition and staffing of supporting committees. The group FO [...]	2009-08-05 09:55:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU424	BENIN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES ADULTERY LAWS [...] SUMMARY: In response to a complaint filed by a woman being prosecuted for adultery, the Constitutional Court ruled July 30, 2009, that adultery-related provisions contained in the Penal Code are unconstitutional on the grounds that these provisions discriminate against women. The Constitutional [...]	2009-09-11 06:40:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BN
09COTONOU564	BENIN REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2009 [...] SUMMARY: To mark the celebration of the International Education Week November 16-20, Cotonou Public Affairs Section organized a series of activities including communications on exchange programs, experience sharing by Fulbright and Humphrey alumni, a DVC on "Studying in the U.S" and the showing [...]	2009-11-30 08:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KIRC KPAO BN
09COTONOU597	BENIN: WJEI ORGANIZES TRAINING FOR MAGISTRATES, JUDICIAL [...] SUMMARY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI),DOJ/OPDAT AND DOJ/ICITAP organized a weeklong training for twenty magistrates, twenty judicial police officers, and ten public school administrators on how to combat violence against children, particularly sexual violenc [...]	2009-12-18 05:21:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN
09DAKAR207	SENEGAL: 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) As was the case in previous years Senegal continues to devote, time, resources and attention to combating trafficking in persons. 2. (U) responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Begin TIP report PARA 23: THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. Information on trafficking is gathered fr [...]	2009-02-19 11:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG SG
09DAKAR351	SENEGAL'S PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY PLANS TO AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the January 2008 establishment of broad and strict new public procurement requirements, the main regulatory agency, ARMP, is gearing up to conduct independent, far-reaching audits of public institutions' compliance with the new standards. This could prove politically d [...]	2009-03-24 11:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV ECON KCOR BTIO SG
09DAKAR748	SENEGAL'S MINISTER OF BUDGET WALKS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Junior Minister for Budget, Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow resigned from the Government of Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene NDiaye for "personal reasons". Sow was replaced immediately by Abdoulaye Diop, Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Hadjibou Soumare. Several obser [...]	2009-06-18 07:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DARESSALAAM128	ZANZIBAR: IDEAS FOR CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES; LOOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Professor Haroub Othman, Chairman of the Zanzibar Legal Service Center and one of the foremost observers of contemporary Zanzibar politics, holds the view that a power sharing deal between CCM and CUF needs to be in place before any referendum. The trick would be how to bring th [...]	2009-02-27 02:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR TZ
09DARESSALAAM747	TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:12:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL TZ
09DHAKA1014	BANGLADESH: DRAFT 2009-10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) officials charged with controlling and preventing illegal substance trafficking lacked sufficient training, equipment, continuity of leadership, and other resources [...]	2009-11-03 09:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SNAR IN BM BG
09DHAKA177	EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2008 to February 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG post-code: 583, fax number: 880-2-882-3744, e [...]	2009-02-22 00:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09DHAKA301	BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...]	2009-03-29 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG
09DHAKA365	NEW BANGLADESH PARLIAMENT'S FIRST SESSION MARRED [...] (C) Partisan squabbling and watering down of democratic-reform legislation marked the first session of the new Parliament that ended on 4/7. Despite early pledges to tone down the highly partisan nature of national politics, the ruling Awami League fought with the rival Bangladesh Nationalist [...]	2009-04-09 06:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM BG
09DHAKA466	PROGRESS REPORT: FBI CONDUCTS FOLLOW ON ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The Police investigation into the February 2009 BDR mutiny appears on track, with investigators continuing to follow the best practices shared by the FBI during an earlier visit. The investigation will likely require another six months, but as of now there is still no indication of outsid [...]	2009-05-07 13:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	ASEC MOPS PGOV PINR PBTS PHUM BG
09DHAKA908	RAB CHIEF COMMITTED TO IMPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General Hassan Mahmood Khandker outlined to Poloff RAB procedures for reviewing incidents involving the use of deadly force, discussed the recently completed U.S. Marshals visit, and asked for USG sponsored training. The DG also discussed the Gover [...]	2009-09-17 10:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PINS PGOV PINR PTER BG
09DURBAN35	STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER ANC AND IFP SUPPORTERS CLASH AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Nine students at the University of Zululand (UZ) were hospitalized after clashes between student supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Police officers have been deployed to UZ to curb any further violence. Political violence at UZ [...]	2009-04-07 06:30:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09FREETOWN217	MAY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma continued to focus in May towards reconciling the country's two major political parties, urging them to implement the communiquQ signed following the unrest in March. On the heels of the Cabinet reshuffle, Ministers have signed new performance contracts. The disin [...]	2009-06-12 11:00:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN231	STUDENTS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER IN FBC HAZING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12 the Magistrate Court conducting the preliminary investigations into the death of an eighteen year old freshman in the Faculty of Arts Fourah Bay College found all ten accused guilty of murder, rather than manslaughter. The defendants must now face official murder char [...]	2009-06-19 12:01:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SL
09FREETOWN249	WORKING DAY AND NIGHT: SL CORRUPTION FIGHT [...] Summary: Sierra Leone continues to struggle against pervasive corruption, particularly in the public sector, despite the strength of the Anti-Corruption Act amendment passed in 2008. As investigative reporting organizations such as Transparency International begin to include Sierra Leone in th [...]	2009-06-30 17:43:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS SL
09FREETOWN304	GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SIERRA LEONE [...] Summary: Gender-based violence (GBV) and inequality are tragic norms in Sierra Leone. Long-entrenched in the culture and reinforced during the civil war years, GBV is one of the most significant human rights issues facing Sierra Leone today. Though policy-makers, organizations, and the interna [...]	2009-08-03 17:13:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN ASEC KJUS KCRM SL
09FREETOWN443	PRISONERS RIOT OVER DELAYED JUSTICE [...] On November 10, inmates at the Bo Prison rioted to protest lengthy remands, adjournment of cases, and subsequent prolonged detentions. Windows were broken and some prison property destroyed, and the rioters threatened to lynch prison officers; the Office of National Security's Provincial Secur [...]	2009-11-12 12:39:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS PHUM SL
09FREETOWN462	SIERRA LEONE NARCOTICS WRAP-UP, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Sierra Leone continues to stay invested in the narcotics issue, and attempting to become more pro-active operationally despite resource constraints. International actors, including post, UK/SOCA, and the UN remain sources of support and encouragement, while also advancing our own [...]	2009-11-30 19:05:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN52	SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR PERRY [...] (U) Summary: On February 9th, the President of the Special Court (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter of Austria, and the Sierra Leonean Deputy Registrar, Binta Mansaray, discussed with Ambassador Perry their recent visit with the Management Committee and ongoing court related issues. End Summary. [...]	2009-02-13 12:53:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC KJUS PINR USUN SL
09FREETOWN56	SIERRA LEONE 2009 TIP SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone continues to struggle in the fight against trafficking. Internal politics and competing priorities overshadowed the TIP issue in terms of attention and financial support in 2008. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender, and Children's Affairs and the Sierra Leone Police contin [...]	2009-02-19 15:09:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL
09GUATEMALA170	GOG LEADERS DISCUSS APPLICABILITY OF COLOMBIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting February 18 for senior Guatemalan leaders, including Acting President Espada, with Embassy Bogota's NAS Director to discuss the applicability of Colombian lessons to Guatemala's deteriorating security environment. Bogota NAS Director identified political wil [...]	2009-02-24 08:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV ASEC PINR CO GT
09GUATEMALA311	A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] (C) During his March 19-21 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon met with President Colom, other senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, press, and the business sector. Colom said Guatemala's fiscal conservatism would h [...]	2009-04-01 17:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	PREL ECON SNAR CVIS PGOV PHUM UN HO ES CU GT
09GUATEMALA454	SUPREME COURT SELECTION: HIGH STAKES FOR RULE OF [...] (C) The Guatemalan Congress recently set aside draft legislation that would have cast much needed sunlight on the selection process for the next Supreme Court, which is to be selected not later than October. Congress will soon establish a nominating committee to select the 13 new magistrates [...]	2009-05-13 13:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT
09GUATEMALA497	ROSENBERG CASE OPENS DOOR TO IMPORTANT RULE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary: Public opinion, newly focused by the Rosenberg murder on corruption and transparency, created a political opening for the U.S. Embassy, along with the international community, to revive a stalled law to improve transparency in the process of selecting supreme court magistrates. T [...]	2009-05-26 18:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT
09GUATEMALA788	UNCHARTED TERRITORY: USG DELEGATION TO GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY: During the week of July 29, a USG delegation visited Guatemala to discuss next steps for the CAFTA-DR labor complaint. The purpose of the visit was three-fold: to verify the achievements made to date in the five cases; to discuss the issues still outstanding in each of the cases; an [...]	2009-08-18 16:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV ECON GT
09GUATEMALA919	Congress Elects Supreme Court Amid Controversy [...] (C) On September 30, the Guatemalan Congress elected the thirteen new members of the Supreme Court from a list of 26 candidates. The candidates' list was the result of a reformed and improved selection process which the U.S. and other embassies, as well as CICIG, had successfully encouraged C [...]	2009-10-02 19:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID GT
09GUATEMALA969	Congress Elects New Executive Board; Pre-Election Jockeying Under Way [...] (C) On October 27 Congress elected a new Executive Board. Roberto Alejos, of the governing UNE party, was re-elected as President of Congress. Alejos has been helpful to the Embassy, particularly on rule of law reform issues, and we anticipate two more important rule of law reform measures will soo [...]	2009-11-09 19:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PINR KDEM SOCI GT
09HARARE115	POLITICAL REPRESSION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Even after Morgan Tsvangirai's inauguration as Prime Minister, political detainees including Jestina Mukoko and approximately 29 others remain in State custody. Encouragingly, on February 13 some were allowed access to a private medical facility and Prime Minister Tsvangirai attempted to [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE119	ZIM NOTES 02-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai and Deputies Sworn Into Government... - Tsvangirai Picks Fill New Ministerial Posts... - While Mugabe Resorts to the Usual Suspects... - National Security Council Bill Passed... - Little Progress for Detainees... - Cholera on the Dec [...]	2009-02-13 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE130	ZANU-PF HARDLINERS USE ARRESTS TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (C) On Friday Feburary 13, MDC Treasurer and nominee for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Roy Bennett, was arrested at an airport outside Harare and taken in a high speed getaway to the eastern city of Mutare. Although lawyers were assured he would be brought to court on Monday February 16, the [...]	2009-02-18 05:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE142	ZIM NOTES 02-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - On the Political/Social Front PM, MFA Brief Diplomats and Donors... - New Ministers and Deputies Take Office... - UN Visit... - USAID Employee's Hearing Delayed - Again ... - Political Prisoners Remain in Custody... - More WOZA Arrests... - C [...]	2009-02-23 07:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE177	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftels. ------------------------ Zimbabwe's TIP Situation ------------------------ -- 23 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most information on trafficking comes fr [...]	2009-03-03 11:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
09HARARE182	BAIL APPROVALS INDICATE SLIGHT GOZ SHIFT IN RIGHT [...] (C) Of the 32 persons abducted between October and December 2008, 21 have now been released, including human rights activist Jestina Mukoko who was released on bail on March 2. The granting of Deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Roy Bennett's bail was reaffirmed in the high court on March 3 [...]	2009-03-04 16:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE207	ZANU-PF ORCHESTRATES RENEWED LAND GRABS [...] (C) On March 5, poloff met with Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union in Zimbabwe. According to Gifford, a recent upsurge in farm invasions that began in February is being orchestrated by Attorney General Tomana, President Mugabe, and the Zimbabwean High Court. Gifford no [...]	2009-03-11 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ZI
09HARARE218	MDC'S BENNETT RELEASED ON BAIL; STATE CONSIDERS [...] (C) Jailed Deputy Minister of Agriculture-designate Roy Bennett was released from a Mutare jail on March 12 after the Supreme Court Chief Justice upheld a previous, lower court decision to grant Bennett bail. The magistrate who originally ordered Benntt's release after a High Court order gran [...]	2009-03-12 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE221	BAD OMENS FOR ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURE [...] (C) As orchestrated land grabs by ZANU-PF continue, an informed contact reports that new Lands Minister Herbert Murerwa appears to be a captive of the permanent secretary inherited from Didymus Mutasa, and Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has no use for white commercial farmers. Without chea [...]	2009-03-13 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE222	ZIM NOTES 03-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tragic Car Accident Results in Death of Tsvangirai's Wife... - Roy Bennett Out on Bail... - Surge in Land Invasions Continues... - Retired Army Chief Dies... - New Independent Newspaper Seeks Approval... - Australia Makes Non-Humanitarian Donat [...]	2009-03-16 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE226	THE NEW GOZ: A ONE-MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The newly formed Government of Zimbabwe is not a government of national unity with shared values and goals. It is principally a forced marriage of two opposing parties that seek to strengthen themselves while weakening the other as they look toward elections in two years. 2. (C) The M [...]	2009-03-16 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE248	ZIM NOTES 03-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - New Government Making Progress, But Still Lacks Unity... - Conspiracy Theorists Continue to Blame U.S. for Accident... - Minister Matinenga Takes The Witness Stand... - MDC Members Remain Behind Bars For Post-Funeral Violence... - Giving Up On O [...]	2009-03-23 12:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE268	ZIM NOTES 03-27-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Parliament Getting its House in Order... - Zimbabwean Teachers Consider Striking... - Government Sponsors Stakeholders Meeting... - Cholera Continues to Decline... - Zimbabwe Hosts Tourism Conference... - Court Update... - Scandinavians Send D [...]	2009-03-30 11:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE29	TORTURE, TERRORISM, AND THE RED VAN: UPDATE ON [...] (C) Court cases continue for 18 Zimbabweans abducted between late October and mid-December who face various accusations related to terrorism, banditry, and mounting an armed insurgency. Prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others remain in custody until their next appearan [...]	2009-01-09 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE326	ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Outstanding Issues Still Outstanding... - Communications Portfolio in Limbo... - Constitutional Process Kicks Off... - Joint Independence Day Celebrations Planned... - MDC MPs Divided Over Cars... - U.S. Lauded for Lifting Travel Warning... - [...]	2009-04-20 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE33	ZIM NOTES 01-09-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Negotiations... - Ministers Shuffled, Still Room in the Cabinet for MDC... - Abductees Still in Prison... - GOZ Decides to Fight Cholera, Too? - Skyrocketing Media Fees Likely to Restrict Free Flow of Information... - Uganda Praised [...]	2009-01-12 16:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE367	DRAMATIC SETBACK: ZIM ABDUCTEES SENT BACK TO JAIL [...] (C) On May 5, Magistrate Catherine Chimwanda remanded 15 individuals, including prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, to prison pending their trials, which are currently scheduled for June and July 2009. Mukoko and others were abducted between October and December 2008, tortured, acc [...]	2009-05-05 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE394	MDC MP CONVICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE; OTHERS STILL FACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The advent of the transitional government has failed to stem political prosecutions of abductees as well as MPs. This week Matthias Mlambo, MDC-T MP for Chipinge East, was jailed for an effective seven months while his colleague Meki Makuyana, MDC-T MP for Chipinge South, also fac [...]	2009-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE40	MDC PARLIAMENTARIAN PUSHED OUT BY JUDGE [...] (SBU) A Zimbabwean judge disqualified an MDC member of parliament after convicting her of forging signatures nominating her to run in the March 2008 parliamentary elections. Lynette Karenyi was convicted by Magistrate Billard Musakwa of forging four signatures nominating her to contest the C [...]	2009-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE401	LAST THREE ABDUCTEES GRANTED BAIL; POLICE ARREST [...] (SBU) The legal drama surrounding the 18 people abducted in late 2008 continues. On May 13, High Court Justice November Mtshiya granted bail to the last three abductees still in custody: Kisimusi (Chris) Dhlamini, Ghandi Mudzingwa, and Andrisson Shadreck Manyere. In his ruling, Justice Mtshi [...]	2009-05-14 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE411	ZIM NOTES 05-15-09 [...] Tsvangirai Launches Next 100 Day Plan... Having just about completed the first 100 days of the unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai hosted a conference in Harare to lay out his plans and goals for the next 100. The plan groups the 32 ministries into five clusters (Economic, Inf [...]	2009-05-18 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE461	AG'S OFFICE STILL PURSUING LAWYER, JOURNALISTS, WOZA [...] (SBU) The harassment of human rights lawyers and independent journalists continues as the Attorney General's (AG) office--headed by ZANU-PF stalwart Johannes Tomana--shows no signs of letting up on politically motivated criminal prosecutions. Human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama and Zimbabwe I [...]	2009-06-02 15:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE47	ZIM NOTES 01-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai to Return, Meet Mugabe... - Conviction Threatens to Expel MDC MP from Parliament... - Still no Resolution on Court Cases... - SADC Tribunal Wrong Says Zimbabwean Supreme Court Justice... - Schools Opening or Not? - New Report on Zim [...]	2009-01-20 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI

09HARARE471	ZIM NOTES 05-29-09 [...] Post Welcomes CODEL to Zimbabwe: A Congressional delegation led by Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) is arriving in Harare this weekend for several days of meetings with senior government officials, the donor community, and civil society and business leaders. Representative Payne is current [...]	2009-06-08 12:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE477	CODEL PAYNE: GOZ AND CIVICS PLEAD FOR HEALTH, [...] (SBU) During his May 29-31 visit to Zimbabwe, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and three congressional staffers met with senior government officials including President Robert Mugabe (ref),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, Health Minister Dr. Henry Madzo [...]	2009-06-09 08:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE503	ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS ARREST OF SENIOR MDC OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana is continuing his pursuit of attorneys and MDC officials who seek to protect and defend the MDC officials who were abducted late last year. On June 16, at the behest of Tomana, senior MDC-T official Toendepi Shonhe was arrested on charges of perjury. [...]	2009-06-19 09:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE506	ZIM NOTES 06-19-09 [...] Tsvangirai Delegation Heads to Europe... Following last week's visit to the U.S., Prime Minister Tsvangirai turned his attention to contnental Europe, spending this week meeting with senior European officials. Justice Minister Chinamasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Mumbengegwi of ZANU-PF were [...]	2009-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE521	ZIM NOTES 06-26-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Next Stage in Constitutional Process Begins... - MP for Chiadzwa Convicted... - MDC Director General Still in Jail... - UK Ups Commitment Slightly... - State (Reluctantly) Admits Violating Mukoko's Rights... - South Africa Reconsiders Permit fo [...]	2009-06-29 08:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE522	ANOTHER MDC MP CONVICTED [...] (SBU) In a growing pattern of criminal conviction of MDC Members of Parliament (MPs),Shua Mudiwa MP for Mutare West (which includes the Chiadzwa diamond fields) was convicted on kidnapping charges on June 20. Mudiwa remains in custody awaiting a potential life sentence on June 27. He denies t [...]	2009-06-29 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE54	ZIM NOTES 01-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Remain Deadlocked... - Zimbabwe Courts Foreign Diamond Investors... - Zimbabweans Turn to Satellite TV to Watch U.S. Inauguration... - (Dis)Grace Punches Photographer... - Cholera Continues... - Budget to Consider Dollarization... - Lawy [...]	2009-01-26 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE554	ZIM NOTES 07-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Boycotts Cabinet... - Makoni Launches Opposition Party... - Chiadzwa Abuses Exposed... - ...As KP Visit Begins... - Bennett Trial Set for October... - No UZ Grads in 2009? - The End of School Fees? - Senator Offers $30 Child Support... - [...]	2009-07-06 07:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE577	ZIM NOTES 07-10-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Kimberley Team Urges Ban on Chiadzwa Diamonds... - Cabinet Presses Ministers on Outstanding Issues... - Constitutional All Stakeholders Conference to Kick-Off Monday... - Another MDC-T MP Convicted... - Swine Flu in Zimbabwe? - MIC Maintaining [...]	2009-07-13 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE585	POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED PROSECUTIONS OF MDC-T [...] (SBU) Three MDC parliamentarians have recently been convicted of criminal charges and sentenced, while two others await trial. The MDC believes this is an orchestrated effort by ZANU-PF to disrupt the MDC party and reduce its strength in Parliament. END SUMMARY. -------------------------- [...]	2009-07-14 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE613	ZIM NOTES 07-24-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Launch of Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation, and Integration... - Senate Passes Biti's Budget... - MDC Gets Ambassadors... - Zaka North MP Convicted... - Civil Servants Get 50% Raise... - Foul Play in Death of Manicaland MP? - AG Tom [...]	2009-07-27 07:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE630	ZIM NOTES 07-31-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Media Freedoms on the Horizon? - NCA Calls for Halt to Constitutional Process... - Biti Receives Death Threat... - MDC-T MP Arrested for Stealing a Cell Phone... - Anglicans Defy Court Order and Ordain New Bishop... - Tribal Chief Evicted for K [...]	2009-08-03 07:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE651	ZIM NOTES 08-07-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - VP Msika Dies... - Parliament Recommends 12 for Media Commission... - Protesting Students Arrested... - GOZ Forms Diamond Committee... - ZLHR Wins ABA award... - Magistrate Acquitted... - Women Speak Out on Political Rape... - Hillary Who? - [...]	2009-08-12 08:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE768	SURVEY SHOWS DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) According to a survey conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) in May 2009, if an election for president was held in Zimbabwe today, support for ZANU-PF would be at an all-time low -- just over 10 percent -- while the MDC would enjoy 57 percent support. Large majorities in [...]	2009-09-24 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI
09HARARE775	ZIM SUPREME COURT: SECURITY FORCES VIOLATED MUKOKO'S [...] (U) On September 28 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe issued a ruling on behalf of a unanimous court that the constitutional rights of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko had been violated in connection with her abduction, torture, and detention by State agents last year. The [...]	2009-09-28 15:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE8	ZIM NOTES 01-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Civil Society Activists in Court... - Next Steps... - Bob Sent Morgan a Passport for Christmas... - Wedding Bells Unite Zuma and MDC-M... - Unproductive Year for Parliament... - Cholera Response Continues... - No Drought This Year [...]	2009-01-05 06:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE826	MDC TO DISENGAGE FROM ZANU-PF, BUT REMAIN IN [...] (C) Precipitated by the re-arrest of Roy Bennett, the MDC has taken a decision to disengage from ZANU-PF, while remaining in government. This means it will continue to head ministries and participate in the process to draft a new constitution, but will not attend meetings of the Cabinet and [...]	2009-10-15 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE834	ZIM NOTES 10-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Roy Bennett Locked Up Again and then Ordered Released... - MDC Announces Disengagement from ZANU-PF... - Media Commission Selected, but not Announced... - Journalist Arrested in Chiadzwa... - Trial of Human Rights Lawyer and Court Clerk Begins.. [...]	2009-10-19 07:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE85	TSVANGIRAI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBAWE [...] (C) Morgan Tsvangirai met with South African president Motlanthe on February 5 in South Africa. ZANU-PF and MDC negotiators also met yesterday in South Africa. Upon Tsvangirai's return to Harare today, he briefed the Ambassador. 2. (C) Negotiators agreed that governorships would be divi [...]	2009-02-05 12:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE857	WAR ENDS WITH WAR: ANOTHER FARMER LOSES THE LONG STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) As part of a trip to research the impact of recent farm invasions, poloffs visited farms and farmers in central Zimbabwe on October 21 and 22 (septel). On October 21, we met with Manie and Lucy Grove who, after battling to keep their property since 2002, were homeless just five days afte [...]	2009-10-28 14:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE888	ZIM NOTES 11-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: SADC Summit-MDC to Reengage... Warthogs Delay Ambassador's Arrival... ...And May Have Prevented Abduction of Labor Leader... Nkomo Nominated for VP Slot... Zim Can Still Export Diamonds, With Greater Oversight... Another Human Rights Lawyer Arres [...]	2009-11-09 07:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE901	ZIM NOTES 11-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Bennett's Lawyers Challenge Judge's Impartiality... Magistrate Who Jailed Prosecutor Forced Out... Outreach Campaign Focuses on Child Protection... Prison Guards Deny Medical Treatment to Abductee... MDC-T MP Acquitted of Rape Charges... Court Th [...]	2009-11-16 06:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE924	ZIM NOTES 11-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Zuma Sending Negotiating Team to Harare... South African Investment Treaty Signing Today... Bennett Trial Limps on as Gwezere Languishes in Prison... Gono Not Formally Joining ZANU-PF... Prosecutor Gets Promotion Instead of Jail Time... Obama Hon [...]	2009-11-30 06:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE966	ZIM NOTES 12-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Ambassador Presents Credentials... ZANU-PF Congress Begins... Human Rights Day Marches... Report on ZANU-PF Perpetrated Rape Released... Kunonga Renews Attacks on Anglicans... WOZA Cases Continue to Drag On... Court Acquits Human Rights Lawyer... MDC-T Suspends Co [...]	2009-12-14 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE99	ZIM NOTES 02-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Prepares to Enter Government... - MDC-T's Biti Appears to Face Charges... - ... And Sues The Herald for Defamation... - USAID Driver Denied Bail... - No Progress in Other Court Cases... - Cholera Still Ravaging Zimbabwe... - Anglican Churc [...]	2009-02-09 09:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HONGKONG124	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, HONG KONG [...] Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy, and the government interferes minimally in the economy. The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing dis-incentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied [...]	2009-01-20 06:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK
09HONGKONG382	2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Hong Kong be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list (ref A). Hong Kong authorities with specific responsibility for intellectual property rights (IPR) administration, education and enforcement are generally responsive to rights-holders' concerns and are active and [...]	2009-03-03 08:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH HK
09ISLAMABAD109	PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi and Interior Minister Malik briefed the diplomatic corps on Pakistan's ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Malik was annoyed the MFA declined to invite the Indians to the briefing, and he followed up with a separate brief [...]	2009-01-19 14:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1413	TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PAK PROSECUTORS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's prosecutors, under-resourced and poorly trained, are routinely characterized as the weakest link in a criminal justice system that sees up to 70 percent of its prosecutions end in acquittal. Prosecutors seldom work with police, do little to prepare their cases for trial [...]	2009-06-27 07:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1896	ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]	2009-08-14 05:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1900	ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]	2009-08-14 05:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2495	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: FORMAL INDICTMENT [...] (C) Summary: On October 10, following more than two months of delays and adjournments, a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) formally indicted the seven Mumbai attack suspects. The ATC is set to begin formal court hearings on October 17. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) is in the pr [...]	2009-10-15 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD576	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 11:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD600	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD803	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 10:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISTANBUL48	SECOND ANNIVERARY OF HRANT DINK'S MURDER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Consul General and other consulate officers attended a number of memorial events commemorating the second anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul on January 19, 2007. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Hrant Dink's widow Rakel and family lawyer Feth [...]	2009-01-29 14:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE TU PGOV
09JERUSALEM1707	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1708	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM628	EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION ORDER UPHELD IN ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Israel's High Court of Justice (HCJ) on April 5 rejected a petition lodged by two East Jerusalem families against eviction orders regarding their homes in Shaykh Jarrah. The decision exhausts possible judicial remedy and effectively reinstates eviction orders, which could now b [...]	2009-04-07 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL
09JERUSALEM687	MIGRON UPDATE; EVICTION ORDERS ISSUED NEAR ADAM [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently issued eviction orders for Palestinians living near Adam settlement, and the PA is helping the Palestinians appeal these orders. The evictions may be related to the GOI's plan to expand Adam to incorporate the settlers from Migron outpost. The Migron settlers [...]	2009-04-22 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG KPAL
09JOHANNESBURG11	SOUTH AFRICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable was gathered from a variety of sources familiar with child labor in South Africa. The primary source of information remains the South African Department of Labor (SADOL) supplemented by discussions with the South African academic and NGO community. Regulator [...]	2009-01-23 09:25:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID SF
09JOHANNESBURG24	SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the January, 2009 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - ANC Hopes to Ban Labor Brokers - Johannesburg Metro Police Strike - COSATU Condemns the Congress of the People Party (COPE) - COSATU to Refuse [...]	2009-02-06 15:04:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09KABUL1383	GIROA EXTRADITES AFGHAN-AMERICAN CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following intensive collaboration from May 29 to June 1 within and between the country team and Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) leaders, GIRoA extradited two Afghan-Americans suspected of attempting to bribe a U.S. military contracting officer. Depending on weather conditions [...]	2009-06-01 13:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KDEM AF
09KAMPALA1158	UGANDA: 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...]	2009-10-07 09:19:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PHUM PGOV AGOA KCOR
09KAMPALA163	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009 [...] Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02),spent 30 hours, political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 15 hour [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
09KAMPALA175	UGANDAN IGG'S AMBITIONS THREATEN ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni granted Uganda's controversial Inspector General of Government (IGG),Faith Mwondha, another four-year term in office. Mwondha launched an all-out effort to keep her job, which included actions that jeopardized important corruption investigations. In the lea [...]	2009-02-19 05:20:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG ASEC UG
09KAMPALA77	SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 05:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG
09KARACHI222	SINDH/KARACHI: LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE DISSOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani's announcement that Local Government (LG) will be dissolved in August and Administrators appointed, with the understanding that the government will hold elections when the law and order situation permits, has changed the political landscape in Karachi and S [...]	2009-07-14 08:43:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PK
09KINGSTON1118	JAMAICA: SENIOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SENTECED TO 18 MONTHS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 21:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC SNAR AID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON417	JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR REMAINS A PROBLEM; CONVICTION RATE [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken significant steps to pass and enforce legislation on child labor, although conviction rates in this field, as in others in Jamaica, remain low. Conoff accompanied Tina McCarter and Linda Bermudez of the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of [...]	2009-05-22 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM CVIS PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON438	Jamaica: ICE launches of Operation JOLT to target lottery [...] (U) Jamaica -- May 27-28, the Charg d'Affairs and ICE Attach opened the first JOLT Task Force joint training session and operation - that's the Jamaica Operations Linked to Telemarketing. In 2008, it is estimated that more than USD 30 million was transferred to Jamaica by victims of the lottery [...]	2009-06-01 13:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL
09KINSHASA1032	DRC 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (SBU) Since the June 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has made progress in the development of strategies and legislation, but there is still significant work needed in the area of enforcement. The GDRC shows a growing politica [...]	2009-11-24 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KWMN CG
09KINSHASA1063	GDRC THOUGHTS ON CNDP INTEGRATION, SGBV, AND SADC [...] (U) During a December 2 meeting with polcouns, John Muabma, an advisor in the Ministry of Regional and International Cooperation, discussed the CNDP's transition from a military movement to a political party, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV),and the DRC's role in SADC and other Centra [...]	2009-12-07 13:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWMN ECON CG
09KINSHASA120	DRC: A Look Back on 2008 and a Preview of 2009 [...] (SBU) The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) faced substantial challenges in 2008 but made tangible progress in dialogue with armed groups, judicial, decentralization, and economic reforms and development cooperation. In 2009, the DRC faces many of the same challenges that [...]	2009-02-05 18:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF EAID KDEM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA163	DRC: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The key challenges facing the GDRC's non-military security apparatus is the corruption, limited capacity, and lack of resources prevalent in all Congolese security and governmental services, rendering them ineffective at best and predatory on the population at worst. They are, [...]	2009-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC CG
09KINSHASA316	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-02 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA334	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA336	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 16:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA546	FARDC AND MAI MAI CONVICTED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent trials in the DRC produced convictions of FARDC soldiers and Mai Mai rebels for human rights abuses. Congolese armed forces (FARDC) military tribunals conducted the trials, which were held in Walikale (North Kivu) and Lieke Lesole (Orientale). The prosecution team in [...]	2009-06-11 10:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KWMN CG
09KINSHASA615	REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although a strategy to combat sexual violence in the DRC has been created, the GDRC has yet to implement it due to its extremely low level of capacity. The USG helps fund activities to fight sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in North Kivu, South Kivu, Orientale, Maniema, [...]	2009-06-29 13:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN KOCI AF CG
09KINSHASA644	KABILA'S TAPED STATEMENT TO THE NATION [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila presided over Congolese Independence day ceremonies in Goma on July 1 (reftel). Kabila did not speak in Goma. Instead, prior to leaving Kinshasa, Kabila taped a speech for nationwide diffusion that was later broadcast via the news media. The speech is at para 3 be [...]	2009-07-06 17:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA715	DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]	2009-07-28 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA719	KABILA SHAKES UP MAGISTRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila, in a series of official decrees dated July 15, dismissed and retired over 100 magistrates and judicial officers, including the President of the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor General of the Republic, for corruption and other abuses of office. The dis [...]	2009-07-30 09:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA731	DRC: WRESTLING WITH IMPUNITY AND CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, the Kabila administration has taken some steps that indicate increased sensitivity to outside perceptions of impunity and corruption in the DRC. These include the public adoption of a FARDC "zero tolerance" policy for human rights abuses, the use of FARDC mil [...]	2009-08-04 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA768	PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN GIVES CANDID VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: PPRD parliamentarian and former DRC Great Lakes Envoy Jean Mbuyu Luyongola told Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns that dismissing Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito might push PALU into the opposition. Kabila will easily win the 2011 elections, in Mbuyu's opinion, unless some kind of [...]	2009-08-20 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA842	Scopes of work for follow-up actions to the [...] See guidance request at para. 3. 2. Ref A provides a matrix for follow-up actions to the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to Kinshasa and Goma. Additional information on the overall themes and strategy for each action item can be found in Refs B and C. This cable (para. 4) provides, as ind [...]	2009-09-18 09:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV
09KINSHASA857	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: The visit of Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, to Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12, accompanied by Policy Planning staff Jared Cohen and Mira Patel, was an opportunity to advance progress on the new U.S. - DRC partnership following Secretary Clinton's August 10-11 visit [...]	2009-09-22 12:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA858	DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Michael Hershman, American co-founder of Transparency International, visited Kinshasa September 14-16. This cable is a summary of Hershman's meeting with Justice Vice-Minister Collins Musonda Lalusambo. Hershman's meeting with President Joseph Kabila is at reftel. His meeting Genera [...]	2009-09-22 14:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV CG
09KINSHASA874	MOVES AFOOT TO REVISE CONSTITUTION? [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials by senior level GDRC officials, it appears an inter-institutional commission has met to discuss the possibility of constitutional amendments in three areas: halting plans to create 15 new provinces (part of the decentralization process); changing the presidentia [...]	2009-09-25 08:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA898	FRAUD SUMMARY - KINSHASA [...] Per reftel A, post is updating its country fraud summary, covering March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly recovering from a war begun in 1998 that led to the deaths of more than five million persons. Conflict [...]	2009-09-30 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CG
09KINSHASA908	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (U) Introductory note: S/P staffers Alec Ross, Jared Cohen and Mira Patel visited Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12. Reftel is an account of the Kinshasa portion of their trip. This message refers their meetings in Goma. End introductory note. Courtesy Call with Vice Governor of North Kiv [...]	2009-10-05 12:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KOLKATA164	THE BATTLE FOR BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front is still reeling from its poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls (see Reftels). The perfect storm of issues appears to have worked against the Left Front. Some CPI-M leaders believe the party lost sup [...]	2009-06-19 10:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER PSEC IN
09KOLKATA28	NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 30, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in West Bengal's Coochbehar district. The two avian influenza (AI) epicenters are in the villages of Nagar Bhagni and Uttar Dangkoba, in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of the district. The [...]	2009-02-06 05:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA43	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL'S SOUTH [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Principal Secretary of West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD) Department confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI) H5N1 virus in backyard poultry of Barmahar village in South Dinajpur district. The latest epicenter is located approximately 300 km north [...]	2009-02-20 04:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KUALALUMPUR102	MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...]	2009-02-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR337	ARRESTS PRECEDE MAY 7 PERAK ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Malaysian police arrested four opposition figures May 5-6, including two senior political party leaders, releasing two later on May 6. Two of the arrests are tied to potential protest actions surrounding the controversial May 7 state assembly meeting in Perak, which [...]	2009-05-06 11:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR529	ANWAR IBRAHIM'S SODOMY TRIAL II - A PRIMER [...] (C) Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial beginning July 8 on charges of sodomy -- a criminal offense in Malaysia -- with a former aide. Anwar was previously tried and convicted of sodomy in 2000 in a heavily manipulated trial that the U.S. concluded "was marred by deep [...]	2009-07-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR652	MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE, AUGUST 7, [...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks, the GOM has continued to pay substantive attention to trafficking in persons (TIP) issues: the GOM invited local embassies to participate in a GOM training seminar designed to train prosecutors and court officials on how to handle TIP cases; GOM Immigration Dete [...]	2009-08-07 09:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09LAGOS165	FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]	2009-04-02 06:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAHORE131	MINORITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE ARRESTED IN LAHORE [...] (SBU) Summary. Joseph Francis, National Director of the Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) and prominent human rights advocate, was arrested and denied bail by the Lahore High Court on July 9 after traveling to London while on bail in a forced conversion case. Francis is [...]	2009-07-11 11:40:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
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
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
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
09LILONGWE113	CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST MALAWI'S FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Former President and current United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential candidate Bakili Muluzi was arrested Feb. 25 on corruption charges. Immediately released on bail, Muluzi awaits a date for a High Court hearing on the case. Investigations began into Muluzi's alleged cor [...]	2009-03-04 15:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	SECRET	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE19	MALAWI - CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: The child labor situation in Malawi remains largely unchanged from last year. No new laws concerning child labor, child rights, or trafficking were passed. Violations largely resulted in fines rather than custodial sentences. Approximately 150 labor inspectors are trained to identi [...]	2009-01-12 14:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MI
09LILONGWE76	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains committed in its fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. Malawi is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking and the GOM acknowledges that trafficking is a problem. The Ministry of Women and Child D [...]	2009-02-13 10:56:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
09LUSAKA275	ZAMBIA POLITICAL UPDATE [...] SUMMARY -- Government Passes Anti-Corruption Policy -- Government Secures Senior Convictions -- Chiluba Ruling Set for July 20 -- Namugala Dissolves Wildlife and Tourism Boards -- Tribunal Finds Siliya Guilty, Sort Of Government Passes Anti-Corruption Policy 2. (U) After more than thre [...]	2009-04-24 10:00:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON ZA
09LUSAKA338	ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Zambia's Inflation Rate Rises -- Chinese Mining Firm Takes Over Operations At Luanshya -- Zambian Airways Debt Position Before It Went Insolvent -- Counterfeit U.S. Dollars Hit the Zambian Market -- Mines Retrench More workers -- GRZ To Issue Oil Exploration Licenses -- Zambia Cel [...]	2009-05-19 07:27:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD EMIN EINV ELAB ECON ZA
09LUSAKA367	CORRUPTION SCANDALS TURN OFF DONORS (AND SOME [...] (C) Summary. The governments of Sweden and the Netherlands froze their development assistance to Zambia's health sector following reports of serious fraud at the Ministry of Health (MoH). Their course of action reflects mounting donor anxiety, not so much at corruption itself as at the Zamb [...]	2009-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ZA
09LUSAKA583	FORMER PRESIDENT CHILUBA ACQUITTED OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba was acquitted August 17 of six counts of theft by public servant totaling USD 500,000. The 445-page judgment, handed down by Ndola High Court Registrar Jones Chinyama, took over seven hours to read and ultimately concluded that the prosecution [...]	2009-08-19 12:19:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA586	ACCESS TO JUSTICE [...] Summary: In August 2009, emboffs visited local courthouses to observe how citizens access justice. The emboffs concluded that Zambia's judicial system was missing fundamental mechanisms to promote efficiency and fairness. End Summary. 2. Using customary and statutory laws, Zambia's dual l [...]	2009-08-21 10:55:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KDEM PGOV
09LUSAKA654	GOVERNMENT INTENT ON SINKING ITS FLAGSHIP [...] (C) Summary. According to press comments by Zambian Vice President and Justice Minister George Kunda, the Zambian Government (GRZ) will not appeal the recent acquittal of former President Frederick Chiluba (Ref A),whom the GRZ had been prosecuting for the embezzlement of USD 500,000. He ma [...]	2009-09-28 14:02:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA684	DIPLOMATS CAUGHT IN ROW OVER PUBLIC CRITICISM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Zambian press published September 22 a leaked summary of a September 4 meeting between representatives from the donor community, including the Ambassador, and President Rupiah Banda over the Chiluba case and press freedom (ref A). The article sparked a he [...]	2009-10-02 13:11:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KCOR ZA
09LUSAKA689	HONK IF YOU HATE CORRUPTION! -- GRZ CLAMPS DOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Police arrested nine motorists -- including two opposition Members of Parliament (MP) -- in Lusaka October 2 for honking in a surprisingly muted protest of the GRZ's failure to appeal former president Frederick Chiluba's corruption case acquittal (ref A). The arreste [...]	2009-10-05 14:31:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KCOR ZA
09LUSAKA804	ZAMBIAN NEWS EDITOR ACQUITTED OF PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE [...] (U) Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Charles Kafunda acquitted The Post News Editor Chansa Kabwela November 16 of "circulating obscene matters or things tending to corrupt public morals." According to media sources, Kafunda found that prosecutors failed to make their case and that photos cir [...]	2009-11-16 14:27:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ZA
09MADRID202	SPAIN: FACTORS AT PLAY IN JUSTICE MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sudden resignation of Justice Minister Mariano Fernandez Bermejo on February 23 - six days before closely-contested regional elections in the Basque Country and Galicia (See Reftel A) - is politically inconvenient for President Zapatero's Socialist Party (PSOE) and provides a [...]	2009-02-25 13:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS SP
09MADRID255	SPAIN: STATUS REPORT ON YARKAS, JAILED AL QAEDA [...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable provides an update on recent Embassy attempts to engage the GOS on designation of Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, aka "Abu Dahdah," the convicted leader of the Al Qaeda (AQ) cell in Spain. The issue remains unresolved, and has taken a twist following allegations beginning in Apri [...]	2009-03-09 17:03:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN SP
09MADRID261	SPAIN REFLECTS ON JIHADIST THREAT FIVE YEARS AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings (known in Spain as 11-M),Embassy personnel consulted a range of GOS officials - from the Ministries of Interior and Justice - as well as CT experts from academia and journalism on the extent of the cu [...]	2009-03-10 18:44:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL PTER KJUS SP KCRM
09MADRID272	SPAIN: EXPERTS SEE WEAKENING OF BASQUE TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Embassy Madrid recently pulsed the opinions on Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) watchers for their thoughts on the relative strength or weakness of the group. The consensus is that ETA is dramatically weakened but retains the ability to kill and do significant dam [...]	2009-03-16 08:23:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR
09MADRID542	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 25-JUNE 5 [...] (U) The Venezuelan government agreed May 22 to pay Banco Santander $1.05 billion (755 million euros) for the Santander-owned Banco de Venezuela. The price is 110 million euros less than the amount Santander had sought from the GOV, which was the same as the price it had agreed upon last year [...]	2009-06-05 13:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG PBTS SP PREL

09MADRID870	ASSESSING SPAINâ€™S EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A year after Spanish security services conducted Operation Troika - which supposedly "decapitated" the Russian mafia in Spain - Madrid is still unraveling the extent to which Russian and other Eurasian organized crime (OC) networks have established themselves in Spain and the extent of [...]	2009-08-31 15:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP

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