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07BOGOTA4029	PRESIDENT URIBE EXPLAINS UNILATERAL RELEASE OF \ [...] (C) President Uribe explained in a radio and television \ news conference on June 4 that his unilateral FARC prisoner \ release was a goodwill gesture to gain the freedom of 56 \ political hostages held by the FARC, including the three U.S. \ hostages. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polcouns \ President Uribe [...]	2007-06-05 18:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO

07BOGOTA418	COLOMBIA SEEKING THE LEAD ON REGIONAL [...] (U) After sharp reductions in kidnapping and homicide rates in Colombia, the GoC is seeking to position itself as a leader in counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the region. Colombia signed a bi-national agreement with Paraguay to provide training and technical assistance in crime scene and kidna [...]	2007-01-19 20:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CO MX PA
07BOGOTA437	IS INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT DECREASING IN COLOMBIA? [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Colombia and a respected Colombian NGO, the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES),are reporting marked decreases (16-30 percent) in the number of new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the first 9 months of 2006. However, the International [...]	2007-01-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF SNAR SOCI CO
07BOGOTA4615	CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 300PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) Polcouns John Creamer Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Former President and Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria [...]	2007-06-26 17:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA4742	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES [...] (C) Your visit follows President Uribe's May and June visits to Washington. Uribe fears unsubstantiated claims that he and his family were tied to the paramilitaries are undermining prospects in the U.S. Congress for continued high aid levels and ratification of the bilateral Free Trade Agre [...]	2007-06-29 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR MARR PTER ECON ETRD KCRM
07BOGOTA6105	DUSTR VERONEAU DISCUSSES TRADE, LABOR VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. During his August 7-11 visit to Colombia, DUSTR John Veroneau discussed U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) prospects and labor violence with Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata and Attorney General Mario Iguaran. Veroneau briefed the officials on the state of play i [...]	2007-08-20 22:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA6329	REPRESENTATIVE BLUNT MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Vice President Santos on August 22 to discuss counter narcotics cooperation and prospects for U.S. congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Santos voiced optimism regarding degradation of the FARC's network and cont [...]	2007-08-29 14:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6649	CHAVEZ FACES TOUGH JOB NEGOTIATING HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. On August 31, President Uribe and Venezuelan President Chavez discussed Chavez' efforts to facilitate a "humanitarian exchange" of FARC-held hostages for FARC prisoners in Colombian jails. Uribe ruled out any demilitarized area ("despeje") or return of released prisoners to FA [...]	2007-09-12 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF CO
07BOGOTA6697	CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 28 meeting with Codel Price, President Uribe explained the Justice and Peace Law and reiterated his commitment to extradite former paramilitaries who violate their peace process obligations. He reviewed GOC efforts to reintegrate former paramilitaries -as well as [...]	2007-09-13 15:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KJUS PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA670	WHA A/S SHANNON AND FM ARAUJO DISCUSS PLAN [...] (C) In a one-hour meeting with Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo on January 29, WHA A/S Thomas Shannon welcomed the GOC's Plan Colombia consolidation proposal. Araujo said the proposal assigns new resources to human rights, social development, displaced people, and Afro-Colombian and ind [...]	2007-01-31 12:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SNAR EC CO
07BOGOTA720	LATIN PACIFIC ECONOMIC MINISTERS INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia hosted the "Latin American Pacific Basin Initiative Forum" January 29-30 in Cali, with participants from 9 of the 11 Latin American Pacific coast countries. The largely symbolic meeting was intended to galvanize trade and investment among the Latin Pacific countries, [...]	2007-02-02 15:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD APECO CO
07BOGOTA7481	AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In an October 11 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice-President Santos reviewed prospects for U.S. approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),agreed on the need to work closely to deflect efforts by President Chavez and the FARC to make the USG and GOC look intransigent in humanita [...]	2007-10-19 14:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA7954	AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 29 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria on October 29 the result of the preceding day's local elections, Senator Cordoba's and President Chavez' efforts to promote a humanitarian accord, and prospects for U.S. Congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agre [...]	2007-11-06 22:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PHUM PINR PREL OAS PE VE CO
07BOGOTA7971	MARINES MAKE MAJOR DRUG SEIZURES, BUT SUFFER [...] (C) Operating in difficult terrain, Colombian Marine units accounted for 20% of Colombian cocaine seizures in January-October 2007 (nearly 20 metric tons). Beyond fighting drugs, Marines participated in counterguerrilla offensives, manned river checkpoints and patrols, safeguarded shipping, a [...]	2007-11-07 18:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA8086	URIBE REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO DEMILITARIZED ZONE [...] (SBU) President Uribe reiterated his opposition to a demilitarized zone ("despeje") in talks with the FARC, and ruled out a meeting between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and senior FARC leader Manuel Marulanda. In his November 8 meeting with Chavez, FARC Secretariat member Ivan Marquez had [...]	2007-11-15 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA8478	PRESIDENT URIBE DISAVOWS THIRD TERM, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Summary: Public debate continues over whether President Uribe will seek a second re-election in 2010. Uribe has publicly said he will not do so, and presidential political strategist Jose Obdulio Gaviria categorically told us Uribe will not run again. Still, U Party Secretary General Lu [...]	2007-12-11 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
07BRASILIA1025	BRAZIL'S ACRE STATE: GROUND ZERO FOR SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. One of President Lula's key objectives is the construction of an all-weather highway linking Brazil to the Pacific Ocean, and within a few years this dream will become reality. The GOB has paved route BR 364/317 to the Peruvian border and paving of this highway on the Peruvia [...]	2007-06-06 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD SNAR BR PE
07BRASILIA105	FISCAL DATA FOR TRAVEL OF PATRICIA S. PIRIZ [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 16:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA BO BR
07BRASILIA1463	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 98 [...] The following is the ninety-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2007-08-01 14:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1581	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S REUBEN JEFFERY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a June setback to the Doha Round discussions, in which talks between the U.S., the EU, Brazil, and India stalled over disagreements concerning tariff cuts for goods and services and over agricultural subsidies. The Brazilian delegation, led by F [...]	2007-08-16 16:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA178	BRAZILIAN REPRESENTATION AT GLOBE REGIONAL TRAINING, 2-9 [...] The Ministry of Education has informed post that Brazil will have two representatives at the Globe Regional Training on February 2-9 in Panama City. The information provided is as follow: 2. Name: Rachel Trajber Date of Birth: April 24, 1954 (04/24/1954) Place of Birth: Sao Paulo, Sao Pa [...]	2007-01-31 17:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KGLB SENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1897	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NEC DIRECTOR AL HUBBARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of an August visit to Brazil by State Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III. During his visit, the Under Secretary's discussions with GOB officials included biofuels and infrastructure (REFTELS A, B,C). A [...]	2007-10-04 10:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA2171	BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel request, and pursuant to request for extension to Oct. 19 response date, Post submits the following information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels in Brazil, including research and reports available, [...]	2007-11-23 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON PGOV OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2184	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 102 [...] The following is the one hundred second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]	2007-11-27 11:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA759	BRAZIL: MANAUS MEETINGS, MEANDERINGS AND MUSINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: As Virtual Presence Post Officer, Econoff visited Manaus, State of Amazonas from April 16-19 for public outreach and economic-related meetings. While there, she visited the U.S. Consular Agent in Manaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Amazonas, and the bi-national center, Institu [...]	2007-04-30 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG KPAO OIIP CVIS PGOV SENV BR
07BUENOSAIRES1043	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 14 - [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 14 - 18, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...]	2007-05-24 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES106	MEDIA REACTION KIRCHNER-LULA'S ROLE IN MODERATING CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include Argentine President Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva's role in moderating Chavez in favor of Mercosur's interests; fears of China re-launching its space arms race; the two highest-ranking Democratic leaders of Congress criticizing the W [...]	2007-01-22 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1080	FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER IN ARGENTINA; HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Fed Governor Kroszner highlighted globalization's impact on international capital flows and yield curves in speeches and roundtable meetings with central bank, government, and private sector representatives during his May 15-16 visit to Buenos Aires. Issues raised during roundtables inclu [...]	2007-06-01 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1153	MEDIA REACTION; 27TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS IN PANAMA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repudiating "the censorship of not renewing private TV licenses in Venezuela" in the framework of the 27th OAS General Assembly in Panama; and US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez's statem [...]	2007-06-12 19:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1352	(C) GOA FOILS ETON PARK INVESTMENT BID: CORRUPTION [...] (C) Major U.S. investment fund Eton Park's two year effort to buy a minority stake in Argentina's regulated electricity transmission grid from Brazil's Petrobras offers a snapshot of GoA machinations to favor local -- and presumably more easily controlled -- capital investment in strategic [...]	2007-07-15 22:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG BEXP VZ AR
07BUENOSAIRES1802	ARGENTINA: AMIA DICUSSES INTERPOL GA VOTE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. On September 4, Ambassador Wayne met with the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Luis Grynwald and other AMIA officials to discuss AMIA's strategy to ensure that the INTERPOL General Assembly (GA) votes to uphold its Executive Committee's (EC) decision [...]	2007-09-10 17:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES1934	MEDIA REACTION; THE KIRCHNERS TO THE US; AHMADINEJAD'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include Argentine Senator/First Lady Cristina Kirchner's human rights agenda in New York; implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's address at UNGA; and the Argentine Government's alleged attempt to thaw its relationship with [...]	2007-09-27 10:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1951	ARGENTINA: CHIEF JUSTICE TO SEEK JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Argentine Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti, on the eve of his first official visit to Washington, to discuss his agenda and judicial reform in Argentina. Lorenzetti shared the details of his October 1-5 Washington schedule and his hope to pr [...]	2007-09-28 19:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM SNAR EAID KDEM AR PINR
07BUENOSAIRES2017	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS; THE TWO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include implications of French FM Kouchner's remarks on the Iranian threat; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice supporting free trade deals; and the "historic" reconciliation between the two Koreas. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...]	2007-10-10 15:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2284	MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM; BOLIVIA; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of the Venezuelan referendum; the chaos in Bolivia; and the Cristina Kirchner's administration future foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "A Myth" Paula Lugones, international columnist of leading "Cla [...]	2007-12-04 08:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES525	MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL TIES; US PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include Argentina's cooperation with the US on matters related to the fight against international terrorism and its impact on the bilateral relationship; the aftermath of US President George W. Bush's trip to Latin America; and the US influence [...]	2007-03-19 19:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES868	MEDIA REACTION; US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; URIBE TO THE US; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US-Latin American relationship, according to Karen Tramontano, former Clinton advisor; Colombian President Uribe's trip to Washington; the UNITAS military exercise; and today's celebration of World Press Freedom Day. 2. OPINION [...]	2007-05-03 15:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES945	MEDIA REACTION; US-FRENCH RELATIONSHIP; FORMER US VICE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the status of the US-French relationship following Sarkozy's victory in presidential elections; the impact of former US Vice President Al Gore's address to the first Bio-Fuels Congress for the Americas, held in Buenos Aires; President G [...]	2007-05-14 16:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07CAPETOWN99	CAPE TOWN PORT FACES LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Multiple uses, lack of responsiveness to customers, windy weather, a land-locked location and poor planning create logistical challenges for South Africa's Port of Cape Town. Port productivity is below international standards and ships face excessive waits for port access. Th [...]	2007-04-02 12:22:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN ETRD KHLS SF
07CARACAS1082	THE MARCH THAT WASN'T, MORE WEEKEND MARCHES PLANNED [...] (C) Summary. For the sixth straight day, Caracas university students continued protesting the BRV closure of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) on June 1. Their planned demonstration to the National Assembly was temporarily blocked by security forces and later postponed until June 5. Students ma [...]	2007-06-01 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV SCUL SOCI VE
07CARACAS1086	RCTV PROTESTS ENTER SECOND WEEK [...] (C) Summary: Peaceful pro-RCTV protests continued into their second week. The students' medium term ability or desire to sustain the demonstrations remain unclear. Up to 10,000 students marched to the Supreme Court without incident June 4 and are planning to march to the National Assembly J [...]	2007-06-04 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS1107	GOVERNOR ROSALES: SEEKING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Zulia Governor and de facto opposition leader Manuel Rosales briefed the Ambassador June 1 on Rosales' ongoing efforts to persuade other Latin American governments that the "democratic deficit" in Venezuela is a regional problem. Rosales considers his May 21-22 visit to Panama a [...]	2007-06-06 17:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1127	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. This press freedom update comes on the heels of the BRV-imposed May 28 shutdown of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). Despite ceasing its broadcasts, RCTV continues to operate internally and is enduring for the moment, although recent Supreme Court (TSJ) rulings could jeopardize R [...]	2007-06-08 17:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV SCUL SOCI ASEC VE
07CARACAS1193	UN NUEVO TIEMPO: BUILDING IN VENEZUELA; LOBBYING [...] (C) Summary. Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) leaders told visiting Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy June 14 that they were happy with their party's initial efforts to become a nationwide opposition party. They noted that the party now had strong leaders in all states and is working ha [...]	2007-06-15 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM VE
07CARACAS1272	S/C MCCARTHY'S MEETINGS WITH VENEZUELAN MEDIA AND POLITICAL FIGURES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS1318	BUY HIGH AND SELL HIGHER: REAL ESTATE IN THE [...] (SBU) Real estate prices are skyrocketing in Venezuela as the oil boom fuels an ever-increasing number of people chasing an increasingly limited supply of properties. Sales are up 30 percent so far in 2007, after growing 80 percent in 2006 and 60 percent in 2005. Venezuela continues to suffer [...]	2007-07-02 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1434	OIL TRADING: SKELETONS IN PDVSA'S CLOSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior PDVSA executive who was forced into retirement in March 2007 stated PDVSA exports 38 million barrels of oil per month excluding crude from the former Faja strategic associations. President Chavez ordered PDVSA to stop exporting to the United States before the November el [...]	2007-07-18 15:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CARACAS1613	SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER: VENEZUELA'S BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) BRV radicalization in recent months and decreasing economic and physical security continue to push more Venezuelans to consider leaving their country (reftel A). Recent nationwide polls parallel informal surveys and anecdotal evidence which show that an increasing number of Venezuelans a [...]	2007-08-14 15:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CVIS CASC SOCI VE
07CARACAS25	CHAVEZ NAMES JORGE RODRIGUEZ VP AND PEDRO CARRENO [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez named former National Electoral Council (CNE) President Jorge Rodriguez to replace Jose Vicente Rangel as Vice President and Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) National Assembly deputy Pedro Carreno to replace Jessie Chacon as Interior and Justice Minister on Jan [...]	2007-01-04 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS489	MPPFA ANNOUNCES LOYAL AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs (MPPFA) announced a series of new ambassadorial assignments for Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Central America, and the Caribbean in February. Following the December election, Chavez has moved quickly to place close an [...]	2007-03-07 11:29:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL VE
07CARACAS531	VENEZUELA'S BRAIN DRAIN: SEARCHING FOR A PLAN B, [...] (SBU) Over the last two months, President Chavez has heralded a "deepening of the Bolivarian Revolution" with a series of actions, including nationalization of key industries, new threats to foreign investors, aggressive attacks on private industry, and granting himself the power to legislate [...]	2007-03-09 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CASC ECON SOCI VE
07CARACAS689	JAILED OPPOSITION GOVERNOR ESCAPES [...] (SBU) Summary. Eduardo Lapi, former opposition governor of Yaracuy state, reportedly escaped from San Felipe prison late March 31 or early April 1. Lapi, who was identified as a political prisoner in the 2006 Country Report on Human Rights Practices, was arrested in May 2006 on corruption c [...]	2007-04-02 21:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
07CARACAS781	THE FIRST SOUTH AMERICAN ENERGY SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez described the First South American Energy Summit (Summit),which was held on Margarita Island on April 17, as a "perfect summit." Chavez ducked a fight with Brazil over ethanol and used the event to showcase his vision of South American integration -- effectively [...]	2007-04-18 23:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
07CHENNAI187	INDIA'S SECURITY CONCERNS OVER CHINESE BIDDER FORCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The leftist government in the southeastern Indian state of Kerala has been forced to rebid a $1 billion port project due to the Government of India's refusal - over security concerns - to authorize the participation of two Chinese corporations in the winning proposal. Kerala off [...]	2007-03-10 11:23:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EWWT PGOV IN CN
07CHENNAI224	INDIA'S SECURITY CONCERNS OVER CHINESE BIDDER FORCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The leftist government in the southeastern Indian state of Kerala has been forced to rebid a $1 billion port project due to the Government of India's refusal - over security concerns - to authorize the participation of two Chinese corporations in the winning proposal. Kerala off [...]	2007-03-22 08:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EWWT PGOV IN CN
07DHAKA195	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 09:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07GUANGZHOU946	Guangzhou -- A Hub for the Illegal Drug Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusually candid late July meeting, senior provincial and municipal anti-drug officers briefed Poloff on the rising tide of drug trafficking in Guangdong Province. Centered on Guangzhou, growing numbers of foreign drug dealers and traffickers -- many from Africa and the Mid [...]	2007-08-23 08:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV CH
07GUATEMALA1043	GUATEMALA WITHDRAWS NOMINEE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 22:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM KJUS OAS GT
07GUATEMALA2270	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FEELEY BRIEFS SICA MEMBERS ON [...] SUMMARY. On November 13, visiting WHA/CEN Director Feeley briefed the Vice Foreign Ministers of the SICA countries on the President's Merida Initiative. He stressed that the proposed $50 million request for Central America within the Merida Initiative was a direct response to the willingness [...]	2007-11-21 16:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM GT
07GUATEMALA438	GUATEMALA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR [...] This is an action request (see paragraph 4). 2. We received a request from the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the Inter-American Judicial Committee Qthe Organization of AmericanQates, Rodolfo Rohrmoser-Valdeavellano. A copy of the request and a [...]	2007-03-02 17:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GT
07HALIFAX59	CAPTURING ASIAN CONTAINER TRAFFIC: INVESTORS PROMOTE NEW [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect Accordingly 2. (U) SUMMARY: A team of local Nova Scotia investors confirmed that they have the financial backing and the right partners to build a new world-class container handling facility in the Strait of Canso at Melford. With Asian trade volumes [...]	2007-08-21 18:00:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ELTN ETRD EINV ECON CA
07HAVANA1070	25TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...]	2007-11-16 13:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07KINGSTON1739	JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KYIV118	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Refs A and B contained parts one and two of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. The third and final part of the ICS is below. Text Continued: A.9. Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment BANKING The Ukrainian banking system consists of the National Ban [...]	2007-01-18 14:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07LAPAZ902	LLOYD PASSENGERS STRANDED IN BOLIVIA AND ABROAD [...] (U) Bolivia's transportation superintendent stated April 2 that an estimated 400 Lloyd Aereo Boliviano passengers are stranded in domestic and international airports, with travelers detained not only in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, but also in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Panama City, Caracas, and [...]	2007-04-03 19:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
07LIMA1052	PERU: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 22:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PE
07LIMA1303	PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION [...] (BU) In numerous recent discussions regarding Kosovo, MFA officials have told us Peru remains uncomfortable with UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's future because it is opposed by UNSC permanent members Russia and China and also by a majority of the UNSC's non-permanent member [...]	2007-04-11 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07LONDON317	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]	2007-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LONDON4310	INCSR VOL II FOR UK [...] Following is post draft of Volume II of the UK INCSR for 2008. POC is Econ Couns John McNamara (mcnamarajf@state.gov) 2. (SBU) Begin Text: United Kingdom The United Kingdom (UK) plays a leading role in European and world finance and remains attractive to money launderers because of [...]	2007-11-20 18:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UK
07LONDON892	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: COMSAR 11 was attended by 70 administrations and 1 Associate Member, 2 Specialized Agencies, and 19 non- governmental organizations. COMSAR considered the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS),Review of the ITU radio communications matters, Satellite Services (COSPAS-SARS [...]	2007-03-07 16:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO ITU IMSO AORC ASEC UK
07MADRID1801	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The European Commission released growth forecasts on 9/11/07. The Commission maintained its 3.7% GDP growth forecast for Spain in 2007 compared with 2.5% for the eurozone and 2.9% for the UK. Fourteen private sector entities also maintained an average growth forecast of 3.8% for Spain in [...]	2007-09-17 15:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID2065	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said the announcement of the European-harmonized inflation rate was a "bad figure without redeeming features." The 3.6% was an unexpectedly steep increase from the September figure of 2.7%, which itself was already 0.6% above the eur [...]	2007-11-05 09:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND ELAB EPET SOCI SP EINV
07MADRID862	SPAIN/CUBA: VISIT OF WHA DAS MADISON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 meeting with visiting WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison, MFA Director General for Ibero America Javier Sandomingo defended Spain's decision to ramp up contact with the Castro Government, though he acknowledged that Spain "made mistakes" in the course of FM [...]	2007-05-10 16:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID981	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish economy grew by 4% on an annualized basis during the first quarter of 2007, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The composition of the growth (exports, domestic demand, construction etc.) will be released in the next couple of weeks. Analysts will be looking [...]	2007-05-21 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MANAGUA1392	POST REQUESTS EXTENSION OF RLA PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador requests serious consideration by State INL and DOJ-OIA of a continuation of the highly effective Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) position at Embassy Managua. Over the past three years, the RLA program has allowed this po [...]	2007-06-01 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCOR KCRIM SNAR KJUS NU
07MANAGUA140	CENTAM AMBASSADORS CONCERNED ABOUT NICARAGUA'S [...] (C) Summary: Central American ambassadors in Nicaragua were startled by the populist rhetoric and procession of infamous guests surrounding the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega (reftel),but maintain a cautious optimism that regional and international agreements will constrain the Orteg [...]	2007-01-18 23:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1431	NICARAGUA: FACING CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche on illicit cash couriers to representatives of the Nicaraguan inter-agency Anti-Terrorism Working Group (ATWG). ATWG representatives responded that cash couriers are an issue of growing concern in Nicaragua, but current laws and the [...]	2007-06-05 20:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL NU
07MANAGUA155	EX-SANDINISTA VP SERGIO RAMIREZ: RECENT ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Sergio Ramirez, a renowned author and Vice President during the 1980s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) era who is estranged from the FSLN, paints a discouraging map of the course the new Ortega government has set over the past week. He recently warned the Ambassador [...]	2007-01-19 21:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA157	REGIONAL AMBASSADORS SHARE THOUGHTS ON ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassadors to Nicaragua from Spain, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia are concerned that the authoritarian tendencies and lack of experience of many officials in the Ortega administration, combined with the "destabilizing" influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, may nega [...]	2007-01-19 22:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1847	NICARAGUA: NEW TRADE MINISTER TAKES PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) New Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Orlando SOLORZANO Delgadillo says he will focus on areas of common interest between Nicaragua and the United States, including trade and economic integration. He mentioned several specific areas of concern regarding CAFTA-DR, inclu [...]	2007-08-06 16:18:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL NU
07MANAGUA1947	QUESTION: "SHOULD YOU BUY REAL ESTATE AND RETIRE IN [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: For two years, Grace Brunton occupied a one-of-a-kind job at Embassy/Managua, that of Economic Officer-in-charge of helping American citizens obtain settlements from the Nicaraguan government for property expropriated during Sandinista rule in the 1980s. Despite t [...]	2007-08-20 20:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2003	BRAZIL AND NICARAGUA: I SAY ETHANOL, YOU SAY HYDRO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Luiz Ignacio "Lula" da Silva's August 7-8 visit to Nicaragua was the first by a Brazilian head of state in over 100 years. While Lula's focus for the visit was ethanol and business opportunities that take advantage of CAFTA, Ortega tried to interest the Brazilians in p [...]	2007-08-30 16:04:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON PGOV NU IR
07MANAGUA202	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, in a meeting at Sandinista Party Headquarters, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with then SIPDIS President-elect Daniel Ortega a new regional health-care training initiat [...]	2007-01-25 14:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA2059	MANAGUA SITREP 4: WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AS U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Our plan to distribute relief supplies outward from Puerto Cabezas went into effect this morning. We began moving supplies to Sandy Bay and the surrounding area. As of late afternoon, we had also transported 25,000 lbs of supplies from Managua to Puerto Cabezas with JTF-B heli [...]	2007-09-07 23:23:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2233	NICARAGUAN FM SANTOS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE: [...] (U) On Tuesday, September 25, we received, under cover of a Foreign Ministry (MINREX) diplomatic note, a letter to the Secretary from Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos. The letter thanks the U.S. for assistance rendered during Hurricane Felix and, citing the internal displacement and [...]	2007-10-02 19:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ODPC PREL PREF CVIS NU
07MANAGUA2428	NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH CBERA REPORT [...] As requested in reftel, the following is post's input for the Seventh Report on Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Statistical Information ----------------------- 2. Population (2006, estimate): 5,457,000 (Nicaraguan National Statistics and Census Office) Real GDP per Capi [...]	2007-11-05 21:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON ELAB PGOV NU
07MANAGUA244	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH SALVADORAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Salvadoran President Tony Saca a new regional health-care training initiative; Salvador's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program; bilater [...]	2007-01-29 14:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA245	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Guatemalan Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade a new regional health-care training initiative; the Guatemalan Government's (GOG [...]	2007-01-29 14:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA246	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007 the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya a new regional health-care training initiative; Honduras' petroleum dependency; resolving the need [...]	2007-01-29 14:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA247	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH PANAMANIAN VICE [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Panamanian Vice President Samuel Lewis and Health Minister Camilo Alleyne a new regional health-care training initiative. Alleyne reit [...]	2007-01-29 14:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA341	NICARAGUA: TOURISM SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Statistics from the National Ports Company (EPN) and the Institute of Tourism (INTUR) paint an attractive picture of the tourism industry in Nicaragua. Tourists spent 30% more in 2006 than they did in 2005, and new investment in the sector totaled $60 million. The election of Sa [...]	2007-02-06 19:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA453	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Pablo Fernando Martinez Espinoza on February 7 to introduce himself and discuss transportation and infrastructure issues in Nicaragua. The Ambassador explained that the Millennium Challenge Corpora [...]	2007-02-20 21:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR EIND EPET ECON ETRD PINR NU
07MANAGUA632	NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING GLOBAL [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Brennan and Russian counterpart Valeriy Bobrov delivered the joint reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Vice Foreign Minister Manuel Coronel Kautz, Acting Foreign Minister in Foreign Minister Samuel Santos' absence. Coronel, who recently returned from an [...]	2007-03-09 20:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU
07MANAGUA784	CENTAM CHIEFS OF MISSION BEWILDERED BY ORTEGA'S [...] (C) Summary: Central American COMs in Nicaragua agree that the Ortega administration is pursuing a "double discourse" in foreign and economic policy, which makes predicting a future trajectory difficult. They have also been perturbed by protocol irregularities, including a delay in the accred [...]	2007-03-23 20:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KDEM NU XK
07MANAGUA955	FORMER MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN HOPES TO UNITE FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin told Embassy officers and INR analysts that he is focusing on the municipal elections and uniting forces opposed to President Daniel Ortega during a meeting on 23 March at his residence. Jarquin re [...]	2007-04-16 15:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NU
07MANAGUA965	NICARAGUA: HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT MEETS PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited Managua on March 26-27, 2007 to sign a Letter of Intent with Minister of Health Maritza Cuan on the establishment of a regional health-care training center in Panama. Secretary Leavitt met with President [...]	2007-04-17 20:01:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAID PREL OSHA OTRA NU
07MANAMA291	BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 14:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07MANILA1187	ROGUE MNLF COMMANDER ON THE RUN [...] (C) Summary. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) raided and occupied several rogue Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) camps on Jolo Island on April 15 after a rogue MNLF commander launched mortar attacks and ground assaults that killed two Marines and one civilian. MNLF Commander H [...]	2007-04-16 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP
07MANILA1206	UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN JOLO [...] (C) Summary. Rogue elements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under Commander Habier Malik continue to clash with government security forces on Jolo. Among the casualties during heavy fighting on April 17 reportedly were Malik's brother and cousin. The Philippine National Red Cr [...]	2007-04-17 09:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP

07MANILA1644	Trade Council Reviews U.S.-Philippine Trade and Investment [...] (SBU) On May 9, the U.S. Philippine Trade and Investment Council met to review outstanding bilateral trade and investment issues. In a very productive session, participants noted that a number of bilateral trade and investment irritants have been resolved. Other potential irritants were ident [...]	2007-05-18 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO KIPR
07MANILA2708	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH CANADIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Deputy Minister Leonard Edwards reiterated Canada's interest in maintaining the fluidity of the U.S. Q Canada border, during an August 1 bilateral meeting with the Deputy Secretary at ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in Manila.. In particular, Canada wants to use travel do [...]	2007-08-10 07:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
07MANILA3615	PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON M/V GOLDEN NORI PIRACY [...] (S) As relayed to Department via ref B telcon, poloff on November 2 delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs reftel C points regarding the actions of U.S. naval vessels that responded to the Panamanian tanker M/V Golden Nori's call for assistance off the coast of Somalia. The DFA was u [...]	2007-11-07 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	EWWT IMO KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PM PREL RP SO
07MEXICO173	MEXICO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART II [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 23:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB ETRD EFIN PGOV
07MEXICO1815	MEXICO HOSTS PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from seven Central American nations, plus Colombia, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Campeche April 9-10 for a two day summit aimed at revitalizing the long-stagnant Plan Puebla Panama (PPP),a regional development initiative proposed by former President Vic [...]	2007-04-12 18:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MX PGOV
07MEXICO2545	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 11 - MAY 18 [...] (U) Mexico's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent in the first quarter of 2007, the lowest in a year. In a speech accompanied by controversial teachers' union president Gordillo, President Calderon outlined coming educational reforms. The Mexican Supreme Court began considering [...]	2007-05-18 21:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO3080	MEXICO COMMITTED TO SUCCESSFUL TRADE RELATIONSHIP, [...] (SBU) The Calderon administration recognizes the vital economic role played by a bilateral trade relationship that is, on the whole, quite healthy. Nonetheless, Mexican officials are worried about the political implications of a growing perception in Mexico that NAFTA implementation is a one- [...]	2007-06-12 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ERTD ECON MX
07MEXICO4614	UNION PACIFIC MEXICO TALKS COLOMBIA RAILROAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELTN ETRD EINV MX
07MEXICO6186	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES SULLIVAN AND LOWERY [...] (C) Summary: Over the course of meetings with prominent Mexican economic opinion leaders within and outside government, a visiting State/Treasury delegation received enthusiastic responses to U.S. ideas to establish an association of free trade partners in the hemisphere to promote competitive [...]	2007-12-14 23:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MX VE
07MONTEVIDEO699	CONSTRUCTIVE GOOD WILL: U/S BURNS' JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, densely-packed visit to Uruguay substantially advanced our bilateral relations and key U.S. foreign policy objectives. Trade, the fight against poverty, UN peacekeeping operations (PKO),MERCOSUR, Venezuela, WTO, e [...]	2007-07-27 15:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO707	SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A/S SHANNON JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary. Arriving in Montevideo several hours ahead of U/S Burns on July 10, A/S Shannon,s pre-visit to Uruguay was very successful and advanced important U.S. foreign policy objectives. The pulp mill dispute with Argentina, Uruguay,s $20 million Haiti proposal, trade, Bolivia, Venezuela [...]	2007-07-31 18:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO714	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO URUGUAY JULY [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Paulson's July 11-12 visit to Uruguay was viewed as a positive follow-up to the President's March visit and to Under Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary Shannon's visits the same week. The Secretary's SIPDIS initiatives on small businesses and infrastructure finan [...]	2007-08-03 14:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL EFIN PGOV UY
07MONTEVIDEO735	AMMUNITION TRANSFER FROM VENEZUELA RAISES [...] (S) Summary: The Uruguayan media has raised questions about the purpose and origin of a shipment of Venezuelan ammunition to Uruguay. The issue centers around an attempt by the Uruguayan Ambassador to Venezuela to have a UY naval vessel pick up two hundred kilograms of "materials" from Venezu [...]	2007-08-09 17:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM PINS PTER KCRM UY
07MONTEVIDEO89	THE MERCOSUR RIO SUMMIT: USELESS FOR URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: The following was gathered from press reports and from our close contacts within the GOU. It represents the view from Uruguay, where dissatisfaction with Mercosur has been steadily growing. President Vazquez's expectations for the Rio Mercosur Summit were reportedly "very low" [...]	2007-01-24 20:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ECIN AORC UY
07MONTEVIDEO917	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE HALFWAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) government of President Vazquez passed its halfway mark last month. This cable provides our assessment of the first half of the Vazquez administration as it relates to foreign relations, economic policy and domestic issues. Our overall assessment is posit [...]	2007-10-23 19:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
07MONTEVIDEO956	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Following (in reftel requested format) is Uruguay's 2007-08 INCSR Part I. 2. (SBU) URUGUAY I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing country. However, current areas of concern include increased trafficking of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and increasing local consumpt [...]	2007-11-06 17:42:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM KCOR UY
07MONTEVIDEO98	DUSTR VERONEAU SIGNS TIFA WITH URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: DUSTR John Veroneau came to Uruguay on January 25-26 to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with Presidential Chief of Staff Gonzalo Fernandez. Accompanied by AUSTR Everett Eissenstat, Director Sue Cronin and Ambassador Frank Baxter, Veroneau met with Economy [...]	2007-01-30 13:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ECIN UY
07MOSCOW2040	RUSSIA EDGES FORWARD ON FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Moscow and ConGen St. Petersburg. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Thirty years after the United States decommissioned the Sturgis, the first and only U.S.-built floating nuclear power plant (FNPP),Russia has officially embarked on construction of its first FNPP. O [...]	2007-05-04 08:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TRGY RS
07NASSAU682	CONFIRMATION OF BAHAMIAN ATTENDANCE AT [...] The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the following delegates will attend the U.S.-CARICOM Ministerial summit: -- The Right Honorable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas -- The Honorable Brent Symonette, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]	2007-06-04 21:48:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL BF
07NEWDELHI5139	INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in ref a, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Indo-Cuban Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------------------------------ [...]	2007-11-30 06:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU IN
07PANAMA1007	ACE NOMINATION - MANZANILLO INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: I am pleased to nominate Manzanillo International Terminal Panama-S.A. (MIT) as Embassy Panama's multinational enterprise candidate for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). MIT is a joint venture between Carrix, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washi [...]	2007-06-14 20:22:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AID BEXP ELAB ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA1035	PANAMA POST: EDITION I [...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...]	2007-06-18 19:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM
07PANAMA1042	PANAMA: WHITE PAPER LAYS OUT POLICY ON COLOMBIAN [...] (U) Panama's MFA and Council for Public Security and National Defense (CSPDN) separately provided Embassy Panama a copy of the GOP's white paper on "Displaced Colombians on the Border" in March. Regarding Colombian refugees, this paper states: -- Panama has an obligation to guard its borde [...]	2007-06-19 18:48:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PM CO
07PANAMA1052	PANAMA POST: EDITION II [...] (U) Welcome to edition II of the Panama Post! We hope that our readership will enjoy the following items and that they will enhance your understanding of Panama's political environment: -- Terrorist possible next National Assembly President; -- Balbina Herrera may be Revolutionary Democrat [...]	2007-06-21 20:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM PM
07PANAMA1053	PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 20:56:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI PM
07PANAMA1065	TOP PANAMANIAN LABOR COUNCIL ENDORSES TPA [...] SUMMARY. Panama's top labor council reversed course and voted to endorse the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) on June 21, 2007. The Executive Council of the National Council of Organized Labor (CONATO) voted 4 to 3 to support the TPA, reversing its earlier opposition in what CONATO [...]	2007-06-22 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB PM
07PANAMA1081	PANAMA: EMBASSY INITIATES NEW OUT-REACH TO MUSLIM [...] (C) EMBOFFs visited for the first time a traditional Muslim school (madrasa) in Aguadulce, Cocle Province on June 21. Representatives from the Embassy's Political and Public Diplomacy sections donated English-language books and discussed a possible opportunity for students to participate in [...]	2007-06-25 21:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI PM
07PANAMA1089	PANAMA: TAIWANESE SEEK CLOSER COORDINATION WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Taiwan and the U.S. should coordinate more closely on assistance to Panama," Taiwanese Ambassador to Panama Ping-Fu Hou told POLCOUNS on June 11. "Working together we can ensure that the chavista threat does [...]	2007-06-26 21:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON PM TW
07PANAMA1095	GOP TO SEEK QUICK TPA RATIFICATION IN JULY [...] (SBU) First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told Ambassador on June 26 that the GOP will seek quick action by Panama's National Assembly to ratify the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). As the Assembly normally goes into recess after June 30, he said President [...]	2007-06-27 18:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PM
07PANAMA1099	PANAMA: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION GIVES TO SCHOOL WHAT [...] (U) The Santa Rosa School-- an impoverished public school in Ipeti, Darien Province-- inaugurated on June 15 its kindergarten and newly installed indoor plumbing, projects supported by the U.S.-based Panama Missions. The completion of these efforts was yet another success for the Embassy's Pe [...]	2007-06-28 21:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PM PREL SOCI
07PANAMA1102	PANAMA POST: EDITION III [...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...]	2007-06-29 20:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM
07PANAMA1107	OXY REFINERY PROJECT OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27, 2007, EconOff met with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) executives to discus the status of Oxy's and Qatar Petroleum's (QP) proposed $7 billion, 350,000 barrel per day refinery in Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Oxy executives said that they have only just begun to [...]	2007-07-02 17:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA1111	PANAMA: NEW CANAL MINISTER DISHES [...] (C) While ostensibly reaching out to make himself available to address concerns U.S. firms may have concerning the canal expansion project, recently appointed Minister of Canal Affairs (and former Comptroller General) Dani Kuzniecky was more intent on dishing on the Panama Canal Authority (AC [...]	2007-07-02 22:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EWWT ECON PM
07PANAMA1112	PANAMA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. Test is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of one claim of United States citizens that may be [...]	2007-07-03 13:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC
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
07PANAMA1152	EXTRAORDINARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Martin Torrijos called an Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly to consider and vote on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) on July 4, 2007. This followed cabinet approval the TPA on July 3. The Extraordinary Session will is scheduled to run July [...]	2007-07-09 15:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1166	CBERA/CBTPA HAS NEGLIGIBLE EFFECT ON PANAMA'S [...] (U) This is a brief overview of the effect of Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)/ Caribbean Basin Trade Promotion Act (CBTPA) on foreign direct investment (FDI) and on Panama's exports to the U.S. While there is limited FDI data, export data show that the majority of products from [...]	2007-07-09 20:41:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR PM
07PANAMA1177	PANAMA: NO TO GITMO DETAINEES [...] (C) The GOP was unlikely to reconsider its previous decision to not accept Chinese Uighur detainees currently being held in Guantanamo, Panamanaian MFA Sub-Director for Political Affairs Vladimir Franco told POLOFFs on July 10 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. Franco asked for clari [...]	2007-07-11 16:16:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PM PREL PTER
07PANAMA1186	PANAMA: TORRIJOS VENTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos vented to Ambassador on July 9 as they traveled together from Panama City to Colon to visit the USNS Comfort. In an atypically chatty mood and highly agitated, Torrijos let down his guard and let loose: lambasting the press, asserting that former civil [...]	2007-07-11 20:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1189	PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS GRIPES THAT U.S. [...] (C) It would be "unfair and unwise" for the U.S. Congress to "move the goalposts" before acting on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),President Martin Torrijos told Ambassador on July 9. He was unhappy with recent statements from the U.S. Congress indicating that Panama and Per [...]	2007-07-12 14:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PM
07PANAMA1193	PANAMA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVERWHELMINGLY RATIFIES [...] (U) Panama's National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to ratify the U.S. - Panama TPA on July 11, 2007. Fifty eight MSI6632 INVALID FORMAT LINE 12 members of the assembly voted in favor of the TPA, three voted against it (Mireya Lasso, Miguel Fanovich, and Enrique Garrido),one member (W [...]	2007-07-12 20:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1197	PANAMA POST: EDITION V [...] (C) In this week's edition, the Panama Post takes a look at the internal workings of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and the Patriotic Union (UP) party. Also, the Panama Post reports that the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) reform effort is on hold and that its newly appoin [...]	2007-07-13 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA1198	PANAMA: UIGHUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO 1ST VP AND FM [...] (C) Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis undertook on July 11 to check to see if Panama's position regarding acceptance of Uighur detainees from Guantanamo had changed; "I doubt that it has." Lewis made these comments in response Ambassador's delivery of REFTEL A demarche. Lewis, who dep [...]	2007-07-13 21:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINO PTER PREL PM
07PANAMA1210	PANAMA: NEW POLL OUT [...] (C) While Democratic Change (CD) President and presumed presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli maintained a comfortable lead in the polls and dominated the opposition, the real news of Dichter and Neira's latest poll was the near two-fold jump in undecideds "don't knows," and "didn't answer [...]	2007-07-16 21:59:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA1226	PANAMA POST: EDITION VI [...] (C) Dichter and Neira's latest poll (REFTEL B),published by Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa on July 16, set the political tone for this week. Taking a significant dive in the polls, Panama City Mayor and aspirant for the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential no [...]	2007-07-23 12:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1236	PANAMANIAN FIRM WINS FIRST CANAL EXPANSION CONTRACT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, 2007, the Panamanian company, Constructora Urbana S.A. (CUSA),presented the lowest bid on the Panama Canal expansion project's first construction contract, and was awarded the contract on July 16. CUSA is Panama's largest highway/heavy construction contractor. The co [...]	2007-07-23 12:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT FCSC PM
07PANAMA1244	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during June 2007. In early June our key focus was the visit of Codel Meeks. UPDATE ON TITLE III PROGRAM --------------------------- 2. (SBU) DEA and NAS arrang [...]	2007-07-23 21:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA1257	ICAO ASSEMBLY: GOP SUPPORTS USG ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) On July 24, Eustacio Fabrega, Director, Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) and Gustavo Garcia de Paredes, AAC Director of Air Transportation, told EconOff that the AAC supports the USG's positions on emissions trading and aircraft emissions charges related to local air quality as se [...]	2007-07-24 21:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV
07PANAMA1258	GOP NEGOTIATING AIR CORRIDOR WITH COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) On July 24, 2007, Eustacio Fabrega, Director, Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) told EconOff that the AAC is negotiating granting Colombian air traffic controllers control over flights between Colombia and the Colombian island of San Andreas off the coast of Nicaragua. Fabrega sa [...]	2007-07-24 21:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON FAA
07PANAMA1302	PANAMA: DRC ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 15:56:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC DR PM
07PANAMA1303	PANAMA: MFA RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR 505 AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 20:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK
07PANAMA1305	PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY SEEKS TO KEEP COAST GUARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 26, 2007, Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta told the Ambassador that he would like to keep the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) billet (CGB) embedded with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). He added that the ACP would continue to benefit from the [...]	2007-08-02 21:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1309	PANAMA POST VII [...] (C) In its latest edition, the Panama Post covers the following stories: -- Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted in the U.S. for the 1991 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, riding high in his campaign to be President of Panama's National Assembly; -- Jose Miguel Aleman to be Endara's vice pr [...]	2007-08-03 17:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1346	PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII [...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...]	2007-08-10 20:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM
07PANAMA1369	PANAMA: EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS DRASTIC REFORM [...] (U) Most stakeholders interviewed recently view the most significant challenges faced by Panama's education system as: inequality, lack of quality, cronyism, corruption, poor budget administration, antiquated technology, and politicized education initiatives, the longevity of which lasts only a [...]	2007-08-15 16:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PM SOCI
07PANAMA1370	RESPONSE: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION SECTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 17:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD PM
07PANAMA1393	PANAMA: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 16:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PM
07PANAMA1408	PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING [...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...]	2007-08-21 17:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM
07PANAMA1410	PANAMA: NONPROLIFERATION DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 18:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP UNSC ID SF PM
07PANAMA1424	U.S. COAST GUARD BILLET IN PANAMA CANAL TO END [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 17, 2007, Charge and EconOff told Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta that the USG cannot absorb the $60,000 in additional yearly costs to keep USCG billet embedded at the ACP under existing terms (Ref. A). Charge explained that Post had co [...]	2007-08-24 18:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1430	PANAMA POST: EDITION IX [...] (C) For the ninth edition of the Panama Post, our top stories are: -- Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares will run for president, wants to face Vallarino; -- Jose Manuel Teran: opposition needs to rally around Vallarino; -- Juan Carlos Varela and his campaign team lunch with Ambassador; [...]	2007-08-24 21:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PM
07PANAMA1431	PANAMA: PRD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES TO ELECT [...] (C) Governing Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) National Assembly Deputies will meet on August 30 to select in a secret ballot its slate of candidates to lead the chamber, PRD National Executive Committee (CEN) Member Samuel Buitrago explained to Ambassador on August 23. Presently, Pedro M [...]	2007-08-24 22:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1438	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JULY [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during July 2007. PENDING GOP INITIATIVES ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Issues we have been following closely -- rollout of a coast guard service, reorganization o [...]	2007-08-27 21:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA1440	PANAMA: CABINET RESIGNS, PEDRO MIGUEL GONZALEZ [...] (C) President Torrijos, entire cabinet composed of fourteen ministers resigned on the afternoon of August 27. Torrijos will now be free to accept and reject resignations as he reorganizes his cabinet. This sudden mass resignation is not only the culmination of months-long rumors of a cabinet [...]	2007-08-27 22:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1471	TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION - [...] (C) Econ Chief delivered ref points and background on Aug. 30 to Delia Villamonte, Director General for International Organizations, and Leoncio Hernandez, Director for Anti-Terrorist Issues, both with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Neither Villamonte nor Hernandez offered any imme [...]	2007-08-31 20:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PM
07PANAMA1474	PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL [...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...]	2007-08-31 20:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1476	PANAMA: TORRIJOS NAMES NEW CABINET [...] (U) Replacing five cabinet ministers, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos named a total twenty-seven high-level appointments to his administration. Torrijos' decisions were announced by Secretary of State Communication Erich RODRIGUEZ Auerbach on August 30 in a press release. On August 27, a [...]	2007-08-31 21:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PM
07PANAMA1479	GOP INVESTIGATES USDA'S SCREWWORM PARTNER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has discovered apparent financial irregularities by the Panamanian section of the U.S.-Panama Commission for the Eradication of Screwworm (Spanish acronym: "COPEG"). These include the use of a Panama COPEG-only account for reimbursements based on falsified travel vouchers [...]	2007-09-04 20:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASIG EAGR KCOR PM
07PANAMA1484	PANAM POST: EDITION XII [...] (C) The election and aftermath of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez -- wanted in the U.S. in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman -- dominated political discussions in Panama this week. Nonetheless, the Panama Post's editor nonetheless found the time for a sit-down with presidential aspir [...]	2007-09-05 18:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1487	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS [...] (U) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our bilateral relationship, boost support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. export opportunities regarding the $5.25 bil [...]	2007-09-06 12:24:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP ETRD PGOV PM
07PANAMA1497	TORRIJOS TALKS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 6 office call by SouthCom Commander, ADM Stavridis, and Ambassador Eaton, an unusually talkative Panamanian President Torrijos talked about a broad range of security issues, but studiously avoided mentioning the elephant in the room: his ongoing political crisis ov [...]	2007-09-06 22:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1532	GUTIERREZ DELIVERS POSITIVE TPA MESSAGE AND [...] (C) Summary: Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez visited Panama September 12-13 with a strong message on the benefits of a TPA for Panama and the U.S. Alluding to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) elevation to National Assembly presidency, Secretary Gutierrez also made clear in all his public a [...]	2007-09-14 23:16:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KPAO PGOV OVIP PM
07PANAMA1592	BUSINESS LEADERS DESPAIR OVER PMG'S EFFECT ON TPA [...] (C) Summary: Panamanian business leaders are increasingly glum about the country's prospects for securing Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) ratification in the U.S. owing to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) September 1 elevation to PanamaQs National Assembly presidency. In their meetings with se [...]	2007-09-26 23:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1619	PANAMA -TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION INFORMATION [...] (U) Total industrial production in USD value: $1,066,600,000 (2006; in 1996 USD); $277,400,000 (first quarter 2007; in 1996 USD). Total textile and apparel production in USD value: $6,555,343 (2006); $3,144,986 (first quarter 2007). Textile/apparel share of host country imports and export [...]	2007-10-02 14:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX
07PANAMA1624	PANAMA: KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME -- [...] (C) "Panama supports full-heartedly a very firm response to the recent developments in Burma," MFA DG for International Political Affairs Javier Bonagas told POLCOUNS on October 2. President Torrijos underscored Panama's dissatisfaction in his September 25 UNGA address by stating, "We condem [...]	2007-10-03 18:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM PM
07PANAMA1625	PANAMA: INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) "Panama would probably like to co-sponsor the proposed U.S. resolution" condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy, MFA DG for International Political Affairs Javier Bonagas told POLCOUNS on October 2. Bonagas said that he would ask Panama's Mission to the UN to engage [...]	2007-10-03 18:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KWMN AORC SOCI UN UNGA PM
07PANAMA1632	MFA RESPOND TO DIPLOMATIC NOTE NO. 1197 OF AUGUST [...] (U) "Panama has decide to support the candidacy of Ms. Gaer as member of the United Nations Committee against Torture", the MFA informed post in a Diplomatic Note DG/2048/07. Text follows: 2. UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Ministry of Foreign Relations PANAMA 4, PANAMA [...]	2007-10-04 17:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK
07PANAMA1635	PANAMA WANTS TO JOIN WECAFC; SUPPORTS USG POSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 26, 2007, EconOff delivered reftel talking points on spiny lobster fisheries to George Novey, Deputy Administrator of Panama's Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP). Novey said Panama was not a member of the Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC) but sup [...]	2007-10-05 13:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD SENV
07PANAMA1669	PANAMA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR IMO COUNCIL SEAT [...] (U) On October 10, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations requesting USG support for Panama's reelection to the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Member Council during the 25th Regular Session of the IMO Assembly to be held November 19-30, 2 [...]	2007-10-12 21:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO IO
07PANAMA1673	LATIN AMERICA BANANA PRODUCERS HIT EU TARIFF [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 4, 2007, representatives of Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil and the United States met in Panama City to discuss a collective response to the July 2007 European Union (EU) proposed changes to the EU's current banana tariff regime. The re [...]	2007-10-15 15:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1674	PANAMA: IMO - LEG 93 ACCREDITATION GRANTED [...] (U) On October 12, 2007, Marta Caballero of the GOP's Maritime Authority informed Post that each of the six individuals listed in reftel as members of the USG delegation has been accorded their respective credentials for the 93rd Session of the International Maritime Organization Legal Committ [...]	2007-10-15 16:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO
07PANAMA1677	TRADE MINISTER: BEAT PMG BY RATIFYING THE TPA [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Alejandro Ferrer cautioned the U.S. on October 11 to not turn its back on its friends. He argued that USG ratification of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) would be the best way to beat back Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) and others of his ilk in the PRD. [...]	2007-10-15 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1708	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 16:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU PM
07PANAMA1711	PANAMA: 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) The U.S. goods trade surplus with Panama was $2.3 billion in 2006, an increase of $493 million from $1.8 billion in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 were $2.7 billion, up 25.2 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Panama were $378 million, up 15.7 percent. Panama [...]	2007-10-29 16:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD
07PANAMA1719	U.S. FIRM EXPECTS LABOR AND HOUSING CONSTRAINTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, 2007, EconOff met with Bechtel's Peter Pappas, Principal Vice President, and Paul Gibbs, Business Development Manager, to discuss Bechtel's design/build contract bid on the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project. The contract winner is scheduled to be announc [...]	2007-10-30 16:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PM PREL
07PANAMA172	PANAMA: GOP "INSISTS" ON REVERTING TO "OLD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ------------------------- GOP "INSISTS" ON OLD NOTE ------------------------- 2. (C) The Panamanian MFA has not completed its legal analysis of the new U.S. diplomatic note language requesting status of forces protections (REFTEL A) and does [...]	2007-02-05 13:29:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MASS AA MOPS PREL PGOV PM US
07PANAMA1722	PANAMA: FORMER PRESIDENT MOSCOSO COMES TO LUNCH [...] (C) "The opposition must unite if it is to have a chance at defeating the (governing Revolutionary Democratic Party) PRD," former President Mireya Moscoso on October 29 during a lunch hosted by Ambassador at his residence. Alberto Vallarino would be opposition's best candidate, though she was [...]	2007-10-30 19:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07PANAMA1738	PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH [...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...]	2007-11-02 18:55:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM
07PANAMA1739	SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE" [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...]	2007-11-04 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07PANAMA1742	PANAMA: LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DEMARCHE [...] Bonagas had no substantive response, but expressed his pleasure regarding continued USG efforts to engage the MFA on matters that were before the UN Security Council, such as the current situation in Lebanon. EATON [...]	2007-11-06 20:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY EUN PM
07PANAMA1743	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 20:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM AORC IAEA IR PM
07PANAMA1762	PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT - [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 1 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...]	2007-11-14 22:48:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD XK XL
07PANAMA1766	PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT - [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 2 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...]	2007-11-15 15:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD XK XL
07PANAMA1781	PANAMA: SUGGESTED INVITEES: BIOFUEL PANEL AT CCAA [...] (U) Post suggests the following invitees for the biofuels panel at the Caribbean-Central American Action conference in Miami, Florida: Dani Kuzniecky Minister for Canal Affairs Minister of Energy Secretariat Dkuzniecky@presidencia.gob.pa Wolfgram Gonzalez Director of Hydrocarbons and A [...]	2007-11-20 16:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV
07PANAMA1782	PANAMA SUPPORTS U.S. IMO COUNCIL REELECTION [...] (U) On November 19, 2007, Post received a letter from the Panamanian Maritime Authority AMP) stating that it will support the re-election of the U.S. to the International Maritime Organization as a Category A member. The AMP letter stated that such voting instructions have been transmitted. [...]	2007-11-20 16:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PANAMA1793	PANAMA 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE DELIVERED VIA [...] (U) On October 29, 2007, Post delivered its 2008 National Trade Estimate Report via cable (cable number Panama 1711) and via email to USTR in Microsoft Word. The report can also be found on Post's classified website. ARREAGA [...]	2007-11-21 15:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD
07PANAMA1797	GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO IMO [...] (U) On November 20, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations, dated November 16, 2007, requesting USG support and vote for Panama's re-election as a Category A member to the International Maritime Organization's Council. On November 19, 2007, the GO [...]	2007-11-21 17:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PANAMA1801	PANAMA POST: EDITION XI [...] (C) Back from an extended hiatus, the Panama Post now brings you its Thanksgiving edition. Increasingly, the Panama Post is the hearing these days from all quarters that, despite her protests to the contrary, current Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera will be the governing Democratic Revolu [...]	2007-11-21 20:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1806	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US-IRAQ BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 21:10:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ PM

07PANAMA1807	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 21:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM AORC PREL IAEA IR PM
07PANAMA181	PANAMA PROPOSES CANAL TOLL INCREASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February, 2, 2007, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced its proposed toll increases for the Panama Canal. The proposed toll increases run through 2009. The ACP is holding a public comment period through March 12, 2007 and a public hearing on March 14, 2007. The full tex [...]	2007-02-06 13:18:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON FCSC EFTA ETRD EWWT PM
07PANAMA1812	SECOND PANAMA CANAL EXCAVATION CONTRACT GOES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Consorcio Cilsa Minera Maria, a unit of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's Grupo Carsa, was the low bidder on the second dry excavation contract for the new Pacific lock access channels portion of the Panama Canal expansion project. It what has become a trend, the sole U.S. bidd [...]	2007-11-27 16:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT FCSC PM
07PANAMA1813	PANAMA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 16:41:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PM
07PANAMA1817	PANAMA: TORRIJOS ADMINISTRATION SILENT AS MAJOR [...] (C) Though thirteen days into its first major corruption scandal, no senior Torrijos Administration official has yet to speak out publicly regarding the alleged embezzlement of approximately USD 892,932 from the Fund for Educational Equality and Quality (FECE). The scandal, which broke on No [...]	2007-11-29 21:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL PM
07PANAMA1824	PANAMA: THE ITALIAN BUTCHER HIRES A CAMPAIGN [...] (C) "I have agreed to be campaign manager for Ricardo (Martinelli) starting full-time on January 1," Jimmy Papademetriu told POLCOUNS on November 27, though he said he would eschew the title "campaign manager" as it "paints a target on one's back." Papademetriu said that Patriotic Union (UP) [...]	2007-11-30 19:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1827	PANAMA: WEIGHING "OVERALL POLICY REVIEW" OF [...] (C) "Panama is considering an overall policy review of its positions on the various Israel resolutions that come up every year in the UN General Assembly (UNGA)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on December 3 in response to reftel A demarche. Lewis added, "I don't know if there wou [...]	2007-12-03 22:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PM
07PANAMA1828	PANAMA: "WHAT'S NEXT?" IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) "What's next in Venezuela," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis asked Ambassador on December 3. Stunned by the "No" victory in Venezuela, Lewis commented, "Everybody is holding their breath to see what Chavez does next." Lewis mused that Chavez would need to change the subject and grab a new iss [...]	2007-12-03 22:17:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE PM
07PANAMA1829	PANAMA: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "You can never let your guard down with Iran," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to delivery of reftel demarche. "We are working well with the U.S. a various levels on this issue." Concurring that it remained important to ensure that Iran respected Chapt [...]	2007-12-03 22:34:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNSC IR PM
07PANAMA1831	PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to Ref. A request. Responses are keyed to the specific questions identified in Ref. A. Ref. B is Post's information covering the December 2006- May 2007 time period. Post's answers to REFTEL A questions are based on information obtained f [...]	2007-12-04 20:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU
07PANAMA1834	PANAMA: VIOLATION OF U.S. AVIATION REGULATIONS [...] (U) On December 4, 2007, EconOff delivered to Eustacio Fabrega, Director of Panama's Civil Aviation Authority, all the documentation received by Post from the FAA regarding the violation of U.S. aviation regulations by Copa Airlines pilot Jose Alberto Harris Vives. 2. (U) EconOff explained [...]	2007-12-05 19:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON FAA PM
07PANAMA1838	PANAMA: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM BRIEFING HAS MAJOR IMPACT ON MFA THINKING [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 21:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PM PREL UNSC
07PANAMA184	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS' [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]	2007-02-06 21:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA1840	PANAMA: PATRIOTIC UNION VP BACKS MARTINELLI [...] (C) "I think the opposition needs to start unifying behind Martinelli," Patriotic Union (UP) VP Anibal Galindo told POLCOUNS on December 6, confirming rumors that Galindo was coordinating his political activities with Martinelli. "One has to respect the hard work that (Democratic Change (CD) [...]	2007-12-06 23:01:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA185	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS' [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]	2007-02-06 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA1856	PANAMA: MARTINELLI CONTINUES TO LEAD POLLS [...] (C) Democratic Change (CD) Party President and presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli continues to lead the polls in all respects, according to a November 2007 poll conducted by Panama's leading pollster, Dichter and Neira. Overall, the GOP gets a neutral to somewhat negative approval ratin [...]	2007-12-11 20:08:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PM
07PANAMA1858	PANAMA: BALBINA - "I DON'T WANT TO RUN FOR [...] (C) "I don't want to run for president. (Panama City Mayor) Juan Carlos Navarro will be the PRD presidential nominee," Panamanian Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera told POLCOUNS on December 9. Echoing her emphatic August 9 assertions to DCM, she declared, "I intend to run for mayor." Aske [...]	2007-12-12 13:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
07PANAMA1867	PANAMA: PMG'S DAY OF MOURNING RESOLUTION "WILL NOT [...] (C) "Pedro Miguel's bill to declare December 20 a National Day of Mourning will not pass," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis assured Ambassador in a December 13 telcon. The day before, National Assembly Deputy Juan Manuel Peralta, at the behest of National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez ( [...]	2007-12-13 22:07:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PM
07PANAMA1872	PANAMA: TORRIJOS OPPOSES NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING, [...] (C) "President Torrijos wants you to know his concerns about Pedro Miguel's rant yesterday (December 13). His proposed resolution is not this Administration's policy, and the President does not support the idea of a National Day of Mourning on December 20," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told [...]	2007-12-14 22:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PGOV KTIA PM
07PANAMA1873	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL DEMARCHE ON IRAN NIE DELIVERED [...] (C) "Panama continues to watch the Iran situation closely," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to presentation of reftel A demarche. Lewis indicated that he understood that the U.S. Iran policy had not changed. MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Affairs Nils Cas [...]	2007-12-14 22:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
07PANAMA1874	PANAMA: MNF-I UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) US and UK Ambassadors jointly presented reftel A demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on December 14 regarding the extension of the mandates for the Multinational Forces - Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Lew [...]	2007-12-14 22:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSCR EFIN MARR IZ PM
07PANAMA1876	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL DEMARCHE ON IRAN NIE DELIVERED [...] (C) "Panama continues to watch the Iran situation closely," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to presentation of reftel A demarche. Lewis indicated that he understood that the U.S. Iran policy had not changed. MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Affairs Nils Cas [...]	2007-12-17 16:10:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
07PANAMA1880	PANAMA: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM
07PANAMA189	PANAMA: NORIEGA EXTRADITION AND FRANCE [...] (SBU) French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert provided Ambassador on February 5 a non-paper concerning the extradition of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to France (para 2). Philibert also provided a draft press communique on the matter for use in Panama (para 3). [...]	2007-02-07 19:18:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KCRM PGOV PREL FR PM
07PANAMA1893	TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE (PTJ) TO BE DISBANDED [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the National Assembly adopted a bill to dismantle the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) and transfer most of its investigative personnel from under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General (AG) to the Panamanian National Police (PNP). President Torrijos is expecte [...]	2007-12-20 16:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS PGOV 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
07PANAMA1896	PANAMA: PRD-OPPOSITION COMPROMISE MOVES DAY OF [...] (C) National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's resolution to proclaim December 20 -- the anniversary of OPERATION JUST CAUSE, the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama -- a "Day of Mourning and of Patriotic Reflection" was approved by the National Assembly in its third and final debate on Dec [...]	2007-12-20 22:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA1897	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARGES AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR PM
07PANAMA1898	POTENTIAL SEISMIC RISKS MAY THREATEN PANAMA CANAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The historical view that Panama does not experience earthquakes was wrong, geological experts employed by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) told EmbOffs. These experts said emerging geologic research suggests that Central Panama -- including the Panama Canal and Panama City area -- [...]	2007-12-20 23:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV AMER EWWT ELTN TPHY PM
07PANAMA1899	BIDDERS ON PANAMA CANAL DESIGN/BUILD CONTRACT FACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 15, 2007, four consortia submitted Statements of Qualification in order to qualify to bid on the contract to design and build the Panama Canal's third set of locks and water recycling basins. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announced the qualified bi [...]	2007-12-21 12:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1900	PANAMA: DOCTORS' STRIKE ENDS WITH 26.8 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Ending 39 days on strike, the National Medical Commission of Negotiation (COMENAL) reached agreement with the GOP on a 26.8% raise, on December 14. COMENAL, which launched its strike on November 6 with demands for a 60% raise, has also agreed to make up the estimated 600 thousand appoi [...]	2007-12-21 13:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON SOCI PM
07PANAMA221	PANAMA: IO PDAS WARLICK'S UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) "Panama wants to be a constructive and pragmatic partner of the U.S. on the UN Security Council," 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis told visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (IO PDAS) James Warlick on February 5. Mr. Warlick expressed app [...]	2007-02-13 15:38:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PM
07PANAMA230	PANAMA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy Panama is pleased to nominate Angelica Maytin for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Biographical information and justification statement for Ms. Maytin follow: Name: Angelica Maytin Justiniani Title: [...]	2007-02-14 21:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO PM
07PANAMA255	MONEY LAUNDERING & PANAMA'S REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's construction boom, prevalence of offshore corporations, and status as a regional financial center provide a conducive environment for money laundering. Amid speculation as to the source of financing and demand for Panama's real estate boom, a review of information ava [...]	2007-02-21 20:29:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM
07PANAMA258	PANAMA RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The legal framework governing IPR protection in Panama is substantive, although gaps exist both in domestic legislation and participation in the full complement of international treaties. Enforcement levels and resources remain weak but 2006 saw positive trends in seizures and [...]	2007-02-21 21:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PM
07PANAMA263	EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTE [...] (U) Per instructions (reftel a),post reports the exchange of one diplomatic note with the Government of Panama. --Embassy note 72/GOP reply DT/059- New Horizons exercise. Post will send certified copy of note to L/T. Eaton [...]	2007-02-22 19:34:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS
07PANAMA269	PANAMA: LABOR INFORMATION FOR DOL'S FTA REPORTING [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, updated information on labor conditions in Panama follows. Responses are listed by the order given in reftel. --------------- LEGAL FRAMEWORK --------------- 2. (U) We know of no further developments to implement the suggested changes made by the ILO Comm [...]	2007-02-23 19:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA PM
07PANAMA276	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: IAEA REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 15:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR PM
07PANAMA279	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) POLCHIEF delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor Nils Castro on February 26. Castro, who heads the MFA's UNSC team, said that it was important to sustain the international focus on the situation in Burma and agreed full-heartedly with efforts to address the situation i [...]	2007-02-26 16:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH EUN IN KS RS PM
07PANAMA28	PANAMA MARKS CONCLUSION OF FTA (TPA) NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GoP is engaged in a full court press to solidify public support for the U.S.-Panama FTA (now renamed as a "Trade Promotion Agreement" or "TPA") Working through the holidays, President Martin Torrijos led a December 27 event to mark the conclusion of the TPA negotiations. The [...]	2007-01-08 20:24:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFTA ETRD FAS FCSC PM
07PANAMA300	PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 20:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC 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
07PANAMA362	PANAMA: PRD POSTPONES INTERNAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) would postpone its internal elections until January 2008 and its presidential primary until October 2008, Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told the Ambassador on March 6. Lewis asserted that this postponement would allow President Martin To [...]	2007-03-09 20:07:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA372	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the month of February, 2007. Meeting with Attorney General ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by NAS and DEA directors, me [...]	2007-03-12 16:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP KCRM PM
07PANAMA382	PANAMA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Panama's response to reftel questions on trafficking in persons (TIP) follows. Replies correspond to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Panama is an origin, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. However, Panama is generally consi [...]	2007-03-12 20:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM
07PANAMA383	PANAMA: CUBAN FM COMES TO TOWN [...] (C) Noting that Cuba "has demonstrated its solidarity and support" for Panama since "the epoch of General Omar Torrijos," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis launched the first meeting of the Panama-Cuba binational commission on March 2. Lewis added that the meeting was "of high importanc [...]	2007-03-13 15:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PM CU
07PANAMA400	TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE (PTJ) LIKELY TO BE ABSORBED [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the GOP and the autonomous Attorney General have been sparring behind the scenes regarding the future of the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ),Panama's rough FBI equivalent. The most reliable current information indicates that the GOP will push to dismember the [...]	2007-03-16 16:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS PGOV PM
07PANAMA406	PANAMA: IRAN AND SUDAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) "We do not foresee a problem with the draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iran that was prepared by the P-5 1 and anticipate that it will be adopted early next week," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on March 16. Though he compla [...]	2007-03-16 21:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO IR CD CT
07PANAMA436	GOP PLEASED WITH TEDS VISIT [...] (U) On March 5, 2007, Econ Off and Econ Specialist meet with George Novey, Sub-administrator of the GoP's Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),to discuss, among other things, the ARAP's views on the TEDs inspection visit of December 17 - 20, 2006. Novey said he was happy with the results of the [...]	2007-03-22 18:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA461	PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Supportive of UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Ahtisaari's recommendations, Panama was engaging Russia to avoid a Russian veto and secure adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution that supported Ahtisaari's recommendations, including his proposal for Kosovo's supervised independence, Panama [...]	2007-03-27 21:57:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UNSC UN YI EU PM
07PANAMA464	JAPAN EFFECTIVELY LOBBYING ON WHALING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. George Novey, Sub-Administrator of the GOP's Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),told EconOff that he and Richard Pretto Malca, the ARAP Administrator, agree with the Government of Japan's request that the GOP abstain from voting during the May 2007 International Whaling Conven [...]	2007-03-28 13:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA47	PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY EYES TOLL INCREASES [...] SUMMARY. On December 18, 2006, DCM and EconOff met with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta and ACP Chief of Planning Javier Sabonge to discuss the ACP's planned toll increases. The ACP has not yet determined the magnitude of the toll increases. Aleman hinted th [...]	2007-01-12 18:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFTA ETRD EWWT FCSC PM
07PANAMA489	PANAMA: MOSCOSO ACTIVELY SHAPING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Asserting the Panamenista Party would not have a presidential candidate for Panama's May 2009 elections, former President Mireya Moscoso told POLCOUNS on March 27 that she would work to unify the opposition and have the Panamenista Party enter into a coalition with a viable presidential [...]	2007-03-30 19:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA490	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 19:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PM
07PANAMA492	OVERVIEW OF NAS PANAMA FRONTLINE POLICE MODERNIZATION [...] Summary: NAS Panama has undertaken a senior-level training program for the roughly 30 top officers of the National Police (PNP),designed to help the PNP move from a military or traditional model of policing towards a model of community or problem-oriented policing. This endeavor represents, [...]	2007-04-02 13:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA505	PANAMA: TORRIJOS LAUNCHES "CRUSADE AGAINST CRIME" [...] (U) In a March 29 address to the nation, President Torrijos unveiled an anti-crime bill with a multipronged strategy to fight youth crime, particularly youth gang violence. The new bill would propose tougher penalties for youth offenders, tighten immigration regulations, and direct seized as [...]	2007-04-03 16:57:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRIM SOCI PM
07PANAMA508	NAS PANAMA MID-YEAR FY 2007 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: NAS had a busy and productive first half of FY 07. Our assistance was vital to preparing the imminent launch of DEA's Title III wiretap program. We completed several major donations to the National Police (PNP) and National Maritime Service (SMN),including projects that imp [...]	2007-04-04 14:11:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM MCAP PM
07PANAMA510	PANAMA: DEMARCHE SEEKING 505 AGREEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 17:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK
07PANAMA511	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN CORRUPTION AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 17:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PG PM
07PANAMA517	GANGS GARNERING PUBLIC ATTENTION, BUT TRANSNATIONAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A deadly March 21 fire that ensued following the outbreak of violence motivated the GOP to introduce anti-crime legislation on April 4 that includes provisions for longer detention of juvenile offenders (Ref A). Prominent media attention to gang-related violence has raised ala [...]	2007-04-09 16:22:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA523	PANAMA: ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (C) Panamanian PermRep to the UN Ricardo Alberto Arias' decision to vote against permitting Kosovar President Sejdiu to address the UNSC on April 3 did not reflect substantive Panamanian concerns about the way ahead on Kosovo, but rather Panama's legalistic approach to procedural matters, Aria [...]	2007-04-09 19:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM
07PANAMA524	PANAMA: UNDEF PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT [...] (U) Panama's United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) project is ready to launch pending disbursement of the grant funds, Foundation for the Development of Civil Liberties Executive Director Angelica Maytin told Poloff on April 3. The two-year project to develop a public corruption risk index wo [...]	2007-04-09 21:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UNAUS NGO PM
07PANAMA539	PANAMA: STUDENT SELECTION FOR ILEA TIP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Per reftel a instructions, post submits the following nominees for the ILEA trafficking in persons program. All participants have been fully vetted and cleared at post and by the Department (reftel b). a) De Leon Bustavino, Gloria Ibelis- Secretary General, Ministry of Government and [...]	2007-04-10 21:22:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN SNAR SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PM
07PANAMA54	PANAMA UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT MIGRANTS [...] (C) Panama is highly unlikely to accept Caribbean migrants in the event of a mass migration, due to historical sensitivities to U.S. military presence as well as a general reluctance to accept displaced persons. In addition, Panama lacks the institutional capacity to run a migrant camp. Per [...]	2007-01-16 21:29:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PM
07PANAMA55	PANAMA: EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTES [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, post reports the exchange of three diplomatic notes with the Government of Panama. a) Embassy note 2316/GOP reply DT/003- deployment of U.S. Mobile Security Detachment to support Panama Canal high-value transits from January 9 to May 15, 2007. b) Embassy note 23 [...]	2007-01-17 15:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS
07PANAMA551	PANAMA CIVAIR: GOP AGREES TO CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) On April 11, 2007, EconOff delivered the reftel talking points to Eustacio Fabrega, Director of the Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority (AAC). 2. (U) Fabrega confirmed the GoP's scheduling of formal consultations between the FAA and AAC officials. Fabrega confirmed that the consultatio [...]	2007-04-12 14:16:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PM
07PANAMA557	PANAMA SUPPORTIVE BUT WARY ON KOSOVO [...] (C) "Rest assured, we're on the same page" on Kosovo future status, First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador Eaton and POLOFF when he delivered reftel demarche on April 12. Lewis expressed Panamanian support of the UNMIK Administrator's recommendations -- including independence -- but a [...]	2007-04-12 22:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIC PGOV YL PM
07PANAMA563	TORRIJOS TO MOVE COMPTROLLER KUZNIECKY TO CANAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 12, 2007, President Martin Torrijos announced that Dani Ariel Kuzniecky would be the new Minister for Canal Affairs and President of the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) Board of Directors replacing Ricaurte "Catin" Vasquez. Kuzniecky is currently Panama's highly-regarded [...]	2007-04-13 19:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EWWT
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
07PANAMA645	PANAMA: SUDAN NEEDS IMMEDIATE UN ATTENTION [...] (SBU) "The situation in Darfur cannot be prolonged," responded MFA Director for Exterior Politics Javier Bonagas to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche. Bonagas acknowledged the Government of Sudan's history of reneging on its agreements and underscored the urgent need for the international co [...]	2007-04-25 20:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UNSC SU PM
07PANAMA66	PANAMA-BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 LICENSE 05-050023533 [...] (U) On December 19, 2006, EconOff met with Jorge Aurelio Cohen Jaen (Panamanian I.D. number 8-140-115),President and sole shareholder of Panama Shooters & Arms Supplies, S.A. (PSAS),at PSAS's offices on Via Espana and Avenida La Loma, Centro Commercial San Fernando, Local # 16, Panama City, [...]	2007-01-18 14:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC PM
07PANAMA664	PANAMA NOT FOCUSED ON WMO CONGRESS [...] (U) Post delivered the above-referenced demarche and the related talking points on USG priorities to the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Relations and the National Environmental Authority (ANAM). Panama does not/not have a national weather service. 2. (U) ANAM officials in the Office of C [...]	2007-04-26 20:18:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY WMO
07PANAMA686	PANAMA AGREES WITH SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 20:21:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC SO PM
07PANAMA715	PANAMA: TWO PRD WOMEN ACTIVISTS SHARE VIEWS [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos "is a completely different person these days," de facto PRD women's group secretary Maribel Coco told POLREP on April 27. "Before winning election, he had close contact with the party structures, but now he ignores them." According to PRD women's act [...]	2007-05-03 16:19:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA718	PANAMA: EX-MOLIRENA MEMBER/NEW PATRIOTIC UNION [...] (C) "Over five thousand former members of the (Liberal Republican Nationalist Movement) MOLIRENA have joined Patriotic Union (UP)," Delia Cardenas told POLCOUNS during their May 3 during. Cardenas, one of the more notable ex-MOLIRENA members to join UP, asserted that UP would be the primary [...]	2007-05-03 18:47:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA729	PANAMA: GOP HOLDS CABINET MEETING IN REMOTE DARIEN [...] (U) The extreme poverty of Panama's Darien province should be a source of shame to the country, President Martin Torrijos said at the April 27 cabinet meeting he convened in Santa Fe, one of the last towns in the province before the Interamerican highway ends. The meeting was intended to off [...]	2007-05-04 15:56:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PM
07PANAMA772	PANAMA: NO POSITION ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY, [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 19:05:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC PM
07PANAMA778	PANAMA: HCOC "INREACH" [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 18:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE PM
07PANAMA779	PANAMA: ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 18:52:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM PREL PM
07PANAMA780	PANAMA: UNSC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON IRANIANS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 19:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL IR RS PM PARM
07PANAMA782	PANAMA: CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) With uncharacteristic candor, Panamanian MFA DG for International Affairs Javier Bonagas expressed Panama's concerns with Venezuela's increasing activity with Iran, its unconstructive behavior in the hemisphere, and troublesome meddling in Panama. Bonagas shared these views with POLCOUNS [...]	2007-05-14 20:19:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER SOCI ELAB IR PM
07PANAMA787	NEGROPONTE AND TORRIJOS DISCUSS TPA, BIOFUELS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 11 call on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte and President Torrijos discussed the commercial and strategic importance of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, and Panama. They also discussed the potential of [...]	2007-05-15 17:29:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM
07PANAMA788	PANAMA TO NEGROPONTE: WE WELCOME TRADE DEAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In separate May 11 encounters with Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, a cross-section of Panamanian business, civil society, and media leaders welcomed the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). They cautioned, however, that Panama also had to reform its educati [...]	2007-05-15 17:38:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM
07PANAMA807	OXY INKS MOU WITH GOP AND QATAR PETROLEUM TO [...] Summary: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) joined with Qatar Petroleum on May 15 to advance its proposed $7 billion, 350,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Panama. This gives Panama a leg up on establishing a regional refinery and would deliver a huge boost for an area of the country that has str [...]	2007-05-17 12:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA815	PANAMA: DEMOCRATIC CHANGE INTERNAL POLL INDICATES [...] (C) Democratic Change (CD) leader Ricardo Martinelli continued to lead the polls among Panamanian presidential aspirants, CD VP Roberto Henriquez told POLCOUNS on May 17. Henriquez later provided POLCOUNS a copy of a private CID Gallup poll conducted for CD in May that showed Martinelli leadi [...]	2007-05-17 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
07PANAMA834	PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to Ref. A request. Responses are keyed to the specific questions identified in Ref. A. Ref. B is Post's information covering the May-November 2006 time period. Post's answers to REFTEL A questions are based on information obtained from t [...]	2007-05-22 22:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PM CU
07PANAMA84	PANAMA: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post's suggestions for the most influential women in Panama are below. Given the relatively large number of women in Panama who are influential in their respective fields, post can provide additional names if the Department has a specific area of interest. A [...]	2007-01-19 20:16:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL PM
07PANAMA841	GOP VIEWS ON CITES CEDRELA/DALBERGIA ISSUE [...] (U) EconOff raised REFTEL points separately with Alaida Salazar, on May 18, 2007, and Francisco Cubas, on May 22, 2007, of the GOP's National Environmental Authority. Salazar and Cubas will attend the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade [...]	2007-05-23 16:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA85	PANAMA: SOUTHCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TORRIJOS; 9:00 A.M., JANUARY 19; PALACIO DE LAS GARZAS, PANAMA CITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 20:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS ECON PN
07PANAMA856	PANAMA-VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ NOT VISITING; ROSALES [...] (C) "Chavez will not be coming to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OASGA)," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on May 23. A relieved Lewis added that President Martin Torrijos would not make a stop-over in Caracas on hi way to Rio de Janeiro. [...]	2007-05-24 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE PM
07PANAMA858	GOP TO SUPPORT PRO-CONVERSATION VOTES AT IWC BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. EconOff delivered REFTEL points on May 22 and 23, 2007 to George Novey, Sub Administrator for the Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),and on May 23, 2007 to Deborah Siraze, International Economic Relations Division of the Ministry for Foreign Relations (MIRE). Novey and Siraze tol [...]	2007-05-25 17:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL SENV IWC
07PANAMA868	LIKELY ARREST OF FORMER NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE [...] (C) Panama's Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) is currently attempting to arrest former National Maritime Service (SMN, Panama's Navy equivalent) director Ricardo Traad Porras, along with four former subordinates and an attorney, on charges of narcotics-related corruption and illicit enrichment [...]	2007-05-25 21:17:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CVIS PREL PM
07PANAMA90	PANAMA - INDOOR AIR POLLUTION NOT AN ISSUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 17, 2006 EconOff met with Panama's National Environmental Agency's (ANAM) Director of National Environmental Quality, Natalia Jones and ANAM's Director of International Cooperation, Zoila Aqueno, to discuss Panama's views on indoor air pollution (IAP). Jones and Aqueno [...]	2007-01-19 23:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EPA PM SENV TBIO
07PANAMA901	PANAMA: CHAVEZ'S CLOSURE OF RCTV "SOVEREIGN" [...] (U) "The decision to not renew RCTV's concession was a sovereign decision of the Government of Venezuela," Panamanian President Martin Torrijos told the press on May 25 during a press conference in Brazil. "Neither Panama nor any other country can judge whether or not the application of oth [...]	2007-05-31 19:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ECON OAS VE PM
07PANAMA910	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICES' JUNE 4 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in, [...]	2007-06-01 16:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PANAMA914	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICE'S [...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in [...]	2007-06-01 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PANAMA915	PANAMA/OASGA: CODEL Meeks? Luncheon with OAS [...] CODEL Meeks briefly touched upon OAS member nations? priorities while sharing the Congress members? desire to further invigorate U.S. engagement in the region. Congressman Meeks focused on the need to adequately support institutions like the OAS in furthering development and strengthening dem [...]	2007-06-04 12:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF OAS PM
07PANAMA920	PANAMA/OASGA: CODEL MEEKS' LUNCHEON WITH OAS [...] CODEL Meeks briefly touched upon OAS member nations' priorities while sharing the congress members' desire to further invigorate U.S. engagement in the region. Congressman Meeks focused on the need to adequately support institutions like the OAS in furthering development and strengthening dem [...]	2007-06-04 16:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF OAS PM
07PANAMA921	PANAMA: CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] CODEL Meeks and Panamanian President Martin Torrijos discussed issues that would arise during the U.S. Congress' debate on whether to approve the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) such as poverty reduction, tax collection, anti-discrimination laws, the Panama-Colombia relationship, [...]	2007-06-04 16:31:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV ETRD ENV SOCI PHUM PM

07PANAMA946	PANAMA: MAJORS LIST/CERTIFICATION FOR FY 2008 [...] (U) A major drug-transit country, Panama continues to be a strong ally of the U.S. in the fight against trafficking and related crimes. This cable provides key examples of our excellent bilateral law enforcement cooperation. 2. (U) In our FY 06 Letter of Agreement (LOA),the USG asked the [...]	2007-06-06 22:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA964	PANAMA: NO CHANGE IN RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN [...] (U) Panama would continue to recognize diplomatic Taiwan and to sustain commercial ties with China, Panamanian Presidency Secretary of State Communications Erich Rodriguez Auerbach confirmed to the press on June 7. A communique released by the MFA the same day stated: "The Government of t [...]	2007-06-08 18:01:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TW PM
07PANAMA991	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL AND [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the months of April and May, 2007. Arrest of Former SMN Director ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In May, Panama's Attorney General (AG) Office arres [...]	2007-06-13 13:57:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA996	PANAMA: FM SATISFIED WITH TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) "The 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report does not look too different from last year's report. That is good to see," said First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis after Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 11. Ambassador noted the report acknowledged positive [...]	2007-06-13 16:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO PM
07PARIS1456	FRENCH PONDER UNSC MOVES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRENCH MFA OFFICIALS ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT THE POLISARIO -- IN THE HOPE OF PREEMPTING ANY USG ENDORSEMENT OF THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN -- WILL AGREE TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RABAT "WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS," WHILE INSISTING THAT THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN CANNOT SERVE AS A [...]	2007-04-11 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL UNSC MO AG WI
07PARIS1694	FRANCE WITH U.S. ON MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI FR
07PARIS2072	VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...]	2007-05-21 12:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF
07PARIS2113	FRENCH DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON CHAPTER VII [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE UNSC PREL PTER
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
07PARIS634	UNESCO REFORM: SECRETARIAT AND EXPERTS SPLIT ON WAY FORWARD [...] Summary: In recent weeks, there have been a number of meetings relating to the ongoing review of the Natural Sciences and Social and Human Sciences sectors. The panel itself met January 9-12. During that week, the Indian Ambassador held a January 10 dinner where guests included some panel ex [...]	2007-02-16 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PORTOFSPAIN1031	OAS LABOR MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECENT WORK AS THE CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE XV INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML) IN PORT OF SPAIN SEPTEMBER 11-13 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND LABOR OBJECTIVES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO BE REINFORCED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AMONG LABOR MINISTERS, I [...]	2007-10-15 11:48:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SOCI OAS XK XL XM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN642	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY [...] CA adds flights to Caribbean and North America --------------------------------------------- ----- Caribbean Airlines will increase seat capacity to the Caribbean and North America by 25 percent. CA will fly double daily frequencies to New York four days a week, maintaining daily service fo [...]	2007-07-02 18:50:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECPS EIND EINV SENV SOCI TD EAGR
07PORTOFSPAIN891	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 1 [...] Offers of more food suppliers for T&T 2. Weak US dollar ... businessman worried! 3. T&T/Barbados fishing talks begin 4. Tobago's Development - US$500 million to be spent 5. Global warming fears prompt desalination projects 6. Call for local content policy 7. T&T chambers seek tra [...]	2007-09-07 19:49:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB ENGR ETRD TD
07PORTOFSPAIN947	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 2 [...] Caribbean Airlines flying high 2. Copa Airlines to fly to Trinidad 3. Inflation on the rise 4. Central Bank's authorized capital increased 5. Credit Unions' assets top US$1 billion 6. GOTT looks to financial services, investments 7. More hotels opening 8. Rapid Rail contract a [...]	2007-09-18 21:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT SOCI TD ECON ELTN
07QUITO1239	ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Post provides the following information regarding trade and other relations between Ecuador and Cuba. Trade between the two countries is not extensive. In 2006, Ecuadorian exports to Cuba, mostly tuna, totaled $6,434,690 (FOB) and Ecuadorian imports from Cu [...]	2007-05-30 14:06:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL CU EC
07QUITO300	CORREA NAMES CHAVEZ' BUDDY AS AMB TO VENEZUELA [...] (S) Sum... id: 95515 date: 2/6/2007 16:48 refid: 07QUITO300 origin: Embassy Quito classification: SECRET destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0300/01 0371648 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 061648Z FEB 07 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6258 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGO [...]	2007-02-06 16:48:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PGOV EC PREL VE
07QUITO377	ECUADOR WANTS USG TO JOIN WTO BANANA DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Ecuador will request the formation of a WTO dispute settlement panel to hear Ecuador's complaint against the current EU banana regime. Ecuador would like to see the U.S. join the case as a full partner, since it believes that U.S. participation is necessary to secure EU compliance with [...]	2007-02-15 18:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON EC
07SANJOSE1053	COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31st, PolCoun and PolOff met with Alejandro Solano, sub-director of the Foreign Policy Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the growing Iranian-Venezuelan relationship (Ref a). Solano was receptive and expressed concerns, particularly in the area of the loose [...]	2007-06-04 16:08:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER IR ECON VE CS
07SANJOSE1106	COSTA RICA RECOGNIZES CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 6, Costa Rica announced normalized relations with China, ending ties with Taiwan dating back to 1944. President Arias said the decision was based on "fundamental realism," and he expressed hope that informal relations could be retained with Taipei. The announcement ca [...]	2007-06-08 22:38:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW XK CS
07SANJOSE1173	COSTA RICA: NORMALIZED RELATIONS WITH CHINA BRING [...] SUMMARY (U) Costa Rica's June 1 recognition of the PRC and consequent break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Ref A) have brought worries about the financing of ongoing assistance projects (previously funded by Taiwan) as well as immigration concerns at a time when illegal Chinese traffic i [...]	2007-06-18 22:39:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR CVIS XK CS
07SANJOSE1194	COSTA RICA MINI DUBLIN GROUP REPORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides an update on Dublin Group activities (per Ref A). Costa Rica continues to serve as a transit point for illegal narcotics destined to the United States and Europe from production sites in South America. At the same time, Costa Rica continues to demonstrate [...]	2007-06-20 23:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KCRM CS
07SANJOSE1248	COSTA RICA INPUT - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) has played a key role in the growth of the Costa Rican economy over the last 23 years, fueling Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),which has expanded the economy and diversified export opportunities. In the past seven years, accordin [...]	2007-06-28 12:13:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS
07SANJOSE1618	ASSESSMENT OF COSTA RICAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica remains a significant transshipment point for drugs, people, currency and weapons. A successful comprehensive regional security strategy for Central America must include appropriately trained and equipped Costa Rican forces, willing and able to cooperate with counterpa [...]	2007-08-30 12:11:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS KJUS PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER SNAR
07SANJOSE1682	US-COSTA RICA PARTNERSHIP AGAINST NARCOTRAFFICKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Close bilateral cooperation and improved intra-GOCR coordination yielded impressive counter narcotics successes since early July. Joint USG-GOCR efforts intercepted four go-fast boats and forced a fifth to turn back towards Panama. Ashore, a probable fuel depot for go-fasts an [...]	2007-09-10 16:56:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER SNAR XK CS
07SANJOSE1691	US-COSTA RICA PARTNERSHIP AGAINST NARCOTRAFFICKERS [...] This is a corrected version of San Jose 01682. See paragraphs 2, 3 and 12 2. (C) SUMMARY: Close bilateral cooperation and improved intra-GOCR coordination yielded impressive counter narcotics successes since early July. Joint USG-GOCR efforts intercepted four go-fast boats and forced a [...]	2007-09-11 20:55:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER SNAR XK CS
07SANJOSE1768	COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA: UNEASTY NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rican-Nicaraguan relations remain strained from a GOCR perspective. This was only slightly improved by Presidents Arias and Ortega meeting in Managua on August 21, although Arias reportedly returned with a written commitment from Ortega to support Costa Rica,s UNSC election [...]	2007-09-24 22:38:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS NU PGOV PREF PREL XK
07SANJOSE1783	COSTA RICA AND CHINA: IS TRADE THE TIE THAT BINDS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sino-Costa Rican relations have gotten off to a splashy start, with trade as the centerpiece. The new Chinese Embassy in San Jose opened on August 24, in conjunction with a trade fair which reportedly netted USD 12 million in sales or commitments for the Chinese and USD 140 mil [...]	2007-09-27 17:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS CVIS ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XK
07SANJOSE1965	Alternative Energies Fair: Can We Grow Fuel? [...] SUMMARY: Embassy participated in an alternative energies conference sponsored by RECOPE, Costa Rica's national oil refinery, held at the University of Costa Rica on 24-25 October, 2007. RECOPE organized this event as part of its "Quality Month" by inviting private companies, students, gover [...]	2007-11-08 12:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG PGOV CS
07SANJOSE2071	GREEN FUNDS MEET GREENBACKS: REDLAC IX CONSIDERS [...] SUMMARY: Enterprise of the Americas Initiative (EAI) and Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) debt for nature funds met on the margins of the ninth meeting of the Western Hemisphere Network of Environmental Funds November 13-15. In addition to governance issues, fund managers explored les [...]	2007-12-19 22:06:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EFIS ENRG ES XM
07SANJOSE2074	COSTA RICA: UPDATED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR's most pressing, non-lethal police equipment needs center on communications, transportation, technology, K-9 support, and surveillance equipment (in that order, see para 5). Coast Guard modernization remains on top of the list of other initiatives to be funded by the pend [...]	2007-12-20 23:03:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER SNAR CS KJUS PREF
07SANJOSE406	TO CLOSE OR NOT TO CLOSE? VENEZUELA'S ALUMINUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After two weeks of speculation, it appears that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has backed away, for now, from his planned closure of a Venezuelan state-owned aluminum processing plant in Costa Rica. The GOCR remains concerned, however, about the eventual fate of the CVG ALUNA [...]	2007-03-01 18:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CS
07SANJOSE524	COSTA RICA?S 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy San Jose?s submission for the 2006-2007 annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to checklist questions outlined in reftel beginning at paragraph 27. Post?s POC for the report is Political Officer Robert E. Copley. Telephone number: (506) [...]	2007-03-16 22:32:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
07SANJOSE63	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT - COSTA RICA [...] The 2007 Investment Climate Report requested in reftel follows. As instructed the following report has also been submitted via unclassified email. 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Costa Rica A.1. OPENESS TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Costa Rica has a generally open international tr [...]	2007-01-12 15:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
07SANJOSE69	THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION: FORMER GUERRILLAS TURNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rican authorities are increasingly worried about the criminal activities of former Colombian guerrillas operating in Costa Rica and, as a result, have stepped up efforts to extradite/deport them. On December 21, FARC member Hector Orlando Martinez Quinto was delivered to [...]	2007-01-12 22:43:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREF PHUM SNAR CS XK
07SANJOSE873	PARADISE BY CANDLELIGHT: COSTA RICAN POWER FAILURE [...] (U) This is another installment in our ongoing series explaining why Costa Rica is not quite paradise. These cables seek to paint a realistic picture of the challenges faced by Costa Rica. Travel brochures don't tell the entire story. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Costa Rica's electrical generation syst [...]	2007-05-09 22:16:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON SENV ENRG CS
07SANJOSE997	COSTA RICAN POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROGRAM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of technical assistance from NAS Panama, Post has launched a multi-year program to professionalize Costa Rica's national police force. With crime rates rising rapidly and over 700,000 Amcits visiting each year, the program is a key part of our Mission Strategic Plan [...]	2007-05-25 20:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR CS
07SANJOSE999	COSTA RICAN POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROGRAM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of technical assistance from NAS Panama, Post has launched a multi-year program to professionalize Costa Rica's national police force. With crime rates rising rapidly and over 700,000 Amcits visiting each year, the program is a key part of our Mission Strategic Plan [...]	2007-05-25 20:46:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR CS
07SANSALVADOR131	SALVADORAN ECONOMY SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE [...] (SBU) The Salvadoran economy grew 4.2 percent in 2006, ending a six-year streak of anemic economic growth. President Saca has expanded on the sound economic policy of his predecessors to implement a sectoral growth strategy that positions El Salvador as a logistics hub in the medium term, wit [...]	2007-01-25 21:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ES
07SANSALVADOR1532	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Panamax Exercise, Panama, scheduled for August 21 - September 8, 2007. LTC ARAUZ NAVAS, JUAN ARMANDO 2ND INFAN [...]	2007-08-09 22:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1652	EL SALVADOR PREPARES FOR THE CONFERENCE OF FIRST [...] (SBU) El Salvador will host the 14th Conference of the First Ladies, Spouses and Representatives of Heads of State and Government of the Americas in San Salvador November 19-21, 2007. The Conference theme is "Building a Society for All Ages," and the proceedings will focus on aging and the pa [...]	2007-08-23 13:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ES KWMN PREL KHIV SOCI
07SANSALVADOR1844	CAFTA-DR EARLY SUCCESS STORIES: SERVICES & MANUFACTURING [...] CAFTA-DR has shown very positive results in El Salvador during its first year of implementation. In the services sector, an innovative, USAID-supported health firm has started exporting medical services. Software and logistics firms have also expanded, with new investments generating 645 jobs. [...]	2007-09-12 22:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
07SANSALVADOR2065	El SALVADOR: ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE [...] Summary. According to Central Bank indicators, economic activity has remained buoyant in El Salvador during the first half of 2007. GDP for the first quarter of 2007 increased by 4.01 percent and the Bank's Index of the Volume of Economic Activity increased by 4.01 percent for the first half o [...]	2007-10-12 22:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
07SANSALVADOR2156	EL SALVADOR: POULTRY INDUSTRY MAIN PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The entrance of U.S. poultry producers to the Salvadoran market has been deterred by GOES claims that U.S. poultry and eggs do not meet stringent GOES sanitary and phytosanitary requirements. However, there are also a small number of well-connected business interests who control [...]	2007-10-25 18:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AGR USTR ES
07SANSALVADOR2240	EL SALVADOR: CBERA REPORT INPUT [...] Economic Review: After more than a decade of systematic economic reforms, crowned in January 2001 with the introduction of the U.S. dollar as full legal tender, EL Salvador has been described as having the most open trade and investment environment in Central America; in Latin America, only Ch [...]	2007-11-06 17:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AMGT ES
07SANSALVADOR2409	A/S SULLIVAN & A/S LOWERY ENGAGE SALVADORAN SOCIETY ON [...] SUMMARY. In a series of meetings, November 27-29 joint State/ Treasury delegation led by EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan and Assistant Secretary Lowery discussed extending the benefits of CAFTA-DR to all parts of society with a wide cross-section of Salvadoran society. Consistent themes incl [...]	2007-12-17 14:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EAGR ENRG PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR2410	A/S SULLIVAN & A/S LOWERY'S MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT OF EL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint State/Treasury delegation led by EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan and Treasury Assistant Secretary Lowery discussed regional integration, including a like-minded association of free trade partners; extending the benefits of CAFTA-DR to all parts of society; and the statu [...]	2007-12-17 14:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAGR ENRG PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR2411	A/S SULLIVAN & A/S LOWERY MEET WITH SALVADORAN VP ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint State/ Treasury delegation led by EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan and Treasury Assistant Secretary Lowery discussed regional integration, including a like-minded association of free trade partners, and extending the benefits of CAFTA-DR to all parts of society with El S [...]	2007-12-17 14:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV ES
07SANSALVADOR273	MEETING OF ATTORNEY GENERALS OF U.S., EL SALVADOR, [...] (C) Summary. During Attorney General Gonzales' visit to El Salvador on February 5, Salvadoran AG Felix Safie hosted a private dinner for Attorney General Gonzales and their counterparts from Honduras and Guatemala, Leonidas Bautista and Juan Luis Florido. The topic of the dinner was regiona [...]	2007-02-16 19:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KHLS ES GT HO
07SANSALVADOR321	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT SACA TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) On February 17, Embassy received a cover letter (dated February 10) from President Saca to President Bush, thanking the President for the opportunity to meet with him in Washington to discuss issues "relating to the security and stability of both our countries." The letter was accompan [...]	2007-02-22 17:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ES KHLS PINR PGOV OVIP KCRM
07SANSALVADOR41	THE CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although established in 1992, the Central American Integration System (SICA) remains an incipient attempt by the countries of Central America to achieve regional integration and cooperation. The organization includes the member nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guate [...]	2007-01-10 19:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM XK ES ETRD EU
07SANSALVADOR814	EL SALVADOR HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-GANG CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador hosted the Third Annual Anti-Gang Conference at the Decameron Resort in Sonsonate, El Salvador from April 23-27. Nearly 200 people were in attendance including law enforcement and government representatives from the U.S., El Salvador, Honduras, G [...]	2007-04-27 22:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX
07SANTIAGO1164	CHILEAN LEADERSHIP TO DEPARTING AMBASSADOR: [...] (C) President Bachelet, FM Foxley and Interior Minister Velasco, in farewell meetings with the Ambassador, expressed enthusiasm about our bilateral partnership on the ""themes of the future,"" like science, technology, innovation, energy and education. Bachelet acknowledged that Chile is doing mor [...]	2007-07-24 13:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CI
07SANTIAGO143	DEPUSTR VERONEAU TELLS FONMIN FOXLEY MORE NEEDED [...] (C) After first discussing common interests in Doha and regional FTAs, Deputy USTR Veroneau told FonMin Foxley January 24 that while just concluded U.S.-Chile Trade Commission talks had overall been very good, the issue of Chile's performance on IPR remained problematic. Placing Chile on the [...]	2007-01-25 12:33:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO1501	MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHILE RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 13:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
07SANTIAGO698	FONMIN FOXLEY TO A/S SHANNON: CHILE TAKES THE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Foxley told visiting A/S Shannon April 26 that Chavez must not be underestimated as he pursues an aggressive agenda. President Bachelet had met opposition leaders while in Venezuela, who had urged her to keep asserting Chilean principles and values but to steer clear of t [...]	2007-04-30 12:34:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
07SANTIAGO827	CHILE ON THE CONTINENT: LOTS OF COMMON INTERESTS [...] (C) On May 15 E/Pol Counselor called on Ambassador Juan Pablo Lira, head of the MFA's Division for South America, to deliver demarche points on Venezuela-Iran relations (reftel),a conversation which then turned to Chile's relations with its fellow South Americans. Chile, Lira said, "often fee [...]	2007-05-18 16:31:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
07SANTIAGO939	MEDIA REACTION: CRITICAL OP-EDS ON OAS REACTION TO RCTV [...] Newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000, 6/8) carried a column by Andres Oppenheimer entitled, "The Sad Spectacle of Cowardice Among Democracies." Quote: 2. "The silence of the majority of Latin American countries in the OAS on the closing of Venezuela's oldest television station [...]	2007-06-11 21:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO983	A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON COUNTERING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Hugo Chavez,s effort to expand his influence into the Southern Cone was the subject of ref A. This, part two in a series of joint cables from Southern Cone embassies, looks at ways the U.S. can counter Chavez and reassert U.S. leadership in the region. From posts' perspectives, there are [...]	2007-06-18 14:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM AR BO BR PARM UY VE CI
07SANTODOMINGO1934	DOMINICANS CALL IN CHARGE ON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (U) Background: The Dominican Republic announced its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2008-2009 period prior to the 2006 General Assembly. At the time, they were also positioning [...]	2007-08-16 19:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA CS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2143	CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAKES PROGRESS TOWARD [...] Summary: On September 6, the Dominican Central Electoral Commission (JCE),which manages the provision of identification documents as well as running the electoral process, told the Charge that it has made good strides in preparing for the 2008 presidential elections in the Dominican Republic [...]	2007-09-13 20:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO2568	BREAKFAST WITH VARGAS MALDONADO [...] (U) On November 6, Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado hosted ECOPOLCOUNS and POLOFF for breakfast. Vargas was accompanied by PRD Secretary-General Orlando Jorge Mera, International Affairs Vice President Peggy Cabral de Pena, and International A [...]	2007-11-16 14:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO2581	MESO-AMERICAN BIOFUELS GROUP MEETING SUMMARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Meso-American Biofuels Group met on November 14 in Guatemala City to discuss progress in developing the production and consumption of biofuels across Central America from Mexico to Colombia. Attendees were government representatives from particpant countries, the Inter-Amer [...]	2007-11-19 20:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO444	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 1, SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] The following is Part 1 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 1 I. OVERVIEW: EXTENT OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE [...]	2007-03-02 11:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO733	SENIOR DOMINICAN OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: High-level officials in the Dominican Ministries of Foreign Relations and Migration use their positions to facilitate human trafficking and alien smuggling schemes, according to media reports, DHS investigations and Embassy contacts. Those implicated include the Assistant Secreta [...]	2007-03-30 23:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PHUM SMIG KCOR KCRM CH DR HA HK
07SAOPAULO161	CONSUL GENERAL VIIT TO THE PORT CITY OF SANTOS [...] (U) ConsulGeneral (CG) and Econoff recently visited the port city of Santos, which lies 60 kilometers southwes of Sao Paulo across the Serra do Mar mountain rnge. Santos serves the industrial and agricultual trade needs of Sao Paulo and neighboring stats and is the most active port by volume [...]	2007-02-28 13:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EINV ETRD ECON SENV OEXP BR ELTN SNAR
07SAOPAULO71	RIO GRANDE DO SUL: AN ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Summary: Econoff and Econ Specialist traveled recently to Rio Grande do Sul (RGS),the southernmost state in Brazil located approximately 1100 km south of Sao Paulo. The state, which borders both Argentina and Uruguay, has a population of 10.3 million inhabitants, which represents 5.1 pe [...]	2007-01-30 19:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EWWT EAGR ELAB KIPR ETRD ECON ECIN SOCI
07SAOPAULO726	BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD ON BILATERAL HEALTH ISSUES [...] (SBU) The government of Brazil is interested in increasing bilateral health cooperation with the United States and particularly in setting up joint programs in Africa, especially in the area of training medical technicians. According to Brazilian contacts, working together on health issues is [...]	2007-08-27 20:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TBIO EAID TSPL BR PGOV SOCI
07SAOPAULO915	DESPITE PROBLEMS, BRAZILIAN AIRLINES OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with the Presidents of the two leading Brazilian airlines TAM and Gol on October 22 to discuss developments in the aviation sector. Both firms noted that Brazil's underdeveloped infrastructure is buckling under increased air traffic in recent years. The T [...]	2007-11-14 09:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL MARR PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
07SHANGHAI762	2ND CHINA-U.S. MARITIME CONSULTATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, members of the U.S. Maritime Administration delegation led by Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton met with the Chinese Ministry of Communications delegation led by Vice Minister Xu Zuyuan in Shanghai. The two sides discussed a wide range of bilateral [...]	2007-11-29 11:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ELTN CVIS EINV ETRD OVIP CH
07SINGAPORE2016	SINGAPORE - 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Per r [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ECPS SN
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
07STATE129919	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Department requests Posts encourage host governments to make a financial contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon charged with trying those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Raf [...]	2007-09-14 23:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC LE PTER
07STATE130626	(C) DEMARCHE REQUEST: GTMO DETAINEE EMERGENCY MEDEVAC [...] (C) Department requests that Embassies Santo Domingo, San Jose, Panama City, and Mexico City approach the Governments of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico about a standby arrangement that would enable DoD to transport Guantanamo detainees in need of critical care to a medic [...]	2007-09-17 20:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DR CS PM MX
07STATE131348	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON WTO DOHA INDUSTRIAL GOODS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (U) Summary and action request: WTO Doha Round negotiations on potential approaches for global reductions on industrial goods tariffs (known as Non-Agricultural Market Access or NAMA) resumed in Geneva September 17 with informal me [...]	2007-09-18 19:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO
07STATE144727	SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater than 20 percent of the population uses biomass and coal to meet basic energy needs to assess host countries' commitment to addressing the health concerns posed by indoor air poll [...]	2007-10-16 17:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ES GT NU PM SENV TBIO
07STATE153576	PSI: CHILE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PSI OPERATIONAL [...] This is an action request please see paragraphs 2-11. SUMMARY ------- 2. Department requests embassy approach the GOC to determine its interest in becoming a participant in the PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG). If the GOC decides it is willing and able to accept the long-term commitm [...]	2007-11-07 17:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CI KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
07STATE156111	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]	2007-11-14 16:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE156113	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]	2007-11-14 16:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE2945	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States designated two additional entities and one individual under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons [...]	2007-01-10 01:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC IR KN KNNP PARM PREL
07STATE45355	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for ambassadors in Accra, Brazzaville, Pretoria, Jakarta, Doha, Panama and Lima -- please see para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On April 3, UN Special Envoy Marti Ahtisaari presented to the UNSC his proposals for Kosovo's future status, including a recommendatio [...]	2007-04-05 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07STATE58678	CANVASSING SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' FOR VIEWS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN to canvass the Missions of Italy, Belgium, Slovakia, Peru, Panama, Congo-B, China, Indonesia, and Ghana about their views on establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, given the impasse in Lebanon. The information will be used to [...]	2007-05-01 21:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC LE PREL PTER
07STATE84207	ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States has designated four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Propert [...]	2007-06-15 21:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN
07SUVA169	KIRIBATI NEW FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY; [...] (C) Ship owners looking for a flag of convenience can now hoist the colors of the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which amended its maritime shipping act in June 2006 to allow creation of a foreign ship registry. Singapore-based Sovereign Ventures Limited is the agent, as it is for Tuv [...]	2007-03-18 21:30:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KR SN
07TAIPEI1142	TAIWAN FM HUANG CONCERNED OVER CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary. On the eve of his departure for yet another damage-control trip to Central America, Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director on May 21 that Taiwan faces strong challenges from the PRC to its diplomatic position there, and requested U.S. assistance in countering that pressu [...]	2007-05-22 00:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW
07TAIPEI1257	Taipei Economic Brief for May 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected May 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Economic Growth --Economic Prospects --High-speed Rail Impact --Taiwan and Japan Amend Aviation Agreement --New Cross-Strait Operations --Free Trade Agreement (FTA) --Ban on Bank Branches Lifted --Greenhouse Gas Legisl [...]	2007-06-05 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI1283	TAIWAN REACTS TO COSTA RICA BREAK [...] (C) Summary: In a June 7 press briefing, FM James Huang announced Taiwan was severing relations and ceasing cooperation projects with Costa Rica after having confirmed that San Jose was switching diplomatic recognition to the PRC. Huang blamed Beijing for unrelenting "suppression" of Taiwa [...]	2007-06-07 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW CR
07TAIPEI1365	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Huang told AIT Chairman Burghardt on June 14 that Taiwan remains deeply concerned about its shrinking international space, particularly after Costa Rica's decision last week to switch recognition to Beijing. Despite his public statements that the loss would not [...]	2007-06-17 23:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW
07TAIPEI1485	TAIWAN BATTLES TO HOLD ON IN CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: Central America remains a major focus of Taiwan's diplomatic and foreign assistance programs following the loss of Costa Rica. Over half of Taiwan's foreign assistance is channeled to Central America, where six countries still recognize Taipei, and to the Caribbean, where Taiwa [...]	2007-06-29 10:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW XK
07TAIPEI214	TAIWAN-NICARAGUA RELATIONS: BUSINESS SAVES THE DAY? [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Consul General Armando Boza is cautiously optimistic about the future of Taiwan-Nicaragua relations, predicting that Managua will probably maintain diplomatic ties with Taipei for at least another year. Despite making a pre-election pledge to switch recognition to Be [...]	2007-01-29 09:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW
07TAIPEI2242	FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG ON NORMAL COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director on September 28 that he hopes the U.S. has taken note of President Chen's efforts to "tone down" the radical rhetoric of the DPP's "Normal Country" resolution. The Director responded that the "toned-down" version is also not helpf [...]	2007-10-01 09:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW
07TAIPEI2459	FM HUANG ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, CAMPAIGN RHETORIC, [...] (C) Foreign Minister James Huang expressed general confidence over the state of Taiwan's relations with its 24 remaining diplomatic allies, which bear watching but evidence no major changes in the near term. At the same time, he expressed concern that Beijing might try to spring a surprise i [...]	2007-11-08 08:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07TAIPEI73	Taiwan's 2007 Investment Climate Statement (Part II) [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 01:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW
07TEGUCIGALPA1112	CONTROVERSY OVER MANDATORY HONDURAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Honduran President Mel Zelaya decreased the number of government mandated broadcasts, which he originally ordered on May 23, 2007, from ten to three amid intense public controversy among broadcasters, political leaders, and civil society (reftel). The government propaganda, [...]	2007-06-21 18:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1336	HONDURAS'S ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL AMERICA SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. (C) Post's assessment of the regional security requirements from Honduras focuses on two strategies: a transit zone strategy to disrupt the flow of contraband through Central America, and an anti-crime strategy to reduce the level of violence and address the issues of organized crime, [...]	2007-08-08 15:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER HO
07TEGUCIGALPA432	HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006/2007 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2006/2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in the checklist. Post point of contact is Vice Consul Jason McInerney, phone: 011-504-238-5114 x 4152, IVG phone: 539-4152, fax 011-504-237-1792, and unclassified [...]	2007-03-09 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
07THEHAGUE1002	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Kimmo Laukenen (Finland) launched his facilitation with an extremely informative May 22 session, focusing on implementation developments since February 2007 and upcoming Technical Secretariat outreach activities. The facilitator noted that his goal would be to create a structu [...]	2007-05-29 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07TOKYO1051	UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...]	2007-03-12 05:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR UNSC AS JA
07TOKYO1817	TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER BREAKS NEW GROUND IN HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Tokyo Midtown Medical Center (TMMC),located in the newly opened Tokyo Midtown complex in the Roppongi area of central Tokyo, boasts Japan's first hospital with a foreign affiliation. TMMC has contracted with Johns Hopkins International (JHI),part of the Johns Hopkins med [...]	2007-04-24 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SOCI TBIO JA
07TOKYO2599	The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. VFM Yachi on FTA, WTO, Agriculture 4. Bilateral Investment Working Group Business Outreach; FTA, Transparency, DHS 5. Asia Pacific Business Leaders Discussed Regional Economic [...]	2007-06-08 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3127	The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. JBIC Will Finance Pipe Manufacturing in Russia Autos, Energy 4. International Auto Standards and ACCJ Japan American Auto Industries Subcommittee 5. Nissan on Exchange Rates, O [...]	2007-07-09 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR

07TOKYO3783	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TORONTO448	Narcotics Smugglers Still Working the U.S.-Canada Border [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug smuggling continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement. Organized criminal groups smuggle ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana in and out of Canada on a regular basis, trying to exploit seams along the lengthy shared border with the United States, and Pearson I [...]	2007-11-13 15:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM CA
07ULAANBAATAR109	List of Mongolian Registered Ships [...] Mongolia's Ministry of Roads, Transportation and Tourism (MRTT) has provided post with a list of 283 "active ships" currently registered under the Mongolian flag. Ministry officials define "active" as those vessels operating on a regular, long-term basis with a normal or permanent registration [...]	2007-02-20 02:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PINR PREL ETRD MG
07USEUBRUSSELS1276	U.S.-EU MEETINGS ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) SUMMARY. US-EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) troika consultations, held February 12 in Brussels, included discussion of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Central American gangs. The U.S. delegation consisted of WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, USEU Deputy Pol [...]	2007-04-16 17:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EUN MX DR GT CO VZ NI BO ES
07USUNNEWYORK1013	UN- FOLLOWING DPKO RESTRUCTURING BAN MOVES TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. Summary: Following the restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) earlier this year, Secretary-General Ban has now called for strengthening the SIPDIS Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Ban,s proposal c [...]	2007-11-14 19:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1028	SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA [...] (SBU) In a public meeting of the Security Council November 13, Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari discussed his November 3-8 trip to Burma. He listed positive developments in Burma leading up to his visit, including the withdrawal of visible military presence, the release of some detainees, and [...]	2007-11-15 22:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC BM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1042	CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540 [...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 14, 2007, in the eighth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Ve [...]	2007-11-19 15:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PTER
07USUNNEWYORK1057	SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKING TO BE USEFUL ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG Menkerios described for Security Council members the bleak realities of Somalia that together dampen his enthusiasm for the recent peaceful change in government -- Mogadishu still lacks basic security; the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further; opposition grou [...]	2007-11-21 20:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK1110	CTED DIRECTOR MICHAEL SMITH MAKES INITIAL BRIEFING [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met November 29 to welcome Michael Smith (Australia),the new Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). Smith praised CTC's role in UN counter-terrorism efforts, and said the CTC should continue [...]	2007-12-03 13:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK114	SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION: WIDE DIFFERENCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly's Open Ended Working Group on Security Council expansion and reform, meeting for the first time this year, accepted GA President Khalifa's suggestion to proceed via five separate consultations on "key issues" related to Council reform. Facilitators will beg [...]	2007-02-09 19:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1151	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE [...] The Security Council, on December 10, unanimously adopted resolution 1787 (text below). The following countries co-sponsored the resolution: Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Panama, Russia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The resolution extends the initial period of the Co [...]	2007-12-11 15:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNSC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1175	KOSOVO'S RETURN TO UNSC FINDS RUSSIA STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on December 13, Russia raised its recently circulated elements for a PRST on Kosovo. Ambassadors Khalilzad and Sawers voiced disagreement with the premise of the elements that there is scope for a mutually acceptable solution. They said there can be no PRST [...]	2007-12-14 21:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1177	LEBANON: COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNSCR 1701 CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on December 12, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen reported that Lebanon's continuing political impasse had prevented further progress on the implementation of resolution 1701. He called for presidential elections to be held as so [...]	2007-12-17 16:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK1208	SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON KOSOVO, BUT IS IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 19 UN Security Council session, Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called for open-ended negotiations on Kosovo's future political status, insisting that any other means of resolving the issue would violate UNSCR 1244 and the UN Charter. Kosovo President Sejdiu declar [...]	2007-12-26 15:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KV UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK1214	UNGA DEBATES THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE AND THE [...] (U) Summary: The participants in the annual UNGA debates on the Question of Palestine and on the Situation in the Middle East that took place November 29-30 broke no new ground, restating well-known arguments in support of well-known positions. Several countries did, however, acknowledge the [...]	2007-12-26 19:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK127	1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH, [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting February 7, the 1540 Committee discussed outreach activities; a proposed roadmap for implementing its program of work; and proposals for coordination among the Committee's experts, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and th [...]	2007-02-13 15:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK133	UNSC: MECCA AGREEMENT AND TEMPLE MOUNT [...] Summary: In the monthly Security Council briefing on the Middle East held February 13, UNSCO Alvaro de Soto said that the Mecca agreement and recent international initiatives to re-energize the peace process, especially the commitment of the Quartet partners, showed "potential" for progress. C [...]	2007-02-15 18:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK150	SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Security Council adopted a press statement February 22 condemning recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, including the chlorine gas bombing of February 21 (text in para 5). This step concludes a series of recent Council press statements condemning terrorist attacks in Lebanon (February 1 [...]	2007-02-23 00:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK157	UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE 2007 FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF [...] Summary: The UNDP/UNFPA Joint Executive Board First Regular Session for 2007 took place on January 23-26. Opening the UNFPA segment, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid announced that UNFPA,s financial situation had achieved record highs in total core income, number of donor countries, and [...]	2007-02-28 15:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KUNR KWMN UNDP UNFPA
07USUNNEWYORK162	UNSC CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN IRAN, LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UN Security Council approved a press statement condemning two bus bombings in Lebanon on February 13, another press statement condemning the bombing of a bus carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) [...]	2007-03-01 15:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE IR
07USUNNEWYORK17	NEW YORK UPDATE ON BURMA UNSCR [...] (U) USUN placed the revised text of the draft Burma UNSCR (ref A) "in blue" the afternoon of January 11. The Russian delegation, which currently holds the Council presidency, has scheduled a vote for 3:30 p.m. on January 12. Veto Threats ------------ 2. (C) Amb Wolff met with Chinese [...]	2007-01-12 01:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK211	IRAN RELATED BRIEFINGS [...] (S) On 09 March Ambassador Sanders and Chief of Station's (COS) senior representative at USUN delivered reftel sensitive briefing on Iran's nuclear weapons program to Panama's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ricardo Arias and to Italy's Permanent Representative [...]	2007-03-15 21:11:00	USUN New York	SECRET	ENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY
07USUNNEWYORK213	UNSC/IRAN: P5 RESOLUTION INTRODUCED [...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the P5, on March 15 the UK introduced a draft resolution on Iran to the Security Council following the IAEA's report of February 22 of Iranian non-compliance with resolutions 1696 and 1737. The draft resolution builds upon the sanctions established by 1737, includ [...]	2007-03-16 00:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR
07USUNNEWYORK219	MONTHLY UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE FOCUSES ON MECCA [...] (SBU) DELIVERING HIS FIRST BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0219 UNCLAS COUNCIL DURING ITS MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE ON MARCH 14, NEWLY-ARRIVED DPA U/SYG LYNN PASCOE (AMCIT) SAID DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH -- INCLUDING THE MECCA AGREEMENT -- HOLD OUT THE PROMISE TO TURN PAS [...]	2007-03-19 21:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK228	UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 2007 SESSION [...] (U) Summary: The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held its 51st session from February 26 to March 9, 2007. Permanent Representative of El Salvador, Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez, chaired the session, whose main theme was "The Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination and Violenc [...]	2007-03-21 14:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KWMN UN CSW
07USUNNEWYORK229	UNSC/IRAN: INFORMALS MARCH 20 [...] (C) Summary: Security Council Ambassadors discussed the draft Iran resolution in "informal informals" on Tuesday, March 20. The UK hosted the meeting in response to requests from Council members for more information on the P-5's "political framework" to address the Iranian nuclear issue and i [...]	2007-03-21 15:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK239	KOSOVO COMING ATTRACTIONS: ROUTINE UNMIK BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 19 Security Council quarterly session on UNMIK, SRSG Rucker reported that steady progress continues on Standards and stressed that Kosovo needs clarity about its future. Speaking for Serbia, Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija President Raskovic-Ivic focused [...]	2007-03-24 01:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK24	CHINA AND RUSSIA VETO UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] On January 12, the Security Council voted 9 - 3 (China, Russia, South Africa) - 3 (Indonesia, Qatar, Congo) on the UNSCR introduced by the United States and co-sponsored by the United Kingdom on the situation in Burma. The negative votes by permanent members China and Russia resulted in defeat [...]	2007-01-13 00:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK240	UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]	2007-03-24 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK241	UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]	2007-03-24 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK251	UNSC/IRAN: RESOLUTION 1747 UPS THE SANCTIONS; FM [...] Summary. On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a second Chapter VII Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its failure to comply with its obligation to suspend its enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water activities and cooperate fully with the IAEA. Ira [...]	2007-03-28 15:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK271	UNSCR 1701: SYG BAN FORWARD-LEANING ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 5 closed briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent visit to Middle East and his March report on UNSCR 1701 implementation (other topics reported septel),UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon took a very forward-leaning approach on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon an [...]	2007-04-06 15:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK273	RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]	2007-04-09 21:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK283	WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...]	2007-04-11 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS
07USUNNEWYORK286	CTC DEBATES VISITS, COUNTERTERRORISM INSTRUMENTS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 182nd meeting on April 5, the Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee (CTC) discussed the Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) coordination with international, regional and sub-regional organizations; a CTED analysis of the status of adoption of th [...]	2007-04-12 12:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK3	USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]	2007-01-05 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK312	UNSC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] Summary: In an April 20 briefing on the situation in Western Sahara that he shared with Special Representative (SRSG) Julian Harston, Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum reiterated the Secretary-General's call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to engage in "direct negotiations without preconditio [...]	2007-04-23 15:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK319	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL REPORTS TRIP AND P-3 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 18. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Per reftel, USUN Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel on April 24 and followed up on April 25 to discuss the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In response to Ambassador Wolff,s questions, Michel reported th [...]	2007-04-25 00:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK322	UNSC BEGINS DISCUSSION ON UN CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an April 24 briefing by UN officials, EU delegations led by France, Belgium and Italy voiced objections to allowing the UN to begin contingency planning for a peacekeeping operation in Somalia. The U.S., Slovakia, Congo, Ghana, South Africa and African Union (AU) Perman [...]	2007-04-25 16:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK347	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL BRIEFS COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary. In a forthright briefing to the Security Council on May 2, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said his April 17-21 trip to Beirut to help facilitate Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL agreement and statute establishing the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon had yielded no concrete res [...]	2007-05-03 02:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK349	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS MEET GOL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with P-3 PermReps on May 3, GOL senior foreign policy advisor Mohammad Chattah reported that while UNSC delegates with whom he had met were generally positive about the need to establish the tribunal, several expressed concerns about the international legal implic [...]	2007-05-04 00:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK392	UNSC LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: LEBANON, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad hosted the monthly lunch for Security Council Perm Reps with the Secretary-General. In addition to updating the Council on SIPDIS his discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan, SYG Ban used the opportunity to follow-up on Lebanese PM Siniora's letter requesting [...]	2007-05-19 00:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IQ LE AF SY
07USUNNEWYORK393	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...]	2007-05-19 01:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK395	FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...]	2007-05-21 15:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK401	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...]	2007-05-22 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK408	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...]	2007-05-24 00:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK411	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DRAFT UNSCR DOES NOT YET HAVE [...] (C) P-3 PermReps, joined by Slovakia, agreed mid-afternoon May 24 that we do not currently have nine confirmed votes in favor of the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (Although USUN subsequently learned that we have support from a majority of Security Council c [...]	2007-05-24 23:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK431	DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...]	2007-06-01 15:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK440	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1757 ON LEBANON [...] (U) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED 10-0-5 ON MAY 30 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1757, WHICH DECIDES UNDER THE COUNCIL'S CHAPTER VII AUTHORITY TO BRING INTO EFFECT THE SPECIAL PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0440 UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000440 TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. RUSSIA, CHINA, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDONESIA A [...]	2007-06-04 11:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK441	HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...]	2007-06-04 20:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA
07USUNNEWYORK467	UNMIT SRSG KHARE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, UNMIT SRSG Khare updated the Security Council on the recent presidential elections, the Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30, and the future challenges in Timor-Leste. The Council was unanimous in its praise for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elect [...]	2007-06-08 23:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO TL
07USUNNEWYORK470	UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]	2007-06-12 16:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	BY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK486	SECURITY COUNCIL STALEMATE ON IRANIAN STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Efforts to obtain a Security Council press statement condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's June 3 remarks threatening Israel's existence have foundered over Indonesian opposition, first announced to the Council on June 8. In a second Council discussions o [...]	2007-06-15 14:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK490	UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...]	2007-06-15 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK503	CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...]	2007-06-20 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK505	SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT OVER SUPPORT FOR ABBAS [...] (SBU) In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Michael Williams, the recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the Middle East was in a time of crisis. Williams focused his briefing on recent events in Gaza and [...]	2007-06-21 00:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK511	RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...]	2007-06-22 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK564	SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]	2007-07-11 11:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK601	SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...]	2007-07-24 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK622	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-28 00:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK626	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-30 20:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK635	UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 19, the UNGA,s Open-Ended Working Group on UNSC Expansion discussed the two recent reports on the issue prepared by facilitators appointed by UNGA President Khalifa. Although the debate on Security Council reform and expansion gained some momentum in the wake of these [...]	2007-08-02 22:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK651	COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR [...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...]	2007-08-08 23:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK728	1540: COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING MATRICES [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At the August 29 meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),South Africa, Indonesia, and China agreed to seek instructions on a U.S. compromise concerning the posting of country-specific implementation matri [...]	2007-09-06 20:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK75	UNSC/PBC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. The Security Council held closed consultations on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Tuesday, January 23, in advance of the January 31 open debate. The Russians, as Council President for January, sought to use the Council's engagement this month to exert leadership over a bod [...]	2007-01-31 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK760	SYG BAN URGES UNSC TO EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE FOR [...] (U) During UNSC consultations on September 13, SYG Ban reported on his August 1-2 visit to Haiti and appealed to delegates to seize an "historic opportunity" to make progress in that country by staying the course and avoiding early disengagement. Recounting how he had walked through Cite Sole [...]	2007-09-17 17:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC HA
07USUNNEWYORK77	UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]	2007-01-31 16:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK797	SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...]	2007-09-27 01:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK8	UNSC/BURMA: U.S. TABLES BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. formally tabled the draft resolution on Burma (reftel) in the Security Council on January 9, citing the need to empower the Secretary-General and his envoy to encourage the Burmese regime to take the concrete steps needed to address the international community's concerns. [...]	2007-01-10 02:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK839	AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...]	2007-10-09 23:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK862	SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...]	2007-10-12 23:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK871	UNGA/C-6:OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department regarding draft resolutions on observer status in the General Assembly under consideration by the Sixth Committee (paras 2 - 6). Background information on each organization is contained in the UN documents referenced below. The f [...]	2007-10-16 22:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK896	U.S. RAPE RESOLUTION: STATE OF PLAY AS OF OCT. 19 [...] (U) Summary: The United States tabled its anti-rape resolution in the UNGA Third Committee on Wednesday. The resolution has attracted considerable opposition from certain African, Middle Eastern, and other delegations who correctly perceive it as targeting, inter alia, the Government of Suda [...]	2007-10-20 01:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UN UNGA KWMN SOCI
07USUNNEWYORK99	CTC DEFERS DISCUSSION ON BORDER CONTROL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Under the new chairmanship of Ambassador Arias of Panama, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 179th meeting February 1, discussing several topics: 1) the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate's (CTED) preliminary conclusions on its 2006 visits to [...]	2007-02-05 17:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC
08AITTAIPEI21	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 10:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI293	AIT DIRECTOR OUTLINES TRADE AGENDA WITH MOEA [...] (C) On March 4, Director met with Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Ruey-long Chen to review the bilateral trade relationship and the TIFA agenda. Chen observed that the U.S.-Taiwan economic and political relationship has been strained for the past year, but expressed hope that after the Mar [...]	2008-03-05 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EINV KIPR TW
08AITTAIPEI960	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY AND JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) On May 16, the EXBS Advisor made a courtesy call to the Deputy Director of Keelung Customs and the Chief of the Keelung Harbor Police. Both organizations actively participate in EXBS programs. During the visit, Keelung Customs gave a comprehensive presentation on its operations, spec [...]	2008-07-03 04:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AMMAN2132	Jordan's Jewelry Sector Has Potential to Export More to the [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to USTR inquiries on opportunities for Jordan to increase exports of gold and silver jewelry to the U.S. (ref A). Jordan has registered about 275 factories and workshops of gold and other jewelry, which are mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that cat [...]	2008-07-16 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO
08ANKARA1458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1997	TURKEY WILL HANDLE TWO EASTERN MED MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Charge and Econ Counselor met November 17 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Haydar Berk to discuss two maritime incidents that occurred in the eastern Mediterranean on November 14 and 15 in waters that Turkey claims as part of its continental shelf (reftel B). The first started midd [...]	2008-11-18 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ENRG CY GR TU
08ANKARA74	TURKEY: CONSIDERING ACTION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT SHORT LEAD TIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL EWWT SN GM TU PK
08ASTANA1567	KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Advisor at the MFA's International Cooperation Department. Kasenov gladly welcomed the USG proposal to pass the invitation for the upcoming GI exercise via a joint demarche [...]	2008-08-25 10:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KGIT KGIC KZ
08ATHENS1561	GREECE: 2008-2009 INCSR PART I [...] (U) The full text of the draft 2008-2009 INCSR Part I for Greece follows: Greece[DVM1] 2008-2009 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed f [...]	2008-11-17 05:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS764	PSI: GREEK SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NOT DEAD [...] (C) Although Greek Ambassador to Washington Mallias told USG officials and the press that the proposed PSI bilateral shipboarding agreement was "dead," following Greece's departure from the PSI 5th anniversary meetings in Washington due to the seating of Macedonia as the "Republic of Macedoni [...]	2008-06-03 15:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
08BEIJING4626	U.S-CHINA TRANSPORTATION FORUM AGREES TO BROAD BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China sees an opportunity in the current global financial crisis to develop transportation infrastructure, Ministry of Transportation (MOT) Vice Minister Weng Mengyong told U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials attending the Strategic Economic Dialogue's (SED) first U [...]	2008-12-22 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR ETRD CVIS CH
08BELMOPAN120	BELIZE: FOREIGN MINISTER/ATTORNEY GENERAL POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belize's new Attorney General and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington told the Ambassador February 20 that he did not see any major problems in the bilateral relationship. He seems likely to focus most attention on the justice system and less on his foreign affairs portfolio. Co [...]	2008-02-25 21:58:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI PINR BH
08BOGOTA1145	(C) COLOMBIA'S STRATEGY TO EXPLOIT INFO FROM FARC [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos and Vice Minister of Defense (VMOD) Jaramillo told the Ambassador the GOC plans to selectively leak information from FARC computers connecting Presidents Chavez and Correa and their Governments to the FARC over the next 4-6 weeks, as INTERPOL completes its verificat [...]	2008-03-27 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PHUM MOPS VZ EC CO
08BOGOTA1223	GOC OK'S FRENCH MEDICAL MISSION FOR INGRID--AWAITS \ [...] (C) President Uribe approved a request from French \ President Sarkozy to deploy a medical "humanitarian mission" \ to Colombia to save FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Uribe \ did not provide details, but said the GOC would halt military \ operations once the French provided the coordinates for th [...]	2008-04-02 21:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC MOPS FR CO
08BOGOTA1267	FRENCH HOSTAGE MISSION ON HOLD DUE TO FARC \ [...] (C) FARC spokesman Rodrigo Granda issued a statement on \ April 3 dashing hopes the FARC would release hostage Ingrid \ Betancourt. XXXXXXXXXXXX told us there \ was "no possibility" the French medical mission in Bogota \ would succeed in reaching Betancourt. He added that \ President Uribe had i [...]	2008-04-04 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR SP CO
08BOGOTA1373	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1376	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1441	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]	2008-04-17 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1442	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]	2008-04-17 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1509	NARCO INFIGHTING REEMERGES IN ANTIOQUIA AND CORDOBA [...] (C) Summary: The Uraba region of Antioquia Department as well as Cordoba Department--both of which contain major narcotrafficking routes--are suffering a serious outbreak of narco-related violence. A fight between rival narcotrafficking groups has reportedly left 400 dead since January, with [...]	2008-04-23 17:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR CO PTER
08BOGOTA2063	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro June 2. Both the Deputy and Navarro noted the U.S.-Panama relationship had "never been stronger." Navarro said the GOP lost its last helicopter in an accident, and requested expedited USG assistance to [...]	2008-06-06 17:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON PM EC CO
08BOGOTA2091	SAN ANDRES: COLOMBIA'S CARIBBEAN PARADISE BANKS ON [...] SUMMARY: San Andres, Colombia's Caribbean island paradise, makes a living on tourists who come for the sun, sand, surf and shopping. The island hosts over a thousand visitors daily and looks to increase the number with increased domestic visibility, a new convention center, five-star hotel, [...]	2008-06-10 18:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI EAIR EFIS EAGR PBTS SENV SNAR TINT
08BOGOTA2156	COLOMBIA'S PACIFIC COAST: CAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's largely Afro-Colombian Pacific coast suffers from high unemployment, isolation and poverty. Poor infrastructure and lack of human capital hobble development. The coast's three most important cities, Buenaventura, Tumaco and Quibdo, generate the majority of its econo [...]	2008-06-16 19:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIS EAID EIND ELAB EWWT EAGR CO
08BOGOTA2176	COLOMBIA TO BOOST POWER WITH SIX NEW HYDROELECTRIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Colombian government has issued contracts for the private construction of six new hydroelectric dams that will add almost 3000 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the domestic network by 2018. The additional wattage represents a 22 percent increase in installed capacity and wi [...]	2008-06-17 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON CO
08BOGOTA2293	FARC INTENTIONS ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE REMAIN \ [...] (C) On June 21-22 the FARC released proof of life videos \ for two Colombian hostages, and the media reported renewed \ French contacts with the FARC Secretariat--a claim discounted \ by the French Embassy in Bogota. XXXXXXXXXXXX \ told us the GOC received a message from a reliable contact \ who c [...]	2008-06-24 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2331	SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite challenges, Colombia's palm industry continues to expand as a result of high palm oil prices, increasing security and biofuels demand. The GOC and private industry have publicly committed to developing the sector in a sustainable manner and initiated efforts to do so, i [...]	2008-06-26 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON CO

08BOGOTA2545	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In June the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 17,953 hectares. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 28.3 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 19.3 metric tons of marijuana, and 22 kilos of heroin. They also captured 26 metric tons of precursor chemicals. [...]	2008-07-14 19:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2597	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR, [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia celebrates major victories in its fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),continued strong economic growth, and an expansion of democratic governance. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 perce [...]	2008-07-17 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL CO
08BOGOTA2623	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for June, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5,867 tracks during June. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events with one Law Enforcement End game [...]	2008-07-21 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2782	JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: NATIONAL MURDER RATES [...] GOC statistics show 8030 homicides occurred nationwide from January to June, down from 8903 during the same period in 2007. Kidnappings fell from 281 during the first semester of 2007 to 242 during the same period in 2008. The National Unionist College reports 32 union members have been kille [...]	2008-07-31 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG CO
08BOGOTA2798	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 7-9 VISIT OF ACTING DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid strong economic growth, pro-investment policies, improved security, and targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Foreign direct investment and trade, led by the energy [...]	2008-08-01 12:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2855	U.S.-COLOMBIA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Dr. David F. Gordon, the State Department's Director of the Office of Policy Planning (S/P),led the first Policy Planning talks with the GOC. The talks were carried out under the March 2007 U.S.-Colombian strategic framework agreement. The meetings in Bogota with FM [...]	2008-08-04 18:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PINS SOCI SNAR PTER ETRD
08BOGOTA2902	COLOMBIA INSTITUTES TUNA MORATORIUM; PLEDGES NEW [...] (U) On July 22 the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA),Colombia's lead agency for fishing-related issues, published resolution 002557 creating a moratorium-period on tuna fishing from July 22 to December 31. Luisa Maldonado, the marine biologist who drafted the resolution, told Econoff [...]	2008-08-06 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA2918	SLOWER COLOMBIAN ECONOMY IN 2008 AMID INFLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A slowing global economy, rising inflation and currency appreciation are now expected to drag Colombia's economy down from its average of over 7 percent in 2006-07 to less than 5 percent in 2008. Many business leaders and GOC officials including President Uribe blame the Central [...]	2008-08-11 12:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3005	COLOMBIA REVIEWS INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA [...] (SBU) On August 14 EconCouns delivered demarche (ref B) concerning Colombia's obstreperous participation at the June meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to Maria Andrea Alban, Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...]	2008-08-15 13:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA3031	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR APRIL - JUNE 2008 [...] (S) In the second quarter of 2008, FARC leader Manuel Maralunda ("Tirofijo") died, notorious FARC commander Nelly Avila Moreno ("Karina") deserted, and the military rescued three American hostages, Ingrid Betancourt and eleven others. These successes further demoralized the morale of FARC ran [...]	2008-08-18 19:50:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PINR MARR PTER VZ EC NI CO
08BOGOTA3079	NO PROGRESS IN GOC PEACE OVERTURES TO FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the GOC continues efforts to contact FARC leader Alfonso Cano to start peace talks, but has made no progress. Restrepo's contact with the group communicated with lower-level FARC, but has not obtained a meeting with the FARC leader. Restrepo [...]	2008-08-20 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3093	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SENATOR HAGEL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: With U.S. support, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murders, kidnapping, and violence are down nationwide. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 percent [...]	2008-08-25 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA337	CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH [...] (S) President Uribe's overwhelming concern during a January 17 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Admiral Michael Mullen, was Hugo Chavez' aggressive remarks and proposal to grant belligerent status to the FARC. Uribe insisted the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]	2008-01-28 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS VZ AR BH BR CI CS
08BOGOTA3433	VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL TO BOGOTA AND [...] (C) Summary. Senator Chuck Hagel, Southcom Deputy Commander General Glen Spears and delegation visited Bogota and Cartagena from August 28-31, 2008. In Bogota, Senator Hagel, the Ambassador and delegation met with President Alvaro Uribe, who urged support for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promoti [...]	2008-09-15 19:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PTER ENRG SNAR MARR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3521	(C) GOC SEEKS TO "NORMALIZE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bermudez announced that he would meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro in mid-October to discuss trade and a full range of bilateral issues. Vice FM Reyes told us the GOC wants to use the meeting to "normalize" relations through existing bi-national forums to addres [...]	2008-09-19 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO VE EC
08BOGOTA3537	URIBE CONTINUES TO KEEP ALL OPTIONS OPEN ON [...] (C) President Uribe continues to keep all options open on a possible third presidential term. He urged Congress to shelve the proposal for a constitutional change to allow a third term after it was presented on September 10, but congressional leaders said Congress is legally required to consi [...]	2008-09-22 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3710	SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the U.S. presidential campaign, and speculate on what the outcome of the campaign might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). As a bridge [...]	2008-10-08 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR 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
08BOGOTA3856	NARCOTRAFFICKERS BEHIND "AUTODEFENSAS GAITANISTAS" [...] (C) The recent appearance of pamphlets ordering work stoppages in Antioquia, Cordoba, Sucre, La Guajira, Cesar and Santander departments--allegedly from a group calling itself the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--has stirred popular concerns about a revival of paramilitarism. No re [...]	2008-10-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3892	COLOMBIA RETOOLS ITS IATTC POLICY, BUT GOC [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 23 MFA Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Maria Andrea Alban, told EconCouns that the GOC has been meeting to revise its posture before the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in an effort to avoid the embarrassment caused in Panama ( [...]	2008-10-24 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA3990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: At an October 23 meeting, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez provided the Ambassador with a proposed MFA-MOD rewrite of the Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement and said he foresaw a resolution by the end of the year. Bermudez commented that his October 17 meeting with V [...]	2008-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL VE CO
08BOGOTA4092	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 20-22 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the results of the U.S. presidential election, and speculate on the impact on U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The Government of Colombia (GOC [...]	2008-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MARR MASS CO
08BOGOTA4134	COLOMBIA: PYRAMID SCHEMES SWINDLE THOUSANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombian authorities believe as many as three million Colombians have been defrauded of at least USD 300 million in a series of pyramid schemes that began collapsing November 12 after the government's seizure of the firm Proyecciones DFRE. The fall of DFRE spurred the subseque [...]	2008-11-17 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4135	BUENAVENTURA: EPICENTER OF NARCOTRAFFICKING, [...] (SBU) Top security officials said Buenaventura illustrates all of Colombia's ills, including narco-trafficking, violence, corruption and poverty. Local Marine Commander Carlos Diaz told us murder rates have fallen 70% since last year, attributing the fragile gains to the increased military a [...]	2008-11-17 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4201	GOC ARRESTS ALLEGED PYRAMID RINGLEADERS AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid collapsing pyramid schemes suspected of defrauding at least 300,000 Colombians (reftel),the GOC seized DMG Holding Group, S.A., the largest suspected scam in the country and arrested its founder and principal directors on charges of money laundering, illicit enrichment, and [...]	2008-11-21 21:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4215	SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the transition period to President-elect Barack Obama, and speculate on what the outcome might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The [...]	2008-11-25 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4243	GOC OUTLINES AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infrastructure has long constrained Colombia's economic competitiveness, geographical cohesion and presence of the state. However, as security continues to improve and Colombia aims to position itself to compete in the global marketplace, the GOC is launching an ambitious plan [...]	2008-11-25 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ELAN EWWT EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4261	URIBE THIRD TERM SETBACK: 2010 REELECTION REJECTED [...] (U) The First Commission of the Colombian House of Representatives rejected in a razor thin vote on November 26, a proposal to change the constitution to allow President Uribe to run for a third term in 2010. The Commission later approved language that would allow Uribe to seek reelection in [...]	2008-11-26 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4310	MAPP/OAS COMMENDS PEACE PROCESS, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) The MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) twelfth draft report commends GOC progress made under the peace process, including increased victim participation, expanded services for ex-combatants, and advances in investigations of paramilitary crimes. The report recommend [...]	2008-12-02 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4372	POSSIBLE URIBE REELECTION IN 2010 INCREASINGLY [...] (C) Summary: Prospects for a possible third term for President Uribe in 2010 look increasingly unlikely. Congress announced it would delay further debate on the bill that could permit Uribe to run again in 2010 until March 2009, and key Uribista supporters have publicly dismissed the 2010 opt [...]	2008-12-10 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA4430	EMERGING CRIMINAL GROUPS: POLITICAL THREAT WITHOUT [...] (C) Emerging criminal groups (ECGs) persist despite recent GOC successes, with narcotrafficking profits and continuing weak state presence in some areas enabling them to bribe local officials and recruit new members to replace those killed or captured by security forces. The ECGs are largely [...]	2008-12-16 17:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4468	THIRD TERM REFERENDUM TAKES A SECOND SMALL STEP [...] (U) Summary: President Uribe called for a special congressional session only 30 minutes before the normal close of Congress on December 16, allowing his supporters to push through the second of four required votes on the presidential reelection referendum bill. The language in the bill would [...]	2008-12-17 21:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA683	GOC TO FACILITATE NEW FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE, [...] (C) President Uribe said the GOC will facilitate the possible release of four more political hostages held by the FARC, including allowing Venezuelan helicopters to use San Jose de Guaviare airport. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the February 21 meeting with Uribe and French FM Kouchner [...]	2008-02-25 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER PHUM OAS BR CU FR PM SP SZ
08BOGOTA800	COLOMBIAN FORCES KILL FARC'S KEY LEADER, SPURRING \ [...] (U) Summary: The GOC announced March 1 that its military \ forces killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) \ Secretariat member Raul Reyes in a cross-border operation in \ \ SIPDIS \ Ecuador. Reyes' death shattered the FARC's myth of \ invincibility, and boosted popular support for Pr [...]	2008-03-04 00:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PTER CASC SP PM FR VZ SZ CO
08BOGOTA827	COLOMBIA RESPONDS CALMLY TO VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR [...] (C) After Venezuela's announcement on March 4 that it would close its border with Colombia, the GOC re-stated that it would not send troops to the Venezuelan or Ecuadorian borders. Ecuadorian President Correa confirmed in a Colombian radio interview that he authorized GOE contacts with the FA [...]	2008-03-05 01:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO
08BOGOTA902	PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION CREATES GREATER [...] (C) Local civic and Catholic church leaders said the paramilitary demobilization and parapolitical investigations created new political space in the Medio Magdelena region, noting the triumph of reformist mayors in southern Bolivar department and Barrancabermeja in the October local elections. [...]	2008-03-06 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA905	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER [...] (S) The military killed two key FARC commanders in the September-December period, prompting desertions from the 16th and 37th fronts. The FARC continued to move forces from the eastern Macarena in Meta to parts of Tolima -Valle zone, leading some analysts to speculate that it is withdrawing [...]	2008-03-06 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA940	COLOMBIA'S EIGHT ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 48 hours preparing the report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY --- [...]	2008-03-10 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
08BOGOTA998	AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS MARCH 17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The Ambassador shared the USG position regarding the March 17 Organization of American States (OAS) Ministerial with FM Araujo on March 13. Araujo said the GOC hopes the upcoming meeting will end tensions between Ecuador and Colombia, and produce agreement on an OAS regional mechanism to [...]	2008-03-13 23:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV OAS EC CO
08BRASILIA1151	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...]	2008-08-27 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA12	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR FINDS OPPORTUNTIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Clifford Sobel met with Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao on December 12 to advance the public health cooperation agenda. The Ambassador said the USG would work with the Health Ministry, the NGO "Malaria No More," and the State of Amazonas to develop a program [...]	2008-01-03 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID KHIV BR
08BRASILIA1294	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 113 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2008-09-30 16:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1465	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 114 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2008-11-07 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1617	BRAZIL'S PORT DREDGING CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: Brazil recently unveiled updated plans to dredge over 75 thousand cubic meters at an estimated cost of R$ 1.4 billion (USD580 million) in 16 of its largest commercial maritime ports as part of President Lula's Accelerated Growth Program (PAC). The plan, entitled the National Progra [...]	2008-12-17 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
08BRASILIA1636	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...]	2008-12-20 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR
08BRASILIA289	Brazil: Investment Agreement Principles - consolidated GOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides consolidated input to Washington agencies regarding the status of intra-GOB discussions on bilateral investment treaty principles. While no treaty "text" comparable to the US model BIT exists, CAMEX (the Brazilian External Trade Chamber) member ministries h [...]	2008-03-03 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA664	BRAZIL: GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE A TROPICAL FOREST [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Department, Min. Figueiredo Machado, informed Post that the Government of Brazil wants to begin negotiations t [...]	2008-05-15 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID EFIN BR
08BRASILIA729	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
08BRASILIA895	INFRASTRUCTURE THREATENS AMAZON FOREST CONSERVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vulnerability of Amazonian rainforests is increasing as a result of rising commodity prices and regional infrastructure integration, as well as global climate change and fire practices. This is the first in a two-part series addressing the regional impacts of agricultural expansion [...]	2008-07-01 16:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON XR BR
08BUENOSAIRES526	ARGENTINA WILLING TO HELP RENEW AND STRENGTHEN THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboff made reftel points April 18 to Minister Carlos Hernandez of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affairs. Hernandez replied April 22, saying that Argentina's UN Miss [...]	2008-04-23 11:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES793	OAS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, [...] A regional workshop on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540, which concerns non-proliferation and export control obligations, was co-hosted by the U.S. and Argentina and held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 13-14, 2008. All members of the Organization of American Sta [...]	2008-06-10 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AR
08CARACAS1237	VENEZUELA THREATENS TO ELIMINATE U.S. AIRLINES' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of a Diplomatic Note reiterating the August 8 statement to the Venezuelan Charge in Washington that TSA would issue a Public Notice on September 8 if the Venezuelan Government continues in its refusal to all [...]	2008-09-04 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC SNAR
08CARACAS1388	COMMUNAL ECONOMY CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary. EmbOffs visited a newly inaugurated communal economic center near Caracas. The center, extremely modern by Venezuelan standards, offers a space for communal cooperatives to sell local goods. However, many of the cooperatives did not sell locally produced goods or sold cheap [...]	2008-10-01 15:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1607	VENEZUELAN PORTS IN CHAOS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN [...] (C) Summary: Industry sources report that Venezuelan ports are in a "state of chaos" with long lines of ships waiting to dock, and numerous instances of ships diverted to other countries to unload cargo after failing to dock in Venezuela. Port authorities have reportedly advised shipping compa [...]	2008-11-19 20:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER
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
08CARACAS822	VENEZUELA'S NOT SO FRIENDLY SKIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 3, Embassy officials met with Venezuela's civil aviation authority (INAC) for the first time since February 2007 to discuss TSA visits as well several other aviation issues (ref A). The meeting may have been prompted by former INAC President Yoffreda, who is rumored to be [...]	2008-06-11 11:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE
08CHISINAU1108	MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Summary: Moldova continues to grow as a drug- transit country and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. In 2008, Moldovan law enforcement seized unprecedented quantities of heroin and cocaine. Moldova does not produce a significant amount of narcotics or precursor chemicals. Despi [...]	2008-11-13 07:26:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MD
08DAKAR52	2008 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL CRIME AND MONEY [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2007-2008 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-11). Para 12 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2008-01-14 10:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
08DUBLIN535	RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WARMS UP FOR UNGA IN [...] (C) On September 22 in Dublin, Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and rejected Lavrov's claims that Russian actions in Georgia were akin to U.S. and European initiatives in Kosovo and that Russia had been compelled to invade Georgia in August [...]	2008-09-23 13:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EI
08GENEVA836	UNAIDS: REPORT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE [...] Summary: The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) met in Extraordinary Session on October 2, 2008, to consider candidates for the position of UNAIDS Executive Director. The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Dybul, chaired the meeting. While the PCB noted that all four short [...]	2008-10-09 08:58:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV UNGA
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
08GUATEMALA1339	BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 20:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA158	DAS MADISON DISCUSSES MERIDA INITIATIVE IN [...] (U) Summary. WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison visited Guatemala January 28 - February 1. During her week-long visit, she met with local and national government officials, civil society representatives, business leaders, Peace Corps Volunteers and recipients of USG-funded progr [...]	2008-02-15 16:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL MCAP MARR EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM
08GUATEMALA33	COLOM ANNOUNCES HIS CABINET [...] (C) President-Elect Alvaro Colom, who will assume office January 14, announced his new cabinet January 8. Many of the nominees are well and favorably known to the Embassy, and we believe we can work well with them. Colom told the Ambassador that, in choosing his cabinet officers, he tried t [...]	2008-01-11 17:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GT
08GUATEMALA607	GUATEMALA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 22:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU YI GT
08GUATEMALA677	GUATEMALA TAKES STEPS TO RESOLVE ELECTRICITY CRISIS [...] Summary: During a recent lunch with the Ambassador, Guatemalan Energy and Mines Minister Carlos Meany detailed steps the GOG has taken to mitigate a shortage of electricity that would have resulted in blackouts by April 2009. The Ministry has signed contracts to expand Guatemalan electrical [...]	2008-05-28 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA866	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] (U) The Military Group at Embassy Guatemala has identified Vice Admiral Roberto Fernando Campos Sanchez to attend the Panamax 2008 Counter Terrorism Exercise August 13-22, 2008 in Miami, Florida. 2. (C) Embassy conducted its own review and DEA initially submitted derogatory information on [...]	2008-07-09 22:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
08GUATEMALA90	VFM IBARRA DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] (C) According to new Vice Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra, the Colom Government will make a priority of maintaining productive, positive relations with the USG, and advancing toward resolution of the Belize border dispute. The GOG is considering joining Petrocaribe, but the MFA is giving close [...]	2008-01-29 21:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BE VE CU GT
08GUAYAQUIL296	ECUADORIAN AIRLINE AEROGAL CONTINUES EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's fast-growing privately-held airline, Aerogal, began direct flights to Miami on December 7. In little over a decade, Aerogal has leapfrogged other domestic carriers to become Ecuador's second largest carrier. However, the Government of Ecuador has taken aim at Aerog [...]	2008-12-09 21:53:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	CO EC PA PGOV PREL
08GUAYAQUIL77	GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK DIRECTOR FIRING MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of the Environment Marcela Aguinaga fired Galapagos National Park (GNP) Director Raquel Molina in early March, alleging in the press that Molina was not adequately protecting the park. In reality, the committed but abrasive park director's repeated clashes with Aguinaga [...]	2008-03-28 12:56:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV EIND EC
08HANOI145	VIETNAM SHRUGS OFF CUBAN AND VENEZUELAN ECONOMIC TIES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cuba does not appear to be in a rush to learn about Vietnam's successful free market experiments, according to officials from Vietn [...]	2008-02-05 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL VM
08HAVANA383	BRIGADE 2506 ATTRACTS LITTLE INTEREST AMONG CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: Brigade 2506, a Florida-based organization that includes many Bay of Pigs veterans, asked USINT to facilitate a video conference with two Cuban dissidents it selected by Brigade 2506 , as well as a representative of FLAMUR (the Federation of Latin American Rural Women). Brigade [...]	2008-05-13 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HOCHIMINHCITY757	UNCLOGGING VIETNAM"S PORTS: WORLD-CLASS CONTAINER TERMINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As skyrocketing cargo volumes continue to clog Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ports, a state of the art deep-water port complex with an eventual capacity of at least eight million shipping containers per year is taking shape 90 km from HCMC in Ba Ria Vung Tau (BRVT) province. Poor coo [...]	2008-08-22 06:25:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EWWT EIND ECON PGOV ENRG KNNP VM
08JAKARTA182	APEC-ASEAN COOPERATION, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - [...] (SBU) Summmary. Ambassador Haslach met with business and government leaders January 21-23 in Jakarta. American business leaders noted that U.S. companies have a comparative advantage in the region on corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. ASEAN and APEC are seeking ways to work more [...]	2008-01-29 10:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APEC ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ID
08JAKARTA587	BURMESE SEAFARER ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKED TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Burmese seafarer allegedly trafficked to Indonesia to work for low wages aboard an Indonesian oil tanker is struggling with the company to regain his passport and withheld wages. The apparent victim, Kyaw Htin, is an experienced chief engineer. The Burmese Embassy has refused [...]	2008-03-24 04:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM ID BM
08KINGSTON490	JAMAICA: MAY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: -- Air Jamaica may face more labor problems, as the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) says airline workers will not receive a pay increase this year and workers threaten to strike. -- The Energy Minister looks to roll out ethanol-based fuel to consumers and the Finance Minister lowers t [...]	2008-05-29 19:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV SENV ECON ETRD KIPR IBRD IMF TRSY
08KINGSTON51	JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT/WORKS RE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 12:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR SENV PREL ECON IMO JM XL
08KINGSTON91	FRAUD SUMMARY OCT-DEC 2007 KINGSTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the first quarter of FY 2008, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a ring of C1/D fraud that resulted in specific information about the applicants' smuggler in New York. FPU also investigated ten H-1B cases of Indian nationals who provided fraudulent employment [...]	2008-01-29 16:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08KYIV101	UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Begin Text of Part II: A.7. Protection of Property Rights MORTGAGES During the last few years, Ukraine's policymakers have launched several initiatives to develo [...]	2008-01-17 07:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08LAPAZ2036	BOLIVIA: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS RATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition prefects and civic leaders are meeting in Cochabamba with representatives of the central government in an attempt to negotiate an agreement that would avoid further violence after clashes have left many dead. Outside observers including the EU, religious organizations, [...]	2008-09-19 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LIMA114	FORE VISIT: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore offered U.S. assistance for PTPA implementation and thanked Peru for its support in the UN Security Council. Belaunde lauded the state of bil [...]	2008-01-22 13:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1733	PUCALLPA MAYOR ARRESTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian ... =======================CABLE ENDS============================ id: 176319 date: 10/31/2008 22:10 refid: 08LIMA1733 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 312210Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9522 INFO WESTERN HEMI [...]	2008-10-31 22:10:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PE
08LONDON2035	IMO: FLAG STATE IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE - [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) 16th Session of the Flag State Implementation Sub- Committee (FSI 16) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by eighty members, three associate members, one state n [...]	2008-08-05 11:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA UK TU JA
08LONDON2621	IMO: SUB-COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS GOODS, [...] SUMMARY: The 13th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee (S/C) on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) met in London from September 22-26, 2008 under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations fr [...]	2008-10-17 12:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA SENV UK
08LONDON981	IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT - 29TH [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) combined annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took [...]	2008-04-04 13:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
08MADRID1131	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S OCTOBER 29, 2008, [...] (C) Summary. The Deputy Chief of Mission hosted MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta at lunch October 29. They discussed the U.S.-Spain Agreement on Defense Cooperation (which governs U.S. use of the bases at Rota and Moron),Afghanistan, Georgia, nuclear powered warship visits, Som [...]	2008-10-30 17:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO AF SP
08MADRID1299	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5 and updates information reported in reftels B and C. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Spain played a leadership role in [...]	2008-12-11 12:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SP CU
08MADRID179	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Speaking to an overflow audience at a February 15 event, Trichet argued for further structural reform in the Eurozone, citing particularly the need for more flexibility in the labor, products and services markets. He argued strongly that price stability was not inconsistent with job creat [...]	2008-02-15 18:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KFRD SCUL SENV
08MADRID518	WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S VISIT TO MADRID, [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon visited Madrid April 30-May 1, 2008. He met with Secretary General of the Presidency Bernardino Leon and former President Jose Maria Aznar. He also attended a lunch in his honor hosted by Charge d' Affaires Hugo Llorens with Spanish private sector, media, and [...]	2008-05-09 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM AR BL CO CU PE SP
08MANAGUA1159	NICARAGUA-KOSOVO: NO PLAN TO RECOGNIZE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 8, Foreign Ministry officials confirmed that Nicaragua has not recognized Kosovo and has no plans to do so in the future. This formal confirmation of the GON position on Kosovo comes eight months after our first inquiries (REF I) and stands in stark contrast to Nicar [...]	2008-09-12 12:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV EU NU
08MANAGUA1214	NICARAGUA: PROPANE FOR THE PEOPLE [...] (SBU) On September 24, President Ortega declared a state of emergency and announced that the Nicaraguan Government would name an "Intervention Board" to manage propane distributor Tropigas for six months "to address a potential propane shortage." A Tropigas official claimed there is no propane [...]	2008-10-01 17:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA1331	NICARAGUA: TOURISM OFFICIAL PAINTS A ROSY PICTURE [...] (SBU) Mario Salinas, President of the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR),predicted that the tourism industry will grow 11% in 2008, which would be higher than the 6% growth rate in 2007. To ensure this growth, INTUR, the GON's tourism promotion agency, is participating in more international [...]	2008-10-31 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON NU
08MANAGUA1374	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met General (retired) Alvaro Baltodano on November 3 to get acquainted and encourage bilateral cooperation on bilateral trade and investment. Baltodano assured the Ambassador that Nicaragua would participate in the "Pathways to Prosperity" meeting to be held in Pan [...]	2008-11-12 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL NU
08MANAGUA202	NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbean [...]	2008-02-20 20:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PETER PREL PGOV ETTC AID EAGER EFIN
08MANAGUA281	CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) We met this morning with Colombian Ambassador to Nicaragua, Antonio Gonzalez Castano to discuss the events of the last 24 hours, including President Ortega's surprise announcement to break relations with Colombia. The newly-PNG'd Castano was in good spirits but clearly concerned by the un [...]	2008-03-07 21:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO 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
08MANAGUA481	NICARAGUA'S CENIS- A POTENTIAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, the Nicaraguan Central Bank announced the creation of an escrow account in which the Ministry of Finance deposited payments due on bonds issued as part of a bail-out of the financial sector in 2000-2001, generally known as CENIs. The account would be frozen until a [...]	2008-04-18 21:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA490	NICARAGUA: WIREC WRAP-UP AND PLEDGE REMINDER [...] (U) On April 2 the Nicaraguan Minister of Energy, Emilio Rappaccioli, wrote a letter to the Ambassador to inform us of Nicaragua's WIREC pledges for years 2008 to 2011. The pledges include expanding the percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources from a 2008 base of 27% to 38% b [...]	2008-04-21 21:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA NU
08MANAGUA808	NICARAGUA: VISIT OF TREASURY DAS O'NEILL COINCIDES [...] (C) Summary: On May 27-29, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Brian O'Neill visited Nicaragua to participate in the Competitiveness Forum (Ref A) and privately address the CENIs case. In his meetings with the Nicaraguan Vice President, Central Bank President (BCN),Banking Superintende [...]	2008-06-24 20:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA949	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO NICARAGUA TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt met with a calm and polite President Daniel Ortega on June 25 and 26 to discuss improving the water quality of Nicaragua's two "great" lakes. Secretary Leavitt blended the themes of his regional visit into a stron [...]	2008-07-24 20:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KSCA OTRA EAID PREL XK MX NU

08MANILA315	FOREIGN SECRETARY PROMOTES ICJ CANDIDATE [...] (U) Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo hosted a February 4 luncheon in support of the candidacy of Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. DCM attended, along with ambassadors from France, Indonesia, Panama, Russia, and [...]	2008-02-05 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IO PREL RP ICJ
08MANILA360	EMBASSY WORKING VARIOUS FRONTS TO KEEP BALIKATAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the U.S.-Philippine Balikatan joint military exercise set to begin February 18, all Embassy elements, to include JSOTF-P personnel, have been moving aggressively to counter negative publicity by a vocal minority of political and social leaders, who in recent weeks have soug [...]	2008-02-11 10:04:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MEXICO1097	VISITING FINCEN DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Mexico City and FinCEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. visited Mexico City 19-23 February to meet with senior Mexican officials and address a joint FinCEN-FIU strategic analysis training [...]	2008-04-11 17:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD KTFN PTER MX
08MEXICO1333	MEXICO EAGER FOR TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON AGP AND [...] (SBU) Top Mexican trade officials are anxious to register concrete progress on the Alliance for Growth and Prosperity (AGP) and the Joint Border Facilitation Working Group (BFWG) before the end of President Bush's second term. They also want to institutionalize these sorts of cooperative stru [...]	2008-05-02 18:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX
08MEXICO152	MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART 2 OF 2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX
08MEXICO1523	MEXICO PUBLICLY PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (U) In a May 14 briefing to the Trade and Investment Committe of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, Mexican Under Secretary of International Trade Negotiations for the Ministry of Economy Beatriz Leycegui urged the business community to support GOM efforts to improve the competitivene [...]	2008-05-20 12:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX
08MEXICO184	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER CARSTENS [...] (C) In a luncheon with Ambassador Garza on January 18, Finance Minister Agustin Carstens speculated that personnel changes in the Calderon Administration are over for right now. He defended agricultural policies that have helped fuel calls for the ouster of Agricultural Minister Cardenas. Ca [...]	2008-01-24 15:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV AMGT PINR
08MEXICO1930	MEXICO ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on Iran's participation in international defense expositions (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said the notion of prohibiting Iran from particip [...]	2008-06-25 21:00:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MX
08MEXICO2673	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleagues to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: imp [...]	2008-09-02 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MX
08MEXICO2753	PRESIDENT CALDERON DELIVERS HIS "STATE OF THE [...] Summary. President Calderon presented the written version of an annual report on the &state of the union8 to Congress on September 1. Over prior decades, Mexico's president would deliver this report orally to Congress. Over the summer recess, however, Congress passed legislation that amen [...]	2008-09-09 21:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB
08MEXICO2890	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USOAS AMBASSADOR AND SUMMIT COORDINATOR HECTOR MORALES TO MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 29- OCTOBER 1, 2008 [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleague to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy o [...]	2008-09-26 21:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP
08MEXICO3178	MEXICO REBUILDING TIES TO VENEZUELA, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. President Felipe Calderon has attempted since taking office to repair ties with Venezuela, and the Foreign Ministry has said that Mexico is slowly making improvements. Nevertheless, several points of friction, such as the lack of a Venezuelan ambassador in Mexico City, suspicions about [...]	2008-10-27 18:11:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MONTERREY295	MONTERREY FIRMS FIND THAT VENEZUELA IS A TOUGH PLACE TO DO [...] Summary. (C) Two large Monterrey-based multinational companies are struggling in the toxic Venezuelan business environment, as one looks for fair compensation to exit and the other hopes to keep their heads down and hold on. President Chavez has nationalized the cement holdings of high-leve [...]	2008-06-24 20:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ELAB PGOV MX VE
08MONTEVIDEO220	URUGUAY DEMARCHED FOR ENDORSEMENT OF STATEMENT OF [...] (U) Polcouns joined representatives from the Embassies of Spain (Charge Maria Teresa Daurella) and the Russian Federation (DCM Dimitri Belov) to deliver subject troika demarche on April 18. The demarche was delivered to the MFA's Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, Ambassador Julio [...]	2008-04-21 20:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC PARM PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO479	URUGUAY'S MILITARY ENHANCES ITS INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) There has been a significant increase in Uruguay-U.S. military cooperation since the Cabinet shake up on March 1. The Uruguayan Navy is participating for the second year running in the PANAMAX exercise August 11-22, 2008. U.S. SOUTHCOM provided critical support by providing USD 573,000 to [...]	2008-08-22 18:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MASS PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO649	WHA DAS MCMULLEN STRESSES VALUE OF BILATERAL [...] (U) The October 27-30 visit of WHA DAS Christopher McMullen to Uruguay reaffirmed to the GOU and ordinary Uruguayans the importance of the U.S.-Uruguay bilateral relationship. McMullen came to Uruguay accompanying DOD DAS for Western Hemisphere Affairs Stephen Johnson, who was following up a [...]	2008-11-18 11:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR UY
08MONTEVIDEO721	Uruguay: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The level of cooperation and intelligence sharing on counterterrorism related issues greatly improved in 2008, especially at the working level where officers in law enforcement and security services recognized the importance of conducting proactive investigations, sharing intelligence with the [...]	2008-12-29 17:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC UY
08MONTEVIDEO82	URUGUAY PLANTS VENEZUELAN FLAG IN ANTARCTICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Colorado Party joined forces with Frente Amplio (FA) deputies to approve a Venezuela-sponsored joint expedition to Antarctica that departed Montevideo this week. According to GOU officials, Venezuela aims to become a full consultative party to the Antarctic Tre [...]	2008-02-19 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY VZ UY
08MOSCOW3526	MEDVEDEV BOLSTERS RUSSIA?S LATIN AMERICAN OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA and experts saw President Medvedev?s November 22-28 trip to Latin America as pragmatic, and focused on trade and economic issues, not driven by ideology or efforts to compete with the U.S. or China. In a meeting with the Ambassador December 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Ser [...]	2008-12-05 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM
08NAIROBI2368	Somalia - Puntland Success in Anti-Piracy Operation [...] On October 14, security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland Region completed a successful operation against pirates operating off Somalia's coast. On October 9, pirates seized the Panamanian-flagged vessel "The Wail" while it was en route from Oman to the Bossaso port in Puntland. [...]	2008-10-15 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EWWT PTER PREL SO
08NAPLES48	VENEZUELAN CONSULATE PROMOTES CHAVEZ BRAND OF SOCIALISM [...] (C) Venezuela appears to be using its long-dormant Consulate General in Naples as a platform for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Chavez brand of socialism. After leaving the Consul General position vacant for over a year, reflecting Venezuela's apparently minimal interests in southern I [...]	2008-06-18 08:58:00	Consulate Naples	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IT VE
08NEWDELHI1406	INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in reftel A, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Bilateral Visits Increase, but Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------- [...]	2008-05-23 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU IN
08NEWDELHI2141	INDIAN VIEWS ON NAM MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON [...] (C) Summary. According to the UK High Commission in Delhi, the Indian government is claiming credit for helping to secure a much improved NAM declaration on Iran's nuclear program from the Tehran ministerial conference. Indian officials also report pressure from Iran's Sunni neighbors, who c [...]	2008-08-06 06:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM TRGY KNNP IR IN
08NEWDELHI3215	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: CUBA: COUNTRY BY [...] (U) In response to the reftel request for information on India's relations with Cuba, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Overall Friendly and Symbolic Relations ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) As [...]	2008-12-22 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL
08NICOSIA910	CYPRUS: ROC CONDEMNS TURKISH NAVY HARASSMENT IN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see Paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on November 14 summoned the Ambassador to protest Turkey's alleged same-day harassment of two RoC-contracted vessels conducting seismic exploration in waters Cyprus considers [...]	2008-11-18 14:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR ECON EPET CY TU
08OTTAWA1068	CDMA 2008: CANADA TO HIGHLIGHT NEW FOCUS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Canada will highlight its renewed focus on the Americas at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) 2008 in Banff, September 2-6. Canadian officials look forward to a robust U.S. presence at the CDMA and want to collaborate with the U.S. to ensure that the Dec [...]	2008-08-12 11:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV OAS CA
08OTTAWA379	CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...]	2008-03-14 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO EC CA
08OTTAWA778	CANADA AND COLOMBIA CONCLUDE FTA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 12:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND EINV ELAB SENV CA CO
08OTTAWA889	CANADA TO OPEN NEW TRADE OFFICES IN CHINA, MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: In a June 19 speech, International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is establishing 10 new trade offices in China, Mexico, and Brazil as part of Canada's "aggressive" trade policy. This is in addition to new trade offices in India and Mongolia announced in April. The [...]	2008-06-30 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV CA EFTA CH BR IN
08PANAMA103	*PANAMA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CALLS FOR [...] (C) Asserting that Panama need "reinvention," Panamenista presidential nomination contender Marco Ameglio said he would call for a constitutional assembly (constituyente) during the first 18 months of his presidency to "redefine the republic." "Today, I am issuing a 20-month plan, not a 60-mon [...]	2008-01-31 22:14:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ENRG ELAB SNAR KCRM PM
08PANAMA119	PANAMA POST: 5TH EDITION -- THE POST-CARNIVAL [...] (C) Panama's four-day Carnival celebration may have turned most of Panama City into a ghost town as Panamanians headed to the interior, the beaches, or Transismica, one of the city's main thoroughfares, to celebrate, but politics did not stop. The Panama Post was able to button hole one Pan [...]	2008-02-08 18:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA120	PANAMA: URGENT MEDEVAC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "Let me raise this request with (First VP and FM) Samuel Lewis," Lewis' Senior Advisor Adolfo Ahumada told POLCOUNS on February 8 in response to reftel request for GOP assistance. Ahumada underscored (twice) in a brief conversation the "political sensitivities" that would need to be overc [...]	2008-02-08 19:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM SMIG BF CO CS CU DR JM MX PM
08PANAMA125	PANAMA: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 18:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY PM
08PANAMA126	PANAMA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "I will consult immediately with the Foreign Minister," Acting FM Ricardo "Dicky" Duran told POLCOUNS on February 11 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. Initially viewing the demarche through actions that the might be taken on the UNSC, Duran noted that Panama's Ambassador to the U [...]	2008-02-11 19:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM
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
08PANAMA147	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO ON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-17 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL YI PA
08PANAMA151	PANAMA WIREC DELEGATION [...] (U) On February 14, 2008, Post provided the GOP's Energy Secretariat, National Environmental Authority, and its OAS SIPDIS delegation with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) registration information in reftel. 2. (U) On February 13, 2008, Post received a lett [...]	2008-02-20 22:33:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY 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
08PANAMA168	PANAMA: CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 17:16:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU CU PM
08PANAMA169	PANAMA: KOSOVO STATEMENT RELEASED BY COUNCIL ON [...] (C) Panama "imposes upon itself a position of neutrality that favors dialogue between the parties," Panama's National Council on Foreign Relations (CONAREX) in its press release on February 25. First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador February 21 that he would convene this advisory council [...]	2008-02-27 00:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM
08PANAMA176	PANAMA: TORRIJOS CONGRATULATES RAUL [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos extended his "sincere congratulations" to Cuban President Raul Castro for his "well deserved designation to the highest government position in the Republic of Cuba, as a result of the very right and unanimous decision by the honorable Cuban General Ass [...]	2008-02-28 16:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU PM
08PANAMA18	PANAMA POST: 1ST EDITION, VOLUME II [...] (C) In this year's first edition, the Panama Post includes the following stories: -- Panamamenista Party President Juan Carlos Varela launches presidential campaign; -- Team Martin player disillusioned as President Torrijos backs challenger to his seat on the governing Democratic Revoluti [...]	2008-01-04 22:01:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA181	PANAMA POST: 7TH EDITION -- SPECIAL POLLING [...] (C) Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa stirred the political pot with the release of its latest installment of its "Pulse of Nation" poll series on February 22. Democratic Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli extended and even increased somewhat his lead as the opposition's [...]	2008-02-28 20:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA193	PANAMA: GAZA UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:59:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS PM
08PANAMA195	PANAMA: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 17:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC PM
08PANAMA197	PANAMA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 22:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO PM
08PANAMA200	PANAMA: DEMARCHE REGARDING ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 21:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
08PANAMA204	PANAMA AND MEXICO TO RE-START FTA TALKS; MEXICO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 5, 2008, during the inaugural speech for Expocomer 2008 Trade Convention in Panama City, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that he would seek a free trade agreement with Panama and that the GOM would eliminate the visa requirement for Panamanians traveling to Mex [...]	2008-03-07 18:48:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CVIS EFTA ETRD FAS PM
08PANAMA206	PANAMA POST: 8TH EDITION; VOLUME II [...] (C) The first week of March was a busy one for the Panama post. As the PRD wound down its congressillos in advance of its March 9 convention, Ambassador engaged the Panamenista Party's leading candidates for its presidential nomination, the knife was stuck in a CID Gallup poll, and one mutual [...]	2008-03-07 21:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA215	VISIT OF USS KEARSARGE: EMBASSY PANAMA SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama has identified two EMBOFFs to support the visit of the USS KEARSARGE to Panama from September 16 to 30. POLCOUNS Brian Naranjo will join the USS KEARSARGE in Cartagena, Colombia on/about September 15. Since the USS KEARSARGE will be in Cartagena on liberty from September [...]	2008-03-12 16:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AFIN MARR MASS MOPS PM
08PANAMA220	PANAMA: IN WAKE OF PRD CONVENTION, PRIMARIES BEGIN [...] (C) In the wake of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) March 9 convention, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro acted quickly to launch his campaign to win the PRD's presidential nomination on March 12. The convention left Torrijos in control of the party, though leftist or "t [...]	2008-03-13 22:33:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
08PANAMA233	TRADE MINISTER FERRER TO STEP DOWN MARCH 31 [...] (U) In a move that had been expected widely since late 2007, Trade Minister Alejandro Ferrer announced on March 18 that he will resign, effective March 31. Ferrer said that he could no longer postpone his return to private law practice. Ferrer had repeatedly delayed his departure in hopes of [...]	2008-03-19 22:05:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PM
08PANAMA245	PANAMA INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORTS TO CONGRESS [...] (U) The Economics Section handles energy related matters concerning Panama. The Economics Section has three FSOs (one economics counselor and two junior officers) and two FSNs. 2. (U) Energy related matters are covered by one FSO (junior officer) and one FSN. Each spend 10% of their time o [...]	2008-03-27 13:05:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD APER ENRG SENV
08PANAMA247	PANAMA: GOP INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 14:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA PM
08PANAMA250	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 16:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR PM
08PANAMA253	PANAMA: GOP SEEKS TO PROVIDE RELIEF AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the March 1, 2008 National Assembly inaugural speech, President Martin Torrijos presented a $110 million fiscal package, aimed in large part to ease the impact of higher inflation. The package provides continued energy subsidies, a middle class tax cut, increased mortgage s [...]	2008-03-28 12:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFTA ENRG ETRD FAS PM
08PANAMA255	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) "We are working with the Central American Integration System (SICA) to see if we pull together several of our neighbors to join Panama in recognizing Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador March 26 in response to reftel demarche. "Panama has no problem recognizing Kosovo, bu [...]	2008-03-28 14:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU MY PM UV
08PANAMA269	PANAMA: GOP SEEKS TO PROVIDE RELIEF AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the March 1, 2008 National Assembly inaugural speech, President Martin Torrijos presented a $110 million fiscal package, aimed in large part to ease the impact of higher inflation. The package provides continued energy subsidies, a middle class tax cut, increased mortgage s [...]	2008-03-28 22:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFTA ENRG ETRD FAS PM
08PANAMA284	PANAMA: U.S. REP. GENE TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH GOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 24, 2008, U.S. Representative Gene Taylor (Mississippi) met GOP Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis. During the wide ranging 90-minute meeting, they discussed the Panama Canal expansion project, Manta relocation, 2009 Panamanian elections, the Colombia-Ecu [...]	2008-04-09 21:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG NAS PM
08PANAMA324	PANAMA POST: THE PANAMA WATCHERS' SPECIAL EDITION, [...] (S/NF) The April 18 to 25 visit by two seasoned USG Panama watchers provided a welcome opportunity to do a "deep dive" on Panama's domestic political scene. Meeting with political leaders and advisors from across the political spectrum, these analysts not only had an opportunity to ascertai [...]	2008-04-23 20:53:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA328	PANAMA: CLOSE TO CENTAM DEAL ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) "I think that we are close to a deal on joint recognition of Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on April 25 in response to reftel demarche. Except for Nicaragua, which was unlikely to recognize, and Costa Rica, which already had, Lewis acknowledged that El Salvador, Hond [...]	2008-04-25 15:20:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU ES CO EC PM
08PANAMA329	NEW TRADE MINISTER FOCUSED ON TPA AND CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Commerce & Industry Carmen Gisela Vergara is focused on securing U.S. ratification of the U.S. Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). She was confident that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) will exit as Panama's National Assembly President in September and expects the [...]	2008-04-25 16:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ENRG EWWT PGOV PM
08PANAMA330	PANAMA: SUPPRESSED POLL SURFACES [...] (C) Newly elected governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) National Executive Committee (CEN) Fifth Sub-Secretary Rodrigo "Rod" Diaz provided POLCOUNS with a bootleg copy of the PSM-SIGMA DOS April poll. In the wake of the Dichter and Neira April poll, portions of which have been publish [...]	2008-04-25 18:33:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA336	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Martin Torrijos will meet with you on May 6 at the White House in the hopes of revitalizing his administration's initiatives in which our bilateral relationship plays a significant role. Panama's primary season is now in full swing, Torrijos cannot run for re-election, and Panam [...]	2008-04-28 20:50:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD ECON KCRM MASS MARR
08PANAMA34	PANAMA POST: 2ND EDITION, VOLUME II [...] (C) In this addition of the Panama Post, our headlines are: -- Alberto Vallarino, declaring "Enough already!" launches campaign for Panamenista Party nomination; -- Cambio Democratic presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany with four rallies; -- Panam [...]	2008-01-11 21:33:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA340	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 19:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNCSD XA ZI AU PM
08PANAMA344	PANAMA: NPT PREPCOM MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 18:24:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA PM
08PANAMA345	PANAMA: BURMA'S FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 19:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BM PM
08PANAMA354	PANAMA: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 16:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PHUM PM
08PANAMA355	PANAMA: PMG TELLS PRD LEADERSHIP WON'T RUN FOR [...] (C) Panamanian National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) informed President Martin Torrijos in writing on May 4 of his "irrevocable decision to decline any aspiration on his part to preside over the National Assembly as of September 1." (Note: PMG remains under U.S. federal ind [...]	2008-05-05 21:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PM
08PANAMA356	PANAMA: SOMALI PIRACY UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA DG for External Political Affairs Javier Bonagas on May 6. As a co-sponsor of the draft UNSCR concerning Somali piracy, Panama remains supportive of this initiative and appreciative of U.S. efforts to engage UNSC capitals. Panama can be [...]	2008-05-06 16:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO PM
08PANAMA386	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 16:48:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EIND AORC TRGY UNSC IR PM
08PANAMA405	PANAMA FACES ENERGY CRUNCH, GOP MAY SOON RATION [...] (U) Panamanian Secretary of Energy Dani Kuzniecky announced May 16 that the GOP may begin rationing electricity as early as May 22 if nationwide consumption is not reduced immediately. Kuzniecky and Public Utilities Authority Chief Victor Urrutia warned that Panama faces "grave" electricity [...]	2008-05-19 17:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PM
08PANAMA41	PANAMA: EL TORO REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY [...] (C) "There will be many surprised political observers on Sunday," former President and candidate for the presidency of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares told POLCOUNS on January 13. PRD members will go to the polls on January 20 to elect 4,20 [...]	2008-01-14 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CIVS PM
08PANAMA419	GOP COOPERATES ON UN 1267 SANCTION COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 19:54:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL PM
08PANAMA433	PANAMA POST: 9TH EDITION, VOLUME II [...] (C) New polling data revealing a horse race in the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and a run-away lead by Panamenista presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela in his party's race were the Panama Post's big scoop. Though available for the past couple of weeks, this new polling [...]	2008-05-27 21:35:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA436	PANAMA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 19:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OAS ZI PM
08PANAMA446	PANAMA: "MILITARIZATION" DEBATE RE-SURFACES [...] (C) Panama's ever-smoldering "militarization" debate reignited over the past couple of weeks as Panamanian opinion shapers and leaders -- largely associated with the opposition, at least in opinion -- voiced their concerns that the GOP might be undertaking what they perceived as an ill-advised [...]	2008-05-30 18:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MASS MOPS PM
08PANAMA458	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON JUNE 2008 UNSC THEMATIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 16:41:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KWMN PHUM PREL UNSC UN PM
08PANAMA46	PANAMA: LEWIS ON CUBA AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) Despite dragging its feet for months, Panama granted agrement to Venezuela's proposed Ambassador to Panama, Jorge Luis Duran Centeno, First VP and FM Samuel Lewis informed Ambassador on January 16. Before doing so, Lewis said that President Martin Torrijos firmly warned President Chavez, [...]	2008-01-16 20:54:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE CU PM
08PANAMA460	PANAMA: NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) A major drug-transit country, Panama continues to be a strong ally of the U.S. in the fight against trafficking and related crimes. This cable provides key examples of our excellent bilateral law enforcement cooperation, and one area of concern. 2. (SBU) In our FY 2007 Letter of Agr [...]	2008-06-03 20:59:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM 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
08PANAMA462	EXPERTS BLAME ENGINE FAILURE FOR FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH [...] (SBU) Panama's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) announced late June 2 that a failure of the no. 1 engine caused the May 29 SAN-100 helicopter crash that killed 11 people, including several top Chilean and Panamanian police officials (reftel). AAC Director Eustacio Fabrega told Econchief June 2 t [...]	2008-06-03 21:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV PM CI
08PANAMA467	IMPORTANCE OF USG AVIATION ASSISTANCE TO PANAMA [...] (C) In the wake of the deadly crash of Panama's sole operational National Air Service (SAN) helicopter (see reftels),and following on President Torrijos' visit to Washington in early May, the time is now for consideration of greater USG aviation assistance to Panama. As a major logistics c [...]	2008-06-05 14:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR SNAR PARM MASS PREL 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
08PANAMA485	TERRORISM FINANCE: RECENT PRE-NOTIFICATIONS AND [...] (S) Econoff delivered ref points and background information for the three reftels on June 10 to Delia Villamonte, Director General of International Organizations and Conferences. Leoncio Hernandez, the Foreign Ministry's Director of the Department of Analysis Against Terrorist Activity, was un [...]	2008-06-12 17:51:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER PGOV KTFN UNSC PM
08PANAMA486	PANAMA: ARCHBISHOP TOUCHES UPON POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (C) "The excessive cost of political campaigns is a slap in the face to the poor," Archbishop Jose Dimas Cedeno, stated during his sermon at the 38th Eucharist mass on June 1st, 2008. Cedeno underscored key political issues deterring Panama's progress, and urged the Panamanian government and [...]	2008-06-12 18:38:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA490	PANAMA A NATURAL FIT FOR THE GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. Panama represents a natural fit for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Our engagement with Panama on maritime issues is broad and deep. Officially, the Panama Maritime Authority is supportive of the Global Maritime Partnership. Panama and the United States already cooperate [...]	2008-06-13 22:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08PANAMA493	PANAMA POST: EDITION 11; VOLUME II [...] (C) Our headlines in this edition of the Panama Post are: -- Panama's leading pollster says "basic political dynamic remains unchanged;" -- Tearing a page from PRD presidential nomination candidate Juan Carlos Navarro's play book, Panamenista presidential nomination candidate Alberto Valla [...]	2008-06-16 16:08:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA495	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) POL delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Security Council Advisor Janio Tunon on June 16. Tunon stated that the UNSC advisors would hold a routine weekly meeting on June 17 to discuss the UN Secretary General's proposal for the reconfiguration of UNMIK. Tunon noted that the GOP had [...]	2008-06-16 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO PM
08PANAMA51	PANAMA POST: 3RD EDITION, VOLUME II [...] (C) The Panama Post is coming to you a few days early this week. State's Director for Central American Affairs hits the ground January 17 for a few days of scrounging around the Panamanian political scene as well as to follow up on the Regional Healthcare Training Center, attend the Omar Moren [...]	2008-01-17 22:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA510	PANAMA: JUNE 23 MEETING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) "Panama fully supports (UK PM) Gordon Brown's recent statement regarding the violence in Zimbabwe," Panamanian MFA UNSC Advisor Janio Tunon told POL Fellow on June 23. Now that the opposition had pulled out of the upcoming elections, MFA UNSC Team ExecSec Thays Noriega told POLCOUNS that i [...]	2008-06-23 18:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI PM
08PANAMA515	PANAMA: DEMARCHE SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 22:10:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN UNSC PM
08PANAMA520	PANAMA: RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN MIGRANTS PROTECTED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. --------------------------------------------- ----- Panama Inquires Into "Exceptional" Nature of Cases --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (C) The degree to which it could be demonstrated that the Cuban migrants protec [...]	2008-06-24 19:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG CU IT PM
08PANAMA529	PANAMA: "SANCTION" MAY BE NECESSARY IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 15:56:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI PM
08PANAMA532	PANAMA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on June 30 on the margins of President Torrijos' farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador. In addition to raising reftel points, Ambassador noted that Panama had previously indicated it would recognize Panama "soon, but [...]	2008-07-01 14:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU PM
08PANAMA533	PANAMA: PRD PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS FACE OFF, NICELY [...] (C) The top three contenders for the presidential candidacy for the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) faced off on June 26 in their second electoral forum. Pointedly, the PRD and its presidential candidates characterized this event as a forum, not a debate, wishing to communicate un [...]	2008-07-01 14:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA534	PANAMA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Below is Embassy Panama's input for the congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. The United States is aware of one case in which United States citizens have an outstanding claim again [...]	2008-07-01 16:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC
08PANAMA537	PANAMA: PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FIRST [...] (U) Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter's meeting with First VP and FM Samuel Lewis. -------------------- TIME, DATE AND PLACE -------------------- 2. (U) 8:00 am, Thursday, June 26; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Panama City, Panama. ------------ PARTICIPANTS ------------ 3. (U [...]	2008-07-01 22:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PM PGOV EAID ECON EDEV
08PANAMA539	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT TORRIJOS [...] (C) During President Torrijos' June 30 farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador, Torrijos underscored the excellent state of bilateral relations, thanked the Ambassador for his work in sustaining that relationship, said he would move forward with re-structuring the security forces despite the [...]	2008-07-02 18:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL

08PANAMA541	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 20:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC PM ZI
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
08PANAMA545	PANAMA: JULY VISIT OF MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) Following up on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos' May 7-8 visit to Washington and meetings with the President and the Secretaries of State and Defense, Panamanian Minister of Government and Justice Daniel Delgado will travel to Washington July 7-10 to continue security-related discussi [...]	2008-07-03 21:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PM
08PANAMA550	PANAMA: VARELA WINS PANAMENISTA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) "I want to issue a call not only for party unity, but also for a coalition to win the elections in 2009," exclaimed Juan Carlos Varela late in the evening on July 6, in declaring victory in the Panamenista Party presidential primary. On July 7, Alberto Vallarino, Varela's main opponent, a [...]	2008-07-07 21:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PM
08PANAMA556	PANAMA: EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR POSADA EXPECTED [...] (C) Panama is under internal as well as external pressure - from the Cuban government - to request extradition of Luis Posada Carriles, whose 2004 pardon, along with those of 181 others, was recently overturned by the Supreme Court. A lawsuit was filed in Panama's Fifth Circuit requesting th [...]	2008-07-08 20:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU
08PANAMA562	PANAMA: UNSC DEMARCHE ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] (C) "We cannot allow anything to interrupt the conversations between the Palestinians and the Israelis," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UNSC Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on July 9 in response to reftel demarche. "We need to keep the temperature down." Castro stated that Panama fully [...]	2008-07-09 17:57:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE SY PM
08PANAMA563	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) "Panama will be with the United States", Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UNSC matters Nils Castro reaffirmed to POLCOUNS on July 9th in response to reftel demarche on Zimbabwe. Furthermore, he stated that Panama supported a UNSC Chapter VII Resolution and did not want to debate the "co [...]	2008-07-09 19:03:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU
08PANAMA569	PANAMA: CONFIRMED SUPPORT FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On June 9, Charge d'Affaires spoke with First VP and FM Samuel Lewis. Lewis confirmed that Panama would vote in favor of the UNSC Chapter VII Resolution. MESA [...]	2008-07-11 15:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU PM
08PANAMA574	PANAMA POST: EDITION 12; VOLUME II [...] (C) Juan Carlos Varela's landslide victory in the Panamenista primary on July 6, defeating Alberto Vallarino by over 20 points, was the defining political development for the week. The focus quickly turned to Varela's efforts to unify Panama's largest opposition party and to renewed discussi [...]	2008-07-11 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PM
08PANAMA576	PANAMA: SUGAR QUOTA FULFILLED AND SUPPLY AVAILABLE [...] (U) On July 08, 2008 EconOff and FAS FSN delivered talking points to Ricardo Tunon of the Vice Ministry of Trade regarding sugar exports for FY 2008 as requested by Reftel. Ricardo Tunon coordinates sugar exports with Panama's sugar mills. Tunon explained that the 1,637.09 metric tons of s [...]	2008-07-14 21:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PM
08PANAMA577	PANAMA: CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) POL met with MFA human rights officer Janio Tunon to discuss respect for human rights and the need for democratic change in Cuba. POL encouraged Panama to engage in dialogue with Cuba and promote the human rights benchmarks set by the European Union. Tunon stated that Panama's relationship [...]	2008-07-15 16:45:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN CU
08PANAMA580	PANAMA: 2009 NATIONAL ELECTION VOTER DEMOGRAPHICS [...] (U) Panama is gearing up for the May 3, 2009 general election, in which Panamanians will choose all of their elected leaders - from President through National Assembly Deputies to mayors and city councilmen -- for a five-year term. The Tribunal Electoral (TE) released on May 25 the prelimina [...]	2008-07-16 14:36:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA581	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON NAM CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] (C) POL had delivered Reftel demarche to MFA political advisor Janio Tunon on July 16 to discuss Panama's position in the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Conference scheduled for July 29-30. POL underscored that Panama held a unique position as a NAM representative and UNSC member. PO [...]	2008-07-17 16:45:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR KNNP MNUC TRGY IAEA PERL UR PM
08PANAMA604	PANAMA: MESSAGE REINFORCING MESSAGE ON IRAN TO [...] (C) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis said he fully understood the U.S. message on Iranin advance of the Non-Aligned Movement Foreign Ministers' meeting in Teheran, in response to Charge's delivery of reftel demarche on July 23. "Panama is not sending a high-level delegation," Lewis added, but wo [...]	2008-07-25 14:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM TRGY IR PM
08PANAMA605	PANAMA: 2009 NATIONAL ELECTION YOUTH DEMOGRAPHIC [...] (SBU) Of the 2.2 million Panamanians eligible to vote in the May 3, 2009 general elections, 53% will be voters between the ages of 18 and 40. The youth account for one third to one half of political parties memberships. Efforts to reach out to these new voters included multi-tiered organization [...]	2008-07-25 14:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA606	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis thanked Charge for sharing with him reftel demarche, but did not commit to make any efforts to encourage governments and entities that historically supported the FARC to take demonstrable steps to sever ties with the FARC, deny it safe-haven, and withhold any f [...]	2008-07-25 15:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE HR EUN AF PM
08PANAMA616	PANAMA: RAUL RODRIGUEZ TO BE NEW ASSEMBLY [...] (C) President Martin Torrijos has chosen Raul Rodriguez to be the new President of the National Assembly, replacing Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) who is under federal indictment in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman. Sources from both the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party [...]	2008-07-28 16:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PM
08PANAMA617	INVITATION TO MARSHAL CENTER CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 17:15:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
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
08PANAMA624	UPDATE ON OPERATIONS AND EXPANSION OF PANAMA CANAL [...] (U) Summary. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has not yet determined the exact financing method for the third set of locks for the Panama Canal. However, a recent agreement with the Andean Development Corporation could provide 500 million USD of the 5.25 billion USD needed. The deadline for th [...]	2008-07-29 12:22:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT MARR PM EINV AA
08PANAMA626	PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 13:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC KNNP MR UZ PM
08PANAMA628	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNMEE MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 20:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER
08PANAMA635	PANAMA: PRD CONFIRMS RODRIGUEZ CHOICE FOR NA [...] (C) The Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) National Assembly (NA) caucus formally selected Raul Rodriguez on July 29 as their candidate to replace Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) as President of the National Assembly (see Reftel). The actual election will take place on September 1 when the NA [...]	2008-07-30 21:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PM
08PANAMA650	PANAMA: FARC REPORTEDLY LOOTS STORES IN THE DARIEN [...] (C) The Panamanian media reported August 3 that 60 armed men had entered the village of BajoChiquito (est. 200 population) in the Darien Province and looted a store. They reported that local residents of the region, which is in the Embera-Wounaan Area Number 1, reported that there had been s [...]	2008-08-05 19:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PBTS PM CO
08PANAMA652	PANAMA: A VIEW FROM THE LEFT -- NO PLACE FOR [...] (C) Recent meetings with prominent left wing leaders Juan Jovane and Olmedo Beluche focused on the threat to social stability posed by rising prices and the surprising small impact of the crisis on the political campaign. Jovane concluded that the increase in the price of staple goods was caus [...]	2008-08-05 21:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA660	PANAMA: DICHTER & NEIRA RESEARCH POLL [...] (C) In April 2008, Dichter & Neira published a public opinion poll that generated shock waves in Panama's political scene. Since then, this leading market research firm produced another poll conducted from June 06 to June 08 that indicated who could be the front runners for the presidential ele [...]	2008-08-07 21:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA661	PANAMA: TORRIJOS URGES TAKING BILATERAL [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos urged Ambassador to work with Panama to strive to take the U.S.-bilateral relationship to the next level by undertaking to address shared security concerns, during the Ambassador's presentation of credentials to Torrijos on August 6. After noting Panam [...]	2008-08-08 12:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EWWT MASS SNAR PTER MARR
08PANAMA669	PANAMA: LEADERS GRAPPLE WITH SECURITY REFORMS [...] (C) GOP and opposition leaders are aggressively reaching out to Post to brief their views on the Torrijos Administration's security reform legislation package as well as to gauge USG reactions and interests. At President Torrijos urging following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ( [...]	2008-08-12 21:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR SNAR PTER KCRM MASS MOPS PBTS PINR
08PANAMA670	PANAMA: GEORGIA UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "Panama is in favor of an immediate cessation of hostilities," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to REFTEL demarche. Pressed that Panama's support would be essential especially in the event that Russia exercised its veto so that the Council could speak with the loud [...]	2008-08-12 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UNSC GE PM
08PANAMA672	PANAMA: INVITATION DELIVERED FOR TRADE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 14:07:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA682	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL, AUG. 27-28 [...] (SBU) You will be arriving in Panama in the middle of a long election campaign, due to take place amidst record economic growth, but growing economic uncertainty. Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America for the last few years (11.2% growth in 2007),and there are [...]	2008-08-15 19:21:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA691	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) EconOff delivered demarche as per instructions in Reftel to the Director of International Organizations Delia Villamonte at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 20, 2008. Villamonte was aware of the Draft Declaration of Commitment for the upcoming Summit of the Americas. She noted h [...]	2008-08-20 22:16:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM PGOV PREL
08PANAMA697	PANAMA POST: EDITION 13, VOLUME II [...] (C) Panama's opposition panorama is beginning to clarify as two opposition coalitions are emerging. Presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli announced recently that his Democratic Change (CD) had reached an alliance agreement with Patriotic Union (UP),an alliance that UP is expected to rati [...]	2008-08-21 19:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
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
08PANAMA702	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (U) MFA Director of International Organizations Delia Villamonte noted that President Torrijos and First Vice-President and Foreign Minister Lewis were both aware of the meeting, in response to ECONOFF's delivery of REFTEL demarche on August 20, 2008. However, Villamonte did not have any spec [...]	2008-08-25 23:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFTA ETRD UNGA PM
08PANAMA704	PANAMANIAN SECURITY COOPERATION: IRREPLACEABLE? [...] (S/NF) Panama is one of the USG's most important law enforcement and security partners in the Western Hemisphere. Its importance is based on a combination of its strategic location astride one of the world's most important lines of communication, an enormous Panamanian flagged shipping fleet, [...]	2008-08-26 17:50:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA714	CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA [...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...]	2008-08-29 20:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR
08PANAMA72	PANAMA: BALBINA TELLS AMBASSADOR "I DO NOT WANT [...] (C) "I do not want to run for president," Minister of Housing -- and widely presumed governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential aspirant -- Balbina Herrera emphatically stated several times to Ambassador during their one-on-one January 24 lunch. She stood steadfast in her sup [...]	2008-01-24 22:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA724	PANAMA PATIENTLY WAITING FOR TPA APPROVAL [...] (C) Minister of Trade and Industries Carmen Gisela Vergara told the Ambassador that the government of Panama (GOP) is willing to take direction from the U.S. Government (USG) in promoting the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) in order to improve the chances for Congressional approval. The GOP is [...]	2008-09-04 23:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
08PANAMA725	PANAMA'S NEW SECURITY LAWS PASSED AMIDST OPPOSITION [...] (C) The GOP approved five controversial security laws by decree on August 18 and 20. The decrees will: 1) create an independent civilian intelligence service (SENIS); 2) create a coast guard (SENAN); 3) create a frontier force to protect the borders (SENAFRONT); 4) reform the Panamanian Natio [...]	2008-09-05 12:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA726	SCENESETTER: PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington in mid-September for meetings with the Secretary of State and the President. These meetings will take place about ten days after the ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) will have selected its presidential candidate. The PR [...]	2008-09-05 19:57:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM ETRD ECON PINR PM
08PANAMA732	PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY BIDDING PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Consistent with normal operations, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is running a fair, transparent, and predictable process for the Panama Canal expansion contracts. Bids for the 3.2 billion dollar third set of locks contract, the centerpiece of the overall 5.25 billion dollar exp [...]	2008-09-08 23:05:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA737	PANAMA: BALBINA WINS PRD PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, [...] (U) Balbina Herrera won the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) primary election September 7, becoming the official presidential candidate for the largest party in the country. Once Juan Carlos Navarro and Laurentino Cortizo conceded, all the candidates met and joined President Martin Torri [...]	2008-09-09 20:03:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
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
08PANAMA743	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel demarche on UN General Assembly Third Committee 2008 Human Rights Priorities to MFA Human Rights Officer Janio Tunon on September 10. Tunon generally refused to answer directly whether Panama would support certain resolutions without specific text in hand. However [...]	2008-09-11 20:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PM
08PANAMA749	PANAMA: DETAILS OF PARDON REVOCATION FOR POSADA [...] (U) Post acquired a copy of the June 30 Supreme Court ruling that revoked the pardon of Luis Posada Carriles - who is accused of plotting the assassination of Fidel Castro - as well as three of Posada's accomplices and 178 others. The Panamanian Supreme Court acted to overturn what they saw as [...]	2008-09-17 16:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL PTER VE
08PANAMA759	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FINALIZING THE NON-BINDING [...] In the absence of relevant GOP officials in Washington to attend high-level meetings, Econ Counselor sent an official letter with the draft MOU to Minister of Health Rosario Turner and copied Minister of Agricultural Development Guillermo Salazar and Minister of Foreign Relations Samuel Lewis [...]	2008-09-19 21:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECIN ECON ETRD OSCI PM PREL TBIO TSPL
08PANAMA77	PANAMA POST: 4TH EDITION -- THE DIRECTOR'S CUT -- [...] (C) The January 17-21 visit of State's Director for Central American Affairs John Feeley provided the Panama Post an excellent opportunity to touch base with numerous political heavy hitters. Feeley met with all the "presidenciables," except for Panamanista aspirant Alberto Vallarino who was [...]	2008-01-25 21:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA780	PANAMA: THE LATEST ON KOSOVO [...] (C) "Panama will recognize Kosovo. We will recognize Kosovo after our term on the Security Council ends and before the new U.S. President is sworn in," 1st VP and FM Vice Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on September 30. Lewis reiterated the he believed that Panama could be more helpful on Georg [...]	2008-10-02 19:17:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PM KV
08PANAMA782	PANAMA: FM "VERY HAPPY" WITH PROGRESS ON PERSEUS V [...] (C) "I am very happy about the progress we are making resolving the Perseus V case," 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis told the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 30. Lewis was referring to the case of the eight Panamanian sailors from the Perseus V now serving prison terms in the U.S. for drug s [...]	2008-10-02 20:31:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA789	PANAMA: SECURITY LAWS CONTINUE TO GENERATE INTENSE [...] (C) Over a month after President Martin Torrijos issued five decrees that reformed the Panamanian security services (see reftel),the security sector reform debate continues to occupy newspaper headlines and op-eds. The stage is now set for the laws, and the U.S.-Panamanian security relations [...]	2008-10-06 13:05:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA793	PANAMA: A SPEED BUMP AT THE MFA [...] (C) Next week Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs in the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),is scheduled to be in Washington to discuss the Perseus V case with U.S. officials. This cable is meant to help Washington officials prepare for this visit, and to [...]	2008-10-06 21:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA813	PANAMA: PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE, ASK FOR HELP [...] (C) Panamanian Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez told the Ambassador October 10 that she wanted to create an infrastructure to facilitate prosecutorial collaboration among Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and the U.S. to send a strong message to international criminal organizations that they we [...]	2008-10-17 16:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR PM
08PANAMA818	PANAMA: DDD TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE AFTER MURDER [...] (C) President Martin Torrijos accepted Minister of Government and Justice Daniel Delgado Diamante's (DDD) request for 30 days unpaid leave, at DDD's request, following newspaper revelations about a killing the Minister committed 38 years ago. DDD admitted he was responsible for the killing, [...]	2008-10-24 23:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA819	PANAMA: RUSSIAN WARSHIP TO CROSS CANAL [...] (C) 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador October 9 that the Russian nuclear-powered russian crusier Petr Velikiy (Peter the Great) will cross the Canal in December, and make a two-day port call at the Vasco Nunez de Balboa navel base (former Rodman Naval Station) on Decembe [...]	2008-10-24 23:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA820	CANAL BIDDING PROCESS DELAYED AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive proprietary business information concerning on-going negotiations. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on October 24 that the deadline for submission of bids on the contract for the third set of lo [...]	2008-10-24 23:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA827	PANAMA,S BANKING SECTOR WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Panamanian bankers widely agree that Panama's financial sector, one of the largest in Latin America with 90 banks licensed and $63 billion in assets as of September 2008, has avoided the core cause of the global financial crisis - subprime mortgage instruments. Liquidity remai [...]	2008-10-27 20:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PM EINV
08PANAMA848	PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA851	ROUGH WATER FOR CANAL EXPANSION [...] (C) After multiple extensions to the bid deadline (now at March 3, 2009) and soon-to-be 19 amendments fo the contract for the third set of locks of the Panama Canal expansion, Bechtel and ACS, a Spanish led consortium, have expressed concern about the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) ability to compl [...]	2008-11-06 23:28:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA872	PANAMA: DEALING WITH THE DARIEN [...] (S//NF) The Darien, Panama's forgotten frontier, is under pressure from drug traffickers and remnants of the FARC. The FARC do not present a serious military threat to Panama or Colombia, but they do threaten to degenerate into banditry, as the organization implodes. While the U.S. is helpin [...]	2008-11-17 22:59:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA877	PAAMAMA: IRAN, BURMA AND DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador phoned Acting Foreign Minister Ricardo Duran November 18 to reinforce the demarche from reftel A, which had already been delievered to working level MFA contacts as reported in reftel B. PolOff subsequently contacted Director General for International Organizations Delia V [...]	2008-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PM PREL
08PANAMA881	DRAFT 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] By virtue of its geographic position and well-developed maritime and transportation infrastructure, Panama is a major logistics control and trans-shipment country for illegal drugs to the United States and Europe. Major Colombian and Mexican cartels as well as Colombian FTOs such as the Revol [...]	2008-11-21 21:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PM
08PANAMA882	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN BOCAS DEL TORO, COLON [...] Heavy rains have occurred in the departments of Bocas del Toro, Colon and Chiriqui, overtopping river banks and flooding extensive areas of the affected provinces. According to the U.S. hurricane Center in Miami: heavy rainfall and localized flooding is expected over the next couple of days. As [...]	2008-11-24 16:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC PREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA889	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 22:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA896	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE,S VISIT TO PANAMA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 17:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ETRD OVIP PGOV PM PREL
08PANAMA897	PANAMA POST: THE FIRST OPEN SOURCE CENTER [...] (SBU/NF) Welcome to the revamped Panama Post,a new collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section (POL) and the Open Source Center (OSC). POL and OSC are cooperating to highlight the most salient story lines in recent OSC reporting, incorporate key insights garnered from POL' [...]	2008-12-03 19:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA917	PANAMA: GOP REQUESTS COLOMBIAN HELOS TO HELP [...] (S//NF) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis expressed his concern over recent events in the Darien and requested U.S. assistance addressing the FARC threat in this border region that abuts Colombia, during a one-on-one meeting at his private office on December 12. The December 11 firefight between [...]	2008-12-16 12:44:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PTER PBTS CO PM
08PANAMA930	PANAMA: ASVAT LAYS OUT SECURITY PLAN; MARTINELLI TOUTS HIM AS FUTURE MINISTER [...] (C) Ebrahim Asvat, President of La Estrella newspaper, former director of the Panamanian National Police, and possible candidate for Minister of Government and Justice told PolOff that Panama needed to reorient its security resources away from trying to interdict drugs on the seas and border [...]	2008-12-19 20:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PM SNAR
08PANAMA931	PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 21:34:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA933	PANAMA: GOP "PROFOUNDLY SATISFIED" WITH RESULTS OF [...] (C) Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs at the Panamanian MFA, declared himself "profoundly satisfied" with the results of two days of bilateral meetings on the Salas-Becker Agreement (SBA) December 17. The agreement, a corner stone of U.S. counter-drug operations i [...]	2008-12-22 15:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA937	PANAMA: MARTINELLI AHEAD BY DOUBLE DIGITS IN [...] (C) Democratic Change (CD) presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli has opened a ten-point lead over governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Balbina Herrera, according to Panama City-based pollster Dichter and Neira's poll published in December. Panamenista Part [...]	2008-12-23 19:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
08PANAMA942	PANAMA: SOMALIA PKO UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 15:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UNSC SO ET PM
08PANAMA943	PANAMA: "NOT READY FOR GRAY HULLS" UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 16:29:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS PM
08PANAMA944	PANAMA POST: THE WATER COOLER REPORTS [...] (SBU/NF) Welcome to the second edition of the revamped Panama Post, a new collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section (POL) and the Open Source Center (OSC),that we are going to call "The Report from the Water Cooler." OSC provides POL a steady stream of current news, the [...]	2008-12-24 17:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
08PARAMARIBO16	GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME DIPLOMATIC NOTE GRANTING APPROVAL [...] (U) Below is the text of the official Government of Suriname Diplomatic Note No. 12.938 / AB responding to USG requests for GOS approval test of the Stryker vehicle. BEGIN TEXT: No. 12.938 / AB The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Suriname presents its compliments to the [...]	2008-01-14 18:48:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PGOV NS
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
08PARTO122201	(U) Secretary Rice's Participation in the December [...] (U) December 15, 2008; 3:00 PM; New York City 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador DiCarlo Assistant Secretary Hook Assistant Secretary Frazer United Nations Security General Ban Ki-moon United Nations Security Council Croatian Prime Minister S [...]	2008-12-22 21:30:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PHUM PGOV ZM
08PORTAUPRINCE161	HAITI MONTHLY: JANUARY 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. 3. (U) STUDENT PROTESTS In mid- to late January, students barricaded themselves in the Haitian [...]	2008-02-01 15:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KTEX
08PORTAUPRINCE276	HAITI: PCI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] Per reftel criteria, Haiti possesses only one critical dependency relevant to the United States: the Haitian side of the Windward Passage, an 80 km-wide strait between the northwest corner of Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and which [...]	2008-02-20 17:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PREL ECON ETTC EAID EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE404	POSTCARD FROM ST. MARC [...] Summary: The Haitian National Police (HNP) says the security situation in St. Marc, located in the Artibonite Department, is stable. However, the HNP admits that violent crime arising from land disputes as well as violence against women are widespread and threaten security and stability in th [...]	2008-03-12 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE91	PREVAL STATE OF THE UNION: STATE MODERNIZATION AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In his constitutionally-mandated speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session January 14, President Preval defined his vision for Haiti over the coming years as 1) security, justice, an [...]	2008-01-17 17:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SNAR KCOR ECON HA
08PORTOFSPAIN564	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM MID-OCTOBER [...] PM announces budget shortfall, spending cuts 2. Inflation rising, CBTT raises reserve requirements 3. Tight monetary policy slows credit growth 4. Parliament passes Financial Institution Bill 5. Bread and flour prices fall 6. Food initiatives stalled, except Cuban farm 7. Importers want [...]	2008-12-10 11:53:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KIPR KCRM EAIR BEXP TD
08QUITO1128	LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...]	2008-12-08 16:45:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC
08QUITO216	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA ON [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 3, President Correa expressed outrage at President Uribe for bombing his country, saying he expected the international community to condemn unprovoked aggression. He said the GOE had no relationship with the FARC, and accepted the Ambassador [...]	2008-03-03 23:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EC CO PE BR VE NU
08QUITO430	ECUADOR RESPONSE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) The DCM, together with Spanish Minister Counselor Javier Triana Jimenez and Russian First Secretary Alexander Bochanov, delivered reftel demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Multilateral Affairs Under Secretary Emilio Izquierdo on May 12. The group provid [...]	2008-05-14 19:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARM PREL EC
08QUITO433	CORREA ADMINISTRATION COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the May 15 release of the Interpol report on the seized FARC computers, the Correa government is trying to strengthen its position through accusations against Colombia and the United States, a European trip aimed at garnering support for Ecuador's stance, and an angry [...]	2008-05-15 12:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EC CO SP FR BE NU
08QUITO696	MFA MEETING ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: USG and Ecuadorian officials met July 18 to discuss potential agenda items for a Bilateral Dialogue between Ecuador and the United States. The Dialogue would address issues of interest to both sides, proposing information exchange, cooperation, and technical assistance in area [...]	2008-07-30 22:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL EC
08QUITO768	"WE HAD AN AGREEMENT" -- ECUADOR FRUSTRATED EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ecuador and other Latin American banana producers had reached an agreement with the European Union which would have reduced EU tariffs on Latin bananas. However, the EU withdrew the offer after WTO Doha Round negotiations reached an impasse, even though the Latins believed tha [...]	2008-08-21 15:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EC
08QUITO783	ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA AT LEAST BACK TO TALKING [...] (C) Summary: After putting their dialogue in the deep freeze earlier this summer, Ecuador-Colombia relations are now thawing a bit as ministerial level contact resumed with an August 15 meeting between the two foreign ministers on the margins of the presidential inauguration in Paraguay. The [...]	2008-08-22 22:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC MOPS EC CO
08RANGOON26	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR EMBASSY RANGOON [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Preface: U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions --------------------------------------------- - 2. On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting n [...]	2008-01-15 10:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM
08RIODEJANEIRO337	BRAZIL OIL & GAS - BID ROUND 10 [...] Summary. On December 18, 2008, Brazil held its 10th Bid Round to license oil and gas exploration rights. Unlike past auctions, Bid Round 10 only offered onshore blocks (offshore opportunities are on hold until the government decides how it wants to handle the "pre-salt" region). Results of [...]	2008-12-18 19:03:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08SANJOSE1005	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S RETURN VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Leavitt and his delegation. Since the Secretary's March 2007 visit, the Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably completing requirements to join the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repu [...]	2008-12-31 18:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS
08SANJOSE238	SCENESETTER FOR DAS MADISON VISIT TO COSTA RICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes DAS Kirsten Madison. Your visit to Costa Rica is timely. We should keep the pressure on the GOCR to pass CAFTA implementation laws, encourage the GOCR to continue its close cooperation on counternarcotics and law enforcement issues, and urge t [...]	2008-03-31 15:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SNAR
08SANJOSE288	DAS MADISON URGES CAFTA IMPLEMENTATION, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Costa Rica March 31-April 3 to urge the GOCR to quickly pass CAFTA implementation laws and address growing domestic security problems. President Oscar Arias said he expected the CAFTA legislation would be passed in the next three months and he p [...]	2008-04-18 14:47:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SNAR CS
08SANJOSE389	COSTA RICA: VP CHINCHILLA ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 29, Charge, DEA Country Attache, ODR Chief and NAS officer met with Vice President (and Minister of Justice) Laura Chinchilla to discuss current and planned bilateral USG security assistance, including the Merida Initiative, to Costa Rica. We also explained the delay [...]	2008-05-14 14:46:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR CS
08SANJOSE457	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING'S IOM [...] (C) On May 28, we delivered Ref A demarche to Alejandro Solano, the MFA's Deputy Director of Foreign Policy. Solano told us the GOCR had had its own troubles with Brunson McKinley. The GOCR did not favor McKinley's candidacy due to McKinley's on-again, off-again organization of a regional IOM [...]	2008-05-29 21:36:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG AORC EUN XM XL CA CS
08SANJOSE475	REQUEST TO END FOOD STAPLE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS: [...] SUMMARY: Costa Rica,s rising food prices have had minimal political impact to date. From 2006 to 2007, wage increases kept pace with food price increases. Over the past year, that relationship changed with food price increases easily eclipsing wage increases (Ref B). Although domestic foo [...]	2008-06-05 00:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO
08SANJOSE500	COSTA RICA AND GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP: MANY [...] On June 10, we briefed Director Martin Arias of the Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC) on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative. Arias seemed positive about Costa Rica's support of the GMP principles, but will provide us further feedback once the GOCR's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) [...]	2008-06-12 14:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS MASS MCAP SNAR CS
08SANJOSE519	COSTA RICA RESPONSE: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref A, the Costa Rican Ministry of Labor, UN agencies and NGOs reported no new information regarding exploitative child labor (Ref B) and only sparse, anecdotal information regarding forced labor in the production of goods. Agricultural production on family farms and sma [...]	2008-06-16 22:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ILO CS
08SANJOSE530	COSTA RICA REQUESTS IMMEDIATE MARITIME [...] (C) On June 12, Minister of Public Security Janina Del Vecchio told us that Costa Rica desperately needs security assistance, especially to reinvigorate the dilapidated Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC) to help fight narcotrafficking. She requested that all of the planned Merida Initiative funds [...]	2008-06-18 17:51:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MASS MCAP PINS SNAR CS

08SANJOSE587	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Per Reftel request, on July 7, we met with Peter Andre, the owner of Armeria J.R. Andre and established the bona fides of the company. We consider Armeria J.R. Andre a legitimate recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. Andre told us he was familiar with the regulations govern [...]	2008-07-10 14:23:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC CS
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
08SANJOSE596	ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL: ENDURING FRIENDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post appreciates Department's and other agency's hard work to secure Merida Initiative funding for Costa Rica. However, we do not/not recommend the purchase of Enduring Friendship (EF) vessels for Costa Rica. We understand there is a short deadline to develop the spending plan [...]	2008-07-11 22:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MCAP PINS SNAR CS
08SANJOSE695	COSTA RICA GRANTS REFUGEE STATUS TO CHERE LYN TOMAYKO; MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move that may have long term repercussions, Minister of Public Security Del Vecchio granted U.S. fugitive, Chere Lyn Tomayko, refugee status on July 23, thereby halting her extradition to the U.S. Tomayko, wanted in Texas to answer to international child abdu [...]	2008-08-26 21:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CS
08SANJOSE763	COSTA RICA: AUGUST 28 UNSC BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Acting A/S Brian Hook's August 28 bilateral consultations with the MFA on UNSC matters were successful in bringing the U.S. and the GOCR to mutual understanding - if not agreement - on a range of UNSC issues. A/S Hook lobbied the MFA for greater cooperation on speed in the UN [...]	2008-09-23 13:23:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PGOV PINR PREL UNSC UN CS
08SANJOSE774	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ,S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Gutierrez, the first USG cabinet-level official to visit Costa Rica since HHS Secretary Leavitt in March 2007. Secretary Gutierrez,s visit comes as the Arias administration is into its third year, feeling embattled by challenges on CAF [...]	2008-09-25 23:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PINR PREL
08SANJOSE800	COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 1000 PATIENTS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 25-27 September 2008, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote Punta Burica region on the south eastern border with Panama. The Embassy coordinated the event [...]	2008-10-07 17:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS
08SANJOSE855	COSTA RICA - NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Mariliana Morales Berros for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per reftel. ------------ NOMINEE DATA ------------ 2. (U) Nominee: Mariliana Morales Berros. 3. (U) Title and Institution: Founder and Executive Director [...]	2008-10-30 15:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO CS
08SANJOSE868	COSTA RICA APPRECIATIVE OF MERIDA PLAN, DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In our detailed briefings since October 1, senior members of the GOCR in all three branches of government, plus some opposition legislators, have reacted positively and appreciatively to the Merida Initiative. This positive private reaction has contrasted sharply to President A [...]	2008-11-03 23:02:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08SANJOSE883	COSTA RICA TO VOTE WITH USG ON KEY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 13:47:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS IR KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL UN
08SANJOSE911	COSTA RICA: TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] The 2008 TIP Tier Two Watchlist downgrade succeeded as a wake-up call for the GOCR's anti-TIP National Coalition (officially the National Coalition against Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons),headed by Vice Minister of Public Security and Governance Ana Duran. The GOCR made sign [...]	2008-11-21 21:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG CS
08SANJOSE928	COLD FRONT AFFECTING CARIBBEAN COAST OF COSTA RICA AND [...] As result of flood damage caused by the interaction of a high and low pressure systems on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica from November 22-26, 2008, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant US Government assistance. The damage has exceeded [...]	2008-11-26 22:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM KFLO CS
08SANJOSE930	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2008-2009 PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2008-2009 INCSR Part II is below. POC at Post is Robert Andrew. Costa Rica Although Costa Rica is not a major regional financial center, it remains vulnerable to money laundering and other financial crimes. Narcotics trafficking (mainly cocaine) continues to [...]	2008-11-26 23:19:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KTFN CS
08SANJOSE958	COSTA RICA CONFIRMS DELEGATION FOR PATHWAYS TO [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Trade for the GOCR confirmed the following attendees for the Pathways to Prosperity meeting in Panama on December 10 (Ref A): -- Minster of the Presidency Rodrigo Arias -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno -- Minister of Foreign ( [...]	2008-12-09 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE959	COSTA RICA: JANUARY 1 CAFTA EIF WITHIN REACH [...] (SBU) The GOCR accepted USTR,s requirement to pass one more legislative bill on three IPR-related technical corrections which must be enacted for full CAFTA implementation. The GOCR probably will introduce this 14th CAFTA bill before the December 19-January 5 recess, but not take action on it [...]	2008-12-10 14:01:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE969	HISTORICAL VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT HU KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) "Chinese president (arrives) like Santa Claus with FTA, balls, and bicycles" read one headline recapping the historical visit of President Hu Jintao to San Jose November 16-17. Hu's rock-star-like reception included major street closures and a holiday for most government employees who wo [...]	2008-12-12 02:12:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN EINV ECON CS CH CU
08SANSALVADOR1139	FMLN VP CANDIDATE SANCHEZ CEREN: HARD-LINER'S SOFT [...] (C) Summary: FMLN VP candidate Salvador Sanchez Ceren told us the (left-wing) FMLN would, if they win the March 2009 elections, reprioritize domestic spending to social needs like health and education, would maintain CAFTA-DR, and not toy with the dollarized Salvadoran economy at the beginning [...]	2008-09-26 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1261	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH LITTLE FANFARE [...] (C) Summary: Ibero-American heads of state and government gathered in San Salvador October 29-31 for the eighteenth Ibero-American Summit. The intended focus of the session, youth and development issues, took a backseat to economic concerns. The summit culminated with the signing of the Decl [...]	2008-11-07 17:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1333	PORT DEVELOPMENT DELAYED AS CONSTRUCTION OF LA UNION PORT NEARS COMPLETION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ES EWWT
08SANSALVADOR1393	WHA/EPSC'S ROONEY HEARS SALVADORAN PRIVATE SECTOR CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 21:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ES ETRD PGOV
08SANSALVADOR235	PANAMANIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Glazer met with Luis Enrique Torres, Panamanian Ambassador to El Salvador to exchange views on regional issues including foreign investment, elections, and public security. Ambassador Torres expressed his concern over possible violence in the upcoming 2009 Salvadoran el [...]	2008-02-26 21:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES PM
08SANSALVADOR419	El SALVADOR: ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE APRIL 2008 [...] Summary. According to Central Bank of El Salvador figures, El Salvador achieved 4.7% GDP growth in 2007, driven by increases in agriculture, the financial sector, retail, and transportation, communications and storage. Inflation remained stable at 4.9%. The current account deficit increased by [...]	2008-04-07 19:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR530	El SALVADOR: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (U) Per reftel A tasker, Post's responses on the impact of rising food prices are categorized below. Demand ------ 2. (U) The main staples of the population are small red kidney beans, white corn tortillas, and, to a lesser extent, rice. Wheat is used in the production of artisan brea [...]	2008-05-02 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR535	EL SALVADOR STILL NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel A points with Elmer Charlaix, President Saca's Private Secretary, on April 22. DCM followed up on April 30 with Charlaix who said that Saca has been very busy and that he had been unable to raise the issue with Saca. He added that he would consult with the Ministry [...]	2008-05-05 22:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES KV SR UNMIK EU
08SANSALVADOR71	SECURITIZATION LAW TO GENERATE NEW LIQUIDITY IN MARKET [...] El Salvador's new Securitization Law will allow the conversion of private projects in liquid securities to be traded in the stock market. The Law is expected to energize the capital market and open the financing options for private and public sector projects such as toll roads and new housing [...]	2008-01-28 13:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR866	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY AND VISITS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a June 24-25 visit to San Salvador, El Salvador Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt hosted a Central American Product-Safety Forum, met bilaterally with President Saca, and visited a clinic to follow-up on the recent humanitarian mission of the USS Boxer. [...]	2008-07-21 21:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAGR ETRD ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR876	FITCH CENTRAL AMERICA VIEWS ON EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) Mauricio Choussy, Managing Director of Fitch ratings for Central America, Belize and Panama, is optimistic about export growth and inflation, but pessimistic about the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) fiscal situation because of the spiraling cost of inefficient subsidies. He fears a C [...]	2008-07-24 18:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR929	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in Panamax Exercise in San Salvador, El Salvador starting August 11, 2008. RUBIO REYES, [...]	2008-08-07 17:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANTIAGO1030	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 22-24 [...] At the APEC Summit in Lima, President Bachelet called on the private sector to forge alliances with the public sector to protect employment and prevent massive layoffs. The President will travel to Cuba in February to open the Havana International Book Fair and meet with Fidel Castro; The Chri [...]	2008-11-24 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1045	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: DIRECON DG FURCHE PLEDGES GOC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Simons met with Director General Furche, November 25, to press for progress on implementation of Chile's intellectual property rights (IPR) commitments under the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Furche claimed Chile was making progress and cited three laws cu [...]	2008-12-01 14:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1055	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 3 [...] Chilean headlines noted that former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt will meet with President Bachelet today. Dailies also highlighted government coalition opposition Senators expressed their willingness to discuss the education law that will go to Congress today. U.S. - Related News ------ [...]	2008-12-03 19:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1094	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS JOCKEY FOR POSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ricardo Lagos's recent announcement that he will not be running for president for the ruling center-left Concertacion coalition has shifted the scenario for presidential hopefuls. While the Christian Democrats (DC) and the Radical Social Democrats (PRSD) have their candidates [...]	2008-12-12 18:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1101	INSULZA WON'T RESIGN FROM OAS UNTIL MID-JANUARY [...] (C) Although confident that OAS SecGen Insulza will run for president of Chile, key Insulza confidante Enrique Correa told the Ambassador December 15 Insulza will not likely resign his OAS post before January 26 and only then because he has to inscribe himself by that date in the Concertacion [...]	2008-12-16 14:17:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1124	CODEL MEEKS HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-CHILE FTA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives Meeks, Ryan, and Hinojosa underlined the success of the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement to Chile's de facto trade minister. DG Furche echoed their assessment, noting the positive impact of the FTA on Chile. He cited many signs of the benefits of free trade to [...]	2008-12-19 18:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO512	CHILE'S POLICE CHIEF DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN PANAMA [...] (U) Summary: Chile's police chief, Director General Jose Bernales, his wife and some members of his delegation, died on May 29, when their helicopter crashed into a three-story building in Panama City. General Bernales and his delegation were attending a United Nations-sponsored conference on [...]	2008-05-30 20:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PM CI
08SANTIAGO695	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CADET [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-07-29 12:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO906	LATIN AMERICAN ARC OF PACIFIC COUNTRIES AFFIRM [...] (U) The Fourth Ministerial of the Latin American Arc of the Pacific concluded October 3 with a reaffirmation that Arc countries should strengthen ties with Asian counterparts on the other side of the Pacific, so as to diversify opportunity and reduce risk "such as that represented by the curren [...]	2008-10-09 12:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO938	A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY LUNCH WITH CHILEAN BUSINESS LEADERS ON NEW TRADE INITIATIVE (PATHWAYS) [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met with Chilean business leaders August 22 to brief them on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative to broaden access to the network of Free Trade Agreements in the region (now named Pathways to Prosp [...]	2008-10-21 14:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI
08SANTODOMINGO1456	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, [...] Open Skies Agreements with Panama and Canada 2. U.S. Company Purchases Airport Operations 3. Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld 4. Venezuela: Scandal Over Houses Donated to Storm Victims 5. Unions Press for Wage Increase Â [...]	2008-09-18 12:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV VE PM CA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1657	U.S.-CARIBBEAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: DOMINICAN [...] On October 28, the Ambassador delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-Caribbean Security Dialogue to Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso. Morales expressed Dominican interest in the meeting and said that he would pass the invitation to Minister of Defense Pena Antonio. In addition, the Dom [...]	2008-10-29 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KJUS PTER EAID MASS MOPS DR
08SANTODOMINGO350	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] Please find the following information keyed to reftel questions. -------------------------------- Overview of Dominican Activities -------------------------------- PARAGRAPH A ----------- -- Summary: The Dominican Republic is a country of origin for women trafficked internationally to [...]	2008-03-10 18:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG DR
08SANTODOMINGO373	FM MORALES AND OAS REP ON RIO GROUP, OAS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Morales described the successful outcome of the Rio Group Summit as a "team effort." Responding to Reftel demarche on the OAS Ministerial, Morales cautioned against any action that could scuttle the peace gains that t [...]	2008-03-13 21:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM CO EC DR
08SAOPAULO199	MATO GROSSO DO SUL STATE HIGHLIGHTS BRAZIL'S AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Brazil's continued position as a leading international agricultural powerhouse is fueled by the rapid economic expansion in states such as Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Driven by high commodity prices as well as tourism to the world's largest wetland space, the Pantanal, MS is undergoing an [...]	2008-04-18 15:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON EIND ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO687	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] (U) In response to reftel, the September 24 Blue Lantern visit, and resulting correspondence, Post conducted additional interviews with recipient company CBC-Brazilian Ammunition Company to discuss import license 050045617. Post is satisfied from the site visit as well as the answers to the r [...]	2008-12-29 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
08SEOUL592	SCENESETTER: MARCH 26 MEETING WITH ROK FOREIGN [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the main reason for Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's March 26-27 visit to Washington is to set the stage for a successful April 18-19 summit meeting at Camp David between President Lee Myung-bak and the President. Since your meeting with FM Yu on February 25, political in [...]	2008-03-25 05:56:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP
08SHANGHAI212	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 10 lunch for visiting former EAP DAS Randy Schriver, participating Shanghai academics were cautiously optimistic on near-term cross-Strait rapprochement. Despite general agreement that economic cooperation between China and Taiwan was achievable, there was little con [...]	2008-06-12 06:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
08SINGAPORE34	SINGAPORE - 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: Singapore 2008 [...]	2008-01-10 07:27:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
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
08STATE100929	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 9 MEETING [...] (U) September 9, 2008; 2:00-3:00 p.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Shannon (WHA) Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama Ambassador Federico Humbert 3. (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Panamanian Ambassador Federico Humbert [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS VE RS NU GG KV PM
08STATE100946	SECRETARY RICE'S SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) September 16, 2008; 9:30-10:00 a.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Barbara Stephenson Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama President Martin Torrijos First Vice Preside [...]	2008-09-22 14:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS RS GG KV BL PM
08STATE105123	REQUEST FOR HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL DEMARCHE BY [...] This is an action request for the Ambassador or Charge. OBJECTIVE --------- 2. To seek tangible improvements in UNGA voting by Panama as part of a targeted effort to engage 17 friendly countries whose UNGA voting records vary sharply from their close relations with the United States. [...]	2008-10-01 21:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PM
08STATE110066	REQUEST FOR HIGH-LEVEL PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: Prior to the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. sought PSI endorsements from as many countries around the world as possible (refs A and B). While Uruguay did not respond to that U.S. call (or to Canada's outreach efforts),Uruguayan [...]	2008-10-15 14:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UY
08STATE111775	(U) Secretary Rice's October 9, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Dan Smith, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) October 9, 2008, 9:00 - 9:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist, EUR Sean McCormack, PA C [...]	2008-10-21 00:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG LH EN
08STATE115935	PSI: SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER 2008 PARIS OPERATIONAL [...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. The twenty PSI countries participating in the OEG work on behalf of all PSI participants (i.e., the more than 90 countries that have endorsed th [...]	2008-10-30 19:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE115964	PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERT GROUP MEETING IN PARIS, [...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]	2008-10-30 19:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE116615	UN FOCAL POINT DELISTING REQUEST FOR KHALAF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In June 2008, lawyers for Khalaf Al-Dulimi petitioned on behalf of Al-Dulimi (an Iraqi citizen resident in Jordan) and his company Montana Management Inc. [...]	2008-10-31 20:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE121430	SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR UK AND [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 2. 2. Posts are requested to demarche host governments at the appropriate level to relay USG concerns about French and British edits to the draft UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) on Somalia piracy. Post may draw from the background in paras 4 a [...]	2008-11-15 00:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE121818	IRAN-INDIA JOINT VENTURE SHIPPING LINE IN TALKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) Recent press reports have suggested that Iran-o-Hind Shipping is in talks with Hanjin Heavy Industries to purchase two 80,000-dwt post-Panamax bulker vessel [...]	2008-11-17 16:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM IR PREL
08STATE123081	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]	2008-11-20 01:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE125686	COLD FRONT AFFECTING CARIBBEAN COAST OF COSTA RICA AND [...] As result of flood damage caused by the interaction of a high and low pressure systems on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica from November 22-26, 2008, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant US Government assistance. The damage has exceeded [...]	2008-11-27 02:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM KFLO CS
08STATE129978	SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stated his intention to open the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on March 1, 2009. Nearly $55M in voluntary contributions have already been collected to [...]	2008-12-10 23:57:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN
08STATE131332	HOLIDAY GREETINGS FOR INL PERSONNEL WORLDWIDE [...] From: Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. 2. As the holiday season arrives, the year comes to a close, and we prepare for a Presidential transition that has historic implications, I want to express my thanks to the entire INL [...]	2008-12-15 19:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KCRM SNAR
08STATE132722	MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING: SAVE THE DATE [...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting will take place on May 14. In an effort to implement the pr [...]	2008-12-18 22:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP XL XM
08STATE132842	MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP AND [...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting will take place on May 14. In an effort to implement the pri [...]	2008-12-19 13:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL XL XM
08STATE134229	DEMARCHE: U.S. DRAFTED SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests posts urge host governments to support our redrafted United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution (in paragraph 10 below),establishing a UN peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu, Somalia and its environs. Department also requests USUN to d [...]	2008-12-24 01:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET
08STATE16287	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 02 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports Serbian riot police used tear gas to disperse 1,500-2,000 demonstrators who caused superficial damage to post. The Albanian, Austrian, and French embassies also faced sizeable demonstrations. Rioters broke into the Slovenian Embassy and caused considerable damag [...]	2008-02-18 00:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE16305	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) The EUR Front Office reports the Serbian Ambassador to the United States delivered a letter addressed to President Bush, in which President Tadic exhorted UN members to respect the territorial integrity of Serbia, demanded the Secretary General?s Special Representative annul the unilate [...]	2008-02-18 17:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE16350	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 06 [...] (U) Serbian President Tadic called on UNSYG Ban to instruct his special envoy in Kosovo to invalidate yesterday's declaration of independence, media report. Russia and China supported Tadic's request. South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, Libya, and Burkina Faso expressed skepticism over the leg [...]	2008-02-19 04:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE2034	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 5-9, 2007 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary meeting in Athens, the 34 MTCR Partners reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening missile-related export controls and thereby discouraging missile activities and programs of concern. They discussed [...]	2008-01-08 20:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GR
08STATE21770	UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On 3 March 2008, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1803 by a vote of 14 to 0, with one abstention. This resolution imposes further sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply with its obliga [...]	2008-03-04 01:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE22040	OAS NOTES 03/03/07 [...] (U) Summary: This message is a regular report regarding current Organization of American States (OAS) issues that may be of interest to overseas posts and domestic agencies. The purpose of these roundup cables is to inform posts of otherwise unreported developments in the inter-American syste [...]	2008-03-04 17:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OAS ECON ENRG EWWT
08STATE25671	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR DISPUTE: OAS RESOLUTION 930 [...] (C) Summary. The OAS Permanent Council approved Resolution 930 on March 5 regarding the Colombia-Ecuador dispute stemming from the Colombian attack on a FARC camp on the Ecuadorian border on March 1. Resolution 930 reaffirmed the inviolability of national sovereignty, established a commissio [...]	2008-03-12 12:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO EC
08STATE25971	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR DISPUTE: PREPARING FOR 3/17 OAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved a consensus resolution on March 5 (OAS Permanent Council Resolution 930) that established an OAS Commission headed by Secretary General Insulza to visit Ecua [...]	2008-03-12 19:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CO EC
08STATE27642	DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, BAHRAIN UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Washington requests that addressees notify host Government/EU officials that the United States designated Future Bank, Bahrain under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass [...]	2008-03-17 16:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR BA
08STATE29766	URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] The U.S. is hosting two events in Washington on May 28-29, 2008 on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). First announced by President Bush at Krakow, Poland, this initiative is one of the hallmarks of the Administration's e [...]	2008-03-21 17:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM
08STATE31432	SOMALIA-- DRAFT ELEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE UNSCR ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN, Embassy London, Paris, and Panama City. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is instructed to provide to its British, French and Panamanian counterparts draft elements of a UN Security Council Resolution (paragraph 12) to combat piracy off the Somali [...]	2008-03-26 23:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE36987	DEMARCHE REQUEST - U.S. WTO REMANUFACTURING [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Summary and Action Request: As part of WTO Doha Round negotiations, the United States has strongly advocated an agreement on facilitating international trade in remanufactured goods. Remanufactured goods are widely used in industrial, medic [...]	2008-04-09 16:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON
08STATE41979	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and now seeks to let governments that have previously expressed interest in recognizing Kos [...]	2008-04-21 21:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV ES CO EC
08STATE47531	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) This is an action request. Posts are requested to approach host governments to explain the basis for the draft Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia and seek their support. As consultations on the draft resolution are already underway in New York among Security [...]	2008-05-05 22:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW
08STATE54639	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 26-27 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 27. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on May 26-27. [...]	2008-05-21 22:01:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO
08STATE55508	2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMV [...]	2008-05-23 15:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL
08STATE61431	GUATEMALAN MND POTENTIAL AECA SECTION 3 VIOLATION [...] Summary: (SBU) Over the last several months, the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) has been working with the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers (PM/RSAT) to investigate the apparent unauthorized re-transfer of firearms that had been provided to the [...]	2008-06-06 21:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KOMC GT
08STATE63666	HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (U) The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) held its Seventh Regular Meeting of Subscribing States on May 29-30, 2008, at the Vienna International Center (VIC),in Vienna, Austria. 75 of 130 Subscribing States registered for the meeting. Many Subscribing St [...]	2008-06-12 20:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
08STATE64270	KOSOVO -- DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF UN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts in Tripoli, Jakarta, Panama, San Jose, Ouagadougou, and Pretoria are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo at the highest appropriate level before Tuesday June 17. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Encourage host go [...]	2008-06-14 00:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE67437	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]	2008-06-23 21:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE76371	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF [...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTR judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]	2008-07-16 17:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM XA
08STATE78372	SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR JULY 23 CONSULTATIONS [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the July 23 UN Security Council consultations on Somalia. Begin points: -- I would like to welcome Somali Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Jama to the Council today (or if the Prime Minister, I would like to welcome back to the C [...]	2008-07-21 23:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM SO XA XW
08STATE82699	FOLLOWING UP WITH MEXICO ON PSI [...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: In advance of the May 29 U.S.-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach Workshop in Washington, the U.S. extended invitations to a number of key countries that have not yet endorsed the PSI and also urged their endorsement. Washington appreciates Embassy [...]	2008-07-31 21:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MX
08STATE86130	GEORGIA - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON DRAFT UNSC [...] (C) This is an action request. Addressees should demarche their host government at the highest appropriate level to gain support for a draft UN Security Council Resolution addressing the conflict in Georgia (text at para 8). We are seeking an early vote on this text in the Council. Objecti [...]	2008-08-12 02:04:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GE PREL PBTS
08STATE99692	UN AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS -- UNSCR [...] (U) This is an action request for USUN, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 4, Panama,s UN rep. attending the Global Initiative Workshop at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany expressed the desire for more training related to UNSCR 1540 and UNSCR 1803 implementation. In resp [...]	2008-09-17 22:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KGIC
08STOCKHOLM663	STOCKHOLM DELIVERS CERTIFICATE OF REVOCATION (SIMON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 08:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PM SW
08STOCKHOLM688	PANAMANIAN AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN QUESTIONS VISA REVOCATION [...] (SBU) Panamanian Ambassador to Sweden Cecilio Eduardo Simon English (DPOB: 01-OCT-1951, Panama) met with DCM and Consul on 14 October in reference to reftel A notice that his B1/B2 visa has been revoked under INA 212(A)(3). The visibly distressed Ambassador stated that he was not an enemy of t [...]	2008-10-17 06:52:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PM SW
08TAIPEI1091	EAP/CM DIRECTOR JOHN NORRIS'S MEETINGS WITH NSC [...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings on July 15 with NSC Secretary General Su Chi and Foreign Minister Francisco Ou, EAP/CM Director John Norris welcomed recent cross-Strait progress and noted U.S. efforts urging Beijing to take a constructive and flexible approach toward cross-Strait relati [...]	2008-07-24 05:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CH TW
08TAIPEI1373	FOREIGN MINISTER OU ON UN EFFORT, DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ou told the Director on September 18 that the failure of Taiwan's UN proposal the day before was expected. Both Taiwan and the PRC made an effort to downplay the issue, and although the PRC reaction was "a little tough," PermRep Wang Guangya's UN statement also [...]	2008-09-18 10:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PM PA NU GT DR CH TW
08TAIPEI1434	TAIWAN-PARAGUAY TIES APPEAR STABLE, BUT UNDERSCORE [...] (C) Summary: While the facts are murky, indications and perception in Taiwan are that the PRC has thus far discouraged Paraguay's efforts to establish diplomatic ties with China in the interest of reducing cross-Strait tensions. More clear is that Paraguay is dissatisfied with strings curren [...]	2008-10-03 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH
08TAIPEI1588	FOREIGN MINISTER OU ON WHO, INTERNATIONAL SPACE, [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan understands that gaining WHO observer status will require talking directly with Beijing and expects to re-engage the mainland soon, Foreign Minister Ou told the Director during a November 7 meeting. On other "international space" issues, Taiwan has been receiving mixed me [...]	2008-11-10 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW CH
08TAIPEI238	FM HUANG ON TAIWAN FOREIGN RELATIONS, UN REFERENDA [...] (C) Summary. Fm James Huang is generally upbeat on the status of Taiwan's relations with most of its twenty-four remaining diplomatic partners, with the exception of Panama. It is "just a matter of time" before Panama switches to Beijing, he told the Director, lamenting China's "imperial" am [...]	2008-02-20 10:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
08TAIPEI293	AIT DIRECTOR OUTLINES TRADE AGENDA WITH MOEA [...] (C) On March 4, Director met with Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Ruey-long Chen to review the bilateral trade relationship and the TIFA agenda. Chen observed that the U.S.-Taiwan economic and political relationship has been strained for the past year, but expressed hope that after the Mar [...]	2008-03-05 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EINV KIPR TW
08TAIPEI464	FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG AND CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Huang told Chairman Burghardt and Director Young on March 28 that he remains worried about the possibility of further diplomatic losses to Beijing prior to President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration on May 20. Huang was most concerned that St. Kitts and Nevis m [...]	2008-03-31 10:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SC PM NU RM CH TW
08TAIPEI72	TAIWAN LOSES ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC PARTNER: MALAWI [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan on January 14 terminated its 42-year diplomatic relationship with Malawi after the southeastern African country informed Taipei it had switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing. This loss reduces the number of countries that recognize Taiwan to 23, down from 29 when Pre [...]	2008-01-15 11:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MI TW

08TAIPEI73	TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 23:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR
08TAIPEI76	TAIWAN: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct investment. Taiwan,s science-based industrial parks, export processing zones, and free trade zones offer streamlined procedures. Taiwan has made significant improvement in protecting intellectual property. 2. As part of its efforts to improve the [...]	2008-01-16 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TW
08TAIPEI762	TAIWAN NSC SECRETARY-GENERAL SU CHI ON [...] (C) Summary. NSC Secretary General Su Chi told Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior staff member Frank Jannuzi that the Ma Administration considers its U.S. ties to be even more important than its relations with Beijing. He said the former is critical to both Taiwan's survival and prosp [...]	2008-06-03 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORG MARR MASS MCAP CH TW
08TAIPEI79	TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 23:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR
08TAIPEI84	Taiwan's 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] LUU, VAN, SSN: *--2779 2. HHE 3. - 4. FROM: TAIPEI, TO: WASHINGTON, DC 5. 19X4519.4-00-2025-2025841024-8169-2234-330230 6. 6 CASES 7. STATE 8. - 9. 7178 LBS 10. 5308 LBS 11. 1078 CUFT 12. 020E TAIPEI 00000084 013 OF 013 13. ETD: 01/09/08, ETA: 02/04/08 14. APL [...]	2008-01-17 06:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR KIPR TW
08TAIPEI861	FOREIGN MINISTER OU AND DIRECTOR DISCUSS TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call by DIR on June 18, Foreign Minister Francisco Ou expressed appreciation to the U.S. for its sustained support of Taiwan. Ou stressed that Taipei wants to rebuild mutual trust with the U.S. following strains during the Chen administration, and he expr [...]	2008-06-18 10:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD JA TW
08TEGUCIGALPA1071	AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER CERRATO [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Fredis Cerrato, Minister of Trade and Industry, October 30 to discuss CAFTA-DR, fuel prices and renewable energy, and the financial crisis, among other topics. The Ambassador raised the expropriation claim of U.S. citizen Oscar Cerna. End summary. ----- [...]	2008-11-28 19:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD HN
08TEGUCIGALPA1090	PATHWAYS MINISTERIAL IN PANAMA: CLOSING THE DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 16:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA260	RASH OF DRUG AND CASH SEIZURES AND ARRESTS IN [...] (SBU) On March 11, Colombian armed forces and police interdicted the Honduran-flagged fishing vessel Captain Cooley while it was docked at San Andres waiting to depart to Honduras. Inside three barrels located in the main cabin, they found bags containing a total of 1,375 pellets filled with [...]	2008-03-17 23:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM KJUS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA459	PRESIDENT JOSE MANUEL ZELAYA ROSALES: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS OF AMBASSADOR FORD REF: OFFICIAL BIOS ON FILE [...] (S) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya Rosales is a throwback to an earlier Central American era, almost a caricature of a land-owner &caudillo8 in terms of his leadership style and tone. Ever the rebellious teenager, Zelaya,s principal goal in office is to enrich himself and his [...]	2008-05-15 20:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM ENRG EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA583	POLITICS BEHIND RUSH TO COMMERCIALIZE SOTO CANO [...] (C) Summary: President Zelaya's rush decision to ban large aircraft from Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport and prepare the Soto Cano military airfield at Palmerola for commercial passenger flights appears to be motivated by a complex web of political considerations of which the safety and conveni [...]	2008-06-18 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL MARR 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
08TELAVIV2591	US-ISRAEL CONSULTATIONS ON UN AFFAIRS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 28, Assistant Secretary Brian Hook and MFA Deputy DG for International Organizations Evyatar Manor led a bilateral consultation on United Nations Affairs with the Foreign Ministry. The discussions covered the Security Council role in the ongoing peace negotiations, Leb [...]	2008-11-21 16:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL UNEP MOPS KPKO UN LE PA IS
08TELAVIV548	EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TOKYO2308	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 00:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08USOSCE212	OSCE/FSC SEPTEMBER 10: RUSSIA WILL FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation began its autumn round on September 10 with an exchange of charges and counter-charges between Georgia and Russia. Georgia reports that large numbers of Russian forces remain on its territory, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and are engag [...]	2008-09-11 14:30:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
08USUNNEWYORK1000	UNSC: UNSCR 1559 CONSULTATIONS - UN ENVOY CITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council October 30 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559 with the election of Lebanese President Sleiman, the adoption of a Lebanese electoral law, and the Lebanese-Syrian agreement to establish di [...]	2008-10-31 23:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
08USUNNEWYORK101	WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL DISAPPOINTED BY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 23:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
08USUNNEWYORK1019	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...]	2008-11-05 13:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1050	SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES OCT SYG REPORT ON UNMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on the SYG's October 20 report on Sudan in an open meeting. In the discussion that followed, Council members discussed the ICC indictment of Bashir, pending elections, Abyei, oil revenue sharing, and reconfiguration of [...]	2008-11-10 18:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AF
08USUNNEWYORK1051	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS:COMMITTEE DIVIDED ON EXPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the Sudan Sanctions Committee discussed possible Committee response to the recommendations made by the Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) in its final report. The Committee reviewed POE recommendations that the Committee should encourage Sudan to cease its violations of t [...]	2008-11-10 19:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK106	SYG BRIEFS UNSC ON KENYA, SUDAN, CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on February 5 on his recent trip to Africa. Ban reported on the critical nature of the situations in Kenya, Sudan, and Chad, highlighting recent progress in mediations in Kenya and in SOFA discussions with the Government of Sudan, [...]	2008-02-06 15:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UNSC CD KE SO SU XA XW ZF
08USUNNEWYORK1062	UN ON DRC: GIVE TROOPS, PRESSURE KAGAME; 85 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Le Roy on November 11 called on the Security Council to approve rapidly the UN request for more MONUC troops. He warned MONUC was "all alone" in the east and reinforcements were desperately needed to defend Goma and protect civilians. Le Roy said Co [...]	2008-11-13 00:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK1077	SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES UNAMI/MNF-I [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council received a quarterly briefing on November 14 from Staffan de Mistura, head of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),and from Ambassador Khalilzad, on behalf of MNF-I. Iraqi PR Bayati also addressed the Council. All participants, including members of the [...]	2008-11-17 22:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK1091	UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on Nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 12. The Chairs described their respective committee's accomplishments [...]	2008-11-19 14:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1106	SOMALIA: COUNCIL FRUSTRATED AT LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A downbeat briefing on political developments combined with continued lack of progress toward a Multinational force (MNF) or peacekeeping operation (PKO) led to frustrated reactions from Council members in a November 20 meeting on Somalia. Several members noted that the prospect [...]	2008-11-22 00:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ET
08USUNNEWYORK1134	SUDAN: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE SPLITS ON PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Sanctions Committee on December 2 discussed two separate proposals for action: first, a Belgian suggestion to invite the Permanent Representatives of Chad and Sudan to discuss with the Committee the last Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) report (ref A),and second, an offer fr [...]	2008-12-04 20:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1137	ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC [...] SUMMARY: In his December 3 briefing to the Security Council (SC),International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo provided a detailed chronology of the three investigations conducted pursuant to UNSCR 1593, which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC. Ocampo's remarks focu [...]	2008-12-04 23:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC XA
08USUNNEWYORK1146	SOMALIA: PKO POSSIBLE; MORE WORK NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In response to reftel A instructions, USUN consulted with the UK and other interested delegations on December 4 and 5 on the possibility of quickly rehatting the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as a UN pea [...]	2008-12-06 00:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK1158	UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF (GOLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on December 10, the Secretariat briefed on the activities of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),which supervises the cease-fire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights. He referred to the Secretary-General's November 26 report t [...]	2008-12-10 21:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY
08USUNNEWYORK1165	USUN: COUNCIL RESPONSE TO SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, USUN circulated our draft resolution on Somalia piracy to the P3 on the evening of December 9 and to the broader Council on December 10. Initial expert-level consultations wer [...]	2008-12-12 00:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW
08USUNNEWYORK1167	GUINEA-BISSAU AT THE UN-DEBATE EXPECTED ON 6 VS. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Head Omoregie briefed the Security Council on December 11. He asked for a panel of experts to identify those involved in drug trafficking, since the rise of trafficking and attendant corruption were major destabilizing [...]	2008-12-12 14:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PU XY
08USUNNEWYORK1190	UNSC: OUTGOING PERM REPS ANALYZE AND DISSECT BODIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, outgoing Security Council Perm Reps from Italy, South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Panama provided the Council with analysis, personal reflections and "lessons learned" about their Chairmanships of UN Security Council Subsidiary Bodies. The Belgian Perm Rep la [...]	2008-12-19 19:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1197	UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...]	2008-12-22 18:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
08USUNNEWYORK1199	UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]	2008-12-23 19:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1205	UNSC DISCUSSES DEC SYG REPORT ON UNAMID [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 19, U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra briefed the Security Council on the SYG's December 12 report on Sudan. The Sudanese Permanent Representative also spoke. In the consultations that followed, Council members discussed the security and humanitarian situation in Darfu [...]	2008-12-24 17:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
08USUNNEWYORK134	UNGA 63: NICARAGUAN CANDIDACY FOR PGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 19:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA XK XL XM BR DR GT PA PM
08USUNNEWYORK140	UNSC CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Radhika Coomaraswamy on February 12 urged the Council to implement targeted measures against persistent violators against children. She also called for the Council to add rape/sexual violence as a trigger to list a country in the ann [...]	2008-02-14 14:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC BM FR
08USUNNEWYORK141	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL REVIEWS SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN seeks Department position on developing a list of names for targeted sanctions in the DRC Sanctions Committee. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The Security Council met on February 13 to review the sanctions regime concerning the Democratic Republic of the Con [...]	2008-02-14 16:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK148	KUWAIT DELEGATION REINFORCES IRAQ COMPENSATION [...] (SBU) A Kuwaiti delegation headed by Khalid al-Mudhaf, the Chairman of the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation related to Iraq,s 1990 invasion (PAAC),visited New York February 6-8 and met with key Security Council delegations, as well as the UN Comptroller. The Kuwaiti message in [...]	2008-02-15 16:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KU IZ
08USUNNEWYORK155	FM JEREMIC ARGUES BEFORE 76 UN MEMBER STATES THAT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council met in a private session on February 14 at the request of Russia and Serbia to discuss Kosovo. Sixty-one non-Council members attended as observers. Serbian FM Jeremic, after failing in a last-minute attempt to convince the U.S. to agree to televise the sess [...]	2008-02-16 00:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK
08USUNNEWYORK162	PRESIDENT TADIC PROTESTS "HISTORIC INJUSTICE" OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a public meeting of the Security Council on February 18, SYG Ban said the situation on the ground in Kosovo remained calm following of the February 17 declaration of independence. Ban said he would continue to view UNSCR 1244 as the basis for UNMIK's operations, but may be re [...]	2008-02-20 22:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK175	UNSC CONDEMNS ERITREA, UNCERTAIN ON NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 21 A/SYG Mulet told the Security Council that UNMEE was well along in its staging of personnel near Asmara for departure and urged Council members to consider next steps for the mission. Mulet implied that restructuring would be unwarranted because UNMEE had become [...]	2008-02-25 21:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK180	UNSC: GAZA SITUATION UNDERMINING ANNAPOLIS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry and UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Holmes provided SIPDIS the Security Council on February 26 with a detailed description of the situation in the Palestinian territories, a [...]	2008-02-27 00:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IS LE KPAL KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK222	LEBANON: COUNCIL DIVISIONS HARDEN ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on March 10, senior UN Secretariat officials reported that the continuing Lebanese political crisis had blocked meaningful progress on UNSCR 1701 implementation. They praised continued UNIFIL-LAF cooperation; noted the significant increase in I [...]	2008-03-11 15:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
08USUNNEWYORK234	THIS JUST IN: SERBIA OPPOSES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 11 Security Council public meeting, Serbian FM Jeremic criticized Kosovo's declaration of independence (DI) as an assault on the international system, asking countries who had recognized Kosovo to reconsider and encouraging those who had not to hold off. He condemned [...]	2008-03-14 18:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK242	UNSC QUALIFIED ANGER AT ERITREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 13 U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council that UNMEE has completed the relocation of personnel and equipment from the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) to Asmara. Guehenno listed several incidents that he described as Eritrean attempts to "humiliate" UNMEE during the ev [...]	2008-03-17 19:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK246	UN - FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF BAN'S [...] Summary: The Fifth Committee of the General Assembly, on March 17th, began its consideration of Secretary-General Ban's proposal to strengthen the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) (A/62/521 and Corr.1). U-SYG Barcena of the Department of Management introduced the report (see paragraph [...]	2008-03-18 17:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK258	UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...]	2008-03-20 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK268	GAMBARI ADMITS NO PROGRESS IN BURMA BUT CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In both the Group of Friends meeting and during his briefing to the Security Council on March 18, UN Special Adviser Gambari admitted that his recent visit to Burma did not result in "an immediate, tangible outcome" but reported that the Burmese regime, Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK),[...]	2008-03-25 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK279	UNSC DIVIDED AND CONFUSED ON SOMALIA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20 SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah and A/SYG Edmond Mulet briefed the Security Council on the recently published UN reports on Somalia, the Integrated UN Task Force Strategic Assessment and the Department of Peace [...]	2008-03-28 00:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK280	RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...]	2008-03-28 15:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK31	GUEHENNO ON DARFUR: UNAMID SO FAR IS REHATTED AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG Guehenno presented a previously scheduled briefing on Darfur to the Security Council on January 9 and used the occasion to strongly criticize Sudanese military forces for the ambush of a UNAMID convoy on January 7 that left one driver seriously injured and damaged several [...]	2008-01-12 00:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08USUNNEWYORK319	LEBANON: FRENCH THREATEN TO CIRCULATE SHORT 1701 [...] (C) The French held expert-level consultations on April 7 on their draft UNSC Presidential Statement (PRST) on resolution 1701 (reftel). Libya, South Africa, China, and Panama objected to the draft statement but expressed a willingness to consider a shortened version that simply reiterates su [...]	2008-04-09 00:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY LE IS
08USUNNEWYORK329	LEBANON: MOST UNSC MEMBERS BACK UNIIIC EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary. During a public briefing and then closed consultations of the Security Council on April 8, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner and Prosecutor-designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daniel Bellemare asked for a six-month exten [...]	2008-04-10 00:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK345	1540: NAM SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) USUN has learned that the PermReps of Non-Aligned Movement states on the Security Council (Indonesia, Panama, South Africa, Libya, Burkina Faso, and Vietnam) have agreed to support only a two-year renewal of the mandate of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004 [...]	2008-04-12 00:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK389	SUPPORT FOR U.S. SPONSORED SOMALIA PIRACY SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 3,4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) USUN presented a draft resolution on acts of piracy off the Somali coast to the Security Council on April 28. France, UK, and Panama have already agreed to co-sponsor the text. In p [...]	2008-05-01 22:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM SO
08USUNNEWYORK394	MIDDLE EAST: USUN LEADS WALK-OUT AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNSC held its monthly discussion on the Middle East on April 23. Following last month's rancorous debate (reftel),SC members agreed to a public briefing by the UN Secretariat, followed by closed consultations. DPA A/SYG Angela Kane briefed on recent attacks in Gaza and s [...]	2008-05-02 20:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG KPKO UNSC SY IS LE LY
08USUNNEWYORK396	UNAMI AND MNF-I BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: As mandated by resolution, the Security Council held a debate April 28 to discuss the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),as well as the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed for the UN, and painted a [...]	2008-05-02 21:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK404	SECURITY COUNCIL INTEREST IN ZIMBABWE GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed Security Council members on April 29 on the situation in Zimbabwe, describing a pre-election period marked by threats of violence from government officials, a relatively open and fair elections process, and a post-election surge in governm [...]	2008-05-05 21:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZM
08USUNNEWYORK408	CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540 [...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on May 6, 2008, in the ninth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Verbeke of Belgium (12 [...]	2008-05-08 00:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PTER KNNP EFIN KTFN
08USUNNEWYORK419	HELPING ZIMBABWE NO EASY TASK [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN's soundings of the UN Secretariat and UKUN show a common frustration about how best to assist Zimbabwe. The UN's elections division is prepared to immediately deploy eminent persons to help calm fears and to deploy a full team of elections observers within weeks on Zimbabwe [...]	2008-05-12 16:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZM
08USUNNEWYORK421	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DELISTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council representatives to the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee met May 5 with representatives of Denmark, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Switzerland, at their request, to discuss the Committee's procedures for lifting sanctions against individuals (or, delisting pr [...]	2008-05-12 18:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK424	UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: BRIEFINGS BY SRSG CHOI AND [...] (C) Summary: SRSG for Cote d'Ivoire Choi briefed the Security Council on April 28 on political developments in Cote d'Ivoire since January, noting that the Ivorian parties and the international community were making a serious commitment to facilitate upcoming elections on November 30, which ha [...]	2008-05-12 18:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK477	U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED [...] (SBU) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council May 27 on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In addition to members of the Security Council, 21 other member states participated in the public discussion. Most voiced sup [...]	2008-05-29 23:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UNSC XA UN PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK478	MIDDLE EAST: UNSC MEMBERS WELCOME REGIONAL PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on May 28. UNSCO Robert Serry briefed in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed the issue in closed consultations. Serry welcomed "fragile" progress on the Israeli-Syrian, Lebanese, and Israeli [...]	2008-05-29 23:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK499	UNSC CONCERNED ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S DETENTION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: USUN convened emergency Security Council consultations on June 5 to discuss the illegal detention and harassment of U.S. and British diplomatic personnel in Zimbabwe. Security Council delegations agreed to elements of an oral press statement expressing concern about the incident [...]	2008-06-06 00:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC ZI KDEM
08USUNNEWYORK519	MIDDLE EAST: ARABS PUSHING UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) USUN has learned that the Arab Group at the UN met at the expert-level on June 11 to discuss a Saudi proposal to table a draft resolution in the UN Security Council criticizing recent Israeli settlement activity. According to friendly delegations in the Arab Group, the Palestinian Obser [...]	2008-06-11 21:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK527	UNSC AGREES TO ZEBARI REQUEST TO CONTINUE MNF-I [...] (SBU) As mandated by UNSCR 1790, the Security Council discussed June 13 the mandate of MNF-I and arrangements regarding DFI and the IAMB, and agreed to their continuation for the remainder of the calendar year. Amb Khalilzad reported on behalf of MNF-I, highlighting the decrease in security [...]	2008-06-16 19:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ECON UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK550	GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] Summary. Informal consultations on the General Assembly's Counter-terrorism Strategy follow-up focused on plans for the September review. Delegations struck a positive tone and comments were generally constructive. The current trend is toward a resolution reaffirming the Strategy. Some de [...]	2008-06-23 19:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UN
08USUNNEWYORK58	COUNCIL ADOPTS STATEMENT REGRETTING LITTLE [...] (SBU) After a heated Security Council debate January 17 on the question of whether Burma had responded to the demands of the international community, Council members adopted a press statement reiterating support for UN Special Advisor Gambari, including a call for his early return to Burma, [...]	2008-01-18 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK583	UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION [...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...]	2008-07-01 19:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN
08USUNNEWYORK586	SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SURVEY OF [...] (U) Summary: Mike Smith, the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Director presented the report of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the implementation of UNSCR 1373 (2001) during informal consulations of Security Council Members June 30. The report includes a survey that [...]	2008-07-01 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PARM PREF
08USUNNEWYORK593	USUN INTRODUCES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN presented the draft resolution on Zimbabwe sanctions during Security Council consultations on July 3. The UK, France, Belgium, Italy, and Croatia voiced strong support for the draft resolution. Burkina Faso voiced support for the idea of a sanctions resolution but said they [...]	2008-07-03 21:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK598	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN PLANS TO INTRODUCE [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met with the Arab Group on July 7 about the draft resolution on Israeli settlements. He urged the group to delay putting the text in blue for 48 hours so that the Arabs could consider U.S. elements for a comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UNSC e [...]	2008-07-08 15:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK602	UNSC: D/SYG MIGIRO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 23:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK614	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE [...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...]	2008-07-10 02:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK621	UN: RUSSIA, CHINA VETO ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (U) On July 11 Russia and China vetoed the adoption of the U.S.-authored draft Security Council resolution that would have imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Zimbabwe and subjected fourteen senior members of the Zimbabwean government most responsible for the campaign of violence against t [...]	2008-07-12 02:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK623	SRSG EIDE AND U/SYG HOLMES BRIEF SC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, the Security Council met to discuss Afghanistan, following the Secretary-General's special report on the outcome of the June 2008 Paris Conference. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari [...]	2008-07-14 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK64	GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council held a public debate January 22 on the situation in Gaza. Public statements were delivered by UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe, all Security Council members, Israel, the Palestinians, neighboring states, the Arab League, OIC, and NAM. Amb Khalilad's intervention exp [...]	2008-01-23 00:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK660	ISRAEL AND ARABS EXCHANGE BARBS IN MONTHLY DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on July 22. Pascoe outlined encouraging developments in the region, highlighting the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon, indirect talks between Israel and Syria, and the [...]	2008-07-24 01:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK666	GAMBARI BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari briefed the Security Council in advance of his mid-August trip to Burma. Gambari reviewed the same message and themes as during his July 23 meeting with the Friends of Burma (reftel). Among P5 members, the U.S., UK and France said Gambar [...]	2008-07-25 20:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK693	SUDAN "VERY HAPPY" WITH UNAMID EXTENSION; U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Security Council renewed the mandate for the UN/AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for an additional 12 months by a vote of 14-0 with the U.S. abstaining. Intense consultations preceded the 9:45 PM vote, ending when the UK rejected the possibility of a 5-da [...]	2008-08-01 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SU
08USUNNEWYORK721	TOUGH DAY FOR RUSSIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 00:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU GG UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK723	U/SYG PASCOE BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMI REPORT, SC [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6 the Security Council met to discuss the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe noted UNAMI's expanded role [...]	2008-08-12 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREM IZ UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK737	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BRIEFS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UK Chair of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon briefed Member States August 13 on progress relating to the STL. The Chair discussed the Management Committee, its functions, and composition, as well as developments concerning the building t [...]	2008-08-15 21:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK755	DESPITE SOME SUPPORT, UNSC MEMBERS MOSTLY IN [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, France showed an enthusiastic commitment for the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum and a fifth round of negotiations--as did non-UNSC member Spain, which proactively told Poloff of Spain's support. Most UNSC memb [...]	2008-08-21 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL UNSC WI MO
08USUNNEWYORK760	TFGG01: RUSSIA TESTS UNSC WATERS ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin hastily called for Security Council consultations on Georgia this afternoon during which he announced that he was formally putting Russia's draft resolution before the Council "into blue," a procedural move that would allow but not require a vote on the res [...]	2008-08-22 03:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK791	SOMALIA: DPKO BRIEFING NARROWS OPTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Security Council consultations on Somalia on August 26, the U.S. push for accelerated planning for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) by rehatting AMISOM units was supported by Italy and African members but explici [...]	2008-09-02 22:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK801	RUSSIA REGROUPING ON ABKHAZ/OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: In closed consultations on August 28, the Security Council decided to hold a public meeting as requested by Georgia and decided not to invite South Ossetian and Abkhaz representatives to participate in it as requested by Russia. Several Council members said inviting the separatis [...]	2008-09-05 16:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK813	LIBERIA: UNMIL DRAWDOWN - GETTING THE PACE RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on September 9, a majority of Security Council members favored the Secretary-General's recommendation for a modestly accelerated drawdown of the military component of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the additional deployment of two formed police units (FPUs [...]	2008-09-10 22:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC LI
08USUNNEWYORK827	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: UNSC WANTS GOOD OFFICES MISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSC members backed the Secretary-General's proposal to renew his offer of a good offices mission in order to encourage a negotiated solution to the Djibouti-Eritrea border impasse. Many members joined the U.S. in criticizing Eritrean actions but all agreed on the need for dial [...]	2008-09-17 23:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS UNSC DJ ER
08USUNNEWYORK84	SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON UNAMI, MNF-I [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council held its quarterly meeting January 21 on the situation in Iraq. Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura briefed for the first time in his new capacity as the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),and [...]	2008-01-29 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ
08USUNNEWYORK85	GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL DROPS PRST AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) After four days of negotiation on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza, in which USUN was initially isolated 14-1 but eventually persuaded all other delegations except Libya to support the U.S. position, Security Council Ambassadors met on January 29 and decided [...]	2008-01-29 22:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK851	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS FOCUS MORE ON UN [...] (SBU) In another low key set of consultations on the Middle East on September 18, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry's briefing was the main focus. He lauded the "gradual but systematic process of Palestinian self-empowerment" in the West Bank and later said t [...]	2008-09-20 00:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE
08USUNNEWYORK870	AT THE UN, IRAN, GEORGIA, BOLIVIA AND OTHERS [...] Summary: The annual UN General Debate continued in the afternoon of September 23 on the themes of global food crisis and UN reform among others. Iran and Lebanon strongly criticized Israel. Iran also defended its nuclear program. Georgia spoke about the need for a stronger UN role given Rus [...]	2008-09-29 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UNGA AORC FI BK RW LH IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK875	UNSC MEETS AT SAUDI/ARAB LEAGUE REQUEST [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met September 26 in response to the request by Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab League to discuss Israeli settlement activity. The Saudi FM spoke first and accused Israel of intransigence and a lack of good faith in dealing with the settlements issue. Arab Le [...]	2008-09-29 17:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE SY IR
08USUNNEWYORK95	JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...]	2008-02-01 22:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK955	IRAN LOSES RESOUNDINGLY IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Iran polled a mere 32 votes from the 192-member UN General Assembly in its failed bid for a Security Council seat over Japan. Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda were elected in first round balloting. End Summary. 2. (U) In one round of balloting October 17, the UN Ge [...]	2008-10-20 16:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA UNSC PREL AORC

08USUNNEWYORK972	DJIBOUTI ASKS UNSC TO GIVE ERITREA AN ULTIMATUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told the Security Council on October 23 that continued inaction by the international community in the face of Eritrea's occupation of Djiboutian territory would leave his country with no option but to use force to protect its "natural integ [...]	2008-10-24 18:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ER DJ SO

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