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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09KABUL1000	PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED BETWEEN CRISIS AND [...] (U) Summary: Between March 21 and 28, representatives from the U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentQs Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) visited AfghanistanQs Ghor province to monitor Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and World [...]	2009-04-21 06:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AF

09KABUL1038	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT PLANNING FOR VICTORY DAY--STRONG [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's security agencies are in the midst of intense planning and rehearsals for the annual April 28 "Victory Day" celebration, which commemorates the day in 1992 on which the Afghan mujahedeen overthrew the Russian-backed regime. However, with the last year's failed assas [...]	2009-04-23 15:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PTER AF
09KABUL1042	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 4/18-4/23: ISAF BRIEFS MPS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-25 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1043	SUPREME COURT DECISION MAY HASTEN PUBLICATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a development that could open the path to gazetting the media law, the Supreme Court has sided with President Karzai's objection to a provision in the media law requiring the Lower House to confirm the president's pick to head state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA [...]	2009-04-25 15:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1046	KARZAI HOSTS PARLIAMENT-US CONVERSATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai, his national security ministers, and several dozen MPs urged the Charge and ISAF representatives on April 26 to join with the Afghan government and Parliament to form a commission on reducing civilian casualties. During a long and impassioned but respectful m [...]	2009-04-26 15:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1064	Implementing a Comprehensive Counter-Narcotics [...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan produces 93% of the world's opium and heroin with 98% of poppy cultivation concentrated in just seven provinces in the south and southwest. Two-thirds of all opium in Afghanistan is grown in one province -- Helmand, with lesser but significant amounts produced in Fara [...]	2009-04-28 04:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF
09KABUL1093	Afghanistan's USG Civilian Uplift - Defining its structure, [...] To implement the President's Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Embassy Kabul requires immediate funding and hiring authority to increase U.S. civilian staff. Our purpose is to build security, governance and development capacity in the Afghan government across all lines of operation at the [...]	2009-04-29 16:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
09KABUL1097	OPPOSITION MPS CONTINUE TO FAN DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although most of Afghanistan's political establishment has moved on, some parliamentarians continue to stir debate over continuity of government after the May 22 constitutional expiration of President Karzai's term. The Supreme Court last month affirmed the legitimacy of Karza [...]	2009-04-30 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1099	PALACE PLANS TO GAZETTE MEDIA LAW BUT OTHERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Supreme Court statement (ref A) siding with President Karzai over the Parliament on the media law is not yet public, but word is leaking out. Palace Chief of Staff Daudzai told us Karzai would gazette the law, minus the disputed provision, rather than return the law to Parlia [...]	2009-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1100	ABDULLAH CAMPAIGN STUCK ON VP CHOICES [...] (SBU) Campaign staffers for United Front (UF) presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah hope to lock in vice presidential nominees by May 2 and register their candidate with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) by May 4. Several UF top choices for the First Vice President position have tu [...]	2009-04-30 14:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1109	SHERZAI AIDE CLAIMS KARZAI STRONG-ARMS SHERZAI OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aga Sherzai withdrew from the presidential race on May 2, the day after a reportedly lengthy and emotional meeting with President Karzai. Sherzai's campaign manager alleged that Karzai's increasingly emotional and threatening tone pushed Sherzai to end hi [...]	2009-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1111	WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?: FEMALE REGISTRATION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the April 25 opening of the two-week candidate registration period, over 500 individuals have registered as provincial council (PC) candidates for the August elections. The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) initial reports on candidate registration indicate, howeve [...]	2009-05-03 09:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1119	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 4/25-4/30: ELECTORAL LAW [...] Lower House Speaker Yunus Qanooni has urged MPs working on the Electoral Law to resolve ongoing disputes and bring the legislation to the house floor for a final vote (reftel). Because the Constitution prohibits Parliament from changing electoral law in the final year of its five-year term, MPs [...]	2009-05-03 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1131	KARZAI REGISTERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] President Karzai officially registered as a candidate for the Aug. 20 presidential election this morning (May 4),moments before departing for the trilateral meetings in Washington. Karzai registered with Marshall Mohammed Qasim Fahim Khan and Karim Khalili as his first and second vice presid [...]	2009-05-04 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1150	SHIA FAMILY LAW: MOMENTUM TOWARDS A MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 28 meeting with President Karzai, civil society representatives and several MPs discussed specific concerns regarding the Shia Family Law (reftel) and delivered an alternate, progressive draft law. Two days later, faculty at private law school Ketab University held a [...]	2009-05-06 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPOL PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1173	ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LAW: MOJ [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has completed its initial review of a draft Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law. Embassy review is ongoing, but the draft law is a much needed effort to identify and criminalize the myriad types of violence Afghan women face. Several MPs [...]	2009-05-06 13:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL1174	ABDULLAH REGISTERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah registered his campaign for the presidential election today (May 6),signing up with two relatively unknown running mates ) evidence that he had failed to attract support outside the splintering United Front opposition coalition. Abdul [...]	2009-05-06 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1181	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/2-5/7: MORE ANGER OVER [...] Lower House MPs exploded in anger Wednesday (May 6) over new reports of civilian casualties resulting from a joint Afghan Army-Coalition forces operation in Bala Boluk district of Farah province this week. Afghan media and NGOs reported between 40 and 160 civilians killed, prompting many MPs t [...]	2009-05-07 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1186	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION [...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...]	2009-05-08 11:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1187	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION [...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...]	2009-05-08 11:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1194	A CROWDED FIELD, BUT LITTLE TRUE COMPETITION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Candidate registration for the Aug. 20 presidential election closed May 8, with at least 44 candidates turning in completed registration forms. We will report septel on provincial council registration, particularly on female candidate registration. President Karzai appears t [...]	2009-05-10 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1195	INSIDE KARZAI CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai officially launched his re-election campaign last week, relying on an unusual mix of powerful commanders from Afghanistan's 30 years of conflict and a small group of younger volunteers from newer pro-democracy organizations. To date, former mujahideen command [...]	2009-05-10 13:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1230	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/9-5/15: MPS DEMAND [...] (SBU) Lower House MPs continue to push for the "legalization" of foreign forces, following intense debate over an incident involving civilian casualties in Farah Province last week (ref A). During May 13 testimony to the Lower House, Justice Minister Sarwar Danesh told MPs President Karzai t [...]	2009-05-14 14:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1231	AFGHAN WOMEN LEADERS ASK CODEL DAVIS FOR MORE [...] SUMMARY: On May 9, Afghan women leaders told Codel Davis that they have high hopes for a greater engagement on women's issues under the Obama administration. The Afghan participants urged the U.S. to focus on an array of issues affecting women, including political rights and economic developm [...]	2009-05-14 17:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AF OREP
09KABUL1238	THIS YEAR ELECTIONS ARE VERY GOOD: AFGHAN YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a webchat engaging over 100 university students and other youth through Lincoln Centers in Kabul, Jalalabad, Bamyan, and Mazar-e-Sharif, Embassy officers discussed the role of civil society in elections, with the theme of "more than just a voting day." The students welcomed an [...]	2009-05-17 04:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1257	UNHCR, ICRC STILL WATCHING FOR CROSS-BORDER FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary. The leadership of Kabul-based offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) shared an overview of their planning for potential movement of Pakistani refugees to Afghanistan with the Refugee Affairs [...]	2009-05-17 13:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UN AF PK
09KABUL1274	CANDIDATE VETTING INCHES FORWARD [...] SUMMARY: Candidate vetting took another small step forward on May 17, as the Afghan government and the international community agreed to send to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) an evidence-based list of 110 provincial council candidates linked to illegal armed groups (IAGs),and as [...]	2009-05-19 04:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1281	YASENI CONCERNED ABOUT KARZAI'S CASH ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lower House Deputy Speaker and presidential candidate Mirwais Yaseni is asking for US assistance to help balance what he sees as President Karzai's significant advantage over other candidates in terms of cash and the use of government resources. Yaseni has opened campaign off [...]	2009-05-19 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1283	NO MAJOR PROTESTS EXPECTED OVER CONTINUITY OF [...] (SBU) Afghan politicians remain divided over support for continuity of government under President Karzai following the May 22 constitutional expiration of his term, but we have not seen evidence that opponents will organize protests against the government's legality (reftel). Privately, an o [...]	2009-05-20 04:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1295	CODEL CARPER - WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Senators: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Obama's [...]	2009-05-21 09:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL1296	JUNBESH-WAHDAT ALLIANCE CLOSE TO RELUCTANT KARZAI [...] (SBU) Representatives of the majority-Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli party and Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Mardum faction of Hazara leader Haji Mohammed Mohaqqeq say their two-party alliance is reluctantly nearing an endorsement of President Karzai's re-election campaign. The two parties agreed last month to sup [...]	2009-05-21 09:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1297	POLITICAL PARTIES A NEAR NO-SHOW ON PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Some 88 percent of the more than 3,300 candidates who registered for this summer's provincial council elections chose to identify as independent candidates rather than associate with one of Afghanistan's 100-plus political parties. The near no-show by political parties on the [...]	2009-05-21 11:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1308	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/16-5/21: MPS DEBATE [...] The Lower House moved away from contentious debate over civilian casualties this week and debated legislation regulating the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG),sparking a conversation over whether Parliament should require the popular election of governors. Tajiks, Uzbeks, a [...]	2009-05-24 06:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL131	OUTRAGE AGAINST COALITION SPECIAL OPS INCREASES IN [...] (C) A series of Coalition special operations in Zabul province during December 2008 and January 2009 heightened emotions and public outcry against coalition forces (CF). This situation provided an opportunity for select provincial leaders to promote their own political agendas. Governor Delb [...]	2009-01-19 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1321	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANGEVIN [...] (SBU) Congressmen: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Oba [...]	2009-05-26 06:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1322	QANOONI SIDETRACKS VOTE ON PRIVATE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Lower House Speaker Yunus Qanooni has cut off action on a version of the Private Security Companies (PSC) Law that would have placed restrictions limiting the number of armed personnel allowed for each PSC (refs A-C). Over the objections of many MPs, Qanooni tabled debate on the law, r [...]	2009-05-26 07:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EIND EAID AF
09KABUL1348	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/23-5/29: AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on May 28 with the Lower House International Relations Committee to discuss the new US strategy in Afghanistan and listen to MPs' concerns about security issues. MPs, led by committee chairman Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf (Kabul, Pashtun),welcomed greater US-Afghan cooperat [...]	2009-05-30 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1350	MPS ASK, "WHEN IS OUR ELECTION?" [...] (SBU) In an interesting conversation with PolOff this week, five Lower House MPs disagreed with each other over when their legislative terms expire next year and when the 2010 parliamentary election should occur. MPs Fawzia Koofi (Badakhshan, Tajik),Sultan Mohammed Awrang (Badakhshan, Tajik [...]	2009-05-30 10:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1372	MEDIA LAW: IMPORTANT STEP BUT NO PANACEA [...] (SBU) The Embassy has urged President Karzai to publish the Media Law as soon as possible in order to advance Afghan media's freedoms (reftels). Karzai has told officials at the Ministry of Justice and Office of Administrative Affairs (OAA) to hold off on publication until he consults Supreme [...]	2009-05-31 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM AF
09KABUL139	SECOND THOUGHTS ON KARZAI AMONG AFGHAN ELITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Constituencies important to President Karzai's re-election hopes are voicing dissatisfaction that Karzai is ignoring their counsel and failing to improve local governance and fight corruption. Disappointment with Karzai's performance over the last few years is becoming more comm [...]	2009-01-20 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL1398	OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN START TWO WEEKS AWAY; KARZAI IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The presidential election season officially starts June 16, but the major candidates are already in full swing. President Karzai will begin the campaign with a significant head start, having consolidated support from a number of powerful factional leaders. The other major ca [...]	2009-06-02 13:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1405	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/30-6/4: PARLIAMENT [...] Both houses of Parliament picked up their pace in handling legislation this week, with the June 5 recess drawing near. After both houses flirted with proposals to extend the session beyond June 5, or the recess beyond July 20, leadership in both institutions eventually called an end to the cur [...]	2009-06-03 13:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1420	ZABUL GOVERNOR NASERI'S TENURE OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] (C) Summary: Governor Muhammed Ashraf Naseri's most significant achievement after two months serving as the Governor of Zabul Province is the drafting of a more realistic development plan. Overall, however, Naseri has failed to connect with the people and an ongoing corruption investigati [...]	2009-06-06 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1458	OPENING OF ISLAM QALA BORDER CROSSING POINT [...] (SBU) On June 15, the port at Islam Qala (IQ) will be ready for operations. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force is prepared to host an opening ceremony, between June 15 and July 1, for the USD 20 Million Border Crossing Point at IQ, built by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE). The Ge [...]	2009-06-08 04:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD AF IR
09KABUL1467	FORGING A CAMPAIGN OF IDEAS [...] (C) Even before the official start of the presidential election campaign season, most political observers have concluded that President Karzai will easily win re-election. Karzai is gunning for an overwhelming first-round victory by lining up endorsements from nearly all of the country's powe [...]	2009-06-08 14:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1468	INFLUENTIAL PASHTUNS IN AFGHAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the country's largest ethnic group, Pashtuns will play a determining role in this year's presidential election. If the 2009 election breaks down along ethnic lines, as it largely did in 2004, President Karzai will have a significant advantage over other candidates, especia [...]	2009-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1560	QUIET START TO OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] SUMMARY. The presidential and provincial council campaigns for the Aug. 20 election officially kicked off June 16, with a relatively subdued atmosphere in both Kabul and the outlying provinces. Major and minor candidates alike plastered Kabul streets with campaign posters, though few held la [...]	2009-06-18 04:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1561	HEZB-E-ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN BACKS KARZAI, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) Chairman Abdul Hadi Arghandewal told PolOff on June 17 that his party had decided to back President Karzai's re-election campaign and had already started organizing on his behalf. HIA would, however, withhold a public endorsement until Karzai better arti [...]	2009-06-18 04:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1562	SUPPORTERS QUESTION JALALI ON HIS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Former presidential candidate Ali Ahmad Jalali has told supporters he intends to sit out the rest of the campaign and not publicly endorse any other candidate. He hinted his acceptance of the conventional wisdom that President Karzai had amassed an impressive collection of endorsements [...]	2009-06-18 05:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1564	YASENI CALLS FOR MORE INVOLVEMENT FROM [...] (C) Lower House Deputy Speaker and presidential candidate Mirwais Yaseni requested more USG and international community involvement in the presidential election to help offset President Karzai's alleged use of government officials and resources to benefit his campaign. In a June 15 meeting wit [...]	2009-06-18 05:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1568	SUBJECT: Afghanistan National Program of Peace and [...] (SBU) Summary: At a May 30 meeting with Emboffs, Special President Advisor on Internal Security and Vice Chairman of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission Mohammed Masoon Stanekzai outlined the main points of a proposal he has presented to President Karzai on reconciliation. The pr [...]	2009-06-18 14:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1577	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NSA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucial period in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic Society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dra [...]	2009-06-21 07:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO OVIP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1587	GOVERNOR ATTA DENIES RESIGNATION RUMORS [...] (SBU) Balkh Governor Atta has denied that President Karzai has asked for his resignation because of his support for opposition presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Atta said he would resign only if President Karzai also agrees to resign. Several high-profile delegations from Kabul have vi [...]	2009-06-21 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1593	HAZARA LEADERS SUPPORT KARZAI IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISES OF [...] Hazara political leaders backing President Karzai's re-election have asked Karzai to support the creation of more majority-Hazara provinces in exchange for their influential endorsements among the ethnic Hazara minority, which could constitute as much as 15 percent of the electorate in this su [...]	2009-06-22 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL160	KARZAI HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND [...] SUMMARY. President Karzai called on U.S. and international forces to prevent civilian casualties in a State of the Union-style speech opening Parliament's new session January 20. In addition to his appeal to revise the international coalition's military strategy, Karzai ran through a laundry [...]	2009-01-22 10:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM MARR AF
09KABUL1600	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucialperiod in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dram [...]	2009-06-23 02:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AF
09KABUL1640	AMBASSADOR APPEARS WITH YASENI AT PRESS EVENT [...] (U) The Ambassador on June 22 continued his public engagement with leading opposition presidential candidates, appearing with Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni in front of Afghan and international media. The Ambassador reiterated US impartiality and commitment to credible, secure, an [...]	2009-06-23 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1652	ICRC REPORT ON FARAH CIVCAS INCIDENT STATES 89 [...] (C) Summary. ICRC Head of Mission Reto Stocker met with Ambassador Eikenberry on June 13 and delivered a written report on the events associated with the battle in Bala Baluk, Farah Province, on May 4. The ICRC concluded that the civilian death total was considerably higher than the number e [...]	2009-06-24 12:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PINS AF
09KABUL1684	UPPER HOUSE IN QUANDRY OVER FATE OF PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Parliament's Upper House faces a potential crisis this fall when new provincial councils will select replacements for two-thirds of the chamber. If the councils follow the Constitution, they will elect their representatives to the Upper House around Oct. 1, mid-way through a [...]	2009-06-29 04:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1733	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S RESTRAINED INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) Summary. Officials of Paktya province in Afghanistan and tribal elders brokered an agreement on June 15 in an attempt to quiet two years of fighting between the Shia Turi and Sunnis in Pakistan's Kurram Agency. The residents of Bushera, a Sunni enclave on the Pakistani side of the border [...]	2009-07-02 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1734	Afghans Seek 55 Priority Advisors and Claim Revenue [...] (SBU) The JCMB Standing Committee on Development broadly endorsed the Afghan government's revised Civilian Technical Assistance Plan asking for 55 urgently needed advisor positions. Subsequently, the Finance Minister signaled he hopes donors will provide funding for the Afghan government to di [...]	2009-07-02 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN AF
09KABUL1738	YASENI DISCUSSES PLATFORM, ASKS FOR CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) At a June 27 dinner between presidential candidate and Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni, Ambassador Carney and SRAP's Jane Marriott, Yaseni laid out reasons for running and his platform. He repeatedly mentioned his lack of funding and asked for United States financial support f [...]	2009-07-02 15:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1741	KHOST: DIFFERING REACTIONS TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khosties' vastly different reactions to civilian casualty incidents caused by Coalition Forces (CF) versus those caused by insurgents suggest fear and intimidation by insurgents are profoundly impacting the population. Team Khost (PRT and maneuver battalion),at the direction of [...]	2009-07-04 04:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1799	MOJ POISED TO PUBLISH MEDIA LAW: A POSITIVE, BUT [...] (U) On July 8 Minister of Justice Sanwar Danish announced that MOJ will soon publish the media law in the official gazette. Palace sources also confirmed that President Karzai authorized the publication. The law will reflect the Afghan Supreme Court's March 2009 determination that the Nationa [...]	2009-07-09 14:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM
09KABUL181	AFGHAN OPPOSITION SOFTENS STANCE ON ELECTION DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Several Afghan powerbrokers have hinted in recent days that they have waived their opposition to a fall election date. Parliamentary and jihadi leaders reportedly have told President Karzai and UNAMA officials they are open to an election date later than the spring timeframe set [...]	2009-01-26 11:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL183	ANALYSIS OF 2009 PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Both houses of Afghanistan's Parliament elected their leaderships to new one-year terms this week. This year's elections showed evidence of President Karzai's low standing among MPs and the continued tendency for MPs to vote along ethnic, rather than ideological or gender lines. [...]	2009-01-26 11:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL1859	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: UNODC LOWERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Luc Lemahieu, the UNODC's Country Representative in Kabul, predicts that the UNODC's annual opium survey will show 10-15 percent decrease in poppy cultivation in 2009. While a significant drop, this is less dramatic than the 19 percent reduction reported in 2008, and raises [...]	2009-07-13 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR UN EAID PINR ECON AF
09KABUL1899	MINOR CANDIDATES ADD COLOR AND CONFUSION TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By nearly all informal observations, President Karzai holds a sizable lead over his closest competitors in the lead up to the Aug. 20 election. If Karzai is unable to secure 50 percent of the vote in the first round, it will likely be due to the high number of candidates spli [...]	2009-07-16 08:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1910	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION (DDR) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16 July, the head of the Health and Human Development Section of UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Gilberto Gerra and Afghanistan Country Directory Jean Luc Lemahieu called on Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA),Ambassador Wayne to discuss [...]	2009-07-17 15:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS IR AF
09KABUL1913	(U) YASENI UPBEAT ON CAMPAIGN, WILL FILE ELECTORAL [...] (C) Ambassador Eikenberry met with presidential candidate and Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni on July 12 to discuss the state of the presidential campaign. Yaseni was energized, crediting the Ambassador's appearance with him at a June press event (reftel) for boosting his campaign's [...]	2009-07-18 08:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2066	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT RECONVENES...AFTER A FASHION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament reconvened, without reaching quorum, on July 25. Many MPs continue to be outside of Kabul campaigning for presidential candidates or themselves. They will continue to meet as scheduled, but if quorum is not reached in the first few days they will consider a recess un [...]	2009-07-26 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2128	STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNMENT TWO DROPS AT A TIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 11:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF PREL KDRL
09KABUL2143	HELMAND'S NOW ZAD CHALLENGE: WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Rep to the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2d MEB) visited Now Zad district over a three-day period in mid-July. The area was once home to Helmand's second largest city and famous for its pomegranates and lush orchards. British units saw past heavy fighting in Now Zad [...]	2009-08-01 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2179	Ambassador Wayne and SRAP Staff Meetings with Afghan [...] (SBU) In a July 26 meeting with Finance Minister Zakhilwal, Ambassador Wayne and SRAP staff praised successful efforts by the GIRoA to increase revenue collection in Afghanistan and address corruption. Zakhilwal said that donors should reward this progress by channeling more aid through the ce [...]	2009-08-03 13:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON EAGR PGOV AF
09KABUL226	EU HEAD OF DELEGATION DISCUSSES UPCOMING PRAGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Union (EU) Head of Delegation Ettore Sequi told the Ambassador during a January 26th meeting that a strong message needed to be sent supporting elections in Afghanistan, and any interim government (or continuation of President Karzai's term) until fall elections. He i [...]	2009-01-31 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER USAID
09KABUL2260	PROVINCIAL CAMPAIGNING IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the June 16 start of the presidential campaign period, the major candidates have followed traditional ethnic and tribal lines in their campaigns through visits to traditional provincial strongholds, with shows of strength in opponents' territory. Political deals with trib [...]	2009-08-06 11:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2293	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: BASHARDOST, THE POPULIST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential candidate and MP Ramazan Bashardost (Kabul, Hazara) received 7-12 percent affiliation in three polls done May-July 2009. Bashardost is an eccentric populist, known for his occasionally irrational statements and the tent he terms his "office" across from Parliament. [...]	2009-08-10 06:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2295	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: NEGATIVE PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With just over two weeks remaining until the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections, concerns about fraud have recently exploded into the public consciousness. Many factors have contributed to this issue, including reports of a reduction in the total number of [...]	2009-08-10 09:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2363	GHANI, ABDULLAH DEBATE ECONOMY--WITHOUT KARZAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a televised August 10th debate in front of a live audience, presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah Abdullah highlighted agriculture and natural resources as the keys to Afghanistan's economic future. Both candidates sketched their visions for increasing e [...]	2009-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PINR
09KABUL237	PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION HUMS ALONG [...] (SBU) Election and security officials report the voter registration update in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Nimroz is working smoothly, with some ten days of the planned 30-day period complete. The US PRT officer in Helmand on January 28 visited the voter registration site in Nad Ali distri [...]	2009-02-01 12:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2382	DIRECTOR OF KUCHI DIRECTORATE: FEW KUCHIS WILL [...] (C) Summary: According to Director General (DG) of the Independent Directorate of Kuchis (IDK) Abdul Wahab Sulemankheil, no female Kuchis and only 20-25% of eligible Kuchi male voters will vote in the August 20 presidential election. The DG attributes the expected low Kuchi voter turnout t [...]	2009-08-16 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL AF
09KABUL2419	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: TWO DAYS OUT, KARZAI GAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: By nearly all observations, President Karzai has gained momentum in the last week with the endorsements of influential former warlords like General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Ismael Khan (ref A, B),as well as five minor presidential candidates on August 17. Further, polling data [...]	2009-08-18 14:59:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2422	POST-ELECTION COMPACT: KARZAI TEAM CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: In final pre-election consultations, President Karzai and his security team agreed to the general concept of the strategic dialogue and a post-election "compact" but had few new ideas to contribute in light of their intense focus on elections. Karzai in particular was engaged in [...]	2009-08-19 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2427	Afghan Elections Situation Report One - 1800 Local, August [...] (SBU) This is the first situation report cable from Embassy Kabul's Elections Operations Center (EOC). The next report is scheduled for 1200 midnight (local) on August 20; reports will be sent every four hours thereafter. Each cable will cover the categories of: security, fraud, atmospherics, a [...]	2009-08-19 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL243	YOUR VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (C) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But con [...]	2009-02-02 16:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL2437	Afghan Elections Situation Report Five - 1200 Local, August [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1600 local on August 20. -------- Security -------- 2. The security situation is unusually good, but as of 1200 hrs, ISAF has reported some security incidents directed at the election, but none significant enough to affect election structure. P [...]	2009-08-20 08:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2439	Afghan Elections Situation Report Six - 1600 Local, August [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1800 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (SBU) UN Special Representative Kai Eide met with Ambassadors at 1300 local time to convey his first impressions of the day of voting. He said that generally, people want to vote [...]	2009-08-20 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL244	LOWER HOUSE DEPUTY SPEAKER LIKELY TO RUN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni (Nangarhar, Pashtun) told the Ambassador February 1 that he will run as a candidate in this year's presidential election. Yaseni criticized President Karzai's inability to rein in corruption. He will campaign on a reformist platform that [...]	2009-02-03 04:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL2450	Afghan Elections Situation Report Seven - 1800 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 2000 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) The IEC confirmed that the polling stations should remain open to 5pm local time throughout Afghanistan. The IEC wanted those affected by security issues to have an extra hour [...]	2009-08-20 13:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2451	AFGHAN ELECTIONS SITUATION REPORT EIGHT - 2100 LOCAL, AUGUST 20, 2009 [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 2400 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) President Karzai addressed the nation at 6pm August 20 to thank the IEC and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) for making the Afghan elections a reality, noting they ha [...]	2009-08-20 16:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2452	Afghan Elections Situation Report Nine - 12:00AM Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 0400 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Canadian Embassy representatives had a brief discussion this evening with Seddiq Seddiqqi, Deputy Spokesperson for the Karzai Campaign, to solicit his views and perspectives on [...]	2009-08-20 19:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2453	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: SUCCESSFUL, SUBDUED AFGHAN-LED [...] (C) Summary: Millions of Afghans had the opportunity to go to the polls today to vote for the Presidency and 420 Provincial Council seats. The traditionally dangerous areas in the south and east reported numerous small attacks, although there were no major security incidents that significan [...]	2009-08-20 19:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2454	Afghan Elections Situation Report Ten - 04:00AM Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 08:00AM local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (SBU) Provincial reports by region follow: RC-South: -- Helmand reports that voting went well in Lashkar Gah. There were some problems with voters being turned away from p [...]	2009-08-20 22:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2455	Afghan Elections Situation Report Eleven - 0800 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Afghans are now in the phase of vote counting, retrieval, and transport. The atmosphere in Kabul and elsewhere remained calm and quiet overnight. PRTs are paying particular a [...]	2009-08-21 03:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2457	Afghan Elections Situation Report Twelve - 1200 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1600 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Reuters reported at 9:45 AM local time that Karzai's campaign chief, Deen Mohammad, announced that Karzai was winning and a run-off would not be necessary. Shortly thereafter [...]	2009-08-21 07:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2459	Afghan Elections Situation Report Thirteen - 1600 Local, [...] (U) The next sitrep will be issued at 2000 Kabul time. The Ops Center will close at 2100. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) General updates In a press conference Friday afternoon, the IEC said that counting the votes in all provinces, except Kabul, Baghlan, Nangarhar and [...]	2009-08-21 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2462	Afghan Elections Situation Report Fourteen - 2000 Local, [...] (U) This is the final sitrep in the series. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) General updates The IEC rejected claims of a President Karzai victory in the Xinhua press and stressed that any predictions about election results announced by any person or organization were ina [...]	2009-08-21 15:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2464	LAGHMAN GOVERNOR ON INSURGENTS, POLICE, PROVINCIAL [...] (C/NF) According to Laghman Governor Lutfullah Mashal, Laghman's provincial council does not understand its duties or role, and its deputy chairman, he alleged, is a member of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG). The governor predicted that HIG would "do well in the elections." [...]	2009-08-22 04:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SNAR KJUS AF
09KABUL2468	POST-ELECTION CANDIDATE POSTURING [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Hamid Karzai and presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah are both publicly positioning themselves as the winner before the International Electoral Commission's (IEC) preliminary election results are announced August 25, and both may blame fraud and lower turnout if [...]	2009-08-22 15:19:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF

09KABUL2478	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY OBSERVER GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: Numerous observer groups released preliminary reports on the transparency and fairness of the Afghan elections. There were universal concerns among the groups about the accuracy of the voter registry; the intimidation of voters, candidates, campaign workers, and election offici [...]	2009-08-23 14:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL25	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT MAKES UNEVEN PROGRESS IN 2008 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's Parliament struggled to pass meaningful legislation and find a proper balance between executive and legislative authorities as its 2008 legislative session ended last month. Disorganization, chronic absenteeism and poor professional capacity hampered both house [...]	2009-01-04 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2520	THE PILOT AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION PROGRAM: SIX [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3)an Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) organization providing community-based security under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI)has taken root in several districts of Wardak province. The Embassy and USFOR-A assess re [...]	2009-08-24 14:23:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2523	S/SRAP HOLBROOKEâ€™S AUG 22 MEETING WITH SRSG KAI [...] (C) Summary. Ambassadors Holbrooke, Eikenberry, and Ricciardone discussed post-election day scenarios with SRSG Kai Eide, DSRSG Galbraith, and UNDP two days after election day. They agreed that candidates would most likely use rationales of fraud and Pashtun disenfranchisement to discredit the outc [...]	2009-08-25 09:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2526	POST-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: FRAUD ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's supporters continue to sound confident, although some admit their leader is "weak" and will only get weaker, and more beholden to his supporters, if the election goes to a second round. Abdullah, meanwhile, is claiming that fraud in the south could steal his [...]	2009-08-25 10:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL254	DECIDEDLY MIXED REACTION FROM POLITICIANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of Parliament, political leaders, and other political observers had a mixed reaction to the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) announcement of August 20 for presidential and provincial council elections (ref A). IEC arguments that an earlier date would not allow su [...]	2009-02-03 15:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2583	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: REACTIONS TO PARTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Following the first Independent Election Commission (IEC) announcement of results on August 25, the political outlook and the candidates' behavior has changed little--public pronouncements of mass fraud and political posturing continue--mainly because the results were inconclusiv [...]	2009-08-26 15:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL
09KABUL259	FINANCE MINISTER MAY ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Anwarulhaq Ahadi signaled this week he may resign from the Cabinet and run for president. The Afghan Millat party's executive committee, which Ahadi heads, announced Tuesday it had decided to drop its nominal support for President Karzai and endorse Ahadi. Ahadi [...]	2009-02-04 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL2660	AFGHAN ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE NUMBERS AND THE [...] (C) Summary. At 47.8 percent of results announced on August 31, Hamid Karzai leads with 45.9 percent of valid votes and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has 33.3 percent. Post projections, based on informal extrapolation from currently available data, have Karzai finishing at 49.5 percent and Abdull [...]	2009-09-01 16:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL268	FINANCIAL SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH MOBILE PHONES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In October 2008, Roshan Telecom in partnership with First Micro Finance Bank of Afghanistan formally launched M-Paisa, a money transfer service through cell phones. M-Paisa allows cell phone users to deposit and withdraw funds through a licensed agent and then send and receive c [...]	2009-02-08 04:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECPS ETRD EFIN AF
09KABUL2681	KARZAI ON ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE: SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (S) Summary: In our weekly meeting September 1, President Karzai was confident, lucid and open to areas of post-election cooperation should he be named the winner. We discussed the need to support the ongoing elections process, and he indicated that his negotiations with other candidates was [...]	2009-09-03 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2685	LATEST ELECTIONS RESULTS AND THE COMPLAINTS [...] (SBU) With 60.3% percent of polling station results announced as of September 2, Karzai has 1,744,428 votes (47.3 percent) with Abdullah at 1,201,838 votes (32.6 percent). The 3,689,715 valid votes counted so far suggest a nationwide vote count of approximately 6 million votes. This total i [...]	2009-09-04 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2690	IEC TAKES POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS FINALIZING FRAUD [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Commissioners took a key step September 6 towards addressing claims of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council vote. The IEC was supposed to rule on criteria for including or excluding all the ballots quarantined to da [...]	2009-09-06 17:26:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2774	PRT MAZAR: SAMANGAN PROVINCE ASSESSMENT [...] This is a bi-annual assessment of Samangan Province. 2. SUMMARY: Security throughout Samangan province has remained mostly stable over the past year, but insurgents operating in neighboring Baghlan province are trying to undo that. Governor Enayat, considered by his detractors to be a wea [...]	2009-09-13 04:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL279	WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS REACH OUT TO SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY. Afghan women Parliamentarians are asking to work with the new U.S. Administration to continue developmental assistance programs and to protect gains made by female politicians over the past seven years. PolOffs have spoken with several women MPs since Secretary Clinton took office [...]	2009-02-09 02:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PGOV AF
09KABUL280	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: UNODC REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kai Eide, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, and Afghan Minister for Counter Narcotics Khodaidad Khodaidad jointly announced the 2009 UN Office of Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) annual Opium Rapid Assessment Survey (ORAS) at a February 1 press conferenc [...]	2009-02-09 02:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DEA EAID ECON PINR PREL PTER KPAO
09KABUL2831	BASHARDOST PREACHES POPULIST GOSPEL TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with presidential candidate and MP Ramazan Bashardost at his tent near Parliament on September 14. Bashardost was congenial, often quoting U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy, and noting his strong support of President Obama. The Ambassador congratulated Bas [...]	2009-09-19 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2834	ABDULLAH: EAGER FOR RUN-OFF CHALLENGE AND [...] (S) Summary: Presidential candidate Abdullah Abudullah is adamant that he will not be part of a new Karzai government. He believes that if Afghanistan's electoral bodies are "thorough," a second round will be necessary, and he is confident he can prevail against Karzai because the incumben [...]	2009-09-19 07:54:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2920	Afghanistan: Building Cell Towers and Developing Telecom [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Amir Sangin said he supports ISAF plans to locate cellular phone towers on U.S. Forward Operating Bases (FOBs),and thinks state-owned Afghan Telecom should own the towers, renting space to other service providers. He com [...]	2009-09-20 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAID PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL2943	Afghan Commerce Minister to Visit Washington (Oct. 4-9) [...] Please note action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Commerce Minister Wahidullah Shahrani plans to travel to Washington October 4 through 9. He is looking to schedule meetings with top USG officials and members of Congress during his first two full days in Washington as well as around his parti [...]	2009-09-24 08:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID EINV AF
09KABUL2964	KamAir Moves Forward on Safety But Warns of Bankruptcy [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's third largest private air carrier, KamAir, has improved its safety procedures, but continues to lose money. The company's president has long complained of unfair Afghan Government support for state-owned Ariana Airlines, and believes another rival sets artificially [...]	2009-09-26 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN PREL AF
09KABUL3070	AFGHAN MINISTERS UPBEAT ON MEETING NEXT FIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-03 08:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EAID AF
09KABUL3077	Expanding Mobile Money Services in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mobile commerce (mCommerce),also known as mobile money (mMoney),offers an opportunity to increase rapidly access to financial services in Afghanistan, particularly in rural areas. Moreover, mobile money, with proper regulatory safeguards, advances anti-corruption efforts, for [...]	2009-10-03 13:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV EAID ETRD AF
09KABUL3098	USG-TRAINED MIDWIVES HELP COMBAT AFGHANISTAN'S APPALLING [...] (U) Summary: In a country with high birth rates and sparse medical assistance, one in eight Afghan women dies in childbirth. Afghanistan's maternal and infant health statistics are the second worst in the world, and it is one of few countries in which women have a lower life expectancy than me [...]	2009-10-05 10:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ESTH SOCI AF
09KABUL31	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased US military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But c [...]	2009-01-06 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP AF
09KABUL3103	THE CABINET SELECTION PROCESS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan President has the right to select members of the Cabinet, with the endorsement of the Parliament Lower House, according to the Afghan Constitution. Ministry nominations have been rejected by the Lower House on a few occasions, and the Lower House has also issued "no c [...]	2009-10-05 18:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3157	ABDULLAH'S CONCERNS: FRAUD, SECURITY, AND HIS [...] (S) Summary: Presidential challenger Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently told Ambassador Eikenberry that he objected to being lumped with President Karzai's wholesale fraud. He would contest losing legitimate votes in the IEC/ECC auditing process, but generally agrees with the auditing mechanisms. [...]	2009-10-06 16:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3168	GOVERNANCE IN PANJSHIR - PEEKING UNDER THE HOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: The government and people of Panjshir have firm control of their own security, providing a safe environment for development and enabling the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to undertake $65 million worth of projects. However, human capacity remains weak. Perceived neglec [...]	2009-10-07 14:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS AF
09KABUL317	IMF AND AFGHANISTAN AGREE ON TERMS FOR COMPLETING THE FIFTH [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF staff have reached agreement with the Afghan government and central bank on the terms for recommending Board completion of the delayed fifth review under the PRGF program. The revised revenue target for the fiscal year ending March 21 is $800 million. The government must f [...]	2009-02-11 13:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PREL IMF AF
09KABUL319	PARLIAMENT EXERCISES CHECK ON KARZAI THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliament's Lower House confirmed two Cabinet nominees and rejected a third this week. The votes concluded another chapter in President Karzai's often rocky relationship with legislators, who have turned to Cabinet confirmations and no-confidence votes as one of their few check [...]	2009-02-12 10:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL3210	EVAW READY TO PUBLISH, MPS PUSH IMPROVEMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Justice told the Deputy Ambassador on September 28 that the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women is currently in the MOJ printing department, ready for official publication. Simultaneously, the Women's, Human Rights, and Civil Society Committee in the [...]	2009-10-13 13:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3326	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS ELECTIONS DELAY SPOOKING [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat reports the Central Bank faces investor wariness stemming from the uncertain Presidential election, but the Bank's primary focus remains macroeconomic stability and piloting new projects. Fitrat reported has not met with President Karzai in [...]	2009-10-18 09:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL AF
09KABUL3386	MUTED FIRST REACTIONS TO NEWS OF A SECOND ROUND [...] (U) Summary: Initial public and official reactions to the October 20 announcement of a a run-off election between President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah are initially muted. Hitherto, widespread opposition cited the insecurity and seeming illogic of a runoff; responses now are predic [...]	2009-10-21 17:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL34	PRT KUNDUZ: SPINZAR AGAIN SPINS WHITE GOLD [...] (SBU) Kunduz's Spinzar Factory began cotton processing again for the first time in years. The factory was the economic focal point of the region when it was a state-owned enterprise in the pre-Taliban era. Now under new French-Afghan management, the factory hopes to compete in the domestic an [...]	2009-01-06 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EAID AF
09KABUL3429	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT SECOND ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The current mood in the provinces regarding the second round of the presidential election varies widely throughout Afghanistan. Government officials and members of the public, mostly supporters of President Karzai, express fatigue with this protracted political process, and qu [...]	2009-10-27 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3471	IMF BULLISH ON AFGHAN REFORM EFFORTS; WRAPS UP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. At the urging of the Afghan Government and of the U.S. and other donors, the IMF rescheduled its previously canceled mission and traveled to Kabul to conduct the sixth review of Afghanistan's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The IMF mission's review of the program [...]	2009-10-29 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3474	RUMORS OF KORAN BURNING INCITE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of protests have broken out in several Afghan provinces over the past 10 days sparked by allegations that ISAF forces burned a copy of the Koran in a village near Kabul. Following initial protests in Nangarhar and Wardak provinces, several well-organized student protests [...]	2009-10-29 16:53:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3478	ELECTIONS ENDGAME: ABDULLAH CLOSE TO CONCEDING [...] (S) Summary: Abdullah appears in the final stage of a decision to withdraw from the election, wtih an announcement most likely to take place on Sunday November 1. Meanwhile, Karzai's camp entered more productive negotiations with Abdullah (with a major bid for positions from Abdullah suppor [...]	2009-10-31 19:13:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3484	ABDULLAH'S WITHDRAWAL: THE DOOR STAYS OPEN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah made public his decision to withdraw from the Presidential race on November 1, conducting a meeting-announcement in front of about 1000 followers and a formal press conference later in the day. His tone was critical of the Karzai government, especially the I [...]	2009-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3502	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES H1N1 STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili declared a H1N1 state of emergency November 1 and announced all schools and universities will close for three weeks to prevent further spread of the disease. More than 20 new cases of H1N1 have been reported in the last [...]	2009-11-03 12:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KFLU KSTH EAID PREL WHO AF
09KABUL3543	AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT, CANDID ABOUT WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Eikenberry met with Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal to discuss funding mechanisms, efforts to increase revenue, and policy positioning for a second Karzai administration. Zakhilwal expressed optimism and indicated he would work to ensure capable leaders are assigned to [...]	2009-11-04 09:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3553	ABDULLAH: NO LEGAL CHALLENGE TO IEC DECISION, [...] (U) Summary: Runner-up in Afghanistan's Presidential election Abdullah Abdullah announced publicly that though he considered the IEC decision declaring Hamid Karzai the winner to be illegal, he would not challenge it in the courts. Instead, he made it clear that he planned to challenge Hamid K [...]	2009-11-04 14:13:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3570	AFGHANISTAN MOVES UP EIGHT PLACES IN THE WORLD BANK'S DOING [...] Summary: While still low-ranked as a place to do business, Afghanistan did ratchet up - from 168 to 160 - among 183 countries ranked by the World Bank in its recent Doing Business Report for 2010. Moreover, Afghanistan was also the only country in South Asia to improve its ranking. Improve [...]	2009-11-05 17:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD EAID EAGR PGOV AF
09KABUL362	AFGHANISTAN'S 2009 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 03:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09KABUL3625	CABINET RUMORS - TEN DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION [...] (S) Summary: Afghan political circles are abuzz with cabinet rumors, as fake cabinet lists begin circulating again (Ref. A),and clans and individuals lobby Karzai and his team for plum cabinet positions. The "money" ministries offering the most opportunities for graft are attracting the most [...]	2009-11-10 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3639	Trans-boundary Water Issues: The Way Forward in Afghanistan [...] (C) Summary: As senior Afghan officials continue calling publicly for large dam and hydropower projects, Afghanistan's downstream neighbors -- Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- are watching carefully, concerned that Afghan actions could affect their water inflow and economic sta [...]	2009-11-12 04:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
09KABUL3662	THE GRUNTLED AND DISGRUNTLED - AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Embassy met separately with each of the leading electoral also-rans - Abdullah, Bashardost, Ghani and Yasini -- over the past week to gauge their reactions to the outcome of the election and discuss future plans. Apart from Karzai, these are the only candidates to [...]	2009-11-13 10:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3667	LACK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OVERSIGHT RAISES SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's air traffic has grown by 67 percent over the past year, outstripping its antiquated, procedural-based air traffic control system and a surveillance system that covers only a small fraction of its airspace. Joint airspace use by commercial and combat flights withou [...]	2009-11-14 11:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV AF
09KABUL3678	2010 ELECTIONS: OPEN TO DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Decisions must be made rapidly regarding the date for the Parliamentary, District Council, and Mayoral elections scheduled for 2010. The USG, UNAMA, and other donors must debate the pros and cons regarding holding the elections as scheduled in the spring, delaying them until su [...]	2009-11-16 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL3679	SUSPENDED ANIMATION: KABUL'S INAUGURATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In the days before President Karzai's November 19 inauguration, the Kabul political buzz about the future cabinet is relatively subdued, in large part confined to the circulation of fake lists and rumors. In private, the Palace is asking for U.S. input but the real decisions will [...]	2009-11-16 14:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL371	KARZAI-MASSOUD TENSIONS HIGHLIGHT EXECUTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Karzai and First Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud clashed over post-May 21 executive authority and Massoud's presidential ambitions during a February 16 Cabinet meeting, shocking those present with the personal nature of their remarks. Karzai pressured Massoud to resig [...]	2009-02-20 02:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL3729	IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY THIS WINTER IN AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Although 2009 saw the largest harvest in Afghanistan in 30 years, food insecurity continues to affect approximately one-third of rural households, with an additional 30% facing periodic food security problems. The lack of purchasing power is now the primary cause of food insecurity, [...]	2009-11-19 18:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON PREL AF
09KABUL3732	USAID MISSION DIRECTOR FREJ MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 12, 2009, USAID Director Frej met Finance Minister Zakhilwal to discuss issues ranging from anti-corruption efforts to long-term economic growth issues. Minister Zakhilwal stressed that "the focus on corruption is [...]	2009-11-20 11:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON AF
09KABUL3744	EARLY KARZAI INAUGURAL FEEDBACK: TRIBAL AND WOMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Twenty Afghan tribal and women leaders, gathered in Kabul November 21, gave Embassy officers contrasting reactions to key points in Karzai's inaugural speech regarding security and corruption. The tribal representatives, mainly from the East, expressed confidence in the ANSF's [...]	2009-11-22 16:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3767	AFGHANISTAN'S FIBER-OPTIC CABLE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan officials have reported for months that a fiber-optic cable would soon link Afghanistan's population centers and neighboring countries, but they now admit the cable is far from complete and international connections rarely function. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan continue to [...]	2009-11-24 15:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV PREL AF
09KABUL378	NANGARHAR KUCHI DIRECTOR: THE KUCHIS NEED [...] (SBU) The Nangarhar Provincial Director of the Kuchi Directorate said in a January 27 meeting that the main problems facing the Kuchi people are: 1) lack of education, 2) insufficient healthcare, 3) lack of potable water, and 4) lack of grazing land and veterinary services for livestock. The [...]	2009-02-21 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL USAID AF
09KABUL3798	POMEGRANATES RIPE FOR COIN: A COUNTERINSURGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: TaGab, a GIRoA critical district and home to thriving Taliban, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HiG),and criminal networks, has been targeted by Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kapisa as the focus of its counterinsurgency efforts. The initial phase of the effort, &Operation Red, [...]	2009-11-28 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID AF
09KABUL3799	CABINET RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Karzai's inaugural day assertion that "the ministers of Afghanistan must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation," both Afghans and internationals are awaiting Karzai's announcement of his Cabinet picks. Karzai's candidates must be confirmed [...]	2009-11-28 10:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3811	EMBASSY PRESSURE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NGOs recently approached Embassy Kabul with the news that the Afghan Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and the Disabled (MOLSA) has issued order to close some residential orphanages for the winter. This practice, apparently routine for the winter months, is a way bot [...]	2009-11-30 05:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID ECON PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV EIND ETRP ELAB
09KABUL383	HELMAND MPS DELIVER THANKS BUT ALSO WARNINGS [...] (SBU) At a February 2, UK-hosted dinner for Members of Parliament from Helmand Province, the MPs collectively delivered four messages. First, they expressed appreciation for the assistance and sacrifices being offered up by the international community, particularly the U.S.; but the mistake [...]	2009-02-22 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3865	KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ambassador Eikenberry met twice with President Karzai. At the first meeting, the Ambassador and General McChrystal discussed President ObamaÂ´s December 2, speech with Karzai and his national security team. Ambassador Eikenberry advised that at the national level, the [...]	2009-12-03 11:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PROG AF
09KABUL3876	INTERIOR MINISTER DETAILS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE IDEAS, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Atmar welcomed intensified USG focus on sub-national governance (SNG),calling it essential to the survival of Afghanistan's central government. He criticized international contractors for knowing little about the subject, sub-national governance, and proposed [...]	2009-12-04 12:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF
09KABUL3888	REGIONAL COMMAND EAST CIVILIAN UPLIFT: THE NEW, INTEGRATED [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of a series of messages that will outline important innovations in our operational paradigm in Regional Command East (RC/E),one of the more volatile areas along Afghanistan's Pakistan border, to improve stability and demonstrate near and medium term progress. A k [...]	2009-12-06 06:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL PROP AF
09KABUL3907	ENABLING THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN TO GIVE ITS CITIZENS [...] (U) Summary: With one of the lowest literacy rates and some of the worst health statistics in the world, the lack of an educated and healthy population is a severe impediment to social and economic progress and stability in Afghanistan. Enabling the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afgha [...]	2009-12-06 15:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH SOCI AF
09KABUL3912	PARLIAMENT SUMMONS MINISTERS TO REPORT ON REFUGEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF UNHCR XD
09KABUL3961	ABDULLAH FADES, RABBANI EMERGES; STRONG OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Although former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah rose from virtually nothing to prominence during the elections, he has since noticeably faded from the Afghan political scene, as Rabbani moves out of the shadows to exert his influence with President Karzai for ministe [...]	2009-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL40	SCENE-SETTER: GENERAL PETRAEUS VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your return visit to Afghanistan. Your presence at the Afghan National Military Academy,s first graduation will significantly enhance this milestone event. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from i [...]	2009-01-08 12:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PREF AF
09KABUL400	UNITED FRONT: KARZAI MUST STEP DOWN AFTER MAY 22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Front (UF) spokesman Sayed Sancharaki said President Karzai must step down after the 5/22 expiration of his term, but promised UF leaders will temper their public comments so as not to destabilize the country. Hard Line, But Tempered Tone ----------- 2. (SBU) In a [...]	2009-02-24 04:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL402	KARZAI URGES CODEL PELOSI TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ARMY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Ambassador, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other House Democrats breakfasted with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace on 2/21. Karzai claimed Afghanistan was progressing much better than portrayed in the Western media and expressed optim [...]	2009-02-24 08:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL4025	ADDRESSING AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY CONCERNS OVER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone visited Parliament's Upper and Lower Houses December 11 and 12 to discuss the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and specific MP concerns regarding President Obama's December 1 speech. In the two meetings, MPs expressed broad support for President Obama's [...]	2009-12-16 05:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL406	IEC PREDICTS KARZAI WILL SOON CALL FOR MAY 11 [...] (C NF) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on 2/24 said he expects President Karzai soon will publicly call for a 5/11 date for the 2009 presidential election (REF A.) Najafi reports Vice-President Khalili has persuaded Karzai that the Pre [...]	2009-02-25 11:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL407	ASSESSMENT OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, [...] (SBU) Afghanistan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) Asif Rahimi took office in October 2008 with the aim of restructuring and revitalizing the Ministry and building on his success as Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD). This cable provides a [...]	2009-02-25 11:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EAGR BEXP AF TI
09KABUL4070	THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]	2009-12-19 16:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL408	PIR GAILANI: AUGUST ELECTION OKAY ONLY IF KARZAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fresh from a Palace election date discussion, Pir Gailani, head of the politically and religiously influential Gailani family, told the Charge on 2/24 that he and other political leaders would support President Karzai staying in office until an 8/20 election only if Karzai annou [...]	2009-02-25 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL4129	AFGHANISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Kabul's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin Text: In 2009, an Afghan presidential election year, Afghanistan continued to confront the challenges of building a stable, democratic government in the face of a sophisticated, multi-fa [...]	2009-12-22 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
09KABUL413	VICE PRESIDENTS AND PARLIAMENT LEADERS HOLD FIRM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In 2/25 meetings with the Charge, the two vice presidents and the speakers of each house of Parliament welcomed U.S. efforts to assist the country to reach a consensus on post-5/22 executive authority, but most held firm to their insistence that President Karzai step down in f [...]	2009-02-25 16:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL4137	AFGHAN CABINET CONFIRMATION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament began the cabinet approval process on December 21, and announced they would not vote on ministers until after all of the confirmation hearings. Most MPs think this process will end before mid-January; meanwhile, acting ministers are limi [...]	2009-12-23 07:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL415	ELECTIONS CRISIS ON THE BOIL [...] (C) Per ref instructions, I pressed the leaders of Afghanistan's three branches of government to reconfirm their commitment to August elections, proposing that President Karzai's term of office formally end on May 22, but that he and most of his government remain in caretaker status through e [...]	2009-02-25 17:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL4151	SOME POLITICAL FACTIONS WANT A 2010 DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Although key presidential staff claimed to us that Parliament was "unanimous" in its view that the 2010 Parliamentary elections must proceed on time (reftel A),privately, many MPs have told us they would support a delay if it meant there would be electoral reform (and since they [...]	2009-12-27 13:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4186	"SHAPING FOR SUCCESS": NANGARHAR, KUNAR, LAGHMAN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Regional Command East (RC-E) recently released the results of its October 2009 development survey representing the views of nearly 2,400 residents of the Command's critical focus provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman ("NKL"). The survey's results can be interpret [...]	2009-12-29 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL4188	KARZAI INSISTS ON 2010 ELECTIONS: AFGHANS' [...] (S) Summary: In a contentious yet polite meeting with CDA Ricciardone, President Karzai insisted December 28, that he feels compelled to order the holding of elections "on schedule" (reftel) because the delays and deficiencies of the 2009 Presidential contest have left Afghan people suspicious [...]	2009-12-29 15:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL421	CHARGE DELIVERS MESSAGE ON AUGUST ELECTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On 2/26, the Charge met separately with United Front (UF) leader Burhanuddin Rabbani, Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni, Hazara leader and MP Haji Mohammad Mohaqqeq, and UF member, and grandson of the late king, Mustapha Zahir Shah to inform them of U.S. support for th [...]	2009-02-27 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL4218	2010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: AFGHAN AND [...] (C) Summary: IEC officials claim they are powerless to change the election date and that few, if any, reforms can be enacted in the compressed timeline before May 2010 elections. While requesting U.S. assistance, the officials appeared unmoved by our concerns over reform. Separately, UNDP EL [...]	2009-12-31 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL429	FORMER FM ABDULLAH LOOKING LIKE A CANDIDATE. [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL432	POLITICAL LEADERS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY OPTION [...] (C) Afghan political leaders and opposition groups held a series of meetings this week ahead of Karzai's expected 2/28 announcement of his intentions regarding the election date and issue of presidential continuity. After consultations with the Palace, international community, and each other, [...]	2009-02-28 14:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL434	MARSHALL FAHIM SUPPORTS KARZAI AS CARETAKER [...] (SBU) Former Defense Minister and Northern Alliance commander Marshall Fahim told the Charge on 2/28 that he supported President Karzai remaining in office as a caretaker president following the 5/22 constitutional expiration of Karzai's term. Fahim broke significantly with his United Front c [...]	2009-03-01 08:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL45	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: FOOD ZONE INITIATIVE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial reports indicate that the 2009 poppy crop in Helmand Province will be smaller than in 2008, with some local reports suggesting a 30 percent reduction. High wheat prices and low opium prices have influenced farmers' decisions. However, the new factor this year is Gover [...]	2009-01-09 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
09KABUL466	UPPER HOUSE REPSONDS TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DATE [...] (C) Upper House MPs issued a statement on 3/1 supporting the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) earlier announcement of an 8/20 election date, and called on President Karzai to step aside in favor of a caretaker government after 5/22 or not stand for re-election. The Upper House statemen [...]	2009-03-02 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL467	NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN KARZAI ADVISORS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Individuals formerly close to President Karzai attribute blame for Karzai's recent unpredictable behavior to the influence of a trio of Palace advisors. Critics say Palace Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai, Education Minister Farooq Wardak, and Information and Culture Minister Abdul K [...]	2009-03-02 13:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL471	SCATTERED REACTION TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DECREE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's political establishment reacted with a wide range of opinions following President Karzai's 2/28 decree instructing the International Election Commission (IEC) to set an election date in accordance with the Constitution (ref A). The vagueness of the decree's wording [...]	2009-03-02 15:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL495	IRANIAN INFLUENCE AT PARLIAMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian government officials routinely encourage Parliament to support anti-Coalition policies and to raise anti-American talking points during debates. Pro-Western MPs say colleagues with close Iranian contacts accept money or political support to promote Iran's political agenda. S [...]	2009-03-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AF IR
09KABUL521	MP RANJBAR ON PRESIDENTIAL CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Lower House MP Kabir Ranjbar (Kabul, Pashtun),one of the few professional lawyers in Parliament, told the Charge on 3/7 he believes Parliament can work with President Karzai to find a legal solution to the post-5/22 executive authority issue that both protects the 8/20 election date and [...]	2009-03-08 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL533	YASENI PICKS UP SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Lower House 1st Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni (Nangarhar, Pashtun) is attracting support for his presidential bid from some fellow parliamentarians. Lower House 2nd Deputy Speaker and United Front member Ammanullah Payman (Badakhshan, Tajik) told PolOff the UF's inability to settle on a s [...]	2009-03-10 09:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL535	MORE FRACTURES IN THE UNITED FRONT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition United Front coalition has faced a series of setbacks in recent weeks jeopardizing the group's unity and its plans to defeat Karzai in this year's presidential election. Karzai has remained one step ahead of his chief rivals through a handful of savvy political ma [...]	2009-03-10 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL543	SHERZAI TELLS CHARGE HE WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Nangarhar Gov. Gul Aqa Sherzai told the Charge on 3/10 that he would run for the presidency in this year's election. Sherzai said he has been approached over the past year by Members of Parliament, political and religious leaders, tribal elders, and academics urging him to run for the off [...]	2009-03-11 04:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL57	PRT KHOST: A FRONTLINE "HUMAN CAPITAL" STRATEGY: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Counter-insurgency (COIN) efforts in Khost Province include new programs specifically targeted at building Afghan "human capital." Three primary initiatives have been designed for ex-Taliban fighters and their families (wives and children),madrassa students, and university grad [...]	2009-01-12 07:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL631	PRO-WOMEN JIRGA JUSTICE? YES AND NO SAY AFGHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghan human rights actors are engaged in a spirited debate over whether the international community and its Afghan partners should support informal justice mechanisms such as jirgas and shuras (bodies of community leaders that resolve community members' disputes). The issue i [...]	2009-03-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL690	DSRAP JONES DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND CONTINUITY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings on 3/15-16 with Deputy Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan (DSRAP) Paul Jones, Afghan presidential candidates and opposition political leaders discussed the upcoming election and the options for continuity of leadership between the end of P [...]	2009-03-22 08:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL692	ABDULLAH WILL RUN; IC SHOULD QUICKLY PROVIDE INPUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah told Paul Jones, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (DSRAP),3/15 he will publicly announce his candidacy for president within a week. He counted on the support of several influential United Front party member [...]	2009-03-22 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL718	MARCH 16-18 VISIT OF THE NAC TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative (NATO SCR) in Afghanistan reviewed key themes discussed by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with senior Afghan figures for the Kabul NATO Caucus during the NAC's recent visit. In the NAC meeting with cabinet ministers, Interio [...]	2009-03-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NATO AF

09KABUL753	AFGHANS DEBATE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent media reports speculating on the pros and cons of the Afghan government negotiating with moderate Taliban have revived internal debate on this issue, with Afghan civil society, politicians, and religious leaders weighing in. Those leaning in favor of negotiations argue th [...]	2009-03-28 06:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL PHUM KDEM
09KABUL782	Are the Chinese Reliable Partners for Afghan [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: In recent discussions with Emboffs, Afghan and Chinese officials and international partners in Kabul appear optimistic that the Chinese government and Chinese state-owned companies working in Afghanistan will fulfill important Chinese commitments to Afghan recons [...]	2009-03-30 11:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECPS ELTN SENV PHSA ENRG ETRD AF CN
09KABUL789	OPPOSITION LEADERS ANNOUNCE TWO OPTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 28 opposition leaders announced that they had agreed among themselves on two possible options for resolving the post-May 22 presidential continuity issue to a gathering of diplomatic representatives: a transitional mechanism based on political consensus or a caretaker go [...]	2009-03-30 15:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL KHUM
09KABUL792	HELMAND MP KILLED BY AN IED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19 an IED explosion killed Helmand MP Dhad Mohammad Khan (DMK) as his motorcade traveled through Kandahar Province en route to Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province. His killing sparked a parliamentary hearing on the Afghan government's efforts to protect MPs and to investigate an [...]	2009-03-31 06:00:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL83	PRT ZABUL: Who says Afghans don't believe in the ballot [...] (SBU) A community's appeal to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction team to support voter registration in two outlying areas demonstrates that even conservative, rural Afghans recognize the power of elections to choose their own government. The district elders' ongoing attempts to establish rem [...]	2009-01-15 14:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL837	KARZAI SIGNS ANTI-WOMEN SHIA LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19 President Karzai signed the Shia Personal Status Bill into law, regulating only the affairs of Shia citizens, a minority comprising about 15 percent of the population. Although the law has been in draft form for years, public backlash against the more extreme measures [...]	2009-04-02 17:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL843	AFGHAN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE POSSIBLY BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. The Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Commission (APRC) has been engaged in reconciliation discussions with Taliban elements following a combined Coalition Force (CF) and Afghan National Army (ANA) operation to regain control of the Alasay Valley in Kapisa Province. At the sa [...]	2009-04-04 09:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL866	MAJORITY OF MPS SUPPORT COURT STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A majority of MPs in both houses of Parliament voiced support for the Supreme Court's March 31 statement backing President Karzai's remaining in office following the May 22 constitutional expiration of his term. An overwhelming number of Upper House MPs and a majority of Lower [...]	2009-04-05 13:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL868	SHIA FAMILY LAW DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The US Embassy has translated some 15 articles of concern in the Shia Family Law signed on March 31 by President Karzai (ref A). See para 4 for that translation. The basis for such a law is found in Article 131 of the Afghan Constitution. At an April 4 meeting between the di [...]	2009-04-05 16:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL872	AFGHANISTAN - A SPATE OF GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Every once in a while, we report good news from Afghanistan. There have been several recent positive developments on the economic front. The government has apparently met conditions for scheduling the fifth Board review under its IMF program, by meeting (and surpassing) the re [...]	2009-04-06 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AF
09KABUL896	SHIA FAMILY LAW: PALACE LOOKS TO RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Justice Ministry is in ongoing talks with civil society and foreign mission representatives to consider the latters' recommendations on how to revise and improve the existing legislation. The Palace plans to have the Justice Ministry return the legislation to Parliament, w [...]	2009-04-09 18:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL913	MEDIA LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 2007 media law remains inactive due to the government's refusal to publish the law in the official legal gazette. Ambassador Holbrooke, the Charge, Embassy officials and journalists' groups have pressed Karzai to move the legislation forward. Karzai has told Holbrooke he w [...]	2009-04-13 08:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PHUM
09KABUL914	SHIA FAMILY LAW UPDATE: SHIA LEADERS, CIVIL SOCETY [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent Shia cleric publicly lashed out this week against opponents of the Shia Family Law, charging that the government has no right to alter a law passed by Parliament and signed by President Karzai (ref A). Officials say they remain committed to a thorough review of the la [...]	2009-04-13 08:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF
09KABUL918	Afghan Parliament Takes up Regulation of Private Security [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Parliament has begun consideration of legislation to regulate private security companies (PSCs). This parliamentary action comes two months after a Cabinet decision imposing interim rules on PSC operations and, if enacted, would supersede them. The legislation is sim [...]	2009-04-14 03:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC EIND EAID AF
09KABUL931	KARZAI, POLITICIANS OPPOSE SHIA FAMILY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai told SRAP Richard Holbrooke and JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen on April 5 that he will not publish the Shia Family Law in the official legal gazette, but will send it "back to Parliament" through a series of legal reviews involving civil society, the international co [...]	2009-04-15 05:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL936	KARZAI, AFGHAN OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOME US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In April 5 and 6 conversations, President Karzai warmly welcomed SRAP Richard Holbrooke's statement of US policy toward the forthcoming elections: The US neither supports nor opposes any candidate, including Karzai, and will work with the government, the political opposition, the [...]	2009-04-15 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL938	CODEL KYL DISCUSSES SUPPORT FOR 'LEVEL PLAYING [...] (SBU) CODEL Kyl and four likely presidential candidates conducted a lively exchange on the upcoming election season, focusing on what the international community should do to support a level playing field for the August 20 elections. The prospective candidates identified the following specific [...]	2009-04-15 07:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM OREP AF
09KABUL942	SHIA FAMILY LAW: DUELING DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Hundreds of protesters for and against the Shia Family Law engaged in a standoff on April 15 in front of a mosque and university run by Ayatollah Mohammad Asef Mohseni, a prominent supporter of the law (reftel). Supporters of the law outnumbered opponents. After roughly two hour [...]	2009-04-15 13:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF
09KABUL947	HIA TO ENDORSE ITS OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) leader Arghandewal says party members are dissatisfied with the existing presidential candidates and plan to nominate a candidate from within their own party next week. Arghandewal will promote Gulbuddin Helal, Hezb-e-Islami's political direct [...]	2009-04-16 08:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM AF
09KABUL956	UNITED FRONT MAKES ABDULLAH ENDORSEMENT OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) The United Front opposition coalition announced on April 15 it had nominated former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah as its candidate for president in this summer's election. Abdullah offers an impressive political and international resume, but we continue to assess that Karzai r [...]	2009-04-16 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL969	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 4/10-4/16: CIVILIAN [...] Outrage against civilian casualty incidents in Khost and Kunar provinces dominated Parliamentary debate and action (or in some cases inaction),stalling most other legislation in Parliament during the week of April 10-16. MPs in both houses tabled work on laws or resolutions concerning private [...]	2009-04-18 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL994	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION: WHAT IS HAPPENING (AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's presidential hopefuls are scanning political circles in search of running mates to fill the two vice presidential slots on their tickets, apparently unaware or unconcerned with a rapidly approaching April 25-May 8 registration period, at which time candidates will [...]	2009-04-20 11:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL996	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: DRUG USE IN THE ANP [...] (SBU) Summary: Pervasive illicit drug use remains a serious impediment to building an effective Afghan National Police (ANP) force. Testing of incoming recruits at ANP Regional Training Centers (RTC) show an average 17% positive return (primarily THC, but also opiates),comparable to nationa [...]	2009-04-20 13:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV
09KABUL997	INFORMATION MINISTER SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT VOTE [...] (U) Information and Culture Minister Abdul Karim Khoram survived a chaotic impeachment vote in the Lower House on April 20 over his refusal to enforce the media law. Pashtuns and former members of the Hezb-e-Islami mujahideen group rallied to Khoram's defense, shouting down the minister's cri [...]	2009-04-20 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KAMPALA1158	UGANDA: 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...]	2009-10-07 09:19:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PHUM PGOV AGOA KCOR
09KAMPALA1218	UGANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES 2008 REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ugandan Human Rights Commission's (UHRC)recently released 11th annual report highlighted human rights violations perpetrated by individual, poorly trained police officers and members of the military operating at the local level. The UHRC called on the Ugandan government to [...]	2009-10-22 11:39:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI UG
09KAMPALA243	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (FEBRUARY 1-28, 2009) [...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]	2009-03-06 05:38:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA279	UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER [...] (S NF) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),codenamed Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT),now entering their fourth month, have gained significant momentum after initially stumbling out of the gate. The Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and Armed F [...]	2009-03-17 12:46:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS MOPS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA311	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER MOVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials told the diplomatic corps in a briefing on March 24 that Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT) had moved from Phase I to Phase II. OLT's Phase I had reduced the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) core strength and demonstrated that regional partners could cooperate [...]	2009-03-25 10:26:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA463	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (APRIL 1-30, 2009) [...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]	2009-05-06 05:12:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA491	FOOD SECURITY ASSISTANCE: AN APPEAL FROM THE [...] Summary: In order to maximize the development impact of taxpayer-funded foreign assistance, the U.S. Mission in Uganda strives to ensure that all U.S. Government (USG) assistance programs are well coordinated internally, as well as with the Government of Uganda (GOU) and other development par [...]	2009-05-14 04:02:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL UG
09KAMPALA77	SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 05:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG
09KAMPALA841	UGANDA: AGOA EXPORTS DECLINING [...] Summary: After peaking in 2004, AGOA exports from Uganda to the U.S. have steadily declined. Despite strong government and private sector investment in apparel, fish, and cut flowers, these exports have not made significant penetration into the U.S. market. Meanwhile, overall Ugandan export [...]	2009-08-04 03:09:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ETRD EFIS EIND EINV ECON UG
09KAMPALA90	UGANDA -- GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: The following are question-by-question responses to the request for information outlined in reftel. As a result of the global financial crisis, the Government of Uganda (GOU) has adjusted down its estimated economic growth rate by roughly two percentage points for the 2008/2009 fisca [...]	2009-01-22 11:10:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN UG
09KAMPALA955	POPULATION GROWTH: UGANDA'S TICKING TIME BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary: Population trends in Uganda are creating a demographic time bomb that is undermining the country's recent gains in economic and social development and threatening its longer-term political, economic, and environmental viability. Few countries in the world are growing as fast as [...]	2009-08-21 08:57:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PINS PGOV PREL UG
09KARACHI112	SINDH - PIA PLANS NEW AIRPLANE PURCHASES BUT CAA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Managing Director Aijaz Haroon told Islamabad Econ Counselor and Consular Officials that his airline hopes to purchase new Boeing aircraft and add new routes in the coming year. Haroon also said PIA, aided by lower fue [...]	2009-04-03 10:02:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PK
09KARACHI211	KARACHI - ONGOING POWER OUTAGES LEAD TO CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Electricity supply, a perpetual problem in Karachi, deteriorated further as demand increased in the summer heat of May. Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) resorts to load shedding and several major interruptions to the power supply have caused protests in the city and serio [...]	2009-07-02 10:38:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ENRG ECON PK
09KARACHI61	SINDH - WILL THAR COAL FINALLY MATERIALIZE? [...] (C) In a series of meetings in February, Embassy and Consulate EconOffs have heard Thar coal development described in both hopeful and skeptical terms. Sindh officials claim confidently that Pakistan is "three years away" from mining operations in Thar, adding that China and South Korea both [...]	2009-02-25 09:27:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EINV EFIN ECON PREL PK
09KARACHI74	SINDH - MQM HOLDS RALLY TO SUPPORT PPP, OFFER [...] (C) Summary: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) held a large rally in Karachi on March 1, in an apparent show of solidarity with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) anger over damage to Benazir Bhutto's Rawalpindi shrine and burning of her photos by supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Lea [...]	2009-03-06 12:31:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09KATHMANDU1046	CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AS NEPAL AIRLINES INKS MOU [...] (U) The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Airbus announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the national flag carrier will purchase two aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer. The announcement was made two days after a local newspaper reported that, due [...]	2009-11-19 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU1135	NEPAL: UNPKO OFFICER REPATRIATED AND DETAINED [...] (SBU) Nepal Army (NA) Major Niranjan Basnet, who had been deployed to Chad on a UN peacekeeping mission, has been repatriated to Nepal following intervention by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). Basnet is one o [...]	2009-12-14 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU158	SEVERE POWER CRISIS IN NEPAL LIKELY TO BE LONG LASTING [...] (U) Dry winter weather has triggered extreme outages in hydropower-dependent Nepal, and a top official in the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) recently warned that the current 14-hour daily power cuts are likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The country?s large energy deficit ? peak [...]	2009-02-27 09:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SENV AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN
09KATHMANDU161	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of February 2009, including the following: -- Remittance Growth Through December, Expected To Fall In 2009 -- Government Revenues Increase -- Government Spending Down -- Inflation Remains High -- Trad [...]	2009-03-02 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU25	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of December 2008, including the following: -- Inflation Up -- Trade Up, Revenue Up -- Electricity Crisis Deepens -- Tourism Figures Up -- Petroleum Products Fall -- Remittances Expected To Fall -- Head [...]	2009-01-08 04:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU251	NEPAL: COURT STAYS GENERALS RETIREMENT [...] (C) On March 24 the Supreme Court issued a stay order against the Defense Minister's decision to not extend the terms of eight Nepal Army brigadier generals. The stay order reinstates the generals until the Supreme Court issues a final verdict. Media reports depict the decision as a further [...]	2009-03-25 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU357	AIR POLLUTION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY [...] Air pollution in Kathmandu Valley is bad and getting worse, but no substantial effort is being conducted to address the problem. Its impact on the most vulnerable, the young, and the elderly is severe. Numerous studies have shown a strong linkage between the level of air pollution and the shar [...]	2009-05-01 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EAID XD NP
09KATHMANDU484	THE WORLD'S WETTEST PLACE [...] On location at the world's wettest place in Cherrapunjee, in the Indian state of Meghalaya, the South Asia Regional Environment Officer (REO) found a modest trend towards more erratic rainfall patterns since the 1960s. Over the past winter the area went without rain for five months and with li [...]	2009-06-10 01:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO XD NP
09KATHMANDU625	NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...]	2009-07-13 06:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU674	NEPAL'S BUDGET: BROAD PROMISES, UNREALISTIC [...] (U) The Government of Nepal recently unveiled its policies and programs for fiscal 2009/10, and a USD 3.7 billion budget to support them, with the aim of, among other things, fostering faster economic growth, curbing inflation, boosting infrastructure development, and expanding social service [...]	2009-07-24 01:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PTER KCRM NP
09KATHMANDU692	NEPAL'S CABINET MINISTERS - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Following is biographic information about key ministers in the current Nepali cabinet. Biographic information about the Prime Minister was reported in Ref D. Bijay Gachhadar, Deputy Prime Minister and Physical Planning and Works --------------------------------------------- --------- [...]	2009-07-28 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU779	COOPERATION KEY TO SOUTH ASIAN WATER SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. The battle over water will drive geopolitical relations in South Asia in the 21st century as the flow of Himalayan rivers becomes increasingly unpredictable due to climate change, according to regional experts who attended a recent conference in Kathmandu. The only way to ensur [...]	2009-08-20 01:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU796	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO BENEFIT [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's most disadvantaged group, the "untouchable" Dalit caste, has successfully organized political and advocacy NGOs over the past two decades, but Nepal,s political parties have traditionally limited their political influence. Nepali Dalits are seeking legal protections in th [...]	2009-08-27 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU880	NEPAL: BOEING'S BID GETS A BOOST [...] (U) Boeing's bid to supply a narrow-body aircraft to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been given a boost by the parliament's Public Accounts Committee, which at a September 18 hearing issued a directive to the state-run airline that should bring some balance to a decision-making proce [...]	2009-09-23 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU972	NEPAL: P-5 AMBASSADORS VISIT MAOIST CANTONMENTS [...] (C) Summary. During an October 23 visit to a Maoist cantonment in eastern Nepal, the P-5 plus Japan chiefs of mission underscored UNSC support for the Nepali peace process and called for the rapid discharge, integration, and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants. The Maoist Division Commander [...]	2009-10-26 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR UN NP
09KHARTOUM102	DARFUR HUMANITARIAN MECHANISM AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's (CHD) Theo Murphy told CDA Fernandez that Abdul Wahid Al-Nur's acceptance of CHD's proposed humanitarian monitoring mechanism was a "breakthrough." Murphy also reported that JEM has accepted CHD's initiative "in principle," [...]	2009-01-27 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1040	IRISH AMBASSADOR PROVIDES UPDATE ON HOSTAGES' SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Irish Ambassador Gerard Corr (resident in Cairo) met with DCM Asquino on September 8 to update him on the status of the two aid workers, Irish national Sharon Cummins and Ugandan citizen Hilda Kawuki, who were kidnapped in North Darfur on July 3. Ambassador Corr confirmed that I [...]	2009-09-10 09:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV CASC SU
09KHARTOUM1076	New Attacks in Jonglei State Pose Destabilizing Threat to [...] (U) Summary: Attacks by Luo Nuer on a Dinka village in Duk Padiet county in Jonglei on September 20 have raised new concerns over the destabilizing effects of militia activity in Jonglei state and overall security in southern Sudan. While local authorities attempted to negotiate an agreement w [...]	2009-09-23 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PINS SU
09KHARTOUM1165	VOTER REGISTRATION STAFF CUT, POLITICAL PARTIES SADDLED [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced that it will cut its voter registration staff from 10,000 to 1,500, a number which election experts say is sufficient to register only 40 percent of the eligible electorate. The NEC also announced that political p [...]	2009-10-16 10:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1232	NCP HANGS TOUGH ON REFERENDUM "DEAL" [...] (C) Summary: On October 1 Government of South Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Dr. Riek Machar publicly announced, prematurely, that he had reached a "referendum deal" with his counterpart, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha. The "deal" included the important " [...]	2009-11-03 06:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1240	GOSS VP MACHAR GIVEN MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? [...] (C) Summary: Over two days of meetings, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) told the United States Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration that it was interested in negotiating a broad "package deal" with its Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partner the National Congres [...]	2009-11-04 06:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM1273	GHAZI ADDRESSES CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE, DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: On November 11, CDA Whitehead met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin to discuss the sequencing of the Chad-Sudan Dtente Process (ref a),the lag in the Darfur peace process, and the ongoing bilateral discussions between the SPLM and the NCP to resolve outstanding Compr [...]	2009-11-11 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU CH
09KHARTOUM1302	NCP WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON OUTSTANDING CPA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin recounted the continued inability of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reach agreement on several key outstanding issues related to the [...]	2009-11-18 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM1404	Dec. 14 Opposition Protests Met by Tear Gas; Up to 100 [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Sudan (GOS) authorities shut down a demonstration led by northern opposition parties in Omdurman on Monday, December 14, blocking roads and bridges in the early morning. Following a rally at the Omdurman headquarters of Sudan Liberation Movement/Minni Minnawi (SLM [...]	2009-12-15 08:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM SU
09KHARTOUM1405	SOUTHERN SUDAN LRA UPDATE, DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities have diminished in Western Equatoria since September, there are reports that the LRA has moved operations into Raja County, Western Bahr el-Ghazal, and unconfirmed reports of movement into South Darfur. The Ugandan People's Defen [...]	2009-12-15 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU UG CG CT
09KHARTOUM152	MUHAJARRIYA UPDATE - FEBRUARY 4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID reported that the GOS had "moved in and taken control" of Muhajarriya as of 15:40 on February 4. Sudan National Radio made a similar announcement late the same day. Although the GOS appears to have reduced the number of aerial bombings compared to February 3, Sudanese Ar [...]	2009-02-04 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM212	CHADIAN REBELS COMMITTED TO DIALOGUE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From February 12-16, four Chadian rebels from the United Resistance Front (UFR) separately told poloffs that they are currently committed to political dialogue, but cautioned that time is running out as they wait for deeper diplomatic engagement from the European Union and Unit [...]	2009-02-17 10:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM257	KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES [...] (SBU) The CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Tuesday, February 24, to review the general security situation in light of yesterday's notice that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will announce its indictment decision on March 4. The DCM, PAO, USAID A/MD, USAID EXO, POL, [...]	2009-02-25 04:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM311	ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE NGO EXPULSION AMIDST CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The impact of the expulsion of more than 13 NGOs from Sudan(ten international expelled and three domestic NGOs dissolved) is only beginning to be felt, and the NGO staff report considerable harassment from the GOS Humanitarian Affairs Commision (HAC) as they attempt to organize [...]	2009-03-07 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM330	TWO REPORTS ANALYZE SOUTH SUDAN'S BUDGET CRISIS [...] This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to two independent analyses, the GoSS can expect to receive no more than 3/4, and possibly as little as 1/2, of the Sudanese Pounds (SDG) 3.658 billion revenues anticipated in its 2009 budget. Transfers from the Govern [...]	2009-03-11 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM367	GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]	2009-03-16 17:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM371	GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]	2009-03-17 07:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM379	NCP ITSELF DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT, WARNS [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor warned that President Bashir's own ruling National Congress Party (NCP) "doesn't know what the regime will do next, underscoring the extreme volatility of current decision-making in Sudan. SPLM frustration with the NCP has reached a point that m [...]	2009-03-18 08:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM418	KALMA IDP LEADERS CONTINUE TO REFUSE HUMANTIARIAN SERVICES [...] (SBU) Summary: Humanitarian efforts in volatile Kalma IDP camp have ground to a halt as IDP leaders there have responded to the INGO expulsions by rebuffing UN efforts since March 21 to resume services. Unrealistically demanding the return of the expelled NGOs, along with refusing any Sudanese [...]	2009-03-24 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM421	THE UN UNVEILS THE RESULTS OF THE JOINT UN-GNU ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 24, the UN released a statement on the joint UN-Government of National Unity (GNU) assessment of humanitarian needs in Darfur following the early March expulsions of non-governmental organizations (NGO). According to the UN, the expulsions resulted in significant [...]	2009-03-25 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM436	THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 23-24, U.S. Embassy and USAID staff met with staff from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in El Fasher and attended the state-level Interagency Management Group (IAMG) meeting in North Darfur chaired by OCHA to discuss the current s [...]	2009-03-30 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM459	SOUTHERN SUDAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (U) Keyed to ref a are the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) responses below for Southern Sudan. ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out [...]	2009-04-01 15:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER AMGT SU
09KHARTOUM501	SE GRATION MEETING WITH UN RC DAVID GRESSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator for Southern Sudan told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration that with 20 months left until the 2011 Referendum, the international community, and particularly partners to the CPA, must re-focus their energies on achieving implementation of only t [...]	2009-04-13 08:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MCAPS EFIN EAID ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM539	CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Senator Kerry told Presidential Advisor Nafie that the change of administrations in Washington opens an opportunity for the United States and Sudan to begin a new dialogue, and he identified the provision of humanitarian assistance following the expulsion of 13 NGOs [...]	2009-04-21 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM548	CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DENG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, FM Deng Alor welcomed Senator Kerry,s assurances that the United States is anxious to reengage with Sudan and he urged that the U.S. take the lead in seeking a solution to the Darfur conflict. They agreed that a fully-implemented CPA could serve as the foundation fo [...]	2009-04-22 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM555	UNMIS PRINCIPAL DONOR MEETING - DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, CDA Fernandez and Embassy staff attended the Donor Principals Meeting at UNMIS to review the humanitarian situation in Darfur following the expulsion of INGOs in March. According to the UN's assessment, gaps in humanitarian service delivery continue but are na [...]	2009-04-23 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM592	UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS CENSUS ROLL-OUT, FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Kuol Mawien, a member of the Population Census Council (PCC) and a key GoSS advisor on the census, counseled GoSS President and Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President Salva Kiir to completely reject the 2008 ce [...]	2009-05-05 14:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM593	GOS CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD ON NGO FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) On May 4, USAID field staff met with Ahmed Adam, the Director of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) NGO Section, to discuss progress on the early April framework achieved by U.S. Special Envoy Gration. According to Adam, the government has taken add [...]	2009-05-05 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM594	IDPS COMPLAIN OF WATER SHORTAGES, DETERIORATING HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the March 4 expulsion of thirteen INGOs continues to be felt in Abu Shouk camp, which is facing a water shortage and poor health and sanitation conditions, camp umdas (community leaders) reported to poloff on April 28 in El Fasher. In the health and sanitation rea [...]	2009-05-05 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM597	DARFUR REBEL UPDATE, SPRING 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although holding no territory in Darfur, JEM continues to pick up detritus from other Darfur rebel movements. Its incursion into the SLA/Minnawi stronghold of Dar Zaghawa on May 4-5 in far north Darfur indicates that it will continue to flex its muscles as it seeks to position it [...]	2009-05-06 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM640	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ASSURES SE GRATION OF GOS [...] (C) Summary: The GOS remains firmly committed to improving the operating environment for humanitarians, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told SE Gration at a meeting in Khartoum on May 7. Ghazi touted significant progress in the implementation of the negotiated framework agreement at b [...]	2009-05-14 06:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM727	RISING OIL PRICES, REPAID ARREARS PROVIDE GOSS TEMPORARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With world oil prices on the rebound and arrears in revenue-transfers from Khartoum reduced, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) revenues are gradually reaching levels projected in its 2009 budget, after an extremely lean first quarter. GoSS spending priorities are salary [...]	2009-06-07 04:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC
09KHARTOUM917	GHAZI SALAHEDDIN TELLS REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON: "WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 5 conversation with Congressman Keith Ellison, Presidential Adviser and National Congress party (NCP) intellectual Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he is open to visits by anyone seeking to engage with the regime, including members of the U.S. Congress and the Darfur advocac [...]	2009-08-07 09:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM942	LONG-TIME NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY [...] (c) Summary. On August 13 President al Bashir sent a shock-wave through Khartoum political circles with a decree replacing long-time NISS Director General (DG) Salah Abdallah, better known as Salah Ghosh, with NISS Deputy Director Major General Mohammed Atta al-Moula. Ghosh will join the Pr [...]	2009-08-14 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SU
09KHARTOUM957	IOM STILL UNABLE TO WORK IN DARFUR; PLANNING FOR RETURNS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of August 10, USAID Mission Director and staff met with the heads of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) to discuss potential returns in Darfur, IOM's role in verifying returns, [...]	2009-08-18 04:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM967	SUDAN: STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE SHALLABI DENIES [...] (C) Summary: State Minister of Finance, Dr. Tarig Shallabi, denies that the Government of Sudan (GOS) owes any arrears to the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in contrast to GOSS and media reporting to the contrary. During a meeting with poloff on August 17, Shallabi said that the GOSS lacks [...]	2009-08-23 08:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET PGOV PREL UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM990	CDA DISCUSSES DARFUR WITH UNAMID COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary. General Martin Luther Agwai, outgoing Force Commander for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),told Charge on August 26 that Darfuris know little about democracy, and view the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) as a southern party, while the Arab [...]	2009-08-27 11:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF KDEM EAID UNSC SU
09KIGALI124	RWANDA WITHDRAWS FROM DRC IN COLORFUL JOINT [...] (U) On February 25, 1300 Rwanda combat troops joined several hundred Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers in a colorful departure ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),witnessed by the two nations respective Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, Chiefs of Defense Staff [...]	2009-02-26 16:20:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI158	READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 15:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW
09KIGALI174	TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...]	2009-03-21 09:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW
09KIGALI552	WORLD BANK RANKS RWANDA MOST IMPROVED FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: World Bank "Ease of Doing Business" 2010 indicators--released September 8, 2009--recognize Rwanda as the world's top reformer in implementing business regulation reforms. Rwanda introduced reforms in seven out of ten categories, improving its overall ranking from 143 to 67 out o [...]	2009-09-09 15:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID RW
09KIGALI624	FOOD SECURITY STABLE IN RWANDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwandan production of staple food crops has increased 25 percent since 2006 as a result of agricultural reforms introduced in 2007, including better distribution of fertilizers and crop intensification programs. Although food production is stable for 2009, dependency on adequate [...]	2009-10-02 15:48:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID PGOV RW
09KIGALI672	KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...]	2009-10-15 16:49:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW
09KIGALI679	ICTR PROSECUTOR ON WORK, TRANSFER OF CASES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) chief prosecutor Hassan Jallow briefed Kigali-based diplomats October 15 on the tribunal's work, anticipated closure in 2010 and unresolved legacy issues. He intends to request transfer of some remaining cases to Rwanda, and ind [...]	2009-10-21 06:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM ICTR UNGA TZ RW
09KIGALI718	IMF LOWERS GDP GROWTH ESTIMATE TO 3.7 PERCENT [...] (SBU) IMF Resident Representative Dmitry Gershenson told Emboff November 2 the IMF has lowered its estimate of Rwanda's GDP growth in 2009 from 5.6 percent to 3.7 percent. The new estimate follows consultations between the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and an IMF mission led by Catherine McAuliff [...]	2009-11-03 17:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV RW
09KIGALI736	DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]	2009-11-06 11:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW

09KIGALI812	LIBERAL PARTY ORIGINS, VIOLENCE OF 1990S, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Youth Protais Mitali, leader of the Liberal Party (PL),said on November 19 that his party seeks to promote justice, human rights and economic development by developing policy ideas and attempting to convince other political figures of their merits. As head of a pa [...]	2009-12-02 15:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RW
09KIGALI829	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...]	2009-12-04 14:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI857	SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...]	2009-12-15 14:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI860	MINISTRY OF HEALTH LOBBIES AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 7 heath sector meeting, Ministry of Health (MOH) permanent secretary, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, and National AIDS Control Commission executive director, Dr. Anita Asiimwe, criticized strongly draft legislation in parliament that would criminalize homosexuality, and said [...]	2009-12-16 14:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KHIV RW
09KIGALI896	TRENDS IN RWANDA PERTAINING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is no Rwandan law against homosexuality. The constitution provides for equality of all citizens but does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In December 2009, following lobbying and statements by key government figures, the lower chamber o [...]	2009-12-31 12:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RW
09KINGSTON1050	JAMAICA SINKS FURTHER INTO RECESSION [...] (SBU) The Jamaican economy sank deeper into recession during the July to September time frame, chalking up the seventh consecutive quarter of economic contraction. Real GDP declined by 3.1 percent on the back of continuing declines in the goods producing sectors, and bauxite/alumina in particu [...]	2009-12-07 15:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON113	JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...]	2009-02-12 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON1190	JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS REYNOSO'S VISIT, JANUARY 11-13 [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of DAS Reynoso at a time when Jamaica faces serious challenges on multiple fronts: -- a crushing debt burden, negative growth, high unemployment, and the prospect of painful new taxes and budget cuts needed to conclude an indispensable standby arrangement wi [...]	2009-12-30 14:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR PHUM ASEC CJAN IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON223	JAMAICA: BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS WEAKENED STATE OF [...] (SBU) On March 18, Charge James Heg hosted a group of Jamaican business leaders at a lunch to discuss the state of the local economy. The discussions also covered the political dynamics following the decision by the Jamaican Supreme Court on the dual citizenship case. The business leaders wer [...]	2009-03-23 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TRYS ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV EAIR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON269	JAMAICA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Representatives from the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank conducted a site visit with Emboffs to a USD 225 million wharf redevelopment project to bring Genesis-class cruise ships to the city of Falmouth; -- U.S. Treasury provided technical assistance to help the Governmen [...]	2009-04-07 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS IBRD XL JM
09KINGSTON270	JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...]	2009-04-07 14:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM
09KINGSTON315	JAMAICA: BUDGET PLAN AND GAS TAX UNVEILED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw presented a plan to Parliament on April 23 to bridge a USD 204.5 million gap in the national budget. During the speech attended by emboffs, Shaw announced a further USD 90 million increase in the new Budget - from JD 547.7 [...]	2009-04-24 18:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SENV EAIR SOCI ASEC ETRD TRSY
09KINGSTON320	JAMAICA: 2009 HERBERT SALZMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 20:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ECON BEXP ETRD AMGT EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF CDB IBD
09KINGSTON361	JAMAICA: PM GOLDING'S 2009-10 BUDGET PRESENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to criticism from the opposing People's National Party (PNP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding defended his proposed national budget before Members of Parliament on May 5. During the speech attended by emboffs, Golding detailed the dire economic reality facing the Gov [...]	2009-05-07 20:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON427	JAMAICA: POWER GENERATION, CAN YOU SPARE 200 MEGAWATTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica relies on imports of petroleum products to fuel fully 95 percent of its power generation. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) spent nearly USD 3.4 billion in 2008 for imported fuel, a sum greater than total exports and up from USD 2.2 billion in 2007. Fluctuating fuel prices an [...]	2009-05-26 17:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS
09KINGSTON45	JAMAICA: UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON [...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has begun to impact Jamaica, with economic growth for July to September 2008 falling by 0.2 percent -- the second consecutive quarter of decline. Continued stagnation in the real sectors was again responsible for the downturn. The economy is bound to fall dee [...]	2009-01-20 16:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON480	JAMAICA: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EFFORTS FOR HIV [...] (U) On June 11 the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS hosted the 4th Pan Caribbean Business Coalition Forum on HIV/AIDS (forum) for business and NGO leaders in the Caribbean. At the event the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) highlighted that Jamaica has more than 30,000 people living with HIV/AI [...]	2009-06-16 20:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID SOCI PREL KHIV TBIO JM XL
09KINGSTON490	JAMAICA: JLP WINS BIG IN NORTH EAST ST. CATHERINE BY [...] (U) Gregory Mair, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP),won handily a court-ordered by-election over the opposition People's National Party's (PNP) candidate, Granville Valentine on June 15. Mair almost tripled his margin of victory in the 2007 general election and p [...]	2009-06-18 19:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON508	JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS AND DETAINED PATTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 15:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD JM OPIC PGOV PREL TRSY XL
09KINGSTON509	JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trade relations between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) heated up again in May after Trinidad detained a container of Jamaican meat patties for several weeks before releasing them on June 1. An ensuing media debate subsequently brok [...]	2009-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EFIN EMIN SOCI TRSY OPIC XL
09KINGSTON581	JAMAICA ON VERGE OF IMF STAND-BY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of negotiations, the Government of Jamaican (GOJ) is on the brink of signing a Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This disclosure was confirmed by lead IMF representative, Trevor Alleyne, at a meeting with the donor community held at Post [...]	2009-08-03 19:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC IADB
09KINGSTON634	JAMAICA: A SERIOUS LAG EFFECT FOR POST RECESSION [...] (C) Despite signs of stability in the Jamaican dollar and moderating inflation, the island nation is still far from seeing post-recession green shoots. Even when an economic recovery takes hold in the United States, it will do little to pull Jamaica out of its ongoing economic malaise. Major [...]	2009-08-25 18:51:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG EIND PREL PGOV PIND TRYS
09KINGSTON737	Jamaica: Private Sector Nervous Over Delay in IMF Deal; Risk [...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding's lack of political courage in making difficult decisions has created a crisis of confidence in the private sector. His promise of an imminent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement worth USD 1.2 billion has set him, as well as his Jamaica L [...]	2009-11-19 14:41:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SOCI PINR PREL IADB IMF TRSY JM
09KINGSTON759	JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...]	2009-12-14 19:38:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON800	JAMAICA: JAMAICA'S FISCAL MALAISE [...] (SBU) Only five months after outlining its spending plans, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced a USD 67 million increase in expenditures for the current fiscal year. The hike comes after repeated pronouncements from Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding about deep cuts in the expenditure [...]	2009-10-08 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI IMF IBRD
09KINGSTON914	JAMAICA: CAUGHT IN A DEBT TRAP-- CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Derick Latibeaudiere, during the middle of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations may be a sign that the time has come for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to face the severity of the situation and negotiate a solution with pr [...]	2009-11-03 12:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PINR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
09KINGSTON922	JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 15:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EAIR ENRG PREL XL JM
09KINSHASA1044	EU, SWITZERLAND AND U.S. TELL COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassadors of Sweden, Spain, plus local EU Commission head and U.S. DCM, met November 27 with Communications/Media Minister Lambert Mende to press for a halt to Congolese government's (GDRC) harassment of foreign journalists. Led by Swedish ambassador as current EU president, [...]	2009-11-30 16:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA1049	HOW MANY FARDC SOLDIERS ARE IN THE KIVUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) completed a census of troops assigned to newly integrated units in the Kivus. Although registration was below projections, the numbers represent the first credible manpower base-line for chain of payments analysis, assessments [...]	2009-12-02 06:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MCAP CG
09KINSHASA1089	CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]	2009-12-16 07:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1090	CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]	2009-12-16 08:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1112	THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a two-part series on the GDRC's long road towards HIPC completion point, with a look at some of the many bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 and the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PG [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1144	KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...]	2009-12-24 11:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA120	DRC: A Look Back on 2008 and a Preview of 2009 [...] (SBU) The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) faced substantial challenges in 2008 but made tangible progress in dialogue with armed groups, judicial, decentralization, and economic reforms and development cooperation. In 2009, the DRC faces many of the same challenges that [...]	2009-02-05 18:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF EAID KDEM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA163	DRC: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The key challenges facing the GDRC's non-military security apparatus is the corruption, limited capacity, and lack of resources prevalent in all Congolese security and governmental services, rendering them ineffective at best and predatory on the population at worst. They are, [...]	2009-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC CG
09KINSHASA168	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES PRECARIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank Governor said on February 18 that the DRC has been in a recession since the second quarter of 2008, due to both a contraction in the mining sector and the effects of the global financial crisis. He said the DRC needs USD 667 million in foreign assistance immed [...]	2009-02-20 09:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA20	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 7 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff reported that C [...]	2009-01-07 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA309	POSSIBLE VOLCANIC ERUPTION NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE SERIOUS [...] (U) Summary. Scientists predict that Mount Nyamulagira, a volcano 20 miles north of Goma, could erupt in the next few days. Nyamulagira erupts every 2 years on average, and typically has little effect on populated zones to the south. Airborne ash and smoke may have a negative impact on air t [...]	2009-04-01 13:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID PREF CG
09KINSHASA316	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-02 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA317	IMF STAFF MISSION PRESENTS MIXED PICTURE TO DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Staff Mission presented donors on March 31 with a mixed picture of their two-week visit (Reftel) to the DRC to conduct Article IV consultations and engage in technical discussions on a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, PRGF). Positive developme [...]	2009-04-02 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA319	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 3: AMNESTY LAW STALLED IN [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Amnesty Law Still Pending ------------------------- 2. (U) On April 2, the DRC Se [...]	2009-04-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA321	DCM AND DATT MEET WITH BELGIAN COUNTERPARTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission and Defense Attache met March 31 with Belgian counterparts to discuss possible U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Security Sector Reform (SSR) as mentioned ref (A). Belgians were receptive to idea of working more closely with the U.S. to advance military aspe [...]	2009-04-06 06:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR MOPS SOCI MNUC BE CG
09KINSHASA331	CENTRAL BANK RECEIVES ESF FUNDS [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, informed post that the Congolese Central Bank (Banque Centrale du Congo, BCC, in French) received on March 27 the approximately $200 million in IMF emergency assistance under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shock [...]	2009-04-06 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA334	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA399	KATANGA'S ECONOMIC WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's resource-rich Katanga province has been particularly hard hit by lower prices and demand for key minerals. Government officials and private economic operators shared a common message with Economic Counselor during a visit to the province the week of April 13: the eco [...]	2009-04-23 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EMIN EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA45	DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...]	2009-01-15 12:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG
09KINSHASA455	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 18-19 VISIT OF U.S. PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),with the assistance of Great Lakes neighbors and the international community, achieved tangible progress in efforts to resolve persistent conflict and insecurity in its eastern provinces in late 2008 and early 2009. However, despite DRC [...]	2009-05-08 10:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA510	ANTI-RWANDOPHONE SENTIMENT AMONGST THE HUNDE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with two prominent members of the Alliance of Patriots for a Free Congo (APCLS),the Hunde-led organization vowed to continue its armed struggle against Rwandophones, whom they characterized as "Rwandan refugees." The APCLS remains convinced that the Go [...]	2009-06-01 16:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA560	GDRC STABILIZES CURRENCY MARKET--BUT RISKS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: Following a rapid depreciation of the Congolese Franc (franc congolais or FC, in French) in late 2008/early 2009, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has successfully helped stabilize the FC through a series of interventions in the foreign exchange market. Spe [...]	2009-06-16 12:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA63	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) MONUC has confirmed that 1,500-2,000 Rwandan troops entered the DRC at 6:30AM on January 20, moving towards Rumangabo, approximately 30 kilometers north of Goma. The RPF forces will reportedly link up with FARDC and CNDP elements in Rumangabo to carry out joint operations against the FD [...]	2009-01-21 16:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA715	DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]	2009-07-28 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA78	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 23: NKUNDA CAPTURED [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Captured --------------- 2. (SBU) Multiple press sources reported that Nk [...]	2009-01-26 07:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA896	DDRRR, the FDLR, and Kimia II [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma PolOff recently met with DDRRR officials, who presented a snapshot of their efforts in the Kivus. Many ex-CNDP units, "integrated" into the FARDC, continue to use child soldiers, according to DDRRR interlocutors. FARDC cooperation with DDRRR over the last month has impro [...]	2009-09-30 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PGOV PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA967	CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE [...] (C) Summary: Corruption and mismanagement continue to be endemic problems plaguing DRC's mining industry, as highlighted by a September 29 GDRC Senate report on the loss of up to 450 million in mining sector revenues due to alleged fraud and mismanagement. The report was issued at approxim [...]	2009-10-23 10:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA98	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a February 1 press conference, President Kabil [...]	2009-02-02 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KOLKATA144	WEST BENGAL'S "LEFT" - OUT IN THE COLD [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front in West Bengal is currently examining the reasons for the disastrous parliamentary election results, which saw its seat tally reduced from 35 to 15, the lowest since its came to power in 1977. Party members are divided, [...]	2009-05-29 11:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09KOLKATA164	THE BATTLE FOR BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front is still reeling from its poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls (see Reftels). The perfect storm of issues appears to have worked against the Left Front. Some CPI-M leaders believe the party lost sup [...]	2009-06-19 10:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER PSEC IN
09KOLKATA22	ASSAM ELECTORAL PRIMER - ETHNICITY, ALLIANCES AND TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ethnicity and migration in the northeastern state of Assam will continue to be a key issue in the state during the upcoming national elections. The Congress Party is confident of maintaining its current number of parliamentary seats in the state contingent; however, the relative [...]	2009-01-28 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN BG
09KOLKATA255	CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABLE KOLKATA LOOKS TO INDIAN AND US [...] (U) Summary: The eastern Indian city of Kolkata is one of the world's most vulnerable cities due to coastal flooding and the effects of climate change. While the West Bengal state government has set up a state-level Climate Committee and secretariat to formulate and implement adaptation strate [...]	2009-09-17 11:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON IN
09KOLKATA261	WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING [...] Summary: Over the past three weeks there has been a decline in the rate of reported H1N1 infections in Kolkata. But thousands of people gathered in enclosed spaces during the ensuing Durga Puja festival could increase H1N1 transmission. The West Bengal government has launched a campaign to en [...]	2009-09-24 06:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU PGOV IN
09KOLKATA279	DEVELOPING AND GOVERNING BIHAR: FORGING A WINNING COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made visible strides in developing and governing India's third largest state, and also one of its poorest, since forming the Bihar government in 2005. The national parliamentary elections in May 2009 confirmed the inroads his regional par [...]	2009-10-22 04:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID EINV IN
09KOLKATA56	ASSAM: ULFA AND NDFB MAIN SUSPECTS IN OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: Assam's Chief Minister confirmed that the separatist groups United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) are the main suspects in the October 30, 2008 terrorist attacks in Guwahati (Reftel). Assam officials, who believe that the attacks w [...]	2009-03-05 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IN BG
09KOLKATA75	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-19 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA78	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-20 13:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA79	WOMEN IN INDIA: MAMATA BANERJEE - WEST BENGAL FIGHTER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Firebrand communist-baiter Mamata Banerjee leads West Bengal's principal opposition party, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) that has aligned with Congress to challenge the Left Front's 32-year rule in the state. An astute politician - six term parliamentarian - with an e [...]	2009-03-20 13:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN IN
09KOLKATA97	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Politics in Bihar is dominated by regional parties pushing their caste interests. Bihar's Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar heads the Janata Dal-United (JDU) party, presently a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and is winning over Bihar's poorest and lowest caste [...]	2009-04-08 12:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLONIA34	FSM REVISES METHOD TO SELECT JEMCO REPRESENTATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Although no official announcement has been made, Evelyn Adolph and Fabian Nimea are no longer the Micronesian representatives on the Joint Economic Management Committee (JECMO). All signs indicate that Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert and Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa [...]	2009-03-17 03:28:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA67	FSM INSTITUTUTES NEW AIRPORT SCREENING PROCEDURES DUE TO [...] Post previously reported that the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) announced new screening procedures for arriving air travel passengers (reftel). The new procedures aim to identify persons arriving from areas affected by the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. The first screenings took place on Apri [...]	2009-05-01 05:45:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED ASEC CASC KFLU TBIO FM
09KOLONIA84	REACTION TO PRESIDENT MORI'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary. In his second State of the Nation Address, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Emanuel Mori identified many of the challenges that face his government. However, FSM national and state leaders criticized the President for not providing direction or guidance to resolve [...]	2009-06-01 06:09:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KRAKOW14	POLISH ROAD NETWORK EMERGING FROM DECADES OF CRIPPLING [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector analysts now hold that, after two decades of failed policies and mismanagement, the Tusk administration is making real progress towards developing a modern highway network, overcoming a major stumbling block which stunts investment and hinders Poland f [...]	2009-03-23 13:47:00	Consulate Krakow	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELTN ELAB ENRG SENV
09KUALALUMPUR102	MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...]	2009-02-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR137	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL,S MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Trade and Industry Muhyiddin Yassin told Ambassadors Marciel and Keith February 23 that Malaysia "treasured its relationship with the U.S.", was ready to resume our bilateral FTA negotiations and hoped the Obama Administration would choose to continue the talks as wel [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR160	NAJIB ON TRACK TO BECOME PM AS POLITICAL [...] (C) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears on track to take over as Prime Minister by early April against a backdrop of continued political turbulence. With ruling UMNO party elections less than four weeks away, both the King and outgoing PM Abdullah himself publicly reconfir [...]	2009-03-04 11:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR194	ONE YEAR LATER, ANWAR IN DOLDRUMS, SODOMY TRIAL [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on March 8 presided over a very modest event marking the one-year anniversary of the March 2008 election that ushered in significant opposition gains. Anwar's national address failed to stir the crowd or attract senior leaders from other parties in his Peop [...]	2009-03-16 09:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR259	BY-ELECTION RESULTS -- HONEYMOON DAMPENER FOR NAJIB [...] (C) The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won two out of three by-elections held on April 7, handing a set back to the new administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ruling National Front (BN) coalition. The key contest saw recently ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar o [...]	2009-04-08 10:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR299	MALAYSIA: IPR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS DOWN BUT COURT CASES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: According to High Court of Kuala Lumpur statistics recently released to the Embassy by the Intellectual Property Court, the number of IP cases registered has significantly gone up during the four month period from November 2008 to February 2009. Ministry of Domestic Trade and Co [...]	2009-04-22 09:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MY
09KUALALUMPUR380	MALAYSIA: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary and comment: Central Bank Deputy Governor Ooi Sang Kuang reports that Malaysia is seeing signs of a U-shaped recovery with positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. Ooi credits GOM monetary and fiscal policy (Ref A) as well as financial sector liberalizations (Ref B) for the [...]	2009-05-18 00:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV MY EINV
09KUALALUMPUR418	MALAYSIAN PM ACKNOWLEDGES ECONOMY IN RECESSION IN [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib announced on May 28 a substantial downward revision in Malaysia's 2009 economic growth forecast to negative four to five percent. The new forecast comes a day after the central bank announced first quarter growth results of negative 6.2 percent. Both figures [...]	2009-05-29 06:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR48	MALAYSIA: ALL SIGNS POINT TOWARD RECESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Although the Government of Malaysia has not offered a public statement revising its official forecast of 3.5 percent GDP growth for 2009, its actions speak louder than its words. On January 21 the central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, slashed interest rates by 75 ba [...]	2009-01-23 09:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MY IN
09KUALALUMPUR483	MALAYSIANS DOWNPLAY MARITIME TENSIONS WITH [...] (S) Malaysia continues to downplay tensions with Indonesia stemming from naval incidents in late May in the disputed Ambalat maritime area off of Borneo. After an initial period of silence from Malaysian officials and minimal coverage in the Malaysian press, Defense Minister Zahid went on the [...]	2009-06-15 09:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR490	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL BIRD'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia. Your visit comes during a transitional period for U.S.-Malaysia relations offering both new opportunities and challenges. After almost three months in office, new Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is proving to be a more pragmatic and action-orien [...]	2009-06-17 11:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR510	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: CITRA BADI MALAYSIA [...] Summary and comment: Pursuant to reftel request, Econoff and ECON FSN on June 22 visited the office of Citra Badi, a subsidiary of ARG Tech Sdn Bhd to establish the bona fides of the company and determine if reftel proposed sale appeared legitimate. A Royal Malaysian Air Force Lieutenant Col [...]	2009-06-25 00:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
09KUALALUMPUR529	ANWAR IBRAHIM'S SODOMY TRIAL II - A PRIMER [...] (C) Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial beginning July 8 on charges of sodomy -- a criminal offense in Malaysia -- with a former aide. Anwar was previously tried and convicted of sodomy in 2000 in a heavily manipulated trial that the U.S. concluded "was marred by deep [...]	2009-07-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR653	OVERVIEW FOR MALAYSIA-US STRATEGIC TALKS (MUSST), [...] (C) The current transitional period in U.S.-Malaysia relations offers both new opportunities and challenges for the relationship. After four months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is proving more pragmatic and action-oriented, and more inclined to move Malaysia away from Mahathir-er [...]	2009-08-07 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR719	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Chairman Reyes, visit to Malaysia. The visit comes in the midst of a transitional period in U.S.-Malaysia relations which offers both new opportunities and challenges for the relationship. After five months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is [...]	2009-08-27 09:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR723	Malaysian Economy Improves - Growth May Resume by Year End [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Bank Negara (BN) released second quarter 2009 (Q2) economic data August 26 showing a better than expected year-on-year quarterly GDP contraction of just 3.9 percent. GOM policy responses since November 2008 to the financial crisis including cutting reserve interest r [...]	2009-08-28 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL EXIM MY
09KUALALUMPUR775	TIP AMBASSADOR CDEBACA'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA, AUGUST [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 05:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MY PGOV
09KUALALUMPUR830	EAP-MTS OFFICE DIRECTOR YUN'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 1 meetings with visiting EAP/MTS Director Yun, Malaysian Foreign and Home Affairs officials stressed their desires for improved U.S.-Malaysian relations on bilateral and regional issues. Malaysian MFA officials assessed that the highest levels of GOM wanted better ties [...]	2009-10-20 06:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR887	Malaysia: 2010 Budget Calls for Big Spending Cuts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Najib unveiled Malaysia's 2010 budget on October 23. The GOM aims to achieve a dramatic reduction in its budget deficit from an expected 7.4 percent of GDP in 2009 to 5.6 percent of GDP in 2010. The GOM projects lower revenues due to reduced 2009 profits in their [...]	2009-11-02 23:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
09KUALALUMPUR913	MALAYSIA: REFORMING THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT? [...] (C) Summary: In September the Malaysian government conditionally released five suspected terrorists detained under the country's Internal Security Act (ISA),which permits law enforcement authorities to detain for up to two years (with extensions possible)persons deemed a threat to national se [...]	2009-11-13 05:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINS MY
09KUALALUMPUR986	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Pursuant to reftel inquiry, Econoff on 9 December 2009 conducted a site visit to Seri Aero Jaya (SAJ) Sdn Bhd and met with Director Zubir Ismail to learn more about SAJ and attempt to determine the legitimacy of the proposed purchase of aircraft parts for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). [...]	2009-12-10 09:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
09KUWAIT1016	KUWAIT: MFA HAS NOT YET SELECTED BMENA DELEGATION [...] Poloff on October 22 conveyed reftel information concerning the Secretary's plans to attend the November 2-3 BMENA forum in Morocco to Khalifa Al-Khorafi, secretary to Foreign Minister Deputy Prime Minster and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah, noting USG hope that the FM will be a [...]	2009-10-22 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC KPAO KDEM KU
09KUWAIT1017	KUWAIT: MEASURED BUT REAL PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Based upon concerns expressed during Washington consultations, upon arrival at post in April 2008, Ambassador used her introductory calls on the senior Kuwaiti leadership to assess ways to improve Kuwait's CT performance. In May 2008, Post laid out a strategy for promoting gr [...]	2009-10-22 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1036	A BIG FOOTPRINT IN THE SAND: THE U.S. PRESENCE IN [...] (S) Summary and Comment: During the nearly two decades since U.S. and Coalition forces liberated Kuwait, a robust USG presence -- military and civilian -- has become virtually a fixture here. This posture has been encouraged by a welcoming host government that has seen its own long-term secu [...]	2009-10-29 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT1060	GOK AND CORPORATIONS HOST FIRST-EVER TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 and 27, Kuwait's General Administration for Customs held its first-ever training sessions for customs inspectors designed to combat trade in counterfeit goods in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, the Brand Owners Protection Group, and American-based comp [...]	2009-11-09 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EIND EINT ETRD KU
09KUWAIT1182	GCC CLOSING COMMUNIQUE STAKES OUT LITTLE NEW GROUND [...] (C) GCC leaders quietly filed out of town December 16 at the conclusion of a two-day GCC Summit that made no major breakthroughs. In the absence of consensus on pressing political issues -- policy towards Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, etc., -- the communiqu hewed closely to tried and tru [...]	2009-12-16 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ECON IR IZ IS KU
09KUWAIT1196	THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN KUWAIT: AN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Prepared by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and published in Al-Qabas Arabic daily newspaper on September 27, 2009, a recently completed report revealed that Kuwait's public school students ranked near the bottom on international standardized tests, despite the country's u [...]	2009-12-17 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT130	KUWAIT PLANS 10 PERCENT BUDGET CUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoK is proposing a FY 2010 budget of USD 40.8 billion, off 10.4 percent (on a recurring basis) compared to the prior fiscal year. The Government proposes cutting spending in almost all major sectors, except for public sector salaries, which will increase by 7.8 percent. Exp [...]	2009-02-11 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT132	KIA PORTFOLIO DOWN $34 BILLION IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: The Kuwait Investment Authority's holdings dropped by $34 billion during calendar year 2008, according to press reports. As of December 31, KIA's total holdings were about $210 billion. A senior KIA official told us that KIA had been moving aggressively into cash and fixed income [...]	2009-02-12 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT244	TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAITI [...] (C) While impossible to appreciate fully within the narrow boundaries of a single Gulf state, tribalism -- a phenomenon that links many contemporary Kuwaitis to an age-old tradition of honor and mutual support in the face of external challenge -- is a central factor in Kuwait's socio-political [...]	2009-03-15 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI KU

09KUWAIT314	KUWAIT'S EMERGING AVIATION SECTOR [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Civil Aviation President Fawaz Al-Farah discusses growth in air and passenger traffic, KCIA expansion project and views on privatization of Kuwait Airways. -- Despite the economic slowdown, Kuwait's two new independent airlines appear to be thriving. -- Wataniya [...]	2009-03-31 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN
09KUWAIT440	KUWAIT POSTS LARGE BUDGET SURPLUS; CABINET APPROVES FY 2010 [...] (U) Summary: The GOK has announced a USD 21 billion budget surplus for the 2008-09 fiscal year, on oil revenues of USD 68.1 billion. The actual budget surplus is likely to be considerably smaller once final expenditures are reported and the mandatory 10% of revenues is transferred to the Reser [...]	2009-04-30 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON KU
09KUWAIT452	KUWAIT: LAYING FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW SILK ROAD? [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis notwithstanding, Kuwaiti business and political leaders are seeking to strengthen commercial ties between Asia and Kuwait. From agriculture to banking and from energy to real estate, Kuwait's deep-rooted and globalist mercantile establishment appears [...]	2009-05-05 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON KU
09KUWAIT478	AMIR'S CHINA VISIT - BUILDING THE NEW SILK ROAD [...] (U) This report contains business proprietary information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 12, Kuwait's Amir completed his state visit to China. Kuwaiti investors and oil executives are cautiously optimistic that his visit helped Kuwaiti investment opportunities in [...]	2009-05-13 06:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD CH KU
09KUWAIT57	K-DOW AFTERMATH: LITIGATION LOOMS; HINTS OF HOPE [...] (C) Summary: In the two weeks since the demise of the K-Dow joint venture between Dow Chemical and Kuwait's Petroleum Industries Company(PIC),the project remains a lead item in local news reports including those covering recent intense parliamentary debate on the issue. Although PIC official [...]	2009-01-22 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EIND EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT614	KUWAIT'S MERCHANTS FRET ABOUT THE FUTURE, FAIL TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT647	KUWAIT MOVING FORWARD -- SLOWLY -- WITH NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) On June 24, Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, the head of the secretariat for Kuwait's National Committee for Using Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes -- "informally" -- briefed Econcouns on progress in Kuwait's efforts to assess and imple [...]	2009-06-29 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP SENV PREL KU
09KUWAIT675	AA/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH AMIRI ADVISOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: AA/S Feltman reviewed with Amiri Advisor Ambassador Mohammed Abulhassan on June 30 the state of play on the Kuwait - Iraq bilateral relationship and GOK expectations for an August 3 Amir - POTUS meeting in Washington. Abulhassan made clear that the Amir's (and the GOK's) highest [...]	2009-07-08 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT687	KUWAIT AIMS FOR ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY 2012 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK seeks to end perennial electricity shortfalls by summer 2012 through the construction of two (long-planned) power plants, the 2,000 MW Subiya power plant and the 4,800 MW As-Zour North power plant. U.S. firm General Electric is involved in two of three consortia being c [...]	2009-07-09 11:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV KU
09KUWAIT823	KUWAIT AVOIDS MAJOR BLACK OUTS BUT SEES EVER [...] (SBU) Summary: While Kuwait has avoided electricity shortages so far this summer, marginal excess capacity is very limited and increasing demand makes launching two long-planned power projects imperative. Movement forward towards awarding one of these, the two gigawatt (GW) Subiya power plant [...]	2009-08-19 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV KU
09KUWAIT925	GROWING SOCIAL AND SECTARIAN DIVISIONS SPARK [...] (S) As Kuwait emerges from the Ramadan quiet season and prepares for the October re-convening of the National Assembly (Parliament),Kuwaitis are expressing widespread dissatisfaction over the quality of the country's leadership, malaise over social tensions and frustration with a perceived d [...]	2009-09-17 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV KU
09KYIV1092	UKRAINE: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES GAS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 19-20 visit to Kyiv, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Richard Morningstar urged senior Ukrainian officials to begin reforms in the energy sector in order to build confidence with both European and Russian partners. In meetings with PM Tymoshenko, Energy [...]	2009-06-30 08:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1093	AUSTR WILSON'S VISIT TO UKRAINE: PORK BAN LIFTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Rep (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson visited Kyiv June 22-23. AUSTR Wilson delivered a positive message on our desire to expand bilateral trade and investment. The GOU gave us some good news, lifting a ban on U.S. pork put in place due t [...]	2009-06-30 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV117	UKRAINE: DETAILS AND QUESTIONS ON GAS DEAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. As natural gas supplies reach normal levels in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, more details on the gas deal have been released by the Prime Minister, the President, the Minister of Energy, various members of the Presidential Secretariat and Naftohaz officials. At present, [...]	2009-01-21 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1271	UKRAINE: FEWER SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL STUDENTS IN 2009, BUT [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) Summary: Between January and June, Post interviewed 8288 Ukrainian university students aspiring to participate in the summer work and travel and camp counselor (SWT) program in the U.S. The number of SWT applicants was approximately 14 percent lower tha [...]	2009-07-31 14:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CMGT ECON UP
09KYIV1302	GUAM'S UPS AND DOWNS [...] (SBU) Over the past year, GUAM has seen successes, including the opening of an impressive new headquarters in Kyiv. However, GUAM has also revealed shortcomings, most notably a lack of consensus among members about the orientation of the organization. Moldova continues to be sensitive to Russ [...]	2009-08-07 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1487	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PLEDGES NO GAS PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. At a road opening event in Western Ukraine on August 25, Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that gas prices would not increase for the population this year. Tymoshenko's statement appears to contradict her earlier commitments to international donors to raise gas prices for househ [...]	2009-08-31 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1495	UKRAINE TRADE DEFICIT SHRINKS IN H1 2009 [...] (U) Summary and comment: Recently released government of Ukraine (GOU) statistics show the trade deficit narrowing 93% in the first half of 2009, with exports falling by 46.8% and imports by 53.4%. The government reported that the hardest hit import sector continues to be automotive, declining [...]	2009-09-02 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV UP XH
09KYIV1518	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES A "GAS CHRISTMAS" [...] (SBU) Following talks with Russian Prime Minister Putin in Poland on September 1 (Ref A),Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that Ukraine would not experience a gas crisis this January. Tymoshenko also stated that the gas transit fee charged to Russia's Gazprom would increase in 2010, contradict [...]	2009-09-04 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1596	CRIMEAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINED BY LACK [...] (U) Summary: The global economic crisis has not spared Crimea, where unemployment was at 8% from January through March 2009, up from 4.7% in 2008. Local tourism has experienced a 14% decline since 2008, and industrial output dropped 21.6% in that same period, with production at some plants d [...]	2009-09-16 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD UP XH
09KYIV1602	TYMOSHENKO'S CONTROVERSIAL 2010 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's draft 2010 budget projects a deficit equivalent to 4% of GDP (exclusive of funds for bank recapitalization) and contains moderate increases in social spending, as well as provisions for transfers to economic sectors hit by the country' [...]	2009-09-17 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1607	Impact of Crisis: Ukrainians Suffering, But Not Rioting [...] (U) Summary. Real GDP contraction -- estimated to be 12%-15% for 2009 as a whole -- accumulating wage arrears, and a growing shadow economy have set Ukraine back in its economic development to the level of 2003, according to former Finance Minister Victor Pynzenyk. Despite increased hardship [...]	2009-09-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN
09KYIV1611	CONCERNS ON UKRAINE'S 2009 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Extensive government manipulation of the budget and coerced advance payment of corporate taxes have kept Ukraine in the black so far this year, but revenue from these measures is exhausted and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) has numerous outlays in the balance of the year. Anal [...]	2009-09-18 15:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1703	U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. The next round of the U.S.-Ukraine Council on Trade and Investment, scheduled to be held in Washington on October 14, will provide an important venue to address the broadest range of economic issues with Ukrainian counterparts. Issues of concern to U.S. business include Ukrain [...]	2009-10-02 07:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO USTR OPIC UP
09KYIV1728	ASD VERSHBOW IN KYIV: UKRAINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Kyiv September 28-29. In a series of bilateral meetings and engagements with media and academic [...]	2009-10-05 16:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UP
09KYIV1780	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ REFORMS UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna and PM Tymoshenko Energy Advisor Vitaliy Hayduk in late September both stated that the structural reform of the gas sector was unlikely, even unnecessary. Dubyna stated that he would not support the unbundling of Ukraine's gas tra [...]	2009-10-16 13:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1874	TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO EMOTIONS, PATRIOTISM IN HER [...] (C) Before an estimated 150,000 followers and spectators, Prime Minister Tymoshenko accepted on October 24 her party's nomination for president. The event was a four-hour, highly staged, nationally televised extravaganza on Independence Square (the site of the 2004 Orange Revolution) featuring [...]	2009-10-26 17:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1916	NBU REFUSES TO CONCEDE ON NAFTOHAZ AND UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue to refuse to monetize government of Ukraine debt, despite a near empty GOU treasury and "psychological pressure" from Russia to make payments to Gazprom. In the NBU's view, the GOU will have enough resources via special IMF alloc [...]	2009-11-05 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1920	UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...]	2009-11-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1942	U.S.-UKRAINE NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS SEPTEMBER [...] (S) Summary: Highlights of this semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine nonproliferation dialogue include: --Ukraine gave an inconsistent answer on the question of transferring HEU spent fuel to Russia. --Ukraine asked for additional security assurances beyond those provided in Budapest in 1994, and was intereste [...]	2009-11-09 12:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL KNUC UP
09KYIV196	PARTY OF REGIONS REACTS TO GAS DEAL [...] (C) Party of Regions shadow Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko publicly called the recent gas deal between Ukraine and Russia "a betrayal of national interests." Regions MPs believe the economics of the deal favor Russia and will be a blow to Ukrainian industry. They dismissed the removal o [...]	2009-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1981	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ OPTIONS FOR GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is expected to need about $1 billion to cover gas purchased from Russia in November and December. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has called on President Yushchenko to allow the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to make its foreign currency reserves available for the gas payments. [...]	2009-11-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA RU
09KYIV2054	A YANUKOVYCH FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) If Regions Party leader, and Orange Revolution foil, Viktor Yanukovych wins the January/February 2010 Presidential election, main elements of his foreign policy would include: --A reset in relations with Russia, generally deferring to Russia's red lines; --Non-bloc status and an end to [...]	2009-11-25 09:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2115	FALL OF YATSENYUK LETS TYMOSHENKO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Political observers, rival campaigns and internal advisers of Front of Change head Arseniy Yatsenyuk agree he has no hope of progressing to the second round of the January/February 2010 presidential election. Once considered by many disenchanted voters as the new western-leaning reform-mi [...]	2009-12-09 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2124	YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY [...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...]	2009-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2126	YUSHCHENKO ACCUSES PM, LAW ENFORCEMENT OF [...] (C) In a meeting with law enforcement heads to mark the December 9 "National Day of Fighting Corruption," President Yushchenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko of misappropriating billions of hryvnias in state funds and bribing local officials to manipulate the January 17 presidential electio [...]	2009-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2165	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...]	2009-12-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2169	UKRAINE: 2009 SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL VALIDATION STUDY [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of J1 summer work and travel/camp counselor ("SWT") visas issued for the 2009 program. During this time period, Post issued 7011 SWT visas. The validation study showed [...]	2009-12-18 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV2171	TALE OF TWO DEFAULTS: THE UKRZALIZNYTSA DEBT [...] (C) Summary. Following market angst over the possibility of a Ukrainian sovereign default, negotiations have resumed between creditors and Ukrzaliznytsa, the Ukrainian state-owned railway company, whose subsidiaries recently defaulted on a $110 million loan payment. An Ukrzaliznytsa advisor [...]	2009-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2175	YANUKOVYCH READY FOR RESET WITH RUSSIA, EU [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions head and presidential front-runner Yanukovych told the Ambassador that he welcomed international observation of the January 17 election. International observers will help ensure presidential candidates adhere to the law and prevent falsification. Yanukovych warn [...]	2009-12-21 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2185	IMF TO "ALLOW" UKRAINE TO SPEND RESERVES [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya is returning from Washington with QQf}4dg>Eey but the same reform requirements -- in 2010, after Ukraine's new President is elected. End Summary Government Seeking Cover for the NBU to Monetize ------------------------------------------ [...]	2009-12-23 10:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2219	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ SEES PAYMENT DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna told the Ambassador on December 24 that without IMF funds, Naftohaz will have difficulty making the January 11 payment for December gas purchases. Dubyna appealed for the Ambassador to ask the IMF to instruct Ukraine's National Bank to issue $2 bill [...]	2009-12-29 13:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UA RU
09KYIV243	UKRAINE'S BANKS SQUEEZED PRIOR TO RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's banking sector troubles are among the IMF and World Bank's foremost concerns amidst a deepening financial crisis. Short of liquidity and with worsening loan performance by the day, banks are awaiting a decision by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the GOU on a f [...]	2009-02-05 04:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV399	UKRAINE IPR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends that Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Watch List. Ukraine has continued to make progress on IPR enforcement and therefore does not warrant a return to the Priority Watch List, but the GOU still has work to do before we should consider remo [...]	2009-03-02 11:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
09KYIV421	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS GAZPROM AND AVOIDS A NEW CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) On March 5 Naftohaz paid Gazprom in full for gas delivered in February. The payment of $360 million averted a possible repeat of the recent gas crisis after Russia had threatened to cut off deliveries if Naftohaz failed to pay by the March 7 deadline. Naftohaz paid despite its worsening [...]	2009-03-06 11:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP
09KYIV425	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Taylor has delivered a demarche protesting Ukraine's plans for a 13 percent surcharge on import duties to a range of high-level government officials, including the President. The GOU claims it opposed the law and appears to be looking for a way to remedy the situatio [...]	2009-03-06 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV465	UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...]	2009-03-16 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM UP
09KYIV483	UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...]	2009-03-17 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV573	UKRAINE-ROMANIA RELATIONS: CANCELLED SUMMITS AND [...] (C) Despite public assertions by Ukrainian leaders to the contrary, Ukraine's relations with Romania remain strained following the International Court of Justice's February 3 decision on the disputed Snake Island and surrounding territory. The bilateral relationship lacks the concrete cooper [...]	2009-03-31 04:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO UP
09KYIV590	TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...]	2009-04-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV605	STRAINS WITH ROMANIA "SURPRISE" UKRAINE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials express surprise at recent strains in Ukrainian-Romanian relations. They blame Romania for making "unacceptable" last-minute demands on a trans-border travel agreement that resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a visit by President Basescu in February. They also voic [...]	2009-04-07 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RO
09KYIV676	UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...]	2009-04-16 09:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV785	UKRAINE: PRIVATIZATION UNLIKELY TO HELP CLOSE BUDGET GAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's 2009 budget foresees $1.1 billion of budget revenues this year, but the GOU is unlikely to earn anything near that amount from privatization of state-owned enterprises. The IMF, in its most recent review of its Stand-By Agreement, now estimates that Ukraine will gene [...]	2009-05-08 17:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP
09KYIV955	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL HOUSE OF CARDS [...] (SBU) Naftohaz's ability to pay its gas bill has become a monthly guessing game since the January 2009 gas crisis. While Ukraine has managed to pay its gas bill for the first four months of the year, it will face increasing difficulties to do so through the summer as it pumps gas into undergrou [...]	2009-06-03 15:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV96	2009 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to REF: --------------------------------------- I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: --------------------------------------- A. Crime Threat: Crime remains a concern in Ukraine. Ukraine's expatriate community - including A [...]	2009-01-16 14:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC UA
09LAGOS111	NIGERIA: TELECOM SECTOR TO WEATHER FINANCIAL STORM IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria logs approximately 55 million active GSM lines as of first quarter 2009, up by 13 million new lines from 2008. Local mobile operators are cash-strapped given the global credit crunch and are seeking financing and alternative payment schemes from suppliers. Quality in se [...]	2009-03-11 07:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN NI
09LAGOS138	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Gary Akpobire, Director of the Delta State Integrated Development Agency (DIDA) told Pol-Econ Chief on February 17 that Delta State's development plans are proceeding apace. The state plans four new gas-fired power plants to drive industry, but Akpobire seemed unaware of problems [...]	2009-03-18 08:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS143	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR ENGAGED LAGOS BUSINESS ELITES ON [...] (U) Summary: As part of the U.S. Mission Nigeria's National Week activities, Ambassador discussed political and economic issues with business executives and private sector leaders at the Lagos Island Club on February 24, and the Lagos Business School Breakfast Club on March 3. Lagos business e [...]	2009-03-20 09:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID NI
09LAGOS171	NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT REJECTS ELECTION TRIBUNAL VERDICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Federal Appeals Court has ordered a new hearing into allegations by Action Congress (AC) candidate Rauf Aregbesola that vote rigging and ballot tampering led to the April 14, 2007 election of Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The c [...]	2009-04-03 08:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS177	NIGERIA: LPG MARKET STILL DORMANT DESPITE HUGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Organizers and participants in the All-Africa Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) conference held in Lagos 30-31 March said Nigeria has made little progress in introducing LPG into the domestic market since the last meeting in 2006. Despite producing 2,000,000 metric tons per year, d [...]	2009-04-08 05:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EPET ECON EINV NI
09LAGOS178	NIGERIA: OIL EXEC SAYS POOR HEALTH HAS SIDELINED [...] (C) Summary: On 06 April, Akin Odumakinde, Managing Director of the large Nigerian petroleum engineering service firm DeltaAfrik said he has seen some recent improvement in getting large contracts approved by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),a process that had stalled over [...]	2009-04-08 12:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS183	NIGERIA: LPG EXEC DESCRIBES KEROSENE SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 conversation about the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market in Nigeria, the managing director of a large Nigerian LPG company said downstream petroleum distributors are exploiting Nigeria's kerosene subsidy by arbitraging the price difference between household ke [...]	2009-04-09 15:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV NI
09LAGOS216	NIGERIA: BUDGET CONSTRAINTS DRIVING ANTI-FRAUD AND [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, the Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi told PolOff and Lagos Consular Section Fraud Prevention Manager that a small clique of senior officials of the State Finance Ministry allocated ghost and duplicate wo [...]	2009-05-13 06:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS230	NIGERIA: JTF, MILITANTS CLASH IN DELTA STATE [...] (C) On May 15 units from Nigeria's Joint Task Force attacked militants associated with militant leader Tompolo near his main base, Camp Five, in Delta State. Press and Post contacts report that the military occupied Camp Five after a sustained assault. Press stories put the total JTF and mil [...]	2009-05-19 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EPET NI
09LAGOS233	Nigeria's Second-Largest Fast Food Chain Bullish on [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's fast food industry has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years and the management of the country's second-largest chain, Chicken Republic, expects that pace to continue despite an economic slowdown and supply chain problems. Food Concepts Managing Director Deji Aki [...]	2009-05-21 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD NI
09LAGOS253	Nigeria's Developers Return to Basics After High-End [...] (U) Summary: The precipitous fall in high-end housing prices in Lagos over the past several months has prompted real estate developers to shift focus to medium and lower-end accommodations where demand is strong and, while margins tend to be less, prices have exhibited a steady climb. Executi [...]	2009-06-09 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS279	NIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOV CONFRONTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Olusegun Mimiko's (Labour Party - LP) four months in office have been a mixed bag of accomplishments and political intrigues. His supporters claimed he has in four months accomplished more than his predecessor achieved in two years. Opponents argue that his government [...]	2009-07-06 15:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS287	NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION: HOW BAD IS BAD? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Press reports and rumors abound that due to recent militant attacks in Delta State, Nigeria's oil production has fallen to 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) and maybe lower, down from recent production levels that hovered between 1.8 million and 2 million bpd. After reviewin [...]	2009-07-09 13:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS316	NIGERIA: LAGOS BUILDS FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Transport and related agencies, met June 29-July 3, with U.S. Department of Transportation's Rita Daguillard and National Transit Institute Director Paul Larousse, to outline the state's efforts at creating an integrated transportation syst [...]	2009-07-24 07:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ECPC EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS358	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in National Assembly Committees. At issue is the legality of his sacking of five bank Managing Directors (MD). Sanusi contends that his actions were legal, while members of the National Assembly want to [...]	2009-09-09 07:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NI PGOV
09LAGOS359	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in the National Assembly over his sacking of five Managing Directors. National Assembly members questioned Sanusi's use of CBN funds to prop up the five banks, and expressed a desire to be more involved i [...]	2009-09-10 16:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV NI
09LAGOS386	NIGERIA'S ICT NETWORK: BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Nigeria is set for exponential growth in the next twelve months. Bandwidth will triple, potentially lighting up the empty fiber optic network and populating the country's various cell towers with multiple antennae [...]	2009-10-15 07:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV NI
09LAGOS393	EXPERTS ASSESS NIGERIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL [...] (SBU) Industry experts continue to review the pros and cons of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Increased GON revenue, and excluded credits for security, contracting, and finance costs remain key concern for oil companies. The GON has retained the consulting services of an oil and [...]	2009-10-19 15:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS70	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS KOREAN COMPANY OIL BLOCKS [...] (C) Summary: The GON announced on January 20 that it will revoke exploration rights to two deep water oil blocks awarded to a South Korean consortium led by the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC). The Korean group has threatened legal and diplomatic action. The blocks were awarded in 2005 a [...]	2009-02-13 06:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL KS NI
09LAGOS77	NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Appeals Court in Kwara State, on February 17 overturned the decision of the electoral tribunal affirming the election of Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni (PDP) and ordered new elections in 10 of the state's 16 local government areas. (Comment: After 21 months in power, it is lik [...]	2009-02-24 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS85	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] (C) Summary: The head of Petrobras Nigeria said on February 9 that Nigeria is producing 80,000 barrels of oil per day less than its current OPEC quota. He expected the Total-led Akpo project, in which Petrobras has a 40 percent stake, to come on stream before April 1. Once Akpo comes on str [...]	2009-02-25 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAGOS92	NIGERIA: FINANCIAL SECTOR SLOWDOWN POSES A SECURITY RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: During discussions on February 4, Professor Doyin Salami, Dean of the Lagos Business School told Econoffs he sees the downturn in the Nigerian stock market as a national security risk, especially as the government is preoccupied with dwindling revenues resulting from low oil pric [...]	2009-03-02 08:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS98	NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST GOVERNORS BRING LIMITED CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings through January, contacts in Anambra, Ebonyi, and Abia states told Poloff that after being marginalized by the federal government for years, the states are now using their own resources to improve infrastructure and industry. On Poloff's road trips through [...]	2009-03-03 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV NI
09LAHORE118	PUNJAB LAWYERS FIGHT FOR AND AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER LONG [...] (SBU) Summary. Lawyers from Punjab have continued the fight for lawyers' rights, but have focused their efforts on improving their own status and ensuring job security. Punjab attorneys have demanded pay raises, housing from the provincial government and a resolution that requires companies t [...]	2009-06-16 11:43:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
09LAHORE123	EDUCATION, HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE CAN BEAT EXTREMISM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Improved education, health care and economic development can counter the rise of extremism in south Punjab, politicians and administrators told a USAID and State delegation that visited south Punjab June 2-8. Local leaders in Multan, Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Dera Ghazi Khan and Raj [...]	2009-06-23 02:39:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID PTER PK
09LAHORE131	MINORITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE ARRESTED IN LAHORE [...] (SBU) Summary. Joseph Francis, National Director of the Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) and prominent human rights advocate, was arrested and denied bail by the Lahore High Court on July 9 after traveling to London while on bail in a forced conversion case. Francis is [...]	2009-07-11 11:40:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE132	PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE ELECTIONS SHOW PARTY IS ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Although the July 8 provincial party elections of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML; also known as the "Q League") strengthened the Chaudhry family control over the PML, a prominent faction of dissidents who boycott the PML polls could could damage the national standing of the PML in [...]	2009-07-13 04:33:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE133	CHRISTIANS ATTACKED IN KASUR [...] (SBU) Summary: A drunken fistfight erupted into an alleged incident of blasphemy, which sparked a mob attack on a Christian community in rural Punjab, prompting 700 people to flee their homes June 30. Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti offered compensation to the affected [...]	2009-07-13 06:07:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE154	ICE MAY HAVE CRACKED, BUT SHARIFS STILL DISTRUST IN ZARDARI [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 12:45:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE155	RAPE VICTIM PORTRAYED BY NY TIMES FACES CORRUPT POLICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Khanewal district in south Punjab have refused to arrest the rapists and police whom New York Times subject Assiya Rafiq has accused of rape, women's rights activist Mukhtar Mai told Acting Principal Officer July 28. According to the July 26 article by Nicholas Kristof, [...]	2009-07-28 13:36:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR PK
09LAHORE156	FEMALE MADRASSAHS IN PUNJAB PREPARE WOMEN FOR THE HOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff visits to three female Ahl-e-Hadith madrassahs in Punjab has shown that they provide Islamic studies, Quran memorization and basic life skills training, but little else to prepare women for an independent life. Aside from the Quran, girls learn to cook, clean and sew; th [...]	2009-07-30 02:41:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV KISL PK
09LAHORE164	POWER IN PUNJAB: LIMITED OPTIONS FOR ADDING SUPPLY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Punjab provincial government is increasingly concerned about persistent rolling blackouts, but has few options to respond to the electricity crisis. In a July 28 meeting with A/PO, son of the Chief Minister and Member of the Provincial Assembly, Hamza Sharif, acknowledged t [...]	2009-08-08 10:24:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ECIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE165	PROSECUTIONS AND PEACE PROMISED IN STRIFE-TORN VILLAGE [...] (C) Summary: While politicians and religious leaders have sought to establish inter-religious peace in Gojra village after the August 1 burning of eight Christians, human rights activists have urged the government to reconsider the blasphemy law, which sparked the killing of a Muslim businessma [...]	2009-08-10 10:59:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE167	PUNJAB ATTORNEYS CONSIDER SUPREME COURT RULINGS PIECEMEAL [...] (C) Summary: Punjab attorneys from across the political spectrum criticized Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry's July 31 rulings against judges appointed during former President Musharraf's last 18 months in office as political and piecemeal, they said in a series of meetings with Acting Principal [...]	2009-08-17 06:25:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE178	PROSPECTS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-farm employment is vital to help alleviate poverty in southern Punjab, according to local policy makers and academic experts. Population growth has vastly outpaced increases in both agricultural productivity and non-farm jobs, which resulted in higher poverty rates in sout [...]	2009-09-03 02:35:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE196	BLASPHEMY ACCUSED DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY IN NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: A young Pakistani Christian man died in police custody, three days after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy. On September 11, 20-year-old Fanish Masih, an illiterate sweeper, allegedly grabbed a copy of the Quran from a teenage Muslim girl and threw it in the drain. [...]	2009-10-14 05:55:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE207	PAKISTAN'S TEXTILES INDUSTRY IS FRAYING AT THE EDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Garments and textiles constitute the single largest industrial sector in Pakistan, accounting for 40 percent of all industrial employment and 8.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the industry has several globally competitive firms, the bulk of the business is mired [...]	2009-11-01 09:14:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP BTIO EAGR EAID ECIN EIND ELAB ETRD
09LAHORE209	NEW TEXTILE POLICY WON'T CURE WHAT AILS PAKISTAN'S INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's 2009-2014 federal textile policy correctly identifies and seeks to rectify many of the sector's weaknesses, but experts predict it will not deliver the desired transformation of the industry. Despite accounting for 40 percent of all industrial employment and 8.5 per [...]	2009-11-05 10:44:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP BTIO EAGR EAID ECIN EIND ELAB ETRD
09LAHORE216	THE SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH THE PUNJABI GOVERNOR, BUSINESS [...] (U) October 29; 17:15; Lahore, Pakistan 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Anne W. Patterson SRAP Ambassador Richard Holbrooke CG Carmela Conroy Pakistan (Both events) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi [...]	2009-11-20 09:33:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILARY PK
09LAHORE46	LAHORE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) Lahore's EAC convened on Thursday, March 12, 2009 to review the impact the "Long March" on Islamabad, planned by lawyers, PML(N),Jamat-e-Islam and Tehreek-e-Insaf political parties in Pakistan, will have on the Punjab Province. The EAC was chaired by the Principal Officer. In attendance [...]	2009-03-12 11:33:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK
09LAHORE6	LAHORE ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] Overall Crime and Safety Situation: (U) Due to on-going concerns about the possibility of terrorist activity directed against American citizens and interests, the Department of State continues to advise U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Pakistan. Family members of official Ameri [...]	2009-01-16 06:39:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC
09LAHORE72	PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS CODEL KYL THAT EXTREMISM IS [...] Summary (C) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told a congressional delegation led by Senator Jon Kyl that only a small minority in Pakistan supports extremism. He highlighted assistance to Pakistan's education system as the best way to counter terrorist recruitment. Taseer also envisioned Pakist [...]	2009-04-10 14:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
09LAHORE76	NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL KYL TO TALK TO ALL PARTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:58:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
09LAHORE77	PUNJAB AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS CRITICIZE PAKISTAN WHEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Ministry of Agriculture realize that government wheat policy endangers Pakistan's food security and perpetuates rural poverty and isolation, creating fertile ground for extremists. Despite the cost and corruption fueled by price supports and subsi [...]	2009-04-20 10:27:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAPAZ1028	BOLIVIA: 2008-09 COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales Government,s 2008-2009 counternarcotics performance continues to be mixed, with slowly rising eradication levels and increased seizures in interdiction, but with legislative reform on hold until after the December 2009 presidential elections. UNODC,s recent coca sur [...]	2009-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID BL

09LAPAZ115	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM PASSES, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In a generally peaceful day of voting marked by scattered accusations of fraud, Bolivians voted in a national referendum January 25 to approve a new constitution. Although official vote tallies will not be available until February, initial surveys place the national referendum r [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ1196	BOLIVIA: SPECULATION, LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: After initially blaming a range of potential actors for two letter bombs that exploded August 12 in La Paz (reftels A - C),the GOB now seems to be downplaying the attacks. Some embassy sources suggest the bombings could be the result of differences within President Morales' rulin [...]	2009-08-19 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1233	BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]	2009-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ1256	BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY CRUMPLES UNDER MAS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Through a series of judicial maneuvers and pressure tactics reminiscent of their 2007 dismantling of the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party appear to be set on shutting down the Supreme Court until [...]	2009-08-31 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ126	BOLIVIA POST-ATPDEA: WOOL COATS TO CARACAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of December 15, Bolivian exporters can no longer use the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) to send their goods tariff-free to the United States. While most goods can enter the United States under the General System of Preferences (GSP),many exporters, m [...]	2009-01-28 18:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB KTEX VN BR
09LAPAZ127	BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...]	2009-01-28 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ1285	BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the passage of the September 7 filing deadline, eight parties have registered to contest the December 6 elections for Bolivia's presidency and Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Three parties are set to split the bulk of the opposition vote, greatly strengthening Presiden [...]	2009-09-09 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM INR PHUM BL
09LAPAZ1417	BOLIVIAN ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ADDRESS REAL NEEDS [...] (SBU) With an overall poverty rate of 60% and with 37% of the population in extreme poverty, the government of Bolivia has made the fight against poverty a priority. Although programs may be concentrated in areas where the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party hopes to win during the upcoming [...]	2009-10-06 17:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL
09LAPAZ1425	POLLS: MAS TO SWEEP, MAY WIN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Three recently-published polls -- including an unreleased, privately-commissioned poll by Stanley Greenberg's firm -- confirm President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are well positioned to sweep the December 6 elections. Morales is favored to wi [...]	2009-10-07 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1553	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]	2009-11-18 14:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1585	BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...]	2009-12-02 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1589	MORALES, MAS WIN RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) won a resounding victory in national elections on December 6. Parallel vote counts show Morales won re-election with approximately 63 percent of the vote and that the MAS won at least 24 of 36 Senate seats. L [...]	2009-12-07 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1593	BOLIVIA MINING -- UPDATE ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to the San Bartolome silver mine in the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, EconOff learned that the financial impact of the suspension of mining above 4400 meters is significant and is already impacting operations for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Co [...]	2009-12-09 16:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ183	BOLIVIAN MINING: WORLDWIDE WOES AND LOCAL LAMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. presence in Bolivian mining will change dramatically over the next few years. Denver-based Apex Silver has announced the sale of all its San Cristobal Mine stock to former partner Sumitomo Corporation, which will take over full ownership of the largest silver mine in Bo [...]	2009-02-04 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ194	LOWER HOUSE PRESIDENT ENLISTS SELF AS BILAT ALLY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House President Edmundo Novillo told Charge' February 3 that, in order for bilateral relations to move forward, both sides would need to identify common ground and establish some "essential points" for engagement. He added the United States would need to acknowledge the his [...]	2009-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SNAR BL
09LAPAZ267	LITHIUM: A NEW BATTERY FOR BOLIVIA'S ECONOMY? [...] (C) Summary: Recent articles from BBC, the New York Times, and business journals have created substantial buzz about the reportedly large reserves of lithium contained in Bolivia's Uyuni salt flat. On February 11, Bolivia's National Mining Director Freddy Beltran announced that four companies [...]	2009-02-19 13:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ270	PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIAN CONGRESS'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) In a February 18 call on the Charge d'Affaires, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of congress) Michiatki Nagatani portrayed himself as a personal messenger from Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca. He said Choquehuanca had asked [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BL
09LAPAZ294	EVO BLAMES CIA FOR YPFB SCANDAL; POLICE'S MILGP BAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite overtures to the Obama Administration in general, President Morales and Government Minister Rada continued the GOB's now familiar barrage of U.S.-blaming and blasting February 20-21. This time the target was the CIA, blamed for the corruption and murder scandal involving [...]	2009-02-26 14:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EAID EPET MARR OFDP
09LAPAZ382	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM 2009 BOLIVIA [...] The La Paz Prefecture (state government) in Bolivia has been dramatically impacted by the effects of climate change. The La Paz prefect (governor) is anxious to investigate the causes of these problems, work towards finding solutions, and integrate best practices into his water projects. In th [...]	2009-03-11 18:53:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER
09LAPAZ412	BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...]	2009-03-17 18:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ436	BOLIVIA: WHO CAN CHALLENGE MORALES? (PT 1) [...] (C) Summary: Although presidential elections will not occur until December 6, at least ten members of the opposition are being mentioned as potential candidates. This is the first in a series of cables that will review the possibilities for each. Part One will focus on the three leading can [...]	2009-03-20 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL ECON
09LAPAZ469	MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]	2009-03-26 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ472	GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...]	2009-03-27 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ474	MORALES ALLEGES USG INTERFERENCE, AGAIN [...] (C) One day after Foreign Minister Choquehuanca assured us the GOB would not take actions to embarrass the U.S. administration and would resolve bilateral issues through diplomatic channels, President Evo Morales on March 26 publicly and without proof accused the USG of "mobilizing" CIA and DE [...]	2009-03-27 16:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ478	BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC
09LAPAZ496	MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...]	2009-03-31 17:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ501	SANTA CRUZ LEADERS ALARMED BY EROSION OF [...] (C) Summary: During several recent trips by embassy officials to Santa Cruz, leaders and common citizens alike have expressed concern over the growing anti-democratic tendencies of the Morales government. Issues such as the continued imprisonment of Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez, the self [...]	2009-03-31 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM SNAR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ522	BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...]	2009-04-06 15:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ557	STARVING DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL LAW IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: As of 2:00pm April 9, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has been unable to break a legislative deadlock with the opposition over passage of the constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which will govern all aspects of upco [...]	2009-04-09 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ578	OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...]	2009-04-14 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ6	FEARS OF CLOSING CONGRESS FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Alternate Senator Rafael Loayza (Podemos, La Paz) told PolOff he anticipated Bolivian President Evo Morales would shut down Congress sometime before mid-summer. Loayza argued that Morales will use the "inevitable" approval of a constitutional referendum January 25 to j [...]	2009-01-05 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ62	BOLIVIA: EVO WARNS HE WILL RULE BY DECREE [...] (U) At the January 11 conference of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, President Evo Morales called on his followers to perpetuate MAS power "forever." Morales assured his listeners that he was confident the new constitution would pass in the January 25 referendum, allowing for [...]	2009-01-13 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ658	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...]	2009-05-05 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC
09LAPAZ715	SUPREME COURT HALTED, JUDICIARY DISMANTLED [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Congress' lower house narrowly voted on May 14 to impeach Supreme Court President Eddy Fernandez, and the opposition-controlled Senate will begin a "trial of responsibilities" within two weeks. The ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's main charge against F [...]	2009-05-15 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ722	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S SHANNON VISIT [...] (C) Welcome to La Paz! Your visit comes at a critical moment in U.S./Bolivian relations. In the past year, bilateral relations sank to their lowest point in decades, largely as a result of unprovoked Government of Bolivia rhetoric and action. Events over the past twelve months include a mar [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ743	CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...]	2009-05-22 15:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...]	2009-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LEIPZIG15	RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WIN MINOR GAINS IN EASTERN GERMANY'S [...] (U) The right-wing extremist "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) achieved minor gains in the June 7 communal elections in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, had an increase in support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) from .08 to 3.2 percent of the vote statewid [...]	2009-07-02 08:32:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV GM
09LEIPZIG4	GERMANY: IT SECTOR INSOLVENCY IN DRESDEN LEADS TO CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary. Qimonda, a worldwide leading manufacturer of dynamic random access memory chips (DRAM) with facilities in Dresden (3,200 employees),Munich (1,400) and Richmond, Virginia (2,800),filed for insolvency January 23 after a rescue plan devised by parent company Infineon, the state of [...]	2009-02-03 08:01:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ETTC GM
09LIBREVILLE275	GABON: EAC MEETING CONVENED FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) Following the announcement of the death of Gabon's President Omar Bongo Ondimba, a meeting of Post's EAC was convened at 1930 at the CMR. The meeting was chaired by the Ambassador. 2. (SBU) The first order of business was an accounting of all official embassy personnel, family members [...]	2009-06-09 14:21:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREL ASEC GB
09LIBREVILLE412	GABON: THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DOUBTS ABOUT [...] (C) Gabon,s presidential election process continues to move forward. On September 4, Ali Bongo Ondimba was announced as the winner of the August 30 presidential election (Reftel). Opposition requests for an independent vote count were rejected. Losing candidates have 15 days (until Septembe [...]	2009-09-11 10:08:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE48	ECHOES OF WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS SOUND IN GABON [...] SUMMARY: With an economy almost entirely dependent on the export of raw materials -- mainly petroleum, manganese, and timber -- Gabon has experienced significant recessionary effects linked to the current international economic crisis. Private sector decision-makers are taking a cautious appro [...]	2009-02-06 09:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET EMIN EAGR GB
09LILONGWE152	MALAWI: AN ACRIMONIOUS START TO TOBACCO SEASON [...] SUMMARY: Malawi's tobacco auction season began on March 16 in conflict and confusion. By far the country's most important export, tobacco plays a critical role in the country's economy. President Mutharika's attempt to fix minimum floor prices in this election year has further increased farm [...]	2009-03-20 07:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ETRD ECON MI
09LILONGWE181	MALAWI: IMF FORGIVES OVERSPENDING, HIGHLIGHTS STRONG [...] SUMMARY: A just-concluded IMF mission to Malawi found that the GOM had sufficiently met Fund benchmarks to justify continuation of the one-year ESF agreement extended in late 2008. The IMF team and the GOM compromised on how to account for overspending on the 2008 fertilizer subsidy program. [...]	2009-04-03 10:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD MI
09LILONGWE268	MALAWI MCC CONCEPT PAPERS GENERATE PRIVATE SECTOR [...] Summary: Malawi's recently submitted proposals for a potential Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact generated considerable private sector interest at a May 7 forum. The forum included a presentation on the concept papers recently submitted by the MCA-Malawi Core Team (MCA-M). Malawi i [...]	2009-05-19 09:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG ELTN MCC MI
09LILONGWE27	MALAWI: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...]	2009-01-20 14:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MI
09LILONGWE29	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - DELAYS AND DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest extension in Malawi's voter registration process will delay completion of the exercise to January 28, pushing the deadline for Presidential and Parliamentary nominations into early February. With no decision yet on Muluzi's candidacy, potential delays from legal cha [...]	2009-01-21 14:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE363	MUTHARIKA ANNOUNCES A COMPREHENSIVE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In his State of the Nation address on June 23, President Mutharika highlighted his first administration's achievements in food security, economic growth, and respect for democracy through successful and peaceful elections. Mutharika said the voters gave him an overwhelming mand [...]	2009-06-25 15:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID MI
09LILONGWE454	MALAWI: PROGRESSING TOWARD FOOD SECURITY [...] Summary: Increasing food security in Malawi has been the Government of Malawi's (GOM) highest strategic priority since President Bingu wa Mutharika took office in 2004. The GOM has demonstrated a strong commitment to reducing poverty through agriculturally-led economic growth. The GOM is inv [...]	2009-08-14 11:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KHIV MI
09LILONGWE594	MALAWI: ECONOMY WEAKENS AS IMF BEGINS NEW MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi escaped relatively unscathed from the global economic downturn, but strains on the economy are becoming increasingly apparent, with a shortage of foreign exchange particularly problematic. An IMF team is in the country discussing with the GOM a possible financial program [...]	2009-11-04 12:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID MI
09LILONGWE676	MALAWI: CARGILL CLOSES LOCAL OPERATIONS DUE TO [...] (U) Summary: U.S.-based international conglomerate Cargill announced it is pulling out of Malawi's cotton sector. According to company executives, GOM's intervention in commodity markets prompted Cargill's withdrawal. Unable to operate profitably buying cotton at the GOM's mandated minimum [...]	2009-12-15 13:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR ECON MI
09LILONGWE688	MALAWI RE-EXAMINES ELECTRICITY CONNECTION WITH [...] (SBU) Malawi's Parliament deferred approval of a proposed connection of the national electrical grid to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). An already approved World Bank loan to finance the infrastructure is due to expire on December 31, 2009. Lack of reliable electrical power has been [...]	2009-12-21 13:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG PREL MI
09LILONGWE78	MALAWI'S ECONOMY: DARK CLOUDS GATHERING [...] (C) Summary. According to the World Bank and IMF, massive overruns in the Malawian government's agricultural input subsidy program are creating in a budget shortfall, which the local World Bank Country Manager estimates may reach as high as USD 70 million, with no clear prospects for closing t [...]	2009-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAGR MI
09LILONGWE80	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Malawian media continued to report on the government's opposition to a civil society-led parallel vote tally (PVT) in front-page story Feb. 14 entitled "Bingu Grills U.S. Envoy; Bodde Maintains Tally Center OK." The article briefly described the recent, contentious meeting betwee [...]	2009-02-17 13:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LIMA1055	NEW CABINET TO FOCUS ON "ORDER" "INCLUSION" [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia on July 11 swore in a new cabinet that replaces seven Ministers, including the important posts of Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Interior Minister and Trade Minister. Most Embassy contacts say the new Cabinet more closely aligns with the President's policy pre [...]	2009-07-22 16:35:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI
09LIMA146	GARCIA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: At the ... id: 190261 date: 2/3/2009 22:13 refid: 09LIMA146 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 032213Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9983 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIO [...]	2009-02-03 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON EFIN ETRD PE
09LIMA1620	PERU: SUPPLEMENTAL TO FY'10 1206 COUNTER-IED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 21:55:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS KTIA PREL PTER PE
09LIMA1629	Amazon Dialogue: Negotiating Through Distrust [...] (C) Summary. Working groups formed to resolve issues arising out of the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes have shown uneven progress thus far. GOP contacts assure us that the dialogue process will lead to a new forestry law that brings Peru back into compliance with the PTPA by the August 2010 d [...]	2009-11-04 17:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA164	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in a Peru relatively well-positioned to deal with the unfolding global economic crisis but deeply concerned about its longer-term implications. Thanks to several recent policy successes and a tactical shift to the left, President Garcia's nation-wide poll numbe [...]	2009-02-09 20:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON OVIP PE
09LIMA1912	PERU NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2010 [...] (U) In response to State 105824, Embassy Lima reports the following update for its National Trade Estimate Report. This report has also been sent as a Word document with track changes to USTR by email on December 4. 2. (U) TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT The United States and Peru sign [...]	2009-12-07 14:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EINV PGOV PE
09LIMA225	SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in a Peru relatively well-positioned to deal with the unfolding global economic crisis but deeply concerned about its longer-term implications. Thanks to several recent policy successes and a tactical shift to the left, President Garcia's nation-wide poll numbe [...]	2009-02-19 17:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR PE
09LIMA417	LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: -- Eradication Report -- Maritime/Ports Program Report -- Aviation Report -- Police Programs Report Eradication Report 2. (U) Having begun February 12, by the end of the month CORAH eradicated 321.87 hectares of coca even though one third of operating days were p [...]	2009-03-24 21:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA480	Fraud Summary: Lima [...] (U) Post is submitting its semi-annual fraud summary for September 2008 - February 2009. Responses are keyed to paragraph markers in reftel. Post continues to submit septel spot reports on specific cases of interest. ITEM A: COUNTRY CONDITIONS -------------------------- 2. (U) Peru's e [...]	2009-03-31 22:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PE
09LIMA589	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER REQUESTS ASYLUM IN [...] (C) Summary: Former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Mayor of Maracaibo Manuel Rosales has solicited political asylum in Peru. Claiming Rosales was the object of a political witchhunt in Venezuela, APRA Congressman Javier Valle Riestra in an April 21 press conference urged the Government [...]	2009-04-22 22:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE PE
09LIMA77	PERU 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The Government of Peru (GOP) seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, 2007, and set to enter into force on February 1, 2009, sh [...]	2009-01-21 18:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
09LIMA810	AMAZONIAN VIOLENCE: CONFUSION ABOUT DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: Confusion still surrounds the June 5 outbreak of violence in Bagua, complete with competing versions about who shot first and which side suffered more casualties. What is clear is that, on the same day in a separate violent incident on the outskirts of Bagua , about 500 indigeno [...]	2009-06-08 22:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA888	AMAZON PROTESTS SUBSIDE, COPYCATS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: After Congress repealed two legislative decrees (ref),prolonged protests by Amazon communities appear to have subsided. The GOP must now negotiate with indigenous and regional leaders to develop new laws. Should a majority of legislators vote to "censure" the PM, who has been s [...]	2009-06-22 21:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LISBON510	PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS -- SOCIALISTS AHEAD, STILL [...] (U) Summary: With the September 27 parliamentary elections just days away, the Socialists (PS) led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates have a three-point lead over the Social Democrats (PSD) led by Manuela Ferreira Leite. However, a significant portion of the electorate -- 24 percent of those int [...]	2009-09-23 15:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON534	FRAUD SUMMARY - PORTUGAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 11:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PO
09LISBON537	PORTUGAL TO HOLD LOCAL ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 11 [...] (U) Summary: Portugal will hold local elections October 11 in all 308 municipalities, with the most significant races in Lisbon and Porto. The race in Lisbon will be closely contested, with incumbent Socialist (PS) mayor Antonio Costa likely to be re-elected over Social Democratic (PSD) rival [...]	2009-10-09 15:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON588	PORTUGAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PLAN ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a November 10 meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to present the results of a recent market survey of pharmaceutical companies and to recount a recent LAWG meeting with Basilio H [...]	2009-11-20 16:00:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM
09LISBON608	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HONDURAS DISPUTE [...] (U) Delegations from twenty-two Iberian and Latin American nations attended the nineteenth Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal November 29-December 1. The summit's theme was "Innovation and Knowledge" and featured discussions on technology and innovation collaboration, social developm [...]	2009-12-04 07:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN PREL AN XM CU DR SP PO
09LISBON614	CUBAN DOCTORS IN PORTUGAL [...] (U) Portugal's thirty-year-old public health system is facing organizational and administrative changes as part of the government's health care reform. One of the biggest challenges is the shortage of family physicians, particularly in rural areas. Recruiting foreign doctors is a temporary sol [...]	2009-12-07 15:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV PO
09LISBON94	S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Clint Williamson of S/WCI visited Lisbon February 10 and met with PolDir Nuno Brito and other Portuguese MFA officials to discuss resettlement of Guantanamo detainees. Ambassador Williamson described the importance placed on this issue by the new US administration and [...]	2009-02-11 14:59:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV EUN PO
09LJUBLJANA115	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF "LENGTHY," BUT VAGUE APRIL [...] (C) Emboff discussed ref's points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with Acting European Correspondent Jurnej Muller on April 22. Muller commented that it was obvious that last week was a holiday as the Czech Presidency still had not provided background for some of the agenda items, so their p [...]	2009-04-22 15:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA12	2009 SLOVENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Slovenia follows: A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- A European Union member since May 1, 2004 and a eurozone member since January 1, 2007, Slovenia has a strong mix of qualities to recommend [...]	2009-01-15 17:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB SI
09LJUBLJANA181	SLOVENIAN ECONOMY KEEPS ITS HEAD ABOVE WATER, BUT [...] (SBU) Slovenia,s economy continues to be in a slump, but leaders disagree about just how bad the economy is. Prime Minister Pahor was quoted in an newspaper interview on June 27 saying: "the global economic crisis will be longer and deeper than originally expected. We're witnessing the bigge [...]	2009-07-06 05:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC SI
09LJUBLJANA199	ECONOMIC CRISIS AFFECTS SLOVENIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) In response to the global financial crisis, most Slovene companies implemented stricter hiring policies in the first half of 2009, resulting in a reduction of work permits and the elimination of the government's prolongation policy for existing permits. These changes reduced employment [...]	2009-07-20 12:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB SI
09LJUBLJANA219	IPR ENFORCEMENT TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) Overall, the government of Slovenia takes intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement seriously, even though it is not a large problem for Slovenia in comparison to other central and eastern European countries. The general public is aware of IPR issues and various state offices and ag [...]	2009-07-28 14:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KCRM SI
09LJUBLJANA275	SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PM WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor informed DAS Stuart Jones on August 30 that he was willing to be flexible on the language of the June 15 Rehn proposal (Rehn 2) despite the political risks, but he needed a public statement from the Government of Croatia (GoC) agreeing to the Rehn 2 fr [...]	2009-09-03 16:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA295	SLOVENIA ON UNGA REDLINES TOES THE EU LINE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 14:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA
09LJUBLJANA3	GAZPROM HALTS DELIVERIES, BUT SLOVENES REMAIN [...] (C) Gazprom completely closed down gas supplies to Slovenia at midnight on January 6, saying deliveries will not resume for at least 24 hours. Slovenia receives about 55% of its gas from Russia. The country has reserves for 30 to 45 days stored in Austria, but Government officials are concer [...]	2009-01-07 19:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA301	SLOVENIA: U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM A [...] (SBU) On September 25, Pol/Econ Chief met Andrej Kranjc, Head of the Climate Protection Department in the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning to present reftel talking points. Kranjc acknowledged that the U.S. program represented a significant change from that of the previous U.S. [...]	2009-09-25 15:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY
09LJUBLJANA40	SLOVENIA/CROATIA: THE NATO REFERENDUM NOBODY WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Marjan Podobnik, a one-time agrarian politician and head of a patriotic NGO called the June 25th Institute, formally submitted more than 5,300 signatures to parliament on February 16 to initiate a request for a referendum on Croatia's NATO accession protocol. Unless a compromise [...]	2009-02-17 18:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR SI
09LJUBLJANA41	SLOVENIA EXPECTS WESTERN BALKANS TO DOMINATE [...] (C) ADCM delivered ref's points regarding the February 23-24 GAERC to EU Correspondent Darja Gruban on February 19. Gruban said she expected the restricted Foreign Ministers' lunch discussion on the Western Balkans would be long. In addition to the FMs discussing Afghanistan, the Political Di [...]	2009-02-20 15:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV AFDB SU SI
09LJUBLJANA60	FINANCE MINISTER SAYS SLOVENIAN ECONOMY BETTER OFF [...] (SBU) CDA met with Finance Minister France Krizanic on March 6 to discuss Krizanic's views of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Slovenia's overall economic position. Krizanic appeared realistic, but upbeat about Slovenia's financial situation. He explained that while Slovenia avoided the [...]	2009-03-06 17:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA61	SLOVENIAN ECONOMY DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Slovenia is facing the most severe economic times in its eighteen-year history. A director of the Government Institute of Economic Analysis and Development (IMAD) said at a press conference on that the first quarter of 2009 will be the worst since independence and that Slovenia has not yet [...]	2009-03-09 17:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA86	SLOVENIA: PROJECTED GDP GROWTH TUMBLES SHARPLY [...] (SBU) As recently as March 19, our government and business contacts assured Emboffs that they will be able to weather the crisis if the global economy is able to turn around this year. However, as many contacts have told Emboffs, "As Germany goes, so goes Slovenia." Based on Germany's falling [...]	2009-03-27 16:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SI
09LONDON1040	FAINT SIGNS OF SPRING, BUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN U.K. AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Government officials have been increasingly optimistic in their outlooks for economic recovery. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, said he sees "green seedlings" in the British economy, while Chancellor Alistair Darling forecast positive growth figures by the end of the year [...]	2009-05-01 15:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON109	2009 UK INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2009. 2. Much of the data supplied in this report is from 2007, since end-of-year 2008 figures are not yet available. Given the economic down [...]	2009-01-15 13:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB UK
09LONDON1369	UK ANALYSTS ASSERT CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Compared to the acutely fragile economic climate in Central and Eastern Europe from November 2008 to February 2009, UK-based market watchers now feel the worst is behind them. Their views are spurred in part by positive news on U.S. and UK banks in recent weeks and assumptions th [...]	2009-06-10 09:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV XG UK
09LONDON1383	LABOUR LOSES ELECTION IN WALES FOR FIRST TIME IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Welsh Labour Party was drubbed in June 4 European Parliamentary elections, dropping 12 percent from its 2004 result and losing a seat to the right-wing anti-EU UK Independence Party. The Conservative Party nudged ahead of the Labour Party by just under one perce [...]	2009-06-11 14:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UK
09LONDON1455	"TEMPERATURE LOWERING" UNDER UK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) Russia seeks to "work around" its intractable problems with the UK, and not allow them to hold hostage progress on areas such as the robust commercial and financial relationship between the countries. According to new Russian DCM Alexander Sternik, the fact that the UK is the second [...]	2009-06-19 15:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL RU UK
09LONDON1497	LONDON-BASED EXPERTS ASSESS SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis eroded the market value of sovereign wealth funds' holdings, leading many to refocus on liquidity in the short term with moves towards cash balances and fixed income government securities, especially U.S. Treasuries. However, experts with whom ECONOF [...]	2009-06-25 14:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV UK
09LONDON1628	HMG DEFENDS AFGHANISTAN MISSION AS BRITAIN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. In the past week, Prime Minister Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth have unequivocally and publicly reaffirmed Britain's commitment to its mission in Afghanistan. "This is a very hard summer, it's not over, but it's vital that the inte [...]	2009-07-13 17:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS UK AF
09LONDON1708	HMG ACCELERATES MEASURES TO COMBAT H1N1 VIRUS; [...] (SBU) Summary. HMG is preparing for the worst case scenario that one third of the UK population could become infected by the H1N1 virus, with potential deaths ranging from 19,000 to 65,000. HMG's National Pandemic Flu Service website became operational on July 23 and within minutes of its l [...]	2009-07-24 16:55:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ECON AMGT AMED SOCI CASC EAGR UK
09LONDON1760	UK HOUSING MARKET SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY BUT LONG-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: UK housing prices showed a slight increase in June and July, and mortgage lending was also up. Despite these signs of recovery, the market outlook remains uncertain. Market prices are still down, year-on-year, 6.2 percent over the past 12 months as reported by Nationwide Build [...]	2009-07-31 14:37:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV UK
09LONDON187	GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THIRD STRAND OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) HMG announced new measures to reinforce financial stability and ensure the resumption of lending on January 19. To improve banks' access to wholesale funding markets, HMG will provide full or partial guarantees to eligible AAA-rated asset backed securities from April. Additionally, HMG w [...]	2009-01-22 16:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1886	VIEWS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FROM LONDON-BASED [...] (SBU) Summary. London-based bank and development analysts are seeing positive signs emerging in sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) economies, after months of negative news, but remain cautious in their near-term outlook for the region. While prospects for the global economy are improving and ther [...]	2009-08-13 16:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KE LT NI SF UG UK XA ZA
09LONDON1911	EFFECT OF THE RECESSION ON UK REMITTANCES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. UK remittances to Pakistan have continued to increase in 2009, according to official data, but experts are skeptical that the trend will continue. Unlike remittances from other parts of the world, which experts speculate are being boosted in the short term by the return of the [...]	2009-08-19 16:29:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PK SA UK XC

09LONDON1999	SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 3-7 VISIT OF CODEL KANJORSKI TO [...] (SBU) The UK government is eager to share viewpoints on financial services reform, and to ensure that U.S. and UK regulations complement each other with the goal of ensuring a vital and thriving financial services industry - critical to both our countries' economic recovery and growth. (Post h [...]	2009-08-27 15:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA OVIP ECON UK
09LONDON2001	IMO: REPORT OF THE 86TH SESSION OF THE MARITIME [...] Summary. The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 86th session (MSC 86) at IMO Headquarters in London under the chairmanship of Mr. N. Ferrer (Philippines) on May 27 - June 5, 2009. Regarding armed response to piracy, the MSC recommends th [...]	2009-08-27 16:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA UK
09LONDON2002	SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 3-6 VISIT OF CODEL SHELBY TO THE [...] (SBU) The UK government is eager to share viewpoints on financial services reform, and to ensure that U.S. and UK regulations complement each other with the goal of ensuring a vital and thriving financial services industry - critical to both our countries' economic recovery and growth. (Post h [...]	2009-08-28 07:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA OVIP ECON UK
09LONDON207	IRAN - ANALYST KHAJEHPOUR ARGUES FOR: BROADENING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iran's leadership is committed domestically to low-grade enrichment but is not irretrievably committed to creation of a nuclear weapon, in the view of Tehran-based political risk analyst Bijan Khajehpour, who met privately in London with U.S Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte ac [...]	2009-01-23 15:56:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS KPRP LE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL UK IA SW
09LONDON2121	MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DISCUSS BONUSES, BAIL-OUTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Bonuses, regulatory structures, and EU legislation led the discussions of Senators Richard Shelby (R-Ala) and John Cornyn (R-Texas),and Representatives Paul Kanjorski (D ) PA),Scott Garrett (R ) NJ) and Luis Gutierrez (D ) Ill) during their recent meetings in London. During t [...]	2009-09-11 14:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN UK
09LONDON2124	MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DISCUSS BONUSES, BAIL-OUTS, EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Bonuses, regulatory structures, and EU legislation led the discussions of Senators Richard Shelby (R-Ala) and John Cornyn (R-Texas),and Representatives Paul Kanjorski (D ) PA),Scott Garrett (R ) NJ) and Luis Gutierrez (D ) Ill) during their recent meetings in London. During t [...]	2009-09-11 16:12:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN UK
09LONDON2125	IMO ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: The 59th Session of the Technical Cooperation Committee (TCC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was held at IMO Headquarters in London, June 23-25. There was detailed discussion on funding the Djibouti Code of Conduct on Somali piracy. End Summary ACTIONS AND ACHIEVE [...]	2009-09-11 16:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KGHG PHSA SENV UK
09LONDON2198	U/S TAUSCHERâ€™S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...]	2009-09-22 14:13:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK
09LONDON2303	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARYâ€™S OCTOBER 10-11 [...] (C//NF) Summary. The Secretary's visit to London comes on the heels of the Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat political party conferences -- their last before the UK elections which must be held by June 2010. The domestic political situation remains in flux, but with the Conservatives enjoy [...]	2009-10-06 16:46:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON UK KNNP MOPS IR PK AF
09LONDON2307	LABOUR PARTY OUTLINES ECONOMIC STRATEGY IN RUN-UP TO NEXT [...] (U) Summary: The Labour Party's last conference before the general election saw ministers attempt to draw a dividing line between Labour and Conservative economic policy. Chancellor Darling acknowledged spending cuts and tax rises would be necessary to return public finances to a sustainable [...]	2009-10-07 13:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON2357	CONSERVATIVES ANNOUNCE PLANS TO CONFRONT "CLEAR AND PRESENT [...] (U) Summary: Conservative plans to cut the UK's spiraling budget deficit were the focus of the recent Tory Party conference. Party leader David Cameron acknowledged painful cutbacks in public spending would be necessary to confront what Philip Hammond, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, [...]	2009-10-16 14:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV UK
09LONDON2427	UK STILL IN RECESSION AND FACING SLOW, VOLATILE RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK economy is still in recession and faces a slow, patchy recovery. According to official data released October 23, output in the third quarter was significantly weaker than expected. Economists at Oxford Economics and Morgan Stanley expect the UK to emerge from recession [...]	2009-10-27 09:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON251	GORDON BROWN OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR RECOVERY AND CALLS FOR [...] (U) Three building blocks are essential for economic recovery in the UK, according to PM Gordon Brown. In a speech to the Foreign Press Association, January 26, Brown outlined the stages of the UK's "Stability and Recovery Plan" - bank recapitalization, monetary and fiscal stimulus, and credi [...]	2009-01-28 16:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON2543	BRITISH SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN WAR DROPS ON EVE [...] (U) Summary: The murder of five British police trainers by a rogue Afghan officer, the unsatisfying conclusion to the Afghan election, public challenges to UK policy by leading politicians, and a wave of wrenching television interviews with grieving family members this week combined to dampen [...]	2009-11-10 16:56:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO MARR MOPS SOCI ECON UK AF
09LONDON2592	UK INPUT: CUBA, LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers November 18 per reftel to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disappointe [...]	2009-11-19 12:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU UK
09LONDON2616	UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 17:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG
09LONDON2622	UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and Introduction: The United Kingdom (UK) hosted a conference of P5 states on 3-4 September 2009 to discuss confidence building measures (CBMs) on nuclear disarmament and associated non-proliferation issues. The conference originated in a proposal made by then Defence Secre [...]	2009-11-20 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG
09LONDON265	SUBJECT: BRITISH PRESS CASE AGAINST IRISL WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 15:02:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK
09LONDON2676	IMO: 14TH SESSION OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS, SOLID [...] Summary: The fourteenth session of the IMO Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) Sub Committee (S/C) met in London from 21-25 September 2009, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations from fifty-nine member states, one as [...]	2009-12-01 17:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT IMO IR PHSA SENV UK
09LONDON2678	UK HOSTS P5 UN DEPUTY DIRECTORS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: IO PDAS Gerald Anderson participated in a P5 UN Deputy Directors meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on November 23. The Deputy Director-level meeting was the first of its kind and covered Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding reform, Afghanistan and Paki [...]	2009-12-02 13:49:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KWMN CH FR RS
09LONDON2785	PRE-BUDGET REPORT INCREASES SPENDING, RAISES VAT [...] (U) Summary. UK spending levels for 2010-11 will increase slightly, by GBP 31 billion, up 2.2 percent from current levels, as outlined in the HM Treasury's December 9 Pre-Budget Report (PBR). In his speech on the PBR to Parliament, Chancellor Darling forecast a 4.75 percent contraction for t [...]	2009-12-11 19:29:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV UK
09LONDON338	MPs Examine Role of Media in Economic Crisis [...] (SBU) As part of its enquiry into the banking crisis, the House of Commons' Treasury Committee looked at the role of the media in financial stability and whether financial journalists should operate under reporting restrictions during banking crises. A committee specialist told the Embassy th [...]	2009-02-06 15:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON648	UK LABOR MARKET BACKGROUND FOR G8 LABOR MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: HMG does not have a specific objective for the upcoming G8 labor ministers meeting in Rome, but hopes that ministers will share information on best practices and experiences related to the economic crisis. This meeting comes during a particularly turbulent time for the UK's la [...]	2009-03-13 13:43:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON871	FAILED BOND AUCTION RAISED CONCERN OVER UK'S BORROWING [...] (SBU) The UK is borrowing its way out of recession. HMG aims to sell a record GBP 146.4 billion of debt this fiscal year and as much as GBP 147.9 billion in 2010 to pull the UK out of its worst recession since 1980. An undersubscribed gilt auction on March 25 triggered great concern in the go [...]	2009-04-14 14:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LUANDA69	ANGOLA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Angola's 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Righ [...]	2009-02-05 16:12:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB
09LUANDA776	ANGOLA IN NO RUSH TO SETTLE MARITIME BOUNDARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unease and anxiety over maritime boundary disputes between Angola and the DRC in the lower-half of the Gulf of Guinea appear to be one-sided, with GRA officials content with the current demarcation. Angolan officials, as well as oil executives operating in the disputed territory [...]	2009-12-21 15:55:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET AO CG
09LUSAKA207	ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT STANDING IDLE AS LIVNGSTONE [...] (C) SUMMAR AND COMMENT Despite its location onthe Zambian side of Victoria Falls, one of the ntural wonders of the world, Livingstone has seena dramatic reduction in tourists. This was a majr topic during the Ambassador's first oficial trip to the Southern Province's capital city. Despite [...]	2009-03-26 13:14:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA208	BIOTECH: PRESIDENT OPENS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Over the past three months, numerous Zambian Government (GRZ) officials -- beginning with President Banda -- have privately expressed some openness to loosening Zambia's restrictions on biotechnology. Agriculture Minister Chituwo said the President had ordere [...]	2009-03-26 13:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TBIO ZA
09LUSAKA226	ZAMBIA'S SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS FIGHTING MALARIA THROUGH THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 08:17:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO PREL ZA
09LUSAKA29	ZAMBIA DECEMBER 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Continues to Rise -- GRZ Sells Subsidized Maize -- Mining Operations Scale Back -- Financial Markets Continue Decline -- COMESA Customs Union Delayed Inflation Continues to Rise 2. According to the Central Statistical Office (CSO),year-on-year inflation rate rose [...]	2009-01-15 06:21:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EMIN ENRG EINV ECON ZA
09LUSAKA339	ZAMBIA BURDENED BUT NOT OVERWHELMED BY IMPACT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Although its financial sector is largely unscathed by the global economic crisis, Zambia's prospects for growth are diminishing due to decreased foreign investment, layoffs in the mining sector, and rising unemployment. Lower (from brief, speculation-driven highs in mid-2008) [...]	2009-05-19 07:58:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ZA
09LUSAKA384	Sixth Business Advisory Council: A Broken Record [...] (SBU) The Zambia International Business Advisory Council (ZIBAC) recently held meetings to discuss the global economic crisis and Zambia's response. Government officials, private sector representatives, and international donors discussed ways to increase Zambia's competitiveness and promote ec [...]	2009-06-01 06:12:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ELTN EMW ZA
09LUSAKA417	PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKES FEED ON LARGER FRUSTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Zambia (GRZ) is struggling to respond as strikes by rural teachers and nurses begun in late May have spread nationwide and now involve workers in the Ministries of Health, Education, Agriculture, Lands, Mines, and Energy. Originally an expression of outrage at [...]	2009-06-11 11:46:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB KCOR ZA
09LUSAKA490	COMESA LEADERS DISCUSS U.S.-COMESA TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Booth met with Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya on July 6 to discuss the U.S.-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council meeting (scheduled for September 17-18 in Lusaka) and to explore the possibilit [...]	2009-07-13 14:50:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD EAID SENV TBIO XA ZU XW
09LUSAKA524	"YOUTH BULGE" STRAINS THE FABRIC OF ZAMBIAN SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary. Zambia's long-term vision for national development -- to become a prosperous middle income nation by 2030 -- is beset by many challenges, including building democratic institutions, creating and sustaining economic growth, fighting corruption, and turning the tide of HIV/AIDS. [...]	2009-07-24 08:12:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ZA
09LUSAKA571	HIGHER COPPER PRICES, BUMPER MAIZE CROP LIFT [...] (SBU) Amid signs of economic recovery, Embassy contacts expressed cautious optimism that Zambia may have turned from crisis to stability and growth. Copper prices have risen over 100 percent from their lows in early 2009, reviving the moribund sector and spurring export growth. Zambia recorde [...]	2009-08-14 13:58:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ZA
09LUSAKA575	HIGHER COPPER PRICES, BUMPER MAIZE CROP LIFT [...] (SBU) Amid signs of economic recovery, Embassy contacts expressed cautious optimism that Zambia may have turned from crisis to stability and growth. Copper prices have risen over 100 percent from their lows in early 2009, reviving the moribund sector and spurring export growth. Zambia recorde [...]	2009-08-17 13:35:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ZA
09LUSAKA586	ACCESS TO JUSTICE [...] Summary: In August 2009, emboffs visited local courthouses to observe how citizens access justice. The emboffs concluded that Zambia's judicial system was missing fundamental mechanisms to promote efficiency and fairness. End Summary. 2. Using customary and statutory laws, Zambia's dual l [...]	2009-08-21 10:55:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KDEM PGOV
09LUSAKA671	Embassy Lusaka's Greening Initiative [...] Embassy Lusaka formed its Green Team in June 2009 in order to explore ideas for reducing its environmental impact on Zambia's fragile environment. USDH and LES volunteers have met twice to discuss a myriad of ideas for how to "green" Embassy operations. The team members then divide up the tas [...]	2009-09-30 12:05:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT SENV ZA
09LUSAKA749	ZAMBIA BUDGET: HAPPY TALK AND HORSE FEATHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zambian Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane presented the Zambia government's (GRZ) 2010 budget to Parliament October 9 three months earlier than the traditional speech (ref A). The proposed budget's themes were similar to last year's with a slight change from "Embracing" [...]	2009-10-23 08:23:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KCOR ZA
09LUSAKA792	IMF SEES TALL 'GREEN SHOOTS' WITH SHALLOW ROOTS IN [...] (U) At the conclusion of a two-week IMF mission to Lusaka on October 28, mission chief George Tsibouris told donors that the Zambian economy is performing better than expected and that the IMF now expects real GDP growth to exceed 5 percent in 2009, up from an August estimate of 4 percent (Ref [...]	2009-11-12 05:13:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ZA
09LUSAKA80	MINING SECTOR MALAISE WORSENS [...] (SBU) Summary. Zambia's mining sector has been hit hard by the fall in commodity prices induced by the global economic recession. Responding to pressure from the private sector, the Zambian Government (GRZ) has announced its intention to withdraw its windfall tax on mining revenue as well a [...]	2009-02-05 10:05:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EFIN ZA
09LUSAKA805	DIALING UP ZAMBIA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR [...] (U) Zambia's under-developed telecommunications sector will undergo fundamental change in 2010. The Information and Communications Technology (ITC) Act enacted into law August 26, 2009, endowed the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority with broad regulatory powers and man [...]	2009-11-17 06:52:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ECPS KCOR BTIO ZA
09LUSAKA865	TRADE DELEGATION AFFIRMS COMESA RELATIONSHIP, JUMPSTARTS [...] (SBU) An inter-agency trade delegation led by Assistant United States Trade Representative Florizelle Liser visited Lusaka November 1-5 to hold regional and bi-lateral trade talks. The delegation held a Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) Council meeting with the Common Market for Eastern an [...]	2009-11-23 05:04:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN EAGR TBIO XW ZA
09LUXEMBOURG11	LUXEMBOURG INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The following is Luxembourg's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg offers a very favorable and welcoming attitude toward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). FDI reflects how [...]	2009-01-13 12:27:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR LU
09LUXEMBOURG196	LUXEMBOURG SCENE SETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn travels to the U.S. following ratification of a new coalition government on July 20. Luxembourg is a staunch ally of the United States and recently pledged four million Euro per year to support the Afghan National Army. Post began negotiations with [...]	2009-07-28 12:56:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON LU
09LUXEMBOURG248	LUXEMBOURG: AUGUST 'DISPATCHES FROM THE DUCHY' [...] (SBU) Embassy Luxembourg hereby launches its first edition of 'Dispatches from the Duchy' to capture highlights from the press, diplomatic and international community, and news heard on the ramparts not otherwise reported during the month of August. 2. (SBU) Summary: The month of Ramadan [...]	2009-09-02 11:04:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AMGT LU
09LUXEMBOURG288	LUXEMBOURG: SEPTEMBER ISSUE - "DISPATCHES FROM THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Luxembourg presents the September "Dispatches from the Duchy" to capture highlights from the local press, diplomatic and international community, and news not otherwise reported during the month. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn joined Charge d'affaires for [...]	2009-10-06 14:52:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PINR PGOV EU LU
09LUXEMBOURG363	Luxembourg Director of Political Affairs and Director of [...] (S) Summary. George Friden, Director for Political Affairs and Jean-Jacques Welfring, Defense Director, explained Luxembourg's planned contributions for Afghanistan during a December 17 visit of West EUR Affairs Director Maureen Cormack to Luxembourg. Friden said Luxembourg was committe [...]	2009-12-22 16:25:00	Embassy Luxembourg	SECRET	PGOV EAID PREL AF LU
09MADRID1052	ZAPATERO PROMISES ACTION TO COMBAT INTERNET PIRACY [...] (SBU) In an October 21 speech to the American Business Council, President Zapatero addressed internet piracy in public for the first time, acknowledging that deficiencies in IPR protection in Spain are a source of concern to the USG and the GOS. Zapatero pointed to the October 9 creation by t [...]	2009-10-28 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ECPS KCRM SP
09MADRID1061	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 26-30 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 14:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KGHG SP
09MADRID109	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN 26-30 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 17:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EPET SP
09MADRID1095	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SP
09MADRID1115	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 16-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR PGOV SP
09MADRID1139	SPAIN: INCSR 2009-2010 REPORT, PART 1 [...] (U) As requested in Ref, Post's submission for the "International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control," follows in paragraph 2. Post will send statistical data on seizures for the full 2009 calendar year as soon as this information is available. POC [...]	2009-11-27 13:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SP
09MADRID1162	SPAIN ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 23-DEC. 4 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 17:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB SP
09MADRID1165	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV SP
09MADRID1195	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE GC 0411-09 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol-Mil officer and Air Force Attache made site visit requested in reftel A in order to confirm the delivery in March 2009 of three Bell 212 helicopters transferred to Spain from Sweden and to confirm that the end user continues to "evaluate the mechanical status of the helico [...]	2009-12-18 07:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP SW MARR
09MADRID1207	SPAIN: AL-QAIDA TIES EMERGE IN TRIAL FOR PLOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Court delivered a stronger-than-expected verdict on December 14 when it convicted all 11 defendants arrested in the "Operation Cantata" case to between 8.5 - 14.5 years imprisonment for membership in a terrorist organization. Authorities arrested the cell members in [...]	2009-12-22 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
09MADRID1214	SPAIN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP, DEC. 7-24 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 11:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG SP
09MADRID1234	MISSION SPAIN ROUNDTABLE ON "ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT" [...] SUMMARY: As part of Post's ongoing outreach to migrant, ethnic, and other marginalized communities, and in response to tasking in reftel (A),Embassy Madrid hosted a roundtable on December 17 with Muslim entrepreneurs, representatives of NGOs and institutions representing Muslim interests, a [...]	2009-12-28 16:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SCUL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU MV
09MADRID184	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 16-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 17:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB PREL SP
09MADRID214	SPAIN'S MARCH 1 GALICIAN ELECTION - WILL THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 1, voters in the autonomous community of Galicia head to the polls in regional elections (regional elections will be held the same day in the Basque Country). The candidates for regional president are the Partido Popular's (PP) Alberto Nunez Feijo, the Partido Socialist [...]	2009-02-27 10:01:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SP
09MADRID220	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 23-27 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-28 15:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD SP
09MADRID240	INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THE G-20 MEETINGS: SPAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Per ref A request, the responses below provide detailed economic and policy information regarding Spain in advance of the April 2 London Summit. President Zapatero has made it a matter of national pride to be included in the G-20 financial discussions, and has spoken often of [...]	2009-03-05 11:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SP PREL
09MADRID245	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 2-6 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 17:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB SP
09MADRID25	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 5-9 [...] (U) The number of registered unemployed rose to 3.1 million in December, according to the Ministry of Labor and Immigration. This is almost exactly one million above the level of December 2007 and a 50 percent increase for the year. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the EU, with Eur [...]	2009-01-09 15:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SOCI SP
09MADRID261	SPAIN REFLECTS ON JIHADIST THREAT FIVE YEARS AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings (known in Spain as 11-M),Embassy personnel consulted a range of GOS officials - from the Ministries of Interior and Justice - as well as CT experts from academia and journalism on the extent of the cu [...]	2009-03-10 18:44:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL PTER KJUS SP KCRM
09MADRID266	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 9-14 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 23:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET SP
09MADRID288	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Economy Ministry and Presidency officials acknowledged March 17 the importance of support from the international community and the EU for troubled central and eastern European economies on a case-by-case basis, though one official noted that direct EU support for non- [...]	2009-03-18 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL SP
09MADRID304	SPAIN MAKING EFFORTS TO ATTEND, PRESENT AT GICNT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In conjunction with the Korean and Russian Embassies, Post on March 12 jointly delivered REFTELS A and B demarches to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres responded that the Global Initi [...]	2009-03-24 18:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KGIC MCAP PINS PINR PTER SP
09MADRID323	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 23-27 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 16:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD SP
09MADRID336	BANK OF SPAIN TAKES OVER CCM SAVINGS BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 16:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV SP
09MADRID351	SPAIN: S/WCI ENGAGES GOS ON ACCEPTING GTMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 13:02:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID360	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 30-APRIL 3 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 16:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP
09MADRID397	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 6-17 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-19 13:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP
09MADRID414	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 20-24 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 08:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB SP
09MADRID469	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 11-14 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 14:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG KIPR SP
09MADRID499	SPAIN: HISTORIC TRANSFER OF POWER IN BASQUE REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On May 5 Socialist Patxi Lopez was sworn in as the first-ever, lehendakari, or regional governor of the Basque Region, who is not a Basque nationalist, an historic milestone for the troubled region. His inauguration followed the March 1 regional election (See REF A),[...]	2009-05-26 08:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP PINS
09MADRID517	SPAIN'S MULTI-PRONGED EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A who's who of senior GOS officials on May 21-22 outlined Madrid's multi-faceted approach to combating security challenges - particularly terrorism and organized crime - during a private seminar organized by the Mexican Embassy and the Ibero-American General Secretari [...]	2009-05-29 16:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KHLS KSPR SNAR
09MADRID58	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 12-17 [...] (U) On January 16, the GOS announced revised projections for 2009 that included a 15.9 percent average unemployment rate and a GDP contraction of 1.6 percent. The projection for the GOS budget deficit in 2009 is 5.8 percent, almost double the EU Maastricht limit. According to Second Vice Pre [...]	2009-01-16 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG SP
09MADRID654	UNEMPLOYMENT ZAPATERO'S MAJOR WORRY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SP
09MADRID659	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 29-JULY 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 17:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KFLU SP
09MADRID673	SPAIN: DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO'S MEETINGS WITH CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY. In addition to the meetings described in Ref A, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano held meetings on July 1 with Spain's Second Vice President, Elena Salgado, who also serves as Minister of Economy and Finance, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, and Justice Minister Francisco Caaman [...]	2009-07-09 06:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV
09MADRID688	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 6-10 [...] (U) The IMF predicted on Wednesday that Spain,s economy will shrink 4% this year, a significant downward assessment from the previous forecast of -3%. The IMF also lowered its 2010 growth forecast for Spain to -.08%, making Spain the only country to have its 2010 forecast revised downward. T [...]	2009-07-10 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EWWT SP
09MADRID725	CONTENTIOUS LABOR REFORM TALKS TROUBLE ZAPATERO [...] (SBU) Businesses, economists, and international observers have long called for more flexibility in Spain's labor market. Now they are using the economic crisis and an exceptionally high unemployment rate--over 18% and inching towards 20%--to press for structural changes. President Jose Luis [...]	2009-07-21 15:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV SP
09MADRID742	SPAIN ANALYZES GTMO FILES TO FIND "BEST FIT" FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 12:37:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID773	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 27-31 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 07:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB SP
09MADRID79	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN 19-23 [...] (U) Fourth quarter 2008 unemployment rose 2.6 points to 13.9 percent, the highest rate since 2000. The number of unemployed increased by 609,100 from the previous quarter and now is over 3.2 million. The 13.9 percent fourth quarter rate is a steep increase from the 8.6 percent rate from a yea [...]	2009-01-23 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
09MADRID836	SPAIN'S CONTROVERSY OVER OFFICIAL LANGUAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The use of Castilian and other official Spanish languages has been a long-standing divisive political issue in several areas of Spain. In regions where Catalan, Galego, or Euskera are spoken, local legislation has further politicized the issue. Those Spanish citizens who believ [...]	2009-08-20 11:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID936	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 14-18 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ELAB ENRG EPET KIPR SP
09MADRID957	GOS SEEKS COMPARABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered reftel demarche on climate change to Deputy General Director for Mitigation and Technologies Eduardo Gonzalez and Senior Advisor for Mitigation and Technologies Sara Aagesen in the Ministry of the Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs on September 22. They are pl [...]	2009-09-25 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SP
09MAJURO20	ENERGY WOES IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS [...] SUMMARY: The immediate outlook for energy issues in the RMI remains gloomy. The status quo is fundamentally unsustainable, and thus far the political will to correct the problem has not been found. The energy problems act as a severe damper on any attempts to promote economic development [...]	2009-03-13 02:38:00	Embassy Majuro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PGOV RM
09MALABO27	EQUATORIAL GUINEA RAW, PAPER 4: THE BUSINESS OF CORRUPTION [...] (U) Triggered by changes underway in Washington D.C., upcoming personnel rotations in Embassy Malabo and animated by the recent attack on the capital, this is the fourth in a series of cables intended to update our perspective on Equatorial Guinea, and to provide a ground-level view of one of t [...]	2009-03-12 10:40:00	Embassy Malabo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV EPET ENRG KCOR PINR
09MANAGUA1009	EL NINO EFFECT HURTING NICARAGUAN ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAGR ETRD EINV USTR NU
09MANAGUA103	NICARAGUA: RAAN ELECTIONS AS PREDICTED - FSLN WINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 19 the Supreme Election Council (CSE) declared the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party victor in four of the seven municipalities in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) - Bonanza, Rosita, Waspam and regional capital Puerto Cabezas. As expected, [...]	2009-01-23 21:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1034	NICARAGUA: TELECOM LICENSE SENDS BAD SIGNAL [...] (C) On September 30, the Nicaraguan Telecommunications and Postal Services Institute (TELCOR) awarded a license allowing a Russian-Nicaraguan joint venture, Yota de Nicaragua (Yota),to offer telephone and internet services via wireless technology. Local reaction to the licensing agreement has [...]	2009-10-20 19:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ETRD PGOV TINT RS NU
09MANAGUA1064	NICARAGUA: PROPERTY SUPERINTENDANT AIMS TO TAKE OVER U.S. [...] (SBU) The Office of the Property Superintendant has issued agrarian reform titles for beachfront property owned by U.S. citizen Miguel Angel Arguello and intends to take over more of his land. Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) supporters with agrarian reform titles have invaded his p [...]	2009-10-28 16:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KIDE NU
09MANAGUA1073	TURBULENT RELATIONS BETWEEN NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) Relations between commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes and the GON's airport authority are worsening. On November 3 a representative of Continental Airlines told econoff that the situation at Managua's Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is becoming "unbearable." [...]	2009-11-06 19:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1103	Nicaraguans Successfully March Against Ortega [...] (C) Summary: Despite the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) tactics to suppress marcher turnout, on November 21 civil society and the opposition successfully gathered approximately 25,000 participants to protest President Daniel Ortega's authoritarian manner of governance. [...]	2009-11-24 22:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP NU

09MANAGUA1130	NICARAGUAN ARMY THREATENS TO EXPROPRIATE U.S. CITIZEN [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army has threatened to expropriate property owned by U.S. citizen Gloria Molina to extend a military airstrip. Mrs. Molina and her family have attempted to meet with the Nicaraguan Army and the Attorney General's Office to resolve this dispute, but neither government agency [...]	2009-11-06 16:31:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KIDE NU
09MANAGUA1141	National Assembly Passage of Bills Points to Pacto [...] (C) Summary: On December 3, the National Assembly approved a fiscal reform bill, the 2010 national budget, and a non-binding resolution against Ortega's re-election efforts. The manner in which these three bills passed lead many to believe that the corrupt power-sharing agreement ("pacto") be [...]	2009-12-15 23:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1147	Kill the Messenger: A Case Study in FSLN Political Tactics [...] (C) Summary: Since President Daniel Ortega entered office in 2007, his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party has attacked its political opponents as well as those within its party structure it views as opposition. The latest examples of this are a Managua city councilmember and th [...]	2009-12-21 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA116	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TELLS MICROFINANCE PROTESTORS TO PAY UP [...] (U) Summary. During the overnight hours of January 13 and 14, protestors in the northern Department of Nueva Segovia blocked the Pan-American Highway for more than eight hours, demanding that the Nicaraguan National Assembly pass legislation (the Ley Moratoria) to "protect" borrowers from high [...]	2009-01-27 15:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA1192	(U) SANDINISTA SUSPICIOUS SALE OF TIMBER-RICH ANCESTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, approximately 12,400 hectares of indigenous land in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) was sold to a foreign-owned timber company under suspicious circumstances. The tract from the Awas Tingni community, home to a large Sumo Mayagna indigenous group, was on [...]	2009-11-18 14:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINS SENV ETRD EIND EAGR NU
09MANAGUA168	NICARAGUAN COFFEE A MIXED BAG [...] Coffee is Nicaragua's second leading export, with the United States, Spain, and Finland the principal markets. During the harvest from November to March, the sector employs about 390,000 Nicaraguans, almost 19% of the workforce. Coffee production for the 2008/09 harvest is forecast to reach [...]	2009-02-12 19:35:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR NU
09MANAGUA242	NICARAGUAN SEAFOOD SECTOR HIT HARD BY GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] Seafood is a major industry for Nicaragua and the country's fifth leading export. The industry concentrates on cultivated shrimp and wild-harvested lobster. Seafood production employs 55,000 people nationwide, of whom 20,000 live and work on the Caribbean coast, where the industry is the ma [...]	2009-03-06 17:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ECON ETRD NU
09MANAGUA324	NICARAGUA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR SUFFERS MAJOR BLOWS [...] (U) Cone Denim announced on March 25 that the company would shutter its denim plant in Nicaragua indefinitely. A company executive reasoned that the supply chain for denim had not fully developed in Central America and, therefore, was unable to weather the decline in demand that has resulted f [...]	2009-03-27 12:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON NU
09MANAGUA388	ORTEGA'S AGENDA FOR THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Summary. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is likely to use his participation in the Summit of the Americas to further his image as a world leader in opposition to the United States, press for an end to sanctions against Cuba, and seek increased financial aid without governance or democr [...]	2009-04-08 20:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NU
09MANAGUA534	NICARAGUA: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR 2009 [...] (C) Businessmen and economists gathered for the Ambassador's May 15 roundtable focused their discussion on the global economic crisis, the Nicaraguan political crisis, and deficit financing. One local economist predicted that the economy would contract by 1%. A banking executive noted that f [...]	2009-05-29 19:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR NU
09MANAGUA54	NICARAGUA: 2009 BUDGET REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (U) Summary. The GON remains without an approved 2009 budget as a result of the political stalemate in the Nicaraguan National Assembly (ref A). Finance Minister Alberto Guevara presented President Ortega's budget to the National Assembly back in October, but since then it has lingered in th [...]	2009-01-14 20:01:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA562	NICARAGUA TELECOM SECTOR: MARKET OPEN, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of Nicaragua's telecommunications regulator, TELCOR (Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos),announced in April 2009 that it would begin consultations to reform Nicaragua's telecom legislation, known as Law 200. As currently drafted, Law 200 fails to [...]	2009-06-05 19:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV ETRD TINT NU
09MANAGUA694	NICARAGUA SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in Paragraph 23. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post recommends that the Secretary issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1994/1995 for the Government of Nicaragua (GON). Between August 1, 2008, and June 30 [...]	2009-07-14 20:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA754	NICARAGUA: 2009 ECONOMIC INDICATORS BLEAK SO FAR [...] (U) Key Nicaraguan economic indicators from the first quarter of 2009 forecasted a challenging future for the rest of the year. Not surprisingly, remittances from Nicaraguans working abroad have suffered declines given the economic slowdown in the United States. Imports and exports have both s [...]	2009-08-03 16:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA799	HIGHER GROWTH IN NICARAGUA'S TOURISM SECTOR IN 2009 [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) reported that the tourism industry grew 10 percent during the first half of 2009, up from 8 percent growth during the same period in 2008. Some industry experts believe that INTUR's data, however, may not be accurate because it does not distinguis [...]	2009-08-13 13:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
09MANAGUA828	THE NICARAUGAN LABOR MOVEMENT: FRAGMENTED AND POLITICIZED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 21:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PHUM NU
09MANAGUA941	NICARAGUAN MICROFINANCE: A SECTOR IN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Nicaragua's microfinance (MFI) sector, a vital source of finance for economic development, is under siege. A decline in credit availability as a result of the global financial crisis, the continuing and very serious "No Pago" (No Payment) movement, and a drought that is causing [...]	2009-09-28 21:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU
09MANAMA107	EMBASSY MANAMA'S INPUT FOR BAHRAIN TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's government demonstrated a commitment to actively combating Bahrain's human trafficking problem. At the same time, senior Bahraini officials recognize that they need to continue their efforts to change society's attitude toward TIP issues, and to educate officials on h [...]	2009-02-22 13:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MANAMA2	BAHRAIN'S BUDGET SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: Following a sharp decline in oil prices, the GOB is decreasing its budget projections by more than 50%, but will likely need to resort to deficit financing anyway. In the face of raised expectations from last year's record oil prices, significant reductions in promised public proj [...]	2009-01-04 12:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BA
09MANAMA23	BAHRAINI PARLIAMENT'S SYMBOLIC VOTE AGAINST U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Reflecting Bahrainis' strong feelings over Gaza, the elected chamber of Bahrain's parliament called on other Arab parliaments to work together to close all U.S. military bases in the region. End summary. 2. (SBU) Members of Bahrain's elected lower house of parliament, usual [...]	2009-01-14 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KWBG BA
09MANAMA236	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL [...] (SBU) Bahrain is eager to see the Obama administration,s peacemaking efforts succeed, and your visit April 20 will be big news here. King Hamad will receive you at his palace in Safariyah, joined by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Mohammad, and others. Ambassador Ereli, who is nearing [...]	2009-04-17 16:10:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KWBG KPAL TU IS BA
09MANAMA241	SUNNI EXTREMIST PARDONED [...] (C) Summary: The King's April 11 mass pardon of security detainees (ref A) included a Sunni extremist who was five weeks from the end of his sentence. It was apparently a gesture toward restive Sunnis backers of the government. End Summary. 2. (C) Shura Council member Faisal Fulad confirm [...]	2009-04-20 09:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
09MANAMA342	SHIA WIFAQ PARTY BEGINS TO FOCUS ON 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The Shia Wifaq party is beginning to organize itself for the Fall 2010 parliamentary elections. One leading Wifaqi says the party will aim to win just one additional seat in the lower, elected, house. This would leave Wifaq in the minority, suggesting a quiet understanding with [...]	2009-06-08 13:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BA
09MANAMA49	WEBSITES BLOCKED AS NEW MINISTER ASSERTS AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The government blocked a number of political and commercial websites under an order from the new Minister of Culture and Information. Political societies and human rights activists criticized the move. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On January 14, newly-appointed Minister of Culture [...]	2009-01-26 11:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL BA
09MANAMA52	BAHRAIN: PROGRESS ON COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 13:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PGOV BA
09MANAMA55	BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Summary: The following is Post's submission of its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. Each paragraph is keyed to the format provided reftel. End Summary. 2. Bahrain Investment Climate Statement 2009 A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- The Governmen [...]	2009-02-01 04:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR BA
09MANAMA596	A/USTR-LABOR VISIT TO BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-12 14:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM BA
09MANAMA628	BAHRAINI MPS PASS RESOLUTION AGAINST CONTACT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 15:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL IS BA
09MANAMA639	OPPOSITION PROTEST HIGHLIGHTS "POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KISL AF PK BA
09MANAMA652	BAHRAIN: INTERIM REPORT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Manama's submission for the required interim report on human trafficking, and addresses the specific areas of focus outlined in reftel paragraph 6B. ----------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Bahrain's las [...]	2009-11-16 09:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM BA
09MANAMA660	GRADING BAHRAIN'S PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 13:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA
09MANAMA679	SCENESETTER FOR MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 11-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 13:05:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL KDEM MARR BA
09MANAMA680	SCENESETTER FOR MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 11-13REF: A. MANAMA 660 B. MANAMA 628 C. MANAMA 651 [...] (C) Jeff, you will arrive in Bahrain at a time of introspection for the Bahraini regime as this year's IISS Manama Dialogue coincides with the tenth anniversary of King Hamad's accession to the throne, on December 17, 1999. During those ten years, the political and security situation has improved c [...]	2009-12-02 13:18:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL KDEM MARR BA
09MANAMA691	SCENESETTER FOR MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 11-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 14:00:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL KDEM MARR BA
09MANAMA737	BAHRAIN'S YOUTH: WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, SKEPTICAL OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 10:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM BA
09MANILA1060	Health Department Patent Remedies to Cut Drug Prices [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Department of Health is close to ordering pharmaceutical companies to stop marketing their products with discount cards, seeking to require companies instead to sell to all customers at the lowest price already available. The pending order may stem from frustrat [...]	2009-05-18 02:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON RP
09MANILA108	Financial Crisis Impact on Assistance to the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis has caused asset values to decline and unemployment to increase and will slow Philippine GDP growth; but record high foreign reserves, less reliance on international trade, banking sector reforms, and the government's improved fiscal position leave t [...]	2009-01-16 05:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA1262	RALLY AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS DRAWS ONLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opponents of President Arroyo who believe her supporters seek to amend the Constitution to keep her in office staged a modest demonstration in Manila's business district June 10. While the rally paled in significance and size to the People Power demonstrations that ous [...]	2009-06-11 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1318	PHILIPPINES SEEKS BETTER FOOTING FOR REENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government continues to commit publicly to a resumption of peace negotiations with separatist Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, but its overtures have not elicited a clear response from the rebel group. The government views peace as "tough, but not imposs [...]	2009-06-22 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1351	Philippine Growth Target Cut, Fiscal Deficit Up [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government further cut economic growth targets and increased its budget deficit ceiling after disappointing first-quarter economic growth data (Ref A). The official unemployment rate has tapered, but more Filipinos are working fewer hours. While some groups push [...]	2009-06-26 07:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA1563	PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA, the first Philippine bilateral free trade agreement) became effective in December 2008 (reftel),its impact has been more on the movement of people than goods, and significant barriers to investment in the Philip [...]	2009-07-24 06:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1617	"ICON OF DEMOCRACY" PRESIDENT CORY AQUINO PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, cherished as "President Cory" by the people of the Philippines, passed away August 1 at Makati Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Hospitalized for her deteriorating health since late June (reftel),Aquino succumbed to hea [...]	2009-08-01 11:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1618	"ICON OF DEMOCRACY" PRESIDENT CORY AQUINO PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, cherished as "President Cory" by the people of the Philippines, passed away August 1 at Makati Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Hospitalized for her deteriorating health since late June (reftel),Aquino succumbed to hea [...]	2009-08-01 11:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1645	PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO RESUME TALKS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: As referred to briefly in President Arroyo's July 27 State of the Nation Address (reftel A),long-defunct negotiations with the communist-affiliated National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) coalition will likely be resumed in Oslo, Norway during the second week of Aug [...]	2009-08-04 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1663	EMOTIONAL FAREWELL TO PRESIDENT CORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 5 funeral of former President Corazon Aquino brought the Philippine nation together in an outpouring of affection and respect, a moment unprecedented in recent memory. Much as Cory Aquino united Filipinos during the 1986 uprising against dictator Ferdinand Marcos, sh [...]	2009-08-06 11:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RP
09MANILA1737	Regional Free Trade and U.S. Agriculture Exports [...] (U) Summary: Scheduled January 2010 tariff reductions under ASEAN-centered free trade agreements may reduce the $1.7 billion of U.S. food and agricultural exports to the Philippines. Secretary Clinton's July 22 speech on the U.S. intent to participate fully in the region was welcomed by AmCh [...]	2009-08-17 09:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1774	PHILIPPINES MOVING SLOWLY ON CIVAIR SAFETY UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Philippine Civil Aviation Administration (CAAP) told Embassy officials August 17 that they continue to progress on air safety deficiencies in many critical areas indicated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Remedying these shortcomings is essentia [...]	2009-08-20 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD BEXP RP
09MANILA1922	PHILIPPINE SEAWEED SECTOR PACES CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. For four decades, U.S Government-backed seaweed farming programs have promoted peace, security and economic development in some of the Philippines' poorest and least stable provinces. In conflict-affected Mindanao, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) [...]	2009-09-11 10:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KTER EISL EAID RP
09MANILA1923	PHILIPPINES IMPOSES PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG PRICE CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government pressure on multinational pharmaceutical firms resulted in a 50 percent price reduction for 21 key medicines in the Philippines, phased in beginning August 15. President Macapagal-Arroyo had to issue an executive order forcing price drops on five of these medicines w [...]	2009-09-11 10:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON RP
09MANILA2038	GRP PLANS FORMAL REVIEW OF VFA TO DEFUSE SENATE [...] (C) The Philippine Senate is applying increasing pressure on the Arroyo administration to renegotiate or abrogate the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). A preliminary September 23 Philippine Senate voice vote on a non-binding resolution calling for VFA renegotiation heralds fina [...]	2009-09-24 10:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID RP
09MANILA2231	PHILIPPINES RETHINKS DISASTER STRATEGY AS TYPHOON NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. Threatened by a third typhoon in four weeks, the Philippine government has prepositioned emergency supplies, equipment and personnel in northern Luzon in the event Typhoon Ramil (international name Lupit) makes landfall there this weekend. U.S. military forces and equipment fro [...]	2009-10-23 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2281	Philippine Economic Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The government's economic team reports that the Philippine economy continues to grow. The balance of payments is in surplus; international reserves are at a record high; foreign direct investment is increasing; the banking system remains sound; and the stock market is reboundin [...]	2009-10-31 23:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA2458	REP. FILNER'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 23 meeting at Malacanang Palace, President Arroyo thanked Representative Bob Filner for his successful effort to secure additional benefits for an expanded group of Filipino and Filipino-American veterans. The Congressman and the President also discussed how the [...]	2009-11-25 04:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP OVIP VA RP
09MANILA2490	100 PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS, BUT ONLY FOUR REAL [...] (C) After a final flurry of filings December 1, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) closed out its election registration period by announcing it had received 98 applications from presidential candidates. Of course the number of credible presidential aspirants amounts to a mere handful of ca [...]	2009-12-02 08:16:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS RP
09MANILA378	Philippines: Holding Up But Pain Increasing [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippines is unlikely to slip into recession in 2009 (Refs A and B). However, the global financial crisis is inhibiting capital formation, depressing trade, dampening tourism, and eliminating jobs in some sectors. The Philippine Central Bank cut interest rates again in [...]	2009-02-20 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA428	PHILIPPINE COMPROMISE ON SPRATLYS DRAWS PRC IRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine Senate and House recently agreed to exclude the disputed Spratly Islands from the country's baselines, defining them instead under the terms of the UN Convention on Law of the Sea as a "regime of islands" -- although still subject to Philippine claims. President [...]	2009-02-26 09:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL RP
09MANILA444	PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from March 2008 to February 2009, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Michael Pignatello, PignatelloMX@stat [...]	2009-03-02 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG RP
09MANILA468	PHILIPPINES CLOSER TO DRUG PRICE CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippine Department of Health has listed 34 prescription medications that will be subjected to price controls under the Cheaper Medicines Act (reftel) enacted last year. The main impetus for the rapid imposition of price controls came from advocacy groups and non-governmen [...]	2009-03-05 05:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV ECON RP
09MANILA494	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY ON [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Mindful of broad concern among domestic and foreign observers about the human rights situation in the Philippines, the Ambassador in the first two months of 2009 embarked on a concentrated effort to engage government and civil society audiences on human rights issues, and listen [...]	2009-03-06 07:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KFRD RP
09MANILA562	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES COMMUNITIES ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador completed a March 2-3 trip across Central Mindanao to listen first-hand to communities dealing with security and development issues on a day-to-day basis. The trip began in General Santos City, with stops throughout South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Maguindanao provin [...]	2009-03-13 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID
09MANILA680	Economic Crisis/Fiscal Crunch in the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government abandoned its 2008 balanced-budget goal and plans a higher deficit of 2.2% of Gross Domestic Product for 2009 -- a modest stimulus relative to the deficit spending being pursued by regional neighbors in response to the global financial crisis. We assess that the [...]	2009-03-27 08:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA754	AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PHILIPPINE SURVIVORS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador offered keynote remarks at an April 7 ceremony honoring surviving Filipino veterans of Bataan and Corregidor. The event, held at the Philippine Shrine of Honor atop Mount Samat in Bataan, was attended by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, high-ranking Phil [...]	2009-04-08 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA796	Philippines: Keeping Afloat in Choppy Waters [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippines is suffering from increasing economic pain, but continues to weather the global downturn better than most of its neighbors. The government has responded to the crisis mainly through monetary easing and measured fiscal expansion. There has been limited protectio [...]	2009-04-15 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
09MANILA85	Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part One of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of the Philippines (GRP) generally acknowle [...]	2009-01-14 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP
09MANILA86	Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part Two of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Efficient Capital Markets And Portfolio Investment The Philippines is open to foreign por [...]	2009-01-14 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP
09MANILA924	CANDIDATES BEGIN JOCKEYING FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a general election slated for May 2010, self-declared candidates across the country have begun vigorously campaigning for almost 18,000 local, provincial, regional, and national positions at stake, including successors to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President N [...]	2009-04-29 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RP
09MAPUTO124	SCENESETTER FOR REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM P. LOEFFER: [...] (SBU) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Mozambique, widely considered to be an exemplary post-conflict democratic success story in Africa. Following the 2008 visits of Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, Ambassador Yates and Major General Altshuler from A [...]	2009-02-04 12:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP ECON ETRD EINV KPKO EAID
09MAPUTO1373	END OF FUEL SUBSIDY COULD SPARK TROUBLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRM's announcement that it would end fuel subsidies that have kept fuel prices in the country artificially low could cause trouble in the first quarter of 2010. The end of the subsidy will raise gas prices, food prices, and public transportation costs, financially strainin [...]	2009-12-17 14:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD EAID EFIN AMGT ASEC
09MAPUTO1403	INTERNATIONAL INDICES SHOW LITTLE PROGRESS, SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A survey of respected international indices confirms that Mozambique, still one of the world's poorest countries, continues to advance economically but performs poorly in broader measures of democracy, governance, and human development. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ [...]	2009-12-29 12:52:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID SOCI KCOR MZ
09MAPUTO289	MOZAMBIQUE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family [...]	2009-02-26 11:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF
09MAPUTO408	DHLAKAMA; A POLITICAL OBITUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: RENAMO leader Afonso Dhlakama responded to RENAMO's poor showing in the November 19 municipal elections by secluding himself, even from senior party members. When he returned to the spotlight, his erratic behavior embarrassed himself and his party. RENAMO, and Dhlakama in part [...]	2009-03-25 10:11:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO41	MOZAMBIQUE -- CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The GRM has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but does not have a regulatory body specifically devoted to chil [...]	2009-01-16 10:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MZ
09MAPUTO528	GENDER EQUALITY, AN ELUSIVE GOAL [...] SUMMARY: Women are specifically recognized as equal to men under the Mozambican constitution, but equality has proved an elusive goal. Legal structures are in place to assure equal treatment but lack of knowledge of rights and financial resources, lack of access to the courts, limited educat [...]	2009-04-28 08:42:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL MZ
09MAPUTO559	SCENESETTER FOR GEN WILLIAM "KIP" WARD'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Mozambique, widely considered to be an exemplary post-conflict democratic success story in Africa. Following the recent visits of Major General Altshuler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whalen, Deputy Assistant Secretar [...]	2009-05-07 08:22:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP ECON ETRD EINV KPKO EAID
09MAPUTO606	LABOR LAW THREATENS U.S. INTERESTS [...] SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST: Mozambique's new labor law sets complicated requirements for quotas and credential validation for foreigners. U.S. companies and nonprofits along with the American school have requested USG advocacy as the law is significantly hindering their ability to invest and imp [...]	2009-05-28 13:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON EAID PGOV PREL AMGT APER
09MAPUTO610	LABOR LAW THREATENS U.S. INTERESTS [...] SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST: Mozambique's new labor law sets complicated requirements for quotas and credential validation for foreigners. U.S. companies and nonprofits along with the American school have requested USG advocacy as the law is significantly hindering their ability to invest and imp [...]	2009-05-28 13:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON EAID PGOV PREL AMGT APER
09MASERU360	EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS ON LESOTHO'S GARMENT AND TEXTILE [...] According to the Central Bank, GDP growth for 2009 is estimated to be 1.1 percent. Because of the declining world prices, inflation remains under control. The exchange rate also has remained fairly stable during the past six months. However, the slowdown in the global markets, the potential [...]	2009-10-08 15:38:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND LT
09MASERU396	FOREIGN MINISTER PLEASED WITH MCC SCORECARD AND EFFORTS ON [...] Summary: On November 2, Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa welcomed Ambassador Rob Nolan, DCM Elizabeth Power, and Dr. Gene MacDonald, Resident Country Director for MCC-Lesotho, for a warm conversation that focused on MCC issues; he was pleased with Lesotho's results in the MCC scorecard, encour [...]	2009-11-05 18:22:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KMCA LT
09MASERU414	DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS' CONSULTATIVE FORUM BRIEFED BY IMF [...] (U) On Tuesday, November 17, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted the Development Partners' Consultative Forum (DP CF) briefing by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission on Article IV consultations. The IMF expects Lesotho's economic growth to be around 1.5% in 2009. [...]	2009-11-23 15:03:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN LT
09MBABANE52	HIV PREVALENCE RATE IN SWAZILAND SAMPLE RISES, BUT [...] SUMMARY: On February 24th at a national public forum, Swaziland's Minister of Health Benedict Xaba released findings of the latest HIV Sentinel Surveillance Survey of a sample of pregnant women presenting at health clinics around the country. The late 2008 survey data show that HIV prevalenc [...]	2009-03-03 13:28:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KTIP WZ
09MBABANE81	SADC POISED TO SUSPEND MADAGASCAR AT MARCH 30 [...] SUMMARY: According to Dr. John Kunene, Swazi Principal Secretary (PS) at Ministry of Defense and SADC negotiator, SADC Heads of State are poised to take the first step in seeking a constitutionally-based resolution to the change of power in Madagascar, by suspending that nation from the orga [...]	2009-03-27 10:15:00	Embassy Mbabane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MA WZ
09MBABANE85	EFFECTS OF WORLD ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON SWAZILAND'S INSULATED [...] SUMMARY. Swaziland's financial market, fairly insulated from the global banking crisis, has kept banks that operate in Swaziland safe. Swaziland's small domestic market makes it heavily dependent on sugar exports and exports to the South African market. This vulnerability to commodities pricing [...]	2009-03-31 07:34:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN WZ
09MELBOURNE11	PM to Raise Container Security Initiative with President? [...] (SBU) According to Port Melbourne's CEO Stephen Bradford, Prime Minister Rudd may raise the logistics of DHS' Container Security Initiative with the President during their early interactions. Melbourne is Australia's busiest port and has seen a clear drop in container traffic since November. B [...]	2009-01-23 05:19:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE111	AUSTRALIAN BANKS EXPANDING IN U.S. AND ASIA [...] (SBU) Australia's dominant "big four" banks have emerged from the global financial crisis healthy and looking abroad to expand. One bank has acquired a mid-sized U.S. regional bank and plans to purchase more, while the other banks are looking to China and Indonesia for growth. These banks are [...]	2009-10-09 22:41:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE123	GROWING TIES IN AUSTRALIAN-U.S. WATER COLLABORATION [...] Australia and the United States face many similar challenges in managing drought and bringing water to growing urban populations. Federal, state-to-state and commercial ties already exist between the two countries, but as Australia braces for another year of dry conditions, opportunities abound [...]	2009-11-18 23:47:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND ECON AS
09MELBOURNE46	EXPANSION OF WORLD,S LARGEST URANIUM MINE TO [...] (C) Despite turmoil in the global commodities market, BHP Billiton is proceeding with plans, albeit at a reduced pace, to expand its Olympic Dam facilities into what will become the largest uranium mine in the world. Lower copper prices have forced BHP to shelve several capital investment prog [...]	2009-04-07 02:09:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ECON ENRG ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE47	BUSINESS LEADERS STILL WORRIED ABOUT U.S. PROTECTIONISM [...] (C/NF) Melbourne based business leaders are worried that global economic conditions are still ripe for protectionist policies in the guise of stimulus packages. During a luncheon at Consul General's residence, business leaders asked if the U.S. Congress would backtrack on free trade. They hai [...]	2009-04-14 01:06:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE58	BANKING CHIEFS CONCERNED ABOUT AUSTRALIA CREDIT [...] (C/NF) The CEO of Australia's largest bank and J.P. Morgan's Chairman for its Australia and New Zealand business see Australia losing its AAA credit rating as one of the worst case recession scenarios. While both characterized the downgrade as unlikely, they expressed concern that the impact [...]	2009-04-29 05:07:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EFIN AS
09MELBOURNE72	MAJOR CHANGES TO AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION [...] (C/NF) The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) senior banking regulator said that changes to Australia's regulation infrastructure will be minor and in line with global consensus. While Australia's major banks remain healthy, there is still substantial debate about whether the [...]	2009-06-19 00:33:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE8	Desalination Plant Approved as Drought Continues [...] (SBU) The Victorian government has given the green light to a controversial desalination plant that will help alleviate the effects of a decade-long drought and furnish about one-third of Melbourne's water needs by 2011. Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has not yet granted the projec [...]	2009-01-13 23:12:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON SENV KGHG AS
09MELBOURNE81	Standard and Poor's Bullish on Australian Economy [...] (SBU) Analysts at Standard and Poor's Melbourne headquarters predict a mild and short recession in Australia. The country's states remain among the best rated in the world despite the February downgrading of Queensland from AAA to AA. While Australia maintains a substantial current account de [...]	2009-07-15 05:29:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE88	U.S. DAIRY SUBSIDIES HURTING VICTORIAN FARMERS? [...] (SBU) The Managing Director of Australia's largest dairy producer claims that U.S. subsidies are driving down Australian dairy prices. In addition to managing the effects of a 12-year drought, Victorian dairy farmers are also worried that Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme will sign [...]	2009-07-29 01:21:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON AS
09MELBOURNE9	CATERPILLAR GLOOMY AS COMMODITIES DOWNTURN [...] (C/NF) Tamera Nelson, Caterpillar's Managing Director for Melbourne and Tasmania, expects to lay off nearly one third of her workforce this year (strictly protect) due to sagging commodities prices and complex new industrial relations legislation. As the commodities slump continues to drag on [...]	2009-01-14 23:28:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EIND ETRD AS
09MEXICO1055	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO MEXICO [...] (Confidential) Key Points --Despite the challenges presented by criminal violence in Mexico and the global financial crisis, President Calderon remains an effective and authoritative leader of an economically and politically viable nation. He is genuinely committed to leave a legacy at the e [...]	2009-04-14 16:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1145	Mexico Economic Weekly - April 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-04-23 13:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1202	PRI PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC FOR PARTY'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. CDA met with PRI President Beatriz Paredes for an April 24 breakfast. Discussion ranged from President Obama's recent visit to the PRI's prospects in the July legislative elections. Overall, Paredes was optimistic about the party's chances in the upcoming votes, as well as the 2 [...]	2009-04-29 19:53:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1235	SITREP 10 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- On the morning of May 3, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that the GOM had confirmed 506 cases of H1N1 and 19 fatalities. He stressed that Mexico had not ignored warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible outbreak, but had responded in a [...]	2009-05-03 22:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1236	SITREP 11 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The Minister of Health announced May 4 that the number of new H1N1 cases has declined and that there have been no new deaths. However, as Mexico clears a backlog of older H1N1 samples, the total number of confirmed cases has risen to 727 and deaths to 26. Mexica [...]	2009-05-05 00:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1269	SITREP 14 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The GOM announced that the number of confirmed H1N1 cases now stands at 1,204 including 44 fatalities. The two additional fatalities were from analysis of backlogged samples. Mexico City reduced its alert level from orange to yellow which means that normal busines [...]	2009-05-08 13:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1277	SITREP 15 (FINAL) - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- Health Secretary Cordova announced in a May 8 press conference that the number of confirmed cases now stands at 1319 including 45 fatalities. 2. (U) FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -------------------------------------------- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Mexic [...]	2009-05-11 13:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX

09MEXICO1306	Mexico Economic Weekly - May 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-05-12 19:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1307	TOUGHER MEXICO ANTITRUST LAW IN THE WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Mexico has one of Latin America's most open economies, its tenacious monopolies and weak regulation reduce consumer choice, boost the cost of doing business, and hamper Mexico's economic growth. Last month, influential PAN Senator Santiago Creel introduced a bill to amend [...]	2009-05-12 20:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1312	TOUGHER MEXICO ANTITRUST LAW IN THE WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Mexico has one of Latin America's most open economies, its tenacious monopolies and weak regulation reduce consumer choice, boost the cost of doing business, and hamper Mexico's economic growth. Last month, influential PAN Senator Santiago Creel introduced a bill to amend [...]	2009-05-13 14:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1428	Mexico Economic Weekly - May 22 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-05-23 18:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1490	FLU AND TOURISM: WHEN WILL MEXICO REBOUND? [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. It incorporates reporting from across Mission Mexico. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The influenza epidemic struck a body blow to Mexico's number three income generator, tourism. Governme [...]	2009-05-30 00:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD KFLU MX
09MEXICO1591	Mexico Economic Weekly - June 5 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-06-08 13:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO160	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO1667	MEXICO: LEGISLATIVE AND GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. As the July 5 legislative, state, and local elections near, the PRI continues to maintain a consistent lead over its closest rival, the PAN. The parties' official campaigns have been lackluster as they have they have sought to evade the stricter electoral code by using more unde [...]	2009-06-12 21:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1669	Mexico Economic Weekly - June 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-06-12 22:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1683	MEXICO,S NEW ELECTORAL REGIME PROVING DIFFICULT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In the run up to the first national elections since electoral reforms were passed in 2007, it is clear that the electoral regime crafted by ongress is butting up against Mexico,s political reality. Criticism of the law's inconsistencies abound, and the only question is whether [...]	2009-06-15 19:40:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1830	UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM BILL [...] (U) Summary. In late April, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies adopted a bill modifying five articles of the Mexican Constitution as part of an effort to bring Mexican law into compliance with Mexico's international treaty obligations relating to human rights principles. If ultimately adopted [...]	2009-06-25 00:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MX
09MEXICO1841	GOM FOCUSES ON MEXICO'S COMPETITIVENESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released "The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009," which provides a comprehensive overview of the country's current competitiveness and highlights Mexico's strengths and weaknesses. Ranked 60th in the Global Competitiveness Index 2008 [...]	2009-06-26 18:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
09MEXICO1862	Mexico Economic Weekly - June 26 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-06-29 16:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1890	MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY ON ROUGH ROAD, SEEKING ROADSIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the Obama Administration has acted firmly to aid the United States' beleaguered automotive industry, the Mexican auto manufacturers are looking askance at their own government's seemingly lackluster response. In separate conversations, representatives from Mexico's auto [...]	2009-06-30 21:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO193	THE BATTLE JOINED: NARCO VIOLENCE TRENDS IN 2008 [...] (C) 2008 set a new record for organized crime-related homicides with more than 6000 killings. Violence in Mexico suddenly provided fodder for U.S. and international media with commentators suggesting worse to come. While the death toll is already at disturbing levels, and there are no signs vi [...]	2009-01-23 23:12:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO195	Mexico Economic Weekly - January 23 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-01-23 23:49:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1961	EARLY RESULTS OF THE MEXICAN MIDTERM ELECTIONS: [...] (C) Summary. Early results of the July 5 midterm legislative and local elections indicate that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was the big winner and will supersede the ruling National Action Party (PAN) as the largest party in the 500 seat Chamber of Deputies. The final results [...]	2009-07-06 22:51:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1993	MEXICO'S PRI CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS AFTER ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) is now evaluating next steps and adapting its legislative approach to the new political reality following the July 5 elections. The party may be more proactive in shaping the congressional agenda and confronting the Calderon government [...]	2009-07-08 17:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO20	MEXICO ESTABLISHES DAILY MINIMUM WAGE FOR 2009 [...] SUMMARY: On December 18, 2008 Mexico,s government announced the establishment of the country,s daily minimum wage for 2009. Mexico,s minimum wage is set annually by a Commission under the auspices of the GOM,s Labor Secretariat at the end of each calendar year. This year the Commission propo [...]	2009-01-06 18:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO2018	POTENTIAL EFFECT OF ELECTIONS ON MEXICO'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The worse-than-expected congressional election defeat for Calderon, giving the PRI a near majority in the House of Deputies, will now afford the PRI the opportunity to assume greater initiative and certainly assert greater leverage in debates over the economic reform agenda. P [...]	2009-07-10 00:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO2038	Mexico Economic Weekly - July 10 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-07-13 19:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2179	Mexico Economic Weekly - July 24 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-07-24 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2195	INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH MEXICO'S NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On July 8, an international delegation of legislators and union officials arrived in Mexico for a five-day visit to review the circumstances surrounding the long running dispute between Mexico's National Miners Union (SNTMMSRM),the Mexican mining industry and the GOM. The delegatio [...]	2009-07-24 23:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ENGR PINR PHUM MX
09MEXICO2205	PUSHED BY HIGHER FOOD PRICES, POVERTY IS UP IN MEXICO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Rural and urban poverty have shown a significant uptick in Mexico since 2006, despite a general decline since 1992 and despite the economy's strong performance. According to semi-independent analysis based on official 2008 figures, poverty increased from 42.6% in 2006 to 47.4% in [...]	2009-07-27 18:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID SOCI PGOV MX
09MEXICO2234	POOR PERFORMANCE OF PT MEANS LUCIA MORETT FACES [...] (SBU) Summary. Wanted by Colombia and Ecuador for her connections to the FARC, Lucia Morett, a Mexican student from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM),did not win a plurinominal seat for the Chamber of Deputies and therefore will not have immunity to protect her from extrad [...]	2009-07-29 20:40:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2239	GREEN PARTY LOOKS TO CONSOLIDATE ELECTORAL GAINS [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) will look to consolidate significant gains it made in the July 5 midterm elections in a bid to expand its reach in 2012. Over the next three years in Congress, the party will endeavor to implement its campaign promises and push environmental legi [...]	2009-07-29 23:10:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2240	INITIAL TAKE ON CALDERON'S POLITICAL POSITIONING [...] (C) Summary. Since the July legislative elections, the Mexican media has painted a consistent picture of the results, touting them as a clear repudiation of Calderon's national security and economic policies. The media predicts that the PRI will be emboldened to reshape the national agenda, [...]	2009-07-29 23:10:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2244	MEXICO 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a. Claimants A b. 1975 c. The Claimants signed a profit-sharing contract with a sulfur company controlled by the GOM. The investors were to have received payments for the life of the contract, but, in fact, received nothing. In 1975, the sulfur company offered to settle the dispute. [...]	2009-07-30 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
09MEXICO2471	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO RULE ON [...] (SBU) On Monday August 10, Mexico's Supreme Court ruled 6-5 that Mexico's amparo law (which outlines the instances in which citizens can challenge government actions and prior court rulings) does not allow the wife of a victim shot at a military checkpoint the right to contest military jurisd [...]	2009-08-20 19:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2472	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO RULE ON [...] (SBU) On Monday August 10, Mexico's Supreme Court ruled 6-5 that Mexico's amparo law (which outlines the instances in which citizens can challenge government actions and prior court rulings) does not allow the wife of a victim shot at a military checkpoint the right to contest military jurisd [...]	2009-08-20 19:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2519	Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-08-26 02:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2537	MEXICO FACES BUDGET CHALLENGE; TAX HIKES, [...] (U) The Calderon administration faces a formidable challenge in preparing its 2010 budget. GDP contracted 10.3% in the second quarter of this year, the fourth consecutive quarter of decline. Weak tax collection, the recession, and low oil production, prices, and exports has created a 2.7% of [...]	2009-08-26 23:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2574	WINNING OR ONE STEP BEHIND: GOM'S INTERDICTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While Mexican law enforcement officials have increased raids on the destruction of drug labs in recent months, the effort does not appear to be staunching the flow of drugs into the U.S. Instead, the raids have prompted producers to develop more creative manufacturing techniq [...]	2009-08-31 15:16:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2579	CDA'S MEETING WITH MEXICO STATE GOVERNOR ENRIQUE [...] (C) CDA met on August 21 with Mexico State Governor Enrique Pena Nieto, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),who is clearly looking for greater interaction between his administration and the United States. The meeting, which followed a visa appointment for his two children, came [...]	2009-08-31 19:39:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2601	Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-08-31 23:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO262	Mexico Economic Weekly - January 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-01-29 20:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2637	MEXICO: BUDGET, ECONOMIC ISSUES LIKELY TO DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary. The Mexican legislative session opened on September 1 with new players and a dramatically changed political landscape, following the July midterm elections. With the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) now the largest party in the lower house -- the PRI has 237 sea [...]	2009-09-04 13:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2639	MEXICO'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IMPROVES SLIGHTLY; [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 13:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO264	Water shortage in Mexico City and the State of Mexico [...] SUMMARY: Water supply in Mexico City and the State of Mexico is going to be suspended partially during the last weekend of each month, from January to May, due to low levels of the Cutzamala system, a complex of dams that provide 30 percent of the water used in Mexico City. The shortage will a [...]	2009-01-29 23:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV MX
09MEXICO2666	Mexico Economic Weekly - September 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-09-08 23:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2680	TELECOM COOPERATION AND TELMEX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hector Osuna, President of Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL),emphasized U.S.-Mexico telecom cooperation in an 8 September meeting with Econoff. He judged that initiatives on borderless calling, mutual recognition of telecom equipment (CITEL MRA),and spe [...]	2009-09-11 14:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT ETRD MX
09MEXICO2709	GOM PROPOSES 2010 ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 8, the GOM submitted its 2010 budget and fiscal reform proposals to Congress following weeks of market speculation about what the GOM would propose. The speculation follows looming risk of Mexico's possible credit downgrade. Plunging revenues (due to falling oil p [...]	2009-09-15 21:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2711	FINANCE SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON 2010 BUDGET [...] (U) This is an action request for Treasury. See Para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens briefed Ambassador on Mexico's 2010 budget, submitted September 8 to Mexico's Congress. . In facing what Carstens described as the "double shock" of the cyclical recession as well a [...]	2009-09-15 22:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2746	Mexico Economic Weekly - September 18 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-09-18 22:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2778	A LOOK AT MEXICO STATE, POTEMKIN VILLAGE STYLE [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Toluca, the capital of Mexico State (Estado de Mexico - Edomex) and headquarters for popular Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) Governor Enrique Pena Nieto, on September 10-11 for what turned out to be two highly-orchestrated days of meetings with state o [...]	2009-09-24 21:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO283	THE U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONSHIP: MEETING CHALLENGES, [...] (C) Summary. Mexico's drug cartels are responsible for 60-80 percent of the cocaine and a significant percentage of other drugs entering the U.S., their activities corrupt Mexican institutions, foment insecurity throughout Mexico, and instigate rising violence on the U.S.-Mexico border. Disrup [...]	2009-02-04 17:08:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS PINR MX
09MEXICO2832	THE GOM'S 2010 REVENUE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Fiscal reform has become a critical element in addressing the GOM's 2010 budget shortfall, resulting from plunging revenues (due to falling oil production/prices and economic recession),and public expenditure that grew in tandem with skyrocketing oil prices from 2002-08 (see re [...]	2009-09-30 15:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV
09MEXICO2885	Mexico Economic Weekly - October 02 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-10-05 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2891	MEXICO'S TAKE ON USG'S UNGA 64 GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche on UNGA to a variety of interlocutors from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE),receiving the most detailed response on disarmament, climate change, human rights, and civilian post-conflict response. The GOM will engage actively with part [...]	2009-10-06 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PREL UNGA PINR
09MEXICO2996	Mexico Economic Weekly - October 16 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-10-16 22:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO30	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]	2009-01-07 19:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO3010	2010 GOM BUDGET: OPPOSITION REJECTS AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Facing an October 20 deadline to approve the GOM's 2010 proposed revenue bill, PRI leaders, governors, and lawmakers met on October 12 to coordinate a consensus on the budget. According to local press reports, PRI lawmakers revealed that they will reject the GOM's 2% anti-pover [...]	2009-10-19 18:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV
09MEXICO3092	MEXICO: THE LEGACY OF PGR'S MEDINA MORA [...] (C) Summary. With his resignation on September 8, Mexican Attorney General (AG) Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza leaves a two-fold legacy. His tenure in office was very positive for the USG, as he forged a solid relationship with us, offered full support on high-level extradition cases, and laid the [...]	2009-10-27 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO311	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY TO [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. The U.S. and Mexico have developed a solid set of institutional relationships that allow us [...]	2009-02-06 13:40:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO3110	SENATE TAKES UP 2010, WITH SENATORS DIVIDED OVER PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. As rating companies quietly consider downgrading Mexican debt, the Senate has now noisily taken up the Revenue Bill that the Chamber of Deputies amended and approved October 20. The Chamber had watered down the GOM's original proposal of modifying tax rates and tax laws design [...]	2009-10-29 00:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3120	Mexico Economic Weekly - October 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-10-30 17:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3174	OAXACA: STATE ELECTORAL POLITICS WITH NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Oaxaca State October 14-16 to meet with a variety of local political leaders, government officials, and civil society representatives. Local elections in Oaxaca next year have caught the attention of national party leadership, with more at stake than the gov [...]	2009-11-09 18:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3186	Mexico Economic Weekly - November 6 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-11-09 22:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3205	CONGRESS APPROVES MOST 2010 REVENUE LEGISLATION [...] Summary. Legislators watered down the original GOM revenue and tax proposals (see reftel),eliminating some key elements of the original package, but maintaining an increase in value added taxes (IVA) and income tax rates. Finance Secretary Carstens said the package will help revive the econo [...]	2009-11-10 23:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3222	SECRETARY KESSEL DISCUSSES BILATERAL ENERGY COOPERATON; [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual November 5 that she was pleased with progress made at the October 19 trans-boundary energy reservoir meeting in Villahermosa and welcomed news that the USG seeks to extend the moratorium in the Western Gap. Kessel welcom [...]	2009-11-12 22:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO33	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]	2009-01-07 19:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO3311	Mexico Economic Weekly - November 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-11-23 18:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3371	RESULTS OF SME NATIONAL PROTEST: HOW WILL IT END? [...] (SBU) Summary: The much anticipated Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) national protest took place as planned on November 11, causing significant traffic complications in the Mexico City area. Sympathizers demonstrated in around 25 states with activities and participation ranging from im [...]	2009-11-30 18:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PREL PGOV MX
09MEXICO3382	CONGRESS APPROVES 2010 SPENDING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 17, the Mexican Congress approved the 2010 budget, voting 437-25 to pass the spending bill, which includes MX$3.18 trillion (US$244 billion) in outlays. The budget for 2010 implies a deficit of 0.75% of GDP excluding debt from state oil monopoly Pemex, but with Pe [...]	2009-12-01 20:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3418	Mexico Economic Weekly - December 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-12-04 20:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3423	MEXICO: Scene setter for A/S Valenzuela [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico through an ambitious joint project to broaden the Merida initiative into a more comprehensive effort. We are in the midst of a dizzying level of bilateral activity, including a wave of [...]	2009-12-04 20:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO348	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO BY CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) On behalf of Mission Mexico, I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and, in particular, our appreciation for President Calderon's demonstrated leadership in the area of security. Committed [...]	2009-02-06 22:44:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO3486	BANK GOVERNOR APPOINTMENT SPARKS CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] Summary. (U) On December 9, President Calderon nominated Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens as the country's new central bank governor (Banxico). Carstens, whose nomination still needs to be ratified by the Senate, will replace Guillermo Ortiz who finishes his second six-year term at the end [...]	2009-12-11 13:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3494	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT TO THE [...] (C) Your visit comes at a key moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico and to provide guidance and support to the GOM as it makes a crucial move to address the worsening security environment in Ciudad Juarez. Any day, President Calderon is expected to make the Publ [...]	2009-12-11 16:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3557	CALDERON'S REFORM PROPOSALS: THE POTENTIAL AND THE [...] (C) Summary. President Calderon has taken few concrete steps over the last several months on the ambitious ten-point reform agenda he laid down in September. He has walked back on most of his proposals, except for a bold initiative on political reform that would establish new rule for the poli [...]	2009-12-16 03:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3573	MEXICAN NAVY OPERATION NETS DRUG KINGPIN ARTURO [...] (S) Summary. Mexican Navy forces acting on U.S. information killed Arturo Beltran Leyva in an operation on December 16, the highest-level takedown of a cartel figure under the Calderon administration. The operation is a clear victory for the Mexican Government and an example of excellent USG-GOM co [...]	2009-12-17 20:42:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3596	MEXICO: PRESIDENT CALDERONQS BOLD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Calderon's proposal for amending the Mexican Constitution with a far-reaching political initiative would have far reaching consequences for implementing badly needed reform. In addition to allowing for direct reelection of Senators, Deputies and local officials, the pr [...]	2009-12-21 22:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MASS ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO3634	PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY ASSISTANT BRENNAN [...] (SBU) Summary. John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, used his visit to Mexico, December 14-15, to advance U.S.-Mexico cooperation against organized crime. Accepting an unprecedented format for senior bilateral meetings, the GOM organized each s [...]	2009-12-28 13:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM PHUM MX
09MEXICO414	MONTERREY DEMONSTRATIONS LIKELY SPONSORED BY DRUG [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, and February 9 to February 12. Our contacts report that the [...]	2009-02-17 15:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MEXICO42	MEXICAN OIL PRODUCTION DECLINING - IMPLICATIONS FOR MEXICO, [...] (SBU) Summary: As the largest source of export earnings and contributor of over one third of budget revenues, the oil sector is a critical component of the Mexican economy. Due to the decline of Mexico's largest oil field and underinvestment in new exploration and exploitation, Mexican crude [...]	2009-01-08 19:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX
09MEXICO45	CALDERON ANNOUNCES MORE MEASURES TO STIMULATE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon announced on January 7 a new set of measures to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. "The National Accord in Favor of the Families' Economy and Employment" is the third economic program announced by the [...]	2009-01-08 22:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO467	MEXICO FACES GRIM EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK FOR 2009 [...] Summary: Although the year is just two months old, government officials, leading private sector figures and academics are predicting a grim employment outlook for Mexico in 2009. According to the GOMQ,s National Statistics Institute (INEGI),by the end of 2008 official unemployment rate for [...]	2009-02-20 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO582	Mexico Economic Weekly - February 27 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]	2009-02-27 19:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO586	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - [...] The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Suzanne Archuleta. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or ArchuletaMS@state.gov. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizatio [...]	2009-02-27 23:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP
09MEXICO604	IMPACT OF A PRI CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY: THE MATH, [...] (C) Summary. The PRI appears to be on the ascendant, and talk in local press and political circles suggests that more observers are willing to discuss the prospect of a PRI majority in the Chamber of Deputies after July's legislative elections. The vote is still more than four months away, an [...]	2009-03-03 13:27:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO656	PRD PRESIDENT TELL CHARGE PARTY RECUPERATING; AMLO [...] (C) Summary: Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) President Jesus Ortega told CDA and PolMinCouns that 2006 presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) had essentially left the party, throwing his lot in with the Convergencia and Workers' parties. While some in the PRD remain [...]	2009-03-05 21:46:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO671	CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY - POSSIBLE INITIATIVES WITH [...] Summary and Introduction: The GOM is interested in working more closely with the USG on renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change. Post believes the Mexican position offers a significant opportunity to develop closer ties in a priority area for both countries and is exploring sev [...]	2009-03-06 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO680	MEXICO PASSES LEGISLATION TO CONTROL CHEMICAL [...] (C) Summary: Mexico's Lower House passed a bill February 24 to control chemical substances that could be used in chemical weapons, paving the way for signature by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and publication in the Diario Oficial. The law, which will be administered by Mexico's High-Lev [...]	2009-03-09 17:46:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR PARM ECON KCRM
09MEXICO685	CODEL ENGEL DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES WITH MEDINA [...] (U) Summary. On February 16, Attorney General (AG) Eduardo Medina Mora received U.S. Representative Eliot Engel and members of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Sub-committee. The AG was accompanied by Attorney General's Office (PGR) Special Advisor Oscar Rocha, Deputy Attorney G [...]	2009-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO725	MEXICO AND THE G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon has announced three sets of economic stimulus packages to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. The Mexican banking sector remains solid with an adequate capitalization rate. However, the deepening of t [...]	2009-03-11 17:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MX
09MEXICO811	EVERY CRISIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY; MEXICO SEES POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: While the deepening global crisis has worsened Mexico's economic outlook for 2009, the Mexican government feels it has a cushion to weather the crisis and shield its public finances in 2009 and 2010. The Finance Secretariat's chief economist pointed to the successful oil hedgin [...]	2009-03-19 22:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
09MEXICO828	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - [...] The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Suzanne Archuleta. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or ArchuletaMS@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizati [...]	2009-03-20 22:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09MEXICO868	OHCHR'S OFFICE IN MEXICO EARNING ITS KEEP [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) opened a field office in Mexico in 2002 with a mandate to work with the Government of Mexico and a wide cross section of civil society with a view to developing a "diagnostic survey" that would identify the steps Mexico need [...]	2009-03-24 21:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN MX
09MEXICO973	Mexico Economic Weekly - April 3 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Jonathan Austin (austinjt@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]	2009-04-03 16:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO982	MEXICAN SENATE AGREES ON ASSET FORFEITURE LAW [...] (C) Summary. The Senate plenary unanimously approved on Thursday the asset forfeiture law, known in Mexico as "extincion de dominio," which has been languishing in Congress since it was proposed early last session. The bill is intended to enhance the government's ability to target the financ [...]	2009-04-03 22:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MILAN96	PRIVATE EQUITY IN ITALY: GROWING, BUT IN THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Even in the midst of economic crisis, Italy's small private equity (PE) marketplace is expanding. Larger multinational PE firms and those in search of "mega-deals" are playing a smaller role, but local PE outfits see a potential for smaller, less-leveraged, longer-horizon, "buy [...]	2009-04-28 16:16:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON IT
09MINSK114	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - For Freedom Movement's Property Confiscated (para. 2) - Police to Investigate Desecration at Kurapaty (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Lukashenka to [...]	2009-04-10 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK127	BELARUS: WORLD BANK, IMF SEE NEED FOR EXCHANGE RATE [...] (SBU) Post has met recently with a visiting World Bank team and the new IMF resrep. Their consensus view, shared by post, is that that resolution of the economic crisis in Belarus will require fundamental steps by the GOB beyond simply obtaining further loans and credits. Recognition of thi [...]	2009-04-22 16:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK164	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 22, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Detained (para. 2) - Human Rights Advocate Loses Appeal (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Deputy Economy Minister: No more extern [...]	2009-05-22 18:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK274	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 14, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Supreme Court Denies Registration Appeal of Human Rights NGO (para. 2) - Religious Groups Complain GOB Is Trying to Limit Their Ability to Have Houses of Worship (para [...]	2009-08-17 14:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK297	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]	2009-09-04 18:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK30	GOB'S STEPS TOWARD MARKET REFORMS WELCOME WHILE INCOMPLETE [...] Summary: President Lukashenka signed his first decree in 2009 simplifying the process for registration and liquidation of businesses. The GOB further enumerated an ambitious, 52-point plan envisioning an overhaul of the country's business code in 2009 toward liberalizing the economy. While t [...]	2009-01-26 16:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK317	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]	2009-09-16 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK394	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]	2009-12-04 20:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]	2009-12-18 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO

09MONROVIA119	LIBERIA: GOL ANNOUNCES PRICE CUTS AND TAX CUTS [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ministry of Commerce lowered price ceilings on rice, petroleum and cement on January 29. The cuts come three days after the President announced a decrease in business and personal tax rates during her annual "State of the Nation" address January 26 (ref A). The President [...]	2009-02-06 17:00:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA186	LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...]	2009-03-10 11:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA219	LIBERIA: IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS WORSENS [...] SUMMARY: Both the GOL and International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia may be more serious than previously expected (reftels). The IMF has revised Liberia's growth projections downward from 10.3% to 6% for 2009, and from 14.8% to 8% in 201 [...]	2009-03-24 17:35:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA241	LIBERIA: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security (IPS) Program country visit team reported March 27 that they will recommend that Liberia be found in compliance with the minimum International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code standards, at which time restrictions on ship [...]	2009-04-03 08:32:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
09MONROVIA289	LIBERIA: RUBBER SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's rubber sector provides 5.5% of its economic output, 85% of its exports and work for an estimated 50,000 Liberians. Roughly 40% of Liberia's rubber comes from small, Liberian-owned farms, with the remainder produced on large foreign-owned concessions. There has been l [...]	2009-04-28 08:01:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PGOV LI
09MONROVIA373	LIBERIA: REFORMS BOOST INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Liberia continues to work at improving the business climate and moving up the IFC's "Doing Business" index. Eighteen new reforms, following up on 21 last year, simplify requirements for Starting a Business, Trading Across Borders, Registering Property, and Construction Permits. (See para. 5. [...]	2009-05-29 11:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD EAID ECON KMCA LI
09MONROVIA390	UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the UN Security Council during their May 19-20 visit to Liberia, President Sirleaf expressed strong support for a continued UNMIL presence until Liberia can take over its own security. On several occasions, she called the peace "fragile" and easily able to be rever [...]	2009-06-02 16:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO LI PGOV PREL UNSC
09MONROVIA415	LIBERIA: BANKING SYSTEM STABILIZING DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although banking services remain concentrated in Monrovia, the number of banks is increasing and most are expanding their reach outside the capital. Indicators of financial soundness are improving, and there is competition to increase services beyond money transfers and fee-bas [...]	2009-06-10 17:52:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA52	LIBERIA: Donor Support Remains Essential As Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF remains cautiously optimistic about Liberia's economic outlook and we anticipate current USG assistance programs will be adequate to address the challenges of the financial crisis. Liberia's rubber exports are down (for domestic reasons),resumption of timber exports is [...]	2009-01-20 16:13:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ECON LI
09MONROVIA533	GOL VOWS THAT FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT AND DEFUNCT SAUDI LOAN WILL [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) has chosen to move forward with its search for a port management company to rehabilitate and oversee the Freeport of Monrovia. Saudi Arabia's withdrawal of a highly-concessional loan for port renovations (Ref A),and the recent revelation of an outstand [...]	2009-07-21 17:34:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EWWT LI
09MONROVIA602	TRANSITION FROM TRC TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has kicked off the establishment of Liberia's Independent National Human Rights Commission (INHRC) by handing the Senate a list of commissioner nominees for approval. This newest human rights commission iteration is the latest attempt by successive [...]	2009-08-20 14:10:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM LI
09MONROVIA618	CODEL BUTTERFIELD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (U) August 17, 2009; Monrovia, Liberia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Brooks Robinson Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO) Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) Representative Steven Cohen (D-TN) [...]	2009-08-27 17:34:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON LI OVIP EINV ETRD EAIR EAGR EWWT
09MONROVIA673	LIBERIAN DOLLAR'S DOWNWARD SLIDE PRESENTS FRESH HARDSHIPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past three years, the Liberian Dollar (LD) maintained relative exchange rate stability, weathering double-digit inflation, ever-increasing import prices, and delayed revenue from lucrative mining and timber contracts, thanks to cautious monetary and fiscal policy. Yet, [...]	2009-09-16 17:30:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON LI
09MONROVIA695	SIRLEAF VETO PUSHES THRESHOLD BILL BACK TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 17, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf exercised her line-item veto authority to reject the Threshold Bill segment guaranteeing each county a minimum of two seats in the House of Representatives. This followed a determination by the Solicitor General confirming the t [...]	2009-09-29 10:17:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID LI
09MONROVIA725	LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES DEAL STALLS OVER PRICE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia may back out of a power purchase agreement with Buchanan Renewables (BR),after a consortium of donors warned the President that unduly high tariffs could threaten the financial solvency of the Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC) and deter small busi [...]	2009-10-05 09:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EAGR LI
09MONROVIA751	LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 10,000-strong United Nations Mission in Liberia [...]	2009-10-13 16:45:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON LI ETRD
09MONROVIA753	DESPITE PORT AUTHORITY ROADBLOCKS, PORT REFORM CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Internal disputes within the GOL and second thoughts about the merits of private management at the Freeport of Monrovia present fresh challenges for the Port Sector Reform Program (PSRP),but are unlikely to derail a two-year process that enjoys Presidential and unified donor sup [...]	2009-10-14 17:10:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EAID LI
09MONROVIA76	LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of sanctions open [...]	2009-01-22 10:18:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI
09MONROVIA763	LEGISLATURE SENDS ELECTORAL REFORM AMENDMENTS TO EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Legislature has passed a constitutional amendment law that sets in motion reforms needed before the 2011 elections. The "Electoral Reform Law" was drafted with input from the law reform commission and civil society. It seeks to amend sections of the Liberian consti [...]	2009-10-16 13:24:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA90	LIBERIA: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONTINUED REFORM IN THIRD [...] (U) SUMMARY. In her third State of the Nation Address before a joint session of the National Legislature January 26, President Sirleaf summarized the achievements of her government in 2008 and called for Liberia to "sustain this progress" in 2009. She vowed to continue the fight against corru [...]	2009-01-28 18:04:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EINV KCRM CACS LI
09MONROVIA952	LIBYA INVESTS $30 MILLION IN LIBERIAN RICE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOL and the Foundation for African Development Aid's (ADA) $30 million concession for large-scale commercial rice production, funded through Libyan African Investment Portfolio, is the first large scale domestic rice program in a country that imports over 55% of all its rice -- [...]	2009-12-22 18:04:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAGR ASEC LI
09MONTERREY101	MONTERREY BUSINESS SURVEY SHOWS ECONOMY IS SLOW, BUT NOT [...] At the suggestion of the Consulate, the Monterrey chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce surveyed its members on the economy during a late January speech by Amcham economist Deborah Riner. Although the member companies expected some decline in sales and delayed investment, they gener [...]	2009-03-04 16:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD MX
09MONTERREY137	MONTERREY: MONEY LAUNDERING MOVES FROM BANKS TO CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey is a major destination for illegal bulk money transfers and money laundering from the United States. Although Mexico only intermittently prosecutes money launderers, our industry contacts believe that due to corporate self regulation and Mexican laws, money launderin [...]	2009-04-08 19:05:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV MX
09MONTERREY175	BORDER STATES CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP AND MEXICO'S CLIMATE [...] Summary. The Mexican state and federal governments reaffirmed their commitment to combating climate change at the Border States Climate Change Workshop held April 22-23 in Monterrey, Mexico. The conference, sponsored by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC),was the first ever [...]	2009-05-14 15:52:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EPET ECIN ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY183	NARCO-VIOLENCE STRIKES CLOSE TO WORK AND HOME [...] (C) Summary. Several local law enforcement sources think that Monterrey will become increasingly violent in coming months as lower level drug cartel members compete among themselves to rise on the `corporate ladder.' On May 14 there were two narco attacks, one on the street leading to the [...]	2009-05-19 19:20:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC SNAR CASC KCRM MX
09MONTERREY190	DRUG CARTELS INFILTRATE THE QUIET STATE OF ZACATECAS [...] (C) Summary. Although the state of Zacatecas appears relatively free from narcotics violence, two recent events demonstrate the extent to which the drug cartels have infiltrated the state government. On May 16 a convey of armed men freed 53 prisoners from a state prison in five minutes, w [...]	2009-05-20 20:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC MX
09MONTERREY201	MISREPRESENTATIONS BY STAFFING AGENCIES UNDER THE H-2B [...] Summary/Action Request. Post has identified a growing trend in which staffing agencies are petitioning increasing numbers of H-2B temporary worker visas for needs that are neither temporary nor seasonal, but year-round. Such action a) introduces multiple opportunities for fraud and abuse, b) [...]	2009-05-28 17:02:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD ELAB MX
09MONTERREY203	H-2B FRAUD IN CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED TRADES [...] This cable is the second in a two-part series examining fraud trends in the H-2B temporary workers program. The first cable looked at misrepresentation among staffing agencies; this piece focuses on fraud in construction and related trades. This cable has been coordinated with other H-2B issu [...]	2009-05-29 20:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD ELAB MX
09MONTERREY206	MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY U.S. RECESSION BUT EXPECTS [...] (U) Summary. The deep U.S. recession has dramatically reduced demand in the Mexican auto industry, a key source of industrial production and exports. Mexican auto producers are in an ornery mood, strongly criticizing the importation of used U.S. cars and their government's lack of su [...]	2009-06-02 15:47:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MX
09MONTERREY219	MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE THE [...] Summary: The state of Nuevo Leon is home to a number of private and public sector sources of microfinance which have helped borrowers to start informal family businesses. However, the unforeseen devaluation of the peso versus the dollar has put significant pressure on microfinance institutio [...]	2009-06-12 22:30:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SOCI PGOV MX
09MONTERREY261	PAN FAILS TO RETAKE GOVERNORSHIP OF NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. The PRI retained the governorship of Nuevo Leon and took majorities in the state legislative and congressional delegations in an election that focused heavily on economic and security issues. The PAN managed to retain control of the state capital, Monterrey, and other import [...]	2009-07-07 17:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCRM KCOG MX
09MONTERREY278	MAQUILA ASSOCIATION WARNS OF LOSING COMPETITIVENESS [...] Summary. With the economic crisis and falling oil revenue impacting Mexico's federal budget, maquila owners are concerned that federal lawmakers will raise taxes on their industry to increase government revenue. John Castany, President of the Nuevo Leon Maquila Association, told EconOff on [...]	2009-07-23 21:18:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX
09MONTERREY284	MILITARY PRESENCE NO PANACEA FOR NUEVO LEON [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers are continuing their campaign of intimidation against the publishers and staff of Northern Mexico's leading dealing newspaper - El Norte. El Norte leadership has reached out to local army commanders as the threats come in, but as the military is not set up to p [...]	2009-07-27 13:55:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM CASC PHUM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY29	ENERGY COUNCIL VISIT PROMOTES COOPERATION ON ENERGY ISSUES [...] (U) The U.S. Energy Council came to Monterrey on January 21 to meet private sector contacts and Nuevo Leon state officials to promote information sharing on energy issues ranging from alternative energy, ways to increase energy production and global warming. The Energy Council is a non- [...]	2009-01-23 22:04:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECIN ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY304	MONTERREY ECONOMISTS PREDICT INFLATION; NUEVO LEON CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two noted Monterrey economists cautioned about a potential rise in inflation when the Mexican economy finally begins to rebound, which one economist predicted would occur over the next two to three quarters. Both believed overall year-end GDP would post a significant decline. [...]	2009-08-06 19:11:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
09MONTERREY314	MONTERREY ECONOMIST WEIGH PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey-based economists remain hopeful as employment in Mexico's formal sector recorded its second straight month of growth in July. Even though they believe the worst of the recession may be over, David Martinez, the Chief Economist for Nuevo Leon's Secretary of Economic [...]	2009-08-19 17:16:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY349	SAN LUIS POTOSI GOVERNOR-ELECT OUTLINES PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent meeting with the Consul General (CG),San Lusi Potosi Governor-elect Fernando Toranzo Fernandez, a member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI),outlined his plans to improve economic, healthcare and security conditions in his state. He predicted that h [...]	2009-09-22 20:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV SOCI ASEC EAID ECON MX
09MONTERREY456	NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAKING ROOT IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon's Nanotechnology Incubator, the state's newest addition to its nanotechnology infrastructure, is nearing completion and promises to provide pilot scale production facilities to multiple institutes working together to further nanotechnology initiatives in northeastern [...]	2009-12-14 20:24:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV TSPL MX
09MONTERREY62	2009 MONTERREY OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 22:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC MX
09MONTERREY64	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY65	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY66	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY67	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY73	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 22:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY74	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, and February 9 and February 12. Our contacts report that the n [...]	2009-02-13 14:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY89	MEXICAN ECONOMISTS EXPECT DISMAL ECONOMY THROUGH 2010 [...] (U) Summary. Macroeconomics has become a hot topic among Monterrey businessmen as they try to determine the length and depth of the U.S. recession and its impact on Mexico. The Mexican economy is closely linked to the United States, and the U.S. recession has been transmitted to Mexico [...]	2009-02-23 19:45:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MX
09MONTEVIDEO105	CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT LAYS OUT GOU'S ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank President Mario Bergara told the Charge d'Affaires that Uruguay remains relatively well-positioned to confront the worldwide economic slowdown -- its banking sector remains healthy, consumer spending is solid, and its fiscal house is in order. While some in the bu [...]	2009-02-20 16:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO187	URUGUAY ENDORSES OECD STANDARDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay formally endorsed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) standards on transparency and exchange of information in immediate response to its place [...]	2009-04-06 16:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO312	Staffdel Meacham visit to Uruguay [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel Meacham visited Uruguay May 26-28 to explore ways to expand trade and political ties with Uruguay. GOU officials expressed their interested in continuing and strengthening ongoing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussions. GOU officials emphasized [...]	2009-06-05 19:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO318	PRESENTATION BY NASDAQ MANAGING DIRECTOR ON URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY: Steven Phillips, Managing Director of NASDAQ and an experienced financier, came to Montevideo to participate in the Innovation Forum (reftel) and to discuss ways in which Uruguay could revitalize its moribund capital markets. In a presentation to the Capital Markets Development Grou [...]	2009-06-08 21:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO319	URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ REPLACES INTERIOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 12:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO377	URUGUAY: NO SURPRISES IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES [...] (C) There were few surprises in the June 28 elections to select presidential candidates from Uruguay,s three major political parties, as the front runners translated their respective poll advantages into solid victories. The big winners were ex-President Luis Alberto Lacalle of the Blanco par [...]	2009-06-29 15:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO388	Uruguay: Macroeconomic Roundup [...] Uruguay's economy grew 2.3 percent in QI/09 over QI/2008. Despite the year-over-year increase, the economy is now shrinking, and seasonally-adjusted GDP dropped 2.9 percent in QI/2009 from QIV/08. Analysts expect GDP to continue falling in the second quarter and zero to slightly negative grow [...]	2009-07-02 13:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO403	URUGUAY: STEPS TOWARD MEETING TAX TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay's tax policy chief David Eibe told the Charge July 10 that Uruguay is moving forward on its commitment to meet OECD standards on transparency and exchange of tax informat [...]	2009-07-13 15:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO440	URUGUAY: LUNCH WITH COLORADO PARTY PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) On July 20, Charge met with Colorado Presidential candidate Pedro Bordaberry and four of his closest aides. Bordaberry, who currently polls around 10-12 percent, was realistic about his chances for victory this year, but believes he is setting the foundation for a victory as early as 201 [...]	2009-07-28 11:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO498	URUGUAY: DAS MCMULLEN EXPLAINS U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] (C) WHA DAS Chris McMullen visited Montevideo August 26 to provide background and information on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Foreign Minister Fernandez and to the Uruguayan public. Fernandez told him that Uruguay would do what it could to ensure the success of the [...]	2009-08-27 19:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MOTT UY
09MONTEVIDEO608	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: MUJICA ON TOP WITH TOUGH RUNOFF [...] (U) Jose Mujica of the ruling Frente Amplio coalition (FA) and Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party (Blancos) will face off for the presidency in a November 29 runoff, after neither candidate was able to capture 50 percent of the vote in national elections October 25. With 98.5 percent o [...]	2009-10-26 18:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO614	Uruguay 2009-02010 INSCR Part I (draft) [...] (U) Following is Embassy Montevideo's draft text for the INCSR Part I which was also submitted by email per reftel instructions. BEGIN URUGUAY INSCSR DRAFT TEXT: Uruguay 2010 I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing or transit nation. Foreign [...]	2009-11-03 16:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO74	CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION, GOU TIGHTENS MONETARY POLICY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay has steadily taken steps to moderate the impact of the global economic slowdown in recent months, including measures to keep consumer confidence and spending steady. However, concerns about rising inflationary pressures caused a shift in emphasis in late January. Whil [...]	2009-02-09 11:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR UY
09MOSCOW1060	DEBTS AND LEADERSHIP WOES FORCE YABLOKO TO THINK [...] (C) Summary: Suffering from dwindling membership, fraying internal discipline, and onerous debt, the Yabloko liberal opposition party has failed to resurrect its national prospects since overhauling its leadership structures in June 2008. After failing to register in all nine October regional [...]	2009-04-24 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1073	GOR EDUCATION PLANS MISS LONG-TERM MARK [...] (C) The GOR is responding to reports that 14 percent of 700,000 university graduates in 2009 will not find work by instituting a series of measures intended to reduce labor market stress. Current plans will increase access to publicly funded slots in universities, lower the cost of student lo [...]	2009-04-24 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW11	ARMENIA: STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFY GAPS IN REFUGEE PROTECTION, [...] (U) Summary: A draft UNHCR Armenia conference report on November 2008 stakeholders' consultations identifies significant legal, economic, and social challenges to refugees' integration in the impoverished former Soviet republic. While it makes dozens of recommendations for strengthening prote [...]	2009-01-07 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG AM
09MOSCOW112	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR RS
09MOSCOW1136	RUSSIAN SME SECTOR: DESPERATELY SEEKING SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The economic crisis has hit Russian SMEs hard, resulting in significant setbacks to the sector's development. Access to credit, administrative barriers, corruption, and hig [...]	2009-05-04 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW1145	RUSSIAN MFA SAYS GEORGIAN COUP ATTEMPT A SURPRISE [...] (C) In a 1300 May 5 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin expressed "surprise" at reports of a coup attempt in Georgia, reiterating that the event was unexpected. Karasin dismissed Georgian MinInt Merabishvili's accusations of Russian special services involvement [...]	2009-05-05 09:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG
09MOSCOW1148	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: "COMPLICATED" ENERGY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin repeatedly described Tymoshenko's April 29 energy talks with Putin as "complicated." In one-on-one, small group, and the plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation, it was decided that Ga [...]	2009-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EFIN RS UP
09MOSCOW1337	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, SECOND SESSION, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1346	RUSSIA AND THE ARCTIC: POLICY AND COMPETING VOICES [...] (C) In March, Medvedev approved Russia's long-delayed Arctic policy. It defined the region as Russia's strategic energy reserve, called for its promotion as a transportation corridor, and sought to balance cooperation with the country's security needs. The policy itself reflects competing [...]	2009-05-26 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1347	CORRECTED COPY: START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of t [...]	2009-05-26 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1350	UNITED RUSSIA: SPRING TRAINING FOR FALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In the past week President Medvedev has stepped forward to chastise United Russia, Prime Minister Putin's political creation and vehicle for his political interests, for its reluctance to engage political opponents in public debate. This salvo at United Russia has triggered predic [...]	2009-05-26 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1386	MEDVEDEV AND THE "GOLDEN MEAN" [...] (C) In a May 25 speech on budget priorities, the first-ever to the Cabinet, President Medvedev acknowledged that the economic downturn was far from over. Medvedev also appeared to side with economic conservatives, who favor sharp reductions in government spending, in the televised May 25 spe [...]	2009-05-28 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW1431	DPRK: GOR SUPPORTS STRONG SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle on May 30 discussed with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin in detail the ref points regarding a UNSC resolution on North Korea. Borodavkin agreed fully that, given Pyongyang's capacity for dangerous actions, the Security Council needed to send a strong [...]	2009-06-01 12:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1452	PUTIN WARNS EU OF "PROBLEM" IF UKRAINE UNABLE TO [...] (C/NF) In a May 29 entry on his website, PM Putin warned the EU "of a potential problem," should Ukraine fail to meet its June 7 payment deadline for May gas deliveries. Without offering specific outcomes, the PM expressed concern about Ukraine's ability to pay and explained why various option [...]	2009-06-03 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1470	RUSSIA AND BELARUS: A CLOSE BUT DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) PM Putin's May 29 visit to Minsk began a sharp exchange on Belarus's financial situation, with the Russian Finance Minister predicting the collapse of the Belarusian economy by the end of the year. According to analysts this latest spat was reflective of a "close but dysfunctional" relat [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
09MOSCOW1479	CLINTON-KOUCHNER LETTER AND UNOMIG DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Ambassador delivered Ref B talking points on UNOMIG to DFM Karasin, while post delivered ref A and B demarche and letter to MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin the same day, jointly with French Embassy DCM Philippe Lefort. Karasin said Russia would engage and negotiate on [...]	2009-06-05 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1501	MURDER OF TOP COP SHOWS THAT DAGESTAN IS STILL [...] (SBU) The June 5 shooting of Dagestan's Interior Minister Adilgirei Magomedtagirov by a sniper while he stood outside a banquet hall where he was attending the wedding of a lower-ranking ministry official shows just how uncontrolled the security situation is in this North Caucasus republic. P [...]	2009-06-08 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1509	DFM GRUSHKO ON NATO-RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador June 8 that the GOR could not prepare in time for a formal NRC ministerial June 27, but would support an informal meeting, which would provide the political signal to allow reengagement on military to military cooperation. He was unwill [...]	2009-06-09 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO UP RS
09MOSCOW153	GAS CRISIS RESOLUTION LEAVES ROOM FOR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Confirming press reports, Gazprom told us January 21 that supplies to Europe and Ukraine had been restored "in full." An EU representative told us January 22 that monitors have confirmed flows are "on track" and have reported no problems. As has been widely reported, the gas fl [...]	2009-01-23 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW1530	NORD STREAM CEO SAYS PIPELINE WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 2011 -- IF IT STARTS ON TIME Classified By: Ambassador John R. Beyrle for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS GM
09MOSCOW155	MOSCOW GOVERNMENT COPES WITH THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: According to Moscow city officials, the global economic crisis has not affected the average Muscovite to the same degree that it is impacting the capital's more affluent residents. In order to mitigate its effects and maintain a stable political climate in Moscow, the city gover [...]	2009-01-23 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW1561	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia, which provides an opportunity for us to engage with the highest levels of the Russian government on energy issues, an opportunity that has until recently been largely absent in the relationship. The "reset" of relations and in particular [...]	2009-06-15 10:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW160	RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ENDS GRADUAL RUBLE DEVALUATION [...] (C) In a post-trading day press conference on January 22, Central Bank (CBR) Chairman Sergei Ignatiyev announced the end of the CBR's policy of gradual ruble devaluation. The announcement came two months after the CBR embarked on a series of 1-percent devaluations against a currency "basket" [...]	2009-01-23 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1603	"PIKALEVO SYNDROME:" NOT A PANDEMIC, BUT STILL [...] (C) Government officials, business leaders, and economists have become fascinated over the past couple weeks with the potential spread of "Pikalevo syndrome" and the repetition in other single company towns of this month's highly publicized demonstration outside St. Petersburg. As expected, th [...]	2009-06-18 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1606	CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE LAUNCHED WITHOUT BELARUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 14 signed documents to create the Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). Though in attendance at the summit, Uzbekistan did not sign the KSOR agreement, possibly for fear that KSOR may be used to settl [...]	2009-06-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MCAP MARR RS ETRD BO
09MOSCOW1611	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman met with Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on June 10, 2009 in Moscow to discuss nonproliferation Presidential Summit deliverables, including the Joint Statement on Nuclear Security, the Protocol to amend the Plutonium Ma [...]	2009-06-19 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PARM ENRG
09MOSCOW1617	GOR ROLLS THE DIE ON THE CAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) In an effort to inject life into its moribund car sector, the GOR -- through Sberbank -- has committed 500 million Euros (about USD 700 million) to the Magna consortium's successful bid for GM's European car unit Opel. For the GOR, the hope is that GM technology will improve Russian car [...]	2009-06-19 10:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN GM RS
09MOSCOW1626	IMF'S MISSION TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. IMF Senior Resident Representative for Russia Odd Per Brekk gave us an overview of the recent Article IV consultations with the GOR. He explained that non-vital spending comprised too much of the country's 2009 fiscal deficit. Right-sizing the deficit and directing more of the [...]	2009-06-19 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1646	SAMARA - A CITY OF TWO TALES [...] (SBU) Summary. The economic crisis has heightened the divide between the Samara oblast administration's relentless assertions of stability and the "non-official" story of growing discontent among the more politically active part of society and within elite circles. Samara officials assured us [...]	2009-06-23 04:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1647	FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN, SURVIVAL TRUMPS RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite liberal laws and official Russian policy protecting women's rights, Russian women routinely suffer rights abuses in their daily lives, including violence and sexual harassment. Centuries-old patriarchal attitudes continue to hold sway. Soviet ideology temporarily and [...]	2009-06-23 07:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM EFIN SOCI KWMN RS
09MOSCOW1653	WOMEN IN MOSCOW CITY LEADERSHIP: AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: As elsewhere in Russia, women in Moscow are underrepresented in high-level positions in politics. On the whole, women do not have equal opportunities as men to run for office because they lack the necessary financial and administrative means and have difficulty overcoming Russ [...]	2009-06-23 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1664	START FOLLOW-ON: A/S GOTTEMOELLER PRESENTS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller led an inter-agency delegation that presented U.S. papers on SNDVs and ODSNWs, a draft Joint Understanding (Refs C and D),and the U.S. non-paper containing comments on the Russian "vision" paper to a Russian interagency delegation June 15-16. [...]	2009-06-25 08:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KACT START MARR KNNP RS
09MOSCOW1666	VLADIMIR REGION WEATHERS THE CRISIS [...] (C) Labor, business, and government leaders in Vladimirskaya oblast remain optimistic about their region's future despite recent setbacks caused by the financial crisis. Regional administration officials anticipate the opening of sixteen new enterprises and production lines by the end of 2009 [...]	2009-06-25 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1685	SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ACQUITTAL OF POLITKOVSKAYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 25, Russia's Supreme Court overturned the February acquittal of three men charged with the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, citing serious procedural violations, and ordered a retrial. The defendants' lawyers called the decision "political," and sta [...]	2009-06-29 09:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1733	ALCOA INVESTMENT LIFTS SAMARA'S SAGGING ECONOMY [...] On June 23-24, the Ambassador visited Samara to officiate at the opening of the latest production line of the USD 750 million Alcoa investment in the Samara Metallurgical Plant, Russia's largest aluminum producing facility. The Ambassador met with Samara Governor Vladimir Vladimorovich Artyako [...]	2009-07-02 08:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV SOCI RU
09MOSCOW1743	MOSCOW CITY DUMA AMENDMENTS FAVOR A UNITED RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City Duma amended Moscow's Election Code on June 17, strategically changing the rules for its own elections. These measures set up a voting structure that favors United Russia's continual dominance in the October 11, 2009 Moscow City Duma elections. Key legislativ [...]	2009-07-03 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1763	MEDVEDEV IN BAKU: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of President Medvedev's visit to Baku June 29, Russia is optimistic that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved in the near future. To effect that, Moscow plans no actions outside of the Minsk Group Process, which is organizing a meeting between the Armenian [...]	2009-07-08 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS AZ
09MOSCOW1781	U.S. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH DUMA [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Representatives of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met with Duma deputies June 29 to discuss an array of issues affecting U.S.-Russia relations. Economic topics included Russia's WTO membership aspirations, IPR, corruption, and energy, while the discussion of internal i [...]	2009-07-10 10:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1790	TATARSTAN'S EXPORT-ORIENTED ECONOMY AWAITS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Beyrle's June 24-25 visit to Kazan, Tatarstan President Mintimir Shaymiyev and members of the central Russian republic's business community told him that the republic's export-oriented local economy (oil and heavy machinery) is suffering greatly from the current [...]	2009-07-10 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR KISL SCUL RS
09MOSCOW1791	UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS, WAGE ARREARS & REDUCED HOURS [...] (C) According to GOR data released last week, actual unemployment in Russia fell to 8.5 percent, or 6.5 million workers, in May. Employment was also down 1.9 percent, or 2.1 million workers, from May 2008. Experts predicted that the employment decline would continue because workers leaving t [...]	2009-07-13 06:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW182	INGUSHETIYA AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: In his first three months as president of Ingushetiya, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has made all the right moves to tackle what he believes are the three root causes of extremism and crime in the northern Caucasus republic -- corruption, unemployment and a lack of credibility in the gover [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF ECON RS

09MOSCOW1869	INTERNET PIRACY: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSFULLY TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian law enforcement, in collaboration with local industry, conducted a raid against an Internet piracy release group "Interfilm" and arrested the owners of their bit- torrent site, "Interfilm.ru." The criminal action against this site is not only the first in Russia since th [...]	2009-07-22 03:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS

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