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06BUDAPEST572	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's S [...]	2006-03-21 15:51:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU

06BUDAPEST573	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's [...]	2006-03-21 15:51:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST629	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOTS FROM WESTERN [...] (SBU) Contacts in Gyor, Sopron, Szombathely, Csorna, and Kormend predicted to Embassy representatives in March 21-24 meetings that opposition party FIDESZ would continue to dominate western Hungary in the April general elections. A majority of interlocutors believed that FIDESZ would again w [...]	2006-03-28 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST656	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST: [...] (U) Heves County is an MSZP stronghold. During a March 23-24 election reporting trip through the region, most interlocutors predicted that MSZP would win all six of the individual mandates in the county. Although the region is a traditional reservoir of strong Catholic sentiment, good relat [...]	2006-03-30 15:27:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST658	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: DISPATCH FROM PECS [...] (U) This cable continues Embassy's pre-election coverage from the provinces in the run-up to the April contest. On a March 28-29 trip to the southwestern town of Pecs, Baranya County, local contacts described the city's electorate as inured to partisan politics and somewhat anxious about brea [...]	2006-03-31 05:40:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI MARR HU
06BUDAPEST701	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOT OF THREE INDIVIDUAL [...] (U) On April 9 and 23, 176 of the 386 members of Parliament will be elected in individual mandate races. This cable presents snapshots of three of those contests by way of illustrating the varying considerations that complicate efforts by observers to forecast the outcomes of any of many of th [...]	2006-04-05 17:04:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST710	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: BALATON RESORT TOWNS POISED [...] (SBU) The FIDESZ campaign in the western resort towns of Keszthely and Heviz is tagging the MSZP for high unemployment and a sagging economy and hoping to use FIDESZ's improved organizational skills to get unhappy voters to the polls on April 9. A FIDESZ politician already in Parliament pegs h [...]	2006-04-06 18:16:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST733	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PARSING ROUND ONE'S RESULTS [...] (SBU) Only the April 23 second round of Hungary's elections will establish who may form the country's next government, but the wind is with the governing coalition. That alone is a first for Hungary's post-1990 elections, but there were some other surprises: an unexpectedly robust turnout, an [...]	2006-04-10 16:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV HU
06BUDAPEST741	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ANALYST SEES CHIEF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Policy research institute "Political Capital" Director Krisztian Szabados offered April 10 some thoughts on the April 9 first round of the elections and what they portend for round two on April 23: -- the three round-one winners were the governing MSZP with more absolute votes than FID [...]	2006-04-11 10:13:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST748	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SZDSZ BEATS EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On April 9, the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) made a strong showing in the first round of Hungary's national elections, exceeding both current expectations and its 2002 performance. As a result, it appears poised to remain in government alongside its current partner, the Hu [...]	2006-04-11 14:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON PINR HU
06BUENOSAIRES1028	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.0 percent m-o-m in April, slightly above market expectations of 0.9 percent, following a 1.2 percent m- o-m increase in March. Last month's increase brought inflation to 3.9 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to a 4.5 percent inc [...]	2006-05-08 15:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1037	MEDIA REACTION IRAN LATIN AMERICA CHAVEZ US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the probable crash between the US and Iran; Latin America's regional situation after Bolivia's nationalization of hydrocarbons; Brazilian fears of a regional 'cold war;' the US "praising Argentine and Brazilian efforts to contain Bolivia;" the alleged [...]	2006-05-08 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1038	MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...]	2006-05-08 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1050	MEDIA REACTION IRAN MERCOSUR LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with Iran attempting to approach the US; China warning about triggering a war like that of Iraq; the implications of Bolivia's nationalization of the energy sector; the crisis of Mercosur; and the Latin American chair at the UN Security Council. [...]	2006-05-09 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1069	MEDIA REACTION VENEZUELAN/BRAZILIAN CLASH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the clash between Venezuela and Brazil over the Bolivian gas crisis; the implications of Bolivian nationalization of the energy sector; the aftermath of the war in Iraq; the statements made by nominee for US Ambassador to Argentina [...]	2006-05-11 18:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1087	MEDIA REACTION EU-LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Bolivian President Morales ruling out compensation for nationalizing foreign oil and gas subsidiaries; the EU's belief Venezuelan President Chavez is a hurdle in reaching a deal between the EU and Mercosur; and statement [...]	2006-05-12 19:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1088	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In a press conference on May 9, Minister of Labor Carlos Tomada and Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli announced that the GOA will increase the minimum pension from ARP 390 per month to ARP 470, a 21 percent increase. This will be the Kirchner Administration's eighth increase in the minimum [...]	2006-05-12 19:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1091	AMBASSADOR RAISES BUSINESS ADVOCACY ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on May 9 to discuss business advocacy cases. The Ambassador began the meeting by thanking De Vido for his help in improving the relationship between the two governments, especially during the January visit of Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-05-12 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG EAGR AR BL
06BUENOSAIRES1119	MEDIA REACTION US SANCTION ON VENEZUELA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US imposing a ban on arms sales to Venezuela because of a lack of support by President Chavez's government for counterterrorism efforts; the USG decision to send troops to the US- Mexican border; the alleged confrontation of the US and China in I [...]	2006-05-16 18:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1127	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC SYRIA-LEBANON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA director for international organizations Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez on May 16. Gonzalez was accompanied by Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo. 2. (C) Gonzalez said he had been in contact throughout the day with the G [...]	2006-05-16 20:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SY LE AR
06BUENOSAIRES1144	MEDIA REACTION US SENATE VOTING A FENCE ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Senate voting to construct a fence on the US-Mexican border and supporting citizenship of undocumented US immigrants; Venezuelan President Chavez and Bolivian President Morales creating a bi-national mining corporation; the legality of Bolivia [...]	2006-05-18 19:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1154	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] On May 11, the GOA sold USD 239 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012),for a market value of USD 200 million, to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The GOA sold the bonds at market prices that translate into a yield of 7.59 percent. With this purchase, the GOV will [...]	2006-05-22 12:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES117	MINISTER DEVIDO DISCUSSES BOLIVIA AND THE GOA'S [...] (C) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon on January 12. A/S Shannon and DeVido SIPDIS discussed recent developments in Bolivia and the need to engage with the new Evo Morales government. DeVido argued that it is important to help Morales consolidate h [...]	2006-01-17 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EINV EFIN ETRD AR BO VE
06BUENOSAIRES1176	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INTERVIEWS LIKELY WARM-UP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kirchner recently gave extensive newspaper interviews that likely presage his speech at the huge rally planned in the central square of Buenos Aires on May 25 to commemorate Revolution Day and the third anniversary of Kirchner assuming the presidency. Kirchner's interv [...]	2006-05-24 14:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1177	MFA OFFICIAL REAFFIRMS GOA COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Argentine MFA Undersecretary for Latin American Policy Leonardo Franco told the DCM and PolCouns in a May 18 meeting that the GoA would remain actively involved in supporting Haitian democracy following the inauguration of President Rene Preval. Franco had just returned from Haiti wher [...]	2006-05-24 14:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AR HI
06BUENOSAIRES118	MINISTER MICELI DISCUSSES ECONOMIC POLICY AND LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A/S SHANNON REF: 05 BUENOS AIRES 3122 Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) ------- Summary ------- [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon called on Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli during his visit to Buenos Aires on January 12. Miceli said she had worked for former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna for many years and that her presence is a continuation of what the GOA has been doing sin [...]	2006-01-17 20:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EAGR AR BL
06BUENOSAIRES1184	EMBASSY SUCCESS ON BEHALF OF EXPRESS MAIL COMPANIES [...] (U) Argentina's Director General of Customs (DGC) has suspended implementation of a resolution, Resolution 2021, that would have amended the regulatory framework governing international express mail deliveries. Post organized the April 28 meeting between the DGC and representatives of Argent [...]	2006-05-24 19:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES1188	MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...]	2006-05-24 19:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1189	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; UN AND GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover an interview with journalist Robert Fisk on the war in Iraq; the UN asking the US to close the Guantanamo prison; the US/Latin American ties in the opinion of Argentine President Nestor Kirchner; the impact of the USG decision to militarize the US/Mexi [...]	2006-05-24 20:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES119	MINISTER DE VIDO DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received CODEL McConnell on January 11. DeVido noted that the GOA and the U.S. Embassy had a constant dialogue and that they worked together to monitor the status of U.S. companies in Argentina. DeVido said he was optimistic about the future of the Ar [...]	2006-01-17 21:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AR BL VE
06BUENOSAIRES1210	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS; UN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the current situation in Iraq; the outcome of Colombian elections; the imminent voting at the UN Security Council to remove five of its non-permanent members; the implications of the Enron case; the status of the US immigration draft bill; the arriv [...]	2006-05-31 15:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1216	MEDIA REACTION NEW US TREASURY SECRETARY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the appointment of Henry Paulson as the new US Treasury Secretary in replacement of John Snow; the mobilization of some US troops from Kuwait to Southern Iraq; Argentina and Brazil's efforts to obtain greater integration among Latin American [...]	2006-05-31 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1229	MEDIA REACTION HADITHA INVESTIGATION; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's stories include the current status of Haditha Investigation; the shift in US policy in Iran; and the opinion of Argentina's ambassador to the US on the bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES "... Bush promises a punishment for the 24 civil [...]	2006-06-02 11:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1251	MEDIA REACTION WAR IN IRAQ HADITHA FTAA- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the alleged murder of Iraqi civilians in Haditha by a group of US troops; the consequences of the war in Iraq; the US/Latin American relationship; FTAA/Mercosur ties; a group of Canadian residents that were arrested for planning to blow up targets in [...]	2006-06-05 17:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1273	MEDIA REACTION OUTCOME OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of the Peruvian elections; the possibility of US-Uruguayan and US-Paraguayan FTAs; the US 2006 trafficking in Persons Report; and Venezuela's alleged entry into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STO [...]	2006-06-06 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1279	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] After numerous delays, the GOA and GOB technical delegations reached a preliminary agreement on a gas price range of USD 4.5-5.5 per million cubic meters imported to Argentina. The presidents of both countries are scheduled to meet the second week of June to agree on the final price, which w [...]	2006-06-07 13:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1283	MEDIA REACTION PERUVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ALAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of Peruvian elections; the USG proposal to Iran; the World Bank granting new loans to Argentina; Brazilian military's geopolitical concerns; and hundreds of landless farm workers invading Brazilian Congress to dema [...]	2006-06-07 20:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1286	CODEL SHELBY MEETINGS WITH VP SCIOLI AND FM TAIANA [...] (U) Summary: Senators Richard Shelby and Paul Sarbanes visited Argentina April 22-24. The Senators' visit was focused on examining GoA cooperation on combating money laundering and terrorism financing but also touched on regional issues and the Argentine economic recovery. The Senators hel [...]	2006-06-07 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AR
06BUENOSAIRES1297	MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-CRIME TECHNOLOGY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US new anti-crime "technological arsenal;" the war in Iraq; the current status of the US-Venezuelan relationship; and post-election Ollanta Humala's statements. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US prepares anti-cri [...]	2006-06-08 19:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES13	MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAW THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: the controversy unleashed by US anti-illegal immigration legislation; the Bush administration's legacy; negotiations related to global farm subsidies; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' first trip abroad; the Kirchner administratio [...]	2006-01-04 14:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1309	ARGENTINA: 2007 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STARTS EARLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Minister of the Economy Roberto Lavagna's recent steps towards a likely presidential run has opened the 2007 presidential campaign early, with President Nestor Kirchner finally admitting that either he or his wife will be the "official" candidate and center-right Republic [...]	2006-06-09 20:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1312	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to meet next week to reach an agreement on the price of Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. No specific date was announced, however. There have been technical level negotiations between the two governments, but difficulties in reaching an [...]	2006-06-12 14:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1323	MEDIA REACTION ZARQAWI'S DEATH; IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the implications of Al- Zarqawi's death; the chances for a diplomatic solution on Iran; the ties between the Chilean and Bolivian administrations; "what to do" with the Chavez administration; and the Darfur genocide. Leading "Clarin" carries an e [...]	2006-06-12 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1340	MEDIA REACTION AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH US-CUBAN TIES FARM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of Al Zarqawi's death; an escalation in the US-Cuban confrontation; agricultural liberalization as the main demand of developing countries; the progress made by the International Criminal Court; internati [...]	2006-06-13 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1349	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO IRAQ; ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's trip to Baghdad; and the US House of Representatives passing a resolution calling on the Latin American countries to 'intensify their efforts' against Islamic groups. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORI [...]	2006-06-15 11:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1353	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 9, the GOA sold USD 243 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012) sold to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The bonds have a market value of USD 200 million. This is the GOV's sixth purchase this year of GOA bonds, and brings its total 2006 purchases to USD 1.7 [...]	2006-06-15 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1362	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The following report outlines new and ongoing investment disputes between the GOA and US investors, updating Post,s 2004 Investment Disputes Report (reftel C) and its 2005 update (reftel B). Post is aware of 21 disputes involving 19 claimants against the GOA, of which 12 are active. Since [...]	2006-06-16 14:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV KIDE PREL OPIC AR
06BUENOSAIRES1388	MEDIA REACTION US-NORTH KOREA; FUTURE US AMBASSADOR TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers cover the escalation of tension between the US and North Korea; the future US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; the resignation of DEPSEC Robert Zoellick; Bolivian President Morales' alleged willingness to sign an FTA with the US; Chacho Alvare [...]	2006-06-22 19:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1389	MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA; US-LATIN AMERICA; GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers lead with the current tension between the US and North Korea; the US concern over Latin American democracy; the EU pressuring US President Bush over the closure of Guantanamo prison; US President Bush leading world trade negotiations; the nature of Latin Amer [...]	2006-06-22 19:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1391	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE EU; US ANTI-MISSILE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President Bush's trip to the EU; the US activating its anti-missile defense system in an escalation of tension with North Korea; a report from the US Energy Information Administration stating that Brazil, Colombia and Argenti [...]	2006-06-22 19:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1424	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, the presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to announce an agreement on natural gas exports, but several new issues have arisen. Bolivia is standing firm on its condition that Argentina cannot re-export gas to Chile (Bolivia refuses to sell gas to Chile, seeking to recov [...]	2006-06-26 12:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1434	The Argentine/Uruguay Pulp Mill Imbroglio: [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, Not for Internet Distribution 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's strong stand against the construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguayan side of a river that borders an Argentine eco-tourism area, has given environmental activists an opening to press for increased e [...]	2006-06-26 17:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV ECON PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1439	ARGENTINA'S DRUG CZAR ISOLATED, LEGALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22, the DCM, accompanied by Acting DEA Chief and POL Officers, met with Dr. Jose Granero, the head of Argentina's Drug Prevention Secretariat (SEDRONAR) to discuss recent reports that the Interior Minister had ordered several federal law enforcement agencies to stop workin [...]	2006-06-27 15:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV AR
06BUENOSAIRES1454	ALLEGED US BANKING ESPIONAGE; MIDDLE EAST; COLOMBIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include allegations of USG banking espionage; the situation in the Middle East; the implications of Colombian President Uribe's re-election; the summit to be held between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morale [...]	2006-06-28 20:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1459	ARGENTINA TO AGREE TO EXPANDED FLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The DCM met with Secretary of Transportation Ricardo Jaime on June 27 to discuss Reftel A talking points on Open Skies. The DCM observed that business and tourism travel between the U.S. and Argentin [...]	2006-06-29 10:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA AR
06BUENOSAIRES1462	ARGENTINA: THE K-STYLE OF POLITICS [...] (C) This cable is designed to examine President Nestor Kirchner's unique operating and decision-making style that has become known as the "K-Style." Given Kirchner's control over all aspects of GOA policymaking, knowledge of Kirchner's motivations and methods in arriving at decisions is essential t [...]	2006-06-29 15:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES147	STAFFDEL MACKEY EXAMINES ARGENTINE NARCOTICS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief Counsel Paul Oostburg Sanz traveled to Argentina January 10-13 [...]	2006-01-19 20:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV AR
06BUENOSAIRES1476	US SUPREME COURT RULING ON GUANTANAMO; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Supreme Court declaring that military tribunals created after the September 11 attacks violated the Geneva Convention; US Congressional ratification of the Peru FTA; and the US Senate's alleged confirmation of Earl Anthony Wayne as Ambassador t [...]	2006-06-30 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1481	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, Argentina and Bolivia finally reached an agreement on Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. The agreement was signed by Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morales, and provides for an increase in the volume of gas exported to Argentina. The price will inc [...]	2006-07-03 13:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1486	MORALES IN ARGENTINA TO SIGN GAS, IMMIGRATION [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales visited to Argentina on June 29 to sign agreements with President Kirchner on the price and volume of natural gas deliveries from Bolivia and agreements on immigration and bridge construction. Kirchner did not sign an agreement on coca leaf imports to Argent [...]	2006-07-03 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD ECON AR BL
06BUENOSAIRES1487	RULING ON GUANTANAMO; MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO; KIRCHNER TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the US media reaction to the US Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo; the implications of the Mexican election; Argentine President Kirchner's trip to Venezuela; the US-Peruvian FTA; US-Indian ties; alleged USG surveillance of banks in [...]	2006-07-03 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1516	INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ; VENEZUELA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major papers cover extensively the Fourth of July reception held in the Ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires. Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez who underscores that "US-Argentina ties are stronger regard [...]	2006-07-07 12:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1523	ARGENTINE FM TAIANA'S TRIP TO INDIA YIELDS FEW [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Argentine FM Jorge Taiana led a delegation of over 70 businesspersons and GOA officials to India July 3-7. The mission's goal, according to the office of the MFA's Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, wa [...]	2006-07-07 21:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFTA EAGR ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES1535	INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES LINO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" and leading "Clarin" conducted an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutirrez. Those interviews were reported, thus far, by liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald," wire service agencies Agence France Presse and TELAM, populist "Cronica," [...]	2006-07-10 20:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1548	MUMBAI BLITZ; GUANTANAMO 07/12/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the bomb blitz in Mumbai killing more than 160 in India's worst terrorist attack since 1993; and the USG's alleged announcement that the Geneva Convention will apply to the Guantanamo prison. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES [...]	2006-07-12 18:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES155	MEDIA REACTION BRASILIA SUMMIT STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Bin Laden's warning that he is preparing new attacks in the US; French President Chirac's warning that nuclear weapons could be used as a response to a state terrorist attack; French Defense Minister offering Argentina five sup [...]	2006-01-20 16:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1550	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.5 percent m-o-m in June, below market expectations of 0.7 percent, and follows an identical increase in May. The better-than-expected result is due mainly to reduced pressure on food prices, which represent almost one-third of the Index. Last month' [...]	2006-07-12 20:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1566	ARGENTINA'S "SO-SO" MERCOSUR PRESIDENCY COMING TO [...] (C) Summary: As Argentina's pro temp Mercosur presidency comes to an end, it can claim success in its top priority, bringing Venezuela into the Mercosur fold, but it failed to make much progress on any other fronts. An MFA official characterized the Argentine presidency as "so-so." Argentina [...]	2006-07-14 20:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PINR AR
06BUENOSAIRES158	MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: Michele Bachelet winning Chilean presidential elections and considering relations with Argentina "strategic" for Chile; US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's joint statement to put mutual pressure on Iran [...]	2006-01-20 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1584	MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...]	2006-07-17 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1586	US PRESIDENT BUSH ON ISRAELI OFFENSIVE AGAINST LEBANON; USG [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US President George W. Bush supporting Israeli offensive against Lebanon after the Hezbollah militia captured two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday; the USG accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of promoting terrorism; and Ambassador Wayne's confirmed [...]	2006-07-18 10:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1587	JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...]	2006-07-18 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES159	MEDIA REACTION A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include A/S Shannon's statements on populist governments; the Human Rights Watch annual report; the Brazilian and Argentine presidents' pledge to discuss issues raised by Uruguay and Paraguay; and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazq [...]	2006-01-20 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1594	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER AT THREE YEARS [...] (C) Coming to power after one of the worst economic, political and social crises in Argentina's history, President Nestor Kirchner has had a successful first three years in office. He is seen as a strong and decisive leader and is credited with restoring governability to the executive branch and pr [...]	2006-07-18 21:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1605	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The new price agreement between the GOA and the Government of Bolivia will go into effect on July 15, increasing the price of natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters through the end of 2006. In this context, Chilean Energy and Mining Minister Karen Poniachik met with Argen [...]	2006-07-19 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1610	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INSIDER ON GOA POLICY IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 5, the DCM paid a farewell call on Secretary General of the Presidency (President Nestor SIPDIS Kirchner's chief of staff) Oscar Parrilli that included a frank discussion on GOA policy in the region. Attempting to clarify Kirchner's recent comments about the U.S. [...]	2006-07-20 14:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1624	K,OMICS REVISITED: KIRCHNER,S ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: During the first three years of his mandate, President Kirchner's rhetoric on economics was worse than his bite. Despite sometimes inflammatory, nationalist rhetoric, attacks on the IMF, oil companies, bondholders, various business sectors and orthodox economists, Kirchner did li [...]	2006-07-21 14:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES163	MEDIA REACTION IRAN ALLEGED A/S SHANNON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Argentina's alignment with the US against Iran and promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear energy; the Latin American intervention in Haiti; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' visit to Argentina and his announcement [...]	2006-01-20 22:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES164	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso appreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD during the week to close at 3.05 ARP/USD, one cent below last Friday's close. This week's appreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar sales by exporters, accompanied by the Central Bank's constant intervention in the FX market to prevent [...]	2006-01-20 22:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1643	MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...]	2006-07-24 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1665	MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN CORDOBA: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MERCOSUR summit, which took place July 20-21 in Cordoba, left more questions than answers about the future of the regional organization. The impact of Venezuela joining the union, how to better treat the smaller members of the bloc, whether MERCOSUR can return to a primarily e [...]	2006-07-26 20:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES1678	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; AL QAEDA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US support for Israel; Al Qaeda entering the confrontation; ties between Hezbollah and the Arab countries; the Russian-Venezuelan relationship; the "dangerous" implications of Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur; an alleged US-Uruguayan FTA; a [...]	2006-07-28 17:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1679	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; ROME CONFERENCE; USJ ROLE IN LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include the status of the war in the Middle East; the outcome of the Rome Conference; the US reconsidering its role in Latin America; the threat posed by North Korea; the upcoming encounter between US and Brazilian authorities on farm s [...]	2006-07-28 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES168	MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' inauguration ceremony and the progress of indigenous movements in Latin America; the US attitude toward Morales; the US-Argentine relationship; the possible nomination of US Assistant Secretary Earl Anthony Wayne [...]	2006-01-23 19:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1681	SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; TRI-BORDER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the Middle East; the US proposal to deepen its monitoring of the Tri-Border; the US urging Russia not to sell military equipment to Venezuela; the need for an update in Argentine legislation on terroris [...]	2006-07-28 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1682	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza's rice to the region; the Argentine Government's position vis-`-vis the war in Lebanon and Israel; Venezuelan President Chavez's trip to Bielo-Russia and Russia; an [...]	2006-07-28 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1698	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 25, the GOA raised the gas export tax from 20 percent to 45 percent. The GOA decided to increase levies on exports to mitigate the effect of the price agreement reached with Bolivia, which increased the price of imported natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters thro [...]	2006-07-31 20:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1707	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...]	2006-08-01 18:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES171	CODEL MCCONNELL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ARGENTINA [...] SUMMARY: From January 10 to 12, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY),accompanied by Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL),Richard Burr (R-NC),and John Thune (R-SD) held a series of fact- finding and orientation meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following a country team brief chaired by Ambassador Lino [...]	2006-01-23 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR CODEL SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES1744	MIDDLE EAST WAR; CUBA; IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the war in the Middle East; US foreign policy; the situation in Cuba; the danger posed by Venezuelan President Chavez to Mercosur and the world; and expectations about the Alan Garcia administration. 2. OPINIO [...]	2006-08-04 13:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1765	MIDLE EAST AND A DEAL FOR A CEASE FIRE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers heavily cover the implications of the war in the Middle East and a US-French deal for a cease fire at the UN; a likely FTA between the US and Uruguay; current ties between the US and Latin America; the situation in Cuba; alleged support for terrorism at the T [...]	2006-08-07 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1766	USG FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST; US PRESIDENT BUSH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the USG's policy towards the Middle East; US President Bush urging Cubans to undertake democratic change on the island; the trouble met by foreign journalists in reaching Cuba; friction between the Argentine Government and the IMF; [...]	2006-08-07 19:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1769	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 28, the GOA published a resolution authorizing the issuance of USD 482 million worth of Boden 2012 bonds to Venezuela, although the bond placement was made secretly on July 17. With this new issuance, Boden 2012 stock has reached USD 15.1 billion, of which more than one-quarter was so [...]	2006-08-07 20:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1786	MIDDLE EAST; GSP; CUBA; TRI-BORDER; 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 18:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1787	GPS UNDER REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; 08/08/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story include USTR Susan Schwab's announcement that the Bush administration will analyze whether it will limit, suspend or remove commercial advantages granted to the country under the GSP; and US President George W. Bush urging the UN t [...]	2006-08-09 18:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1809	MIDDLE EAST; US CHARGE MICHAEL MATERA'S STATEMENTS IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the situation in the Middle East and the status of the US-French draft resolution; US Charge Matera's comments on Venezuela and Argentina during a seminar on US history in Buenos Aires; the status of US-Argentine ties; th [...]	2006-08-11 19:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1827	MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...]	2006-08-14 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES183	MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES, US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers carry speculation about a second possible candidate for Ambassador to Buenos Aires; the aftermath and repercussions of Evo Morales' inauguration and the appointment of his new Cabinet, and the possible advantage of Brazil's 'war industry' as major supplier of weapon [...]	2006-01-24 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1835	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 8, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner reacted negatively to the announcement that Argentina could lose benefits from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The GSP grants duty-free treatment to US imports of goods from developing countries, including Argentina. Accor [...]	2006-08-15 18:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR

06BUENOSAIRES1839	ARGENTINA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN EXPANDED UNIFIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 16 to Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli regarding possible Argentine participation in expanded UNIFIL peacekeeping force. Cappagli listened attentively to Charge's argument for Argentine participation but stated that the dec [...]	2006-08-16 17:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE AR
06BUENOSAIRES1843	MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...]	2006-08-17 18:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1848	US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...]	2006-08-17 18:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1873	US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...]	2006-08-22 18:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1880	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA's monthly economic activity index, viewed as a reliable leading indicator of GDP, came out was up 8.2 percent y-o-y in June -- below the BCRA market survey forecast of 8.5 percent. Nonetheless, this continues the recovery since April, which showed the weakest growth rate (+6.3 percent) [...]	2006-08-23 13:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1886	MIDDLE EAST: IRAN; HEZBOLLAH F}"/fqEcQ funding; security coordination [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 16:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES19	MEDIA REACTION US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories focus on the Bush administration terming the US-Argentine bilateral relationship 'positive,' as opposed to 'excellent' only three months ago; the alleged anti-US feeling in Latin America; Argentina canceling its 9.5 billion- dollar debt to [...]	2006-01-04 17:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1910	IRAN; CUBA; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM; US-URUGUAYAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the USG rejection of the Iranian government's proposal to resume multilateral nuclear talks without suspending its nuclear program; US Assistant Secretary for Latin American Affairs Thomas Shannon's statements about Cuba's transit [...]	2006-08-25 14:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1912	THE LEADING CENTER-LEFT OPPOSITION LEADER ON [...] (C) On August 24, ADCM and Poloff (notetaker) met with center-left opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who gave her view of the current political situation in Argentina. Elisa Carrio began the discussion with her analysis of President Kirchner's foreign policy, which she argued was marked by a c [...]	2006-08-25 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1930	ARGENTINA: U.S. CITIZENS' LAND THREATENED WITH [...] (SBU) Two recent cases of threatened land expropriation directed against two U.S. citizens have garnered local media attention, but it does not appear that the seizure of properties will move ahead in the near term. The most serious case involves the land of Douglas Tompkins, whose property [...]	2006-08-25 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1970	US OPTIONS IN IRAN; CHAVEZ IN SYRIA; BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the USG's options in Iran; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Syria; the situation in Bolivia; and the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Bush's three options" Hugo Alconada Mo [...]	2006-08-31 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1978	ARGENTINA: OPPOSITION UCR PARTY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the August 25-26 national convention of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) confirmed that the UCR would remain an opposition party, it also demonstrated the UCR's weakened state because the most significant party leaders failed to attend. Calls by UCR Congressman Federico [...]	2006-09-01 17:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1983	US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY RATING; WAR IN LEBANON; IRAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President George W. Bush's popularity rating; the status of the war in Lebanon; the nuclear threat posed by Iran; the role the UN should play in international conflicts; the US policy on Cuba; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the US-Asean [...]	2006-09-01 19:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1984	TRAVEL NOTE: ARGENTINA'S UNDERDEVELOPED NORTHWEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with leading political, economic and academic leaders August 14-19 in the politically and economically underdeveloped provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja. Poloff's meetings in Catamarca August 14-15 highlighted the province's economic potential, particularly in mini [...]	2006-09-01 23:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1994	SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY; IRAN; US ECONOMY; US-URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the USG's alleged use of the war in Iraq for upcoming US legislative elections; the positions of the US, EU and Russia vis-`-vis the imminent sanctions on Iran; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the condition of t [...]	2006-09-06 10:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2001	US-IRAN; VISIT OF CARLOS VALDERRAMA, EXPERT ON INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad disregarding UN ultimatum and maintaining he will further his nuclear plans; US President Bush's reaction to Iran's challenging response; and Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner's praising [...]	2006-09-06 13:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES203	COCAINE BUST CAUSES BANANA TRUCK BOTTLENECK [...] SUMMARY: On December 31, members of the Gendarmeria Nacional seized 738 kilograms of cocaine in Jose C. Paz, Buenos Aires Province, hidden inside bags of charcoal. The operation included the arrests of ten individuals, among them three brothers of the Motok family, a known Salta-based drug [...]	2006-01-27 19:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES2033	THE US AND IRAN; THE US VOTE ON AN IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President Bush's statements about Iran; the US allegedly opposing the approval of an IDB loan for Argentina; the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business Report on Argentina; Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon; US Democrats' statement tha [...]	2006-09-07 20:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2037	PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...]	2006-09-08 10:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2038	U.S. NO VOTE ON IDB SATELLITE LOAN: EMBASSY [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Ministry North America Director Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil, to Ministry of Economy Director for International Organization Projects Gerardo Hita and to the Foreign Ministry's CONAE (NASA-equivalent) Executive Director Conrado Varotto. Pr [...]	2006-09-08 10:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES204	NO DEBT RELIEF FOR CUBA YET [...] (C) Summary: Despite a GOA debt restructuring offer in 2003 and a partial rescheduling agreement announced in 2004, Cuba's USD 2 billion debt to Argentina has not been reduced, nor have the two governments reached any lasting agreement on how to treat it. Cuba's debt was transferred to the bo [...]	2006-01-27 19:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENIV CU AR
06BUENOSAIRES2040	PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...]	2006-09-08 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2070	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; GSP REVIEW; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend local papers' special supplements cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Other international stories include the impact of the GSP review on Argentina; Argentine President Kirchner's upcoming trip to New York; the situation in Bolivia and its impac [...]	2006-09-12 10:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2091	ATTACK ON US EMBASSY IN SYRIA; THE US AND THE WAR IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local newspapers report on the criminal attack on the US Embassy in Damascus. Other international stories include Democrats' assertions that US President Bush used a day of mourning to defend the war in Iraq; Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's negotiations i [...]	2006-09-13 20:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2100	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11; NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES' [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the world's view of the USG on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the upcoming Non Aligned Countries' summit; the allegedly increasing disagreement between the US and the EU vis-`-vis the Iranian case; and [...]	2006-09-15 11:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES211	MEDIA REACTION VISIT OF US DEFENSE DEPUTY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the visit of US Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Pardo-Maurer to Buenos Aires; the sweeping victory of the Islamic militant group Hamas in Palestinian parliamentary polls; and Latin America's [...]	2006-01-27 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2122	ARGENTINA: TOP POLITICAL LEADERS FROM KEY PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, Charge and Poloff met with leading Peronist from Santa Fe province, Senator Carlos Reutemann, and Poloff met separately with leading candidate for Governor of Santa Fe, Socialist Hermes Binner. Reutemann said that Kirchner will continue to succeed politically a [...]	2006-09-18 20:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2129	NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT; THE USG AND THE GWOT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 16:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES213	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.7 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.07 ARP/USD. This week's depreciation is mainly explained by higher dollar demand by banks as well as greater Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, where it purchased USD 200 million and EUR 10 million in the [...]	2006-01-30 10:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES2149	IRAN; IMF ANNUAL MEETING; US-BOLIVIAN TIES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the exchange of accusations between the US and Iran at the UN General Assembly; the IMF Annual Meeting; Bolivian President Evo Morales rejecting a US report on the outcome of the struggle against drug trafficking; Morales' ackno [...]	2006-09-20 18:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2169	PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S TRIP TO NEW YORK AND MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major papers "Clarin" and "La Nacion" reported on President Nestor Kirchner's trip to New York and his meeting with US Ambassador to Argentina, Tony Wayne, and US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs Thomas Shannon. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries [...]	2006-09-22 19:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2183	IRAQ; CIA SECRET PRISONS; US-VENEZUELA; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on a confidential intelligence report about the impact of the US global war on terrorism; the CIA secret prisons; a diplomatic incident between the US and Venezuela; President Nestor Kirchner's trip to the US and its impact on the US-Argentine bilatera [...]	2006-09-26 17:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2196	VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY; ARGENTINE ANTI-TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US reproach Argentina for its support for Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; former Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna supporting Uruguay as a "natural candidate" to replace Argentina at the UN Se [...]	2006-09-26 19:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2202	ARGENTINA'S PRICE CONTROL CZAR - A TRUE BELIEVER [...] (C) GoA Secretary of Domestic Trade Guillermo Moreno, President Kirchner's designated price control enforcer, justifies a GoA mix of export tariffs, export controls and strong-arm populist price controls as a means to correct monopolistic behavior and oligopolisitic collusion in Argentina's sm [...]	2006-09-27 10:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2215	LEADING CENTER-RIGHT ARGENTINE OPPOSITION LEADER MAURICIO MACRI ON KIRCHNER AND THE 2007 ELECTIONS REF: BUENOS AIRES 01901 Classified By: CDA, a.i., Michael Matera, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d) [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, Charge and Poloff met with leading center-right political leader Mauricio Macri and longtime Macri associate and local businessman, Nicolas Caputo. Macri voiced his criticisms of President Nestor Kirchner's policies and spoke at length about next year's national [...]	2006-09-28 21:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2229	A HISTORIAN'S VIEW OF KIRCHNER AND ARGENTINE [...] (C) Leading Argentine historian Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton sees President Kirchner as largely reflecting the opinions of the majority of the Argentine people. For Garcia Hamilton, there are two great traditions that make up Argentine political culture: the republican democracy tradition be [...]	2006-09-29 20:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2242	A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON THE US-Argentina BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's statements on the US-Argentina bilateral relationship; Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; Argentina's vote in favor of Venezuela's candidacy; a Watergate reporter's [...]	2006-10-03 11:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2248	A/S THOMAS SHANNON STATEMENTS ON LATIN AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include A/S Thomas Shannon's statements on Latin American "democratic" and "authoritarian" leaders; the outcome of Brazilian elections; commercial talks between the US and Uruguay; and Paraguay removing immunity from US troops and contracto [...]	2006-10-04 13:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2274	NORTH KOREA AND THE US; MIAMI HERALD EDITOR; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea's announcement that it will test its nuclear technology for military purposes and the USG's reaction to this announcement; the resignation of The Miami Herald editor due to Cuban Americans' pressure; a Latino-Coalition s [...]	2006-10-06 19:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2286	NORTH KOREA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; US TROOP IMMUNITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover world reaction to North Korea's first nuclear test, underscoring that every country termed it an act of provocation, and that superpowers have asked for sanctions that could include a military action against Pyongyang. According to some local dailies, U [...]	2006-10-11 15:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2292	AUSTR EISSENSTAT VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Assistant United States Trade Representative Everett Eissenstat met October 4 with Foreign Ministry Secretary of International Economic Relations Chiaradia to review WTO, GSP, and regional trade issues, including the U.S. bilateral dialogue with Mercosur member Uruguay. Chiaradia stresse [...]	2006-10-12 10:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON UR AR
06BUENOSAIRES2293	NORTH KOREA; ALAN GARCIA IN THE US; 10/11/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies report on the world's reaction to North Korea's nuclear challenge. 2. OPINION PIECES - "New North Korean challenge" Daily-of-record "La Nacion" reports (10/11) "One day after the North Korean nuclear test, which shocked the world, a North Korea [...]	2006-10-12 11:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2329	NORTH KOREA; VENEZUELA'S CANDIDACY TO THE UN SECURITY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover China's sanctions on Pyongyang; Venezuela's efforts to win a seat at the UN Security Council; and alleged racism of Bolivian President Morales' opponents; and the UK and Spain's success in solving a long history of diplomatic differences through dialogu [...]	2006-10-17 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2341	VENEZUELA'S CANDIDACY TO A UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT; GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Venezuela's bid to the UN Security Council; and US President George W. Bush signing "controversial" legislation related to the US Global War on Terrorism. Business-financial, center-right "INFOBAE" published a full-page inter [...]	2006-10-18 20:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2386	CORDOBA GOVERNOR DE LA SOTA: ARGENTINA'S FREE MARKET [...] (SBU) Cordoba Governor Jose Manuel de la Sota, in a dinner with the Charge, portrayed himself as a champion of free market orthodoxy standing up to a Kirchner administration riding roughshod over market disciplines and contractual sanctity. He questioned the values of a politically and sociall [...]	2006-10-20 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES2388	WAR IN IRAQ & ITS IMPACT ON NOVEMBER 7 LEGISLATIVE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on the war in Iraq and on the finding of human remains at Ground Zero and their probable impact on the November 7 legislative elections; the Nicaraguan upcoming elections; US Senator Lugar's report on Non proliferation; Venezuelan Preside [...]	2006-10-24 09:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2389	US PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ; GLOBAL WAR ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include US President George W. Bush's statement about a possible parallel between the rise in violence in Iraq and the 1968 Communist Tet offensive; an Argentine-Bolivian gas deal worth 17 billion dollars; the role to be played by the 'Coalit [...]	2006-10-24 09:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2390	VENEZUELA'S CANDICACY TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the standstill in the vote to determine who will succeed Argentina at the UN Security Council; the implications of the new US National Space Policy; the international community vis-`-vis North Korean nuclear tests; and th [...]	2006-10-24 09:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2435	US FENCE BILL; THE AMIA CASE; AMBASSADOR EARL ANTHONY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 18:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2441	1994 AMIA BOMBING; US-MEXICAN BORDER WALL; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Last weekend's key international stories include the implications of Argentine Prosecutor Nisman's request for an international arrest order against former Iranian government officials for the 1994 AMIA bombing case; the probable impact of upcoming US legislative elections [...]	2006-10-30 18:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2445	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL WEEKLY (OCTOBER [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review for the week ending October 27, 2006. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact EconOff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...]	2006-10-30 19:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES2455	AMIA ARREST WARRANTS COULD COME EARLIER THAN [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told CDA and EmbOffs that Judge Canicoba Corral could issue arrest warrants for the eight indictees as early as this Friday, November 3. It was expected that Canicoba Corral would not want the case sitting on his desk for any length of time, but ra [...]	2006-11-01 21:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI
06BUENOSAIRES2456	UPCOMING US ELECTIONS; US AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTINA EARL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the upcoming US legislative elections; and a radio interview with Argentine Ambassador Jose Octavio Bordon about US Ambassador to Argentina Earl Anthony Wayne. Leading "Clarin" carries an op-ed page by Francis Fukuyama, profess [...]	2006-11-02 12:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2485	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At his request, General Coordinator of the Presidential Unit Juan Carlos Mazzon met with Charge on November 3, and opened the conversation with an admission that the Casa Rosada has been very quiet and alone in the wake of the results of the elections for the Constitutional Asse [...]	2006-11-03 19:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2486	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PLEAS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado urged patience with his sequencing of reforms during an October 20 meeting with Charge, claiming that a program of gradual monetary tightening was impacting inflation and some delay was warranted before Argentina returns to a fully flo [...]	2006-11-03 21:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KTFN AR
06BUENOSAIRES2488	US-MEXICAN BORDER FENCE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories include the US-Mexican fence; the upcoming US legislative elections; the implications of Ortega's potential victory in Nicaraguan elections; and the investigation into the AMIA bombing case. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Argentina supports Ibero-A [...]	2006-11-06 09:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2499	AMBASSADOR WAYNE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; NICARAGUAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on the arrival of Ambassador Wayne to Argentina; the upcoming US legislative elections; Nicaraguan presidential elections; an alleged White House's Website containing detailed information on how to manufacture a nuclear bomb; Saddam Hussein sentenced t [...]	2006-11-07 09:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2509	AMBASSADOR WAYNE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana used Ambassador Wayne's presentation of credentials to stress his desire for good cooperation and open dialogue with the U.S. In his 45 minute private meeting with Wayne, Taiana stressed that the U.S. is a "friend" of Argentina and that Argentina [...]	2006-11-07 21:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES2513	AMBASSADOR WAYNE TO ARGENTINA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major papers report on the arrival of US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, and his presentation of credentials to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. Other international stories include today's US legislative elections; the outcome of Nicaraguan presiden [...]	2006-11-08 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2538	AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETING WITH ARGENTINE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 8 with Minister of Education Daniel Filmus to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation on education and to expand academic exchange opportunities. The Ambassador briefed the Minister on two new Embassy program initiatives - the Southern Cone Youth Am [...]	2006-11-13 19:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCHUL SOCI AR
06BUENOSAIRES2540	LATEST ON ARGENTINA'S PLANS TO NEGOTIATE PARIS [...] (SBU) In advance of the Paris Club Tour d'Horizon on November 15, 2006, Post provides the following status report on Argentina's pursuit of a deal on its $7.2 billion debt to Paris Club creditors. GoA Finance Secretary Mac Laughlin wrote the President of the Paris Club November 9 officially c [...]	2006-11-14 09:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES2541	WAR IN IRAQ; IRAN; AMIA BOMBING CASE; AFTERMATH OF US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories during the weekend and today include the status of the war in Iraq and the USG's alleged withdrawal plans; the reasons pointed out by the media for the Republicans' defeat in US legislative elections; the Argentine judicial decision on the AMIA bom [...]	2006-11-14 13:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2558	IRAQ; IRAN; THE AMIA BOMBING CASE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US strategy in Iraq and Iran; mounting tension between Argentina and Iran on the AMIA bombing probe; the US commitment to cooperation with the GOA and Interpol authorities to arrest those suspected of having organized and carrie [...]	2006-11-16 15:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2567	US DEMOCRATIC PARTY; US-MEXICAN BORDER FENCE; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the alleged profound disagreement within the US Democratic Party about how to handle sensitive issues such as the war in Iraq; the Church's opinion about the US-Mexican border fence; the Kirchner administration's alleged closer ti [...]	2006-11-16 20:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2569	CRISTINA TACKLES JUDICIAL REFORM: TRIAL BALLOON [...] (C) Summary. In what many view as a trial balloon for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bid for the presidency in 2007, the Senator and First Lady introduced a bill on November 9 that would gradually reduce the number of justices on the Argentine Supreme Court from nine to five. The seven j [...]	2006-11-16 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES258	ARGENTINA REACHES SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT WITH BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Argentina and Brazil arrived at a bilateral safeguards agreement February 1. The widely publicized agreement is the result of over a year of negotiations, and is a political t [...]	2006-02-03 15:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2580	SECRETARY'S S&T ADVISER VISITS ARGENTINA [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Science and Technology Adviser (STAS) to the Secretary Dr. George Atkinson led a delegation of U.S. SIPDIS scientists and engineers on a visit to Argentina November 7-9. [...]	2006-11-17 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SCUL OEXC OSCI
06BUENOSAIRES2594	DUKE ENERGY BETS ON GROWING ARGENTINE ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Duke Energy plans to upgrade and expand its two hydro and gas-fired electricity generating plants in Neuquen province and possibly make new generating capacity acquisitions in the domestic market. In a call on Ambassador Wayne, Duke executives explained that they see the Argentine elect [...]	2006-11-20 19:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET AR
06BUENOSAIRES2595	IRAQ; THE AMIA CASE; SOUTH AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers focus on the USG's possible shift on its strategy on Iraq; the AMIA case probe and its possible use by the USG to urge the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran; Brazil's plans to unite South American military forces; and Ambassador Earl Anthony Way [...]	2006-11-20 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2612	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Argentine Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne to discuss ways to strengthen U.S.-Argentine cooperation on law enforcement, judicial reform, and anti-corruption issues. Iribarne noted that money laundering and terrorism financ [...]	2006-11-22 21:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTER AR
06BUENOSAIRES2620	IRAQ; WORLD BANK'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT KIRCHNER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include US President Bush's decision not to travel to Baghdad on Thanksgiving Day; the World Bank's response to President Kirchner's letter over the pulp mills; Venezuelan President Chavez's reported decision to remove his Ambassador to [...]	2006-11-27 09:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2665	AMIA UPDATE: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MFA'S [...] (C) At a November 28, event, Ambassador and DCM spoke with Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, Senior Advisor to Deputy Foreign Minister, Roberto Garcia Moritan, about the MFA's perspective on the AMIA case. Ambassador Gonzalez has been charged with managing AMIA at the MFA. He said the MFA is s [...]	2006-11-30 18:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI
06BUENOSAIRES2691	CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...]	2006-12-05 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2692	FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE US; CHAVEZ; US AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; the resignation of US Ambassador Bolton; freedom of speech in the US; the WTO's ruling on Techint; and climate change. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Freedom without taboos" [...]	2006-12-05 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2694	CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...]	2006-12-05 21:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2711	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR PM/DAS MICHAEL COULTER AND THE POL/MIL BILATS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 16:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PGOV PTER AR
06BUENOSAIRES2712	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, post carried out a pre-license check on Buenos Aires, Argentina-based foreign end-user Juan Diego Ariztegui, Representaciones Aeronauticas (Ariztegui) on November 9. It is post's opinion that the company will be a responsible recipient of United States Muniti [...]	2006-12-07 17:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AR
06BUENOSAIRES2723	CODEL GOODLATTE MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Goodlatte November 30 meetings in Argentina included discussions with senior officials at the GoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, and the Argentine Lower House of Congress, as well as with U.S. company representatives at the American Chamber of Commerc [...]	2006-12-11 14:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAGR AR OREP ETRD
06BUENOSAIRES2726	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON MONETARY POLICY, GROWTH, TERROR [...] (SBU) Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado, in a December 5 lunch with the Ambassador, invited a dialogue with USG on GoA monetary policy which he called conservative, slightly contractionary and generally misunderstood. Now, five years after Argentina's economic crisis, Redrado said Argentina [...]	2006-12-11 18:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES273	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD - one cent lower than last Friday's close. This week's depreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar demand by banks and Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, and comes in spite of higher USD [...]	2006-02-06 15:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES2767	ARGENTINA 2006-2007 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 16:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES278	MEDIA REACTION HAMAS-ARGENTINA, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Main stories today refer to Hamas' declarations to a Brazilian daily announcing its trip to South American countries in search of political and financial support, with the FMA saying they haven't received any request for a visit or interviews; Argentina's possible vote on [...]	2006-02-07 10:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2785	NORTH KOREA; ROBERT GATES HEAD OF THE US PENTAGON; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's newspapers carry opinion pieces on the Six-party talks to address North Korea's nuclear program; Robert Gates taking office as the new head of the Pentagon; Colombia's conflict with Ecuador; and Iran's move to question the Holocaust. 2. OPINION PIECES - "A dis [...]	2006-12-19 19:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2795	PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON U.S.-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Planning Julio De Vido to discuss a wide range of issues. Minister De Vido, who is President Kirchner's top minister and one of his closest advisors, asserted that U.S.-Argentine relations were in a very good situation. De Vido said U.S.-Argent [...]	2006-12-20 19:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ECON EAIR PTER ETRD CIVAIR AR
06BUENOSAIRES2808	AMBASSADOR HOSTS ELECTRICITY, GAS SECTOR U.S. INVESTOR [...] (SBU) Country managers of U.S. players in Argentina's electricity and natural gas sectors met with Ambassador to review constraints imposed by GoA regulations, uncertain natural gas supplies for generation, and frozen retail electricity and gas tariffs. Participants representing AES, CMS, Duke, [...]	2006-12-21 20:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2838	ARGENTINA-U.S. POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary: The United States and Argentina held a successful round of political-military bilateral consultations on December 15, 2006 in Buenos Aires. Both delegations shared their foreign policy principles and objectives. The Argentine delegation explained their government's goals for c [...]	2006-12-28 21:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM AR
06BUENOSAIRES2842	SADDAM HUSSEIN; CUBA AND CHINA; ISRAEL; MERKEL; CRIMES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming execution of Saddam Hussein; Cuba looking to the 'Chinese model;' the US Department of State criticizing Israel's plans to establish a new settlement in the West Bank; a new declassification of USG documents; Angela Merke [...]	2006-12-29 16:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2847	HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY IN ARGENTINA; ECUADOR; 12/29/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Most local papers extensively report on Argentine President Nestor Kirchner coordinating a manhunt for a human rights witness, who went missing on Wednesday after accusing last year former police officer Luis Patti of torturing him in 1972. Local dailies highlight that auth [...]	2006-12-29 18:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES291	VISIT OF DASD PARDO-MAURER TO ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Rogelio Pardo-Maurer visited Argentina January 26-28. During his visit, Pardo-Maurer met with Argentine Minister of Defense Nilda Garre and other senior ministry officials. During his meetings, Pardo-Mau [...]	2006-02-08 12:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES293	ARGENTINA: COUNCIL OF MAGISTRATES BILL SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lower House of Congress will soon vote on a controversial law to reform the Council of Magistrates that regulates Argentina's judicial system that appears likely to pass despite a united opposition effort against the bill. The proposed law would shrink the size of the Counc [...]	2006-02-08 13:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES33	ARGENTINA -- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 14:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
06BUENOSAIRES333	JANUARY 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3 percent in January. This brings the 12-month inflation rate to 12.1 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 1.2 percent in December and the purchasing power of salaried workers in December 2005 was 7.1 percent higher than in December 2004. Offici [...]	2006-02-10 13:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR
06BUENOSAIRES34	ARGENTINA -- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 14:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
06BUENOSAIRES340	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 93 million in the FX market on February 7 and 8. Then the BCRA dropped out of the FX market, allowing the [...]	2006-02-13 10:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES344	MEDIA REACTION GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER MUHAMMAD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Main story today is the global escalation of violence over Muhammad's cartoons, and its unpredictable consequences. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Freedom and Common Sense" Pablo Ceron, centrist, leading "Clarin" international columnist, opines (02/09) "Freed [...]	2006-02-13 14:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES345	MEDIA REACTION IRAN, GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The Iranian crisis and its global repercussions continue to garner media attention, followed by the international 'furor' over Muhammad's cartoons, which may 'snowball' and the hectic elections in Haiti, marred by violent incidents and disorganization. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2006-02-13 14:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES346	LABOR PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT IN PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] SUMMARY: A two-week protest by dissident elements of the oil and gas workers union in President Nestor Kirchner's home province of Santa Cruz turned deadly on February 8 when a police officer was killed in the town of Las Heras, Santa Cruz and 15 others were wounded. This is the first death [...]	2006-02-13 15:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINS ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES350	CONVERSATION WITH CASA ROSADA INSIDER OSCAR [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with DCM, Secretary General of the Presidency Oscar Parrilli said GoA SIPDIS efforts to control prices were working and that the 2006 inflation rate would be lower than generally expected. He defended the government's approach to controllin [...]	2006-02-13 19:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES36	ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 11-12. Your visit comes at a critical time for Argentina's relations with its neighbors, especially Bolivia. As a result of Kirchner's resounding victory in October 23 legislativ [...]	2006-01-06 19:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR
06BUENOSAIRES396	MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the quick approval of Ambassador Wayne's 'agrement', underscoring that he's a good choice to iron out the differences following the Summit of the Americas, and that the move is another sign of both countries' interest in improving bilateral relations. The [...]	2006-02-17 19:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION

06BUENOSAIRES398	MEDIA REACTION ABU GHRAIB, IRAN, HAITI; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the new scandal following the broadcast by an Australian TV station of previously unpublished images of apparent abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Bush's request of funds to 'democratize' Iran and the growing allegations of fraud in Haiti which could lead [...]	2006-02-17 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES406	ARGENTINA'S 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Argentine entities responsible for upholding IPR failed to translate the momentum from a strong 2004 into tangible successes in 2005. U.S. pharmaceutical companies are still waiting for commercially valuable patents; CD and DVD piracy rates appear to be rising, despite Argentina's economic r [...]	2006-02-17 20:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES407	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Ambassador Meets with New MFA International Security Director -- Rumors of Kirchner Cabinet Changes -- Paper Mill Dispute: Blockage of Bridges into Uruguay Contin [...]	2006-02-17 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES41	MEDIA REACTION A/S THOMAS SHANNON UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover: the upcoming visit of A/S Thomas Shannon to Buenos Aires; Uruguay denying that it may be negotiating a free trade deal with the US; the upcoming elections in Haiti; the Argentine- Bolivian relationship; US Republican Tom De Lay quitting US Congress m [...]	2006-01-09 19:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES419	NEW INSIGHTS INTO INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN [...] Third quarter INDEC figures show that the average per capita income of the ten percent of families with the highest incomes in Argentina was 34 times higher than that of the ten percent of families with the lowest incomes. That difference in average incomes is the highest since the 2002 cris [...]	2006-02-22 20:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES428	MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major stories today refer to Ambassador Wayne's designation, its positive repercussions in Argentina and the possible topics he will be addressing; Hamas' difficult relationship with Israel; the aftermath of Haiti's elections and the global concern posed by the avian flu a [...]	2006-02-23 14:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES433	ARGENTINA ON AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (C) On February 23 POLOFF delivered the President's February 22 statement (reftel) as well as the joint statement by Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey to Viviana Jones, Deputy Director of the North Africa and Middle East Affairs Office in the MFA. POLOFF also asked for the GOA to issue a [...]	2006-02-23 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES439	MEDIA REACTION US CANCELLATION OF BOLIVIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the US canceling Bolivian Senator Zurita's visa; the discovery of an anthrax case in New York; the US enabling Argentine meat (except that from a province that was affected by a recent foot-and-mouth bout) to enter US markets; an [...]	2006-02-24 14:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES451	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR FEBRUARY 24 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Paco Use Increases Among Argentine Adolescents -- Ibarra Impeachment Update -- Las Heras Truce Wearing Thin -- Argentina Seeks Dialogue with Uruguay but Prepared f [...]	2006-02-24 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES458	ARGENTINA'S PEACEKEEPING CENTER [...] (U) DCM, accompanied by POLOFF, visited the Argentine Joint Peacekeeping Training Center (CAECOPAZ) February 24 to receive a briefing on CAECOPAZ's capabilities, as well as on ongoing Argentine contributions to PKO's in Haiti (about 600 troops),Cyprus (about 400 troops),Kosovo (about 130 troo [...]	2006-02-27 15:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS KPKO AR
06BUENOSAIRES459	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 92 million in the FX market on February 21. The BCRA then kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...]	2006-02-27 16:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES469	MEDIA REACTION IRAN-RUSSIA IRAQ US-BOLIVIA US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Iran and Russia agreeing to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture; the danger of civil war in Iraq; Palestinian PM-designate Haniyeh's statement that Hamas would establish "peace in stages" if Israel were to withdraw to the borders it held befor [...]	2006-02-28 12:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES470	ANOTHER AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS STRIKE REMAINS A [...] (C) The threat that the November 2005 strike will repeat itself on or after March 1 remains a distinct possibility. The pilots' and mechanics' unions entered salary negotiations with the national flag carrier on December 2, 2005, at the conclusion of a 9-day strike. Under the GOA-brokered se [...]	2006-02-28 13:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES477	MEDIA REACTION US, COLOMBIA SIGN FREE TRADE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include a free trade agreement reached between the US and Colombia; a US Embassy press release asking for a fast solution of the dispute between the Argentine Government and Monsanto corporation; implications of the nuclear agreement b [...]	2006-02-28 20:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES480	DEMARCHE ON ARGENTINA IDB ABSTENTION [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instruction, I called on MFA Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Luis Cappagli (the number three official in the MFA) at 10:45 a.m. local time (8:45 a.m. Washington time) on March 1. Foreign Minister Taiana was at the Congress for President Kirchner,s speech at the openi [...]	2006-03-01 16:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES486	KIRCHNER BREAKS SILENCE ON PAPER MILL CONTROVERSY [...] (U) During his annual address to Congress on March 1 (SEPTEL),President Nestor Kirchner made his first public remarks regarding the controversial paper mills under construction in Uruguay (REFTELS). In his remarks Kirchner appealed directly to Uruguayan President Tabare Vasquez to, stop the [...]	2006-03-01 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI EAGR AR UY
06BUENOSAIRES497	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 3 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- HAVANA ON THE PARANA -- DIRTY WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS PROCEED -- 200 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN SHIPMENT OF FROZEN FISH -- MILITARY JUSTICE CODE REFORM PROPOSED [...]	2006-03-03 13:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR SNAR
06BUENOSAIRES499	PRESIDENT KIRCHNER DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION [...] (SBU) Kirchner delivered a state of the nation speech to congress on March 1st. He began the speech by repeating many of the themes that he has mentioned in earlier speeches, such as Argentina's continuing struggle to emerge from "hell." He claimed that Argentina has now entered a process of [...]	2006-03-03 14:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG AR
06BUENOSAIRES524	MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH TO INDIA AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US President Bush praising Pakistan as crucial ally in the war on terrorism; the implications of a nuclear deal between the US and India; the civil war in Iraq; the confrontation between the US and Iran on the latter's nuclear prog [...]	2006-03-06 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES534	MEDIA REACTION US-BOLIVIA US-CUBA US-INDIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Bolivian President Evo Morales accusing the USG of "blackmail" for withdrawing anti-terrorism funding for his country; India's new strategic role in the current geopolitical scenario; the recent expulsion of the Cuban delegation [...]	2006-03-08 20:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES538	KIRCHNER TAKES ON TWO INFLUENTIAL DAILIES [...] President Kirchner recently took his contentious relationship with the Argentine press to a new level, publicly and directly attacking Argentina's two most influential daily newspapers -- Clarin and La Nacion. Although La Nacion is accustomed to being targeted by Kirchner, Clarin has enjoyed a [...]	2006-03-09 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL PHUM AR
06BUENOSAIRES560	GOA SUSPENDS BEEF EXPORTS AS AN INFLATION-FIGHTING [...] (C) The GOA announced a 180-day suspension of beef exports in an effort to stem price increases. Exports to the EU that go toward fulfilling the Hilton Quota and those governed by bilateral agreements will not be affected. The suspension, described by a Cargill Argentina executive as "brutal, [...]	2006-03-10 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES562	ARGENTINA: IBARRA'S REMOVAL CHANGES THE BUENOS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 7, the Buenos Aires City Legislature voted to permanently remove Mayor Anibal Ibarra from office. Although the required ten votes for removal included mostly opposition legislators, the deciding vote came from a Kirchnerista, Helio Rebot. Ibarra's removal changes the [...]	2006-03-10 15:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES578	ARGENTINA MAY NOT RATIFY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (C) On March 8, in a meeting with Visiting Desk Officer Gomez, POLOFF, and POL Intern, Minister Ricardo Bocalandro of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke openly about the GOA's intentions to wait for Brazil before signing the Additional Protocol (AP). (Note: This is the same thing we have [...]	2006-03-13 14:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP AR
06BUENOSAIRES601	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated versus the USD this week, closing at 3.10 ARP/USD, reaching its lowest value in three years. The peso's fall this week resulted from higher dollar demand by banks, who want to dollarize their portfolios in expectation of higher U.S. interest rates, and the Central Bank's [...]	2006-03-15 14:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES611	ARGENTINA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on March 23-26. Your visit comes as President Nestor Kirchner continues to consolidate his resounding victory in mid-term legislative elections last October 23. Based on these results, Kirchner has tightened his [...]	2006-03-15 19:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES625	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 17 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACEVEDO STEPS DOWN FROM TUMULTUOUS GOVERNORSHIP -- NARCOTICS UPDATE: THAT WHICH WAS LOST IS NOW FOUND -- TELERMAN TAKES THE HELM -- MISIONES PROVINCE IN FLAM [...]	2006-03-17 18:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES628	MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Operation Swarmer, its largest air assault against Baghdad; the US National Security Strategy Report, in which US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy nations an [...]	2006-03-20 11:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES649	MEDIA REACTION THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers lead with the third anniversary of the war on Iraq; anti-war demonstrations in different countries of the world; half a million protesters taking to the streets across France to demand the scrapping of a new law that could erode job security; Al Fatah le [...]	2006-03-20 19:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES705	TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UNDERGOES DRAMATIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Argentina's telecommunications industry has gone through a great deal of change since its initial liberalization in 1989. The consolidation following the economic crisis in 2001-200 [...]	2006-03-27 12:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES718	MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the US National Security Strategy; immigration demonstration drawing 500,000 in Los Angeles; US Secretary of State Rice's alleged statement that the US could withdraw a significant number of its troops in Iraq; the US Embassy in La Paz's response t [...]	2006-03-28 15:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES727	ARGENTINA'S TOURISM SECTOR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Argentina received a record number of 3.7 million foreign tourists in 2005, a twelve percent rise over 2004. Argentina's tourist sector was the third most important source of foreign exchange [...]	2006-03-29 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES737	MEDIA REACTION US CHIEF OF STAFF ANDREW CARD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush announcing the resignation of his chief of staff and his replacement with budget director Joshua Bolten; acting PM Ehud Olmert declaring victory in Israeli elections and their impact on the Middle East conflict; [...]	2006-03-30 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES748	BRIDGING ARGENTINA'S DIGITAL DIVIDE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Argentina's IT industry is the third largest in Latin America. Argentina's IT industry enjoys many advantages and is growing quickly. IT companies expect continued rapid growth and are inv [...]	2006-03-31 18:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND AR
06BUENOSAIRES753	CODEL GRASSLEY DISCUSSES TRADE AND AGRICULTURE IN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA),Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, led a delegation to Argentina March 23-26 for discussions related to trade and agriculture with GOA off [...]	2006-04-03 11:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES758	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] On March 31, the GOA issued a resolution strengthening restrictions on beef export. The resolution includes exports of processed beef and cattle in the previous 180-day beef export ban. The aim of this measure is to increase local supply and avoid further increases in domestic beef prices. [...]	2006-04-03 19:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES787	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM FOR OIG [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: Argentina's size, importance to the regional economy, and ability to contribute to U.S. security goals make the bilateral relationship important to U.S. interests. Argentina is the size of the United States east of the Mississippi, with a population of 39 million inhabitants [...]	2006-04-06 21:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASIG BBG
06BUENOSAIRES800	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.2 percent m-o-m in March, well above market expectations of 1 percent following a 0.4 percent m-o-m increase in February. Last month's increase brought inflation to 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to a 4 percent increase in th [...]	2006-04-10 12:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES813	MEDIA REACTION US CONCERN OVER HUMALA CHAVEZ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of Peruvian elections; USG concern over Humala Ollanta; suicide bombers blasting worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this year; and [...]	2006-04-10 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES822	MEDIA REACTION US-CHINA-LATIN AMERICA US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's upcoming trip to Beijing; SIPDIS immigrants' demonstrations throughout the US; nationalist Ollanta Humala leading the count for Sunday's presidential election; conservative Silvio Berlusco [...]	2006-04-11 17:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES84	DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. The Ambassador underscored the potential dangers of Duvalier's return to Haiti and urged Taiana to express similar concerns to the IGOH. 2. (C) Taiana, who appeared not to be aware of the I [...]	2006-01-13 15:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA AR
06BUENOSAIRES857	ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...]	2006-04-13 21:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES858	ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...]	2006-04-17 10:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES859	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] Supermarket representatives warned this week that their agreements to keep prices unchanged on 200 basic goods may not be possible if their costs increase as a result of the wage negotiations with the commercial employees union. The union is asking for a 28 percent wage increase but reported [...]	2006-04-17 13:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES862	GOA Will Easily Cover its Financial Needs in [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The GOA will have no difficulty meeting its USD 11 billion in financing needs in 2006. Under a conservative set of assumptions, the GOA will have resources of USD 12.3 billion from its fiv [...]	2006-04-17 15:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES866	MEDIA REACTION IRAN SIX US GENERALS AGAINST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover six US retired military allegedly asking for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the UN to adopt a resolution on Iran; the implications of the US immigration policy; the US policy on the Mi [...]	2006-04-17 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES876	MEDIA REACTION ARGENTINE MINISTER DE VIDO'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentine Planning Minister Julio De Vido's upcoming trip to the US; the US immigration policy and its implications; the IMF spring meetings; the Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala; and the upcoming visit of the hea [...]	2006-04-18 19:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES894	MEDIA REACTION THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT UNCLEARED BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS PROG 04/20/06 PAO:RBANKS PRESS:GVEGA IO:MTEKACH PAS AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SECSTATE WASHDC, IMMEDIATE INFO CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2// USCOMSOLANT STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, [...]	2006-04-20 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES902	ARGENTINA: LEADING KIRCHNER STRATEGIST ON POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and POLOFF (notetaker) met April 18 with Juan Carlos Mazzon, President Nestor Kirchner's primary political campaign strategist. The DCM noted the overall positive nature of the bilateral relationship and took the opportunity to highlight our concerns on Venezuela. Mazzon s [...]	2006-04-21 18:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES908	MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the wave of arrests of illegal immigrants in the US; US President Bush's tour to China; Venezuela leaving the Andean Community of Nations to join Mercosur; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's statement that there are 'imperialistic fo [...]	2006-04-21 20:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES911	TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S NEUQUEN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In March, Poloff traveled to the province of Neuquen to meet with political and academic leaders and has subsequently met with a number of national legislators from Neuquen. Neuquen Governor Jorge Sobisch is currently the only declared candidate for the 2007 presidential elect [...]	2006-04-21 21:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES915	MEDIA REACTION GLOBAL TORTURE CHINESE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Osama bin Laden issuing new threats in an audiotape broadcast on Arab TV accusing average Westerners of supporting "a Zionist, crusaders' war on Islam" and urging his followers to go to Sudan to fight a proposed UN peace force; criti [...]	2006-04-24 20:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES925	MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY BLOW TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include terrorist bombs hitting the Egyptian resort of Dahab killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 60; US President George W. Bush's trip to California and defense of his proposal to grant a temporary work permit to immigrant [...]	2006-04-25 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES940	MEDIA REACTION CHAVEZ' INFLUENCE ON LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include President Bush's investigation into oil price abuses; Presidents Lula and Kirchner's reaction to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasing influence in Latin America; the increasing amount of Bolivian cocaine entering Argentina [...]	2006-04-26 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES944	ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY LOSES CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Recrear political advisor, Ricardo Lopez Murphy is asking for a leave of absence as Recrear Party President and may leave the party following contentious internal elections that left Lopez Murphy isolated within his own party. Lopez Murphy's request for a leave of [...]	2006-04-26 21:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES956	MEDIA REACTION IRANIAN LEADER'S THREAT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei's serious war threat to the US; the US reinforcing its espionage operations in Latin America; the implications of the complaints by several US military retirees against US Defense Secretary Don [...]	2006-04-27 20:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES964	MEDIA REACTION AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major local papers extensively report on statements made by US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez as the keynote speaker of a diplomatic and business lunch at Club de la Union Nacional. Ambassador Gutierrez is reported to have said that his country "never backed the violation o [...]	2006-04-28 17:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES966	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In its second quarter inflation report, the BCRA increased its 2006 growth forecast from 6 percent to "above 7 percent" based on the strong economic performance during the first two months of the year and the statistical carry-over effect from 2005. According to the report, the continued stre [...]	2006-04-28 20:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUJUMBURA607	BURUNDI - RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT [...] Following significant political progress, the overall humanitarian situation is improving in Burundi. The transition from relief to development is underway, but humanitarian coordination is essential to prevent critical gaps between relief and development assistance. However, several variab [...]	2006-07-18 07:28:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM ASEC PREL BY
06CAIRO1232	A/S RADEMAKER'S BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and held bilateral nonproliferation discussions with the Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Na [...]	2006-02-28 07:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV IS IR EG KNNP IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO1251	NEW AYMAN NOUR/GAMEELA ISMAIL INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour) informed Embassy early February 27 that because of a new criminal investigation of her and her husband (reftel),she might not be able to pass through exit control at Cairo International Airport in order to travel to an IRI [...]	2006-02-28 12:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO1262	EGYPT: 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Egypt has made progress in strengthening its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. It issued the final set of implementing regulations for its 2002 IPR law, established new offices to license copyrighted materials, and cleared up a backlog of [...]	2006-02-28 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EG USTR
06CAIRO1272	EGYPT: CODEL BERMAN MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In a lengthy meeting with visiting Rep. Berman on February 20, Mubarak emphasized that Egypt does not trust Hamas but will work with the organizationÂ´s leadership in order to moderate its positions. Mubarak counseled strongly against a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and d [...]	2006-02-28 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV EG KDEM
06CAIRO1299	DARFUR: EGYPTIANS NOT OPPOSED TO UN FORCE; [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late March 1 that press reports claiming President Mubarak and Libyan leader Qadhafi agreed February 28 in Miserata to oppose UN troops in Darfur were "wrong." While Qadhafi opposed UN forces in Darfur, Awad said, President Mubarak [...]	2006-03-01 18:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO EG LY SU UNSC
06CAIRO1351	NEXT STEPS FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Sometime in the next six years, Egypt will undergo a leadership succession. The United States' goals for this succession should be to promote an opening to establish a representative government that will secure Egyptian stability, prosperity, and friendship for a gener [...]	2006-03-06 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1398	EGYPT: DEMOCRACY ADVOCATE HALA MUSTAFA COMPLAINS [...] (C) At a March 3 reception at Air Attache,s residence, Hala Mustafa, a participant in the Secretary,s February 22 meeting with Civil Society leaders in Cairo, criticized the Embassy,s failure to respond to press reporting on the civil society meeting. She said that she had been singled out for [...]	2006-03-07 13:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1492	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has spread to 17 Egyptian governorates, and new cases are being reported daily. The GOE enforced drastic measures to contain the avian influenza (AI) outbreak, and has decided to vaccinate poultry, but the poultry industry has collapsed, and promised compensati [...]	2006-03-09 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1555	JUDGES' CLUB LEADER DISCUSSES CONFRONTATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Judge Mahmoud Khodeiry, Head of the Alexandria Judges Club and one of four senior Egyptian judges at the center of a dispute with the GOE over conduct of the 2005 parliamentary elections reports that Egyptian judges are under tremendous pressure from the GOE to participate in th [...]	2006-03-13 17:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KDEM PGOV PHUM
06CAIRO1558	EGYPT: KEY RULING PARTY FIGURE HEADING TO [...] (C) Summary: During a March 9 meeting, ruling party operative and Gamal Mubarak confidante Mohammed Kamal told the DCM he hoped to convince his American interlocutors during his upcoming trip to Washington that political reform in Egypt is not on the backburner. He claimed that preparations [...]	2006-03-14 06:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1636	JERICHO PRISON CRISIS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Local sources confirm that the Jericho prison crisis in the West Bank has prompted the postponement of an expected visit to Israel by Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Soliman scheduled to begin March 15, as well as the postponement of travel to Egypt by Palestinian President [...]	2006-03-15 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO1680	JUDGES' CLUB - GOE DISPUTE LIKELY TO HEAT UP ON [...] (C) Summary: The March 17 national meeting of the Egyptian Judges' Club will likely attract significant national and international media attention, and will probably result in a defiant stance - prompted by the increasingly tense confrontation between the government and the judges' profession [...]	2006-03-16 17:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO1694	EGYPT: UPDATE ON POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) The resignation of prominent reform advocate Osama el-Ghazali Harb from the ruling NDP attracted considerable attention in the Egyptian media. In drawing up plans for a new liberal political party, Harb is pursuing what many frustrated Egyptian intellectuals have called for, though there [...]	2006-03-19 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO1696	THE SECOND U.S. - EGYPT CT JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Egypt hosted the second U.S.-Egypt Counterterrorism Joint Working Group on February 26, 2006. In a full day of talks, S/CT Amb. Crumpton and a six-member U.S. delegation discussed with the GOE's Inter-Ministerial Counterterrorism Committee the importance of a coordinated, interdisciplinary appr [...]	2006-03-19 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KISL ASEC EG
06CAIRO170	SUDANESE REFUGEES IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION ON DECEMBER 30 BETWEEN EGYPTIAN POLICE AND SUDANESE REFUGEES WHEN AT LEAST 27 LOST THEIR LIVES AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE DETAINED, HAS FOCUSED WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION ON THE LIVES OF THE MANY ASYLUM- SEEKERS WHO HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN CAIRO. MANY OF THESE FLED TURMOI [...]	2006-01-12 20:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO172	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit. It has been difficult to gain Egyptian cooperation on UN reform. During his meeting with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli in December Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit signaled a willingness to compromise, but this has not yet materialized. The FM w [...]	2006-01-13 17:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KUNR PHUM IS IZ LE SY SU EG UN
06CAIRO175	ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA ON SYRIA/LEBANON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) On January 14, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador a readout on recent Arab mediation efforts with Syria and Lebanon, and reaffirmed that the Arab League and others remained committed to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said he had [...]	2006-01-15 11:52:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO1782	DEFMIN TANTAWI ON MFO, PSI, DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND FMF [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the Ambassador and Defense Minister Tantawi discussed Iraq, Sudan, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),and Tantawi's impressions of his recent visit to Washington. Tantawi reaffirmed the GOE view that for now, U.S. troops must remain in Iraq. On his meetings in Washington, Tantaw [...]	2006-03-23 07:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS EG KNNP
06CAIRO1883	EGYPT: FLASH AIRLINES CRASH REPORT RELEASE: NO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON EG
06CAIRO1925	WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN SHARM EL SHEIKH [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Cairo is preparing for the upcoming World Economic Forum on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm El Sheikh May 20-22, 2006. Given the heavy demand for suitable hotel space in Sharm during the summit as well as ot [...]	2006-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OVIP EG WEF
06CAIRO2013	EGYPT: VIOLENT CLIMAX TO WAFD LEADERSHIP DISPUTE, [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the leadership of the Wafd, Egypt's "premier" opposition party, reached a bizzare and dramatic climax on April 1, when deposed leader Nomaan Gomaa, accompanied by armed supporters, stormed party headquarters and clashed violently with supporters of Mahmoud Abaza, w [...]	2006-04-03 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO2134	EGYPT: A YEAR ON, GOE-JUDGES CLUB DISPUTE [...] (C) The confrontation between the GOE and Egypt's Judges Club continues to boil as it moves into its second year. The Judges Club has been militating for a new judiciary law that would guarantee independence it asserts is now lacking and has attacked the GOE's record on human rights and democr [...]	2006-04-06 16:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM EG
06CAIRO2137	DARFUR: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MESSAGE TO [...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA contact, Egyptian President Mubarak's message to Sudanese President Bashir in Khartoum April 4 was that Sudan was not given a "blank check" at the Arab League summit for its Darfur policies. Mubarak reportedly pressed Bashir to quickly conclude a peace [...]	2006-04-09 05:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER EG SU
06CAIRO2165	SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...]	2006-04-10 11:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG
06CAIRO2186	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, April 2-9. [...] Summary: The fallout from the bloody clashes between Wafd party factions at the party headquarters on April 1 took center stage in Egyptian media coverage over the last week. While some commentators sought merely to assign blame for the violence, others took a more profound look at the Wafd [...]	2006-04-11 12:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
06CAIRO2202	IRAQ: MUBARAK'S TELEVISED REMARKS CREATE [...] (C) Summary. Only three days ahead of an Arab League foreign ministerial meeting on Iraq, Egyptian President Mubarak created waves during an Al Arabiya television interview (Ref) aired April 8, in which he questioned the national loyalties of Iraq's and the region's Shiites. While President [...]	2006-04-11 16:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO2203	EGYPT: ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S APRIL 4 MEETING [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on April 4. Welch briefed Nazif on U.S. regional priorities and encouraged Nazif to make a visit to the U.S. Nazif discussed Egypt's reform successes, noting that results in the economic sphere were [...]	2006-04-12 05:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO2267	EGYPT: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (C) Summary: Attacks on Friday, April 14 against worshipers in three separate Alexandria churches killed one elderly Christian, wounded more than a dozen others and sparked a weekend of unrest. Clashes continued at a lower tempo on April 16 and the death that day of a Muslim injured April [...]	2006-04-16 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC EG
06CAIRO2335	EGYPT: UPDATE ON THE AYMAN NOUR CASE [...] (C) Summary: Ghad Party sources advise us that, despite some reports to the contrary, imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour is not facing an immediate threat to his health or welfare. However, they assert that prison authorities are making life more unpleasant for him, apparently in retali [...]	2006-04-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO2336	AFTERMATH OF SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Alexandria has been peaceful since the April 14 attacks and April 15-16 clashes reported reftel. There continues to be considerable speculation about whether the man who was arrested after the fatal church attacks was operating alone. Protesters in Alexandria on April 16 as [...]	2006-04-18 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF EG
06CAIRO2417	U/S JOSEPH'S APRIL 13 MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Cairo April 13 to discuss regional security issues. The meeting focused on efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, with U/S Joseph pressing for solid GOE s [...]	2006-04-23 08:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KPAL EG IR IS
06CAIRO2432	AMBASSADORÂ´S MEETING WITH MIN INFO AND EGIS CHIEF ON RADIO SAWA AND AL-MANAR [...] (S) Summary: On April 20th, the Ambassador pressed MOI Al-Fiqqi on the GOEÂ´s media portrayal of issues important to the US-Egyptian relationship, including Iran, Hamas, and Iraq. He also again raised the issues of Radio Sawa and Al-Manar. The Ambassador argued that if the GOE values its relation [...]	2006-04-23 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KPAL EG
06CAIRO2436	EGYPT: OUTLOOK FOR POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) While it may seem easy to be skeptical about the outlook for political reform in Egypt, the fact is that a process is underway, and it is a process entailing more than currently meets the eye. During his 2005 reelection campaign, Mubarak outlined a modest agenda for political reform. Th [...]	2006-04-23 17:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EG
06CAIRO2593	UPDATE ON RECENT SINAI TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) Ten days after the April 24 terrorist attacks in Dahab and April 26 attacks against MFO units (reftels) the security situation in Sinai remains unsettled. Intensive police operations are continuing, particularly concentrated in the Jebel Maghara region, roughly 60 KM southwest of Al-Arish, [...]	2006-05-04 08:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC EG
06CAIRO2648	PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES FMF, SINAI SECURITY, IRAN, [...] (C) Visiting PM A/S Hillen, joined by the Ambassador, discussed Darfur, security assistance, Sinai security and regional cooperation with FM Aboul Gheit and Defense Minister Tantawi April 30. On Sudan, Aboul Gheit said that Egypt would only send more forces to Sudan with Khartoum's full suppo [...]	2006-05-07 15:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS UN EG IS IR SU KPAL KNNP KMFO
06CAIRO2671	GAMAL MUBARAK: DESPITE HIGH PROFILE, DOUBTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Gamal Mubarak's unpublicized visit to Washington, he remains a decidedly controversial figure inside Egypt. Since reftel's analysis of Gamal's standing, vehement public skepticism continues and we are even hearing murmurs of dissent from within his own circle. Comme [...]	2006-05-08 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO268	SUDAN REFUGEES: EGYPT RELEASES ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs briefed the DCM January 18 on the status of detained Sudanese asylum seekers in Egypt. Hefny clarified that 153 Sudanese had been released January 17, with an unspecified number of others to be released shortly. UNHCR, he said, had been given [...]	2006-01-18 16:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO270	CAIRO AIWG REVIEWS MISSION AND GOE PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: The Cairo Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met January 12, 2006, to assess mission preparedness, review its tripwires, and evaluate recent interactions with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on avian influenza (AI) preparedness and other related issues. End summary. 2. (SB [...]	2006-01-18 17:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH
06CAIRO2702	SUDAN: EGYPT WELCOMES DARFUR PEACE DEAL, LOOKS TO [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late May 8 that Egypt had publicly welcomed the peace deal between Darfur rebels and the Government of Sudan (GOS) signed in Abuja May 5. Awad said the Presidency issued a statement to the media welcoming the agreement(faxed to NEA/ [...]	2006-05-09 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU
06CAIRO2933	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to protest demonstrations in each of the past two weeks. Also, judicial decisions are expected on May 18 in both Ayman Nour's app [...]	2006-05-16 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2972	MRS. MUBARAK CITES PRESIDENT BUSH IN LAUNCHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaking at an IOM conference in Cairo, First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, building on her activism at an Athens Conference in January, spoke out forcefully against TIP and pledged that her "Stop Human Trafficking Now!" campaign would work closely with governments and businesses to era [...]	2006-05-17 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM EG

06CAIRO2991	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to demonstrations supporting jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour and judges who criticized corruption in the last election. Th [...]	2006-05-18 12:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EG SU IS KPAL
06CAIRO3007	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON DARFUR, UN REFORM, [...] (C) During a May 18 meeting requested by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit offered his views on next steps in Darfur, UN reform, and countering the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Aboul Gheit said Egypt was in touch with Khartoum to urge its cooperation to resolve international [...]	2006-05-18 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EG SU LE
06CAIRO3027	MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...]	2006-05-22 08:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
06CAIRO3039	EGYPT: THE DAY AFTER THE AYMAN NOUR VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: To date, there has been more reaction in the Egyptian media to U.S. criticism of the rejection of Ayman Nour's appeal than reaction to the legal development itself. An Egyptian MFA spokesman expressed "amazement" at the U.S. criticism of the court's decision. The acting head of No [...]	2006-05-22 14:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO305	EGYPT: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Nazif asked the Ambassador for help dealing with Congress, complaining that Egypt could not get a fair hearing. Particularly regarding Ayman Nour, the full story of the case needed to be communicated; "Nour is a crook." The Ambassador raised Egypt's reluctance to refer Iran to t [...]	2006-01-19 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD
06CAIRO3071	MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...]	2006-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
06CAIRO3119	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 20, 2006; 11:45AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Se [...]	2006-05-25 08:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER KPAL IS XF
06CAIRO3155	NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT MINISTERIAL FOCUSED MORE ON [...] (C) MFA UN Affairs Officer Karim Sherif told emboff May 25 that Egypt would not support the issuance of any statements at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministerial in Malaysia supportive of Iranian positions vis-a-vis its nuclear program. Egypt's positions toward Iran, he said, sho [...]	2006-05-25 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA EFIN EG
06CAIRO3243	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 21, 2006; 2:30pm; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor [...]	2006-05-30 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
06CAIRO3267	CODEL KOLBE MAY 20 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 20 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told House Foreign Ops Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jim Kolbe and his delegation that, having had little choice but to allow Hamas to form a government [...]	2006-05-30 13:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF
06CAIRO3268	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (U) Classified by: Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 21, 2006; 9:30AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills [...]	2006-05-30 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON MOPS TU SU IR IZ EG
06CAIRO3282	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRIFFIN'S JUNE VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss with you ways in which we might bolster our military cooperation with Egypt. The U.S.-Egyptian military partnership is the cornerstone of our strategic relationship. While both nations benefit from the relationship [...]	2006-05-31 09:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MASS MOPS EG KPAL IS IZ SU
06CAIRO3354	EGYPT: MFA ASKS INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN [...] (SBU) ECPO Counselor and poloff attended a June 1 meeting at the MFA between IRI country director Gina London and Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Salama Shaker, which Shaker had called to address the issue of IRI's pending registration in Egypt. London apologized to Shaker for [...]	2006-06-01 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO3363	EGYPT: MFA ASKS INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN [...] (SBU) ECPO Counselor and poloff attended a June 1 meeting at the MFA between IRI country director Gina London and Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Salama Shaker, which Shaker had called to address the issue of IRI's pending registration in Egypt. London apologized to Shaker for [...]	2006-06-01 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO3375	AYMAN NOUR'S PRISON LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) During a May 28 meeting with DAS Scott Carpenter, Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour, passed a letter she had "smuggled" out of Torah Prison during a visit to her husband the day before. The salutation was left blank, according to Gameela, as a precaution in ca [...]	2006-06-01 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV EG
06CAIRO3419	EGYPTIAN DISARMAMENT OFFICE COMMENTS ON NAM [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, the MFA's Disarmament Office Director Dr. Hossam Aly told poloff June 4 that Egypt did work to moderate the NAM statement on Iran at the ministerial meeting in Malaysia. Dr. Aly said that the original proposed Ministerial Statement had been much worse and [...]	2006-06-04 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA UNSC EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO3422	EGYPT: MFA TERMS IRI COUNTRY DIRECTOR'S PRESS [...] (SBU) In a phone call to the Ambassador (in Washington) on June 3, FM Aboul Gheit expressed his concern with statements attributed to IRI Country Director Gina London in an undated interview, which ran in the June 3 issue of Nahdat Misr, an independent daily newspaper. Following up on the F [...]	2006-06-04 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO35	THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY IN 2006 - CAN EGYPT SUSTAIN [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Mubarak regime has clearly recognized the need for wholesale economic reform to avert a serious deterioration in employment prospects and living standards for Egypt's burgeoning population and to keep Egypt afloat in the global economy. Gamal Mubarak's Policy Secr [...]	2006-01-03 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL EG
06CAIRO3557	GOE "FREEZES" ACTIVITIES OF IFES [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Salama Shaker convoked IFES Country Director Ben Goldsmith and Deputy Director Noreen Tadros on June 7. USAID/Cairo democracy and governance director and poloff (notetaker) joined the meeting at Shaker's request. Shaker, joined by her deputy [...]	2006-06-07 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO358	CODEL WOLF MEETINGS WITH GOE MINISTERS [...] (C) In January 15 meetings with the Ministers of Interior, Justice, and Trade-Industry, as well as with senior MFA officials, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on the Ayman Nour case, as well as religious freedom, support for the U.S. in international fora, and discussed regio [...]	2006-01-23 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP KDEM PHUM KIRF EG IR MFA
06CAIRO3582	EGYPT: POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's opposition party scene has witnessed two significant developments recently. Court consideration of a suit filed by the proposed Wasat Party, appealing the GOE's rejection of its license application, was postponed yet again to September. Leaders of the party, which has bee [...]	2006-06-08 18:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3704	EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...]	2006-06-14 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
06CAIRO3706	EGYPT: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a. Claimant A b. 2001 c. In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters from Claimant A's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property [...]	2006-06-14 08:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EG
06CAIRO3746	NAZIF SLOWS DOWN EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Stock market volatility, mounting political opposition, and sectoral sensitivities are obliging the Nazif administration to reconsider the rapid pace of privatization that has been its hallmark for almost two years. The GOE is attempting a variety of countermeasures to enable the contin [...]	2006-06-15 13:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
06CAIRO3792	EGYPT CONSIDERING USG NOMINATION OF RUTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-18 12:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC EG
06CAIRO3818	(U) MUBARAK AND JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH DISCUSS [...] (C) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Soliman Awad shared with the Ambassador June 19 scant detail regarding Mubarak's June 18 meeting with King Abdullah. The two leaders reportedly focused primarily on the Palestinian situation, sharing identical views on Hamas. They compared notes on ma [...]	2006-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER EG JO IS
06CAIRO382	SECTARIAN VIOLENCE NEAR LUXOR [...] (C) Summary: The village of Udayssat, 23 km south of Luxor, witnessed sectarian strife on January 18-20, resulting in clashes and the murder of a Christian man and the death of a Christian boy in murky circumstances. As of January 23, a heavy police presence remains in the area. A leading [...]	2006-01-23 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINS KIRF KISL EG
06CAIRO3901	SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt welcomes you and your delegation to Cairo. Your visit will advance the President's freedom agenda with Egypt by stepping up our engagement on the rule of law. In this context, we ask your help on four specific issues - the return of Egyptians detained by the USG [...]	2006-06-22 16:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN KDEM EG
06CAIRO3924	IRAQ: EGYPT LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, Hani Khallaf, told poloff that Tehran is pressing to host a meeting of Iraq's neighboring countries (and Egypt) on July 8-9, and thought Saudi Arabia was encouraging Arab participation. Khallaf confirmed reports that the League would host [...]	2006-06-25 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG IZ
06CAIRO4196	AYMAN NOUR UPDATE [...] (C) Poloff met July 5 with Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, and Amir Salem, Nour's long-time lawyer. Ismail stated she had visited Nour on July 1, and that, "his health and spirits are low." Nour, suffering from a toe infection that required surgery, requested [...]	2006-07-06 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO4201	ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS IN CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In warm June 29 meetings with the Egyptian Ministers of Justice, Interior, and the Public Prosecutor, Attorney General Alberto F. Gonzales and his Egyptian interlocutors praised the close CT coordination between the USG and GOE, as well as overall cooperation on criminal and judic [...]	2006-07-09 04:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EG
06CAIRO431	IO A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN REFORM WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg discussed UN reform with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit and Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naela Gabr on January 16. A/S Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, urged Aboul Gheit to support management reforms and the creation of [...]	2006-01-25 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS UNGA UNSC
06CAIRO4337	REFORMING THE USAID PROGRAM IN EGYPT: A DETAILED [...] (C) Summary: We propose an overhaul of our economic assistance programs for Egypt that would transfer funds directly to the Government of Egypt conditioned on successful performance on agreed benchmarks aimed at policy reforms. These reform efforts will focus on democracy and governance, heal [...]	2006-07-12 17:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EG
06CAIRO4355	MUBARAK INTERVENES: NO JAIL FOR JOURNALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists expressed relief after President Mubarak,s last-minute intercession with the People,s Assembly on June 11 to strike prison sentences for reporters who expose corruption from proposed legislation. But the amendments to the penal code raise fines for defaming public f [...]	2006-07-13 11:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG
06CAIRO4356	EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION AT THE [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy National Security Council Advisor Elliott Abrams discussed the draft UNSC resolution condemning military operations in Gaza with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during separate July 12 SIPDIS meetin [...]	2006-07-13 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL KWBG UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO4382	NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID WELCH AND DNSA [...] (C) During a July 11-12 visit to Cairo, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott SIPDIS Abrams along with the Ambassador met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman (sep channel),Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Arab League Secretary General Amre Mo [...]	2006-07-16 07:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MOPS KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO441	PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FORMAL EGYPTIAN REACTION [...] (C) The Egyptian Government is watching with intense concern as initial reports indicate a Parliamentary majority for the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas along with the possibility that the Islamic militant group could form the next Palestinian government. Embassy sources among Egyptian Gove [...]	2006-01-26 09:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO4414	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (SBU) The following letter to President Bush from Ayman Nour (imprisoned leader of the Ghad Party) was delivered to poloff on July 15 by the driver of Gameela Ismail, Nour's wife. The letter was translated from Arabic by Embassy staff. Text of the translation follows: Dear President, I [...]	2006-07-16 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO4495	EGYPTIAN ELECTRICITY TO GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the June 28 Israeli strike knocking out Gaza's power station and the subsequent cuts in Israeli supply, Egypt has been providing 5 megawatts of emergency supply to Gaza, with plans to increase supply to 12 megawatts. In late June, prior to the strike, Egypt and the PA were [...]	2006-07-19 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KPAL EG
06CAIRO4612	EGYPT: LAUNCH OF NEW LIBERAL POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shura Council member and former NDP Policies Committee member Osama al-Ghazali Harb, one of Egypt's most prominent liberal intellectuals, recently launched the Democratic Front Party (DFP),with the goal of offering, "an alternative to both the corruption and autocracy of the curr [...]	2006-07-27 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM EG PGOV
06CAIRO4676	SAHRAWIS: ANOTHER FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Algiers. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne met separately with WFP representative Marius de Gaay Fortman, and UNHCR Representative Peter van der Vaart, in Algiers July 27. WFP is concerned that a [...]	2006-07-31 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AL EG
06CAIRO4760	TFLE01: PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL COMMITTEE CONDEMNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 31 emergency session, the "General Committee of Egypt's People's Assembly" condemned Israel's "war crimes" and "American complicity with Israel in preventing the UNSC for carrying out its role." The Arab and Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee of the Shura Counc [...]	2006-08-02 15:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS EG
06CAIRO480	SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR MEETS DEADLINE, BUT [...] (SBU) UNHCR has completed its evaluation of the 183 Sudanese asylum seekers still in detention since they were forcibly evicted from a sit-in in a downtown park last December 30 and will present its final report to the GOE tonight. Since it reopened its offices, UNHCR has been overwhelmed wit [...]	2006-01-26 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO4855	ARAB LEAGUE TO CONTINUE CONFIDENCE BUILDING BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef said that although participants at the late July Iraq Reconciliation Preparatory Conference made progress on divisive issues, reconciliation will be a long process and circumstances, including security, are not yet conducive to scheduli [...]	2006-08-07 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ EG
06CAIRO4856	AYMAN NOUR DELAYS HEART SURGERY; GOE REFUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Imprisoned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour has returned to Torah Prison from Al Manial Hospital, and has not yet undergone needed heart surgery, as he was not satisfied with the surgical preparations. It is not clear when he will have the surgery. During an August 7 meeting at the P [...]	2006-08-07 16:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO4876	EGYPT: GOE ANNOUNCES SHORT LIST OF BUYERS FOR BANK OF [...] (U) On August 2 the GOE announced a short-list of prospective buyers for the state-owned Bank of Alexandria (BOA). Final bids are due from the six short-listed entities by the end of September. GOE contacts have provided various estimates of when the BOA sale will be completed, but post esti [...]	2006-08-08 13:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO4899	EGYPTIAN LIBERALS PREDICT MOMENTUM FOR REFORM WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several of Embassy's liberal and activist contacts have expressed distress over American policy regarding Lebanon, as well as concern about the ramifications of the current crisis on Egyptian reform efforts. In a series of meetings with a range of reform-minded contacts, poloff w [...]	2006-08-09 08:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS LE EG
06CAIRO4919	"LEBANON IS IN EGYPT'S HEART." EGYPT [...] Summary. One of the main news stories and subject of much commentary was the 70-member delegation which traveled to Lebanon yesterday "as an assertion of solidarity to the Lebanese people during this hard time." Commentaries were particularly rough in their criticisms of the US and Israel [...]	2006-08-10 09:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO493	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-29 11:49:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER KCRM PREL EG
06CAIRO5011	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS AUGUST 13, 2006 [...] Summary. The day's headlines largely focused on the UNSC resolution, its potential for implementation on Monday, and Israel's planning of large military campaigns in anticipation. In breaking news, during their afternoon press conference following a meeting with President Mubarak, Iranian Fo [...]	2006-08-14 11:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO5168	AYMAN NOUR POSTPONES HEART SURGERY INDEFINITELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, told poloff in an August 14 meeting that Nour has decided to "hold off" on cardiac surgery to replace his heart stents (ref A). According to Ismail, the Al Ghad party is organizing a September conference to mark [...]	2006-08-17 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5169	EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU UPDATE, PART II [...] (SBU) Reftel reported GOE progress in meeting benchmarks for the first three policy items of the Financial Sector MOU. Following is post's assessment of GOE progress on the remaining policy items in the MOU. In a boost to the GOE's overall real estate sector reform program (key benchmarks fo [...]	2006-08-17 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO5237	EGYPT'S INTERIM RESPONSE ON NUCLEAR FUEL CONCEPT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IAEA UN EG
06CAIRO5240	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) In an effort to be seen as "doing something," Arab League foreign ministers met in Cairo August 20 to address assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon, to discuss reviving the Arab-Israeli peace process, to debate the utility of an Arab Summit, and to offer political support to Sudan. [...]	2006-08-21 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC ARABL MOPS EG LE SY
06CAIRO5270	AL MANAR NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Ref B and previous messages report our campaign against Al Manar on NileSat over the past year. When circumstances permit, we will resume our advocacy with every influential top official. Further discussion with the GOE at this time regarding removing Al Manar broadcasts from NileSat would not [...]	2006-08-22 16:21:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF EG
06CAIRO5287	EGYPT: THIRD MOBILE LICENSE AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Summary: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) recently signed a licensing agreement with Egyptian-Emirati consortium Etisalat for operation of Egypt's third mobile phone system. Etisalat paid LE 16.7 billion ($2.9 billion) for the license, a sum that will have a sig [...]	2006-08-23 13:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT
06CAIRO5298	EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARY DYNAMICS: DEBATE SHIFTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Egyptian parliament, populated by a majority of National Democratic Party (NDP) members and an energized Islamist minority, contains more opposition parliamentarians than any previous People's Assembly in Egyptian republican history. The presence of an activist and discipli [...]	2006-08-24 08:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO5317	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Welcome back to Cairo. Your visit allows us to reaffirm our nations' strong mil-mil cooperation at a time when the broader bilateral relationship and the U.S. image on the Arab Street shows signs of strain due to the crisis in Lebanon. In meetings with governmental and non-governmental contacts [...]	2006-08-24 12:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MOPS EG IS IZ IR SU LE KNNP
06CAIRO5337	CBE GOVERNOR EL OKDAH PROPOSES "AUDIT" SOLUTION [...] (U) URGENT ACTION REQUEST: See para 5. 2. (SBU) In an animated discussion with Central Bank Governor El Okdah, the Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Ellis repeated the U.S. position, already conveyed in a letter from the Ambassador to the Minister of Finance, regarding use of the term [...]	2006-08-24 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO5362	ANTI-ISRAEL INITIATIVES FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Lebanon crisis, Egyptian oppositionists across the political spectrum are concentrating their attention on anti-Israel initiatives, rather than their usual pro-reform efforts. Most notably, the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya recently launched a "One Milli [...]	2006-08-27 13:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO5384	EGYPT: LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a minor August 27 cabinet shake-up, a new Minister of Justice (Mamdouh Marei) and Minister of Local Development (Mohamed Abdel Salam Al Mahgoub) were named, and Minister of Planning Mohamed Othman given an additional economic development portfolio. Reformers are disappointed wi [...]	2006-08-28 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5459	GOE'S MIXED SIGNALS ON INTERNATIONAL NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Internews, the U.S.-based media reform NGO, appears to have secured GOE approval to finalize its registration in Egypt, paving the way to start work with independent Egyptian media, supported by USAID. IRI, which continues to defer appointing a new country director, is taking a [...]	2006-08-31 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5461	EGYPT: CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK AGAINST PRESIDENT'S 2007 [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Senate version of the 2007 Foreign Operations Bill contains language restricting the President's budget request and discretion in using it. If left unchanged, these restrictions will make it difficult to meet the goal of negotiating an [...]	2006-08-31 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EG
06CAIRO562	FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary. Post proposes a two-fold program that targets both regulators and the Egyptian public to build on past and current public outreach programs and focus on breaking the regulatory logjam that currently impedes the introduction of biotech products in Egypt. End Summary. 2. (S [...]	2006-01-30 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
06CAIRO5748	DEFMIN TANTAWI AND GENERAL ABIZAID: STRENGTHEN [...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid, Egypt's Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi inquired about the possibility of sending U.S.-origin Egyptian armaments to support the Lebanese Army, which he characterized as very weak. General Abizaid agreed, and promi [...]	2006-09-13 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER KPAL PHUM KNNP LE EG IR
06CAIRO5779	EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...]	2006-09-14 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO5796	MFA OFFICIAL URGES HIGH-LEVEL USG CONTACT WITH GOE [...] (C) Summary: The MFA official in charge of registration of foreign NGOs has said the freeze on activities by IRI, NDI, and IFES, as well as the issue of their pending legal registration in Egypt, could best be resolved by a "high level" overture from the USG to the GOE. The official offere [...]	2006-09-14 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO5867	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: SEPTEMBER [...] (C) In meetings with GOE and NGO contacts on September 10-11, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and NEA DAS J. Scott Carpenter reaffirmed USG support for democracy in Egypt and underscored the importance of GOE respect for human rights. MFA officials asserted that the GOE is committed to real poli [...]	2006-09-19 12:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5942	EGYPT: EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROMONEY CONFERENCE SEPT. 11-12 [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Nazif kicked off Egypt's eighth Euromoney conference September 11-12, highlighting improvements in Egypt's economy and laying out his government's plans for the coming five years. His upbeat assessment was echoed by the economic ministers in the Cabinet, who each [...]	2006-09-21 11:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO6016	NO SURPRISES AT NDP PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling National Democratic Party's annual party conference, convened under the banner "New Thinking ... and the Second Leap Towards the Future," closed on September 21, following three days of animated speeches, discussion panels, plenary sessions, and discourse on policy paper [...]	2006-09-25 12:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO603	SECURITY COORDINATOR LTG DAYTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton and the Ambassador discussed the recent Hamas election victory, Palestinian security, and Egyptian-Israeli border security with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Director of Military Intelligence Mowafi Februa [...]	2006-02-01 21:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
06CAIRO604	EGYPT AND IRAN/IAEA: PRESSING FOR REFERENCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 21:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR EG IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO6105	AYMAN NOUR SEEKS USG INTERVENTION; GAMEELA ISMAIL [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to A/S Welch, imprisoned Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour requests USG intervention on his behalf with the GOE (presumably, President Hosni Mubarak),to grant Nour amnesty. In a related development, Nour's wife and lawyer deny that they signed the September 11, 2006 le [...]	2006-09-28 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6106	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...]	2006-09-28 19:25:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG
06CAIRO6171	AYMAN NOUR REQUESTS THE SECRETARY PUSH GOE FOR AN [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to the Secretary, imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour requests that during her upcoming visit to Cairo, the Secretary advocate for his release as part of the traditional prisoner amnesty granted by President Mubarak on the October 6 national holiday. He notes his h [...]	2006-10-02 15:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6196	AVIAN FLU CASES REEMERGE IN EGYPT AFTER SUMMER LULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several new cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) emerged in backyard poultry farms in August and September, following a relative lull in outbreaks in the early summer. Both the Ministers of Health and Agriculture expressed concern about recent outbreaks. The re-emergence of live [...]	2006-10-03 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CAIRO6327	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: TIMELINE SET, BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: NDP officials expect President Hosni Mubarak to present his eagerly anticipated constitutional amendments package to the opening session of Parliament in mid-November. The People's Assembly will debate the proposed amendments for two months, and then vote; if the package is approv [...]	2006-10-11 15:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO639	SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR COMPLETES ITS WORK WITH [...] (SBU) Although some Sudanese asylum seekers were released during the week, 155 remain in detention following their forcible eviction from a sit-in in a downtown park December 30. UNHCR has completed its evaluation of all of those still in detention and will present its final report to the GOE [...]	2006-02-02 14:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO645	NDP SHAKE-UP CONSOLIDATES INFLUENCE OF GAMAL [...] (C) As anticipated reftel, President Mubarak, in his capacity as head of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP),ratified on February 1 a major shake-up of the party leadership. Old guard figure Safwat Sherif retained his position as party Secretary-General, but will have to share his aut [...]	2006-02-02 17:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO6459	UNSCR 1718 WILL DEFINE EGYPT'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on October 17 to MFA Cabinet Advisor for Asian Affairs Moataz Al Zahran, stressing USG concerns over North Korea's test of a nuclear device, and the importance of strict implementation of UNSCR 1718. Poloff emphasized resolution language on prevention of ma [...]	2006-10-18 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PNUK PTER EG NK
06CAIRO6474	EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: SUPREME GUIDE AND [...] (S) This is the first in a series of cables addressing INR queries (ref A) regarding the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB). All of Embassy Cairo's reporting on the MB is based on open sources and second-hand information that poloff obtains from non-MB members. ------------------------------ SUPREME [...]	2006-10-19 10:11:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PINR KISL PHUM EG
06CAIRO651	EGYPTIANS REFLECT ON THE NIGHT BAGHDAD [...] (U) SUMMARY From a standing ovation at the Cairo International Film Festival to standing room only crowds in working class downtown theaters, the film The Night Baghdad Fell (NBF) has enjoyed critical and popular success in Egypts capitol since its premier on December 8. The film condemns US [...]	2006-02-05 08:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EG US OIIP KPAO KIRF
06CAIRO6582	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In an introductory meeting October 21, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman reviewed Egyptian thinking on Sudan and Darfur with U.S. Presidential Envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios. Despite tense relations with Khartoum, Egypt is working to resolve the conflict in Darfur and to bolster the stabi [...]	2006-10-29 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EAID EG SU
06CAIRO6593	MUBARAK'S VISIT TO RUSSIA AND CHINA: DIVERSIFYING [...] (C) With media attention focused on Mubarak's upcoming visit to Russia (Nov 1-4) and China (Nov 6-9),speculation is rife as to why he is going, and what message he is sending. While Egypt has solid reasons for expanding cooperation with both countries; the fact that Mubarak is throwing his we [...]	2006-10-30 10:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EG RU CH KNNP
06CAIRO6636	EGYPT: INFLATION ON THE RISE [...] (U) Inflation began creeping back into Egypt's economy in late spring, as food prices rose in response to an outbreak of bird flu. Prices rose further in late July, when the GOE reduced its massive energy subsidy. Higher fuel costs affected prices across the board, leading the GOE to intervene [...]	2006-11-01 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EG
06CAIRO6666	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES QIZ, RAIL EQUIPMENT SALES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 30 call on Minister of Trade and Investment Rachid, Ambassador pressed for favorable GOE consideration of US-produced rail equipment and raised the issue of Egypt's continued ban on US poultry part exports. Rashid asked for an expansion of QIZs to Upper Egypt i [...]	2006-11-02 12:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN EAID IS CH EG
06CAIRO6756	BAHA'I CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS: ATTENTION FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 20 judicial hearing will be the next episode in the long struggle of Egypt's Baha'is for citizenship rights. Any decision that results from the upcoming hearing will have ramifications for human rights and religious freedom in Egypt, but our contacts suggest that t [...]	2006-11-07 09:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF EG
06CAIRO6878	FOLLOW-UP ON VISIT TO PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...] (C) Pursuant to reftel, poloff approached the Torah Prison warden on November 5 regarding reinstating prisoner Nabil Soliman's family visitation rights (Note: Due to the low-quality of meals in Egyptian jails, many prisoners get most of their food from their families during regular visits; Sol [...]	2006-11-16 08:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CASC KISL EG
06CAIRO6881	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST PEACE, IRAQ WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Welch met with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on November 15 to discuss the Middle East peace process and Iraq. On the Israeli-Palestinian situation, Moussa encouraged reinvigorated U.S. leadership and promoted the international conference; A/S Welch responded t [...]	2006-11-16 09:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PRL PGOV PTER MORS UNSC EG IL LE IQ
06CAIRO6888	CBE GOVERNOR ON BANK OF ALEXANDRIA, FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, USAID Mission Director Ken Ellis and econoff met recently with Central Bank Governor El Okdah, Deputy Governor Tarek Amer, Sub Governor Tarek Kandil and Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga. El Okdah touted the privatization of Bank of Alexandria (BOA),[...]	2006-11-16 15:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO6889	EGYPT: MEPI SMALL GRANT REPORTING [...] Summary: In response to reftel, post is pleased to report on the following 2005 MEPI-funded Small Grants, all of which were awarded to NGOs based in Alexandria: -- "Decentralization of Educational Tools towards Youth Participation in Decision Making Process," implemented by Sustainable Dev [...]	2006-11-16 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6902	INCREASED ASSERTIVENESS OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has been noticeably more assertive across the Egyptian political scene, demonstrating an increased tactical muscularity and confidence that markedly differs from the past. In a variety of proving grounds - parliament, labor elections, [...]	2006-11-19 11:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL EG
06CAIRO692	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, JANUARY 17-23. [...] Summary: Coverage of the Palestinian elections hit a crescendo at the end of the week, with many commentators reacting negatively to President Bushs Jan. 27 statement. While only three percent of commentaries were critical of U.S. policy before the election results were announced, forty perce [...]	2006-02-06 07:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG XF ZP ZR IS
06CAIRO6939	DARFUR: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PLEASED WITH AU-UN [...] (C) The Government of Egypt (GOE) and the Arab League Secretariat (AL) are pleased with the outcome of November 16 SIPDIS high-level consultations on Darfur held in Addis Ababa and hosted by the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN). GOE leaders and the Arab League are pressing th [...]	2006-11-21 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS UNSC EG SU
06CAIRO6963	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DEPUTY LEADER: "I AM VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR LONG NOVEMBER 21 APPEARANCE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) DEPUTY SUPREME GUIDE MOHAMED HABIB DELIVERED A BRIEF LECTURE ON "THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP," AND THEN TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD COVERING A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM HIS VIEWS OF T [...]	2006-11-22 17:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO7000	MUBARAK ON DARFUR, IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE [...] (S) President Mubarak informed visiting Congresswoman Diane Watson on November 27 that he would travel to Khartoum within ten days to follow up on the recent Tripoli Darfur meetings and that he invited the presidents of Eritrea, Chad and the CAR to visit Cairo within the next month. Mubarak w [...]	2006-11-28 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS EG IR IZ SU
06CAIRO7008	EGYPT: CONGRESSWOMAN WATSON DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 27, VISITING CONGRESSWOMAN DIANE WATSON AND THE AMBASSADOR MET JOINTLY WITH PRIME MINISTER AHMED NAZIF, MINISTER OF INVESTMENT MAHMOUD MOHEILDIN, AND MINSTER OF TRADE AND FINANCE RACHID RACHID, WHO ALL STRESSED THAT RESOLVING THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT IS OF THE UTMOST IM [...]	2006-11-29 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BEXP EG IR IZ IS
06CAIRO7034	TROUBLE BREWING BETWEEN JUDGES CLUB AND JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions have been on the rise between Egypt's influential Judges Club and the new Minister of Justice for the past several months, with friction centering around the Minister's reported decision to halt payment of government subsidies to the reform-minded Club. Following strong [...]	2006-12-03 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS EG
06CAIRO7059	FINAL BANK OF ALEXANDRIA SALE PENDING CBE APPROVAL [...] (U) Econoff met with Mahmoud Abdel Latif, Chairman of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) to discuss the final steps in BOA's sale to Italy's Intesa-SanPaolo Group. Abdel Latif has already begun referring to BOA as "Alexandria-SanPaolo," which will likely become the bank's new name. If the name is not [...]	2006-12-05 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EG
06CAIRO7109	EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES UPDATE [...] (SBU) International Human Rights Day passed with little notice in Egypt, but human rights continue to generate public debate and controversy. Government progress on some human rights issues has been notable, but civil society critics of the GOE--bolstered by an increasingly assertive media-- [...]	2006-12-11 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF EG

06CAIRO7133	OCTOBER - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REPORT [...] IN THIS EDITION: MACROECONOMIC: 2. INFLATION: Highest rate in two years 3. MONETARY POLICY: Interest rate increase 4. FDI: $7.5-8b by year-end? 5. FDI: One-stop Shops 6. CAPITAL MARKETS: Enhanced regulatory regime 7. UNEMPLOYMENT: Survey shows unemployment down 8. MO [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO715	CAIRO CONSULAR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE [...] Summary. The Consular Section is aiming to make a more positive impression on the 40,000 Egyptians who come to its windows every year by considering them a target audience for public diplomacy efforts. This is in line with post's Peace objective and with the Department's objective to promote [...]	2006-02-07 05:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC EG
06CAIRO7159	EGYPT PRESSING FORWARD ON NILE BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Egypt is a strong supporter of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) as a tool for cooperative management of water resources and is leading efforts to finalize a framework agreement. In January, the GOE will host an NBI council meeting aiming to ratify the framew [...]	2006-12-17 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL KPAO EG ET ER SU BY RW UG TZ KE
06CAIRO7164	EGYPTIAN COURT RULES AGAINST BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) EGYPT'S SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT RULED ON DECEMBER 16 AGAINST THE BAHA'IS RIGHT TO BE IDENTIFIED ON GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS (NOTE: EGYPTIAN NATIONAL ID CARDS CURRENTLY ONLY ALLOW FOR CITIZENS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE THREE "HEAVENLY" FAITHS - MUSLIM, JEW, OR CHRISTIAN. [...]	2006-12-17 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO7171	MORE ARRESTS: GOVERNMENT-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian security services arrested between 140-200 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members (many of them college students) between December 14-16. The dragnet included one of the most senior leaders in the MB's hierarchy. Detainees are reportedly being charged with "terrorism" and [...]	2006-12-18 16:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL PHUM EG
06CAIRO718	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 5. [...] Summary: The past week saw a resurgence of reactions to the Danish caricature of the prophet Mohammed, with commentators in the press and on television identifying it as an issue of greater intolerance of Islam. Media outlets continued their focus on the Palestinian election results, especi [...]	2006-02-07 06:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG XF ZP ZR IS DA XZ
06CAIRO7190	GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...]	2006-12-20 07:23:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG
06CAIRO7208	EGYPTIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WARMING IN PUBLIC ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Visits by Iranian FM Motakki to Cairo and other high-level meetings between Egyptian and Iranian officials in 2006 have created public perceptions of a thaw in the historically chilly relationship, but GOE contacts stress privately that they remain deeply suspicious about Tehran' [...]	2006-12-21 07:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KNNP IR EG
06CAIRO7219	EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS CONTINUE TO RISE, LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TWO YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE QUALIFIED INDUSTRIAL ZONE (QIZ) AGREEMENT BY EGYPT, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE SHARPLY. FACTORY OWNERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND ENOUGH WORKERS TO STAFF THEIR NEW PRODUCTION LINES, EVEN AS THEY MOVE [...]	2006-12-21 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELAB EG
06CAIRO7232	EGYPT COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737; [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Office Director Hossam Aly, seeking Egyptian reactions to the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 and its likely impact on Iran's nuclear activities. Aly believed the final resolution language was caref [...]	2006-12-26 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC EG IR
06CAIRO7250	SUEZ CANAL ENJOYS RECORD YEAR, PLANS AHEAD [...] (SBU) Egypt's Suez Canal revenues will reach record levels for 2006, and sustained high energy prices and ever-increasing Chinese container traffic to the U.S. and Europe bode well for the strategic waterway's near future. Completion of an ongoing dredging program in 2007 will facilitate great [...]	2006-12-28 11:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD EPET EG
06CAIRO776	GOE ANNOUNCES ICT INITIATIVES, TIMELINE FOR MOBILE [...] (U) At the tenth annual Cairo Information and Communications Technology (ICT) trade fair on February 5, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel made several announcements of note: - The GOE would issue the long-awaited Request For Proposals (RFP) to license [...]	2006-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT
06CAIRO783	SUDAN REFUGEES: ALL UNHCR `PERSONS OF CONCERN' [...] (SBU) Emboffs met separately February 9 with MFA and UNHCR to discuss the status of Sudanese asylum seekers in Cairo. All UNHCR `persons of concern' have been released, leaving the fate of the remaining 156 detainees in question. MFA contacts rule out deportations in the short term, and belie [...]	2006-02-09 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO835	BANKING SECTOR UPDATE: U.S. INVESTMENT FIRM [...] (U) Ripplewood Holdings, a New York based investment company, recently led a group of investment firms in the purchase of all of the public shares in Commercial International Bank (CIB),the largest joint venture (JV) bank in Egypt. The Ripplewood-led consortium purchased 18.7% of CIB, which [...]	2006-02-12 14:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID EG
06CAIRO862	EGYPT: GOE SET TO POSTPONE LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: At the direction of President Mubarak, parliament is expected to pass shortly legislation that will postpone by two years local council elections which had been due in April. Senior GOE contacts put the move in the context of broader reforms that will overhaul and modernize Egyp [...]	2006-02-13 13:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO941	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLERâ€™S VISIT TO EGYPTREF: CAIRO 493 [...] (C) During his February 8-9 visit to Egypt FBI Director Robert Mueller held a series of cordial and productive meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Soliman, Interior Minister Adly, and State Security Director Abdel Rahman. The strength of the bilateral security relationship, and mean [...]	2006-02-15 07:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL EG
06CALCUTTA103	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a year after suffering the tsunami disaster of December 2004, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands still have not fully recovered. The GOI's substantial mobilization of assistance, while initially laudable, has now resulted in a culture of dependency in which the population ap [...]	2006-03-02 12:32:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SENV PGOV SOCI TPHY XD IN
06CALCUTTA134	PARTIES JOCKEY FOR POSITION JUST DAYS BEFORE ASSAM STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 3 India's Northeastern state of Assam will begin its two-phased state assembly election. The second phase will be the following week on April 10. Even in the last hours of campaigning, the situation is still very fluid. No party has a clear majority and yet no formal [...]	2006-03-31 12:51:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC SOCI IN
06CALCUTTA137	BIHAR GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO ERADICATE POLIO AND FACES [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23 CG had introductory meetings with recently elected Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior officials to discuss the new state government's economic development, public health and security initiatives. Kumar and other contacts expressed a strong interest in [...]	2006-04-03 10:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SOCI ASEC KHIV IN
06CALCUTTA211	U.S. CORPORATIONS BEGIN EAST INDIA'S RURAL CONNECTIVITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To bridge the digital divide between the India's high-tech urban centers and its vast rural hinterland, Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) is working with the GOI and state governments to establish Internet Technology (IT) connectivity in 100,000 villages around the country. Pil [...]	2006-05-18 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV SOCI PHUM IN
06CALCUTTA221	CONGRESS LOSES ITS MAJORITY IN ASSAM STATE ASSEMBLY AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 11 state assembly election results returned a diminished Congress Party to power in Assam that must now rule in a coalition with the tribal Bodo People's Progressive Front - Hagrama (BPPF-H). The recently established Muslim party Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) spl [...]	2006-05-22 06:08:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PTER IN
06CALCUTTA386	CHARGE PYATT MEETS W. BENGAL COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 29, Charge met with Government of West Bengal (GOWB) Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirupama Sen to discuss Communist Party of India - Marxist's (CPM) views on economic development in the state and CPM policy perspectives at the state and national level. Sen was [...]	2006-08-31 09:56:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD IN PREL EAGR EIND ECON
06CALCUTTA401	JHARKAND'S GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO CRUMBLE, WITH LITTLE HOPE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fate of the Jharkhand state government, led by Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Arjun Munda, has become uncertain with the resignation of four ministers. However, the shape of an alternative formation is still unclear, with major national parties like the Indian National Con [...]	2006-09-07 13:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN PINR
06CALCUTTA411	COMMUNIST WEST BENGAL OPENS FOR BUSINESS BUT A LAND BATTLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has received a vote of confidence from industry in recent months with the announcements of various large investments totaling several billion dollars. Foreign and domestic corporations have publicized plans to construct new fac [...]	2006-09-13 07:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD IN ECON
06CALCUTTA412	COMMUNIST WEST BENGAL OPENS FOR BUSINESS BUT A LAND BATTLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has received a vote of confidence from industry in recent months with the announcements of various large investments totaling several billion dollars. Foreign and domestic corporations have publicized plans to construct new fac [...]	2006-09-13 07:14:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD IN ECON
06CALCUTTA425	JHARKHAND SWEARS IN A NEW CHIEF MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. On September 18, an Independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Madhukar (Madhu) Koda was sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Koda is Jharkhand's fifth Chief Minister since the state's creation in 2001. Three defectors from the previous government - Anos Ekka, [...]	2006-09-19 13:31:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN EINV
06CALCUTTA430	NEPAL MAOIST LEADER RELEASED THEN DETAINED [...] (U) Summary: On September 18 in Chennai, W. Bengal police attempted to arrest Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPNM) Politburo member Chandra Prakash Gajurel upon his release from a Chennai prison after serving a three year term for passport forgery. The W. Bengal police action was in conn [...]	2006-09-21 12:53:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR PGOV IN NP PTER
06CALCUTTA447	INDIA'S CEASE-FIRE WITH ULFA ENDS [...] (U) Summary: Citing continuing violence and extortion, the Government of India (GOI) on September 24 ended the six-week ceasefire it had with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). The GOI decision comes in the wake of ULFA's reluctance to commit in writing to taking part in direct peace [...]	2006-09-28 12:33:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER IN BT PGOV
06CALCUTTA464	INDIA'S LOOK EAST ECONOMIC POLICY - JUST LOOKING, NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India continues to adopt a contradictory attitude in its trade relations with its Eastern neighbors, claiming to seek more bilateral trade agreements but placing severe limits and barriers to those agreements to make them essentially meaningless. The opening on July 1 of Indo-C [...]	2006-10-17 11:52:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV WTRO EIND IN NP BG
06CALCUTTA525	LAUNCH OF AN IT WORKERS UNION BRINGS OUT THE SPLIT IN THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, IT workers formed West Bengal's (WB) first IT workers union. Its creation has exposed fault lines within the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and the Left over the role of labor and industrialization. The reforms-oriented Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattachar [...]	2006-11-16 09:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ELAB ETRD IN
06CALCUTTA535	RESOURCE WEALTHY JHARKHAND FACES INSTABILITY AND RISING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 11:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IN PTER
06CALCUTTA578	WEST BENGAL: MAMATA STARTS EATING AGAIN, BUT POT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: At midnight on December 28, Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee ended her 25-day fast to protest construction of a Tata car factory in the rural West Bengal district of Singur. Banerjee's health had been declining and two days earlier she had been put on oxygen. This e [...]	2006-12-29 13:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM IN
06CALCUTTA66	MINERAL RICH JHARKHAND SUFFERS INSURGENCY AND POVERTY [...] (SBU) February 5-8, CG visited the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to assess the economic development, security, religious freedom and the political situation. A new state, established only in 2000, Jharkhand is still experiencing serious growing pains. The National Democratic Alliance (ND [...]	2006-02-14 12:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC EIND EMIN SOCI PHUM IN
06CALCUTTA71	ASSAM STARTS STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONEERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11 Congress Party Chairwoman Sonia Gandhi traveled to the Northeast Indian state of Assam to inaugurate her party's campaign for the May 2006 state assembly elections. Her presence reflected Congress' concern about retaining its hold on Assam, following recent setba [...]	2006-02-16 13:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI BG IN
06CANBERRA1009	DPRK: AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO JULY 5 NORTH KOREAN [...] (C/NF) Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer issued separate statements to local media on July 5 publicly condemning the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile launch and calling on the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks. The Foreign Minister's media statemen [...]	2006-07-05 21:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM MNUC MOPS KNNP MARR AS KN
06CANBERRA1161	PM HOWARD DECLARES HE WILL SEEK 5TH TERM; [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister John Howard announced July 31 that he would contest the next election as Prime Minister, thus ending months of speculation about his intentions. Treasurer Peter Costello, who had established himself as a somewhat impatient heir apparent, called a press conference [...]	2006-07-31 08:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV AS
06CANBERRA1224	AUSTRALIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (U) Acting POLCOUNS delivered ref demarche on UNSC Resolution 1701 to Richard Maude, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs and Director, Lebanon Crisis Management Center, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 12. 2. (U) Maude responded by referring to Foreign Minister Alexande [...]	2006-08-12 10:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE AS
06CANBERRA1244	PM HOWARD STEPS OUT TOWARD THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) With his declaration July 31 that he would seek a fifth term in office effectively ending months of speculation about his intentions (ref A),Prime Minister John Howard can now focus on the national elections that must be held in 2007. A renowned morning power-walker, Howard has good [...]	2006-08-17 04:29:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON AS
06CANBERRA1366	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) Opposition Leader Kim Beazley told the Ambassador during his September 6 introductory call that the alliance continued to enjoy broad bipartisan support in Australia. The Labor Party, for its part, could be counted on to continue to support the alliance,s core elements of ship visits, [...]	2006-09-08 06:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR PARM AS
06CANBERRA1410	ORGANIZED LABOR THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 13 luncheon speech at the National Press Club, Greg Combet, the Secretary of the Australian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACTU),fiercely attacked the Howard Government and its labor reforms saying that the new industrial relations laws were unfair and calling [...]	2006-09-14 06:53:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB AS
06CANBERRA1444	LIBERAL PARTY DIRECTOR CONFIDENT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Liberal Party Federal Director Brian Loughnane (Protect) told Poloffs September 18 that Prime Minister John Howard was in a good position to win reelection as long as the economy continued to do well. The Labor Party's (ALP) slight lead in most of the national polls conducted [...]	2006-09-19 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL AS
06CANBERRA1574	INTEREST RATES MORE IMPORTANT POLITICALLY THAN [...] (C/NF) Interest rates will be a key political issue for the 2007 federal elections, according to a number of observers Embassy poloffs met with during a visit to Sydney. The consensus was that changes to the industrial relations laws will be at most a contributing factor. So far, the impact o [...]	2006-10-05 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ECON AS
06CANBERRA1804	PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]	2006-11-09 22:20:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CANBERRA2044	AUSTRALIA PLANS TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS [...] (U) In a media statement released December 24, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer affirmed that Australia would proceed to implement sanctions on Iran's nuclear and missile programs, in accordance with the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1737. He noted specifically the requ [...]	2006-12-28 06:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP IR AS
06CANBERRA849	EAST TIMOR: UPDATE ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AND [...] (C/NF) The GOA confirmed that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could include U.S. Embassy in Dili in its patrolling arrangements and could mount a rapid reaction capability to respond to a security threat at the U.S. Embassy, if needed. The GOA planned to double the number of police currently [...]	2006-06-08 07:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR AORC PREL KDEM AS PO TT
06CARACAS1026	ACCION DEMOCRATICA: A HOPELESS CASE [...] (C) Accion Democratica (AD),Venezuela's largest opposition party, is going nowhere fast. Its leader, secretary general Henry Ramos Allup, is unimaginative, SIPDIS overconfident, and even repellent. Rather than seeking unity among the opposition, Ramos Allup insults other party official [...]	2006-04-17 12:34:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1059	YOUNG POLITICO CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Alexandra Belandia Ruizpineda is a 35-year-old leader of the small Caracas-based Grupo Cambio ("Group for Change") that gained notoriety in September 2005 for surreptitious placement of paper skeletons to protest Venezuela's deteriorating security environment. While the skeletons incident [...]	2006-04-20 13:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1093	"URGENT" VENEZUELAN NATIONAL POLICE LAW DELAYED [...] (C) The National Police Corps Law, whose passage various deputies and Venezuelan government spokesmen have described as urgent, has been delayed again pending a review by the recently composed national committee for police reform. The law aims to centralize and militarize Venezuela's some 20 [...]	2006-04-25 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM VE
06CARACAS113	VENEZUELA'S OPPOSITION LOOKS FOR A FUTURE [...] (C) After basking in its self-perceived moral victory following the low turnout in the December 4 legislative elections and international observers' calls for a new National Electoral Council, the opposition is trying to figure out how to stay relevant and position themselves for the presid [...]	2006-01-18 17:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1169	IS CHAVEZ LOSING IT? [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' rhetoric has always been radical. Yet, up until the last six to 12 months, he reserved his most extreme statements for domestic audiences. Lately, he has flown off the handle in front of international microphones. He has criticized regional counterpar [...]	2006-05-03 16:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR VE
06CARACAS1207	NGO HIGHLIGHTS BRV'S USE OF ELECTORAL BLACKLISTS [...] (C) Opposition NGO Ciudadania Activa (Active Citizenry) produced the documentary "La Lista Tascon" ("The Tascon List"),a film that dramatically portrays the Venezuelan government's systematic persecution of persons who signed petitions against President Hugo Chavez in 2002-2004. The organiza [...]	2006-05-05 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1209	CHAVEZ' "BOLIVARIAN" BUSINESS MODELS: THE TRIUMPH [...] (SBU) As part of his "XXI-Century Socialism" project, President Chavez has chosen to reward business models that conform to his political vision via financial incentives and preferential treatment. The BRV has supported the creation of thousands of cooperatives, which have largely failed to [...]	2006-05-05 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VE
06CARACAS1213	MURDER OF PRIEST PITS BRV AGAINST CHURCH [...] (C) The recent murder of Catholic Priest and senior official of the Venezuelan BishopsÂ´ Conference (CEV) has touched off another round of recriminations between the church and state. Father Jorge Pinango was found murdered in a seedy Caracas hotel room on April 24, two days after disappearing. A [...]	2006-05-05 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KCRM VE
06CARACAS123	CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CHAVEZ ON A BUMPY RIDE [...] (C) The Catholic hierarchy in Venezuela is trying to re-establish a working dialogue with President Hugo Chavez, but the efforts are riddled with problems. Emotions were gushing during the World Peace Day mass on January 8, attended by the Vice President and other senior GOV officials. The E [...]	2006-01-19 15:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS1238	PDVSA: DIVERSIFICATION, CORRUPTION, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The politicization of PDVSA appears to have an increasingly negative impact on how it carries out its operations and conducts long term planning. As a result of Bolivarian ideology, PDVSA appears to be making a concerted effort to shed itself of long-term supply contracts as well [...]	2006-05-09 12:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1276	BRAZIL STILL INTERESTED IN TUCANO SALES, PROPOSES [...] Actions requested - see para 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) Brazilian Ambassador Joao Carlos da Sousa Gomes, acting on instructions, proposed that we trade licensing for U.S. components in the Tucano aircraft for Brazilian support for Sumate with the BRV. That sounds like a bad trade to [...]	2006-05-11 19:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL PTER BL BR IR VE UN CU
06CARACAS1397	VENEZUELAN CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION: VIEWS ON [...] (C) On May 10, Econoffs met with Genaro Mendez, President of the Venezuela's Cattleman's Association (Fedenaga). Mendez has been outspoken against the BRV on rural expropriations, criticizing the National Land Institute's (INTI) support of land invasions. Fedenaga has chosen to fight the BRV [...]	2006-05-17 16:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1445	TEMPERATURE RISES FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly on May 16 approved amendments to the Organic Hydrocarbons Law (OHL) that raise income taxes on the strategic associations from 34 to 50 percent and introduced a 33.3 percent extraction tax. It appears that the six international oil companies (IOCs) that are [...]	2006-05-19 16:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1468	DIVISIONS AND DISSENT IN CHAVISMO [...] (C) The diversity of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' "Bolivarian Revolution" often makes it appear divided. For example, differences have emerged between the movement's civilians and soldiers, its democrats and dictators, and its ideologues and crooks. Nonetheless, these disputes have bee [...]	2006-05-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
06CARACAS1543	READY OR NOT HERE COMES THE OPPOSITION PRIMARY [...] (C) After months of planning, Sumate announced its intention to hold a primary to choose a single opposition candidate on July 16. As of May 22, 14 candidates have registered, including Julio Borges, one of the three best known possible candidates. The other two, Teodoro Petkoff and undecla [...]	2006-05-24 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS16	EVO MORALES VISITS VENEZUELA [...] (U) Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales arrived in Caracas January 3 for a brief visit that included paying homage to Simon Bolivar at the National Monument, a two-hour bilateral meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and a lengthy joint press conference in "Cadena Nacional." In addi [...]	2006-01-04 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1612	FORMER OPPOSITION GOVERNOR HELD ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Eduardo Lapi, the former opposition governor of Yaracuy State, was detained by state security police (DISIP) in the state capital of San Felipe on May 30 in relation to charges of corruption during his administration. Lapi had been accused in January of violating bidding procedures in awa [...]	2006-06-01 17:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS1639	VISAS DONKEY -- TASCON GUTIERREZ, LUIS [...] (C) Post requests SAO on the prudential revocation of the B1/B2 visa of Venezuelan citizen Luis Tascon (DPOB: 27AUG1968, Venezuela) on Foreign Policy grounds under INA 212(A)(3)(C). Post believes that his entry in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy conse [...]	2006-06-05 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM PTER VE
06CARACAS1661	SUPREME COURT JUSTICE LOUDLY OBJECTS TO HIS REMOVAL [...] (C) On May 24, the Venezuelan Government's Moral Republican Council suspended Supreme Court Justice Luis Velasquez Alvaray for alleged mismanagement of public funds earmarked to purchase property for the construction of a judicial complex. His case is now with the National Assembly (AN),whi [...]	2006-06-06 22:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE
06CARACAS1662	STATE MACHINERY DRIVING CHAVEZ' CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez abuses state power and the public purse to benefit his reelection campaign. He has ordered public officials to get out the pro-Chavez vote, and his administration has forced them to participate in Chavista rallies. Through his control over off-budget ex [...]	2006-06-06 22:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1739	CENTRAL BANK DIRECTOR'S VIEWS ON ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Central Bank (BCV) Director Armando Leon told EconOffs May 31 that, despite first quarter BCV cumulative operational losses of USD 136 million, the BCV would end May and June 2006 without losses, and was working with the Finance Ministry to mitigate anticipated BCV financial losses in July [...]	2006-06-13 18:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1768	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (C) This cable is the second in a continuing series of updates detailing the accelerating repression of freedom of expression by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). As indicated in reftels, the BRV employs a variety of mechanisms - legal, economic, regulatory, judicial, and rhetorica [...]	2006-06-15 16:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1777	VISIT TO VENEZUELAN CATTLE FARM AND ECOLOGICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7-8, EconOffs visited Hato Pinero and Hato Paraima, large cattle ranches in Cojedes state. Hato Pinero, also an ecological preserve, has been under threat of expropriation but has not been occupied by squatters. Hato Paraima has squatters on over 60 percent of the proper [...]	2006-06-16 16:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SENV VE
06CARACAS1779	NGO LAW ONE STEP CLOSER TO PASSAGE [...] (C) The National Assembly took the legislatively significant step of approving "in first discussion" the International Cooperation Law, which seeks to control foreign financing of Venezuelan NGOs and bring the entire sector under Bolivarian control. Speeches from the pro-Chavez deputies said [...]	2006-06-16 16:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1787	BOLIVARIANS READYING NEW ATTACK ON EDUCATION [...] (C) The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is preparing new legislation that aims to increase State control over Venezuela's public and private schools. The law's most contentious issues are the requirement to include representatives of neighborhood "social organizations" on all school bo [...]	2006-06-19 15:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1789	CHAVEZ AND THE RHETORIC OF HATE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez has successfully filled the Venezuelan political lexicon with hate-inspiring concepts to create and enlarge fissures within Venezuelan society and cement his domestic support. Unfortunately, it is already changing the way average Venezuelans think and act. Since tak [...]	2006-06-19 17:24:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1791	VENEZUELA,S PROPOSED MEGA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuela's proposed mega natural gas pipeline for South America (GASUR) -- which could span 12,000 to 15,000 kilometers and cost $20 to $40 billion to construct -- is Chavez's most recent and audacious effort to use the country's hydrocarbon endowment to expand his influence in t [...]	2006-06-19 19:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV EINV VE
06CARACAS1837	MANUEL ROSALES: RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, SLOWLY [...] (C) The campaign committee for Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales believes that, if he runs, the as-yet-undeclared candidate has a good shot at unifying the fractured opposition for the December presidential elections. Rosales is currently working with fellow opposition candidates Teodoro Petkoff [...]	2006-06-19 23:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1849	PDVSA'S TERMINAL WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a PDVSA sub-contractor, PDVSA terminals suffer from poor recordkeeping, staffing problems, and inadequate equipment. As a result, PDVSA has incurred millions of dollars in demurrage (payments for the delay in loading a vessel). PDVSA's books do not reflect many of [...]	2006-06-20 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1892	LONG KNIVES COME OUT FOR IMPEACHED TSJ JUSTICE [...] (C) On June 8, the National Assembly unanimously voted to remove Supreme Court Justice Luis Velazquez Alvaray. Velazquez Alvaray did not attend the legislative hearing, as was his right, citing fears of persecution and arrest. Post confirmed through DHS that he fled to Miami June 7 via Aruba, [...]	2006-06-23 15:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1897	MERCAL: THE BRV'S MOST POPULAR MISSION [...] (U) Since its inception in 2003, the government-owned and subsidized food chain, Mercal, has grown exponentially. It now holds nearly half of the market share for domestic food. At a 92 percent public approval rate, it ranks as the most popular BRV mission, even penetrating into the upper-midd [...]	2006-06-23 17:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR PGOV VE
06CARACAS1898	MEETING WITH OUSTED FX COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Econoffs met with ousted Foreign Exchange Commission (CADIVI) President Mary Espinoza de Robles (protect) June 19. Espinoza said she "resigned" her position June 7 because the CADIVI Board continued to impose random requirements (not supported by law or regulation) on foreign currency req [...]	2006-06-23 17:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1915	VIOLENCE RETURNS TO MERIDA UNIVERSITY [...] (U) After weeks of relative calm following violent protests by rival student factions at the University of the Andes (ULA),there was another violent confrontation on June 21, including a shooting. One opposition student leader was shot, three others were briefly detained, and yet another r [...]	2006-06-26 15:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SCUL SOCI VE
06CARACAS1997	PRIMARY MELTDOWN? [...] (C) Despite Sumate's June 27 announcement canceling the primary to choose a single opposition candidate, there is still time to organize the vote, according to Sumate President Alejandro Plaz. Plaz told the DCM that Sumate's announcement was meant to force the leading opposition candidates J [...]	2006-06-30 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2032	VENEZUELAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE BOLIVARIAN [...] (C) Catholic education may be dramatically scaled back if the new education law is passed. The new law will cut out traditional religious training in public schools and private religious schools, the latter as part of the broader Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) campaign against non-g [...]	2006-07-07 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL VE
06CARACAS2034	HE'S GOT ALL THE MARBLES: WHY ABSTENTIONISM SELLS [...] (C) While the December presidential election is still months away, massive abstention still remains a possibility. Convincing defeatist, suspicious, and fatigued voters to turn out will depend on conditions granted by the National Electoral Council (CNE); the selection of a unified opposition [...]	2006-07-07 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS2043	CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON US-PRC SUB-DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 6 with PRC Ambassador Jiu Yijie to discuss A/S Shannon's meetings in Beijing last April (ref a). Ambassador walked Jiu through the PRC-Venezuela relationship, which is focused on energy, raw materials, and commercial issues. Ambassador suggested our two coun [...]	2006-07-10 15:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL ETRD PGOV CH JA KS VE
06CARACAS2044	NOTES FROM THE BARRIO: INSIDE CARACAS' POOR [...] (SBU) On July 1, EconOff visited the Caracas barrio (improverished neighborhood) of San Juan, alongside AmiSucre, an NGO that provides specialist medical care to marginalized communities. The popularity of these medical services highlighted the need for this type of care -- and the inadequa [...]	2006-07-10 15:46:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS2046	CAN HUMOR BEAT CHAVEZ? [...] (C) While the "serious" opposition candidates quibble over who will face President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan super-comedian Benjamin Rausseo is mulling over a tongue-in-cheek presidential bid. Despite his plans to make a "three month fiesta" out of the campaign, Rausseo, known to Venezuelans as [...]	2006-07-10 15:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR VE
06CARACAS2047	THE BRV'S PROPOSED MINING SECTOR REFORM: CHAVEZ [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 20, 2006, the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mines (MIBAM) proposed legislation in the National Assembly to reform Venezuela's mining laws and thereby empower the BRV to increase its control over the mining sector. Modeled on its reform of the petroleum sector, the bill [...]	2006-07-10 15:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV EIND VE
06CARACAS2063	CARACAS' VIEW OF SMARTMATIC AND ITS VOTING MACHINES [...] (C) The Venezuelan-owned Smartmatic Corporation is a riddle both in ownership and operation, complicated by the fact that its machines have overseen several landslide (and contested) victories by President Hugo Chavez and his supporters. The electronic voting company went from a small technol [...]	2006-07-10 18:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS2095	VENEZUELA: CNE HAS YET TO MAKE HARD CONCESSIONS [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) is nearly two-thirds through its self-imposed schedule for deciding on the opposition demands it has received so far. Most of the CNE's decisions have ratified conditions agreed to in previous elections, such as eliminating the electronic voter lists, [...]	2006-07-13 18:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2104	VENEZUELAN HARASSMENT OF NGOS - UPDATE [...] (C) The impending passage of the International Cooperation Law represents a major step towards Chavista control of Venezuelan NGOs. Even without the law's proposed regulations and limitations on the activities of NGOs, the Chavistas are instilling a high level of apprehension among organizatio [...]	2006-07-14 16:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS2183	TEODORO PETKOFF'S PRESIDENTIAL BID MAY BE RUNNING [...] (C) PolCouns met with opposition presidential candidate Teodoro Petkoff's campaign manager Francisco Layrisse July 12 to discuss the campaign's progress and the recent rift between Petkoff, Sumate, and other leading contenders, Julio Borges and Governor Manuel Rosales, over the primary to cho [...]	2006-07-21 19:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2215	CAPRILES TRIAL RETURNS TO SQUARE ONE [...] (C) Summary. On July 21, poloff attended the latest episode of the ongoing Henrique Capriles Radonski trial at Caracas's Palacio de Justicia (reftels). The Mayor of Baruta faces charges for allegedly inciting violence at a disturbance at the Cuban Embassy during the 2002 attempted coup. How [...]	2006-07-26 14:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS2238	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU TROIKA -- ELECTION [...] (C) During a lunch for EU Troika representatives at the Ambassador's residence July 26, Finnish Ambassador Mikko Pyhala said the EU received a formal invitation to observe the December 3 presidential elections. (Note: Venezuelan-based representatives of the OAS and Carter Center report they [...]	2006-07-28 15:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EU OAS VE
06CARACAS2244	"TAN BARATO, DAME DOS" (SO CHEAP, GIVE ME TWO): [...] (U) SUMMARY: Record high petroleum prices have handed Venezuela strong economic growth and a sharp increase in national income. BRV fiscal and economic policies are incentivizing Venezuelans to direct this newfound wealth toward credit-financed consumption, in general, and consumption of impo [...]	2006-07-28 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VE
06CARACAS2275	CHAVEZ' GUIDE TO DISMANTLING THE JUDICIARY [...] (C) When President Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999, there was general dissatisfaction with the judicial system, which the Venezuelan public viewed as extremely corrupt. He used his mandate and his majority in the National Constituent Assembly to create laws that purported to make the judici [...]	2006-08-01 19:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE
06CARACAS2331	IPR IMPLICATIONS OF LEAVING THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Venezuela's hasty withdrawal from the Andean Community (CAN) has left a legal void regarding intellectual property rights protection. Though some BRV agencies, such as the Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI),continue to apply CAN norms, legal experts are questioning whethe [...]	2006-08-07 16:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD VE
06CARACAS2367	CASTRO'S ILLNESS; IMPACT ON THE BRV, ON BRV-GOC [...] (S/NF) BRV reaction to the announcement of Castro's illness and recovery directly mirrored that of the Cuban regime. There is no reason to believe that the fundamentals of the Cuba-Venezuela relationship -- with Venezuela providing huge resource flows, and the Cubans providing tens of thousand [...]	2006-08-10 02:26:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM VE CU
06CARACAS2392	MANUEL ROSALES: CREDIBLE CANDIDATE, UNLIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Summary. Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales was named the opposition unity candidate for the December 3 election on August 9. Rosales is an experienced and tested politician who has secured the broad support of a significant portion of Venezuela's fractious opposition, is a serious presidentia [...]	2006-08-11 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2405	SUMATE ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Action Request - Paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Sumate continues to be under pressure, including threat of prosecution because of the USD 300,000 DRL grant. On August 4, Sumate board member Roberto Abdul asked poloff for a letter from the Department noting the return of the DRL funds. [...]	2006-08-14 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2466	WHERE IS CARLOS ORTEGA?: BRV CAPITALIZING ON LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Carlos Ortega, the leader of the anti-Chavez Venezuela Workers Confederation (CTV),along with three jailed military officers, reportedly escaped August 13 from a maximum security military prison. Going on the offensive, the BRV is accusing the opposition of engaging in a "U.S.- [...]	2006-08-18 18:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB KDEM PHUM VE
06CARACAS2472	PRIMERO JUSTICIA POWER PLAYS COULD RISK OPPOSITION [...] (C) The latest public skirmish between Primero Justicia (PJ) President Julio Borges and now ousted Secretary General Gerardo Blyde raises questions about the future of the only growing opposition party, and provides fodder for the already well-armed President Chavez. On August 12, Borges' fac [...]	2006-08-18 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2485	THE STATE OF VENEZUELAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) President Chavez has been exploiting violence in the Middle East to seek international media attention and to burnish his pro-Arab and "anti-Empire" credentials. Chavez's inflammatory and extreme anti-Israel rhetoric first headlines while he was in Iran, and has continued since his retur [...]	2006-08-21 19:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE

06CARACAS2489	INSIDE BARRIO ADENTRO: THE BRV'S PRIMARY HEALTH [...] (SBU) Mision Barrio Adentro ("Inside the Neighborhood") is a network of BRV-sponsored primary health care modules largely staffed by Cuban medical personnel. Current statistics and financial information about this BRV program are very difficult to obtain. Venezuelan physicians' groups alleg [...]	2006-08-21 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS2520	INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION LAW STALLED - FOR NOW [...] (C) A three part deterrence strategy which included civil society involvement, media pressure and diplomatic efforts dissuaded the National Assembly from approving the International Cooperation Law by the August 15th deadline it initially set for its passage. This law would effectively put [...]	2006-08-23 15:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS2527	HUGO CASTRO?: THE TORCH PASSING VIEWED FROM [...] (C) Summary. The media images of President Chavez's August 13 visit with the ailing Fidel Castro have received wide press play in Venezuela. For many Venezuelans, they confirmed that Chavez aspires to succeed Fidel as the leader of the international socialist movement. Key Embassy contacts [...]	2006-08-23 20:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS2529	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE: BRV PRESSURE CONTINUES INTO [...] (U) This cable is an update on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) efforts to restrict freedom of press. As indicated in reftels, the BRV employs a variety of mechanisms - legal, economic, regulatory, judicial, and rhetorical - to harass the private media, inducing self-censorship a [...]	2006-08-23 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS2535	THE FENCE CONTINUES TIGHTENING AROUND THE PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Two pieces of draconian draft legislation currently in the National Assembly - the Anti-Monopoly and Public Services Draft Laws - manifest the BRV's intention to further restrict and control the private sector. The draft Anti-Monopoly Law proposes replacing the existing anti-trust regu [...]	2006-08-24 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS259	PRIMERO JUSTICA STRUGGLING TO STAY TOGETHER [...] (C) A long-brewing rivalry is threatening to weaken Primero Justicia (PJ) as Secretary General Gerardo Blyde and Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez fight party president and presidential candidate Julio Borges and Baruta Mayor Henrique Caprilles for control of the party. To keep the party together, [...]	2006-02-02 14:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2621	AD LEADERSHIP STILL AT WAR WITH ITSELF [...] (C) Accion Democratica (AD) is still divided over whether to boycott the December 3 presidential election. Secretary General Henry Ramos Allup rammed through a party SIPDIS line that it will abstain from the vote, but defections from the abstentionist camp, particularly at the rank and fil [...]	2006-08-30 20:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV VE
06CARACAS2622	BANKING SECTOR UPDATE: SNAPSHOTS AND [...] (SBU) From December 2005 to June 2006, reported bank profits (return on equity) declined from 32.5 to 30.7 percent (17 percent real profit after adjusting for inflation, which is in line with bank returns in the region). During this period, the sector has faced increasing regulatory control [...]	2006-08-30 20:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS2626	SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA MCCARTHY'S [...] (C) Summary. Special Coordinator for Venezuela McCarthy and Charge called August 28 on MFA Vice Minister for North America Mary Pili Hernandez. McCarthy pressed the BRV for counter-narcotics and counterterrorism cooperation and urged the BRV to promote continued strong bilateral commercial t [...]	2006-08-30 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ECON PGOV AMGT VE
06CARACAS2656	BRV BOGIES: GOLF COURSE EXPROPRIATIONS CAUSE A STIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition is mounting to the expropriation decrees issued by Caracas Mayor Juan Barreto for the Valle Arriba Golf Club and the Caracas Country Club. A Caracas municipal councilman, Carlos Ciordia, published maps on his website showing that the decrees also encompass areas arou [...]	2006-09-01 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS2667	STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION MIGRATION: THE GAME'S AFOOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of speculation, the BRV has contacted international oil companies (IOCs) with stakes in the Faja strategic associations to begin negotiations on migrating the associations to joint ventures in which PDVSA holds a majority stake. Although the BRV has spoken with indi [...]	2006-09-06 12:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS2682	SNAPSHOT OF VENEZUELAN MILITARY OFFICIALS IN [...] (C) President Chavez continues to stack Venezuelan civil society with military loyalists, and a uniformed presence extends from ministries to national banks to local government. Chavez' BRV is at a profound level a militaristic regime, characterized by a strict hierarchy. The pervasive presen [...]	2006-09-06 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2708	BRV SPENDING GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS SECRET [...] (U) From 1999 to 2006, BRV central government expenditures in dollar terms increased 95 percent and BRV central government spending as a percentage of GDP increased from 25 to 37 percent (including off-budget spending). In bolivar terms, BRV spending increased 700 percent from 1999 to 2006. [...]	2006-09-07 15:33:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS2718	BRV SPENDING GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS [...] (U) From 1999 to 2006, BRV central government expenditures in dollar terms increased 95 percent and BRV central government spending as a percentage of GDP increased from 25 to 37 percent (including off-budget spending). In bolivar terms, BRV spending increased 700 percent from 1999 to 2006. [...]	2006-09-07 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS2736	IMPLICATIONS OF VENEZUELA'S LEAVING THE CAN AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuela's April withdrawal from the Andean Community (CAN)and subsequent July Mercosur accession has cast much of Venezuela's trade law into limbo, while its agreement to open the country's doors to Brazilian and Argentine imports by 2012 raised alarms among local manufacturers [...]	2006-09-08 15:33:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EPET BEXP VE
06CARACAS2762	GUILTY RULING IN "CASO KENNEDY" - BRV TRIES TO [...] (C) One of Caracas' more controversial criminal cases, the 2005 murder of three university students at a police roadblock, reached its pre-appellate conclusion August 31 with the sentencing of 24 police officers. The case epitomizes Venezuela's security problem, police corruption and resulti [...]	2006-09-11 20:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2825	BITS AND PIECES FROM THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's books continue to be in complete disarray due to problems with tax authorities and the state petrochemical company. The BRV is pressing PDVSA to act as a central bank. PDVSA's recent shabby treatment of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has come back to [...]	2006-09-15 19:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS2829	THE OUTSIDERS: BRV RECRUITMENT OF ROGUE STATES [...] (C) President Chavez' September 5-7 meeting with Belarussian government officials provides another example of the BRV's strategic partnerships with the most troublesome of bedfellows. In part through his extensive international travel schedule, Chavez has strengthened ties around the globe to [...]	2006-09-15 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS2831	INFLATION GOING UP, UP, AND AWAY IN THE BRV [...] (SBU) Inflation rose 2.2 percent in August, reaching a total of 10.4 percent for 2006 and implying an annual rate exceeding 15 percent. The BRV is now incapable of meeting its inflation target for 2006 of 10 percent and recent statements by Chavez and senior BRV officials demonstrate that the [...]	2006-09-15 21:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS2845	THE CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN: VICTORY, AT ANY COST? [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez' re-election campaign is a disturbing mix of retrograde authoritarian tactics and creeping totalitarian tendencies. Chavez and his close campaign team exercise tight control over a formidable, country-wide grassroots electoral organization and an administra [...]	2006-09-18 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS298	CHAVEZ CELEBRATES SEVEN YEARS IN POWER, GOES FOR [...] (C) In a six-hour presentation celebrating his seventh year in office on February 2, President Hugo Chavez enjoyed musical performances, conferred several awards, summarized his administration's accomplishments, announced the expulsion of the US Naval Attache, warned the Embassy against futur [...]	2006-02-06 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON ELAB SOCI VE
06CARACAS2983	POLLS SHOW ROSALES ADVANCING, BUT ABSTENTIONISM [...] (C) Pollster Alfredo Keller told PolCouns September 20 that while his latest poll indicates hard-core opposition support (32 percent) outranks that of hard-core Chavismo (25 percent),continued distrust in the electoral system will result in high abstention rates that will almost certainly al [...]	2006-09-29 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2991	BRV TARGETS ROSALES ADVISOR [...] (C) Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez announced September 18 the re-opening of a 20-year-old police shooting case against Henry Lopez Sisco, a long-time confidant of opposition candidate Manuel Rosales. Sisco is a former DISIP Commander who allegedly participated in the 1986 shooting deaths [...]	2006-09-29 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
06CARACAS2998	MONAGAS STATE: THE CHAVEZ MACHINE VS. STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez dominates the political landscape of the eastern plains state of Monagas and at this stage appears likely to carry the state of over 480,000 registered voters by a wide majority. Chavez' pet infrastructure projects and social programs in the state are having onl [...]	2006-10-02 17:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3038	PPT SECRETARY GENERAL: "ONE PARTY IS UN-DEMOCRATIC" [...] (C) Summary. During a September 26 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, pro-Chavez Patria Para Todos (PPT) Secretary General and National Assembly Deputy Jose Albornoz criticized both the Chavez and Rosales campaigns, but expressed confidence that President Chavez would be re-elected. He accuse [...]	2006-10-06 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3041	PDVSA RELEASES 2005 FINANCIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: PDVSA released its 2005 financial results on October 3. According to a presentation by PDVSA President and Minister of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) Rafael Ramirez, PDVSA had worldwide revenues of USD 85.73 billion in 2005 and USD 6.483 billion in profits. These results shed a lit [...]	2006-10-06 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3042	VENEZUELAN IMPORTS SURGING AS ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With implicit BRV blessing, the Commission for the Administration of Foreign Exchange (CADIVI) has significantly increased foreign exchange authorizations in recent weeks, much of which have gone to fuel the on-going import binge in Venezuela. These purchases seem to contradi [...]	2006-10-06 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS3131	MEP PRESENTS TERMS FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION [...] (C/NF) Chevron Latin America Upstream President Ali Moshiri (strictly protect throughout) and ExxonMobil Venezuela (XM) President Tim Cutt (strictly protect throughout) paid separate calls on the Ambassador the week of September 29 to update him on the upcoming forced migration of the Faja st [...]	2006-10-17 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET VE
06CARACAS3164	MVR DEPUTY: CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN MOVING TO "NEXT PHASE" [...] (C) Summary. Francisco Torrealba, MVR National Assembly Deputy and member of Chavez' national campaign team, told PolCounselor and Poloff October 17 that the organization of Chavez' grass-roots supporters is now "90 percent" complete. Torrealba attributed a recent softening of the tone of the [...]	2006-10-19 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB VE
06CARACAS3171	SUMATE PREPARES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary - Ambassador met October 10 with the subdued, but determined leadership of election NGO Sumate to discuss the upcoming December 3 presidential election. Despite the ongoing threat of political persecution, Sumate is teaming up with the opposition to mount an ambitious election obs [...]	2006-10-20 16:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL VE
06CARACAS3174	MILITARY CLASHES WITH FISHERMEN, LEAVES NINE [...] (U) SUMMARY Violent clashes in the port of Guiria in Sucre state left nine fishermen injured on October 19. Fishermen took control of the port in early October, protesting the awarding of a contract to a new port administrator. Police and military forces, accompanied by state governor Ramo [...]	2006-10-20 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS3214	ROSALES ADVISOR: "WE'RE PULLING EVEN" [...] (C) Summary. Angel Emiro Vera, close advisor to consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, told the DCM October 24 that the Rosales campaign is gaining momentum and could defeat President Chavez in a free and fair election. The Rosales campaign is focused on trying to win the December 3 [...]	2006-10-26 14:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3224	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips received a term sheet on the strategic association migration at roughly the same time as Exxon Mobil and Chevron. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) has made it clear that it does not want state owned oil company PDVSA to operate the strategic associati [...]	2006-10-26 20:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3231	AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] SUMMARY: (U) With an eye to highlight USG-related activities and institutions in eastern Venezuela, Ambassador Brownfield visited the state of Anzoategui on October 19-20, 2006. When BRV meddling prohibited visits to U.S. business plants in the Jose industrial complex, he met with Exxon Mobi [...]	2006-10-27 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON VE
06CARACAS3238	KEY BRV ADVISOR ON UNSC RACE, POSSIBLE CABINET [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met on October 27 with Rene Arreaza of the vice president's office, about our only reliable contact within the BRV. Arreaza said that the BRV had concluded it could not win a UNSC seat, and so was aiming at a seat-sharing arrangement with Guatemala. This would be an [...]	2006-10-27 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE GT UN
06CARACAS3239	ELECTORAL LOGISTICS CONTINUE TO FAVOR CHAVEZ [...] (C) The National Electoral Council's (CNE) preparations for the December 3 presidential election give President Chavez a significant electoral advantage. Four of the five CNE directors are pro-Chavez. The directors have consistently denied opposition requests, such as eliminating fingerprin [...]	2006-10-27 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3257	CHAVEZ' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: SPREADING WEALTH AND [...] (C) Since 2005, President Chavez has verbally pledged over USD 90 billion for bilateral agreements, regional initiatives, government contracts, binational funds, donations, investments and joint ventures involving foreign countries. The total figure is approximately one third of combined GDP [...]	2006-10-31 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PREL VE IR
06CARACAS3296	COMPETING ECONOMIC PLANS: CHAVEZ AND ROSALES [...] (U) Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales released his "Proposal for Change toward a New Social Democracy" on October 25. This platform details his populist economic plans for distributing the country's oil wealth to the neediest through "Mi Negra" debit cards, respect for private pro [...]	2006-11-02 15:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS330	VENEZUELAN AGRARIAN LAND "REFORM": AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Venezuelan President HugoChavez' unrealistic goals for agrarian land refom--including the redistribution of 1.5 million hctares in 2006--are a smokescreen. It appears that the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Veneuela (BRV) has no plan to achieve its stated aims. Demand for rural [...]	2006-02-08 19:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV VE
06CARACAS3318	UNSC DEFEAT: CHAVEZ TRYING TO SAVE FACE [...] (C) Summary. After publicly predicting that Venezuela would definitely win a rotational seat on the UN Security Council, President Chavez has been forced to backtrack systematically as Venezuela subsequently lost 46 (and tied one) UNGA ballots to Guatemala. Chavez and BRV officials are lamel [...]	2006-11-06 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS332	CHAVEZ CONVOKES MEGA-MARCH, TARGETS "THE EMPIRE" [...] (C) President Chavez convoked a march of more than a million supporters February 4 to commemorate the anniversary of his failed 1992 coup. During his march speech and the following day's Alo Presidente broadcast, Chavez called on his supporters to unite and prepare themselves for what he pr [...]	2006-02-08 20:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI VE
06CARACAS3345	THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...]	2006-11-08 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR
06CARACAS3356	USAID/OTI PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY TEAM 5 [...] (S) During his 8 years in power, President Chavez has systematically dismantled the institutions of democracy and governance. The USAID/OTI program objectives in Venezuela focus on strengthening democratic institutions and spaces through non-partisan cooperation with many sectors of Venezue [...]	2006-11-09 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS340	SUMATE TRIAL: RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Unlike in the past, the current process against the NGO Sumate's leadership may result in their going to jail. Here in Caracas, we are in regular contact with Sumate, monitoring the hearings, engaging the press, and pressi [...]	2006-02-09 16:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS3402	SERVICE COMPANIES FACE A NEW GAME: JOINT VENTURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV and PDVSA have announced in very vague terms that it expects service companies to enter into joint ventures in order to provide goods and services to PDVSA. It appears that the joint ventures will be limited to individual downstream projects at this point, but service com [...]	2006-11-15 14:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3411	SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY? BRV ACCUMULATES CASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy estimates are that the BRV currently has between USD 40 and 50 billion in available funds, apart from the USD 35 billion in foreign exchange reserves, distributed between the Central Bank (BCV) and private and public sector banks. These funds represent "excess" oil rev [...]	2006-11-15 19:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3412	ELECTION RUMOR MILL IN HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary. Venezuela, a country with a tradition of conspiracy theories, is rife with election rumors. At least five different major themes are circulating in the rumor mill in Venezuela right now suggesting that President Chavez, opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, or the military will d [...]	2006-11-15 21:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3414	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (SBU) The BRV's Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI) held a conference on November 3-4 to discuss intellectual property from the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) perspective. The event brought together government officials, Cuban regime panelists, and members of left [...]	2006-11-16 12:15:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD WIPO VE
06CARACAS3426	OAS AND EU EOMS SET, BUT PROSPECTS FOR ROBUST [...] (C) Summary. The BRV's deliberate policy of delay has successfully impeded effective, impartial international observation of the December 3 presidential election. After receiving an invitation to observe in June, the EU was not able to sign an MOU with the National Electoral Council (CNE) unt [...]	2006-11-17 18:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3427	ELECTION UPDATE: ROSALES INROADS, STILL UPHILL [...] (C) Summary. Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales continues to wage a strong, credible campaign against President Chavez. Rosales' political strength is now greater than the sum of the parts of the opposition that united behind him in August, and recent endorsements of his candidac [...]	2006-11-17 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3462	BARINAS STATE: OPPOSITION UNABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez' campaign team announced that Chavez will hold one of his last major campaign rallies in his native state of Barinas. Chavez is an odds-on favorite to carry the western plains state of Barinas, but he is not running as strong as might be expected in a state wher [...]	2006-11-24 18:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3466	ELECTION UPDATE: CAMPAIGN HEADS INTO THE FINAL [...] (C) With less than two weeks before the presidential election, both President Chavez and opposition candidate Rosales are trying to shore up their bases as well as attract undecided voters. President Chavez has considerable inherent advantages as he continues to inaugurate ambitious public wo [...]	2006-11-24 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3476	CHAVEZ AND ROSALES MOBILIZE HUGE CROWDS IN FINAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales and President Chavez both held their last major campaign rallies in Caracas November 25 and 26, respectively. Rosales delivered a milestone stump speech November 25 to hundreds of thousands of supporters, easily his biggest campaign rally to d [...]	2006-11-27 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3500	STOCKING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Economic inefficiencies, coupled with retrograde government policies, future uncertainty, and record-high consumer spending are making shortages an increasing part of life in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Recent weeks have seen recurring shortages of sugar and milk and m [...]	2006-11-30 15:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR VE
06CARACAS3501	ROSALES READIES ELECTORAL MACHINE FOR SUNDAY [...] (C) Summary. As the December 3 presidential vote nears, the Manuel Rosales campaign is still struggling to get its organization in place. Senior campaign officials insist their vote tabulation network will work faster than the National Electoral Council (CNE) on election day, though there ar [...]	2006-11-30 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS3505	AN OVERVIEW OF THE BRV'S 24 MISSIONS [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Finance, since 2003, President Chavez has spent USD 12.9 billion to create 24 "missions" - government funded social programs - in a variety of areas. The first missions focused on basic needs of the poorest sectors of society. Chavez then took advantage of [...]	2006-11-30 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS3507	CHAVEZ DIRTY TRICKS, THE ROSALES "BUBBLE," AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Apart from a few rock-throwing attacks by Chavistas, the Rosales and Chavez campaigns have to date largely stayed away from each other. However, the December 3 presidential election will inevitably put ardent activists of both camps in close proximity. Both the Chavez and Rosale [...]	2006-11-30 22:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC VE
06CARACAS3513	STATE OF VENEZUELAN ELECTORAL OBSERVATION EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. The electoral observation missions (EOMs) have missed most of the key "lead-up" events in the electoral preparation process and have had to scale back previously planned activities. Post believes it to be very unlikely that they will be able to mount a comprehensive observation e [...]	2006-12-01 16:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE PREL
06CARACAS3518	CORRECTED COPY: STATE OF VENEZUELAN ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary. The electoral observation missions (EOMs) have missed most of the key "lead-up" events in the electoral preparation process and have had to scale back previously planned activities. It will be very difficult for them to mount a comprehensive observation effort. In effect, they w [...]	2006-12-01 20:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE PREL
06CARACAS3529	CHEVRON'S TAKE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV is serious about maintaining OPEC production cuts. PDVSA owes Chevron USD 800 million in operating expenses for the Boscan field and seems incapable of paying operators of the joint ventures in a systematic way. Chevron has met with Rosales advisors and given advice on hy [...]	2006-12-03 18:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3557	CHAVEZ WELCOMES NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez received Nicaraguan President-Elect Daniel Ortega at Maiquetia International Airport December 5. Ortega is the first foreign leader to visit Venezuela after Chavez was re-elected December 3, albeit for a visit of less than 24 hours. In brief remarks to the pres [...]	2006-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS3558	WORKING FOR THE MAN IN MARACAIBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: International oil company (IOC) executives paint a uniformly dismal picture of life as a partner with PDVSA in western Venezuela. Production at joint venture fields appears to be falling as costs escalate rapidly, private companies refuse to invest due to a lack of reimbursemen [...]	2006-12-07 15:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3559	MIXED BAG FOR SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Service company representatives in western Venezuela present a mixed picture when it comes to dealing with PDVSA. Companies that provide services report payment problems and administrative arrangements straight from the pages of Kafka. However, equipment companies frequently be [...]	2006-12-07 17:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3561	BRAZILIAN FIRMS SAMBA ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuelan-Brazilian trade is expected to reach USD 4 billion this year, representing a 60 percent increase over 2005. This increase is consistent with Venezuela's import boom and with the growing relationship between the two countries. Brazilian firms also seem to be winning [...]	2006-12-07 18:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD VE
06CARACAS3572	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: WINNERS AND LOSERS [...] (C) Summary. The National Electoral Council (CNE) officially declared President Chavez the winner of the December 3 election on December 5; he was re-elected for six more years. While the presidential election did not usher in any tectonic shifts, it did reveal some clear winners and losers. [...]	2006-12-08 15:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL VE
06CARACAS3604	POST-ELECTION: CAN ROSALES STAY THE COURSE? [...] (C) SUMMARY Although he lost to President Chavez by a substantial margin on December 3, Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales emerged from the presidential election as Venezuela's preeminent opposition leader. It remains to be seen whether the momentum Rosales enjoyed as a candidate will continue. [...]	2006-12-12 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3617	NO PLANES, SOME TRAINS AND MANY, MANY AUTOMOBILES [...] (U) Caracas roads and highways are congested like never before, leading to massive gridlock and huge productivity losses. A result of insufficient infrastructure and over a 100 percent increase in car sales during the past two years, the plight of Caracas residents seems unlikely to be resolve [...]	2006-12-13 19:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI VE
06CARACAS3633	OPPOSITION LEADER ROSALES PLANNING US VISIT [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke by phone December 14 with Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales, their first conversation since before Rosales' four-month campaign for the presidency as the opposition's consensus candidate. The Ambassador congratulated Rosales on a hard fought and skillful campaign. He als [...]	2006-12-15 21:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS3646	CAPRILES ACQUITTED ON ALL CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY After four years and eight months, Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski was acquitted December 15 of all charges stemming from incidents at the Cuban Embassy on April 12, 2002. The opposition mayor of Baruta municipality (a metropolitan Caracas borough where the U.S. Embassy [...]	2006-12-18 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS3653	VENEZUELA: THE BEST IS YET TO COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two days after the Presidential election, the BRV instituted several changes to customs and currency control regulations. The measures included a 15 percent luxury tariff, price controls on construction materials, and changes to the list of goods which qualify for foreign exch [...]	2006-12-19 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3667	MEETING WITH VENEZUELAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) At a November 29 meeting with EconCouns, Vice Minister of Finance and President of the Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) Edgar Behrens outlined BANDES's operations in Venezuela and abroad and detailed future plans to fund the development of Venezuela through promoting coo [...]	2006-12-21 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3671	THE DO-NOTHING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF 2006 POISED TO [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly, although composed entirely of pro-Chavez party members after the opposition boycotted the December 2005 parliamentary election, passed little important legislation in 2006. Among the more memorable National Assembly "Bolivarian accomplishments" of 2006 are [...]	2006-12-21 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL VE
06CARACAS394	CURRENT STATUS OF OSA MIGRATIONS: NOT VERY PRETTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progress on negotiations on the migration from operating service agreement (OSA) to joint venture companies continues to be bogged down over basic issues such as block reserves certification and value assessment, the formula for valuing crude production, and royalty calculations [...]	2006-02-14 15:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS399	OPPOSITION MAYOR LOPEZ HELD FOR TWO HOURS BY GUNMEN [...] (C) On February 10, 20 armed gunmen forced their way into a college seminar at the University of Carabobo in which Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez was speaking and threatened the mayor for nearly two hours. Government officials refused to respond, citing legal prohibitions from entering college [...]	2006-02-14 20:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS459	CARACAS BRIDGE CLOSURE: WEEK SIX [...] (SBU) Six weeks after the Caracas-La Guaira bridge closure, transportation remains cumbersome and important sectors of the greater Caracas-area economy continue to be affected. BRV plans for a February 26 opening of the bypass road will not restore pre-closure traffic volume. U.S. airlines [...]	2006-02-17 20:53:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASECVE VE
06CARACAS473	WHAT TO EXPECT FROM CHAVEZ' PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' history of dirty campaigning and his announcement that he is running against President Bush have several implications for how he will prepare for Venezuela's December 3, 2006 presidential election. Many of these actions violate the letter and spirit of [...]	2006-02-21 18:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS484	NEW TRIBES MISSION COMPLYING WITH WITHDRAWAL ORDER [...] (C) The New Tribes Mission (NTM) has removed all of its personnel from indigenous tribal areas in compliance with the February 12 deadline given by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). The Supreme Court (TSJ) on February 3 denied NTM's request for a stay of the Interior Ministry's Nove [...]	2006-02-22 19:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM CACS VE
06CARACAS485	THE CENTRAL BANK: THE BRV'S ELEPHANT BRIGADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank (BCV) Director Domingo Felipe Maza Zavala told Econoffs February 15 that the BCV's primary role these days is to mitigate/accommodate the monetary affects of the BRV's "enormous" fiscal expenditures. The always understated and professorial Maza maintained that the [...]	2006-02-22 19:10:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS486	2006 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION - KEEP VENZUELA [...] (SBU) The BRV continues to exhibit lackluster performance in protection and enforcemnt of intellectual property rights. In the pastyear, little has been done to strengthen an alredy weak enforcement regime. The market for legiimate music CDs is minuscule, and CD, DVD, and software piracy re [...]	2006-02-22 19:10:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR VE
06CARACAS493	BRV OFFICIALS DEMAND RESPECT FROM VISITING WHA/AND [...] (C) During an orientation visit by WHA/AND Director, Deputy Director, and Desk Officer, senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials echoed the common theme of wanting improved bilateral relations based on respect for sovereignty. Rene Arreaza, chief of staff to Vice President Rang [...]	2006-02-22 20:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM VE
06CARACAS494	CHAVEZ NATURALIZES COLOMBIANS TO GET VOTES [...] (C) In an effort to reach President Chavez' goal of obtaining 10 million votes in December's presidential elections, the BRV is using the tried and true method of stuffing the voter registry by naturalizing migrants and handing out identification cards through its Mision Identidad (Mission I [...]	2006-02-22 21:09:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS510	CHAVEZ PUSHES A STEP CLOSER TO PRESIDENT FOR LIFE [...] (C) During his weekly Alo Presidente television show President Chavez warned that if the opposition decided not to participate in the December 3 presidential election, he would convoke a referendum on whether he should run for re-election in 2013. If approved, Chavez could overturn the const [...]	2006-02-24 13:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS512	BRV CONTINUS TO FIGHT EXCESS LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) The BRV continues to struggle with rapidly increasing money supply resulting from xpansionary fiscal policy, booming oil revenues, and foreign exchange restrictions. The money suply (M2) increased by 52.7 percent in 2005 and ha grown approximately 260 percent since the BRV iplemented [...]	2006-02-24 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV PINR VE
06CARACAS520	FREEDOM HOUSE - CATALYST FOR AN EMERGING HUMAN [...] (C) The Freedom House USAID project began operations in Venezuela in late 2004, in an environment of reported increases in human rights abuses and judicial impunity. The community of human rights organizations in Venezuela continues to be ill-equipped to deal with the unfolding scenario and [...]	2006-02-24 18:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM VE
06CARACAS573	CIVAIR VENEZUELA: ENGAGING WITH INAC AND VP CHIEF [...] (SBU) On March 1, EconCouns met with the President of Venezuela's National Civil Aviation Institute (INAC) to deliver talking points (Ref A),underscoring that the USG objected to the unilateral restrictions on U.S. air carrier frequencies and that we had no political agenda regarding air saf [...]	2006-03-03 11:09:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR VE
06CARACAS598	VIVA ZULIA - CHAVEZ AGAIN HITS ROSALES [...] (C) Chavez accused the U.S. government March 5 of working behind the scenes to create a secessionist movement in Zulia to gain control of the state's rich oil industry. Chavez implicated the state's governor Manuel Rosales with the group and threatened Rosales with jail time if his accusations [...]	2006-03-07 15:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS662	BRV BACKS OFF ZULIAN SEPARATIST ALLEGATIONS "FOR [...] (C) Zulia state governor Manuel Rosales came out swinging March 7 against the separatist allegations launched against him by President Chavez on March 5. On his weekly television program "Alo Presidente", Chavez accused Rosales of working hand in hand with the United States to create a secessio [...]	2006-03-13 11:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS664	JOURNALIST IMPRISONED PENDING CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (C) Talk show host Gustavo Azocar was arrested March 6 in connection with a corruption investigation against him for allegedly defrauding the Tachira state lottery in 2000. A Tachira state court March 7 sustained the prosecution's argument that Azocar posed a flight risk because of his suppose [...]	2006-03-13 18:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM VE
06CARACAS703	VENEZUELAN ADVENTISTS ALSO UNDER BRV SUSPICION [...] (C) The Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church is depicted in a government training film for "Ribas Mission" students as a fanatical religious sect that spreads terror among indigenous tribes and spies for the CIA, according a video shown to Emboffs by SDA officials February 21. SDA officials thou [...]	2006-03-16 12:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM VE
06CARACAS704	VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Venezuela,s strong economic growth performance will most certainly continue through 2006 given the continued high oil price scenario and profligate BRV spending this election year, which is fueling a consumption boom. We also expect the state to continue to consolidate its role in th [...]	2006-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS718	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION DEBATES BETWEEN CONDITIONS [...] (C) Since early January, the opposition has debated whether and how to unite forces for the December 3 presidential election. The current dilemma over whether to focus solely on securing transparent electoral conditions or to also choose a single opposition candidate has resulted in three pr [...]	2006-03-17 15:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS719	BRV REACTS TO EU OBSERVERS FINAL REPORT [...] (SBU) The EU international observation mission released its final report in Caracas on March 15. Observers met with government officials in advance to prepare them for the report. Government response has been relatively positive, although National Electoral Council President Jorge Rodriguez [...]	2006-03-17 15:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS744	MAYOR CAPRILES -- THIS MAY BE MY LAST TRIP [...] (C) The Ambassador and PolCouns met with Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski to discuss the Mayor's late March trip to Washington. Capriles had initially planned to travel later in the Spring, but the government has re-instituted criminal charges against him related to the April 12, 2002 [...]	2006-03-21 16:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS756	TWO IVLP CANDIDATES DROP OUT AMIDST BOLIVARIAN [...] (C) A labor leader from the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers (CTV) and one from the National Workers Union (UNT) withdrew suddenly from the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) after one of them received threats from the government. CTV Executive Secretary Antonio Suarez said he [...]	2006-03-22 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS757	SUMATE'S ALEJANDRO PLAZ REVIEWS ONGOING PROJECTS, [...] (C) PolCouns met with electoral NGO Sumate President Alejandro Plaz March 21 to discuss the progress of Sumate's audit of the electoral registry and his recent trip to Peru and the United States. Their temporary reprieve from trial is allowing them to re-focus on their electoral activities. [...]	2006-03-23 10:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS VE
06CARACAS80	GOV GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS IN AU [...] (U) Vice-Minister for Africa Reinaldo Bolivar announced December 23 that the African Union (AU) had approved Venezuela's May 2005 request for observer status. Venezuela is now one of 23 non-African states, including Cuba, granted observer status since the AU established guidelines for their p [...]	2006-01-12 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS808	VENEZUELAN URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On March 6, President Chavez signed a Presidential Decree declaring a "housing emergency." The decree makes it easier to import construction materials and allows for further expropriations, stating only that they will occur "without violation of the law." The BRV has fallen short of pro [...]	2006-03-27 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS839	BRV OFFICIALS TRADE CORRUPTION ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) Venezuelan officials are beginning to turn on each other as the government's pre-election anticorruption campaign heats up (REFTEL). Interior Minister Jesse Chacon has demanded an investigation of the Supreme Court's anticorruption crusader, Justice Luis Velazquez Alvaray, for public pu [...]	2006-03-27 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM VE
06CARACAS882	ZULIA GOVERNOR PROBES FOR USG SUPPORT TO [...] (C) Zulia Governor and possible presidential candidate Manuel Rosales asked the Ambassador March 30 what kind of support the USG was willing to give to the opposition given President Hugo Chavez' overwhelming advantage in the December 3 presidential elections. The Ambassador outlined Embassy [...]	2006-03-31 15:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS903	TO BE OR NOT TO BE: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS IN [...] (C) We have carefully considered whether or not it makes sense for the USG to advocate (and possibly substantially fund) an international election observation mission (EOM) for the December presidential elections. While an EOM would likely act as a brake on Bolivarian electoral excesses, we [...]	2006-04-03 16:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE

06CARACAS905	VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION AND OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of private sector contacts believe that Venezuelan crude production has dropped to 2.3 million barrels per day. Conventional wisdom had placed production at 2.4 to 2.6 million barrels per day. PVDVSA has substantially increased its number of rigs but it does not appea [...]	2006-04-03 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS910	OIL COMPANIES SIGN OSA CONVERSION MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from sixteen oil companies signed memorandums of understanding converting their operating service agreements (OSA) to joint ventures in a televised ceremony on March 31. ENI (Italy) and Total (France) did not sign a MOU and PDVSA has taken control of their fields. [...]	2006-04-03 23:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS913	BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: RUSSIAN CHOPPERS ARRIVE [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided over the formal handover of three Russian MI-17 helicopters to the Venezuelan Army's helicopter battalion in Yaracuy State on April 3. The three aircraft, which arrived in Venezuela unassembled on February 21, are part of a contract Chavez annou [...]	2006-04-04 12:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS VE
06CARACAS944	VENEZUELA URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Threats of rural land expropriations continue in Venezuela. The private agricultural landholders are suffering, as squatters occupy and destroy land under the complicit eye of authorities. The National Assembly also passed legislation allowing seizure of agricultural stockpiles in cas [...]	2006-04-06 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS959	MURDER PROTESTS DIE DOWN IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) After three days of mourning and protests over the tragic kidnap/murders of three Venezuelan-Canadian youths, Venezuela appears to be returning to normal. This latest spate of protests was unconventional in that it stemmed from social unrest rather than traditional political strife and th [...]	2006-04-07 20:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS960	OSA CONVERSION: DUST STILL SETTLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Companies are still negotiating significant provisions of their joint venture contracts. It is not clear if additional companies will drop out of the process. Negotiations on the signing of the conversion MOUs were down to the last minute. Vice Minister Mommer has stated his go [...]	2006-04-10 11:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CASABLANCA1233	MOROCCANS PROTEST HIGH PRICES WITH LOW TURN-OUT [...] (U) Summary: As Ramadan began in late September, so did protests in Casablanca and other major cities against the rise in prices of basic commodities. However, levels of participation were lower than organizers had hoped. This was due in part to the fact that the GOM gained union acceptance [...]	2006-10-31 10:39:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
06CASABLANCA1298	MOROCCAN NGO FOR CIVIC EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Forum for Citizenship is an NGO that promotes democratic principles, civic education, and open political dialogue. While its efforts have been successful, particularly in creating clubs to educate youth about democracy, it counts among its challenges regional instability and [...]	2006-11-17 13:50:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV PREL MO
06CASABLANCA1310	DESPITE LACK OF OFFICIAL ACCORD UNHCR EXPANDS RABAT OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting at UNHCR's office in Rabat, Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told Poloff that, although the GOM is dragging its feet on official recognition of the organization, he is pressing forward with plans to increase his staff and enlarge his office space. Th [...]	2006-11-27 09:21:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO
06CASABLANCA1325	MOROCCAN BANKS ON REGIONAL GROWTH, REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent series of meetings with Morocco's three national banks showed that while they have distinct personalities, they share a strong interest in expanding to francophone Africa and other countries in the Maghreb. They also agree that the economic climate in Morocco has improv [...]	2006-12-20 08:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
06CASABLANCA142	MOROCCAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: OVERCOMING A STIFLING INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco's numerous professional associations have had limited effectiveness in lobbying for their collective interests and promoting social change and reform. Some observers cite conflict between so-called "old guard" associations holding back the reform efforts of newer groups [...]	2006-02-02 17:26:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD MO
06CASABLANCA418	YNNA HOLDINGS: A MULTI-NATIONAL MANAGED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ynna Holdings -- one of Morocco's largest and most successful privately owned industrial and financial groups -- is a family-owned multi-national with business practices strongly influenced by Islamic principles. Ynna-owned supermarkets and hotels sell neither alcohol nor tobac [...]	2006-04-27 13:19:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND MO
06CASABLANCA435	LEGAL GUIDELINES FOR MOROCCAN DOMESTICS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than two years after adopting a new Labor Code, Morocco is finally working to plug a gaping hole left by the Code, a hole through which thousands of children slip each year. Morocco's Director of Labor, Abdelaziz Adoum, confirmed to laboff this week that a draft proposal o [...]	2006-05-02 11:19:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	LAB MO PGOV PHUM
06CASABLANCA562	CASABLANCA COMMEMORATES THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On May 16 2006, the city of Casablanca peacefully commemorated those who fell to terrorism three years ago when 12 suicide bombers struck five sites around the city. Government officials, civil society [...]	2006-05-25 09:23:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06CASABLANCA634	UNHCR PROPOSES JOINT REFUGEE REGISTRATION WITH GOM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 24, UNHCR Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told poloff that he had submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) seeking to form a joint registrati [...]	2006-06-09 15:10:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL SOCI PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA773	IT'S THE ISLAMISTS, NOT THE POLISARIO! CASABLANCA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Casablanca business and financial elites reveal different priorities and perspectives than political elites on the issue of the Western Sahara. Whereas government contacts emphasize resolution of the Western Sahara conflict as a national priority, Casablanca b [...]	2006-07-06 17:32:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA851	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW TAKES SIGNIFICANT STEP [...] (U) On July 20th, the Ministerial Council presided over by King Mohammed VI approved Morocco's long-awaited draft Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation. The royally-approved draft law can now be presented to Parliament when it convenes in the second week of October. Both the upper and lo [...]	2006-07-21 14:40:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN PTER MO
06CASABLANCA883	HACKING ISRAEL AND PIRATING MOVIES: TALES FROM THE MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: The black market still thrives in Casablanca despite the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) provisions of various bilateral and multilateral agreements to which Morocco is a party. Although there are occasional high profile arrests and confiscations of pirated goods by GOM author [...]	2006-08-01 09:25:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA947	On the Edge of the Arab World Morocco Joins in the Fray [...] (C) Summary: As the fighting between Israel and Lebanon hits the one month mark, anti-American sentiments in Morocco's largest city are strong, and getting stronger. On Sunday, August 6, Casablanca witnessed a well-organized protest with tens of thousands of Moroccans marching in solidarity [...]	2006-08-14 12:06:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR
06CHENGDU1252	HHS SECRETARY SEES SOUTHWEST CHINA HEALTH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited rural health-care providers in Sichuan Province and met with Central Government and Provincial health authorities on southwest China's health-care challenges. While touring the small village of Yujian, about tw [...]	2006-12-12 11:18:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV TBIO CH
06CHENGDU1253	NO MORE "IRON RICE BOWL" FOR TIBETAN GRADUATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) recently announced it would be the last region in China to eliminate the "iron rice bowl" system of guaranteed lifetime employment in governmental organs and state enterprises. The announcement, as well as the results of recent civil service [...]	2006-12-13 09:57:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PGOV SCUL CH
06CHENNAI1002	PONDICHERRY: CONGRESS RETAINS POWER WITH DMK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congress Chief Minister N. Rangasamy returned to power in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, forming a minority government with the external support of the DMK and other allies. A cluster of four former French enclaves in South India with a total population of one million, Pon [...]	2006-05-19 04:24:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI1105	PROPOSED VAT ON IMPORTS MAY SHRINK MARKET FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fruit dealers in south India expect U.S. apple imports to shrink by 30% to 50% if a proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) on imports is levied. Commercial Tax Commissioners in southern states oppose the imposition of VAT on imports because they fear a loss of tax revenue and potential a [...]	2006-05-30 10:56:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IN
06CHENNAI1192	MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES $30 MILLION FACTORY NEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 04:29:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND PGOV IN
06CHENNAI1195	KERALA CHIEF MINISTER ACHUTHANANDAN: VINTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eighty three years old and with little formal education, Kerala's new Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is different from the state's previous communist Chief Ministers in that he hails from a low- caste and working class background. Wi [...]	2006-06-09 10:19:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI1426	TAMIL NADU: NO POPULAR SUPPORT FOR SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tamil Nadu Government (GoTN) and the state's political parties across the board continue to voice sympathy for the Tamils of Sri Lanka but there is little evidence of a groundswell of support in Tamil Nadu for the LTTE or other militant groups. In a recent meeting with Cons [...]	2006-07-11 11:01:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER PHUM IN CE
06CHENNAI1497	SMALL INDIAN SHRIMP EXPORTERS SETTLE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 24 Indian shrimp exporters have reached agreement with the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) to remove their names from the Department of Commerce's review list for imposition of dumping duties. This continues the trend that began in May when exporters from Thailand, Vietnam and E [...]	2006-07-13 11:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EFIS EIND IN CE BR EC TH CH VM
06CHENNAI1746	REFUGEE INFLOW INCREASES AS FIGHTING ESCALATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of Sri Lankan refugees reaching Tamil Nadu shores continues to accelerate. From a total of 304 refugee arrivals in January the number has grown to 1,892, taking the total number of arrivals in 2006 to 5,799. Escalated fighting on the island and the welcome signal ext [...]	2006-08-04 11:35:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF IN
06CHENNAI1813	REFUGEE INFLOW INCREASES AS FIGHTING ESCALATES IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of Sri Lankan refugees reaching Tamil Nadu shores continues to accelerate. From a total of 304 refugee arrivals in January the number has grown to 1,892, taking the total number of arrivals in 2006 to 5,799. Escalated fighting on the island and the welcome signal exte [...]	2006-08-18 11:23:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF IN
06CHENNAI1856	TAMIL NADU CONGRESS PRESSES DMK TO TAKE FIRM STAND AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A quiet walk-out of Congress legislators from the Tamil Nadu assembly on August 22 brought into media focus the policy differences between the DMK and the Congress -- partners in the UPA alliance -- on the sensitive Sri Lankan Tamil issue. Despite the tactical show of protest, h [...]	2006-08-25 11:05:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
06CHENNAI2145	ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE SEIZE CACHE OF CRUDE ROCKETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Andhra Pradesh (AP) Police Chief confirmed to Post the seizure of hundreds of Chennai-made rocket shells and dozens of rocket launchers from the storehouses of a transport company in the Mahaboobnagar and Prakasam Districts of AP on September 8. With no evidence of LTTE invo [...]	2006-09-18 11:27:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC IN
06CHENNAI2284	BORDER DISPUTE SHUTS DOWN BANGALORE FOR A DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A widespread "bandh" or total work stoppage closed most commercial and other activity in high-tech Bangalore and elsewhere in the state of Karnataka on October 4. Kannada language organizations had called the stoppage over a long drawn-out border dispute with neighboring Maharasht [...]	2006-10-05 08:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ETRD CASC ASEC IN
06CHENNAI2308	SCA/INS DIRECTOR BERNICAT ENGAGES SOUTH INDIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Political analysts Lt. General V.R. Raghavan and N. Sathiya Moorthy agreed that prospects for the upcoming October 28 talks were somewhat encouraging between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during discussions on October 5 with [...]	2006-10-10 11:47:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP CE
06CHENNAI2554	TAMIL NADU: ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT IRRITANTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The growing FDI inflow into Tamil Nadu, particularly in the manufacturing sector, the support the state receives from the Center due to the synergic political arrangement between the DMK and the Congress parties, the bipartisan support for economic development available in the st [...]	2006-11-09 11:40:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON EINV ENRG IN
06CHENNAI2555	MILITARY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA: TAMIL NADU URGES CENTER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pro-Eelam Tamil rhetoric has again gone into high pitch in Tamil Nadu following the recent Sri Lankan army attacks in Tamil areas (ref a) and in anticipation of the upcoming India visit of Sri Lankan President Rajapakshe. Chief Minister Karunanidhi cited the recent attacks on Ta [...]	2006-11-13 10:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN CE
06CHENNAI2571	IBM INVESTS BIG IN INDIA: HUMAN RESOURCES [...] (U) Summary: Riding the crest of a $6 billion investment, IBM India plans to expand its Bangalore research and development (R&D) operations and in doing so will unleash a new human capital thrust in already talent-hungry south India. The company anticipates its Indian workforce will triple i [...]	2006-11-22 07:27:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EINT IN
06CHENNAI2575	SRI LANKA PRESIDENT'S INDIA VISIT CAUSES MILD TURBULENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations, quiet in-camera consultations with the Center, and passive indifference -- Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India has drawn three types of responses from Tamil Nadu's political parties. Tamil Nadu's smaller pro-LTTE parties such as the MD [...]	2006-11-27 11:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER IN CE
06CHENNAI2584	MUSLIM POLITICS OF KERALA: EMERGING HARDLINERS A CAUSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kerala's widely reported sympathy for the convicted Saddam Hussein is a pointer to the direction of Islamic politics in this south Indian state where 24% of the population is Sunni Muslim. Driven by anti-Iraq war sentiments and leftist politics, Kerala's Muslim population strong [...]	2006-12-06 11:05:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR ASEC KISL CASC IN
06CHENNAI2607	U/S BURNS IN HYDERABAD: A NEW CONSULATE, MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: A busy series of December 9 meetings and a wide-ranging &windshield tour8 provided Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns a quick but thorough introduction to one of India,s leading boom towns and the planned site for the fifth U.S. post in India. While hi-tech dr [...]	2006-12-14 10:02:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CMGT ECON KISL IN
06CHENNAI295	NEW KARNATAKA DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMARY: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Bukanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (age 63),leader of the Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Karnataka legislature, took his oath of office on February 3, 2006. A member of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),he has headed [...]	2006-02-14 11:30:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI393	TAMIL NADU ELECTION: DRAMATIC CHANGES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Tamil Nadu state assembly elections slated for May 8, intense political activity is changing the shape of party alliances. Vaiko, an LTTE supporter (Reftel) and fiery orator, has led his party out of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) fold to join hands with his former fo [...]	2006-03-06 11:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER IN
06CHENNAI521	TAMIL NADU ELECTION: THE ACTION BEGINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The lineups are set and the battle lines drawn for the Tamil Nadu state assembly elections on May 8. Incumbent Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's campaign seems to have the momentum but her opposition may have the more impressive coalition in terms of committed voters. Swing vote [...]	2006-03-21 10:58:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI567	KERALA ELECTIONS: INFIGHTING SUSPENDED, RIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communist-led Left Democratic Front poses a strong challenge to the ruling Congress- led United Democratic Front in the upcoming Kerala state assembly elections slated for April 22, 29 and May 3. Infighting, a perennial bane of the Congress party, has crept into the Communis [...]	2006-03-27 12:11:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI724	VIOLENCE IN BANGALORE FOLLOWS FILM STAR'S DEATH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Street violence rocked Bangalore on April 12 and 13, following the death of Kannada language film superstar Rajkumar. Widespread street riots left eight persons dead and more than 150 injured. The city's famed information technology industry was forced to shut down operations an [...]	2006-04-17 10:58:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI757	SECRETARY SPELLINGS AND CODEL ENZI VISIT TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the first India stop on what they billed as their "The World Is Flat Tour," Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and CODEL Enzi, consisting of Senator Michael Enzi (R-Wyoming),Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee),and Senator Johnny Isakson (R- Georgia),visited the [...]	2006-04-20 09:35:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OREP PREL SCUL ECON IN
06CHENNAI772	TAMIL NADU ELECTIONS: MANY GIVEAWAYS, BUT NO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Free color TVs for all families without one; ten kilograms of free rice through ration shops; two acres of land for the landless; maternity dole for six months to pregnant women; burial allowance for the dead . . . Tamil Nadu political parties' election promises have surpassed [...]	2006-04-24 08:37:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI802	INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ATTACK: TRAIL GOES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Four months after a gunman opened fire at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) at Bangalore, the assailant remains at large. While Karnataka police officially blame the Jammu and Kashmir based Lashkar e- Tayyiba (LeT) for the attack, in private they speculate that the attacke [...]	2006-04-25 11:47:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CASC OVIP IN
06CHENNAI846	BOOM TIMES FOR SOUTH INDIAN COTTON MILLS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The cotton textile industry in south India is in the midst of a boom as international demand continues to grow for all categories of Indian cotton products. The spurt in demand, attributed to low production costs, internationally acceptable levels of quality and the removal of qu [...]	2006-05-02 10:20:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR EIND IN
06CHENNAI848	KERALA ELECTIONS: EXIT POLLS POINT TO A LEFT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Peaceful polling and unanimous exit poll results predicting a Left Front victory marked the first and second phases of Kerala elections, which cover 90% of the state. The remaining constituencies will vote on May 3. Despite the Congress leaders' media bravado, they privately a [...]	2006-05-02 10:22:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI873	TAMIL NADU ELECTION: CLOSE CONTEST, BUT DMK- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing DMK confidence of success in Tamil Nadu's May 8 election was evident in our contacts with party insiders during the final days of the campaign. At the end of a long and intensive campaign battle, opinion polls and conversations with experts indicate a narrow lead for th [...]	2006-05-05 11:20:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI898	SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEES AGAIN ARRIVING IN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Tamil refugee leader Chandrahasan has reported to Post and Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) officials have confirmed that on May 6, a renewed flow of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka to south India began after a hiatus of four months. The flow at this point is light but may increas [...]	2006-05-09 11:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER IN CE
06CHENNAI969	DMK AND CONGRESS PREVAIL IN TAMIL NADU AS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The DMK-alliance, led by 82 year old M. Karunanidhi, won a closer than normal Tamil Nadu state assembly election and will set up Tamil Nadu's first minority government in memory. Their victory was assured by a cohesive coalition of parties with Congress making an especially st [...]	2006-05-16 08:00:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHIANGMAI120	THIRD ARMY COMMANDER CHALLENGES THAKSIN'S NORTHERN POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: The highest ranking military figure in northern Thailand, 3rd Army Commander Lt. Gen. Saprang Kalanamit, has been making headlines and winning bouquets with a series of speeches and appearances that stake out a confrontational political position in opposition to caretaker Pr [...]	2006-07-27 09:06:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06CHIANGMAI124	THAILAND MALARIA CASES RISE AS BURMESE REFUGEES CROSS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Continued instability in Burma could be contributing to higher incidences of malaria in western Thailand over the past two years, say health and refugee experts. The past three rainy seasons have seen an increase in malaria infections reported to Thai and NGO health officials and e [...]	2006-08-07 07:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SOCI TH BM
06CHIANGMAI131	THE YUNNAN CONNECTION: ISLAM, TRADE, FAMILY SUSTAIN LINKS [...] (U) Summary: Northern Thai Muslim families with roots in China's Yunnan province play a significant role in the local economy and cross-border trade. Known throughout the region as "Jin Haw", this group's heritage as caravan traders manifests itself today in religious, commercial, historica [...]	2006-08-16 11:50:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SCUL TH CH
06CHIANGMAI132	NIGHT SAFARI PROVIDES TOUCHSTONE FOR ATTACKING THAKSIN [...] Summary: As recent flooding in Chiang Mai renewed concern over the long-term effects of the area's Night Safari and other development projects, a Chiang Mai NGO has joined with other regions to file a case in the Supreme Administrative Court against the Designated Areas for Sustainable Touri [...]	2006-08-17 07:04:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV TH
06CHIANGMAI139	NORTHERN THAILAND COMMENTS ON KARENNI NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE [...] (U) This cable provides supplemental information to Embassy Rangoon's more comprehensive response (ref. A) to Department's request for information on the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) in ref B. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Local RTG intelligence officials strongly dismissed links between the [...]	2006-08-22 08:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER TH BM
06CHIANGMAI144	THAKSIN TERRITORY IS NO PLACE FOR A PROTEST [...] (C ) Summary: A tiny group of protestors at Prime Minister Thaksin's arrival in Chiang Mai on August 14 provoked major anger and retaliation from local pro-Thaksin political figures, who countered the embarrassment of even modest opposition in the Prime Minister's home town with posters th [...]	2006-09-01 03:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06CHIANGMAI152	INVESTIGATION STALLED ONE YEAR AFTER MURDER OF ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary: The 2005 murder of activist monk Phra Suphot Suwacho in Chiang Mai's Fang district remains unsolved, drawing comparisons with the fate of two other prominent Thai human rights activists. The stalled investigation has raised doubts about the government's commitment to resolving [...]	2006-09-15 04:29:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06CHIANGMAI157	SUPPORT FOR THASKIN MUTED IN CHIANG MAI FOLLOWING COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although well known as a Thai Rak Thai (TRT) stronghold and home town of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Chiang Mai showed no signs of unrest following the late-Tuesday military takeover of the government in Bangkok by a group calling itself the Council for Democratic Ref [...]	2006-09-20 11:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC TH
06CHIANGMAI159	AFTER HELPING TO PLOT COUP, THIRD ARMY COMMANDER CALLS THE [...] (C) Summary. The general in charge of northern Thailand came out blazing Friday with allegations that coup planning began months ago and that the former government wiretapped the Privy Council and the palace. He asserted a need to clear out Thaksin loyalists in the region and proposed that th [...]	2006-09-26 05:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06CHIANGMAI169	COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS RE-OPEN TO SELF-CENSORSHIP [...] Summary. Community radio stations have returned to the airwaves nearly two weeks after Third Army leaders ordered local stations to close. The temporary closure was aimed at stifling potential counter-coup organizers in former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's northern power base. Station ow [...]	2006-10-03 09:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECPS KPAO TH
06CHIANGMAI181	CONCERNS OVER SPDC OFFENSIVE IN KAREN STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to border sources, the Burmese army offensive in Karen State that persisted throughout the rainy season (ref b) is now intensifying, despite continued heavy rains, and appears aimed at crushing the Karen resistance. Meanwhile, the Karen National Union (KNU) is con [...]	2006-10-19 09:44:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PINS TH BM
06CHIANGMAI182	TRT TIES STILL BIND [...] (SBU) Summary: Northerners who derived benefits from the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party before the Sept. 19 coup that deposed party leader Thaksin Shinawtra are now worried about the loss of that patronage, ranging from government-run social programs to assistance for weddings and funerals from [...]	2006-10-20 08:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
06CHIANGMAI189	AIRPORT EXPANSION UNPREPARED FOR EARLY TAKE-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. Chiang Mai International Airport rushed to inaugurate a new international passenger terminal October 27, reportedly to be ready for the grand opening of the Royal Flora horticultural exposition on November 1. The hasty opening put immigration controls back on manual operati [...]	2006-10-31 08:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC TH
06CHIANGMAI198	ENGLISH CONTESTS, TEEN SPIRIT MARK INTERNATIONAL ED WEEK [...] Chiang Mai's 2006 Ed-eXpo USA consolidated a now four-year tradition of celebrating International Education Week in northern Thailand with English language competitions, a briefing on student visas, and a Fulbright presentation on scholarship opportunities. The steadily growing event this y [...]	2006-11-14 03:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL CVIS KPAO TH
06CHIANGMAI208	BREAKFAST IN NAN, DINNER IN DIEN BIEN PHU [...] Summary: Nan, a remote northern province that suffered through some of the fiercest fighting during Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1960s and 1970s, now aims to become northern Thailand's "door to Indochina". Situated on the shortest route between Hanoi and Bangkok, local officials [...]	2006-11-30 06:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON LA VM TH
06CHIANGMAI211	UNDERCURRENTS, CONFIDENCE BOTH WEAK IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The government's decision to retain martial law in most of northern Thailand Nov. 28 evoked little reaction here beyond concern from the Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce for the province's image. Political contacts see little reason to maintain restrictions, but were not surp [...]	2006-12-05 18:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
06CHIANGMAI212	MORE DISPLACED KAREN SEEK SHELTER ALONG THAI-BURMA BORDER [...] Despite continued reports of increased attacks on and displacement of civilians in Burma's Karen State, few have crossed into Thailand, according to a National Intelligence Agency (NIA) representative in Mae Sariang district. 2. The NIA contact estimated that 2,000 Internally Displaced Pe [...]	2006-12-06 09:29:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM TH
06CHIANGMAI217	PROSPECTS OF INCREASED CHINA TRADE BRING BOTH ANTICIPATION [...] Summary. The scheduled late-2007 completion of the final section of a highway between Kunming and Bangkok will open a new, faster route for trade with southern China. Two other routes, one via the Mekong River and another by road through Burma, are less attractive alternatives. Plans f [...]	2006-12-12 11:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV CH TH
06CHIANGMAI35	THAKSIN TRIES TO REGROUP, RALLY SUPPORT IN NORTH [...] SUMMARY. Mounting corruption charges against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may be causing Bangkok's urban elites and middle class to lose confidence in his government, but the energy that has fueled recent protests in the capital has not carried over into much of the rest of the country, includ [...]	2006-02-08 03:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH TRT
06CHIANGMAI49	CHANGING ATTITUDES SLOWLY TAKING HOLD ON THAI-BURMESE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 11:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV TH BM
06CHIANGMAI64	BAD AIR BLANKETS NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Summary: Air quality in Chiang Mai, always poor during the February-April dry season, reached new heights of hazard on March 19 when air monitors recorded PM-10 particulate matter at double the Thai standard. The pollution is caused by a combination of practices, including agricultural burn [...]	2006-04-05 08:54:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR AMED TH
06CHIANGMAI65	TEN YEARS AFTER MOVING TO THAILAND, KNU RESISTANCE [...] Summary: The Thai-Burma border around Mae Sat in Tak province hosts up to a million ethnic Karen and a large number of Karen exile organizations. The most prominent of these organizations is the Karen National Union (KNU),headquartered in Mae Sot since 1995. No longer as effective or powerf [...]	2006-04-17 10:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH BM
06CHIANGMAI74	CHIANG RAI PROVINCE PUSHES CHINESE LANGUAGE PROMOTION [...] Summary. As the Thai province closest to China and a historical center for former Kuomintang forces, Chiang Rai has long had schools - often unofficial ones - teaching Chinese language. Building on this heritage, the province is striving to position itself as a center of Chinese language lea [...]	2006-05-11 06:37:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV PREL TH CH
06CHIANGMAI77	CLO ACTIVITY REPORT FOR CHIANG MAI - MAY 2006 [...] POST HEREBY PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING CLO REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30, 2006. SECTION ONE: NAME OF COORDINATOR: SUSAN HAMPSEY GRADE LEVEL: FS-07-01 WEEKLY SCHEDULED HOURS OF WORK: 24 HRS/WK PLUS SOME OVERTIME SECTION TWO: CLO STAFF MEMBER: CLO ASSISTANT AND NEWSLETTER EDITOR: L [...]	2006-05-15 08:30:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KFLO KSEP APER
06CHIANGMAI79	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES\â€™ UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MAKING MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 05:07:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV TH KN
06CHIANGMAI93	GOLDEN TRIANGLE TO BECOME GOLDEN GATEWAY [...] Summary. Northern Thailand's physical proximity to southern China has led the eight provinces of upper northern Thailand to promote the region as the "Golden Gate of Trade to the World." Although the area is still better known as the "Golden Triangle" of opium fame, new river, air and land ro [...]	2006-06-20 00:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC TH
06COLOMBO1	FOREIGN MINISTER TO STRESS DEMOCRACY, NEED TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera plans to brief Secretary Rice on Sri Lanka's efforts to maintain its long democratic tradition as it grapples with a bloody, brutal terrorist challenge and to ask for a strong effort to ensure the LTTE is not raising funds in the U.S. He des [...]	2006-01-03 05:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KIRF CE LTTE
06COLOMBO1038	A POSSIBLE WAY OUT OF THE FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) RAISED THE PRICE OF FUEL FOR THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT WEEKS AND ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LIBERALIZE FUEL PRICES. THE PRICE HIKE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STATIONS IN SRI LANKA, RUN BY THE INDIAN OWNED LANKA INDIAN OIL C [...]	2006-06-21 03:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG ECON CE
06COLOMBO1047	NORWEGIANS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, EU MONITORS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tigers insist monitors from EU-members states must leave, give 30-day window for transition. Future of the monitoring mission now extremely problematic, Norwegians will discuss it with other Nordics on June 28. Tigers upset about their treatment at Colombo airport while returning from [...]	2006-06-23 05:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO1048	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER ASSESSES THE CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP),criticized the president's alliance with the Marxist Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Wickremesinghe felt the president's Sri Lanka Freedom [...]	2006-06-23 05:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1051	SRI LANKA: LOCAL NGOS INDICT LTTE, KARUNA, AND [...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with representatives from several of Sri Lanka's primary NGOs and think tanks June 21-22 to get their views on the military engagement between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) since a June 15 presumably-LTTE bus bombing [...]	2006-06-26 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1090	SRI LANKA: NORTHERN GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES SPEAK [...] (C) Summary. The Government Agents of the northern districts of Jaffna and Mannar and the District Judge of Vavuniya spoke candidly with us in separate meetings June 28-30 about the ground situation in the majority-Tamil areas in which they serve, including military attacks on civilians and t [...]	2006-07-03 09:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1103	AMBASSADOR USES FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's July 4 farewell call, President Rajapaksa evinced confidence that his all-party effort will produce a viable document on the future of the country and made clear that he has no plans to ditch his radical political ally, the JVP. He listened carefully to [...]	2006-07-05 08:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO111	Special Media Reaction: Further Reaction to [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan media over the holiday weekend continued to analyze the Ambassador's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he expressed grave concern over LTTE violence and predicted the Tigers would face a stronger Sri Lankan military if they chose to ab [...]	2006-01-17 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06COLOMBO1127	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY GIVES BLUNT MESSAGE OF [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Saran delivered a "tough love" message of support, remarkably similar to our own, to the Sri Lankan government during his visit here July 3-4. The Indians are increasingly concerned about "disarray" in the military establishment and believe President R [...]	2006-07-09 08:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CE
06COLOMBO1140	SRI LANKA: ARMY'S U.S.-FUNDED HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining program, begun after the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) signed a Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in February 2002, has lately hit snags which bring into question the program's [...]	2006-07-12 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1141	Special Media Reaction: Sri Lankan Media on Ambassador [...] (U) Summary: Coverage in the Sri Lankan media of Ambassador Lunstead's final press conference July 11 was widespread and positive. All four English language papers provided coverage, two on the front page below the fold. Three of four Tamil dailies and two of four Sinhalese broadsheets also [...]	2006-07-12 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO1142	SRI LANKA SHUTS DOWN MAIN PAY TV OPERATORS [...] (U) Summary: A sudden clampdown on two of the biggest companies offering pay TV services in Sri Lanka has caused distress to investors and thousands of subscribers. The initial reason for the closure of the first operator was an alleged but still unproven connection to the Liberation Tigers [...]	2006-07-12 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ECPS SCVL CE
06COLOMBO1149	SRI LANKA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTRY PUSHES [...] (C) Summary. On July 12, the newly-formed Ministry of Human Rights and Disaster Management headed by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a briefing at which senior members of the armed forces and police updated the diplomatic corps on human rights training and the status of investigations of [...]	2006-07-13 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1160	NEW TAX ON FOREIGN BROADCASTING COULD CRIPPLE POPULAR [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan government (GSL) has imposed a hefty tax exclusively on foreign commercials, television programs, and movies distributed via television. Private TV stations say they will go out of business as a result. The two most prominent foreign media involve Hindi and Engli [...]	2006-07-14 06:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD EFIN SCUL CE
06COLOMBO1184	SRI LANKA: ISOLATED VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN NORTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A July 12 gun battle between the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the eastern region of Batticaloa left 12 SLA troops and reportedly 4 LTTE cadres dead and marked the beginning of several small violent incidents in Sri Lanka's north and ea [...]	2006-07-19 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO123	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS INDIANHIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a one-on-on lunch for Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad n December 22, hours after Prasad presented his credentials to President Rajapakse. The Ambassado told Prasad that he and his Embassy colleagues looked forward to working very closely with Prasad and his mission [...]	2006-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTE MARR CE IN
06COLOMBO1235	SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE ATTACKS IN THE EAST WHILE [...] (C) Summary. On the evening of July 26, the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas of the eastern district of Trincomalee in an allegedly humanitarian effort to open a water supply to Tamil and Muslim civilians that the LTTE had blocked. The [...]	2006-07-27 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PREF CE
06COLOMBO1246	SRI LANKA: FINNISH AND DANISH MONITORS PREPARE [...] (C) Summary. The government mounted a significant ground operation July 31 after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) strikes on Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targets continued through the weekend, with air-strikes killing eight lower-level Tiger leaders in the eastern Batticaloa and Trincomal [...]	2006-07-31 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1274	SRI LANKA: EASTERN TOWN SEES CONTINUED CLASHES, [...] (C) Summary: Fighting between Sri Lankan Army security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that began as a battle over an irrigation canal (reftels) has spread to other parts of the east, with Muttur town in Trincomalee District seeing several clashes and 15 civilian deaths [...]	2006-08-03 13:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1286	SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS AS EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Recent violence following the LTTE's July 26 blocking of a critical water sluice near northeastern Trincomalee and subsequent ground and air military action spread into the central province August 7 when a seperate LTTE claymore mine attack killed a senior police superintendent in [...]	2006-08-07 13:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO131	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN AND UN [...] (C) Summary. Jayantha Dhanapala told U/S Burns that the security situation in Sri Lanka "looks bad," but that President Rajapaksa remains patient and is committed to a non-military solution. He agreed with Burns that Iranian behavior in the IAEA is unacceptable but cautioned that Sri Lanka [...]	2006-01-23 05:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IAEA CE IR
06COLOMBO1331	SCENE-SETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S AUGUST 16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a particularly contentious and violent point in the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Low-level tit-for-tat violence plagued the north and the east over the last several months, and at the end of Jul [...]	2006-08-15 08:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE

06COLOMBO1366	PRESSING GSL FOR CESSATION OF FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Steven Mann visited Colombo August 16-17 as ground fighting between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres continued in the north and east (ref A). In meetings with President Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Samar [...]	2006-08-22 07:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO137	U/S BURNS REVIEWS SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian peace facilitator Solheim told U/S Burns that the Sri Lankan peace process is at a crossroads and that a "major step forward" is essential. Burns expressed U.S. support for the Norwegian facilitation effort and compared notes with Solheim on the efficacy and vision of [...]	2006-01-23 16:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS CE NO
06COLOMBO140	Special Media Reaction: U/S Burns in Colombo [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to Sri Lanka January 22-24 elicited much high-profile attention from the Sri Lankan print and broadcast media on January 23 and 24. State-run media and mainstream independent media lauded the visit with the most [...]	2006-01-24 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO1456	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL [...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...]	2006-09-06 13:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1457	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL [...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...]	2006-09-06 13:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1465	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL CO-CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Samaraweera, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara, and Peace Secretariat Head Kohona SIPDIS met with local Co-Chair representatives at the Foreign Ministry September 7 to exchange views in the lead-up to the September 12 Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Government of Sr [...]	2006-09-07 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1508	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STATES READINESS FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Co-Chairs' statement following their September 12 meeting in Brussels that peace talks should take place in Oslo next month, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) expressed readiness to engage in negotiations but strongly criticized an alleged lack of prior consul [...]	2006-09-13 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO152	SOLHEIM ON CEASEFIRE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitator Solheim told co-chairs chiefs of mission late January 25 that LTTE chief Prabhakaran had agreed to cease-fire talks in Geneva almost before Solheim opened his mouth in Kilinochchi. The Tigers told him that by agreeing to Geneva they wanted to help Norway and [...]	2006-01-26 05:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1533	CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Co-Chair Ambassadors met at Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar's residence on September 18 to hear Norwegian plans for engaging the LTTE and to discuss the development and delivery of private messages coming out of the Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Brattskar opened by reporting that the GSL [...]	2006-09-18 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1538	SRI LANKA: CROSS PARTY TALKS MAY YIELD COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15 the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held the first in a series of talks with the opposition United National Party (UNP) to build consensus on a range of issues, including the peace process as a cornerstone for potential cooperation. After the initial d [...]	2006-09-19 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1569	SRI LANKA: FINANCE SECRETARY EXPECTS GROWTH AND STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Secretary PB Jayasundera, the government's economic mastermind, expects Sri Lanka's GDP to grow by 7 percent this year, fueled by strong performance in the service, construction, and manufacturing sectors, and by healthy export growth. The government is pushing hard to [...]	2006-09-26 03:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PTER CE
06COLOMBO1578	CO-CHAIRS AMBASSADORS MEETING: READOUT OF [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Amb Brattskar told Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on September 26 that LTTE leader Tamilselvan had conveyed Prabakharan's decision that the LTTE is prepared to return to peace talks in Oslo in October. However, the LTTE also threatened that if the GSL is not ready to [...]	2006-09-26 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1580	SRI LANKA'S HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES AND IDEAS [...] (C) Summary: Several recent high profile human rights abuse cases in Sri Lanka cases have raised international concerns and underlined the current absence of strong indigenous Sri Lankan institutions to investigate these abuses and pressure the Sri Lankan judicial system to ensure credible pro [...]	2006-09-26 16:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1581	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS THE RIGHT THINGS, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met for an introductory call with Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe on September 25 to urge the GSL to be more proactive in dealing with allegations of human rights abuses. Samarasinghe responded that he too is concerned about [...]	2006-09-26 16:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1602	SRI LANKA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DESCRIBES ECONOMY'S [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal told Ambassador Blake during their introductory meeting that Sri Lanka's economy was healthy and its business climate good. Cabraal was making a personal effort to tell multilateral development banks, credit rating agencies, and [...]	2006-10-02 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE
06COLOMBO1604	SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION BRIEFS SCA/INS [...] (C) Summary: SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat, on an orientation visit to Sri Lanka, met with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Press and Information Officer (PIO) Thorfinnur Omarsson on October 2. Omarsson expressed the monitors' fear that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will continue to [...]	2006-10-02 13:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1605	SRI LANKA: LTTE-PROXY PARTY EMPHASIZES [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members of parliament Gajendakumar Ponnombalam, Suresh Premachandran, and Pathmini Sithamparanathan on September 29. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-proxy members of parliament emphasized their concern for the "de [...]	2006-10-02 14:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1606	SRI LANKA: TRADE MINISTER WANTS TIFA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Trade Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle told Ambassador Blake during their introductory meeting that he would welcome a round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks. However, since Fernandopulle did not inspire confidence that he would be ready to act [...]	2006-10-03 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE
06COLOMBO1608	SRI LANKA: MCC AND GOVERNMENT AGREE TO KEEP IRRIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Millennium Challenge Corporation and Government of Sri Lanka officials agreed to proceed with development of a proposed USD 590 million MCC compact that would include projects on irrigation and agriculture, roads, and small and medium enterprise promotion. MCC officials [...]	2006-10-03 04:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SENV CE
06COLOMBO1609	MALDIVES: US PAVILION AT MAJOR MALDIVES TRADE SHOW A [...] Summary: The US Pavilion at the Maldives Hotel and Trade Exhibition August 29-31, 2006 produced sales contracts, identification of local representatives, and increased awareness of products. Twelve US companies or their accredited partners exhibited under the US Pavilion at the Maldives' larg [...]	2006-10-03 04:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ENIV ABUD MV
06COLOMBO1610	SRI LANKA: MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT EXERCISE TO [...] (C) A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Exercise is scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka October 22 to November 2. Embassy has requested that it include a significant human rights training component. We believe the exercise represents a valuable exercise opportunity for our forces and a chanc [...]	2006-10-03 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1617	SRI LANKA: INDEPENDENT PRESS HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING [...] (C) Summary: Two independent English weekly newspapers highlighted stories about the eastern LTTE-breakaway Karuna Faction on October 1. The Sunday Times published an interview with Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, also known as Karuna Amman, who predicted that his former confidant, LTTE leader [...]	2006-10-03 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1620	NORWAY'S ENVOY "MODERATELY OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT [...] SUMMARY: (C) Norwegian mediator Hanssen-Bauer briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on October 2 on his meetings with Sri Lankan government officials. He said that the GSL had denied media reports of preconditions for possible talks with the LTTE. The GSL would prefer November 10 or October 28 for t [...]	2006-10-03 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1622	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BASIL RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, younger brother to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on October 4. After the Ambassador reviewed US priorities and initiatives in Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa spoke frankly about human rights issues, requesting that the United States a [...]	2006-10-04 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1679	SRI LANKA: TEXT ON GSL REPORTS ON LTTE FINANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: During reftel discussion to prepare for the initial meeting of the Contact Group, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials gave Post copies of reports they had produced regarding Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) financing. The following are excerpts from two of those report [...]	2006-10-13 05:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CE
06COLOMBO172	SRI LANKA: LTTE-AFFILIATED CHARITY WORKERS [...] (C) The lull in violence since the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed on January 25 to meet in Geneva in February for talks to strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) was marred January 30 by the reported abductions of five Tamil Rehabilitation O [...]	2006-01-31 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1747	SRI LANKA: A/S BOUCHER ADVOCATES ACCESS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In his October 19-20 meetings with Government of Sri Lanka authorities, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher addressed the issues of access and safety for humanitarian organizations, and the Government's seeming public ambivalence towards them. W [...]	2006-10-24 02:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1756	Sri Lanka: 8 Percent Growth Drives Central Bank Governor's [...] Summary: Sri Lanka's Central Bank has reported 8 percent growth and other positive economic figures for the first half of 2006. Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal expects 2006 to finish with 7 percent GDP growth, reduced debt, lower inflation, and declining unemployment. The government belie [...]	2006-10-24 11:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD CE
06COLOMBO1765	SRI LANKA: UN RAPPORTEUR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Calls are mounting for an international commission to investigate human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, the European Commission, and Amnesty International have recently expressed support for a call by Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudi [...]	2006-10-25 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1812	SRI LANKA: LTTE DEBRIEFS CO-CHAIRS; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) delegation gave a post-mortem on the Geneva talks to Co-Chair Ambassadors minus the U.S. this morning, November 1. Political Wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan claimed the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had not heeded the LTTE's "humanitarian" [...]	2006-11-01 13:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1816	MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT GAYOOM PLEDGES TO SUSTAIN [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial 20-minute meeting with President Gayoom following the presentation of his credentials on October 30, Ambassador Blake pledged to work to strengthen US-Maldivian relations and urged the President to sustain Maldives' progress in its political Reform Roadmap. Gayoom [...]	2006-11-02 09:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL MV
06COLOMBO1821	SRI LANKA: INFORMATION FOR MCC NOVEMBER 8 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Sri Lanka continue to be considered MCC-eligible. MCC projects would increase overall prosperity and support our main objective of helping Sri Lanka attain a lasting peace. Violence between Government of Sri Lanka forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...]	2006-11-03 06:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MCC KMCA CE
06COLOMBO1824	SRI LANKA: NORWAY BRIEFS CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS ON [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors November 3 on the results of the Geneva Peace Talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE. Brattskar's briefing tracked closely with that provided by the Norwegians to Embassy Oslo (ref A). Following are some addition [...]	2006-11-03 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NO CE
06COLOMBO1837	SRI LANKA - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The following report has been submitted per reftel instructions in Microsoft Word format to the US Trade Representative. With the exception of format changes for dissemination and readability via cable, the language remains the same: SRI LANKA: TRADE SUMMARY ------------------------- 2 [...]	2006-11-06 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO1838	THOUGHTS ON THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 20-21 SRI [...] (C) Summary: As the Department prepares to host the November 20-21 Co-Chair meeting in Washington, Mission hereby offers some thoughts on the structure and substance of those discussions. The talks come on the heels of the unsuccessful meetings between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LT [...]	2006-11-06 13:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1843	MALDIVES: TEXT FOR 2006 INCSR [...] Please find below the text for the 2006 INCSR. The format is keyed to the instructions in reftel. 2. I. Summary: Maldives is not a producer of narcotics or precursor chemicals. The Maldivian government and the U.S. maintain a good working relationship on counter-narcotics issues. Offi [...]	2006-11-07 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MV
06COLOMBO1853	SRI LANKA: INDIA TO DELIVER SUPPLIESTO JAFFNA AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a request by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) that the Government of India (GOI) provide urgent food aid to Jaffna, Indian Acting High Commissioner Manikkam confirmed to DCM on November 7 that the GOI would mobilize to ship supplies from Chennai. This "one-time gift" of [...]	2006-11-07 13:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1863	MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador met alone with Presidential Secretary (defacto National Security Advisor) Lalith Weeratunga on November 7 to register concern that the Sri Lankan military's recent military actions had become increasingly difficult to justify as "defensive." The U.S. wanted to continue to supp [...]	2006-11-08 13:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CE
06COLOMBO187	SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2 President Mahinda Rajapaksa telephoned the Ambassador to assure him of Government concern at the reported abductions of Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) staff (Reftels) but reiterated that efforts to investigate were being hampered by lack of access to purp [...]	2006-02-02 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1887	SRI LANKA: KARUNA PARAMILITARY IMPLICATED IN WAVE [...] (C) Summary: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in March 2004, has renamed itself the Tamil Makkal Vidutalai Pulikkal (TMVP),or Tamil People's Liberation Tigers. The TMVP claims to be a democratic organization [...]	2006-11-09 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1889	DEFENSE SECRETARY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) In a November 10 meeting with Defense Secretary Rajapakse, Ambassador expressed concern about growing indications the Sri Lankan military was taking disproportionate military action against the LTTE that jeopardized prospects for a return to peace negotiations. Peace Secretariat Director K [...]	2006-11-10 15:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER CE
06COLOMBO189	SRI LANKA CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 26, A WIDELY-PUBLICIZED OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (CSI) AND THE MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE TOOK PLACE AT THE PORT OF COLOMBO, PRESIDED OVER BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE AMBASSADOR. CSI IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL, TARGETING AND SCREENING [...]	2006-02-03 03:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT EAID ETRD PTER CE
06COLOMBO1911	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES IN CAHOOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in March 2004, has opened political offices in Colombo, the east, and the northern town of Vavuniya. The group's public relations wing preaches the virtues of "devolution" and [...]	2006-11-14 13:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1913	BLAIR SPECIAL ENVOY SEES SOME PARALLELS BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: In a luncheon discussion with Co-Chair Ambassadors and the Acting Indian High Commissioner on November 14 Prime Minister Tony Blair's Special Envoy Paul Murphy exchanged views on how the Northern Ireland peace process might be relevant for the Sri Lankan context. Murphy was th [...]	2006-11-14 13:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE EI
06COLOMBO1920	FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS GSL PREPARED TO RETURN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Samaraweera confirmed to Ambassador Blake that the Sri Lankan government was "absolutely" committed to resuming peace talks without negotiations. He appeared troubled by signs that international support for the government was flagging because of reports of serio [...]	2006-11-15 15:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1930	SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER: DEVELOPING PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Wickremesinghe told Ambassador on November 16 that he was gravely concerned about the deterioration in the human rights environment in the country following the assassination of Tamil MP Raviraj. He said the government had a "siege mentality" about charges fro [...]	2006-11-16 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1935	SRI LANKA WANTS TWO SHIPS TO TRANSPORT AID TO JAFFNA FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Blake called on Minister Rohitha Bogollagama November 14 at the Minister's request to discuss the procurement of shipping services to Jaffna, Sri Lanka's northern city which is currently suffering a shortage of necessary supplies due to the closure of the A-9 highway. Bogolla [...]	2006-11-20 02:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO1958	SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION BACKS UN CLAIMS THAT [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, following a ten-day trip to Sri Lanka, United Nations Special Advisor for Children and Armed Conflict Allan Rock released a report alleging complicity between elements of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Karuna faction (ref C). The Nordi [...]	2006-11-22 02:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1968	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER LOBBIES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting for diplomatic representatives November 22 to highlight the Government of Sri Lanka's human rights initiatives. Samarasinghe's apparent objective was to head off an EU-sponsored human rights reso [...]	2006-11-24 06:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1973	SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION CONFIRMS CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: Pol Chief met November 24 with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) policy advisor (and occasional acting spokesperson) Helen Olafsdottir and Spokesperson Thorfinnur Omarsson to discuss recent cease-fire violation, the human rights situation, and the mission's current functioning [...]	2006-11-24 15:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1977	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1978	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1982	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1985	SRI LANKA: TIGER LEADER'S HEROES DAY SPEECH JUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his annual "Great Heroes' Day" speech, Tamil Tiger chief Prabhakaran castigated successive Sri Lankan governments for failing to keep promises to present a viable plan to settle Sri Lanka's decades-old ethnic conflict. He declared the 2002 Cease-Fire Agreement "defunct," but s [...]	2006-11-28 08:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2015	GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW ALL CONTACTS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt of Defense Secretary Rajapakse (ref a),the Government of Sri Lanka announced on December 3 that the Cabinet will decide on December 6 whether to revive the ban on contacts with the LTTE, which would effectiv [...]	2006-12-04 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO2037	HANSSEN-BAUER RETURNS EMPTY HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a readout to Co-Chair Ambassadors the evening of December 8, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer reported that the LTTE had refused all four initiatives proposed the Government of Sri Lanka, including the idea of holding peace talks as soon as possible. The LTTE respon [...]	2006-12-10 04:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO2050	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA UNIVERSITY STAFF, STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Jaffna Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh hosted a panel discussion on December 7 with Jaffna University faculty and students and the Ambassador. Classes have been suspended at the University since August 11, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the crossing poin [...]	2006-12-12 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2052	SRI LANKA: ARMY SHELLS HIT VAKARAI IDPS, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 press release, the International Committee for the Red Cross confirmed the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) shelling December 8-11 killed up to 27 civilians in LTTE-controlled Vakarai and injured 30. About 35,000 civilians remain trapped in Vakarai where the LTTE and GSL s [...]	2006-12-12 13:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2056	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA CIVILIANS FEAR SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) During the Ambassador's December 7 trip to Jaffna and a December 5-8 political section/USAID visit, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Human Rights authorities told us they have seen evidence that security forces intelligence units are working with paramilitary cadres belonging to Minister Dou [...]	2006-12-13 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2067	SRI LANKA TO PROCEED WITH GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Following up on ref B, Defense Attache passed information to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa during a previously scheduled meeting on November 3. DATT later received a call back from Defense Ministry expressing interest and asking for more information. Pol Chief received a reque [...]	2006-12-14 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MARR PREL MASS KSEP CE
06COLOMBO2070	5TH ROUND OF TIFA TALKS HIGHLIGHT ON OBSTACLES TO US [...] (SBU) Summary. The Office of the US Trade Representative and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Marketing Development held the Fifth Joint Council Meeting under the bilateral US-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Colombo on December 1. [...]	2006-12-14 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2072	SRI LANKA WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE - DEC 2006 [...] Per Ref A, below is an update of the worst forms of child labor information for Sri Lanka. This report provides new developments since the submission of the last update in 2005 (Ref B). Child Labor Legislation ----------------------- 2. In August 2006, the Parliament passed an amendmen [...]	2006-12-14 11:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID CE
06COLOMBO2086	SRI LANKA: HUGE PUSH TO DEVELOP THE PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] Summary. Since President Rajapaksa's election, there has been renewed interest in pursuing several infrastructure projects in Hambantota District, his home district and one of the poorest and least developed areas in Sri Lanka. Proposed projects include an international airport, an industria [...]	2006-12-18 03:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2094	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT FACES CHALLENGES IN BUILDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, former Sri Lankan president Kumaratunga told a group of supporters she will return to politics, possibly making a bid to regain leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),currently headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. On Dec 12, the Marxist, Sinhalese n [...]	2006-12-18 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO2096	ECONOMIC LEADERS MUST FOCUS ON DEFENSE; IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption within the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),shifting of budgetary allocations for defense expenditures, Sri Lanka,s true potential for economic growth, and the planned closure of the International Monetary Fund,s (IMF,s) Resident Office in Sri Lanka, were topics on De [...]	2006-12-18 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2104	SRI LANKA: TOURISM INDUSTRY DECIMATED BY CONFLICT [...] Summary. Sri Lanka's tourism industry has suffered dramatically in recent months as incidents of terrorism have increased and western countries have ramped up their travel warnings for Sri Lanka. Hotel companies are responding to the drop in business by implementing severe cost cutting measur [...]	2006-12-20 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
06COLOMBO212	DEMARCHE: PSI ENDORSEMENT BY THE 2/13 2006 ASTOP [...] (C) DCM joined Australian High Commissioner French, Japanese Ambassador Suda, British High Commissioner Evans and Canadian Charge' Shea in February 9 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) demarche (reftel) on Foreign Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara. French presented reftel points, focusing [...]	2006-02-09 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XC CE
06COLOMBO2123	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a one-on-one lunch for Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad on December 22, hours after Prasad presented his credentials to President Rajapakse. The Ambassador told Prasad that he and his Embassy colleagues looked forward to working very closely with Prasad and his miss [...]	2006-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR CE IN
06COLOMBO2124	MALDIVES REFORMS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia Ambassador Douglas A. Hartwick and Special Assistant Manpreet Anand traveled to Maldives on December 5-6, 2006, to meet with President Gayoom and other government officials to discuss US-Maldives bilateral e [...]	2006-12-26 05:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PREL MV
06COLOMBO213	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT IN SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador's discussion with Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, the head of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation to the February 22-23 ceasefire talks in Geneva, along with poloff's separate consultations with staff at the GSL Peace Secretariat, indicate that the new Gov [...]	2006-02-09 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE
06COLOMBO230	SRI LANKA: GSL INSIDER PREDICTS PRE-GENEVA [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with poloff, presidential advisor and younger sibling Basil Rajapaksa discussed Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) thinking and expectations in the run-up to talks on the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) scheduled for February 22-23 in Geneva. [...]	2006-02-13 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO254	MALDIVES: POLITICAL SUSPICIONS FESTER WHILE [...] (C) During a February 10-13 DCM visit to Maldives (in conjunction with a port call by the missile destroyer USS McCampbell from the USS Ronald Reagan strike group),conversations with government officials and the opposition conveyed a sense of logjam in the political reform process as social [...]	2006-02-17 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
06COLOMBO271	SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lankan Minister for Investment Promotion and Industries, is a colorful, aisle-crossing politician and lawyer whose bipartisan experience--as well as his involvement in a few sensational local scandals--may make him uniquely qualified for the delicate job of pres [...]	2006-02-21 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV EINV CE
06COLOMBO284	(C) SRI LANKA: INFORMATION REGARDING EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have a twenty-year history of using youths, some as young as 10, in non-combatant as well as combat and even suicide bomber roles. The use of underage boys and girls points to a systemic shortage of traditional manpower and an attempt [...]	2006-02-23 03:35:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO306	Special Media Reaction: Conclusion of Ceasefire [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media, in an avalanche of commentary on the just concluded ceasefire talks in Geneva, spun the outcome in different directions according to their traditional political tendencies. Comment in state-owned media chided the local independent media and international wire [...]	2006-02-27 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO308	SRI LANKA: MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING ON [...] (C) With the conclusion on February 23 of the first round of talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in three years, southern political parties are feverishly engaging in Monday morning quarterbacking to determine whether the GSL "won" or [...]	2006-02-27 13:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO309	SRI LANKA'S PREMIER BUSINESS CHAMBER CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka's first "Economic Summit," sponsored in January by Sri Lanka's premier business group, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, provided an opportunity for business leaders to discuss their role in vital issues confronting the country such as the peace process and economic deve [...]	2006-02-28 03:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV XD XO CE
06COLOMBO321	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06COLOMBO337	AVIAN INFLUENZA - SRI LANKA UPDATE FOLLOWING INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The avian flu (AI) outbreak in nearby India has generated significant publicity in Sri Lanka, with public concern leading to decreased consumption of poultry products. Little change has taken place since November (Ref A) in the pace of preparations by the Government of Sri Lan [...]	2006-03-02 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC CE
06COLOMBO338	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR HAPPY WITH GENEVA BUT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told Colombo co-chairs reps March 2 that the Geneva talks had exceeded his expectations. An initially tense atmosphere had relaxed over time and made it possible for agreement on a joint statement. Brattskar is fairly confident the next round wil [...]	2006-03-02 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO340	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION MEMBERS' [...] (C) In separate conversations March 2, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation members John Gooneratne and Nivard Cabraal told emboffs they were generally pleased with the outcome of the February 22-23 talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva. Both said they foresee [...]	2006-03-02 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO349	Terrorism Finance - Placement of Op-Ed on [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN KPAO EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR CE
06COLOMBO377	SRI LANKA: GSL MINISTERS DOWNPLAY COMPLEXITIES IN [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with Health Minister and chief Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva and a March 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, the Ambassador stressed that the GSL must be proactive in upholding its commitments under the joint statem [...]	2006-03-08 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO382	SRI LANKA: JVP INSISTS CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MUST [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva and JVP MP Vijitha Herath told poloff that their party generally supported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva February 22-23 but insisted that th [...]	2006-03-09 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE
06COLOMBO4	IS SRI LANKA GOING BACK TO WAR - AND WHAT CAN WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the optimism and hope surrounding the four-year old ceasefire agreement (CFA) fade and a return to some sort of war becomes an increasing (but certainly not inevitable) possibility, the U.S. and the rest of the concerned international community need to consider how best to he [...]	2006-01-03 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN CE LTTE
06COLOMBO408	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CLAIMS NO GSL [...] (C) In a March 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Ambassador stressed the importance of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) upholding its commitment to restrain any armed group other than Government security forces from operating in GSL-controlled territory (Reftels). Acc [...]	2006-03-16 09:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM CE
06COLOMBO414	SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION: SCORING THE GENEVA [...] (C) Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Spokeswoman Helen Olafsdottir told poloffs on March 17 that the level of violence in the north and east had diminished dramatically since the February 22-23 talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...]	2006-03-17 13:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO428	SRI LANKA: LTTE-BACKED STUDENTS BLOCK VICE [...] (SBU) Vehement protests by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-affiliated Jaffna University Student Union (JUSU) have prevented Professor S. Ratnajeevan Hoole, who was appointed Vice Chancellor to the troubled university on March 9, from assuming his duties. President Mahinda Rajapak [...]	2006-03-20 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV SOCI CE
06COLOMBO445	MALDIVES: GROWING PAINS OF DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 14-16 trip to Maldives, poloff met government officials, political party leaders, and civil society representatives, all of whom expressed commitment to democratic reform but worry about its pace and implementation. All interlocutors responded positively to the [...]	2006-03-22 04:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MV
06COLOMBO460	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT (AND SIBLING) [...] (C) Basil Rajapaksa, confidant and advisor to his older brother President Mahinda Rajapaksa, told poloff on March 22 that in the second round of talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),scheduled to be held in Geneva April 19-21, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to move [...]	2006-03-23 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO484	Slow but Steady Progress on Sri Lankan Tsunami [...] (U) Summary: Despite a change in Government in late 2005, and resultant changes in ministries and personnel handling tsunami reconstruction, Sri Lanka continues to make steady, if not speedy, progress in rebuilding. The new Government has rolled back the problematic ?buffer zone,? thus movi [...]	2006-03-28 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON CE
06COLOMBO495	SRI LANKA: JVP GIVING ALL IT'S GOT IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Poloff's March 26-27 visit to four southern districts suggested a sharp split in attitudes--if not in actual platforms--among the three largest parties in the run-up to March 30 local elections. The governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is banking on traditional voter preferences for [...]	2006-03-29 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO528	SRI LANKA: STRONG GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN LOCAL [...] (SBU) Local government (LG) elections were held March 30 in a total of 266 Municipal Councils (MCs),Urban Councils (UCs),and Pradeshiya Sabhas (PSs- village councils) in most areas of Sri Lanka except the north and the eastern district of Batticaloa. (Note: Polling in those areas is due Sep [...]	2006-04-03 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO54	Special Media Reaction: Sri Lankan Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera's first official visit to Washington D.C. January 5 - 8 elicited much attention from the government- owned and mainstream independent press. State-run and independent television news programs carried prominent footage of the Ministe [...]	2006-01-09 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO546	SRI LANKA: JVP SOLDIERING ON AFTER DISAPPOINTING [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with poloff, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva downplayed his party's dismal showing in March 30 local elections (Ref B). "We knew the SLFP (the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party) was going to win," he insisted; "we're pleased with our res [...]	2006-04-05 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CE
06COLOMBO551	NATION-BUILDING BONDS: SRI LANKA TARGETS ITS [...] (U) Summary: In a move to raise funds from new markets, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is targeting its citizens living overseas (who normally repatriate over USD 1 billion in remittances annually) to purchase patriotically-branded, Nation Building Bonds (NBB),by offering tax holidays and [...]	2006-04-06 07:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CE
06COLOMBO553	SRI LANKA: INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS IN LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: Political in-fighting, spearheaded by the Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),is hindering formation of the Constitutional Council, the multi-partisan body empowered to nminate members to independent watchdog authoritis like the Human Rights Commission (HRC),P [...]	2006-04-06 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CE
06COLOMBO584	CIVIL AIR IN SRI LANKA 3 NEW CARRIERS [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is taking some steps to liberalize civil aviation. The GSL has issued provisional licenses to three new airlines registered in Sri Lanka to operate international air services, although initially they will be restricted to Sri Lanka-India routes. U [...]	2006-04-12 04:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR CE
06COLOMBO585	SRI LANKA CIVIL AIR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankas civil aviation industry is undergoing important changes. In order to continue development of its tourism industry and meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards within the country, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to build a second runway [...]	2006-04-12 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR CE
06COLOMBO592	SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE, VERBIAGE THREATEN GENEVA TALKS [...] (U) Summary: After a brief moratorium on violence following the late January announcement of the first round of Geneva talks (Ref A),the all-too-regrettable pattern of tit-for-tat bloodshed between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its armed rivals has resumed with a vengeance. [...]	2006-04-12 09:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE

06COLOMBO600	GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR STRONG RESPONSE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair ambassadors, minus the U.S., pushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hard in an August 10 meeting to make clear its commitment to "Geneva II" but the Tigers are focused on the "transportation issue" in which the GSL has refused to chopper Eastern Tigers to the [...]	2006-04-12 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO601	SRI LANKA: MORE BOMB BLASTS AND BLOODSHED IN [...] (SBU) A recent upsurge in violence that has seen 30 people killed in the north and east in just five days continued April 12 when a series of bomb blasts shook Trincomalee town in the late afternoon. Although details remain sketchy, information culled from police, journalists, local resident [...]	2006-04-12 13:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CE
06COLOMBO612	CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on Aug 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as plann [...]	2006-04-17 09:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO613	CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on April 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as pla [...]	2006-04-17 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO620	SRI LANKA: CLAYMORE MINES AND MOB VIOLENCE AS LTTE [...] (C) Summary. Violence and communal strife in the north and east continued over the long New Year holiday, killing at least another 40 people April 13-17 in Trincomalee, Jaffna and Vavuniya. An April 12 bomb blast in Trincomalee that appeared to target civilians--the first such incident since [...]	2006-04-17 13:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO630	SRI LANKA: DEATH OF CHILD SOLDIER IN LTTE ATTACK [...] (U) Summary. The death of an underage Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre in a claymore mine explosion in North Vavuniya on April 13 has prompted an outcry from the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF),which has repeatedly asked the LTTE to free all child soldiers. [...]	2006-04-19 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO634	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEE SLIGHT HOPE [...] (C) In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar said they still held out some hope that talks in Geneva between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) might take place A [...]	2006-04-19 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CE
06COLOMBO646	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS "NEGATIVE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met with the Ambassador on April 20 to discuss latest developments on the peace process. Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and GSL Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona also participated in the meeting. The Foreign Minister said that he had "he [...]	2006-04-20 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE
06COLOMBO650	NORWEGIANS STILL TRYING TO BROKER DEAL AS APRIL 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE told the Norwegians they cannot attend ceasefire talks in Geneva until transport is arranged for their leaders to attend a Central Committee meeting. Contrary to what the Tigers told the press, the Tigers did not insist on other conditions for talks. Norwegians are still try [...]	2006-04-21 06:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO654	SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS: WHAT CAN WE AND OTHERS [...] (C) Escalating violence by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against both civilian and military targets, along with the Tigers' refusal to attend the second round of talks in Geneva, suggest that the LTTE may have decided that continuing the peace process, at least for now, does not [...]	2006-04-21 14:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO662	MALDIVES: DESPITE REFORM ROADMAP, QUESTIONS ON [...] (U) Summary: On March 27 the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) unveiled its much-hyped "Reform Roadmap" which calls for increased press freedom, a new constitution by June 2007, and a multi-party election in October 2008. Since then, however, little progress has been made and const [...]	2006-04-24 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
06COLOMBO686	SRI LANKAN MILITARY LAUNCHES "LIMITED" RETALIATORY [...] (C) Following the attempted assassination of Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka in Colombo on April 25, Government security forces launched aerial and artillery strikes on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) territory in the eastern district of Trincomalee late April 25 and the mor [...]	2006-04-26 13:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO696	SRI LANKA: INITIAL REPORTS OF IDP OUTFLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. April 27 reports by the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website TamilNet alleging that as many as 40,000 civilians have fled the Trincomalee District since the Sri Lanka Military carried out aerial bombing raids cannot be confirmed. Trincomalee's Government Agent e [...]	2006-04-27 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO697	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT CONFIRMS MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Charge' condemned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) April 25 attempt on the life of the Army Commander and underscored strong US support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the confli [...]	2006-04-27 12:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO721	INDIANS STILL HOPING GENEVA TALKS CAN RESUME UNDER [...] (C) According to a local Indian diplomat, his government remains hopeful, despite the April 25 assassination attempt on Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) can engage the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a second round of talks. To get the talks back [...]	2006-05-03 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IN CE
06COLOMBO731	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED TO DEVELOP [...] (C) In separate May 4 meetings with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and opposition United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the need for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to giv [...]	2006-05-04 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO759	SRI LANKA: ICRC NOTES DISTURBING TRENDS SINCE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with poloff, ICRC Deputy Head of Mission Peter Krakolinig and Protection Coordinator Christoph Sutter said that they believed that their access to Government-held detainees is very good. Sutter estimated the number of detainees held under Emergency Regulations to whom [...]	2006-05-10 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO776	HIV/AIDS IN MALDIVES -- LOW PREVALENCE BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a low reported prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Maldives, the lack of surveillance among high risk populations and risky behavior among Maldivian drug- using youth suggest underreporting and the potential for a serious, but silent, outbreak. Even though Government of Maldives ( [...]	2006-05-15 03:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO777	Sri Lankan Business Community's Post-Tsunami "Back [...] Summary: The "Back to Business" project of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) has helped restart a significant number of tsunami affected businesses and livelihoods. "Back to Business" was a comprehensive, private sector-led program. The Government of [...]	2006-05-15 05:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CE
06COLOMBO790	SCA PDAS CAMP PRESSES GSL ON POLITICAL PROPOSALS [...] (C) In separate May 15 meetings with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona, Principal Deputy Assistant SIPDIS Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp SIPDIS emphasized U.S. concern at the escalation [...]	2006-05-16 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PHUM CE
06COLOMBO792	SRI LANKA: SCA PDAS CAMP URGES DEFENSE SECRETARY [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp and Charge' underscored U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) but stressed the need for the Government to investigate thoroughl [...]	2006-05-16 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MOPS PREL PGOV CE
06COLOMBO805	DUTCH AMBASSADOR REGISTERS LOCAL EU CONCERN WITH [...] (C) Dutch Ambassador Reynout Van Dijk called on Charge' May 17 in his capacity as the representative of the EU Presidency to complain about SCA PDAS Donald Camp's May 16 statement during a television interview in Colombo that the U.S. encouraged the European Union to list the Liberation Tige [...]	2006-05-17 10:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE EU
06COLOMBO809	MAIN PARTIES TROT OUT THE OLD GUARD FOR COLOMBO [...] (SBU) Local government elections for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and 21 other local government authorities will be held on May 20. Elections in these localities were postponed from March 30 because of assorted court challenges to electoral lists submitted by various parties (Reftel). [...]	2006-05-17 12:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO814	POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS DUE TO RECENT [...] (SBU) OFDA REGIONAL ADVISOR, WILLIAM BERGER TRAVELED TO SRI LANKA FROM MAY 4 THROUGH MAY 14TH TO ASSESS REPORTED POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS DUE TO RECENT INCREASE IN HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE). FINDINGS OF THE ASSESSMENT [...]	2006-05-18 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID CE
06COLOMBO866	SRI LANKA: FROM INSIDE THE CONFLICT ZONE AND FROM [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 18 and May 23 a Tamil cleric from Jaffna and a Sinhalese Buddhist Cabinet Minister shared with poloff their assessments of the current situation and expectations for the future. Although their many differences in viewpoints, especially with respect to Governme [...]	2006-05-24 13:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO872	TOKYO CO-CHAIRS PRE-MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: GSL representatives admit that at least some elements of armed forces may be cooperating with irregular armed groups. Government is trying to crack down on this, and is also trying to develop a proposal for a political settlement. EU will likely designate LTTE as terrorist group on May [...]	2006-05-25 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO990	SRI LANKA: LTTE REFUSES TO MEET GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surprised most observers by derailing diplomatic efforts to salvage the peace process, refusing to hold talks on the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission June 8-9 in Oslo. Moreover, in the wake of the EU listing of the Tigers, the LTTE has said [...]	2006-06-12 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE
06COLOMBO992	MALDIVES: MINIMAL PROGRESS ON REFORMS, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Following the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) publication of a Reform Roadmap, the President's office issued a decree on freedom of assembly May 15 to complement the Roadmap and expand civil liberties. Nonetheless, police arrested over 120 demonstrators taking part [...]	2006-06-13 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
06COLOMBO998	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES OSLO, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palihakkara and Peace Secretariat Chief and head of the Oslo delegation Kohona on June 13 in the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) refusal to enter talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Oslo on June 8-9 on t [...]	2006-06-13 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06CONAKRY101	GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...]	2006-01-30 12:55:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS KDEM GV
06CONAKRY1665	PROTESTS IN KAMSAR AS LABOR DISPUTE SPARKS EMPLOYEE ANGER [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior managers of the Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG),in which the U.S. firm Alcoa is a major partner, are the targets of passionate protests by CBG employees and their dependants, angered by recent cutbacks in long-provided benefits and services. Protesters -- mainly [...]	2006-11-08 10:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EMIN PINS ASEC CASC GV
06CONAKRY1695	Guinea's Movement Towards Political Consensus: At a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Little has been done to implement the recommendations by Guinea's opposition and majority political parties since they reached consensus on political reforms on October 16. The changes, including an independent electoral commission, would be wide-ranging and could greatly inc [...]	2006-11-15 12:18:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREF EAID ELTN SOCI ASEC GV
06CONAKRY1696	GLOBAL ALUMINA ENTERS NEW PARTNERSHIP TO GAIN NECESSARY [...] (SBU/PROPIN) Summary. Global Alumina is entering into a new strategic partnership, via joint venture with BHP Billiton (BHP),one of the world's leading alumina producers, and Dubai Aluminum (DUBAL),owner of one of the world's largest alumina smelters. Once the BHP board approves the deal, [...]	2006-11-15 12:18:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV GV
06CONAKRY1824	GUINEA'S UNIONS PUT STRIKE ON HOLD, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's CNTG-USTG union coalition has decided that it will not call a general strike during December. Ongoing negotiations have resulted in government concessions on retirement-related issues. With the upcoming end-of-year celebrations, union leadership believes that the cos [...]	2006-12-20 09:52:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CWC PREL PGOV OPCW CBW GV
06CONAKRY747	GUINEA'S UNIONS COMMIT TO STRIKE, CLAIM THE [...] (SBU) Guinea's labor union coalition has issued a formal call for an open-ended general strike to begin June 8. In a meeting June 6 with AF/W Director Phil Carter, representatives from the USTG and CNTG said the government has "disappeared" from negotiations. Ironically, after signing their [...]	2006-06-07 17:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI ASEC CASC GV
06CONAKRY94	GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...]	2006-01-27 12:59:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV MASS GV
06COPENHAGEN1327	CARTOON ANNIVERSARY: DANISH PAPER DECIDES AGAINST [...] (S/NF) Summary: To mark the one-year anniversary this weekend of its publication of Mohammed cartoons, the Danish daily "Jyllands-Posten" weighed, but ultimately decided against reprinting the caricatures, at least so soon after the controversy stirred by the Pope's speech. Our discreet discussions [...]	2006-09-29 08:13:00	Embassy Copenhagen	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PTER DA
06COPENHAGEN1355	DENMARK SUPPORTS TOUGH UNSC STATEMENT ON NORTH [...] (C) Danish MFA Head of Department for Asia (A/S-equivalent) Susan Ulbaek expressed full agreement with reftel points on North Korea's nuclear test threat, and indicated October 4 that the Danish UN mission in New York has been instructed to work toward "the strongest possible Presidential Stat [...]	2006-10-04 10:53:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP UNSC KN DA
06COPENHAGEN1389	DENMARK ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) Summary: Danish MFA European Correspondent Michael Bach Petersen told us October 13 that next week's GAERC will seek conclusions on Sudan, the Western Balkans, the Middle East, Iran, Georgia, and North Korea. Petersen pointed to emerging EU splits on Sudan, Kosovo and Zimbabwe that could [...]	2006-10-13 10:19:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU DA
06COPENHAGEN1555	DANES WANT TO AVOID "TRAIN WRECK" ON TURKISH EU [...] (C) Summary: Denmark agrees that the current row over Turkish relations with Cyprus should not be allowed to result in Turkey's exclusion from the EU accession process, Danish MFA Director for EU Enlargement Lars Bo Moller declared to us November 22, even as the Danish government maintains that [...]	2006-11-22 11:38:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU CY DA
06COPENHAGEN336	MOHAMMED CARTOONS: DENMARK WILL NOT PROSECUTE THE NEWSPAPER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 05:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER DA KDEM
06COPENHAGEN360	DENMARK AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - ADDITIONAL [...] Danish authorities have now confirmed that the virus found in a white buzzard on the island of Svinoe ten days ago is of the H5N1 strain. Health authorities also confirmed that nine dead tufted ducks found on the island of Aeroe in south central Denmark last week were carrying the H5N1 virus. [...]	2006-03-21 13:50:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KFLU EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO
06COPENHAGEN441	SCENESETTER FOR COALITION CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Embassy warmly welcomes S/I Deputy Deutsch and the interagency team for the April 7 coalition consultations with the Danish government. Despite flagging domestic support for the military effort in Iraq, implacable parliamentary opposition and the shock of Mohammed cartoon crisis, [...]	2006-04-04 12:34:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS DA IQ
06COPENHAGEN705	GREENLAND: AMB'S VISIT REINFORCES STRONGER TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Cain's recent five-day visit to Greenland confirmed that U.S. relations with this strategic, semi-autonomous territory are stronger than ever and no longer the bilateral irritant they once were with the Danish government. Greenland Home Rule officials uniformly expr [...]	2006-05-18 11:42:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS SENV DA GL
06COPENHAGEN778	DENMARK EXTENDS ITS IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS BY ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary. With a one-year extension of its deployments in Iraq until at least July 2007, Denmark remains one of the USG's most stalwart partners in Iraq. In addition to maintaining a battalion in southern Iraq, Denmark is boosting its generous reconstruction aid and offering to provide the [...]	2006-06-02 09:53:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR DA IZ
06COPENHAGEN833	ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL MEETING [...] (SBU) MFA PSI Action Officer Casper Nervil confirmed June 9 that MFA State Secretary Michael Zilmer-Johns will represent Denmark June 23 at the High-Level Political Meeting for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Warsaw. As an Under Secretary-equivalent in the MFA, he currently has [...]	2006-06-12 12:46:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP PARM PL DA
06COPENHAGEN973	DANES SAY EU CONSENSUS DOES NOT SUPPORT NICARAGUAN [...] (C) While Denmark shares U.S. concerns expressed in ref draft statement, it also will not break with the EU consensus that the release of a statement now is premature. MFA Head of Section for Latin America Erik Hoeg told Pol/Econ Counselor and PolOff July 17 that Denmark saw "very little to d [...]	2006-07-19 09:08:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM AORC PGOV PREL NU DA
06COPENHAGEN991	DANISH GOVERNMENT DEFENDS LEBANON POLICY [...] (SBU) At an extraordinary weekend session of the Danish parliament's foreign policy committee July 22, Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller maintained a firm line against an unconditional cease-fire in Lebanon and signaled Danish government interest in participating in an eventual peacekee [...]	2006-07-24 10:07:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC IS LE DA
06COTONOU1107	SCENE SETTER FOR GULF OF GUINEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the Government of Benin (GOB)-ACSS hosted Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in Cotonou, November 13-14, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for security and safety initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea. The conference [...]	2006-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR CASC BN
06COTONOU1153	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES TRANSPORT AND PORTS MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 20, President Yayi dismissed the Minister for Transports, Public Works and Urban Development, Mr. Alexandre Dossou Kpedetin. At the same time he split the portfolio into two, bringing the total number of ministers to 23. The new Minister of Public Works and Transport i [...]	2006-11-22 13:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN EWWT
06COTONOU1167	BENIN: 2006-2007 COTTON HARVEST IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Late rains had compelled Benin's cotton experts to revise their 2006-2007 harvest estimates from 500,000 tons (the GOB's official target) to 350,000 tons, and the crop now faces damage by insects. Comment: A poor 2006-2007 cotton harvest will not necessarily lead to economic co [...]	2006-11-29 09:35:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV BN
06COTONOU1213	BENIN: LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS SET FOR MARCH 25, 2007; GOB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Benin's Council of Ministers on December 9 set the date for the upcoming legislative elections as March 25, 2007. This launches official preparations for the fifth legislative elections in Benin since the democratic transition in 1990. With just over three and a half months to go [...]	2006-12-14 07:41:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BN
06COTONOU1225	BENIN: MINISTRY OF HEALTH INAUGURATES TWO-WAY RADIO NETWORK [...] On December 8, Benin's Minister of Health, Dr. Flore Gangbo, together with representatives of USAID, UNICEF, and WHO, officially launched a radio communication network to serve the Malanville-Karimama health zone, a poor region in the far northeastern corner of Benin. This two-way radio networ [...]	2006-12-20 10:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SCUL PREL BN
06COTONOU1231	BENIN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REFERRAL OF TWO [...] On December 21, 2006, after examining a report from a parliamentary investigative committee, the Legal Committee of the National Assembly recommended that Cosme Sehlin and Valentin Houd, respectively the former ministers of Finance and Institutional Relations under President Mathieu Kerekou, be [...]	2006-12-22 09:26:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
06COTONOU887	AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BONI [...] (U) This isan acton request. Please see para 11. SUMMARY ------ 2. (SBU) President Boni Yayi, in his first meting with newly-arrived Ambassador Gayleatha B. rown, on September 8, 2006, reaffirmed his refor agenda, commitment to good governance, and detemination to improve Benin's busine [...]	2006-09-13 17:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT EAID BN
06COTONOU927	JOURNALISTS DETAINED AFTER ALLEGEDLY DEFAMING PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Police arrested and jailed three journalists September 15 for violating the libel law and released them September 18. The three, from the newspaper La Diaspora de Sabbat, were deemed responsible for an article alleging that President Boni Yayi's elder son was mentally ill. The [...]	2006-09-21 15:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO BN
06COTONOU989	BENIN'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COMPACT EBNTERS INTO [...] President Yayi hosted a major ceremony to mark entry into force of Benin's Millennium Challenge Compact. The compact will focus on four major activities: the port, land tenure, financial reform, and improvements to commercial dispute resolution. In his remarks, Yayi particularly stressed the [...]	2006-10-12 11:48:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON PREL KCOR BN
06CURACAO1017	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES SEPARATING, BUT CLOSE COOPERATION AND [...] Summary: Following several years of discussions, referenda and negotiations, the islands of the Netherlands Antilles have officially agreed to cease to exist as a political unit. Both Curagao and St. Maarten will each also have autonomous country status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [...]	2006-11-03 23:43:00	Consulate Curacao	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON SNAR CMGT NL NA AA
06CURACAO336	VENEZUELANS COME "A-COURTIN'" TO CURACAO [...] (C) Summary. A high level Venezuelan Navy delegation led by CNO VADM Luis Chirinos Medina met with RADM Frank Sijtsma, Commander of Dutch Forces in the Caribbean, April 3. Sijtsma characterized the meeting as a "good step" in furthering naval cooperation with Venezuela in a follow up conversati [...]	2006-04-07 20:17:00	Consulate Curacao	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NA AA NL
06DAKAR1004	GUINEA-BISSAU: BORDER CALMING DOWN FOR NOW [...] (U) Fighting in northern Guinea-Bissau has mostly ended with all rebel bases overrun by the Bissau-Guinean military. A new wave of displaced flooded into isolated Susana during the final push, but others have begun returning home to Sao Domingos, where life is returning to normal. The World F [...]	2006-04-26 16:47:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PU SG
06DAKAR1011	WADE'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS UNSURE IN EAST AND SOUTH [...] (C) Ten months before presidential and parliamentary elections, there is broad disenchantment with President Wade in Senegal's East and South. Were the election held now, he would likely lose in sparsely populated Tambacounda Region. In Kolda and Ziguinchor, he needs to discipline his ruling [...]	2006-04-26 18:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SG
06DAKAR1039	SENEGAL: COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 27 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Dakar focused as much on narcotics as it did on ideological radicalization. DCM drew on Ref A talking points and briefed the CTAG on counter-terrorism training that we have conducted in 2006. DCM noted that we are [...]	2006-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR CVIS KCRM KISL EAIR UN PU SG
06DAKAR1100	WHAT DID SENEGALESE DO BEFORE THEY HAD CANDLES?; [...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest political joke making the rounds in Dakar these days is: "What did Senegalese do before they had candles? ... They had electricity." Unfortunately, Senegal's chronic electricity shortages are no laughing matter and continue to have adverse economic, social and politi [...]	2006-05-10 08:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET SG
06DAKAR1149	THERE'S TALK OF ANOTHER ELECTION POSTPONEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Some in the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) say poor logistics will require technical postponement of the February presidential and parliamentary elections to June 2007, past expiration of Wade's constitutional term. We have told them we would find that unacceptable. The opposit [...]	2006-05-15 15:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1170	GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HER [...] (C) Ambassador Jacobs presented credentials to President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira and met with Prime Minister Aristides Gomes; members of the diplomatic corps, human rights and development NGOs, UNOGBIS, the UNDP representative for de-mining, the Law Faculty, National Assembly, a cashew pr [...]	2006-05-17 11:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU
06DAKAR1204	PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON MCA, ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Prime Minister Macky Sall to discuss the status of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan (PRSP) and election preparations. The Prime Minister stressed that the MCA Compact is the GOS, highest prio [...]	2006-05-18 17:04:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PINR PINS PREL KMCA KHDP SG
06DAKAR1280	THE CORNICHE HEMMED: WILL VOTERS SWALLOW WADE'S [...] (U) Two of three major roads leading through the Dakar peninsula and downtown are closed by construction. Using Kuwaiti funds for the next Islamic summit and on short notice, President Wade on May 10 began tunnel projects and road widening on the well-known Corniche, redirected traffic to al [...]	2006-05-31 13:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV ECON PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1427	IS SENEGAL'S DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS AT RISK? [...] (SBU) There is deep-rooted Senegalese consensus in favor of freedom of expression, rule of law, respect of national institutions, conformity to parliamentary or executive rules or custom, civilian control of security forces, the desirability of dialog between authorities and opposition, and [...]	2006-06-15 14:10:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1499	GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM PLANS WILL [...] (C) GOGB and international partners continue to focus on security sector reform as the top priority for improving stability. There is still no date set for round table talks to raise funds, which have been delayed several times already. GOGB has a vision, but no clear plan, of what reform s [...]	2006-06-23 09:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PU
06DAKAR154	GUINEA-BISSAU: THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON, BUT WHERE'S [...] (C) The Vieira/Aristides Gomes Government continues to develop its program, and neither the Popular National Assembly (ANP) nor the Supreme Court seems anxious to bring the Government down. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) continues to argue for [...]	2006-01-23 14:05:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL KDEM BR FR GV SG PU
06DAKAR1553	COUNTRY TEAM AID PROPOSALS FOR CASAMANCE [...] (C) The Country Team met June 14 to discuss ways to move the Casamance peace process forward. We raised two central questions. First was whether the Senegalese Government and MFDC rebel movement have sufficient political will to resolve the conflict. Second was whether USG money could mak [...]	2006-06-30 12:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PINS SG
06DAKAR1554	MOODY RIVER: WADE'S STANDING IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) We traveled along the Senegal River Valley, from the dust-ugly but sugar-prosperous city of Richard Toll; to opposition fief Podor, which President Wade is contesting by building public works; and to a poverty- distraught Matam that is asking what Wade has done for it lately. We visit [...]	2006-06-30 12:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1586	NGO ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENEGAL: [...] (C) NGOs describe Senegal as being at one of the most vulnerable points in its post-independence history in terms of fundamental freedoms of expression, movement and association. RADDHO, a prominent local human rights organization, points to judicial independence as the key issue facing Sen [...]	2006-07-05 16:53:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR1588	SENEGAL'S BOAT PEOPLE: MORE ORGANIZED AND HEADING [...] (U) The saga of Senegal's "boat people" continues, with reports of involvement by organized crime. With Europe grappling with the problem and tightening borders, Senegalese are talking about boats now being built to carry migrants to the United States. END SUMMARY. ORGANIZED CRIME ------ [...]	2006-07-05 18:06:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG SOCI ECON PREL KCRM CV SP SG
06DAKAR1608	PRESIDENT WADE AGREES TO PUT HISSENE HABRE ON [...] (C) The African Union (AU) has asked Senegal to adjudicate the case of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre. President Wade has agreed, although under certain conditions. Human Rights Watch, the most vocal advocate of Habre's alleged victims, is optimistic, but is urging the international com [...]	2006-07-06 15:49:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM CD SG
06DAKAR1623	SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in prom [...]	2006-07-07 15:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON PHUM EAID MASS PGOV PREL SOCI KMCA
06DAKAR1674	SENEGAL'S OPPOSITION PUT TO THE TEST [...] (SBU) The opposition, already fractured, has been put to the test in recent weeks. On June 30, the terms of office for Senegalese deputies should have ended, but the National Assembly remains in session thanks to a 2005 act extending the terms by eight months (Ref A). Despite debate within t [...]	2006-07-12 18:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KFRD EFIS SG
06DAKAR1703	SENEGAL-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] SUMMARY: Government of Senegal (GOS) and European Union (EU) representatives, after three rounds of negotiations, failed to agree on the new terms of the bilateral Senegal-EU fishing agreement. As a result, on June 30 at midnight, the Senegal-EU Fishing Agreement expired and the last of the [...]	2006-07-17 07:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV FAO AORC EAGR SG
06DAKAR1721	SEEKING TRANSFORMATIONAL PRESSURE POINTS IN THE [...] (C) Ref A sums up interagency talks on Senegal's 2007 elections and suggests "engaging ... Muslim Brotherhoods ... to ensure peaceful, fair and free elections." Our first reaction was that this would be a delicate exercise, given our focus on promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue, doctrinal m [...]	2006-07-18 08:45:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL SG
06DAKAR1761	HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENEGAL: MID-YEAR REVIEW [...] We recently invited key human rights activists to a luncheon seminar to review rights violations and concerns in the past year. About 40 people attended, representing key Senegalese NGOs specializing in freedom of speech, children and women's rights, TIP (trafficking in persons),transparenc [...]	2006-07-21 17:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SG
06DAKAR1787	SENEGAL,S MCA TEAM HOSTS CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM; MCC [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, the Government of Senegal,s (GOS) &Agence pour la Mise en Oeuvre du Plateforme de Diamniadio8 (AMPMD),brought together representatives from civil society, the private sector, local government and donors to discuss Senegal,s compact development to date, solicit feedba [...]	2006-07-25 16:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM ECON KDEM KMCA SG
06DAKAR181	SECK CASE: DOES WADE NOW FEAR A TRIAL? [...] (C) Six months after his arrest, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck is still in pre-trial detention. However, on January 24, the Government acted on a judge,s recommendation to drop the most serious charge against Seck, that of being a threat to national security. This could pave the way for [...]	2006-01-25 17:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG
06DAKAR1813	GUINEA-BISSAU HOSTS SUCCESSFUL CPLP SUMMIT [...] (U) Guinea-Bissau hosted a successful Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) summit in Bissau. Member states renewed friendships and cultural ties and passed the Bissau Declaration, which spells out hefty development goals. In preparation for the event, the GOGB pulled off some ma [...]	2006-07-27 14:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL PU
06DAKAR1846	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 28 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 28, the Ambassador, Senior Regional Commercial Officer and Agricultural Attache called on Minister of Commerce Decroix to discuss the Doha Round, AGOA, U.S. assistance to Senegal's cotton farmers, possible Sri Lankan investment in the textile industry, and franchising. [...]	2006-08-01 15:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID EINV SG
06DAKAR185	SENEGAL ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR FEBRUARY 2007, BUT [...] On January 24, the prosecution dropped for lack of evidence "the threat to national security and defense" charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck (Ref A) and his co-defendants: Hassan Fares, Mbaye Coulibaly, Sandrine Fares, Sandrine Madec, El Hadji Ndary Gueye and Coumba Ngouye Thi [...]	2006-01-26 07:34:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG
06DAKAR1857	TFLE01: MORE PEACEFUL PROTESTS; WADE CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: President Wade reiterated his call for an immediate Middle East ceasefire. Almost 450 Senegalese have now fled Lebanon, with Morocco and France evacuating more than half. Senegalese, Bissau-Guineans and Lebanese in Bissau and Dakar staged peaceful demonstrations on July 31 and Augu [...]	2006-08-03 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL CASC ASEC MOPS LE IS PU SG
06DAKAR1892	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE [...] During a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide financial support for the construction of a bridge at Rosso, on the Senegal River, which will link Senegal and Mauritania. The project of building a bridge over [...]	2006-08-07 18:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO BEXP ECIN EAID SG MR
06DAKAR1903	SUDAN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN DAKAR ON AUGUST 9 [...] (U) President Abdoulaye Wade has invited the Presidents of Sudan, Chad, Gabon and Tanzania, as well as the leaders of the Darfur rebel groups that did not sign the Abuja Darfur peace agreement (DPA) to Dakar for an August 9 summit. The ostensible aim is to achieve a lasting peace in Darfur an [...]	2006-08-08 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO CD IR SU SG
06DAKAR1932	THE CASAMANCE: ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ambassador visited the Casamance from August 2 through 5 to assess the peace process and the impact of USG development assistance to the region. After several failed attempts to initiate meaningful negotiations, the Casamance continues to hover in the realm of "no war, no peace." Rat [...]	2006-08-11 10:56:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM EAID SG
06DAKAR2001	MORE CANDIDACIES AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN [...] (C) President Wade made official his intent to run for the presidency in 2007, as did Ousmane Kane, an international lawyer residing in New York, and Landing Savane, head of the AJ/PADS party. The Interior Ministry said that more than 75 percent of the cards have been produced for those who h [...]	2006-08-21 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR2114	SENEGAL LIFTS SAFEGUARD MEASURE FOR WAEMU OIL IMPORTS, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to ongoing controversy surrounding Senegal's application of a safeguard measure in 2005, President Wade signed a revised law on July 21, 2006, applying a 25 percent provisional safeguard tax on refined and palm oils originating outside the West African Economic and Mon [...]	2006-09-01 16:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV EAID EINV IV MY SG
06DAKAR2115	ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM SENEGAL: THE "TITANIC" [...] (C) The supposedly U.S.-bound "Titanic" and its alleged twin (Ref B) have disappeared. According to the "Titanic's" builder, it was financed by a Lebanese businessman, (living near Soumbediounne Market (a large artisanal and fish market)) in Dakar, while a Spanish national had commissioned t [...]	2006-09-01 17:45:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM SMIG SOCI ECON PREL KCRM CV SP SG
06DAKAR2120	RESOLVING SENEGAL'S EDUCATIONAL CRISIS [...] (U) In the past year, Senegal,s public education system has been shaken by faculty and student unrest from the university level down. Though the violence that disrupted university campuses in the spring has mostly dissipated, current protests by middle and secondary-school teachers have had [...]	2006-09-05 12:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON PHUM SG
06DAKAR2243	SUDAN'S PRESIDENT ASKS WADE TO CONTINUE HIS [...] (U) En route to Cuba, President Omar Ahmed El Bashir of the Sudan made a brief stop in Dakar on September 14, when he thanked President Wade for his interest in the Sudan and asked him to continue efforts to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region. Bashir thanked Wade for having played a si [...]	2006-09-15 14:54:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SG SU
06DAKAR2245	SENEGAL'S ENERGY CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There seems to be no medium- or long-term strategy to Senegal's energy crisis. After a year of rancor, the relationship between GE/GTi Dakar and Senelec has further deteriorated, and both's debts are mounting. On September 16, GTi shut down because of a lack of fuel, and the [...]	2006-09-18 09:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG
06DAKAR2246	GUINEA-BISSAU: RULE OF LAW RESOLVES TENSE SECURITY [...] (C) Two military officers were arrested August 28 for plotting to murder the Armed Forces Chief but were subsequently released for lack of evidence. In a separate incident reflecting the army's inability to control national territory, a Senegalese Movement of the Casamance Democratic Forces [...]	2006-09-18 09:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL KISL MARR PU SG
06DAKAR2255	PUSHING BUSH-DEBY MEETING, GOUDIABY SAYS THAT CHAD [...] (C) On September 15, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Counselor to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and prominent architect, came to see the Ambassador and DCM. Goudiaby, who used to work for Mobutu Sese Seko, now has several construction projects in Chad and says that he has become a friend and un [...]	2006-09-18 16:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG
06DAKAR2271	"RENTREE POLITIQUE 2006:" ARROGANCE, CALCULATION, [...] (C) Senegalese are returning from vacation to warnings that social equilibrium is in peril. President Wade's fiercest critics slander him in turn as a ruthless, scheming tyrant or vainglorious doddering relic. The opposition is wallowing in hapless self-pity, and the more histrionic among t [...]	2006-09-19 16:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR2364	SENEGAL'S STRATEGY TO ADDRESS ITS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) As we enter the ninth month of Senegal's energy crisis, the GOS and energy parastatals have outlined a number of steps that they hope will stabilize the situation. With presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007, there is widespread agreement among sector analysts that th [...]	2006-09-29 17:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG CH IR LY MO
06DAKAR2418	GUINEA-BISSAU: CASHEWS: INFORMATION FOR USITC STUDY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two-thirds of Bissau-Guineans depend upon cashews for their livelihood. Cashews constitute Guinea-Bissau's primary export, but only two or three percent of total production is processed in the country. Most of the remainder is sold to India for processing. USAID and OPIC had [...]	2006-10-05 11:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON EINV PU US

06DAKAR2431	GUINEA-BISSAU: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TOUR D'HORIZON ON [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau ranked 172 out of 177 countries on the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Index. This is a critical moment for Guinea-Bissau, which has only recently emerged from years of armed conflict and missed economic opportunities. With a government struggling to provide basic services [...]	2006-10-10 09:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV EPET EFIN SOCI PU
06DAKAR249	UPDATE ON AFRICAN-MAURITANIANS IN SENEGAL [...] (C) African-Mauritanian leaders in northern Senegal told visiting Ambassador Joseph LeBaron and Dakar Political Counselor January 24 and 25 that they want organized repatriation as a group under international auspices, and insist on restoration of Mauritanian citizenship and full recovery o [...]	2006-02-02 15:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MR SG
06DAKAR2503	SENEGAL: FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR USITC STUDY ON [...] SUMMARY: Senegal's financial sector is anchored by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),based in Dakar. The commercial banking sector is active, and relatively efficient, with a number of international banks using Dakar as their regional headquarters. Senegal has one of Africa's m [...]	2006-10-17 09:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV SG
06DAKAR2597	THE CASAMANCE: A SHRINKING REBELLION PRESENTS REAL [...] (C) The Casamance rebellion has shrunk to a limited geographical area, with less public support, greater logistic difficulties and more constrained operational capabilities than at any time since war began. Deprived of a Guinea-Bissau base and under pressure from animist spiritual leaders to [...]	2006-10-26 15:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV EAID ECON PINR SG
06DAKAR2610	SENEGALESE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT DOWN FOR THE COUNT [...] (SBU) Although Senegalese women recently received the legal right to head households and to enjoy the relevant tax and insurance benefits, Senegal's women's movement is stagnating. In a system where the few women in national politics tend to spend more energy consolidating power than using i [...]	2006-10-30 09:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KISL PINR SG
06DAKAR268	THE NEWEST ROUND OF CABINET "FINE-TUNING" [...] (C) On February 1, President Wade made a "reamenagement technique" ("technical fine tuning") of the cabinet for political and economic reasons. Two ministers were ousted, two were promoted, and, in a nod to loyalists in the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) think tank, one of their own was b [...]	2006-02-06 07:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAGR ETRD SG
06DAKAR2703	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR A/S HARTY [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in [...]	2006-11-08 18:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CMGT SMIG ECON EAID PGOV PREL KMCA SG
06DAKAR2780	2006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]	2006-11-21 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2796	2006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2887	PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL TO BUILD CIGARETTE PLANT IN [...] This is an action request for State Economic Bureau, Office of Trade Policy and Commerce, Office of Chief Counsel for International Commerce. See paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. Per Reftel, Post seeks guidance on Tobacco company Philip Morris International's (PMI) request for a letter o [...]	2006-12-04 08:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR BEXP ETRD EINV AMGT SG
06DAKAR2892	LABORING UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION: UNIONS PREFER [...] (C) Leaders of Senegal's splintered labor movement prefer dialog with the state, but workers demand action to protest worsening social conditions. A strike by secondary teachers may invalidate the school year, and their union may launch job actions "to remind government we are here." Energy [...]	2006-12-05 09:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR2940	CULTS AND VIOLENCE: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In conjunction with the presidential decree setting February 25 as the date for Senegal,s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry has forbidden carrying guns, clubs, machetes or knives from now through the coming elections, possibly out of concern about political or [...]	2006-12-12 12:25:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PINS SOCI PINR KISL SG
06DAKAR2979	OPPOSITION SEEMS BENT ON SELF-DESTRUCTION [...] (C) At lunchtime December 18, two opposition leaders told us by phone they are preparing to announce that the opposition will run multiple presidential candidates and two separate legislative lists. The Socialists may coalesce with ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who plans to return to Dakar t [...]	2006-12-19 14:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG
06DAKAR3016	CASAMANCE: ESCALATION IN REBEL ATTACKS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) combatants ambushed a Senegalese army vehicle near the village of Kagnaru, north of Bignona. Two soldiers died, and 14 suffered injuries. One day before, a Senegalese army vehicle struck a fresh landmine in the outsk [...]	2006-12-27 10:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ASEC CASC KHDP PHUM SG MO
06DAKAR316	EX-PM SECK RELEASED FROM PRISON: WHY AND WHY NOW? [...] (C) The Government released former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck from Reubeuss prison on February 7 after charges against him were "partially" dropped. It remains unclear which charges might be held open; one fallback is an accusation of undue accumulation of wealth. Seck was released precisel [...]	2006-02-08 18:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS SG
06DAKAR433	PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON SECK CASE AND [...] (C) Senegalese Prime Minister Sall remains convinced that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck embezzled funds and illegally enriched himself at the Senegalese people,s expense. Although Seck,s legal team vehemently denies that Seck and President Wade reached any deal, Sall says that Seck agre [...]	2006-02-22 14:03:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KJUS SG
06DAKAR486	TIDJANE BROTHERHOOD: TIVAOUANE OPENLY CRITICIZES WADE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINR SG
06DAKAR527	GUINEA-BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for forced agricultural work and begging, primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers, known as marabouts, travel from Senegal or send intermediaries to convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Children [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF PU
06DAKAR528	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. The most important achievement of the past year was passage of its first trafficking-in- persons (TIP) l [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SG
06DAKAR553	CENTRAL BANK REGULATIONS FORCING CITIBANK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank officials are struggling with West African Central Bank (BCEAO) regulatory issues that make it difficult to meet Citibank's universal standard of full compliance with local banking regulations. If these regulations cannot be modified, Citibank may be forced to shed impo [...]	2006-03-03 17:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD SG
06DAKAR558	UPDATE ON ICS BANKING CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: Pressure is mounting on local banks to take provisions against approximately USD 150 million in overdue loans to Senegal's failing phosphate mining concern, Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS). So far, Citibank appears to be the only foreign bank actively moving to write off bad l [...]	2006-03-06 08:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
06DAKAR565	QPOLITICS 2006: THE YEAR OF "ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!" [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 10:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SG
06DAKAR587	GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM UNDER [...] (U) The National Popular Assembly (ANP) voted to schedule the Government's policy program for discussion, overturning a technical advisory board's decision, which tried to keep the program from being read by the full Assembly. Fifty-one parliamentarians voted in favor, thirty-four against, a [...]	2006-03-07 13:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KCRM PU
06DAKAR610	BISSAU-GUINEAN MEDIA ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government and private media in Guinea- Bissau barely function and rely heavily on the international donor community to survive. Nonetheless, editors have a solid grasp of the role of independent media in building a pluralist democracy as well as advancing national reconciliat [...]	2006-03-09 12:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KDEM KPAO PU
06DAKAR612	IMI: THE SENEGALESE GOVERNMENT INVITES EXPRESSIONS [...] SUMMARY: President Wade,s dream project to build a new airport in Diass, a rural community located 45 kilometers (km) from Dakar, Senegal,s capital, is coming true. The Senegalese government, through Senegal,s Investment Promotion Agency (APIX),has set the stage first by creating &Aeroport [...]	2006-03-09 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAIR EINV SG
06DAKAR619	ELY OULD VALL: "MAURITANIA HAS NO REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Mauritania'S Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall made his first visit to Senegal as head of state, March 6-7, 2006. In a press conference shortly before departure, he said use of the term "refugee" is inappropriate for those who left Maritania in 1989, and that those who claim to be Mauritani [...]	2006-03-09 16:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF KFLU KUNR KPAL CN IZ MR SU SG
06DAKAR664	SENEGAL: MARCH 15 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between March 7 and 10, USAID/Senegal Health Officers visited the primary sites where migratory birds are found. They found Ministry of Livestock officials well informed about avian influenza, but health officials were less knowledgeable and less prepared. Although a national [...]	2006-03-15 14:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC EAID AMED EAGR SG
06DAKAR668	THE CONSULAR ROLE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY [...] This year Embassy Dakar devoted our Consular Leadership Day (CLD) to exploring the consular section's role in transformational diplomacy. Drawing on input from several American citizen wardens, staff from the Public Affairs Section (PAS),CA's PDAS, Charge and, most importantly, the consular [...]	2006-03-15 15:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT APER CASC CVIS KPAO PHUM PTER SG
06DAKAR681	A (MERCIFULLY BRIEF) HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 16:25:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PINS PGOV PINR ASEC CASC SG
06DAKAR817	WADE'S CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES: THE TOWN WITHOUT A [...] (C) Old-timers claim populous and centrally-located Kaolack was once a beautiful, prosperous and charming city -- rather than a seasonally dust-choked or rain- sodden topographical smear on the road to somewhere else. With his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) fragmented locally into at leas [...]	2006-04-03 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PINR PINS KISL SG
06DAKAR832	IDRISSA SECK TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Ex-PM Idrissa Seck, released from prison less than two months ago, has declared he will run for president. In declaring, he reiterated denials that he made any deal with President Wade for his release, echoed friends' and allies' call for national "redressement" or recovery, and called, [...]	2006-04-05 15:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SG
06DAKAR837	FIGHTING THE REAL OPPOSITION IN SENEGAL -- THE [...] (C) President Wade and his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) have taken the unofficial pre-election campaign for the hearts and minds of potential voters to the press, and they expect the media to comply. One politician/labor activist was recently arrested after making a critical statement to [...]	2006-04-05 17:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR86	SUD FM AFFAIR: SIX JOURNALISTS ACQUITTED, REBEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six journalists from the Sud Communications Group were acquitted on January 6 of charges of complicity in endangering Senegal's territorial integrity. In a volte-face, the prosecution joined the defense in requesting that all charges against the journalists be dropped. Moveme [...]	2006-01-13 07:14:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO SG
06DAKAR864	WADE TALKS ABOUT REVIVING THE CHARGES AGAINST SECK [...] (C) Following former Prime Minister Seck's announcement that he plans to run for President, President Wade ordered a re-examination of "illicit enrichment" charges against Seck. Privately, a member of Seck's team confided that any attempt to re-imprison Seck will be resisted by Seck and his gr [...]	2006-04-07 14:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SG
06DAKAR904	GUINEA-BISSAU: COURTING U.S. AND OTHERS WITH [...] (C) In a March 29-31 visit, then Charge and PolOff saw a Guinea-Bissau that is oriented toward courting international donors and investors and implementing a domestic agenda that reflects the top priorities of UN, European and U.S. interests. The government,s priority is security sector refo [...]	2006-04-13 13:04:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON SNAR SG PU US
06DAKAR929	MANY IN SENEGAL ASK: "WHERE'S MY MONEY?" [...] It is common practice among politicians to make promises they cannot keep. Critics are complaining that this has become an art form in Senegal, where in the past couple of weeks, a rash of groups have complained publicly about money they were promised by the Government but never received. Th [...]	2006-04-14 15:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON SG
06DAKAR933	SENEGAL: 2006 BUDGET CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's 2006 budget allocates more money to the social sector (education and health),and relies on CFA francs (CFAF) 43.1 billion (USD 78.3 million) in savings from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative to reduce poverty, which affects nearly 57 p [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID MARR SG
06DAKAR939	AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER EXAMINES SENEGAL'S POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of West African Affairs Phillip Carter visited Dakar, March 26 through 29, to assess the political and economic situation. He had informative exchanges with a variety of GOS officials, Islamic leaders and opposition politicians. Carter praised recent steps taken by the [...]	2006-04-18 18:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PHUM KMCA SG
06DAKAR957	AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: South African Airlines begins daily flights from Johannesburg to Washington Dulles via Dakar next month. Delta Air Lines is scheduled to begin service from Atlanta through Dakar to Johannesburg in December. Recent FAA and TSA safety and security assessments [...]	2006-04-20 13:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID SG
06DAMASCCUS4435	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Peace [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend led with reports of President Asad's phone conversations with Italian PM Prodi, which focused on technical assistance to be offered to Syrian border guards, and featured a statement by the Syrian News Agency denying reports that Syria has accepted Europ [...]	2006-09-11 13:21:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1014	IN THE FACE OF SECTION 311 SANCTIONS, SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: As we move to impose sanctions against the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) under USAPATRIOT Act Section 311, it has become increasingly clear that the threat of sanctions succeeded in making it difficult for Syrian public financial institutions to conduct business with foreign bank [...]	2006-03-08 11:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PTER SANC SY
06DAMASCUS1058	TWO YEARS AFTER QAMISHLI RIOTS, WHERE ARE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the March 12 anniversary of the 2004 Kurdish riots in northeastern Syria nears, multiple issues regarding Syria's Kurdish minority remain unresolved. Several hundred thousand Kurds in Syria remain without citizenship resulting in serious socioeconomic consequences; linguistic [...]	2006-03-09 14:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS1082	MOVING FORWARD ON THE SYRIA-TURKEY FREE TRADE [...] (C) Summary: The Syrian press reported last week on the Turkish Parliament's approval of the Syria-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (FTA),indicating that it would increase bilateral trade to $2 billion by 2007. Turkish diplomatic contacts have stated that implementation of the agreement is stil [...]	2006-03-12 12:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD SY
06DAMASCUS1108	MARCH MADNESS, SYRIAN STYLE, AS ARBITRARY ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to the recent detentions of Riad Seif and others during civil society-organized demonstrations, arbitrary arrests and detentions have continued in recent weeks. Targets have included a prominent civil society activist, the brother of a key post contact, and a journa [...]	2006-03-13 15:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS1158	SARG REPORTEDLY SETS OUT THREE NEW RED LINES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent newspaper article in the influential regional Arab daily al-Hayat reported what is described as the SARG's demarcation of three "new" red lines for civil society activists, reflecting the regime's reaction to events of the last week. The three lines include: a ban on c [...]	2006-03-16 14:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS1216	SARG EFFORTS TO RESTRICT EMBASSY OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: With increasing intensity over the past three months, the SARG has mounted an effort, spearheaded by the MFA, to restrict a range of Embassy operations. The SARG has imposed a new, centralized system of visa issuance, seriously impeding the travel of official Americans. It has [...]	2006-03-20 15:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT SY
06DAMASCUS1273	FACING DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION, SYRIANS NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media is giving increasing coverage to the issue of inflation, with contacts estimating that the prices of basic commodities are rising much faster than the officially reported rate of 6%. Prices have refused to come down after a series of shocks in 2005, indicating a gen [...]	2006-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SY
06DAMASCUS1296	SYRIAN LEGAL EXPERTS, BUSINESSMEN TO LAUNCH [...] (C) A group of businessmen, lawyers, judges, and researchers are in the final planning stages of launching a Syrian chapter of Transparency International, the Germany-based anti-corruption NGO. According to activist and researcher Radwan Zyadeh, the organization has been in the works for th [...]	2006-03-23 14:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV
06DAMASCUS1297	KURDS TURN OUT EN MASSE TO PARTY-SPONSORED NOW RUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Syrian Kurds turned out across Syria on March 21 to celebrate the ancient holiday of Now Ruz, the solar new year. Kurdish political parties organized festivals throughout Syria, combining folk dancing and Kurdish pop music with easily digestible political messages. [...]	2006-03-23 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS1361	SYRIAN VP VISITS EGYPT, SAUDI, AND IRAN [...] (U) Syrian VP Farouk al-Shara'a met with Egypt's President Mubarak March 23 in Sharm El Sheikh, Saudi King Abdullah March 24 in Jeddah, and Iranian President Ahmadinejad March 25 in Tehran. In his first regional trip since becoming VP, Shara'a delivered to each leader a letter from Syrian Pr [...]	2006-03-27 16:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG IR SA
06DAMASCUS1366	Damascus Media Reaction: Arab Summit, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers focused on the 18th Arab summit that will be inaugurated in Khartoum today. All papers reported President Asad's arrival in Khartoum to participate in the summit and featured photos of his meetings with Sudanese President Al- Bashir, Lebanese President Lahoud and Emir Sab [...]	2006-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1368	SARG NERVOUS OVER BRAMMERTZ, DESPITE POSITIVE BODY [...] (C) Summary: Despite its continuing efforts to project calm, the mid-March Brammertz report seems to have provoked SARG anxiety about where the UNIIIC investigation is headed. A range of contacts report that the regime's guardedly positive public reaction to the mid-march UNIIIC report soured [...]	2006-03-28 14:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SY
06DAMASCUS141	KHADDAM, UNIIIC, AND A POSSIBLE CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: Polchief met January 8 with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a long-standing Embassy contact, who described possible motives for the interviews being given by former Syrian VP Khaddam, as well as increased Alawite dissatisfaction with President Asad. XXXXXXXXXXXX also described a threatening outbu [...]	2006-01-09 13:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1430	Damascus Media Reaction: President Asad's Interview [...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with President Asad's interview with the US PBS TV Network. All papers headlined President Asad's statement "We want to cooperate with the US Administration, and we can find common interests." The Khartoum Summit was the second focal topic in the Syrian paper [...]	2006-03-30 08:44:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS148	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's summit meetings in Jeddah with King Abdullah and in Sharm al-Sheikh with President Mubarak. The goal of Asad's surprise trips to Saudi Arabia and Egypt was apparently to seek support from Arab leaders as he faces a U.N. probe into alleged Syri [...]	2006-01-09 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1500	AS AI OUTBREAKS SURROUND SYRIA, IS SARG CONCEALING [...] (C) Summary: Though avian influenza (AI) oubreaks have been reported in neighboring Jordan and Lebanon, Syria has not reported any suspected or confirmed cases. While local offices of organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) express confidence that the SARG would acknowledge [...]	2006-04-04 08:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAGR SY
06DAMASCUS1515	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the meeting of Syrian Minister of Expatriates, Buthaina Shaaban with Emir Salman Bin Abed al-Aziz Al Saud, Emir of the Saudi city of Riyadh, who described the Syrian-Saudi relations as distinguished, and pointed out continuing consultations between the two count [...]	2006-04-06 14:12:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1542	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the meeting of Syrian Minister of Expatriates, Buthaina Shaaban with Emir Salman Bin Abed al-Aziz Al Saud, Emir of the Saudi city of Riyadh, who described the Syrian-Saudi relations as distinguished, and pointed out continuing consultations between the two count [...]	2006-04-06 14:26:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1635	Damascus Media Reaction: US/EU Decisions to Halt Aid to [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a Syrian Information Ministry statement denying a report by an Israeli newspaper that Syria had sent messages to Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seeking to resume peace talks between the two countries. The source told Syria's official SANA news agency [...]	2006-04-11 13:35:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1664	PETROCANADA AND SHELL RECOMMIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. The SARG,s annual exhibition to promote its oil and gas sector met with modest success. The UK and Canadian embassies both officially participated in the exhibition and promoted their companies further involvement in Syria. Only one US company, IPR, participated in the exhibit [...]	2006-04-12 08:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET SY
06DAMASCUS1666	MU'ALLIM CONFIDANT ON BRAMMERTZ INQUIRY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite its attempts to project confidence, the regime remains concerned about the efforts of UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz, worrying that arrests of Syrian suspects and the formation of an international tribunal are on the way, according to Dr. Samir al-Taki, a confidant of FM M [...]	2006-04-12 13:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1692	TWO IMPORTANT SUNNI LEADERS ASSESS KHADDAM'S IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: Two Sunni leaders, XXXXXXXXXXXX, assess that former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam is a useful tool who has already weakened the regime. They are counseling their friends in the opposition not to attack Khaddam publicly, regardless of their private reservations. One of these Sunnis XX [...]	2006-04-13 11:44:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1698	DAMASCUS DECLARATION GROUP DECIDES NOT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite intense SARG pressure, members of the Damascus Declaration (DD) group who met April 6 decided not to publicly attack former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam or his recent alignment with Muslim Brother leader Sadreddin Bayanouni in the National Salvation Front. Rejecting the argu [...]	2006-04-13 16:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS1723	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: SARG CONTINUES ARREST [...] (C) ABDULLAH FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN INCOMMUNICADO: Father-and-son civil society activists Ali and Mohammed Abdullah remain incommunicado following their March 23 arrest (ref A). Abdullah's wife Wifa'a (and human rights activist Rezan Zeituneh) told Poloff on April 13 that the whereabouts of [...]	2006-04-18 07:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS1754	C-NE6-00262: KHADDAM'S AND BAYANOUNI'S FAUSTIAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam's public criticism of the regime and his move to ally himself -- via the National Salvation Front -- with Syrian Muslim Brotherhood leader Sadreddin al-Bayanouni continue to provoke the regime and stir tremendous speculation among the public and [...]	2006-04-18 13:01:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS1782	LIMITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBSERVED IN SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: In conjunction with export license checks, econoffs visited Dayr ez Zawr (Dayr) and Qamishli, key cities close to Syria's border with Iraq. Residents in these two areas have historically maintained stronger cultural, ethnic, familial, and economic ties to Iraq than to Syria's cap [...]	2006-04-19 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ETTC SY
06DAMASCUS1821	Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that the Syrian Popular Committee to Support the Palestinian People opened special accounts at the Real-Estate Bank of Syria and the branches of the Commercial Bank of Syria in Damascus, Hama, Homs, Lattakia, Aleppo, Tartus, Daraa, Swieda, Der-Ezzor, Kami [...]	2006-04-20 13:34:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS183	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian Papers reported additional statements by Lebanese and Egyptian factions voicing support for Syria and Hizbollah and condemning foreign intervention in Syrian and Lebanese affairs. On developments in the Palestinian territories, papers reported commencement of Palestinian legi [...]	2006-01-17 15:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1848	SARG CONTINUES TO PLAY WITH ISLAMIC FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The SARG continues to play with the issue of Islam -- in the wake of its February use of mob violence against several European embassies -- in ways designed to shore up support for the regime. In the past month there have been numerous reports about regime outreach to the Islamic commu [...]	2006-04-24 10:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SY
06DAMASCUS1853	PALESTINIAN FM VISITS DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Palestinian FM Zahar met with Syrian President Asad and, separately, with Syrian FM Mu'allim April 20 in Damascus, according to media contacts. The foreign ministers announced further discussions to upgrade diplomatic relations between the two governments and other SARG [...]	2006-04-24 14:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1879	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon/US, Syria/Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers on 23 April criticized Lebanese PM al-Saniora's visit to and statements in the United States and maintained that "Washington has nothing to present to Lebanon other than Israeli demands." Syrian papers also reported a press statement by Foreign Minister Walid al-M [...]	2006-04-25 13:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS19	KHADDAM INTERVIEW CONTINUES TO PROVOKE ANGRY [...] (SBU) The December 30 interview that former Syrian VP Abdul Halim Khaddam granted to the al-Arabiyya TV network has provoked a torrent of denunciation and anger in Damascus. The People's Assembly held a special session the following day -- televised live on Syrian TV -- to allow a parade of p [...]	2006-01-02 13:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1909	ASAD MEETS BRAMMERTZ IN DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad met with UNIIIC chief Serge Brammertz in Damascus April 25. The official Syria News Agency SANA issued a terse statement confirming the visit after Brammertz departed Damascus with his team. Media contacts acknowledged that very few details ab [...]	2006-04-26 12:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMCR SY IZ LE
06DAMASCUS1920	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: REPORT OF DEATH IN CUSTODY; [...] DEATH OF POLITICAL DETAINEE REPORTED: According to news reports, the body of 26-year old Mohammed Shaher Haysa was turned over to his family earlier this week. News reports in offshore media stated that Haysa had died as a result of torture. Human rights activist Anwar al-Bunni told Poloff [...]	2006-04-27 13:15:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS197	SLOW REFORMS, POLITICAL UNEASE: BANKS SEEK TO [...] (C) Summary: Syria's private banking sector continues to expand modestly, with two new banks beginning operations and the established banks opening new branches. However, contacts report that the SARG's erratic pace of reform has caused private banks to adopt conservative business plans that [...]	2006-01-18 12:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV SY
06DAMASCUS1987	Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry refuting the US annual report on terrorism, saying that the US war on terrorism hasn't achieved any positive results, but rather, increased terrorism, for two main reasons. One is the US and Israeli rejection of what Syr [...]	2006-05-01 14:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2033	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Mohammed Zuhir al- Nashashibi, Member of the PLO Executive Committee, expressed thanks and great appreciation to President Asad for launching the national fundraising campaign for the Palestinian people. "The Palestinian people appreciate the wise and brave [...]	2006-05-03 12:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS206	SARG FREES FIVE DAMASCUS SPRING PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights activists and family members have confirmed news reports announcing the release of five of the six Damascus Spring political prisoners, including former MPs Riad Seif and Mamoun al-Homsi. Human rights activists were quick to point out that the release was not an amn [...]	2006-01-19 14:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS2063	CBS CONTINUING TO WEAKEN UNDER SECTION 311 [...] (C) Summary: Financial sanctions under USAPATRIOT Act Section 311 are beginning to weaken the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) as more financial institutions in Europe and the Gulf cease their business with the bank. The seriousness with which CBS management views the imposition of Section 311 [...]	2006-05-04 09:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN SY
06DAMASCUS2064	OPPOSITION FOCUSING ON EXTERNAL PROJECTS WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While domestic civil-society activity has slowed in the wake of security service crackdowns and in anticipation of the June 15 Brammertz report, post contacts indicate that the opposition is now focused on a number of external projects. On a regional level, the Damascus-Beiru [...]	2006-05-04 10:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS207	IMPACT OF KHADDAM: A SYRIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation held before the release of political prisoner Riyad Seif and others, prominent Syrian XXXXXXXXXXXX opposition figure XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polchief January 16 that former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam's press campaign had thrown the Syrian regime into crisis but would no [...]	2006-01-19 14:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO
06DAMASCUS2071	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Palestine, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Dr. Faisal Miqdad, Deputy Foreign Minister, conferred with a delegation from the US Institute of Peace now visiting Syria. He commented that "the current US policy is contributing to complications in the region and is blocking efforts to achieve stability i [...]	2006-05-04 13:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS209	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Iranian President Ahmedinejad will arrive in Damascus today for a two-day state visit to Syria and will meet President Asad and senior Syrian officials. All papers featured a statement by President Ahmadinejad on Wednesday describing relations between Iran [...]	2006-01-19 16:07:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS21	IRANIAN ARCHITECT OF SYRIA-IRAN-HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Summary: Iran's incoming Ambassador to Damascus, Mohammed Hassan Akhtari, has returned for his second tour as Ambassador to Syria after overseeing the creation of the Syria-Iran-Hizballah triangle during his first tenure from 1986-1998, according to media reports. Akhtari's appointment [...]	2006-01-02 14:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IR
06DAMASCUS2132	Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, US/Israel, [...] Summary: Papers reported that Syria has called for an international conference to distinguish between terrorism and the right of self-determination. Minister of Interior General Bassam Abdul Majid said in a statement on the sidelines of a conference of Interior Ministers of the EU and Adjacent [...]	2006-05-08 12:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2133	INTERIOR MINISTER REVEALS ABDULLAHS' WHEREABOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: More than a month after their detention by unidentified security forces, Interior Minister Bassam Abdul Majid has revealed to human rights lawyers the whereabouts and reasons for the arrest of prominent civil society activist Ali Abdullah and his son Mohammed. The two men, curre [...]	2006-05-08 12:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS2137	SARG DIVIDED ON REACTION TO BRAMMERTZ; TILT [...] (C) Summary: While noting that President Bashar al-Asad and others in the regime had emerged more confident after UNIIIC chief Serge Brammertz's April 25 questioning of the Syrian leader, MFA informal legal advisor Dr. Samir al-Taki termed such confidence misplaced. He voiced his suspicion [...]	2006-05-08 14:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SY
06DAMASCUS2163	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara received Sheikh Jawad al-Khalisi, Secretary General of the Iraqi National Foundation Congress (INFC); at their meeting Shara reiterated Syria's condemnation of terrorist attacks that target innocent civilians and sow seeds of partition [...]	2006-05-09 12:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2165	RELEASED MP MA'AMOUN HOMSI SAYS REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Former MP Ma'amoun Homsi, released with his colleague Riad Seif in January after five years imprisonment, told PolChief in early May that the SARG has continued to periodically harass him and threaten his family to bully him into lowering his public profile. Homsi criticized t [...]	2006-05-09 14:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS2166	LABWANI INDICTED ON CAPITAL CHARGES; DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a member of opposition activist Kamal Labwani's legal team, the criminal court has handed down an indictment charging him with having contact with a foreign power and encouraging the foreign power to invade Syria, a charge that could carry the death sentence. The de [...]	2006-05-09 14:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS2192	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Syria has received 53 families of Palestinian refugees who were trapped at the Jordanian and Iraqi borders for 6 weeks before. "Syria has taken necessary steps to host the Palestinian refugees in cooperation with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and t [...]	2006-05-10 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2212	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS FACE [...] (C) HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS FACE REPRISALS: SARG scrutiny of civil society activists has now expanded to included human rights lawyers. Anwar al-Bunni told Poloff May 11 that the Syrian Bar Association has formally suspended him for one year on charges stemming from the 2001 Damascus Spring t [...]	2006-05-11 13:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS2214	LABWANI ATTENDS FORMAL HEARING; FAMILY AND LAWYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jailed opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared before the presiding judge in his case on May 11 for an initial hearing, with the opening trial date to be announced in the upcoming days. Labwani faces charges of advocating the invasion of Syria by a foreign power and spreadin [...]	2006-05-11 14:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS2238	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syria papers reported that Syria denied Friday evening Jordanian claims on the training of Hamas members in Syria and criticized the UNSC bid to issue a resolution on Syria and Lebanon as "an obstacle to clearing the air." Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem said in a joint press co [...]	2006-05-14 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2264	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Assamani Al-Waseela Assamani, Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, who conferred with Minister Walid al-Mouallem. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and means of boosting them in all fields. During the meeting, the Sudanese Min [...]	2006-05-15 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2297	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, EURO-MED, Boycott [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Subhi Abdul Hamid, Secretary General of Iraq's Arab Nationalist Movement, which tackled the situation in Iraq and bilateral relations. President Asad confirmed Syria's support for efforts to restore Iraq's stability and security tha [...]	2006-05-17 06:30:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2337	Damascus Media Reaction: UN Security Council resolution [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry on the UN Security Council Resolution 1680 that was passed on Wednesday saying it poses "an unprecedented measure of interference in the core of sovereign and bilateral issues for member states to the United Nations. C [...]	2006-05-18 12:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS236	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Spain, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported positive reactions in Lebanon to President Asad's speech to the Federation of Arab Lawyers citing statements by former Lebanese Minister Wadi Al- Khazen, Kamal Shatila, President of the Lebanese People's Congress, Al-Diyar newspaper, and Hasan Nasrallah o [...]	2006-01-23 14:52:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2391	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: LABWANI CASE POSTPONED; [...] (C) LABWANI TRIAL DELAYED; ASSOCIATE TELLS OF SARG INTIMIDATION ATTEMPTS: The trial of Kamal Labwani, scheduled to begin May 22, has been delayed after court officials claimed that no trial had been scheduled for that day. Labwani's family members, human rights lawyers, and a number of oppo [...]	2006-05-23 12:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL SY IR
06DAMASCUS2392	FOUR MORE DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION SIGNATORIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four signatories of the Damascus-Beirut Declaration (DBD),including prominent human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni, were interrogated on May 21 by investigatory judges at the Palace of Justice Criminal Court in Damascus. Bunni, who has been on a hunger strike for the last two days [...]	2006-05-23 12:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY

06DAMASCUS2466	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, NAM Summit, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Vice-President Farouk al- Shara's visit to the UAE and his meeting with His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the UAE, who received a message from President Asad regarding the latest developments in the region. Shara and Sheikh Khalifa re [...]	2006-05-30 12:51:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY

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