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06PHNOMPENH1694	A/S HARTY DISCUSSES ADOPTIONS, IVS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. RGC officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) told visiting CA A/S Harty that they support Cambodia's ratification of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and have added the Conventi [...]	2006-09-19 01:31:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CASC PREL PREF CB VN

06PHNOMPENH1802	RSO/ICE/NGO MEETINGS ON COMBATTING CRIMES AGAINST [...] Summary. On September 26, the Regional Security Office (RSO) and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Bangkok Attachs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organized a meeting with NGOs to discuss the challenges facing NGOs in combating sex crimes against children. The RSO enc [...]	2006-10-03 10:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB ASEC
06PHNOMPENH1803	RSO/ICE/NGO MEETINGS ON COMBATTING CRIMES AGAINST [...] Summary. On September 26, the Regional Security Office (RSO) and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Bangkok Attachs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organized a meeting with NGOs to discuss the challenges facing NGOs in combating sex crimes against children. The RSO enc [...]	2006-10-04 00:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB ASEC
06PHNOMPENH1908	A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSSES BURMA, NORTH KOREA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron met separately with Cambodian PM Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong during an October 14-17 visit to Cambodia. The PM reassured the USG of Cambodia's decision to back Guatemala for the rotational Latin American UNSC seat. Lowenkron thanked Hun [...]	2006-10-20 11:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1928	GOVERNMENT PREEMPTS BILATERAL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than a month of slow progress, the government preempted the final round of negotiations between garment factories and workers by increasing the minimum wage from USD 45 to USD 50 per month. After the fourth round of negotiations on October 13 left the two sides sti [...]	2006-10-25 01:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1954	CAMBODIA: 3ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. From July through September 2006, the police arrested 24 suspects involved in human trafficking and pimping. Four foreign nationals, including an American, were arrested for sex crimes against children. Police rescued 27 victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Six othe [...]	2006-10-27 11:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1965	CAMBODIA INCSR PART I SUBMISSION [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report as requested reftel. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary The number of drug-related investigations, arrests and seizures in Cambodia continued to [...]	2006-11-01 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CB
06PHNOMPENH2072	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE HELD IN MONDOLKIRI PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary. The Cambodian press reported on November 22 that Cambodian provincial police in Mondolkiri province arrested a North Korean man in the past week. According to press reports, a senior Cambodian police official confirmed the arrest, added the North Korean was deported to Vietnam [...]	2006-11-22 10:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KN VM CB
06PHNOMPENH2240	CAMBODIA: GARMENT BUYERS URGE IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Buyers of Cambodian-made garments urged the Better Factories Cambodia factory monitoring project to maintain credibility by continuing International Labor Organization (ILO) involvement and to meet financial challenges by encouraging more buyers to participate. Cambodia's good [...]	2006-12-28 05:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KTEX PHUM
06PHNOMPENH361	CAMBODIA'S PRIME MINISTER: WORKING FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. During an hour and one-half February 23 meeting with Staffdel Grove, PM Hun Sen outlined his vision for moving Cambodia forward along the path to democratic reform in concert with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and civil society, claiming that his dramatic turnaround was [...]	2006-02-24 04:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH501	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2005 - March 2006. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (SBU) [...]	2006-03-15 08:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD CB
06PHNOMPENH602	CAMBODIA: UNIONIZATION EFFORTS STALL IN CASINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Unionization efforts at a Thai-owned casino on the Cambodian-Thai border were met with alleged management intimidation and firing of union leaders. Management objected to an arbitral award calling on them to re-instate 11 of the 20 terminated workers, has refused to implement [...]	2006-03-30 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL CB TH
06PHNOMPENH643	CAMBODIA'S FM ON APEC, BURMA, AND [...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador's April 5 meeting with FM Hor Namhong, the FM raised the prospect of APEC membership, PM Hun Sen's desire to participate in the November APEC Summit meeting in Hanoi as part of the ASEAN leaders' meeting with President Bush, and the FM's interest in meeting wi [...]	2006-04-05 11:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH655	CAMBODIA: GARMENT SECTOR STRIKES RISE SHARPLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than twice as many workers (16,000) were involved in strikes in February and March of this year than in the two previous months. The dramatic increase is probably due to a number of factors: resurgence of activism after months of economic and political uncertainty, lea [...]	2006-04-07 03:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH744	CAMBODIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE [...] (SBU) Cambodia is in the midst of making determinations regarding its support for candidates from all geographic blocs for the new Human Rights Council, according to Sun Suon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations. Pol/Econ Chief made demarche points in [...]	2006-04-21 11:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH887	KRT JUDGES NAMED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, the Cambodian Government announced the names of the Cambodian and international judges selected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and approved by the King. The results are a mixed bag of good, middling, and poor choices. Initial soundings within the diplomati [...]	2006-05-09 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH894	CAMBODIA: DAS JOHN'S REINFORCES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 discussion with visiting DAS Eric John, FM Hor Namhong lauded US-Cambodia bilateral relations and said Cambodia would seriously consider DAS John's request that the RGC support Guatemala's candidacy for the UNSC. The FM was open on Burma and prospects for democratic [...]	2006-05-10 02:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EAID CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1141	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEPORTEES WITH INTERIOR [...] Summary: The Ambassador called on the Minister of Interior Paul Antoine Bien-Aime on June 22. They discussed the Minister's priorities, the deportation and rendition programs, and ways to further US-Haitian law enforcement and security collaboration. Bien-Aime stated that internal security, [...]	2006-06-23 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1184	PREVAL TO GET ORGANIZED SOON [...] (C) Presidential advisor Alix Fils-Aime on July 27 told Polcouns that President Preval would complete the organization of his staff after his return from Europe on July 6, naming a chief-of-staff and moving operations to the national palace. Preval would not replace government staff below th [...]	2006-06-30 16:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1258	PREVAL TRIES TO DODGE ISSUE OF VENEZUELA AND UNSC [...] (C) In our early morning meeting July 10 (other topics reported septel),President Preval carefully circumvented any detailed discussion of CARICOM support for Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. He outright refused to say if Haiti would join a CARICOM consensus. Noting that Haiti took no active [...]	2006-07-12 14:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL UNSC
06PORTAUPRINCE1267	IMF: HAITI URGENTLY NEEDS 06-07 BUDGET SUPPORT [...] Summary: Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ugo Fasano raised a red flag concerning Haiti's fiscal year 2006-2007 financing gap. If the GOH cannot find budget support for the estimated USD 45 to 60 million deficit that will not be covered by multilateral pledges [...]	2006-07-13 17:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE130	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH UN ASG FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Ass't Sec'y Gen'l Hedi Annabi (strictly protect) of DPKO came over for dinner a deux at the Residence 18 January to talk the issues: a Deputy SRSG position still MIA; Haitian pressure on SRSG Valdes to perform better; weakness in Jordanian military performance and possible U.S. actions t [...]	2006-01-19 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM HA JO
06PORTAUPRINCE1376	HAITI: DONORS REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO HAITI AT JULY [...] Summary: The Haitian Government (GOH) hosted a Donors' Conference July 25 in Port-au-Prince that resulted in international commitments totaling USD 750 million over the next fifteen months (July 2006 to September 30, 2007). The GOH compiled a "pie in the sky" budget for this time frame of U [...]	2006-07-28 18:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1379	PREVAL SAYS CARICOM WILL SUPPORT VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) Summary: President Preval asserted to A/S Shannon July 25 that CARICOM had adopted a common position in support of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. Preval judged that Guyana had softened its opposition to Venezuela, clearing the way for a CARICOM consensus. Shannon explained that Guat [...]	2006-07-31 14:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	GT HA PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1386	HAITI: PM ASKS WHA A/S FOR HELP ON SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis told Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon July 25 that the Donors' Conference was a success and proves Haiti is ready to assert its leadership and take back nation-building responsibilities from the international community. Alexis said the gove [...]	2006-07-31 17:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1387	PREVAL SAYS CARICOM WILL SUPPORT VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Shannon used the opportunity of a July 25 meeting with Haitian President Preval to urge Haiti to support Guatemala for the GRULAC UNSC seat. President Preval asserted that CARICOM had adopted a common position in support of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. Shannon noted th [...]	2006-07-31 18:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VZ GT HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1393	PREVAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Shannon pressed President Preval on July 25 to demonstrate ways the Government of Haiti, with international assistance, could address the lack of security in Port-au-Prince. Preval said that Haiti needed to take control of its ports (where illegal arms enter [...]	2006-08-01 11:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1407	HAITI: A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MINUSTAH SRSG [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Edmond Mulet warned A/S Shannon on July 25 that provocations by former president Aristide and his supporters could erode Haiti's post-electoral stability. Mulet said that President Preval's public silence about security pro [...]	2006-08-02 19:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1426	UNSG ANNAN VISITS HAITI, AUGUST 3-4 [...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan successfully concluded his visit August 3-4 to Port-au-Prince, meeting with President Preval, Prime Minister Alexis and selected cabinet Ministers. Weather difficulties forced the UNSYG to overnight in Port-au-Prince, giving h [...]	2006-08-04 21:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1661	PREVAL HOME ALONE [...] Summary. Over four months into Preval's presidency, he has yet to form a staff allowing him to carry through policy initiatives. Preval confidante and advisor Robert Manuel serves as chief counselor. Gabriel Verret, who appears to have grown in influence advises Preval on economic matters. [...]	2006-09-07 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1690	SUB-CABINET SHAKEUP [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 7 announced the replacement of 10 of 18 directors general (DGs) in cabinet ministries and four of nine DGs in government agencies. DGs are third in the bureaucratic hierarchy, serve as chief operating officers, and traditionally manage pe [...]	2006-09-11 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PINR
06PORTAUPRINCE1697	HAITI: CELLULAR INTER-CONNECTIVITY AT LAST [...] Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication Frantz Verela announced that all three cellular operators in Haiti -- Comcel, Digicel and Haitel -- will finally be inter-connected by September 24 at midnight. Since May, the two incumbent operators, Comcel and Haitel, refus [...]	2006-09-12 15:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETTC PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1798	PM ON COOPERATION/SECURITY/ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 19 reviewed with the Ambassador recent developments in the bilateral agenda. The Ambassador congratulated the PM on the previous day's signing of the bilateral aid agreement and pledged to coordinate our assistance with the GoH. [...]	2006-09-22 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE184	A/S SHANNON ATTENDS MINUSTAH/OAS MEETING IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon represented the United States. at a meeting of senior MINUSTAH, OAS, and donor countries in Port-au-Prince on January 20. The participants agreed that election of [...]	2006-01-25 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1858	HAITI'S TEXTILES: COMPETITIVE PROSPECTS FOR A [...] Summary: Haiti's textile sector has made a remarkable recovery following the steep decline after the political upheaval in February 2004. However, production figures through the first half of 2006 show a slight decrease in production. Industry association representatives told econoff that this i [...]	2006-09-28 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX
06PORTAUPRINCE1932	AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS VISIT CITE SOLEIL: LIFE AT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and emboffs visited the impoverished Port au Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil on October 10 at the invitation of MINUSTAH Force Commander General Elito. Based on our observations, signs of life appear to be returing to what some in the past have called the most danger [...]	2006-10-11 20:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2031	MINUSTAH/HNP ATTACKED IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary. A MINUSTAH operation to clear rubble from an area near a Cite Soleil checkpoint on October 19 generated fierce protests from local residents. The operation ultimately resulted in an armed battle between Cite Soleil gang members and HNP/MINUSTAH forces. Attackers firing three [...]	2006-10-24 15:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2065	STUDENT PROTEST CALLS FOR THE DEPARTURE OF MINUSTAH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Approximately 75 students from the State University of Haiti School of Human Sciences protested the &occupation of MINUSTAH8 on October 24, the day commemorating the 61st anniversary of the United Nations. The stud [...]	2006-10-27 16:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE211	HAITI ELECTIONS: SECURITY PLAN READY [...] (C) Election Day security plans remain on track, according to MINUSTAH's Chief of Elections Security and Planning, Neil Warriner. Despite rumors to the contrary, MINUSTAH UNPol and the Haitian National Police (HNP) will jointly patrol all voting centers, including those in Cite Soleil. Wa [...]	2006-01-27 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC MARR PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2169	A/S PATTERSON PUSHES FOR COOPERATION WITH GOH [...] (C) Summary. INL A/S Anne W. Patterson urged increased cooperation on law enforcement and intelligence gathering to combat narcotics trafficking through Haiti during her meetings on November 3 with President Preval and senior GoH and MINUSTAH officials. Repeatedly referring to the 1997 ill [...]	2006-11-13 12:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC KCRM HA SNAR
06PORTAUPRINCE220	AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Post's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met on January 23 and began developing preparedness measures to meet the threat of a possible AI human pandemic. The AIWG members have inventoried medical supplies, identified medically traine [...]	2006-01-30 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2243	GOH OPEN TO RENEWED CRIMINAL TRANSFERS? [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by Santo Domingo-resident LEGATT and ALEGATT and Consul General, met with Justice Minister Rene Magloire and State Secretary Eucher-Luc Joseph on November 7 to discuss resumption of the transfer of Haitian criminal suspects to the United States for pros [...]	2006-11-21 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI SNAR CASC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2277	HAITI'S LOCAL ELECTIONS ON TRACK FOR DECEMBER 3 [...] Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and representatives of the UN mission to Haiti (Minustah) reported that elections preparations are in the final stages, with no unscheduled loose ends remaining. In preparation for post-electoral disputes, Director General of the CEP Jacques B [...]	2006-11-29 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2339	PREVAL WELCOMES SENATOR DEWINE AND REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval met with Senator DeWine (R-OH),Representative Schakowsky (D-IL) and the Ambassador at the National Palace November 29 in advance of a cocktail reception Preval held in honor of DeWine. Preval stressed that insecurity in Port-au-Prince is not due to politica [...]	2006-12-08 12:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2373	GOH TO ANNOUNCE NEW CARICOM OFFICE [...] Summary: President Rene Preval appointed a new advisory council on external relations consisting of financial specialists Marie Michelle Rey, Charles Clarmant, and Preval's financial advisor (and presumed fiancee) Elizabeth Delatour. He created the advisory council in September to review rel [...]	2006-12-14 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2427	PREVAL: MINUSTAH MUST ACT NOW [...] (C) Summary. I met with President Preval on the evening of December 21 to discuss the current security environment, the political machinations underway in Parliament and the Primature, and Haiti's continuing dispute with China. Preval also shared with me frank details of his health (reported [...]	2006-12-21 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE2453	POLICE CHIEF CRITICIZES JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Mario Andresol denounced Haiti's corrupt justice system December 15 at a graduation ceremony for 567 cadets. He claimed the justice system "consists of a dictatorship of some judges who arbitrate based on their own interpretati [...]	2006-12-26 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE249	HAITI VOTE TABULATION CENTER [...] Summary: On January 27 and 29 PDAS Jonathan Farrar and Charge Carney separately visited the Vote Tabulation Center (VTC),which will be the nerve center of Haiti's election results tabulation. The VTC is located roughly one km from the MINUSTAH base at the Port-au-Prince airport. MINUSTAH ha [...]	2006-02-02 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE253	SIMEUS URGES HAITIANS TO VOTE; NOT SUPPORTING ANY [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with disqualified AmCit presidential candidate Dumarsais Simeus February 1. Simeus said he would hold a press conference February 2 to encourage people to vote. He further explained that he would not publicly back any presidential candidate, but would fully support [...]	2006-02-03 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE29	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS CALL FOR GENERAL [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Haitian business community told Charge that they would call a general strike for Monday, January 9 to protest MINUSTAH,s ineffectiveness in countering the recent upswing of violence and kidnappings. Represe [...]	2006-01-06 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE299	LATORTUE'S PLAN FOR HAITI'S FUTURE, THOUGHTS ON [...] SUMMARY. In a 6 February meeting with DAS Duddy, four Congressional staff and Charge, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue laid out his views on the continuing challenges in Haiti as well as the keys to breaking the cycle of failure. His frank yet optimistic assessment echoed similar messa [...]	2006-02-10 18:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE312	PRO-PREVAL DEMONSTRATIONS COVER PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: Preval supporters are staging demonstrations as small as 50 people and as large as 4000-5000 at the SONAPI Voting Tabulation Center. The demonstrators are chanting in support of Preval and are calling for the announcement of a first-round victory. Post is concerned that demons [...]	2006-02-13 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE317	PREVAL SPEAKS: CONTINUE PROTESTS, BUT DO SO [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential candidate Rene Preval held a press conference February 14. Preval insisted that his party stands for peace. However, he said that the party is convinced that massive fraud took place and that if results are published in their current state, L'Espwa would legally [...]	2006-02-15 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE324	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for ESF Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Haiti for anti-trafficking in persons ESF funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti. The proposal tar [...]	2006-02-16 20:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE335	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for INCLE Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for anti-trafficking in persons INCLE funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti from a law enforce [...]	2006-02-17 20:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE415	Haiti's Submission for Sixth Annual TIP Report [...] The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor in a practice call [...]	2006-03-06 13:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC KCRM KWMN KFRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE511	HAITI ELECTIONS: EMBASSY TURNS OFF NATIONALITY [...] (C) Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Max Mathurin told Charge on March 9 that "the executive" had prepared a letter from the nationality committee, an ad hoc group of cabinet members convened to prevent candidates holding foreign citizenship to run for office (ref A),requesting t [...]	2006-03-17 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE612	UNDER SECRETARY SHINER,S VISIT TO HAITI [...] Summary. Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette S. Shiner, visited Haiti March 24 - 25 as part of a review of UN assistance programs. She traveled to a rural township in northeast Haiti where the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) assists with [...]	2006-04-04 17:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE719	INVITATION TO PREVAL INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 17:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE851	PRESIDENT PREVAL PREPARES A CAUTIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rene Preval has articulated the broad outlines of an economic and political development plan for Haiti, but has not put himself in a position to launch a detailed set of programs or legislative agenda in his first days in office. USG interlocutors will likely have [...]	2006-05-12 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE864	AMERICAN AIRLINES DOMINATES INTERNATIONAL AVIATION [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Emboffs recently toured Haiti,s Toussaint Louverture international airport in Port-au-Prince as guests of American Airlines. American is the largest presence at the airport with approximately 70 percent of int [...]	2006-05-15 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE866	POSTCARD FROM LES CAYES [...] (U) Summary. Poloff traveled to Haiti's South Department capital of Les Cayes, near the westernmost end of Haiti,s "southern claw" (peninsula),to observe the final round of parliamentary elections. The Les Cayes region is more prosperous and orderly than Port-au-Prince, though drug traffick [...]	2006-05-15 19:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE867	PREVAL'S CHIEF FOREIGN POLICY FORECASTS PRAGMATISM [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Longchamp, Rene Garcia Preval's foreign policy advisor provided a circumspect review of the major foreign policy issues facing the new administration to Emboffs May 8. Longchamp claimed that the Preval team had yet to focus on external relations and develop a foreign pol [...]	2006-05-15 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE901	GOVERNOR BUSH'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) President-elect Rene Preval met with Florida Governor Jeb Bush, head of the official U.S. delegation including the Ambassador and Florida State Secretary for Health Dr. Rony Francois, on the morning of his May 14 i [...]	2006-05-19 18:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTLOUIS598	MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Mauritian Prime Minister told Charge October 6 that he has no particular problem with U.S. foreign policy, despite comments to the contrary broadcast on Mauritian radio. Ramgoolam emphasized that he has tried hard to maintain consistent principles in foreign affairs and denounced [...]	2006-10-06 13:42:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS720	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS IN SEYCHELLES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Cesar Cabrera presented his credentials to Seychelles President James Michel on November 21. During his visit the Ambassador had productive meetings with the President, Vice-President, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health. He visited two CJTF-HOA construction pr [...]	2006-11-28 13:14:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ODIP PREL CJAN CASC CVIS MASS SE
06PORTMORESBY169	POLITICAL RIOT IN SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] (U) Summary: A riot has been instigated in Honiara by the losing side following the selection of a new prime minister. Youths have burned vehicles around parliament and have moved into the downtown area, attempting to trash businesses with Taiwanese affiliations. Police are now moving in. We ha [...]	2006-04-18 06:18:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY170	VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN HONIARA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 00:39:00	Embassy Port Moresby	SECRET	PGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY175	HONIARA STABILIZED - SOLOMON ISLANDS STILL A MESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 06:56:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY185	SOLOMON ISLANDS REMAINS TENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 07:04:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY188	SOLOMONS GETS DICEY - TIME FOR A U.S. STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 07:02:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY361	PNG UNDERSTANDS BUT CAN'T COMMIT ON VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 04:02:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PP
06PORTMORESBY369	VANUATU - POSSIBLE FATF CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 01:30:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL NH
06PORTMORESBY460	SOLOMON ISLANDS: PRIME MINISTER SOGAVARE VS RAMSI [...] (U ) SUMMARY: Ambassador traveled to the Solomon Islands to present her credentials and met with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Discussion centered on Sogavare's continued dissatisfaction over RAMSI presence and in particular the ongoing row between the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) an [...]	2006-11-20 07:17:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BP
06PORTOFPAIN568	CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...]	2006-05-08 19:22:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN1040	MANNING CRITICIZES USG FOR IGNORING CARIBBEAN [...] (U) GOTT Prime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday criticized the USG for ignoring the Caribbean region in general and its security, counter narcotics and trade needs in particular. Speaking at a September 5 luncheon before an audience largely comprising energy industry executives and members [...]	2006-09-07 16:04:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1135	T&T FM GIFT RESIGNS [...] Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Patrick Manning who has accepted it. In a September 25 letter to the Prime Minister, delivered the day before Manning departed for Washington, Gift said that, under his watch, "the visibility and respectability of [...]	2006-09-29 12:02:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1152	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES NEW T&T FM ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) During an October 3 courtesy call on new T&T Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott to congratulate him on his appointment, the Ambassador raised Venezuela,s candidacy for the 2007/2008 Latin American and Caribbean non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, drawing on the talking points in S [...]	2006-10-04 20:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1161	MANNING: LIFTING IMET RESTRICTIONS VINDICATES T&T [...] (U) As reported septel, Prime Minister Patrick Manning,s October 4 budget speech, was, for the most part, devoted to a discussion of T&T,s largely energy-driven revenues and of proposed expenditures on infrastructure development, manufacturing diversification and agriculture promotion, as wel [...]	2006-10-06 20:07:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCRM MARR PGOV PREL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1214	OPPOSITION LEADER: PM HAS TERRORIST LINKS, IS [...] (C) On October 3, the Ambassador met with Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Deputy Political Leader Senator Wade Mark, at Mark,s request. Mark said his purpose was to express to the Ambassador the UNC,s shock at the &sudden assault8 on the United States unleashed by Prime Minister Pat [...]	2006-10-20 14:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1230	DEMARCHE: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY [...] On October 23, we verbally presented the talking points contained Reftel to MFA Americas Division Director Margaret Rousseau who also handles the OAS portfolio. 2. In response to a question from Rousseau, we assured her that the US delegation has worked long and hard in an effort to craft [...]	2006-10-23 20:08:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS PHUM PREL PTER SMIG MX XM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1273	T&T TO USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO: BRING ON THE SOA [...] (C) SUMMARY: USOAS Permanent Representative Maisto met with T&T PM Manning and FM Piggott on October 20 to discuss the 2009 Summit of the Americas. Manning signaled that the country will be ready for the summit, and hopes to have a successful event that highlights the Caribbean as well as T [...]	2006-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1294	BWIA to become Caribbean Airways: A Real Transformation? [...] Summary: After years of financial struggles and failed attempts at restructuring, the national airline carrier of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T),the British West Indies Airways (BWIA),will close its doors December 31, 2006, and reopen the next day as Caribbean Airlines. Indications that this lat [...]	2006-11-09 17:23:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1319	T&T'S PRE-ELECTION POLITICS WARMING UP [...] SUMMARY: A number of recent polls as well as statements by Prime Minister Patrick Manning indicate that Winston Dookeran and his newly-formed Congress of the People should be regarded as serious new actors on the country's political stage. It now seems that the Prime Minister may have decided [...]	2006-11-15 19:23:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1328	T&T UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE BELARUS'S RETALIATORY RESOLUTIONS [...] The Ambassador made a number of attempts on November 15 to schedule an immediate meeting and/or make telephone contact with Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott in order to present Reftel talking points. When we received no response, Polchief faxed the talking points to the MFA and followed up on [...]	2006-11-16 17:52:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BO TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1344	MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...]	2006-11-22 17:58:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1349	SECRETARY AND CARICOM: BROAD DIALOGUE NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary Chertoff,s October 26 meeting with CARICOM representatives highlighted the potential for greater cooperation building on existing structures for Cricket World Cup 2007. CARICOM is happy to receive assistance for Cricket World Cup, and further collaboration on interdic [...]	2006-11-24 10:31:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1372	CONFERENCE PROMOTES CARIBBEAN ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION [...] Summary: Caribbean Energy Ministers met in Port of Spain September 6-8, 2006, at the "Energy and The Competitiveness of The Caribbean" conference to discuss opportunities for developing renewable energy to reduce the region's dependency on foreign oil. The goal of the conference was to illumin [...]	2006-12-01 15:02:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV CARICOM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1430	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - NOV-DEC [...] Further BWIA-Caribbean Airlines Developments 2. Delta Airlines opens Atlanta-Port of Spain direct flights 3. Second Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) Named --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]	2006-12-18 13:47:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN217	CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...]	2006-02-14 20:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN267	T&T FM AMENABLE TO SC MEMBERSHIP FOR GUATEMALA [...] (C) Ambassador called on Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, on March 1, to present him with Reftel talking points regarding Guatemala,s and Venezuela,s competing candidacies for election to the UN Security Council. The Ambassador began by acknowledging T&T,s own recent e [...]	2006-03-01 20:03:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE UN TD
06PORTOFSPAIN294	T&T CARNIVAL GENERALLY FREE FROM CRIME; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of National Security Martin Joseph noted that Carnival 2006 was relatively crime free, contrary to media speculation. He praised the law enforcement forces for their quick action to resolve the first kidnapping for ransom of the year. The Ministry utilized surveillan [...]	2006-03-08 15:45:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN337	GOTT'S CICTE VI DELEGATION [...] DCM and Political Officer delivered demarche contained reftel to Laura West, Head of the Americas Department in the MFA on March 6. Ms. West is our primary point of contact on CICTE issues in the MFA. The DCM emphasized USG support for the comprehensive nature of the draft Declaration of San [...]	2006-03-16 11:16:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER OAS TD
06PORTOFSPAIN357	US PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: The U.S.-based National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ) partnered with the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service (TTPS) for their 5th annual training summit and cultural exchange in Trinidad and Tobago. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago funded this year's week-lo [...]	2006-03-21 14:22:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN568	CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...]	2006-05-08 19:22:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN615	T&T BACCHANAL: CHIEF JUSTICE ACCUSED OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, Satnarine Sharma, stands accused of attempting to influence the outcome of the Panday Integrity Commission case (reftel). Given the seriousness of the situation, PM Manning canceled his trip to Europe for two high-level summits. Info [...]	2006-05-19 13:05:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS TD
06PORTOFSPAIN671	OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...]	2006-06-02 13:53:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL XL TD MX
06PORTOFSPAIN672	OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...]	2006-06-02 13:53:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL XL TD MX
06PORTOFSPAIN677	GUATEMALA'S UNSC CANDIDACY - APPROACH TO TRINIDAD [...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Manning June 1 to discuss ref A. A/DCM accompanied the Ambassador at the meeting. No paper was left behind. 2. (C) Ambassador informed Manning that we had heard earlier (ref B) that T&T had a favorable view of Guatemala's qualifications to be a cand [...]	2006-06-02 15:42:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TD

06PORTOFSPAIN690	CWC ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: DETAILS WOULD BE [...] (U) Political Officer delivered the demarche contained reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Multilateral Affairs Desk and Protocol Office (as each office has a hand due to how this assistance is proposed to be delivered),and passed a copy to the Office of the Prime Minist [...]	2006-06-05 17:32:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER OAS XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN698	CARICOM URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEED [...] Acting Foreign Minister Danny Montano summoned the Ambassador to a meeting on June 6 to deliver a letter from Prime Minister Patrick Manning to President Bush (text of letter below). Political Officer accompanied the Ambassador. The letter echoes the sentiments of the letter sent by Barbado [...]	2006-06-07 16:39:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PTER SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN701	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY PART 2 [...] T&T going with the "Flow" -------------------------- Local cable company Columbus Communications has re- branded its services with the launch of Flow, a new digital system incorporating the "triple play" service of cable, high-speed Internet and telephone service. Columbus expects to give i [...]	2006-06-07 19:57:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECPS EFIN KIPR KFLU SENV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN767	CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM IN T&T [...] (U) The 2006 Caribbean Muslim Forum took place at the Trinidad campus of the University of the West Indies on June 18-19. Pol intern attended forum. Approximately 40-50 people attended, most from Trinidad but with a handful from throughout the region. The crowd was made up of about 2/3 East [...]	2006-06-22 18:56:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER KISL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN808	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE [...] Desalcott chairman charged with fraud ---------------------------------------- After four years of investigations into alleged corruption in the US$120 million Trinidad desalination plant, Desalcott executive chairman Hafeez Karamath has been arrested on fraud charges. In January 2005, inves [...]	2006-07-06 13:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELTN KFLU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN810	T&T PRESIDENT'S JULY 4 MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 17:13:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TD
06PORTOFSPAIN920	SCENESETTER FOR DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO T&T [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Secretary Chertoff, my team and I look forward to welcoming you to Trinidad and Tobago. T&T is a major political and economic player in the region, and your visit will help underscore the importance we plac [...]	2006-08-03 18:18:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OVIP ASEC CARICOM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN931	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 15-31 [...] Alcoa clears another hurdle 2. Alcoa partners with Bechtel 3. Laqtel launching soon 4. IMF calls for spending cuts in T&T 5. T&T leads economic growth in the region 6. Possible privatization for BWIA ------------------------------ Â [...]	2006-08-08 13:57:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAVI ECON EIND EPET ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN972	T&T NOT AFTER CARICOM SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA has corrected a recent press report implying a T&T push for a regional Caricom seat on the Security Council. However, we believe a T&T bid to fill an upcoming UNSC vacancy would not be surprising. According to the Guatemalan Charge here, T&T has decided to support Guate [...]	2006-08-17 12:55:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CARICOM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN974	NEW CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF FOR T&T [...] According to press reports, T&T President George Maxwell Richards will promote Colonel Edmund Dillon to the rank of Brigadier General, on August 15, thereby officially making him Chief of Defense Staff. Dillon, who has been acting Chief of Defense staff, will succeed Brigadier General Ancil A [...]	2006-08-17 13:15:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PINR TD
06PRAGUE1033	CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING REQUEST TO RESETTLE CUBAN [...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA is considering reftel request to resettle Cuban political migrants in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Interior would prefer to wait until 2008, when a proposed change in resettlement policy would facilitate such resettlement, but will defer to the decision of the [...]	2006-08-25 16:37:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE1075	CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER IN PRAGUE - [...] SUMMARY (C) Czech President Klaus appointed formally appointed a minority government led by incoming Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on Monday, September 4, bringing to an end eight years of Social Democrat-led government and thirteen weeks of uncertainty following the June 2-3 elections. Topo [...]	2006-09-05 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1100	CZECHS REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF U.S. POSITION ON [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech Government is hesitant to use its upcoming meetings with Serbia to deliver a tough message on ICTY compliance because it is hearing mixed messages on how significant ICTY compliance will be i [...]	2006-09-11 05:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI EZ
06PRAGUE1167	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cabaniss met with new Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on September 21. Topolanek offered thanks for the Ambassador's efforts to promote bilateral relations, and expressed a desire to continue close ties in the fields of joint security, intelligence sharing and bus [...]	2006-09-22 11:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE121	CZECH MFA SPEAKS ON LATEST CUBA CLASH: CZECH NGO [...] (C) Summary and comment. A recent incident involving two Czech NGO workers, who were arrested in Cuba by secret police and detained for 11 hours without access to the Czech Embassy, has further cooled the already chilly relations between the Czech and Cuban governments. The Czech MFA demanded [...]	2006-02-07 12:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1227	U.S.-CZECH S&T AGREEMENT: TIME TO COME TO CLOSURE [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. The U.S. and the Czech Republic have been negotiating a new Science and Technology Agreement since 2003. The sole unresolved issue is language covering taxation of assistance funds. EU regulations do not permit the Czechs to conclude an agreemen [...]	2006-10-04 13:18:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA KSCA PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1234	CZECH REPUBLIC: NO SIGNIFICANT TRADE AGREEMENT [...] In almost all respects, the U.S. - Czech trade and investment relationship operates smoothly and is reflected in over $3 billion of U.S. FDI since 1993. Despite the broadly positive trade and investment climate, U.S. companies in some sectors continue to face barriers to entering the Czech mar [...]	2006-10-04 14:51:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EZ
06PRAGUE1296	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador,s October 16 introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Petr Necas, Necas expressed his support for strong transatlantic ties as a fundamental foreign policy pillar for the current government, and lamented the Czechs [...]	2006-10-18 06:38:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE1297	CZECH SENATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS - POSSIBLE IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One third of the Czech Senate,s 81 seats will be contested in two rounds of voting October 20-21 and 27-28. The right-of-center Civic Democrats (ODS),which won the June 2-3 general election, will defend ten seats, more than any other party. While it has the most to lose, ODS is [...]	2006-10-18 14:46:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1308	CZECH RESPONSE TO UNGA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs generally support USG priorities for UNGA. They support tough sanctions on Iran and North Korea. They continue to support Guatemala for the UNSC seat, although they believe that there is now little that countries outside of Latin America can do to influence the outcom [...]	2006-10-20 11:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE1318	CZECHS VIEWS ON AMENDMENT TO CUBA EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic will support a proposed amendment to the UN resolution on the Cuba embargo that would highlight Cuban human rights abuses. They continue to question the wisdom of the move, and are certain that procedural concerns will prevent many countries who are sympathet [...]	2006-10-20 16:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1322	PRO-AMERICAN CIVIC DEMOCRATS WIN BIG IN CZECH [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The October 20 - 21 municipal elections and the first round of Senate elections resulted in a stronger than expected victory for the right-of-center Civic Democrats (ODS),considered the most pro-American among Czech political parties. This will likely strengthen Prime Mi [...]	2006-10-23 16:03:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1331	MISSILE DEFENSE: VISIT OF DASD BRIAN GREEN TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: DASD Brian Green made a well received presentation on 19 October to a Czech Foreign Ministry co-sponsored conference on missile defense. Both supporters and opponents of possible Czech participation in a U.S. missile defense system attended the event. Following the con [...]	2006-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MOPS
06PRAGUE1340	AMBASSADOR GRABER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 23 introductory call, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) expressed his satisfaction with bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and democracy promotion, his concern about energy security in Europe, and his hope that the Ambassador w [...]	2006-10-26 14:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1369	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s November 1 introductory call on Civic Democrat (ODS) leader and Minister of Finance Vlastimil Tlusty, Tlusty commented on recent political developments concerning the formation of a government and conceded his party,s mistakes. Tlusty discussed growing defi [...]	2006-11-03 13:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1376	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Ambassador Graber paid courtesy calls on the heads of the upper and lower chambers of the Czech legislature on November 1. The two men, through from rival political parties on opposite sides of the political spectrum, shared similar views on foreign policy issues of interest to [...]	2006-11-06 13:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR CVIS PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1379	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY During an October 30 courtesy call by Ambassador Graber, former Prime Minister and current Chairman of the Social Democrats (CSSD) Jiri Paroubek said U.S.-Czech ties were very good, "with the exception of a few minor issues, such as visas." Paroubek called himself "a friend of the [...]	2006-11-06 15:57:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1405	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROLS REPORT (INCSR) [...] SUMMARY. I. Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. Locally produced pervitine is also exported to neighboring countries. Marijuana, grown locally and imported from Holland, is used more than any other drug. Consumption of recreational drugs, su [...]	2006-11-09 14:53:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1435	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STS JAMES ELLIS [...] (SBU) Embassy Prague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Security Technical Specialist James Ellis for the period 4-8 December 2006 for technical security services. 2. (SBU) POC for this action is ARSO Marc Wint, Embassy phone: (420)257-022-307, cell number: (420) 602-299-801. [...]	2006-11-24 09:28:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSEO
06PRAGUE1450	SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Czechs marked the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. As you will see during your visit, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transformation in [...]	2006-11-29 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EZ
06PRAGUE1511	GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICAN EXPATS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Parliament on December 12 approved an amendment to the Act on Sickness Insurance, which delays implementation of the Act that would have made it compulsory for all Americans working in the Czech Republic to pay in to the Czech social security system effective Janu [...]	2006-12-14 11:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON EFIN ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE1524	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. VIEWS ON SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky traveled to Prague December 5-6 to address security issues at the Global Futures Forum. In addition, Dobriansky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to thank the Czechs for their cooperation with the United [...]	2006-12-18 08:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM HR EZ
06PRAGUE170	CZECHS OPPOSE VENEZUELA'S UNSC AMBITIONS; THOUGHTS [...] (U) A/DCM February 16 delivered reftel demarches on (a) Venezuela's UNSC ambitions, and (b) U.S. thoughts on the next UN Secretary General, to Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's United Nations Department. 2. (C) Kara shared that the Czech Republic is similarly opposed to Venezuela's camp [...]	2006-02-16 17:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE EZ PL
06PRAGUE184	CZECHS VIEWS ON EVOLVING EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C) A/DCM met February 17 with Jakub Skalnik, Czech MFA Director for the Americas, to discuss a range of issues, including Cuba policy. Skalnik, a self-professed hardliner on Cuba, said he hoped the Czechs would join with Poland, Slovakia, and possibly the Germans and the Dutch, in making the [...]	2006-02-17 15:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EUN CU EZ
06PRAGUE284	CZECH GREENS: A REFRESHING CHANGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent weeks the Czech Green Party has, for the first time ever, jumped above 5% in opinion polls, indicating that the party could enter parliament in the June 2-3 general election. A fifth party in the new parliament would change the calculations for the forming a new gover [...]	2006-03-17 16:02:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE295	CZECHS EXPRESS CONCERN FOR FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN [...] Summary ---------- (C) On March 16, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met with representatives of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),parliamentarians, MFA officials, and private citizens actively engaged in democracy promotion in Cuba. The Czechs expressed their commitment to Cuba and Latin America gene [...]	2006-03-22 14:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU VE XM EZ
06PRAGUE388	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] (C) Summary. On April 13, the Castro regime announced it would not renew the visa of Czech diplomat Stanislav Kazecky, effectively expelling him. The Czechs believe another Czech diplomat may be expelled next week. The Cuban Charge d'Affaires in Prague said the GOC expelled Kazecky because his [...]	2006-04-17 13:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE395	CZECHS EXPEL CUBAN DIPLOMAT, DO NOT EXPECT FURTHER [...] (C) Petr Kavan, Czech MFA Desk Officer for the Department of Americas, confirmed on April 18 that the Czech government has expelled Cuban Diplomat Manuel Angel Baltar Charnicharo, First Secretary of the Cuban mission in Prague. The decision not to renew Charnicharo's visa, which will expire on [...]	2006-04-18 12:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE427	MARTIN BURSIK, MEAN GREEN CHAMELEON, POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. It looks increasingly likely that the Czech Green Party will cross the 5% threshold in the June 2-3 parliamentary elections, and have a say in the formation of the next coalition government. Martin Bursik, who became Chairman of the party six months ago, and who is given credit [...]	2006-04-25 10:46:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EZ PGOV PINR PREL
06PRAGUE473	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 10 U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS [...] (SBU) The objective of the May 10 Political-Military talks is to strengthen and nurture the Czech Republic's already-strong transatlantic instincts, and achieve forward momentum on key areas of mutual concern. While the entire range of topics for discussion will advance this agenda, the talks [...]	2006-05-04 17:28:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE504	CZECHS SAY CUBA CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA, in cooperation with Czech NGOs, recently hosted a Conference on Cuba in Prague to search for common ground with other EU member states active in Cuba, and share the best practice of European NGOs working there. The Conference participants included MFA representative [...]	2006-05-11 14:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE505	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FM SVOBODA'S MAY 16 MEETING [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, This is your first bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. I have found him to be a strong and committed supporter of transatlantic relations. Under Svoboda's leadership, the Czechs have become trailblazers in supporting democracy and promoting hu [...]	2006-05-11 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06PRAGUE506	CZECHS SUPPORT CUBA DEMOCRACY FUND; SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary. Gretchen Birkle, DRL/FO Senior Coordinator for Global Democracy Strategies, and Paul Bonicelli, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, met with Czech MFA officials and Czech NGO representatives April 10. They discus [...]	2006-05-11 14:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE509	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA: CAUTIONARY TALE? [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met April 28 with Stanislav Kazecky, the Czech diplomat recently expelled from Cuba (ref A). Kazecky observed that the human rights situation in Cuba appears to be worsening, and shared tips on effective "public diplomacy" in a closed society. End summary. 2. (C) Kazecky [...]	2006-05-12 12:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE527	CZECH REPUBLIC: BCWG MEETING ON THE VISA ROADMAP [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Czech Bilateral Consular Working Group (BCWG) met May 11 to discuss progress on the Visa Roadmap toward eventual membership in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. The Czechs confirmed that all passports issued in September 2006 and after will contain biometric chips. They ann [...]	2006-05-16 14:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL EZ
06PRAGUE535	CZECH ELECTIONS - THE FADING STIGMA OF COMMUNIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The stigma of having some form of association with either the pre-1989 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, or with its post-1989 successor, seems to be fading. A growing number of Czechs, though still in the minority, do not seem to mind the Communist Party. One major turning po [...]	2006-05-18 17:10:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE549	CZECH ELECTIONS: ODS, THE WOBBLY FRONT RUNNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polls have consistently shown that the center-right, pro-U.S., pro-business Civic Democrats (ODS) are likely to receive more votes in the upcoming June 2-3 general election, and consequently more seats in the next parliament, than any other party. However, ODS leadership of the ne [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE58	CZECHS EMBRACE TRANSFORMATION DIPLOMACY AND [...] (U) Summary and comment. Democracy promotion is at the heart of Czech foreign policy. Because GOCR efforts complement U.S. transformational diplomacy efforts, the Czechs are natural partners for cooperation in countries such as Cuba, Belarus, and Iraq. January 25-27, 2006, Gabriela Dlouha, Dir [...]	2006-01-23 06:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE597	CZECH PM SUPPORTS NEW U.S. IRAN POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek pledged his support for the Secretary's announcement on Iran during his June 1 meeting with the Ambassador. At a press conference with the Ambassador immediately following the meeting, the Prime Minister announced that the Czech Republic support [...]	2006-06-01 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ IR
06PRAGUE66	CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: CUBA [...] (U) Summary and comment. This is the second in a series of cables highlighting Czech democracy promotion efforts (ref A),and provides details about the critical assistance provided by the Czechs in Cuba. A peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba remains a top foreign policy priority for the [...]	2006-01-24 12:55:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE67	CZECH FM SVOBODA: CZECHS ARE COMMITTED PARTNERS ON [...] (C) Summary. Czech FM Cyril Svoboda warmly received Ambassador Cabaniss on January 23, 2006, and confirmed the Czechs are closely aligned with the U.S. on UN Human Rights Commission reform, UN management reform, and the need to report Iran to the UN Security Council. Other topics discussed inc [...]	2006-01-24 13:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UN IR EZ
06PRAGUE692	CZECHS SUPPORT EU CRITICISM OF VENEZUELAN NGO LAW, [...] (C) Poloff met with Petr Janousek, Czech MFA Desk Officer of the Americas Department, June 19 to discuss Venezuela's draft NGO law. Janousek said a delegation of EU Ambassadors in Caracas met in early June with Saul Ortega, President of the Permanent Commission for External Policies in the Ven [...]	2006-06-21 12:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV VE EAID EZ
06PRAGUE737	CZECH REPUBLIC: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The center-right coalition that will take office perhaps as early as next week, pending resolution of Lower House leadership negotiations, will be generally positive for U.S. interests in the Czech Republic. Although the date of a vote of confidence in the Topolanek [...]	2006-06-28 15:52:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE755	PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: This is the final of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Government is likely to remain solidly aligned with the USG on Iran. Czech mainstream parties whose platforms are supportive of USG positions vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclear issue will occupy 174 o [...]	2006-07-03 15:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE803	CZECHS: WE ARE LIKELY TO OFFER A BASE, WITH NO [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Czech Deputy FM Pojar and his Political Director briefed the Ambassador July 13 on their strategy to manage political and public opinion regarding the possible basing of a U.S. missile defense (MD) site in the Czech Republic. They stressed that the GOCR would not/not [...]	2006-07-14 12:31:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE804	CZECH REPUBLIC: POSITIVE ON PNR COLLECTION [...] Summary: Despite an annulment of the U.S.-EU agreement on the transfer of passenger name records by the European Court of Justice (Ref A),the GOCR has no objections to the data transfers and will work with the Commission to produce a new treaty similar to the old one but based on EU Pillar III [...]	2006-07-14 12:42:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER EZ
06PRAGUE894	CZECHS DO NOT RECOGNIZE RAUL CASTRO AS A [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the Americas Department Jakub Skalnik on August 2 to discuss Czech views on Fidel Castro's temporary transfer of power to Raul Castro. Skalnik said the Czechs share the U.S. view that only a democratically elected leader would be the legitimate success [...]	2006-08-03 09:03:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL VT XM XS CU EU JA EZ
06PRAGUE934	CZECH PUBLIC DEBATE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since reftel report on July 19, Czech media coverage has intensified, with a steady stream of editorials and news coverage about a potential siting of a U.S. missile defense facility in the Czech Republic. Pro-MD commentators continue to make the arguments that an MD [...]	2006-08-11 08:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE95	VERA-E SYSTEM: CZECH MOD HARDLINERS WANT TO TALK [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 13 and 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. In a significant change from previous practice, the Armaments Division of the Czech Ministry of Defense has broken its silence towards the U.S. on its views about sales of the VERA-E passive surveillance dete [...]	2006-01-27 17:21:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE964	AGREEMENT ON SPEAKER OF CZECH PARLIAMENT PAVES WAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than 10 weeks after the deadlocked June 2-3 general election, the five parties in the Czech Parliament have agreed on a Speaker and five Deputy Speakers, allowing the new parliament to formally begin work, and removing one of the key issues that has blocked progress toward th [...]	2006-08-16 05:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRETORIA1021	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 700: RESIDUAL [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-03-10 14:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA1158	SOUTH AFRICA: MOELETSI MBEKI SAYS DONORS HOLD THE [...] (U) Summary. Donors hold the key to economic reform in Africa, says Moeletsi Mbeki, businessman, political analyst, and brother of South African President Thabo Mbeki. In a recent address, Mbeki said that donors leverage more power than Africa's military or political elite. Mbeki explained t [...]	2006-03-22 10:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV EAID PINR SF
06PRETORIA1195	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 24 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-03-24 11:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1324	SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICA'S BIOTECH POWERHOUSE [...] (U) Summary. South Africa leads the African continent in the adoption, acceptance and advancement of biotech knowledge. It has a vibrant and productive biotech community that produces far more scientific articles and patents than any other Africa country. Funding for biotech grew 360% betwe [...]	2006-04-03 12:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL SF
06PRETORIA1415	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 7 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-04-07 12:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1657	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 21 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-04-21 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA171	SOUTH AFRICA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2006 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2006 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...]	2006-01-17 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC USTR PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2781	SOUTH AFRICA: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF BEE [...] Summary. (C) Black Economic Empowerment (BEE),embodied in the proposed Codes of Good Practice, is the government's policy initiative to redress the economic legacies of apartheid. While endorsing the goals of BEE, U.S. companies believe that the codes' unintended consequences will undermine t [...]	2006-07-07 14:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA2873	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA - WILLIAM G. (CHIP) [...] Embassy Pretoria welcomes and grants country clearance to ACOTA Coordinator William G. (Chip) Beck and John Sevold from July 15-22, 2006. The purpose of the visit is follow-up on the JUN DEFCOM meeting requirements and for a site visit to Bloemfontein Mission Readiness Training center and ot [...]	2006-07-14 04:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL MARR ASEC SF TZ
06PRETORIA3071	BEE Codes of Good Practice To Be Simplified [...] (C) Summary. The Department (DTI) will simplify the draft BEE Codes of Good Practice before they are submitted to Cabinet. The Trade and Industry Minister told business representatives that skills development was the top priority. There would be flexibility in areas such as equity equivalent [...]	2006-07-27 09:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA3182	SOUTH AFRICA EXPANDING COOPERATION IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. South Africa plans to expand its cooperation with Bolivia, particularly in the mining and energy sectors, according to DFA Director Swanepoel. Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad led a high-level delegation to Bolivia July 17-20 to discuss a South African-Bolivian bilateral c [...]	2006-08-02 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO SF
06PRETORIA3195	(C) ARISTIDE "COMFORTABLE" IN SOUTH AFRICA; SAG [...] (C) Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide remains "comfortable" in Pretoria at the University of South Africa (UNISA),according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for Mexico, Central America, The Andean Community and the Caribbean, Ambassador Pieter Swanepoel (protect). [...]	2006-08-03 15:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA SF
06PRETORIA3202	SOUTH AFRICA: SEMINAR ON THE FOREIGN POLICY OF HUGO CHAVEZ [...] (U) Summary. The University of South Africa (Unisa) and the Embassy of Venezuela sponsored a July 28 presentation by Jos Briceo Ruiz of the Universidad de los Andes on the foreign policy of Hugo Chavez as it pertains to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The main points brought up in [...]	2006-08-04 12:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON USTR SF VE
06PRETORIA3247	SOUTH AFRICA TO USE DOHA DELAY TO NEGOTIATE BILATERAL [...] (U) Summary. Xavier Carim, chief trade negotiator for South Africa, said in Johannesburg August 2 that South Africa would use the opportunity provided by the stalled Doha round to intensify trade talks with a variety of partners, including SACU, India, and to make preliminary assessments of a t [...]	2006-08-07 14:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO SF
06PRETORIA3342	(C) SOUTH AFRICA UNLIKELY TO PUSH FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ANC-led South African Government remains intensely loyal to the Castro regime and is unlikely to support calls for a democratic transition in Cuba, according to DFA Director Pieter Swanepoel (strictly protect). The tone and tenor of the South African-Cuban relationship will [...]	2006-08-15 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SF
06PRETORIA337	SOUTH AFRICA: GOVERNMENT RELEASES THE SECOND [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-01-27 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA3422	ENTICED BY AFRICA'S MANIFOLD RICHES, AMERICANS AND CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: About 30 government, academic and business leaders -- including several former senior State Department officials -- held a groundbreaking dialogue to explore how China and the U.S. could work with Africa to spur development on the continent. Discussions centered on energy, trade [...]	2006-08-21 08:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID EIND KDEM CH XA SF
06PRETORIA399	CIVAIR: NO SOUTH AFRICA INTEREST IN OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's Acting Chief Director for Aviation and Bilateral Affairs reiterated that South Africa preferred incremental liberalization to an open skies agreement with the United States. South Africa's current strategy was to improve access for its carriers to African markets [...]	2006-02-02 10:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SF
06PRETORIA4010	SOUTH AFRICA: TORRES STRAIGHT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Per reftel talking points were delivered to Mr. Andrew Maswanganye, Director Safety, Security and Bilateral Affairs - South Africa Department of Transport and to Ms. Nokwazi Mtshali, Americas Desk - South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs on 21 August. No response was received by hos [...]	2006-09-27 11:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA SF
06PRETORIA4553	SOUTH AFRICANS LOOK BACK ON THE FTA AND WONDER [...] (U) Summary. A recent conference organized by South Africa's leading business group produced a variety of views on what caused the collapse of free trade talks with the U.S. earlier this year. Some speakers blamed a failure of vision in the South African government. Others blamed an inflexi [...]	2006-11-02 13:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SF
06PRETORIA4751	AMBASSADOR BOST'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The United States wants to strengthen economic ties with South Africa, even though some voices on Capitol Hill are beginning to ask hard questions about the bilateral trade relationship. South Africa believes [...]	2006-11-17 14:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SF
06PRETORIA4993	MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY INTERESTED IN MORE [...] (U) Summary. Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula was interested in more U.S. training opportunities for the South African Police Service (SAPS) and was surprised to hear that SAPS had refused previous offers for training by the U.S. Nqakula, who commented that U.S. assistance had [...]	2006-12-11 10:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KJUS PHUM PREL ASEC SF
06PRETORIA5018	ZUMA CAMP REMAINS OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 28, the Durban Consul General met with Rieaz "Mo" Shaik, a former South African diplomat, long-time ANC member, and brother of Durban businessman Schabir Shaik who was convicted of fraud and corruption charges stemming from his relationship with ANC Deputy President J [...]	2006-12-14 08:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA575	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 300: EMPLOYMENT [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-02-09 12:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA603	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH FEBRUARY 10 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-02-10 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA646	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 400: SKILLS [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-02-15 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA676	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 400: SKILLS [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-02-16 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA677	DOHA ROUND: LAMY URGES SOUTH AFRICA TO ASSUME [...] Summary. WTO Director General Pascal Lamy opened his address to the South African Institute for International Affairs in Johannesburg on February 10 with the conclusion that he and others were right to "recalibrate expectations" for December Ministerial in Hong Kong. As a consequence, resul [...]	2006-02-16 14:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO SF
06PRETORIA700	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 500: PREFERENTIAL [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-02-17 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA879	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 600: ENTERPRISE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-03-03 07:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA955	SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Econ M/C met March 2 with Alan Hirsch, Chief Director for Economic Policy Coordination in the Presidency, to discuss bilateral economic relations. The discussion included the status of U.S.-SACU free trade negotiations, the launch of the Accelerated and Shared Gr [...]	2006-03-08 11:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAIR ELAB ECPS ENRG EINV EIND SF
06PRISTINA1015	KOSOVO: SECOND MOBILE TENDER PROCESS COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary. Nenad Popovic, the Government of Serbia's (GOS) economic advisor to the Kosovo final status negotiations team and Serbian CCK representative, has requested that UNMIK stop the Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) from dismantling equipment owned by Telecom Serbia [...]	2006-11-28 17:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON PREL YI
06PRISTINA1053	'TIS THE SEASON ... SERB CCK OBSTRUCTION FORCES [...] (C) Summary: A newly appointed hard-line Serb CCK leader in Gjilane/Gnjilane reportedly exerted strong pressure on the parents of Serb children who were allowing their children to sing in a USOP holiday concert. The Serb children from the Gjilane area are members of Kosovo's only mixed-ethnic [...]	2006-12-09 12:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PINR KDEM YI
06PRISTINA1058	KOSOVO: KOSOVO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Kosovo is a disputed territory that has been governed by the United Nations (UN) since 1999. Current laws and regulations pertaining to financial crimes derive their authority from the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. If, as expected, there is a resolution of Kosovo's fina [...]	2006-12-11 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTFN EFIN ECON YI
06PRISTINA1121	KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON BORDER [...] (U) The following is a joint cable from U.S. Office Pristina and Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) SUMMARY: When Macedonian FM Milososki visited Kosovo on November 23, he reiterated the GoM's position calling for inclusion of the demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border in the UNSCR on Kosovo's fin [...]	2006-12-29 08:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS INR UNMIK YI KTIA
06PRISTINA219	LAST CHANCE FOR UN TO FIX KOSOVO TELECOM MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK has long ruled out any reconsideration of its October 2004 annulment, on grounds of serious procedural irregularity, of the award of Kosovo's second mobile phone operating license to the Mobikos consortium. The outgoing government of Bajram Kosumi has defiantly insisted on [...]	2006-03-10 19:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ETRD PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA265	KOSOVO: PROGRESS NEEDED ON MISSING PERSONS CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Pristina and Belgrade delegations at the March 9 meeting of the working group on missing persons agreed that progress on the identification and return of remains from the 1999 conflict is too slow. Kosovo's delegation demanded the immediate return of the 180 remaining bodi [...]	2006-03-24 10:05:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA310	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 14-15 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Coming on the heels of the April 6-7 visit of the Contact Group and the April 3 Vienna meeting on decentralization, Ambassador Wisner's April 14-15 visit presents an opportunity to push Kosovo Albanian leaders to come to closure on some decentralization issues (municipal partnersh [...]	2006-04-10 10:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA410	BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES: KOSOVO PAST AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) removed Nexhat Daci as Kosovo Assembly president on March 10, 2006, and replaced him with Kole Berisha. Both will visit the United States in the coming week. Their diametrically-opposed leadership styles engender continued criticism for Da [...]	2006-05-12 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA518	SECURITY HEIGHTENED IN NORTH AFTER SERB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Municipal assemblies in all three of Kosovo's northern Serb-majority municipalities have passed resolutions calling for a cessation of existing minimal ties with the central government in Pristina. The resolutions express dissatisfaction with the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) a [...]	2006-06-16 17:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI

06PRISTINA545	KOSOVO: PISG AND WORLD BANK AGREE ON A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Provisional Institutions of Self- Government (PISG) and the international community, led by the World Bank, have reached agreement on a way forward for development of Kosovo's energy sector. The parties have resolv [...]	2006-06-23 09:55:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL YI
06PRISTINA808	KOSOVO: DAS DICARLO AND EU REP LEHNE BRIEF ON ICO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina September 12-14, EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and EU rep Stefan Lehne briefed Kosovo Albanian and Serb leaders on the International Civilian Office (ICO) that will be established to supervise implementation of the status settlement. DiCarlo and Lehne underscored that plann [...]	2006-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA923	KOSOVO: KPC DEMINING CAPACITY IS IMPROVING, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is room for optimism as the 2006 demining season draws to a close. Despite earlier criticism by the international de-mining NGO, HALO Trust, of the demining capabilities of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC),an August 2006 study by the International Centre for Humanitari [...]	2006-11-03 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA989	KOSOVO: CONTROVERSIAL AND WEALTHY EXPAT FORMS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bexhet Pacolli's Alliance for a New Kosovo (AKR) recently held its first convention in Pristina, evolving from a U.S.-based lobbying group for Kosovo independence into a registered political party. Pacolli, a wealthy Kosovar Albanian who lives in Switzerland, has plastered the K [...]	2006-11-20 14:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID KDEM INR YI
06QUEBEC16	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: QUEBEC INDUSTRY LOOKING TO NEGOTIATE [...] (c) Summary: Quebec Forest Industry Council President Guy Chevrette told CG Feb. 1 that Quebec industry is ready to negotiate a solution to the softwood lumber dispute, and has been so for quite some time. They have been held back, in his view, by British Columbia's lumber industry and by form [...]	2006-02-02 15:24:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CA
06QUEBEC33	QUEBEC RELEASES FLU PANDEMIC EMERGENCY PLAN [...] Summary: Provincial Health Minister Philippe Couillard unveiled Quebec's Avian Flu strategy at a press conference, March 9. Quebec's plan addresses the protection of public health; medical care; psycho-social welfare; communication and information; and the functioning of the health system in [...]	2006-03-13 15:17:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON CA
06QUEBEC34	CHAREST THRONE SPEECH GIVES NO LIFT TO HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest kicked off a new session at the National Assembly March 14 with a 90 minute Throne Speech (the first since he took office in 2003) that set the tone for the looming electoral campaign. Charest's main focus for the coming year will be the reduction of [...]	2006-03-16 16:09:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
06QUEBEC53	QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT ADRIFT [...] (sbu) Summary: PM Harper's "open federalism" comes at a propitious time: sovereignty is not dead in Quebec, but it is in remission. After four decades of struggle, two failed referendums and drawn out constitutional battles, a general sense of weariness seems to have settled in among a certain [...]	2006-04-26 20:40:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
06QUITO1157	Ecuador Election Update--Six Months Out [...] (U) Summary: Six months away from national elections in October, and three months before candidates formally register, more than 20 aspirants already crowd the presidential field and that number is likely to rise. Former VP Leon Roldos holds a consistent lead in early polling, but most Ecuad [...]	2006-05-10 19:06:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL EC
06QUITO1284	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the remote Carchi province on May 18 to highlight USG investment in security and development on Ecuador's northern border with Colombia. While there, the Ambassador met with military and police officials, toured a customs and immigration post, hosted a lu [...]	2006-05-24 21:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO1304	NAM/G-77 ADVANCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOE [...] (C) PolOff met with Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Dennys Toscano on May 25 to deliver RefTel A and B points. PolOff expressed USG concern that the long-established practice of consensus decision-making on budgetary matters in the UN not be broken, and that the GOE consider pushing [...]	2006-05-30 12:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC AMGT IAEA KNNP UNSC UNGA EC
06QUITO1326	CHAVEZ LOVEFEST; A "PRAGMATIC" EMBRACE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Quito May 30 to sign energy accords (RefTel) and signal political support for the GOE. Chavez was warmly welcomed by President Palacio, who basked in Chavez's praise for defending Ecuador's energy resources. Chavez held an extended one- [...]	2006-05-31 22:40:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1394	CANDIDATE CORREA OPEN TO DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 6 with Rafael Correa, the controversial former finance minister and leftist presidential candidate. While noting disagreement in several areas of USG interest, the meeting was cordial, with the candidate generally perceived as Chavez' likely favorite [...]	2006-06-07 20:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1395	AMBASSADOR VISITS MACHALA AND EL ORO PROVINCE [...] (U) Summary. In a trip to the southern border province of El Oro, the Ambassador visited U.S. company Machala Power's gas platform and electricity generation facilities and heard about their plight in trying to collect nearly $50 million in unpaid bills from GOE-related entities. She inaugura [...]	2006-06-07 20:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ENRG SNAR ECON PREL EC
06QUITO1434	ECUADOR READY FOR A FEMALE PRESIDENT? [...] (SBU) Summary: Women in Ecuador have made significant strides in politics in the last decade, with quotas helping to give women opportunities to win public office and contributing to a gradual change in societal attitudes. The campaign of Cynthia Viteri, the only female presidential pre-can [...]	2006-06-12 16:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SCUL EC
06QUITO1549	MIGRATION: ECUADORIANS STILL LOOKING NORTH [...] (U) Summary: At least since the severe economic crisis in 1999, the two certainties in Ecuador have been death and emigration. A steady stream of 30,000 to 40,000 undocumented migrants takes to the sea and skies annually from Ecuador in pursuit of their own American dreams. Periodic reports [...]	2006-06-23 19:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM PREL EC
06QUITO1657	AFRO-ECUADORIAN HEARTLAND RIPE FOR POPULIST APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The province of Esmeraldas is the largest of two centers of the minority Afro-Ecuadorian population. The province is also marked by high unemployment and underdevelopment, fueling populist electoral appeal. Since 2002, the Popular Democratic Movement (MPD),a Marxist populist [...]	2006-07-06 22:34:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
06QUITO1669	PALACIO REPLACES TWO MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: President Palacio on July 6 called for the resignations of all his cabinet ministers. On July 7, Palacio accepted the resignations of Minister of Economy Diego Borja -- who seems to have been the primary target of this move -- and Minister of Trade Joaquin Zevallos. Borja was r [...]	2006-07-07 19:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1867	ELECTIONS UPDATE: CANDIDATE POSITION PROFILE [...] (U) Summary: In Ecuador,s presidential race, only two of the four front runners have concrete political platforms. Leon Roldos and Rafael Correa present well-defined stances on the issues. Correa,s stance is particularly anti-U.S. Cynthia Viteri and the PRIAN/PRI alliance have not yet defi [...]	2006-07-31 19:48:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1869	ECUADORIAN PRISONS IN CRISIS - UNDERFUNDED AND [...] Summary: President Palacio on June 7 declared a state of emergency in Ecuador's prisons to address faulty infrastructure, overpopulation, violence and meager resources that had led to ongoing prisoner and worker strikes. Despite an $8 million budget increase in April, the majority of the fun [...]	2006-07-31 21:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1905	GOE RATIFIES INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] (U) The Ecuadorian Congress ratified the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (IACAT) on May 9. The Convention was subsequently signed by President Palacio, and was sent to OAS headquarters on July 14. Ecuador is awaiting confirmation from its OAS delegation of the date of deposit of [...]	2006-08-02 20:57:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER EC
06QUITO1906	ECUADOR-VENEZUELA DEAL COLLAPSES, PALACIO CANCELS [...] (SBU) Summary. After two months of wrangling over details, Petroecuador's and Venezuelan PDVSA's plan to swap Ecuadorian crude for refined products appears finally to have collapsed. (reftel A) The deal was uneconomical and technically untenable from the beginning, and Venezuela apparently [...]	2006-08-02 21:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON
06QUITO1919	ECUADORIAN PRISONS IN CRISIS, PART II: CONDITIONS [...] Summary: An Ecuadorian prison system plagued by overpopulation and a lack of resources has led to riots, worker strikes, and a state of emergency. A slow justice system characterized by long sentences, appeals that take up to four years, harsher drug laws, the elimination of shortened sente [...]	2006-08-03 22:45:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2007	ECUADOR MAY BE ALLY ON LEBANON [...] (C) In response to Ref A points, MFA U/S Gonzalo Salvador told PolChief on August 9 that the GOE supports any effort to achieve a cease-fire in Lebanon, including the draft resolution pending in the Security Council. 2. (C) On the Human Rights Council special session (Ref B),after initia [...]	2006-08-09 21:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE MOPS PHUM UN PTER EC
06QUITO2025	ECUADOR TO PUSH FOR BALANCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) PolChief conveyed Ref A points to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs Gonzalo Salvador on August 10, urging the GOE to speak up in the session to point out the imbalance of the current resolution. Salvador said he would instruct Ecuador's Ambassador in Geneva to attempt to introduce balance [...]	2006-08-10 21:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2041	PALACIO AND EHLERS RE-IGNITE REFORM DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a ceremonial speech on August 10 President Palacio renewed his call for a public referendum to force political reforms. The surprise proposal would be non-binding and administered in conjunction with the second round of presidential elections on November 26. It would incl [...]	2006-08-14 23:32:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
06QUITO2078	CARRION'S MFA REFOCUSES ECUADOR'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since taking office in October 2005, Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion, Ecuador's top career diplomat, has attempted to restore credibility to the ministry by reversing the politicization and decline of the diplomatic corps under his immediate predecessors. Part of this proc [...]	2006-08-17 20:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2138	A THOUSAND CHARIOTS IN THE FIELDS: CHINESE PLAYERS [...] (C) Summary: With their $1.4 billion acquisition of Canadian EnCana, China's state oil companies announced their entrance as major players in Ecuador's and the region's petroleum industry. Now with active participation in at least five of Ecuador's petroleum blocks, and with further investmen [...]	2006-08-25 12:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PINR PREL ETRD EC CN
06QUITO2150	ECUADOR ELECTION: WHAT'S AT STAKE [...] (C) Summary: With the candidates finally defined and the formal campaign period to open on August 29, more Ecuadorians are undecided than have a presidential favorite for first-round elections on October 15. In the past, public disenchantment with the political party elite has favored outsi [...]	2006-08-28 17:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EC
06QUITO2151	NEW DEFENSE POLICY ADDRESSES NARCOTICS THREAT [...] (U) Summary: Since taking office in August 2005, Defense Minister Oswaldo Jarrin has attempted to shift the focus of Ecuador's defense posture away from its traditional rivalry with Peru towards more current national security threats, including that of narco-terror on Ecuador's northern border [...]	2006-08-28 19:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2223	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROLDOS AND VITERI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met recently with the top two presidential candidates, according to current polls. Both alleged that dark horse candidate Rafael Correa was receiving support from Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, and Viteri lamented that Correa could reach the second round runoff el [...]	2006-09-06 21:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD ECON PREL EC
06QUITO2260	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IATTC FUNDING CRISIS [...] (U) On September 7 EconOff delivered reftel points to Ambassador Jaime Barberis of the Sovereignty Section of Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (U) Barberis said that he had met with colleagues from the Subsecretariat of Fisheries this morning. He was surprised that Ecuador's [...]	2006-09-08 18:44:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ECON EC
06QUITO2315	GOE'S UNGA PRINCIPALS: EXPERIENCED PERMREP, [...] (C) Summary: This report on the GOE's UNGA principals responds to questions posed by the Department in Ref A. The GOE has an experienced and capable UN PermRep in Diego Cordovez. Relations between President Alfredo Palacio and FM Francisco Carrion are generally close, but include tensions [...]	2006-09-15 20:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UN EC
06QUITO2390	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS MEETING CRITICAL OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: At the Quito Regional Meeting of the Alliance of Civilizations, President Palacio recycled his UNGA speech and Foreign Minister Carrion acted as host. Many participants openly attacked U.S. policies; others had only veiled criticism. Linked closely to the Academy of Latinicity [...]	2006-09-27 21:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EC PREL UN IO
06QUITO2391	CORREA TAKES THE LEAD, COULD WIN IN THE FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: Rafael Correa has taken a commanding lead in all recent polls, with 26% to Leon Roldos' 20%, trailed by Cynthia Viteri and Alvaro Noboa each with 11%. Meanwhile undecided remain substantial at 43%. Pollsters say his momentum has been strong, but may be leveling. His rise has b [...]	2006-09-27 23:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2428	ECUADOR TIP: A GOE PRIORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE has shown steady progress arresting and prosecuting TIP cases under new anti-TIP legislation. Approximately 127 cases are in some stage of prosecution since the new law went into effect in June 2005. President Palacio continues to stress TIP as a priority for his admi [...]	2006-10-02 21:44:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2455	CORREA PREDICTS FIRST ROUND VICTORY, NAMES CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Correa's campaign is taking on a triumphalist tone, predicting a first round victory and even naming prospective cabinet members. That tone could cost Correa some support in the first round, when Ecuadorians traditionally like to boost the underdog. Correa's premature cabinet [...]	2006-10-06 20:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2457	ELECTIONS: DEBATE SHARPENS ECUADOR'S CHOICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the staid format of a televised CNN debate on October 5, the exchange sharpened contrasts among the top four contenders. Alvaro Noboa, regarded as a fairly poor debater, exceeded expectations by taking the offensive against Correa, while Leon Roldos and Cynthia Viteri [...]	2006-10-06 22:25:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2497	OF PIPELINES AND LIFELINES: PETROECUADOR AND THE [...] (U) Summary: On August 19 a story broke in the Ecuadorian media about a pipeline leak and oil spill near the environmentally sensitive Cuyabeno Animal Reserve in Ecuador's Amazon region. In extensive coverage, the media has speculated on the causes and environmental effects of the spill. The [...]	2006-10-11 21:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET ECON EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EC
06QUITO2498	CORREA'S FARC COMMENTS SPARK EXCHANGE WITH GOC [...] (C) Reaction to presidential front-runner Rafael Correa's recent declaration that he does not consider the FARC a terrorist organization has drawn in the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the Colombian government. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe did not respond to Correa's comments directly, [...]	2006-10-11 22:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2513	ECUADOR PLANS TO INITIATE WTO CASE AGAINST EU [...] (SBU) Summary. According to U/S for International Economic Policy Fernando Yepez, Ecuador plans to bring a WTO case against the EU banana import regime, and will be joined by Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Yepez asked whether the USG would be joining in the case, since it had be [...]	2006-10-12 18:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EC
06QUITO2532	ELECTION: FIRST ROUND TO NOBOA, CORREA; SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Banana magnate Alvaro Noboa and radical leftist Rafael Correa have won the first round of presidential voting on October 15, according to incoming official results, independent quick counts and exit polls. The two men now face a run-off election on November 26. Voting proceede [...]	2006-10-16 02:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2616	THE HUNT FOR RAUL REYES ANGERS GOE [...] (S) Summary: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's public declaration that FARC leader Raul Reyes is hiding in Ecuador has sparked a media frenzy in Quito, heightening bilateral tensions. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion demanded evidence of Reyes' presence, and asked the Ambassado [...]	2006-10-27 18:05:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2617	CORDIAL MEETING WITH CORREA [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with presidential candidate Rafael Correa on October 26, the Ambassador underscored USG impartiality in the upcoming November 26 election and commitment to a fair and transparent electoral process. She said we will seek to pursue areas of convergence with th [...]	2006-10-27 19:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2675	GOE GAINS FIRST CONVICTION UNDER NEW TIP LAW [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutions against trafficking in persons (TIP) are starting to gain traction in Ecuador, with El Oro province prosecutors winning a maximum sentence and the first conviction under the new anti-TIP law passed in June of 2005. Other big cases are proceeding to trial, and we exp [...]	2006-11-06 21:47:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2681	GOE GAINS FIRST CONVICTION UNDER NEW TIP LAW [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutions against trafficking in persons (TIP) are starting to gain traction in Ecuador, with El Oro province prosecutors winning a maximum sentence and the first conviction under the new anti-TIP law passed in June of 2005. Other big cases are proceeding to trial, and we exp [...]	2006-11-06 22:42:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2699	FM CARRION'S POLICY BLUEPRINT: VANITY PROJECT OR [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion on October 23 released the country's foreign policy whitepaper, the National Foreign Policy Plan 2006-2020 ("PLANEX"). An avowed attempt to focus the nation's foreign policy amidst constant domestic political turmoil, the PLANEX exer [...]	2006-11-07 22:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2718	ELECTION: CHAVEZ ENTERS FRAY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez' criticism of presidential candidate Alvaro Noboa has caused a predictable nationalist reaction in Ecuador, rejecting outside interference in domestic affairs. The intervention will likely cost Chavez friend Rafael Correa, who continues to languish 15-20 [...]	2006-11-08 21:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM EC
06QUITO2732	TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Quito's Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Jefferson Brown, telephone number 593-2-256-2890 ext. 4420. His unclassified email address is brownjt2@state.gov. The Deputy TFCO is Economic Officer Christian Bollinger, telephone number 593-2-256-28 [...]	2006-11-09 19:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL EC
06QUITO2844	ECUADOR TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: This cable responds to specific questions in Ref A pertaining to Ecuador's progress on anti-TIP, summarizing developments which have occurred since the submission of the Embassy's TIP report in March. Sections below are keyed to parts a, b, and c of paragraph 6.E of Ref A, and all da [...]	2006-11-21 15:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2894	ELECTION: CAMPAIGN CLOSES, CLOUDS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: The early campaign days of free computers, colorful flags, dancing and humorous jibes are over. Ecuador now must decide between two populist candidates that have both gone negative. Ecuadorian voters also must digest Correa's allegations of fraud and the prospect of a closely c [...]	2006-11-24 21:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EC
06QUITO2937	ELECTION WRAP-UP: CORREA COMPLIMENTS BUSH; [...] (SBU) Summary: Final certified results of the election are now expected by December 4, confirming a 57-43% presidential victory by Rafael Correa over Alvaro Noboa. Presumptive president-elect Correa received a congratulatory phone call from President Bush on November 30. Correa subsequently [...]	2006-12-01 23:52:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EC
06QUITO2940	FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT CORREA [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Correa was extremely cordial and effusively thanked the Ambassador for President Bush's call, which he clearly had not expected and characterized as generous and "classy." The Ambassador emphasized that the bilateral relationship is starting fresh, and that Co [...]	2006-12-04 18:07:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETRD SNAR EC
06QUITO2965	ELECTION OVER, CORREA TAKES STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal officially declared Rafael Correa Ecuador's president-elect on December 4, but rival candidate Alvaro Noboa has refused to concede defeat, requesting an investigation of Correa campaign finances. Since being elected on November 26, Correa has rea [...]	2006-12-07 22:35:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ETRD EC
06QUITO3020	GOE PROTESTS RESUMPTION OF COLOMBIAN SPRAYING NEAR [...] (C) Colombia's resumption of aerial fumigation along the Ecuador-Colombia border has sparked a formal GOE protest and strong reaction from president-elect Correa. Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion called Colombia's decision an act of "hostility" and warned of a possible cooling in bilateral [...]	2006-12-14 19:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO3033	FOUR NEW MINISTERS: CORREA TAPS POETS, [...] (C) Summary: On December 13 President-Elect Rafael Correa announced four new cabinet level ministers in a press conference on his way to visit Nestor Kirchner in Argentina: Maria Fernanda Espinosa will head the MFA; Raul Sagasti Lupera will be the new Industry Minister; Antonio Preciado will [...]	2006-12-14 21:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO3047	ECUADOR'S OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Per reftel request, Embassy and AmConGen Guayaquil have identified the following democracy activists we recommend be included in the OAS democracy practitioner registry. 2. Manuel Ignacio Gomez Lecaro is a public relations expert and respected weekly editorialist for Guayaquil's leading n [...]	2006-12-15 22:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC KSUM PHUM OAS
06QUITO3050	ECUADOR INAUGURATION: USDEL REQUESTED BY DECEMBER [...] Summary: The GOE's planning for the January 15, 2003 presidential inauguration ceremony is just beginning but the MFA has requested foreign delegation lists by December 22. Planned activities span January 13-15. Outgoing President Alfredo Palacio has formally invited President Bush to attend [...]	2006-12-15 22:50:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO3062	ENERGY INTEGRATION, AERIAL SPRAYING AND DEBT ON [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rafael Correa has crisscrossed South America in recent weeks to establish contact with his counterparts in the region, pursuing Ecuadorian interest in oil refining and infrastructure projects under the guise of regional cooperation and integration. Basking in a [...]	2006-12-19 22:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EPET EFIN EWWT EAIR EC CO
06QUITO321	ECUADOR: PDAS SHAPIRO PROMOTES DEMOCRACY, TRADE [...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro visited Quito January 18-20, meeting with President Alfredo Palacio, Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion, business leaders, the editorial board of Quito,s daily of record, members of the political elite and civil society leaders. He also met with Governo [...]	2006-02-07 22:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KDEM EC
06QUITO391	AMB. PROMOTES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN IMBABURA [...] Summary: During a February 7 trip to Imbabura province, two hours north of Quito, the Ambassador toured a U.S. military Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDRETE),met with the indigenous mayor of Otavalo and town councilors, toured a water system project sponsored by AID, and visited a Peace Corp [...]	2006-02-13 13:47:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO406	ECUADOR: WAR OF WORDS WITH COLOMBIA OVER, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion on February 12 announced an end to the temporary diplomatic contretemps brought on by the accidental violation of Ecuadorian airspace by Colombian military units on January 28. FM Carrion said that the GOE, having accepted the GOC,s February 1 [...]	2006-02-13 22:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO472	GOE INTERCEPTS MIGRANT SHIP, RETAINS JURISDICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been several significant recent developments relating to maritime law enforcement. The Ecuadorian Navy interdicted an overloaded fishing boat off its coast on February 18 carrying more than 100 migrants destined for Guatemala and the U.S. In another case, the GOE h [...]	2006-02-22 23:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SMIG SNAR EC
06QUITO598	SCENESETTER FOR FM CARRION VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion will visit Washington to meet with Secretary Rice on March 23. The friendly but nationalist Carrion comes to Washington prepared to make a case for Ecuador. Carrion is concerned about current cuts in USG aid levels and will likely [...]	2006-03-10 21:40:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO673	PALACIO STANDS FIRM, INDIGENOUS SUSPEND STRIKES [...] (C) Summary: President Palacio spoke to the nation on March 15, refusing to cede to indigenous striker demands to halt FTA negotiations. Subsequently, protesting highlands provinces and indigenous have suspended their strikes and are returning to their communities with most roads unblocked, [...]	2006-03-17 20:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS EC
06QUITO705	CHEVRON CLOSE TO FILING BIT NOTICE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met March 17 with Chevron local representative Jaime Varela for an update of Chevron's legal cases. Varela gave the status of the case in the Lago Agrio court, the AAA arbitration, and the U.S. Federal Court case and said Chevron would soon file a notice requesting [...]	2006-03-21 21:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ETRD ECON EC
06QUITO708	GOE TO DECLARE EMERGENCY TO CLEAR HIGHWAYS [...] (C) Summary: With indigenous roadblocks continuing in several provinces, a top aide to the President said Palacio had decided late on March 21 to declare an emergency in three central provinces and part of another, to permit the military to begin to clear the roads for commerce. Indigenous C [...]	2006-03-22 00:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO712	INDIGENOUS DEFIANT DESPITE STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: President Palacio declared a state of emergency late on March 21 for four provinces and parts of Pichincha province. Most roads were open on March 22, and the GOE sought to dialogue with protest leaders. CONAIE leaders have vowed to continue their anti-FTA protests. Military i [...]	2006-03-22 23:06:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO768	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to RefTel questions on application 05-986059, Embassy offices verified that Monica Cecilia Herrera Suasnavas is the owner of Sierra Nevada Adventure and Guns, a legitimate, registered firearms dealer. Ms. Herrera and her brother, Francisco Herrera, have operated the busines [...]	2006-03-28 16:57:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC EC
06QUITO861	C-AL6-00484 PROTEST EFFECTS ON ECUADOR'S STABILITY [...] (U) We offer the following responses to questions posed in RefTel. 2. (S) A. Are indigenous groups planning additional widespread protests? If so, what tactics will they use? Yes. CONAIE has announced a national uprising to commence after the Holy Week Holiday, which ends on April 16. [...]	2006-04-06 21:29:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO978	REGIONAL IAEA CONFERENCE ENCOURAGES NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOffs on April 3-4 represented the USG at the first Pan-American IAEA Meeting on Strengthening Implementation of International Instruments for Enhanced Nuclear and Radiological Security. During the two-day conference, IAEA organizers explained international efforts to counte [...]	2006-04-21 00:12:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PTER KTIA IAEA CARICOM EC
06RABAT104	FY06 BFIF PROPOSAL - MOROCCO [...] Embassy Rabat seeks to use $11,000 of Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) funding to support the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that was implemented on January 1, 2006. This funding leverages funding from the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Morocco. This is the fir [...]	2006-01-20 18:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP MO
06RABAT1042	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MOROCCO OF U/S KAREN [...] (C) The US Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit comes as we and the Moroccan government are further energizing the substantial reinvigoration of bilateral relations that has taken place since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca. Since the 2003 attacks, [...]	2006-05-31 18:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KPAO MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT1050	MEETING THE MORCHIDAT [...] (SBU) Following a flurry of misleading press reports indicating that the recently graduated female Islamic guides (morchidat) would be comparable to male imams, the Moroccan Council of Ulemas issued a fatwa on May 26 confirming Minister of Islamic Affairs' Ahmed Toufiq's statement that indeed [...]	2006-06-01 13:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL MO
06RABAT1076	GOM REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO UN HUMAN [...] Post received the following Diplomatic Note on May 22, 2006, a copy of which has been faxed to NEA/MAG. Unofficial translation begins in paragraph two. 2. Begin unofficial translation: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United [...]	2006-06-05 22:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO PHUM PREL
06RABAT1111	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan economic think tank Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC) is forecasting that the economy will grow by 7.1 percent in 2006, outpacing GOM forecasts of 5.4 percent. The CMC said strong farming output will be the driver behind the growth. The GOM had predicted 5.4 percent growth on th [...]	2006-06-09 07:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR KNNP SOCI MO
06RABAT1123	THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) The American Bar Association (ABA, reftel A) is a strong partner of the USG as it implements programs relating to the rule of law in Morocco. Funded by both DRL and MEPI, the ABA is effectively and inventively [...]	2006-06-10 15:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT1137	WESTERN SAHARA: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TINDOUF? [...] (SBU) Two Sahrawi tribal leaders, Sheikh Abdi Salama Nafaa of Laayoune and Idrissi Belali from Smara, previously unknown to the embassy, called on Polcouns June 9 to seek US support for what they alleged were injustices being committed against members of the Rgiubat tribe, subgroup Layeshi (p [...]	2006-06-12 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT115	GOM'S TOUGH MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador January 19 that Iranian Envoy Musavi would visit Morocco January 20 but would not be received by the King. Morocco would listen to Musavi but would express concern over Iranian behavior and warn Iran not to take advantage of turmoi [...]	2006-01-24 14:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MO PGOV PREL
06RABAT1184	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. KROTOSKI [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Dr. Danuta Krotoski, Health Scientist Administrator, national Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 17-22, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with Health Officials. 2. Post understands that [...]	2006-06-16 14:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1185	COUNTRY CLEARANCE AMENDMENT FOR JOSEPH MULINARE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Joseph Mulinare to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 18-30, 2006 for the purpose of providing technical assistance to the nutrition program with a particular focus on issues related to birth defects and the impact of flour fortification. [...]	2006-06-16 14:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1206	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA DAS GORDON GRAY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for NEA DAS Gordon Gray to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 28-30, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with government officials. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Cherie Lenzen who can be reached at: Phone: (212) 37-76-22-65 [...]	2006-06-20 15:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1211	MOROCCO: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- ANTICIPATED [...] (C) Charge discussed ref(a) demarche regarding USG concerns and priorities for the inaugural session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on June 20 with MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale. MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita accompanied Hilale. Charge emphasized the i [...]	2006-06-20 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT1249	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. BRYAN BANDONG [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Mr. Bryan Bandong of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 30 - July 9, 2006 for the purpose of meetings with officials of the National Center for Energy, Science and Nuclear Technology of Morocco. [...]	2006-06-27 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1251	UPDATED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for MCC travelers listed in reftel to travel to Morocco June 25 to July 14, 2006 for the purpose of conducting site visits and meetings with local officials. 2. Post has made transportation arrangements and hotel reservations at the Sofite [...]	2006-06-28 13:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1272	PJD LETTER CONDEMNING ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) At the conclusion of a meeting with political party members on June 29, Lahcen Daoudi, a member of the general secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) and SIPDIS vice president of the Chamber of Representatives of the parliament, passed the following letter addressed to [...]	2006-07-03 10:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT1280	DAS GRAY DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA WITH FASSI FIHRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 29 meeting with DAS Gray, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri provided a frank discussion on the Western Sahara and Morocco's path to an autonomy plan. Commenting on future activities for CORCAS, Fassi Fihri explained that starting in July Presi [...]	2006-07-03 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1285	DAS GRAY DISCUSSES GAZA EVENTS AND LIBYAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting June 29 with visiting DAS Gordon Gray, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri expressed Morocco's concern over recent events in Gaza, explaining that Israeli actions were "too strong and extreme" and have complicated Morocco's position. Fassi Fihri [...]	2006-07-05 08:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT1309	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OES/STC R. SENSENEY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Robert Senseney to travel to Rabat, Morocco, July 13-22, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with government officials regarding the US-Morocco Science and Technology agreement. 2. Per reftel hotel reservations have been made at the Tour H [...]	2006-07-11 11:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT132	IRAN: CODEL DUNCAN WEIGHS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, Codel Duncan, visiting Morocco January 24-26, stressed to Deputy FM Fassi Fihri US concerns with Iran's development of a nuclear program and encouraged Morocco to put its weight behind US and European efforts to reign in the Iranians within the framework of the UNS [...]	2006-01-25 15:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL MO PGOV
06RABAT1344	MEPI SMALL GRANTS REPORT FOR AMCHAM MOROCCO [...] The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) website has effectively addressed private sector demand both in Morocco and in the U.S. for greater information sharing on the provisions of the agreement. In 2004, the site logged over 1.3 million hits, representing 13,522 [...]	2006-07-14 18:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID KMPI MO
06RABAT1350	MOROCCO: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (U) Post delivered July 17 reftel demarche via diplomatic note #248 to the office of MFA Director of American Affairs Salaheddine Tazi, per the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' request. MFA North American Affairs Division Chief Wassane Zailachi pledged to pass the White House Statement and USG r [...]	2006-07-17 12:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN MO
06RABAT1358	PJD AND HAMAS: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Morocco's largest Islamist political party, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) (Ref A),could win up to 46 percent of the votes in the 2007 legislative elections, according to results from a hypothetical vote question in a poll conducted by the International Republican I [...]	2006-07-17 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR MO
06RABAT1373	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA/GSFC: DAVILA, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Drs. Joseph Davila and Barbara Thompson from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Dr. Umran Inan from Stanford University to travel to Rabat, Morocco between July 26 and July 29, for the purpose of installing very low fr [...]	2006-07-20 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC MO OTRA SENV TSPA
06RABAT1378	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USPTO: POGODA AND [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to US Patent and Trademark Office Attorney, Darren Pogoda and US District Judge James Rosenbaum to travel to Rabat, Morocco, July 22-25, 2006 to organize and host the USPTO-Middle East Partnership Initiative two day conference on Intellectual [...]	2006-07-20 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA MO
06RABAT1380	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL ZOLENSKY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Michael Zolensky from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) to travel to Casablanca, Morocco, August 1-6, 2006 to attend the workshop - Desert Meteorites- recovery, documentation of meteorites, funds and future prospects of research. 2. Pos [...]	2006-07-21 10:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA MO
06RABAT1392	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through June 30, 2006. Update narratives contain both [...]	2006-07-21 19:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT1407	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MATTHEW SZYMANSKI, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Matthew Szymanski, Chief of Staff, House Small Business Committee, Sean Deverey, Professional Staff, House Small Business Committee, and Brian Jaskot Professional Staff, House Small Business Committee to travel to Casablanca and Rabat, Mor [...]	2006-07-26 08:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1429	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAVID BULL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to David Bull to travel to Rabat, Morocco, August 1-5, 2006 for the purpose of providing guidance to Morocco Ministry of Health officials in pandemic influenza planning. 2. Post understands that the traveler is staying at the Sofitel and r [...]	2006-07-28 09:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA
06RABAT1456	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR ZALMAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 16:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	JO TU IZ AMGT OTRA ASEC FR MO

06RABAT1457	IREX BRIEF TO THE MFA [...] (C) Summary: The PAO and IO met with Wassane Zailachi, Director of the North American, Mexico and Central America division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 26. The meeting included a discussion of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)-funded IREX regional project, sc [...]	2006-07-31 16:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO MO
06RABAT1471	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1-June 30. Activities included visits by representatives from MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's visit to Oujda, his meeting with the International Republican Institute (IRI),judicial reform, a regional confer [...]	2006-08-02 07:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT1483	NDI: UNCLE SAM WANTS TO "EDUCATE" MOROCCAN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: French-language daily, l'Economiste (August 1),published an article about the "American-Canadian" National Democratic Institute (NDI),entitled "An NGO to 'educate' the parties." The article, which in [...]	2006-08-04 12:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MO
06RABAT1540	2006 THRONE DAY SPEECH: MORE CONFIDENCE, LESS [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI delivered his seventh Throne Day speech on July 30 (reftel C). This year's speech followed the model established in his 1999 speech -- a recapitulation of accomplishments over the past year. Only the 2004 and 2005 (reftel A) speeches diverged from the accomplis [...]	2006-08-15 09:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT1552	PRESSING FOR CLARIFICATION OF MOROCCO'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Action request; Commercial and Econ Counselors called on Ahmed Maani, Acting Director of International Cooperation of the Moroccan Customs Administration on August 10 to review the status of two recent cases where U.S. imports have been denied preferential entry into Morocco [...]	2006-08-17 09:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP MO
06RABAT1577	MODERNIZING MOROCCO'S CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary; Lemghari Essakl, General Manager of the Agency for Bouregreg Valley Development, called on Ambassador on August 9 to outline the Government of Morocco's ambitious plans for the development and revitalization of the valley separating Rabat and its neighboring city of Sale. Noting [...]	2006-08-22 16:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MO
06RABAT1621	SHEIKH QARADAWI VISITS MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi, the popular Egyptian cleric, visited Morocco in late August. A guest of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD),the Sheikh addressed several large gatherings of Moroccan youth, lambasting the U.S. and Israel and calling for a boycott of Americ [...]	2006-08-31 15:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MO PGOV KISL
06RABAT1640	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH/FIC DR. HARFORD [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Dr. Joe Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to Casablanca, Morocco, September 14-17, 2006 to participate in a Conference on Cervical Cancer. 2. Point of contact for the vis [...]	2006-09-05 16:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KSCA TBIO MO
06RABAT1643	FURTHER ON MOROCCO'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Economic and Commercial Counselors called on National Electricity Office (ONE) Chairman Younes Maamur on August 18 in Casablanca to learn more about ONE's plans to develop nuclear energy to help meet Morocco's burgeoning demand for electricity, a program in which he had earlier t [...]	2006-09-06 10:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON SENV MO
06RABAT1652	STAFFDEL BIXBY'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JETTOU [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Driss Jettou told Staffdel Bixby in an August 30 meeting that Morocco deeply appreciates the United States' decision to enlist in aiding its economic development through the Millennium Challenge Account," and that it is essential that "America help Morocco succeed. [...]	2006-09-06 17:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID MO
06RABAT1676	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Rabat warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Levy, Magda Ismail, Steven Clarke, David Picha, Herve Plusquellec and Samuel Hobbs, of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to travel to Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Ourzazate, and Fes, Morocco September 13 - October 8, [...]	2006-09-08 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA KPAO AFIN EAID ECON OTRA
06RABAT1706	PUTIN VISIT ACCENTUATES BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian President Putin's 18-hour visit to Morocco September 6-7 emphasized economic and commercial ties between the two countries, with the signature of cooperation agreements in fields ranging from fisheries to tourism, culture, and communications. Putin was accompanied by 50 [...]	2006-09-13 17:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON RU MO
06RABAT1764	ARAB MAGHREB UNION - POSSIBLE UNGA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Political Director of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) confirmed to polcouns in a September 20 meeting that the AMU fully endorses the proposed AMU Ministerial on the margins of UNGA (reftel),but noted that AMU SYG Ben Yahia's physical absence from N.Y. (he has not been invited t [...]	2006-09-21 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
06RABAT177	CODEL DUNCAN MEETS WITH MINISTER DELEGATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a January 24-26 visit to Morocco, Codel Duncan met with Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri and toured the Port of Casablanca on January 25. Fassi Fihri underscored Morocco's desire for fostering dialogue with the U.S. Congress and, by extension, [...]	2006-02-03 10:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP MO
06RABAT1774	BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MEET [...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the thirteen member Business Executives for National Security (BENS) group met with Abdallah Saleddine Tazi, Director of American Affairs, Wassane Zailachi, Chief of the North America, Mexico and Central America Division, Karim Halim, Counselor in the Directorat [...]	2006-09-22 18:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PINS ECON MO
06RABAT1861	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION SCORECARD [...] On October 5, DCM and econoff delivered Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard talking points to the MFA's Director of the Americas Desk, Ambassador Abdellah Tazi. Tazi accentuated the positive after learning how Morocco's promotion from MCC's Low Income Country (LIC) category to t [...]	2006-10-05 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA MO
06RABAT1868	TRADE AGREEMENT MONITORING AT EMBASSY RABAT [...] (SBU) Since the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement on January 1, 2006, the U.S. Mission in Morocco has made monitoring of Moroccan compliance with the agreement a top priority. We carry out this responsibility through an interagency team, chaired by the Embassy Economic [...]	2006-10-06 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP MO
06RABAT1933	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism advance team members Megan Dieter, David Weekman, and James Warden to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006. 2. POC is Political Officer Marcel Martinez who can be reached [...]	2006-10-16 14:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	WMDT OTRA MO
06RABAT1962	MEPI SMALL GRANTS REPORT FOR MOROCCO [...] Per reftel and telecoms with the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Tunis Regional Office, post has been asked to report on two MEPI small grant proposals that are now complete - the Zagora Women's Computer Technology Workshop and the Tangier American Legation Museum literacy and vocati [...]	2006-10-19 17:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KMPI MO
06RABAT197	WESTERN SAHARA: MFA REVIEWS PARTY LINE, COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 23, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Morocco Desk Officer Robert Ewing and Poloff paid a courtesy call on MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita said he had to "correct some misunderstandings" concerning the Western Sahara and undertook a long argument ba [...]	2006-02-07 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1979	MOROCCAN ROAD SHOW ON WESTERN SAHARA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Immediately following intensive meetings in DC (October 11-13) to discuss the government of Morocco's (GOM) autonomy plans for the Western Sahara (reftels A, B),the delegation headed to various capitals. The delegation went to Paris, where they were met by President Jacques Chirac. [...]	2006-10-20 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO UN
06RABAT1986	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit as co-chair of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) comes as the U.S. and the Moroccan government are further energizing our bilateral relations. Since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casabla [...]	2006-10-23 16:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KGIC EAID ECON KPAO PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MO
06RABAT1998	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, Robert G. Joseph and delegation listed in reftel, for the purpose of attending the first Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting in Rabat, Morocco, October 29 to Novemb [...]	2006-10-27 10:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	WMDT OTRA MO
06RABAT201	CARTOON CONTROVERSY: MOROCCANS ANGRY BUT REACTING [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Danish cartoon controversy, reaction in Morocco has been uniform -- amongst the Moroccan government, the Supreme Council of Ulemas, the political parties, demonstrators, and shopkeepers -- in condemning the drawings and their affront to the Prophet. A Febr [...]	2006-02-07 19:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL MO DK
06RABAT2061	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR A BOYCOTT [...] (C) Summary: A wave of agitation has given new life to an existing "boycott" of cooperation with the US, and has now become linked to the glorification of Hizballah. Six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged to boycott all programs and activities of the Mission. The largest, the [...]	2006-11-06 11:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT215	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (C) Summary: The US Mission and the Moroccan government warmly welcome your upcoming visit. We believe King Mohammed will see the visit as reinforcement of our solid relationship with Morocco, a relationship the King considers very important. Morocco continues cooperation with us to counte [...]	2006-02-09 14:03:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MARR MO OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT2172	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS SPECIAL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Special Envoy Dr. Gregg Rickman, to travel to Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11 , 2006 for the purpose conducting meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2 [...]	2006-11-27 13:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2183	DIPLOMATICNOTE RECEIVED: AMENDING THE 505 [...] (U) Thiscable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received Diplomatc Note 003685 from the Ministry of Foreign Affais November 28, 2006 in response to reftel A and . The Note was transmited in both Arabic and Eglish. In the following note, the Moroccan [...]	2006-11-29 15:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV MO XA
06RABAT22	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MOROCCO: STATUS REPORT #3 [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through December 31, 2005. Update narratives contain [...]	2006-01-05 14:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT2201	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached a [...]	2006-12-01 14:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2203	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 14 - 15, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached at: Phon [...]	2006-12-01 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2206	MISSION MOROCCO PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Mission Avian Influenza Working Group met on November 6 to review guidance in reftel and has worked since that date to prepare the guidance it recommended and disseminate it to Mission personnel. An administrative notice was issued to publicize the most recent M/MED information on avian [...]	2006-12-01 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC FKLU SKSAF KSEO MO
06RABAT221	CARTOON CONTROVERSY; NORDIC DIPLOMATS COMMENT; [...] (C) During a February 8 office call to discuss the aborted Nordic mission to Western Sahara (septel),Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lena Richter Strand told Polcouns that reaction so far against Nordic countries in Morocco in response to the cartoon controve [...]	2006-02-09 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KISL MO PGOV PREL
06RABAT2222	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS DAMON [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Damon Stevens to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11, 2006 for the purpose of attending meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2. Control Officer for the visit is [...]	2006-12-07 09:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT225	NEW CEO OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION VISITS [...] (U) Summary. New Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO, Ambassador John Danilovich, visited Morocco January 24- 27 to review and discuss the country's progress in preparing its compact proposal to use MCC funds. Danilovich and his staff met with Prime Minister Driss Jettou, the GOM's M [...]	2006-02-10 10:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON SOCI KMCA MO
06RABAT2280	MOROCCO'S 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Morocco achieved significant reductions in cannabis production and cultivation, although it remains one of the world's major producers and exporters of cannabis. According to the Agency for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development of the Northern Prefectures and Provinces of the King [...]	2006-12-18 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MO
06RABAT2282	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOSEPH [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Joseph Mulinare, Medical Officer, DBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Rabat, Morocco January 15-27, 2007 for the purpose of providing technical assistance, and to participate in a mission in order to provided technical assistance to the nutrition [...]	2006-12-18 13:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA MO CDC
06RABAT23	AIRLINE DESIGNATIONS UNDER MOROCCO OPEN SKIES [...] Post delivered contents of reftel to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Transportation under cover of a diplomatic note on Dec. 20, 2005. A copy of the note was faxed on Dec. 21 to EB/TRA/AN attention Laurence Jones and to the Department of Transportation attention David Modesitt per reft [...]	2006-01-05 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA MO
06RABAT2337	MOROCCAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON PRESS AND POLLING [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with Moroccan Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzouba, the Ambassador urged that pending amendments to the press code encourage journalistic responsibility without impinging on freedom of expression. The Ambassador also expressed concern that a proposed law regulati [...]	2006-12-26 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EFIN MO
06RABAT2347	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from July 1-September 30. Activities included a project officer training session at post, a monitoring visit by staff from MEPI's Regional Office in Tunis, a training seminar for MEPI Program Officers in Tunis and two ne [...]	2006-12-28 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT261	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised prices on some fuel products on Feb. 9 in a bid to relieve pressure high international oil prices are putting on the state's subsidy mechanism. Premium grade gasoline rose by 1.5 percent to $1.17 per liter and diesel fuel rose by 12 percent to $1.03 per [...]	2006-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV MO
06RABAT29	REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, FREE TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: PM Jettou January 3 told visiting Rep. Tom Lantos that Morocco appreciates U.S. efforts in the Middle East and Iraq, where positive results are beginning to take shape, and that Morocco would continue to do its part in the war on terror. Jettou was also encouraged by the appro [...]	2006-01-06 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT308	IRI POLL SHOWS VOTERS HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2005 poll of 1500 Moroccans administered by the International Republican Institute (IRI) under the auspices of its MEPI/USAID program found that Moroccans are disillusioned with the [...]	2006-02-22 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMPI KDEM MO
06RABAT311	MOROCCO WILL DESIGNATE ALL U.S. AIRLINES UNDER [...] Post received diplomatic note number 0518 dated February 20, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepting Ref A proposal for a blanket designation of all U.S. air carriers under the October 2001 Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Morocco. 2. Unofficial embassy t [...]	2006-02-23 12:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA MO
06RABAT316	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BELKHEIR'S VIEWS ON WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted Algerian Ambassador Larbi Belkheir for an informal tea and conversation on the Western Sahara and Morocco-Algeria relations the afternoon of February 16. Belkheir had just returned from Algiers the previous day. Present were Algerian DCM Ginad Boumedienne, NE [...]	2006-02-23 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT333	MFA DISCUSSES NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, PRESS FREEDOM [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan met separately with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani and MFA Director of American Affairs Salahuddin Tazi to dis [...]	2006-02-24 15:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT357	HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- THE CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. With funding ending March 31, Post seeks an opportunity to express support for the continuation of the American Bar Association "Human Rights Clinical Legal Educat [...]	2006-02-28 16:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT358	WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI CLAIMS POLISARIO HOLDS AN [...] This cable is sensitive by unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Dahi Akai, President of the Association of Those Who Disappeared by the Polisario. Akai presented a letter in Arabic for the Secretary requesting assistance for an American allegedly hel [...]	2006-02-28 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MO PBTS PGOV PHUM
06RABAT36	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1 to December 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's meeting with Global Rights, English ACCESS Microscholarships, capacity building using ICT, Nomadic Craft Caravan, a Family C [...]	2006-01-09 14:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT389	WESTERN SAHARA: PREPARING THE GOM FOR AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the MOI and MFA on February 17 in Rabat, and reiterated during the embassy's February 22 meeting with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale, visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan urged GOM officials to be expansive in their thinking on autonomy to make it real and cred [...]	2006-03-02 14:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT398	MOROCCO: IS THE GOVERNMENT STRANGLING THE PRESS? [...] (C) Freedom of the press continues to be a significant political and human rights issue in Morocco, and the mission continues to discuss the issue with the GOM at high levels, and to raise concerns as we see them. The GOM's latest tack appears to be one of levying heavy fines on offending p [...]	2006-03-03 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS MO
06RABAT399	CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN JUDICIAL REFORM [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The American Bar Association (ABA) has MEPI and DRL funds to implement "rule of law" reform changes in Morocco. One of the MEPI funded programs is "judicial development" (reftel A). In light of th [...]	2006-03-03 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT40	CODEL LANTOS VISITS PARLIAMENT, MEETS REFORMERS, [...] (SBU) As part of his January 2-5 visit to Morocco, Congressman Lantos (D-CA) visited and toured the Moroccan Parliament, met with Moroccan reformers, and discussed recent political, social and religious reforms with the Minister of Islamic Affairs. Lantos was accompanied by his wife Annette L [...]	2006-01-09 17:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP MO
06RABAT403	ARAB MAGHREB UNION: LETTERS TO SECRETARY RICE AND [...] (U) Post received on March 3 the following letters to Secretary Rice and NEA A/S Welch from Secretary General of SIPDIS the Arab Maghreb Union Habib Ben Yahya. The originals have been pouched to NEA/MAG. 2. (SBU) Begin letter (as received) to Secretary Rice: Dear Madam, On the oc [...]	2006-03-03 17:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MO
06RABAT48	PJD'S OTHMANI ON PARTY SPLIT, WESTERN SAHARA, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: During a January 6 meeting with Emboffs, Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) Secretary General Saad Eddin Othmani Othmani downplayed the reported split within the PJD describing it as a handful of individuals the party wanted to get rid of. He highlighted the party [...]	2006-01-10 15:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT490	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said March 14 that Morocco plans to move "in the medium-term" towards a more flexible exchange rate system. Jouahri said the country's increasing openness to trade warrants a transition to an as-yet-unspecified exchange regime, a move the IMF has c [...]	2006-03-20 14:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ECPS MO
06RABAT50	REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) met with FM Benaissa for 90 minutes on January 4 at the MFA. Benaissa lauded US-Morocco relations and outlined many of the accomplishments of King Mohammed in the area of womens rights, equity and reconciliation, and press freedom. Benaissa was gloomy about Iraq, [...]	2006-01-10 17:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT505	STAFFDEL PHELAN AT MOROCCAN MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: Staffdel Phelan met senior Moroccan MFA officials, including Bilateral Affairs Director Amrani, to discuss Western Sahara, reform, FTA, MCA and other issues of mutual interest. Phelan emphasized the need for a concrete, practical Western Sahara autonomy proposal that could se [...]	2006-03-21 17:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP MO
06RABAT507	MFA, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OBJECT TO MEPI [...] (C) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs Fassi Fihri and Communications Minister Benabdallah told Ambassador Riley March 20 that media outlets accepting MEPI grants or other foreign funding would constitute a violation of Moroccan law, punishable by fines and imprisonment. They e [...]	2006-03-21 18:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO KMPI KPAO PHUM PREL
06RABAT530	MOROCCO SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On Thursday March 23, 2006, Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 961 from the Moroccan MFA, requesting USG support for its candidature to the newly-created UN Human Rights Council (reftel). A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxed separately to NEA/MAG. 2. Begin text of GOM transl [...]	2006-03-24 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO PHUM PREL
06RABAT552	WESTERN SAHARA: THE MFA HELPS UNVEIL THE NEW [...] (C) Summary: The MFA requested the Ambassador's attendance at a meeting on March 28 with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale and other Western Hemisphere ambassadors. The subject of the meeting was the King's recent speech (reftel) and the formation of the "Conseil Royal Consultatif pour les Affaires S [...]	2006-03-28 17:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT557	SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA, MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 20, Spanish Ambassador Planas Puchades told Ambassador Riley that Spain continued to encourage Morocco to produce a credible autonomy plan for the Western Sahara. He dismissed alleged splits within the Polisario, suggesting the recently emerged faction "Line of Martyrs [...]	2006-03-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL SNAR
06RABAT558	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa the afternoon of March 28. Ambassador expressed appreciation for the strong relations between the USG and the ministry and encouraged the MOI to go forward with anti money laundering legislation as well as a letter of agreement [...]	2006-03-29 15:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT567	THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART II: ERFOUD AND RISSANI [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables drawn from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas from March 10-17. Erfoud is a medium-sized town, which is quickly becoming a tourist hub for the region, whereas Rissani is a small town on the road sou [...]	2006-03-30 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL
06RABAT617	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met April 3 for an hour and a half with Islamist-referenced Party for Justice and Development (PJD) Secretary General (SYG) Saad Eddine Othmani at PJD party headquarters. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff while Othmani was joined by PJD Depu [...]	2006-04-06 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT633	PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT HOSTS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) hosted a conference March 31-April 1 on "U.S. Decision-Making and Its Impact on Moroccan-American Relations." Participants included party leaders as well as rank and file PJD members, select diplomats, academics and NGOs. Gues [...]	2006-04-07 15:17:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT639	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1 to March 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington and MEPI Tunis, a regional conference on the family code, political and judicial reform, women's rights, literacy training, English ACCESS Micro s [...]	2006-04-07 18:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT668	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through March 31, 2006. Update narratives contain bot [...]	2006-04-14 11:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT676	IS THERE AN AMAZIGH (BERBER) IDENTITY IN MOROCCO? [...] (C) Summary: While the constitution of Morocco recognizes ethnic and religious diversity, it is also clear that citizens are to think of themselves as Moroccan, not as members of separate ethnic or religious groups. Recent Amazigh history in Morocco (reftel A),however, points to the perse [...]	2006-04-14 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT714	AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) As requested Ref B, the Ambassador called on Moroccan Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri the afternoon of April 17 to follow up on his April 13 discussion with FM Benaissa regarding the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Khalid Mishal to Morocco (FM Benaissa is traveling in South America and was th [...]	2006-04-19 15:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT718	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISTIQLAL PARTY LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 4 with Istiqlal party leader and Minister of State Abbas El Fassi at his residence over lunch. The Ambassador was accompanied by Polcouns, Poloff (notetaker),and PolLES, while El Fassi was joined by Istiqlal Upper House Caucus Leader an [...]	2006-04-20 10:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT722	WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri for two hours the afternoon of April 17 to deliver points on the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Mishal (Refs A and B). Most of the meeting was consumed by a discussion on the Western Sahara, however, as Fassi Fihri recapped his re [...]	2006-04-20 11:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT73	MOROCCO 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 07:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
06RABAT732	ELECTRICITY (IS) NOT STATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Director of Moroccan state electricity company Younes Maamar described to Ambassador on April 18 the government's plans to deregulate the electricity sector, stressing the GOM's urgency to diversify its energy sources and his personal preference that Morocco move forward with nuc [...]	2006-04-21 10:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC ECON SENV KNNP MO
06RABAT736	HUMAN RIGHTS CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- SPENDING MONEY [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. (SBU) Summary: On April 18, Poloff and Laboff visited the Human Rights Clinical Legal Education program at Hassan II University in Mohammedia, loc [...]	2006-04-21 12:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT779	GOM SEEKS US SUPPORT IN BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note and aide-memoire seeking US support for Morocco's candidacy to the Human Rights Council. As the aide-memoire is a comprehensive summary of how the GOM views its [...]	2006-04-26 16:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT808	Misuse of Life Sciences Research - Morocco [...] On April 25, post delivered reftel demarche and questions regarding misuse of life sciences to Dr. Khalid Temsamani, National Coordinator of Materials Science at the Department of Scientific Research at the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education. Temsamani provided responses and point of cont [...]	2006-04-28 12:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER KTIA MO
06RABAT918	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MOROCCO: IS IT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Constitutional reform is regularly brought up by contacts and is occasionally a topic in the press. Reform, however, does not mean the entire constitution but rather portions of it which directly relate to the interest or interests of a particular group. Whereas Moroccans desc [...]	2006-05-11 13:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT968	MOURAD EL HAMYANI DEPORTATION [...] (S) Embassy Rabat provides the following background concerning the possible deportation of Moroccan terrorist suspect Mourad El Hamyani to Morocco. The Moroccan police have an arrest warrant for El Hamyani for criminal activity, including armed robbery with the intent to use the profits to f [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MO PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT971	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDY IN MOROCCO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of National War College (NWC) students and faculty, led by Commandant Major General Teresa Marne Peterson and Deputy Commandant Ambassador Marcelle Wahba, visited Morocco May 13-18, [...]	2006-05-19 18:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO MARR MO MOPS PGOV PREL
06RANGOON1010	FEAR AND INTIMIDATION AT WORK IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu on July 18 to determine whether there was genuine regime interest in re-engaging with the international community as UN U/SYG Gambari had indicated. Kyaw did not respond directly, but made it clear that his ability to meet wit [...]	2006-07-20 06:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1012	PROGRESS ON TRANSNATIONAL TIP SLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 07:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM PREL BM
06RANGOON1077	MIN KO NAING TRIES TO UNIFY BURMA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Ko Naing, former political prisoner and leader of the "88 Generation Students," used the July 19 Martyrs' Day holiday to show support for the NLD in an ongoing effort to mend the fractured relationship between the NLD and student groups. Min Ko Naing is taking on a more act [...]	2006-07-31 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1115	A BURMESE GENERAL GETS HIS COMEUPPANCE [...] (C) Summary: Charge and DATT met with LTG Myint Swe August 2 to see what kind of dialogue we could maintain. It became clear that Myint Swe's previously expansive view of his areas of authority (reftels) has been considerably reduced. Now he's just a general responsible for embassy security [...]	2006-08-08 03:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1124	BURMA: CHARGE MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After several requests and cancellations, Charge finally met with Minister for Home Affairs Maung Oo to stress the importance of meaningful progress toward democracy, the release of political prisoners, and greater access to Burma for journalists. The Minister lamented the West [...]	2006-08-08 11:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1136	WA TURNING TO CHINA RATHER THAN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Wa are rapidly being pulled into China's orbit and will resist any new concessions to the Burmese regime that would restrict their current relative autonomy. While they will talk with the Burmese, the Wa have no intention of ever giving up their arms. The ban on opium cul [...]	2006-08-10 07:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON1375	BURMA'S FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS PERSEVERE [...] (C) Summary: Years in Burmese prisons have not dampened the will of many political prisoners to work within the country to promote change. Despite a tough adjustment period to life on the outside, former prisoners once active in the pro-democracy movement still hold tightly to their beliefs. [...]	2006-09-20 09:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KPAO BM
06RANGOON1436	BURMA: REGIME CONTINUES TO DETAIN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: 88 Generation Student leaders Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, and Htay Kywe remain in detention today at a Police Special Branch office in Rangoon. Min Ko Naing has been in contact with members of his group and communicated that he is being pressured to sign statements about the regime [...]	2006-09-28 08:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1485	BURMA: UPDATE ON DETAINED PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Nine days after the detention of Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, and Htay Kywe and five days after the arrest of Pyone Cho and Min Zeya, the regime is taking a harder line, while public frustration is rising. Articles appearing today in the regime's mouthpiece daily paper indicate the [...]	2006-10-05 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1521	A WHITE REVOLUTION IN BURMA? [...] (C) Summary: Detained pro-democracy leaders Min Ko Naing, Htay Kywe, and Ko Ko Gyi contacted members of their organization via cell phone on October 12, instructing them to begin demanding that the GOB release them. Meanwhile, the 88 Generation Students have obtained over 210,000 signatures [...]	2006-10-13 10:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1679	BURMA: AI UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: GOB authorities have not reported any new cases of Avian Influenza in Burma since the outbreak in poultry in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions was contained in April 2006. On October 30, the government imposed a ban on the import and use of AI vaccine, as well as on animal bones and [...]	2006-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON213	REQUEST TO SEE AUNG SAN SUU KYI DENIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Lwin, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Americas Division, told the Embassy on February 13 that the Charge would not be allowed to meet with imprisoned NLD Secretary General Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) "at this moment" because she remains "under restriction." Min [...]	2006-02-14 07:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON223	BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS TO TALK [...] (C) Summary: Charge met February 14 with Deputy Foreign Minster Kyaw Thu at his request. Repeatedly emphasizing his interest in assisting Charge feel comfortable in Burma, he leisurely addressed a wide range of topics, including the problems of inadequate food and slow construction in Pyinman [...]	2006-02-16 05:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PREL BM
06RANGOON253	AMERICAN CENTER HELPING NLD EDUCATE ACTIVISTS AND [...] (C) Summary: our American Center (AC) in Rangoon has attracted extra attention from both pro-democracy activists and the ruling regime as our programs reach more people. Representatives from Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD) contact the AC daily and regularly use our Information Re [...]	2006-02-23 23:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO BM NLD
06RANGOON287	OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN MANDALAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy held a highly successful "Outreach Week in Mandalay" February 26-March 2. The Charge led over a dozen Embassy staff to Burma's second largest city and conducted a broad range of meetings and outreach activities with NGOs, business leaders, political parties, religi [...]	2006-03-03 06:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON289	IN MANDALAY, TRADE UP AND TOURISM DOWN [...] (U) Summary: Enough people make money from trade with China to keep upscale retailers busy in Mandalay, Burma's second largest city. However, due to rising prices and the poor state of the economy, residents are increasingly price sensitive, making it tougher to prosper there. Europeans, the [...]	2006-03-03 06:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON370	CHIN STATE'S UNEASY COHABITATION WITH THE REGIME [...] (U) Summary. Burma's ethnic minority Chin population, long victims of the Burmese regime's "Myanmarization" program, has reached a stage of uneasy but peaceful cohabitation with ruling authorities in its home state. In underdeveloped Chin State along Burma's western border with India, ethnic [...]	2006-03-20 08:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON ETRD CVIS KFRD BM IN
06RANGOON446	EMBASSY'S MANDALAY WEEK - ONE MONTH LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after the Embassy's outreach week in Mandalay, the regime continues to react. Security officials interrogated 50 local residents who had contact with Emboffs during our February 27 - March 2 visit to outreach week in Mandalay, and the GOB ordered many Burmese newspapers [...]	2006-03-31 11:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON451	NLD AND ETHNICS: DIFFERING VIEWS ON FEDERALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the recent PD-sponsored visit of a U.S. federalism expert, senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party leaders asserted that they do not consider ethnic minority states capable of properly forming and running their own subnational administrations in a post-transition [...]	2006-04-03 09:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM NLD
06RANGOON471	APRIL 7 SITREP: IED INCIDENT AT INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Embassy personnel spent April 7 following up on the April 6 discovery and dismantling of an improvised explosive device (IED) on the campus of the USG-sponsored International School of Yangon (ISY). The device was packed with what local security personnel determined was 1.5 pounds of exp [...]	2006-04-07 11:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV BM

06RANGOON516	FORMER STUDENT LEADER STAYS THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing--former pro-democracy student leader, political prisoner, and current activist--is struggling with the challenges of readjusting to life outside of solitary confinement and the pressures of meeting the expectations of his many followers and supporters. As in 1988, h [...]	2006-04-24 00:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON543	ANOTHER CHAT WITH BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu on April 25 to continue discussions in the hope of gathering more insights into the opaque regime. He did not disappoint. We discussed a range issues from his recent trip to China to obtaining multiple entry visas for regional of [...]	2006-04-26 04:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER BM CH
06RANGOON601	RANGOON EARTH DAY ENCOURAGES CIVIC PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Earth Day 2006 gave Post a chance to support the efforts of private individuals who, by addressing environmental issues, show citizens how they can take more control over their futures from the repressive ruling regime. Embassy employees donated funds for mangrove reforestation, a nasce [...]	2006-05-04 08:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON728	BURMA: 2006 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in late 2005 (ref B),in preparation for the FY 2007 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2006 Certification Report Ca [...]	2006-06-05 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
06RANGOON738	FORMER STUDENT LEADERS DISCUSS NEXT MOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former student activists and political prisoners Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi shared their views on U/SYG Gambari's visit and their own political strategies in a meeting on June 1. They praised USG efforts on Burma in the U.N., which they said would encourage the Burmese people. Th [...]	2006-06-06 09:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON775	DESPITE REGIME SECRECY, AUNG SAN SUU KYI RECOVERING [...] (C) Summary: According to National League for Democracy (NLD) officials and her doctor, NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi has now recovered from a recent illness that drew worldwide concern. Despite the ruling regime's tight control over information about her illness, which began on June 8, her do [...]	2006-06-12 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON777	AT THE BURMA/INDIA BORDER: CHINESE GOODS AND TIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent trip to the Burma/India border in Sagaing Division revealed that, as elsewhere, Chinese products dominate border trade. Tight official security in Tamu restricted our movement and access to Burmese citizens in this area where some insurgents remain active. Unlike som [...]	2006-06-13 02:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BM
06RANGOON799	SPDC ROAD SHOW GOES TO KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another of its carefully choreographed road shows for local diplomats and hand-picked media, the Burmese ruling regime showcased its "peace and development" program in pacified areas of Karen State and characterized the Karen National Union as a "terrorist organization" solely [...]	2006-06-14 11:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON82	BURMA'S PRO-AMERICAN KACHIN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge traveled to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northernmost Burma, Jan 8-10 and met with interlocutors from a variety of different organizations representive of the Kachin people, one of Burma's seven main ethnic minority groups. She heard the same themes repeat [...]	2006-01-20 00:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON87	FORMER STUDENT LEADERS: MOBILIZING THE MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Kyi, former student leaders of Burma's 1988 pro-democracy movement, have become increasingly active in the year since their release from lengthy prison terms. GOB authorities have eased off their surveillance in recent months, prompting the two activists to [...]	2006-01-23 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON876	BURMA MISSES A COPPER PLATED OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Economic mismanagement keeps Burma from cashing in on the global rise in copper prices. The experiences of Ivanhoe, the Canadian firm in a joint venture with the GOB to extract and export copper, illustrate the difficulties most firms face doing business in Burma. End summary. [...]	2006-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD BM
06RANGOON946	NLD IN CENTRAL BURMA: TREADING WATER [...] (C) Summary: Facing repressive measures by regional authorities, the NLD struggles to maintain minimal activities in the key central divisions of Mandalay and Magwe. Elder party leaders shrugged off the effects of the SPDC's public campaign to coerce NLD resignations, but hope for "outside he [...]	2006-07-06 04:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON975	NAY PYI DAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of Burma's new capital city, Nay Pyi Taw, continues. Gradually foreigners are getting to see the under-construction city, but plans to invite all of the Ambassadors are still on hold pending further progress. The current impression is of a vast green empty space s [...]	2006-07-12 11:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BM
06RECIFE40	SWEETER ENERGY? NORTHEAST HOPES FOR ETHANOL [...] Summary: Sugar has dominated Brazil's Northeast for centuries, but the boom in ethanol production for fuel has yet to fire up their economy. Only 15 percent of Brazil's ethanol comes from the Northeast compared to 85 percent from the South, even though the harvest seasons are complementary and [...]	2006-03-13 17:14:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG BR
06REYKJAVIK107	ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]	2006-03-29 11:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK120	ICELAND REACTION: OPTIMISTIC TONE FOLLOWING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government and news media of Iceland, for the most part, have echoed FM Haarde's cautious optimism over the round of bilateral defense talks in Reykjavik 3/31. The two leading newspapers published editorials praising the talks for providing the first step toward clarifying t [...]	2006-04-03 18:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK130	ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER BEARING UP WELL UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde has spent early April trying to diffuse criticism from press and politicians who accuse him of failing to predict the U.S. decision to draw down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),and who say he is too passive in letting the U.S. defi [...]	2006-04-11 16:05:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK141	ICELAND TO SUPPORT GUATEMALAN UNSC BID [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 14:26:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT UN VE IC
06REYKJAVIK187	ICELANDIC ACADEMIC CLAIMS U.S. BASE SHUTDOWN TIED [...] (C) Summary: An Icelandic historian's assertion that the U.S. would not be shutting down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) had former PM and FM David Oddsson not retired from politics has excited the media and driven the country's leading politicians into a round of recriminations. The sugg [...]	2006-05-26 18:06:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPAO ECA IIP IC
06REYKJAVIK22	FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND [...] Summary: Iceland is comparatively a low-fraud country. No identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or immigrant visas currently exist in Iceland. End Summary 2. This cable updates the country fraud summary for Iceland per ref A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: As a prospe [...]	2006-01-18 18:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK357	Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]	2006-09-27 07:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK40	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK401	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK431	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]	2006-11-27 11:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK68	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Kieransl@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Polofficer (FO-02) 20 hrs - Polassistant 60 hrs - DCM [...]	2006-03-02 12:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
06REYKJAVIK97	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 21-22, 2006: U.S. REMOVAL [...] Summary: March 21 press coverage of the U.S. decision to remove most assets from the base at Keflavik was punctuated by PM Asgrimsson's statement that the U.S. decision had created a "climate of distrust between the two countries." Coverage also focused on NATO SECGEN Scheffer's comments that [...]	2006-03-22 15:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06RIGA1056	TWO LATVIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] SUMMARY. The deaths of two Latvian soldiers in Iraq December 27 has topped all news in Latvia in the aftermath. Despite nearly 80 percent public opposition to the mission, senior officials have clearly stated that Latvia will remain in Iraq. Opposition political leaders, and even some membe [...]	2006-12-29 15:38:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PREL IZ LG
06RIGA577	NAZERBAYEV'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Latvia by Kazakh President Nazerbayev was mainly focused on building economic ties between the two countries. The Kazakhs already have a heavy investment in a grain port in Latvia and would like to use the oil terminal at Ventspils to ship their oil. The two countri [...]	2006-07-21 08:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON OSCE RU KZ LG
06RIGA657	RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES VISITS LATVIA [...] SUMMARY. At the invitation of Ambassador Bailey, a three-person team from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) visited Latvia July 24-28. The team visited a number of hospitals and orphanages to assess the quality of care and look for possible areas of cooperation. They also met with repr [...]	2006-08-18 05:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI OPRC LG
06RIGA799	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO [...] Madam Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit Riga October 10 - 13. Latvia today is a very different place than it was when you helped establish the Peace Corps program here after Latvia regained it's independence in 1991. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership [...]	2006-10-02 14:09:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL OVIP CHAO ELAINE LG
06RIGA913	LATVIANS TO TOW EU LINE AT ITU [...] Pol-Econ Off met with Guntis Macs, Deputy State Secretary with the Ministry of Transportation, to deliver copies of the diplomatic notes and demarche on the US candidacy for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council and the US candidate for the ITU's Radio Regulations Board, Jul [...]	2006-11-02 11:14:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS ITU LG
06RIGA923	SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Mr. President, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Soviet [...]	2006-11-06 16:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PRESIDENT LG
06RIGA945	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Madame Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Sovi [...]	2006-11-20 09:07:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP SECRETARY RICE LG
06RIODEJANEIRO234	Petrobras Seeking Alternatives to Bolivian Gas [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Consul General, Petrobras officials indicated that they did not anticipate that the Bolivia-Brazil crisis will lead to any short or medium term disruption in gas supply to Brazil. Petrobras, however, will accelerate the development of gas reserves in the Sa [...]	2006-05-24 16:41:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL BR
06RIODEJANEIRO262	Visit of U.S. NRC Commissioner to Rio de Janeiro [...] (SBU) From 10-12 May 2006, Consulate hosted Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a series of meetings with nuclear regulatory counterpart officials at the Brazilian National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN),the Brazil-Argentine Agency for the Acc [...]	2006-06-12 09:50:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA KNNP BR
06RIODEJANEIRO445	AMBASSADOR'S ENERGY AND BIO-FUELS DISCUSSIONS IN RIO DE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some oil and gas companies in Brazil, notably Shell and Petrobras, are embracing bio-fuels as part of a diversified energy product mix, Shell Brazil CEO Diaz told the Ambassador in an August 21 meeting. On August 22, Petrobras CEO Gabrielli said his company is expanding its etha [...]	2006-09-06 14:06:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV SENV PREL EINV BR
06RIODEJANEIRO446	AMBASSADOR'S BRAZIL-BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA GAS DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras CEO Sergio Gabrielli and Shell Brazil CEO Vasco Dias told Ambassador Sobel in meetings on August 22 that Brazil's priority in upcoming negotiations over gas supplies from Bolivia was to ensure continuity of supply. Despite its unhelpful role in Bolivia, the CEOs did no [...]	2006-09-06 14:08:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV PREL EINV BR
06RIODEJANEIRO455	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH BNDES AND FIRJAN [...] Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by the CG, Principal Commercial Officer, and Conoff met on August 21, with the President and senior officials of the Brazilian National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES),a federal agency which is the chief source of long-term funding for projects to pro [...]	2006-09-11 11:37:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG PGOV BR
06RIODEJANEIRO601	BRAZIL'S EMBRAER: SEEKING A U.S. DEFENSE RUNWAY FROM [...] (U) Summary: On October 21 Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Ambassador, and the Consul General met with Embraer President & CEO Mauricio Novis Botelho and Executive Vice President for Defense and Government Market, Luiz Carlos Aguiar, to revi [...]	2006-11-01 16:57:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR MARR BEXP BR
06RIYADH1542	POST-ABQAIQ MINISTER OF INTERIOR FORMALLY REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Summary and Action Request: Post requests Department's prompt review and guidance in responding to the Saudi government's formal request for helicopter support and security consultations, for the security of oil facilities in the Kingdom. Foreign Mini [...]	2006-03-12 15:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER MASS MARR ASEC PREL EPET ETRD SA
06RIYADH1706	SHI'A CIVIL SOCIETY, LOOKING TO THE STARS [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with the Qatif Astronomy Society on March 13th 2006 provided a snapshot of how civil society can operate in the Shi'a areas of Saudi Arabia. The Qatif Astronomy Society was begun locally with 12 founding members in February 2003, and has no license or official authoriza [...]	2006-03-15 13:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF SA
06RIYADH175	CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMMING IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Summary: Cultural and sports programming in Saudi Arabia can effectively support MPP objectives and USG interests. Cultural programming has been especially useful in providing access to the 'hard to reach' groups of women and youth, and in challenging negative stereotypes of the United Sta [...]	2006-01-16 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SA
06RIYADH186	FEMALE CONSULATE STAFF PARTICIPATE IN EID CALLS [...] (C) For the first time in Consulate history, two female Mission staff members participated in most of the Consulate's calls over the recent Eid Al-Adha. Consulate staff traditionally call on the Emir of the Eastern Province (EP),the EP head of the Saudi Arabia National Guard (SANG),and a n [...]	2006-01-18 10:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
06RIYADH1982	DHAHRAN DIGEST 5 [...] (SBU) During a recent lunch with PolOff, an appointed member of the Al-Ahsa municipal council who is also an American-educated professor of plant physiology fielded two phone calls from students. The first was from a female graduate student who needed help on some laboratory research she was [...]	2006-03-22 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PREL SA
06RIYADH2544	Cultural Norms and Non-Transparency Hamstring [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings with public health officials during the visit of regional ESTH officer to Saudi Arabia provided a snapshot of Saudi health issues: a population increasingly afflicted with costly illnesses of the wealthy - obesity, diabetes, and heart disease - and a health system tha [...]	2006-04-10 04:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KHIV SA
06RIYADH2560	Saudi Science Research - Gathering Strength [...] Summary: Academic and scientific researchers in Saudi Arabia are hungry for more contact with American counterparts and believe that the Saudi research system is increasingly operating up to international standards. Improved education and upcoming research opportunities fQ women, including the [...]	2006-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TBIO SENV KHIV CVIS SA
06RIYADH2793	POTENTIAL NEW REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (C) In a conversation on April 13, two expatriate analysts at Saudi Aramco told PAO and EconOff that Aramco and the SAG were in the process of making a significant change to their revenue-sharing practices. In the past, they explained, Aramco had reserved from its revenue stream the amount n [...]	2006-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV SA
06RIYADH3312	THE SAUDI SHI'A: WHERE DO THEIR LOYALTIES LIE? [...] (S) Some Sunni Arab leaders, including Egypt's President Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah, have recently publicly questioned the loyalties of Arab Shi'a populations in the Middle East. Privately, senior Saudi officials raise similar concerns. Given the ongoing sectarian conflict in Iraq, [...]	2006-05-02 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS SA
06RIYADH3315	HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE: LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: Higher education in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia offers limited opportunities for students, particularly women and Shi'a. What is available is of questionable quality, suffering from centralized and religious control, poor student preparation, and difficulty in recruitin [...]	2006-05-02 15:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH3346	BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY, ONE DISCUSSION AT A TIME [...] (C) Summary: In the past year, Consulate officers have observed increasing numbers of small civil society groups forming in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Also notable is that many of the groups have started to cooperate and interact with each other in pursuit of larger goals. As an [...]	2006-05-02 16:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KPAO KMPI SA
06RIYADH3766	ARAMCO CONSULTANT DOUBTS ARAMCO CAN MOVE PAST 12.5 [...] (C) An American expatriate who is a senior consultant to Saudi Aramco on oil drilling operations told the CG recently that he doubted Aramco would be able to develop a maximum sustainable oil production capacity (MSC) "much beyond" 12.5 million barrels per day after 2009. (Note: Aramco's cur [...]	2006-05-16 06:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
06RIYADH4180	DHAHRAN DIGEST 6 [...] (C/NF) In the course of a day trip to Jubail on May 28, the CG learned that Bechtel, which has the management contract for Jubail, has decided to allow families of its expatriate workers to return. As a result, there will be forty new American children joining school in Jubail in the fall. [...]	2006-05-29 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SA
06RIYADH42	AL-HASA SHI'A WELCOME U.S. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ, [...] (C) Members of the Shi'a community in Al-Hasa welcomed U.S. intervention in Iraq, saying an almost unqualified "thank you" during lunch with Acting CG and PolOff. Although noting some progress in the SAG's campaign against home-grown terrorism, they said that the government's campaign for to [...]	2006-01-03 11:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL SA KIFR
06RIYADH4723	SHI'A CLERIC ASKS U.S. TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE [...] (C) Sheikh Mohammed Hassan, introduced by a post contact as a leading Saudi follower of Karbala-based Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Al-Mudarassi, told PolOff in a June 11 meeting that the U.S. should play a more active role in calling for reform in Saudi Arabia. "All reform in the Kingdom is taking [...]	2006-06-13 08:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH4914	SAUDI HEZBOLLAH FIGURE OFFERS A SLIGHTLY TOUGHER [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with PolOff and PolFSN, Ahmed Al-Nimr (Ahmed),brother and office manager of Shi'a cleric Sheikh Hassan Al-Nimr (Hassan),explained that Hassan would not meet with American diplomats because "he would lose the respect of people on the street, who would ask why he met w [...]	2006-06-19 12:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SA
06RIYADH5314	DHAHRAN DIGEST 7 [...] (SBU) Dr. Abdullah Al-Kadi, director of Al Bir, the largest charitable organization in the Eastern Province (EP),estimated to the CG that there were 3.7 million residents in the EP, of whom 20 percent (740,000) were expatriates. Al-Kadi, a U.S.-trained architect and urban planner, has constr [...]	2006-07-05 05:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET SOCI PINR PGOV SA
06RIYADH5547	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for the visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and his delegation to Saudi Arabia on July 23. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support costs. Country cl [...]	2006-07-12 08:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5548	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY TREASURY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah July 23. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-07-12 09:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5780	US LOBBYING FIRM SEEKS GREATER VOICE FOR TAWAFUQ, [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (C) Summary: Mark Alsalih, an Iraqi American from the Washington lobbying firm MITA, requested Embassy's assistance on July 17 to make an introduction to Director of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency Prince [...]	2006-07-19 15:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5904	TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN THE EP: [...] (C) Opportunities abound in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (EP) for ConGen Dhahran to expand its work with EP residents to help them transform Saudi Arabia's future. Since September 11, EP residents have claimed, and the SAG has tolerated, much greater latitude to discuss the country's and p [...]	2006-07-25 08:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM SA
06RIYADH5907	CROWN PRINCE SIGNS TWO DEFENSE AGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) Crown Prince Sultan, who is also the Saudi Minister of Defense and Aviation, reportedly signed two defense agreements with France during his July 20 visit to Paris. Media reports have suggested that these agreements could lead to Saudi purchase of French tanker aircraft, helicopters, and [...]	2006-07-25 12:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS BEXP SA
06RIYADH5952	KING ABDULLAH AND PRESIDENT MUBARAK DISCUSS [...] (C) King Abdullah and Egyptian President Mubarak met July 25 to consult on the Lebanon crisis. Stating that Saudi Arabia and Egypt hold identical views on the situation in Lebanon, both leaders called for an immediate cease-fire, warning that continued Israeli aggression could engulf the entire reg [...]	2006-07-26 14:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SENV LE SA
06RIYADH6339	SAUDI CONSERVATIVES CALL FOR BOYCOTT ON US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning July 31, two prominent conservative websites posted articles calling for a boycott on U.S. consumer goods and services, ranging from fast-food franchises to shampoo brands, to begin on August 4. There was already an ongoing cellular telephone text messaging campaign. [...]	2006-08-08 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD SA LE
06RIYADH6343	SAUDI ACADEMIC WARNS THAT LEBANON FOMENTS EXTREMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On August 6 a politically mainstream Saudi academic and journalist, Dr. Ali Sa'ad al-Musa, published an open letter to President Bush in the widely-read al-Watan newspaper, warning that he and millions of other moderates in the Middle East are becoming extremists as [...]	2006-08-08 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6372	SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP CALLS FOR FRIDAY PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The London-based, Saudi opposition group accused of having links to al-Qaeda, the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia ('MIRA'),called for political gatherings to be held Kingdom-wide at 44 specified mosques beginning this Friday, August 11. MIRA, composed of religious conserva [...]	2006-08-09 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6440	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for a delegation led by Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Principal Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ambassador James SIPDIS Jeffrey to visit the Kingdom August 14-15 to dis [...]	2006-08-13 11:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH6520	ANTI-BUSH POEM EPITOMIZES CURRENT SAUDI PUBLIC MOOD [...] (C) BACKGROUND: Poetry runs in the blood of the Saudi people. They have historically utilized poetry to express public opinion over social, political, and cultural issues. They also use poetry to curry favor with their rulers, local and regional, as well as share their criticisms in an open forum. [...]	2006-08-16 12:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL SA
06RIYADH6668	170 SAUDI AND MUSLIM SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: 170 Muslim scholars from more than seventeen countries, including twenty-nine Saudi citizens, issued an open statement on August 4 entitled "Statement and Appeal from Scholars of the Islamic Nation." The statement condemned Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon and Palestine, and crit [...]	2006-08-22 06:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA LE
06RIYADH6727	THE YEAR IN REVIEW: KING ABDULLAH MARKS FIRST YEAR [...] (C) August 1 marked the one year anniversary of King Abdullah's ascension to the throne. The King has generated considerable popularity by delivering political, economic, and social programs intended to improve the welfare of Saudi citizens. Utilizing the windfall from surging oil prices, [...]	2006-08-24 18:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PINR ECON EFIN ETRD
06RIYADH6814	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR SEC OFFICIALS TO [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Ethiopis Tafara, Dr. Robert M. Fisher, Mr. Timothy Warren and Mr. Ester Saverson Jr. for a training seminar for Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority from September 9-15, 2006. 2. Due to recent se [...]	2006-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SA SEC
06RIYADH6933	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR U.S. TREASURY [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Ahmed Elbashari for an on-site review of Saudi Arabia's Financial Intelligence Unit from September 15-20, 2006. 2. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support [...]	2006-08-31 11:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN PREL PTER KCRM ETTC KTFN SA
06RIYADH6976	POLITICAL POETRY PRAISES HEZBOLLAH [...] (C) Al Hayat newspaper published on August 26 a political poem entitled "Lebanon," which was written by Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibee, Minister of Labor and key advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Al-Qusaibee, a famous poet and writer in the Arab world, is commonly known as a [...]	2006-09-04 06:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL SA PHUM
06RIYADH7058	TERRORIST FINANCE: SAG ON ABOUSOFIAN, YASSIN [...] (U) This contains an action request at paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA's counselor for counterterrorism, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed, told us August 29 that it will take appropriate action on the 1267 Designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik. He asked for updates on the closing of the IIRO branch [...]	2006-09-06 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA ID RP
06RIYADH7097	SAUDI REACTION TO SENTENCING OF HOMAIDAN AL-TURKI [...] (S/NF) The August 31, 2006, sentencing by a Colorado court of Homaidan Al-Turki to 28 years to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid has provoked calls for a boycott of U.S. products and the return of Saudis studying in the U.S. Some Saudi contacts even fear that this [...]	2006-09-10 11:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC ELAB FBI KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH7191	RIYADH RECORD: AUGUST 19-31 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Youth summer camps in the Kingdom elicited controversy from one of their lectures on the negative aspects of the West and how Saudi journalists act as the West's "agents." The Ministry of Commerce licensed the first female engineer in Saudi Arabia; the hope is that many more wi [...]	2006-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH7447	RIYADH RECORD: SEPTEMBER 1-15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Court of Grievances postponed a hearing on the novel "Girls of Riyadh" after the news of the proposed hearing sparked robust debate in the media. The proposal to shift the women's prayer area in Mecca has been rejected. The SAG demands clarification from the Vatican follo [...]	2006-09-24 14:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KWMN KISL SA
06RIYADH7629	DRL DAS ERICA BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with dozens of Saudi women representing a broad spectrum of opinions and backgrounds during her September 12-14 visit to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi women unanimously agreed that Saudi [...]	2006-09-28 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SA
06RIYADH8003	WAMY SECRETARY-GENERAL PREACHES NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Secretary-General Dr. Saleh al-Wohaibi told PolOffs in an SIPDIS August 27 meeting that, despite negative publicity surrounding Islamic charities, WAMY has nothing to hide. Al-Wohaibi talked about WAMY's international programs, but focu [...]	2006-10-11 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC KISL SA
06RIYADH82	AL-HASA BUSINESSMEN SEEKING GREATER INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Businessmen in Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Eastern Province (EP) that comprises a large oasis and extensive, oil-rich desert areas, told Acting CG and PolOff repeatedly over the course of a day-long visit on December 27 that Al-Hasa needs new investment, especially in infrastructure. [...]	2006-01-04 15:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV SA
06RIYADH8395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANCES FRAGOS [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),Homeland Security Council, Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend; Senior Director for Combating Terrorism Strategy, National Security [...]	2006-10-21 10:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL PGOV ECON SA
06RIYADH8404	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT II: POWER [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8432	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SECRET SERVICE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for U.S. Secret Service Special Agents: Advance Team Christopher Caruso, Faisal Alshami and Ross Yerger; midnight shift team Gillian Penswick and Scott Keenan; and working shift James Brian Dunlop, Andrew Ad [...]	2006-10-28 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL SA
06RIYADH8492	REVISED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANCES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),Homeland Security Council, Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend; Director for Combating Terrorism Strategy, National Security Counci [...]	2006-10-29 12:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC ECON SA
06RIYADH8634	CONCURRENCE - NON-PRO COURIER TO/FROM RIYADH O/A [...] (S) CHIEF OF MISSION RIYADH HAS BEEN BRIEFED AND APPROVES JOHN H. BURNS JR, OFFICIAL PASSPORT NUMBER 802064694, AS A NON-PROFESSIONAL COURIER. HIS ARRIVAL HAS BEEN COORDINATED AT POST. CHIEF OF MISSION AUTHORIZES THE TRANSPORT OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL IN DIPLOMATIC POUCH 2. (U) THE EMBASSY [...]	2006-11-01 14:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ADEP ASEC PTER
06RIYADH8788	FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHES [...] (C) On November 6, Deputy Political Counselor (DPC) delivered reftels (A, B, C, D) demarches and talking points to Saudi MFA, International Organization Affairs, UNGA Issues, Mr. Talal Berri. The issues raised were: the UNGA Third Committee (Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Burma, and North Kore [...]	2006-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL MOPS PINR PTER USUN
06RIYADH8799	SAUDI PUBLIC REACTION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S [...] (C) Saudi public reaction to the November 5 sentencing to death of Saddam Hussein has been mixed. While there are those who question the legality of Hussein's trial and the credibility of the proceedings, others agree with the verdict and sentencing. At the same time, some Saudis have expres [...]	2006-11-08 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH8835	FACILITATING GREATER SAG ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ - A [...] (S) This constitutes Post's response to Ref A. The situation in Iraq remains of great concern to Saudis across the political, economic, and social spectrum. The press reported on November 13 that Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Naif called Iraq a "major base for terrorism," adding that the [...]	2006-11-13 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8836	SAUDIS BOLSTER TROOP NUMBERS FOR ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) In a series of meetings with the Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) from November 10-11, a joint State/Energy visiting delegation learned that the Saudis have made progress in improving security at critical energy facilities. A force of more than 35,000 soldiers, temporarily drawn from [...]	2006-11-13 13:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8840	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI MFA, MOJ, [...] (C) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met on September 12-13 with the Majlis Al-Shoura (MAS) and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Justice (MoJ). These meetings were follow-up to the July 25 - 27, 2006, meeting of [...]	2006-11-14 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM OTRA PINR SA
06RIYADH8841	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI HUMAN [...] (SBU) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met the National Society for Human Rights, the Human Rights Commission, and the Human Rights First Society during her September 12-14 visit to Riyadh. Participants in all three meetings raised U.S. treatment of Homaidan Al-Turki (reftel)and Guantanamo Bay deta [...]	2006-11-14 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OTRA PGOV PHUM SA
06RIYADH8900	A SAUDI'S VIEWS ON THE U.S. AND RULE OF LAW IN KSA [...] (S) Echoing several other commentators and analyses, Saudi commercial lawyer and diplomat Dr. Waleed Nasser Al-Nuwaiser (strictly protect) told PolOff on November 8 that the heart of most problems in Saudi Arabia is the absence of rule of law. He stressed that the USG should emphasize the n [...]	2006-11-21 07:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KISL EPET SA IZ
06RIYADH8987	THE SAUDI ARABIAN FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 9. 2. (U) Summary. EconOff met with the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SA FIU) on November 5 and December 4, 2006 to discuss the status of their Egmont application and technical assistance. In attendance at the m [...]	2006-12-04 12:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC SA
06RIYADH9031	COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH SAG REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At Post's invitation, Colorado Attorney General (AG) John Suthers visited the Kingdom from November 14-17 to explain the Homaidan Al-Turki case to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Saudi government officials, and the Al-Turki family. The very successful visit highlighted the [...]	2006-12-09 14:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH9085	DHAHRAN DIGEST 8 [...] (U) This cable is a continuation of a regular series of updates from the Eastern Province (EP) designed to capture some of the EP's local color and items of USG interest that are not necessarily appropriate for a topical cable. ---------------------------------------- PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FA [...]	2006-12-15 09:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET KIRF PA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH9173	ENTHUSIASTIC SHOURA COUNCIL ASKS SENATOR NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Enthusiastic Majlis Al Shoura members acknowledged the positive U.S. - Saudi bilateral relationship but asked Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) during a meeting on December 17 for increased engagement by members of Congress with the Council. Meeting participants agreed that any enhance [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9175	SAUDI MOI HEAD SAYS IF U.S. LEAVES IRAQ, SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KISL IZ SA
06ROME1019	BERLUSCONI-PRODI DEBATE SHOWS CONTRAST: NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many commentators give PM Berlusconi a slight edge over challenger Romano Prodi in last night's second candidate debate. Berlusconi was more poised than in the first debate and offered a surprise proposal to eliminate local property taxes on every family's first home--a proposal [...]	2006-04-04 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IZ IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME111	CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE FOR ROME, TURIN, MILAN [...] (SBU) On December 14 and 16, Embassy Rome, the Olympic Coordination Office in Turin, and Consulate Milan underwent a coordinated Crisis Management Exercise (CME) facilitated by the Foreign Service Institute's Office of Crisis Management Training. According to FSI, this was the first time a CME [...]	2006-01-12 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CA IT OCS ACS POSTS FOR RSO
06ROME1202	ITALY: BERLUSCONI STAYS MUM ON PRODI WIN [...] (C) PM Silvio Berlusconi has not yet conceded victory to opposition leader Romano Prodi even after Italy's Court of Cassation officially confirmed the electoral victory for Prodi on April 19. In the wake of the court's confirmation, congratulatory calls from world leaders began to flow into P [...]	2006-04-21 10:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT
06ROME1221	ITALY: PRODI ALLY LOOKS AHEAD ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Head of the Democrats of the Left (DS) International Affairs Office adviser and newly elected member of parliament Luciano Vecchi told Poloff that Prodi would strictly follow EU policy with regards to Hamas. Vecchi also confirmed the Center-Left position on Iraq, reaffirming that [...]	2006-04-24 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IT

06ROME1308	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]	2006-05-03 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1322	ITALY'S INTERIM RESPONSE: NO IMMEDIATE FUNDS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. EconOff delivered reftel demarche April 14 to Maria Pia Dradi, Afghanistan Desk Officer for MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC); and PolOff delivered reftel demarche April 18 to Anna Della Croce, MFA's Coordinator for Afghanistan [...]	2006-05-04 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL IT AF
06ROME141	ITALY: ELECTORAL REFORM COULD BRING DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to impacts reported REF A and B, Italy's controversial electoral reform law introduces different systems for calculating results in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In the Chamber of Deputies, the winning coalition receives a majority premium guaranteeing that [...]	2006-01-17 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1412	AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES ITALIAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (U) On April 27, Ambassador Spogli addressed the leaders of Confindustria, Italy's leading business association, about barriers to, and opportunities for, U.S. investment in Italy. The Ambassador spoke at the invitation of Confindustria President (and Fiat Chairman) Luca Cordero di Montezemolo [...]	2006-05-10 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IT
06ROME1450	GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...]	2006-05-12 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR
06ROME1519	ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD TITLE III SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. Italy supported the EU's condemnation of recent acts of repudiation and subsequent demarches to the GOC, including protesting the harassment of dissident Martha Beatriz Roque. Italy did no [...]	2006-05-18 12:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL IT CU ETRD
06ROME1527	ITALY: A LOOK AT THE PRODI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Romano Prodi and his cabinet of 25 ministers were sworn in May 17 by President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano. Political commentators immediately called the government composition "more left than center", but the vital ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, Economy and Just [...]	2006-05-18 18:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IT
06ROME1585	GOI INQUIRY REGARDING ITALIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests Department assistance to follow up on several pending export license requests for U.S.-origin components for the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) AGILE scientific satellite mission, which ASI would like to launch from India in October. The Min [...]	2006-05-24 11:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC TSPA KFPC ETRD IT IN
06ROME1636	ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche with Foreign Minister D'Alema on May 31. D'Alema expressed strong support for the U.S. announcement and said the MFA was preparing its own statement, text at para. 2 below. 2. Begin text of Foreign Minister D'Alema's statement: Appreciation of Minister D [...]	2006-06-01 14:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IR IT
06ROME1637	IRAQ: ITALIAN LEADERS ASSESSING ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Italian leaders are evaluating Italy's troop presence in Iraq and seeking ways to reconcile the need to maintain a military presence for civilian force protection with the government's commitment to complete troop withdrawal. In separate discussions with Deputy FM Rutelli and De [...]	2006-06-01 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME173	SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...]	2006-01-18 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN
06ROME1753	IRAQ: ITALY HASN'T CLOSED THE DOOR ON PRT YET [...] (S) Senior Italian diplomatic advisors told visiting Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq (S/I) Barbara Stephenson June 9 that Italy will withdraw all of its troops in Iraq before the end of 2006, but plans to remain engaged in reconstruction efforts. They were pessimistic about Italy continuing to [...]	2006-06-13 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME179	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. Your visit will be an opportunity to visit the USG Olympics Coordination Office in Turin and review security preparations for the Winter Olympic Games. We have no current information about threats directed at Americans at the Games. Despite the presence and capability of Islam [...]	2006-01-19 10:23:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KOLY PTER PREL IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
06ROME1849	ITALY WORKING THROUGH EU ON VENEZUELA NGO LAW [...] (C) June 19 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Acting South America Office Director Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to communicate its concerns with the Venezuelan NGO bill to Caracas. Poloff noted that the draft legislation was vague and would give great discretion to the GOV in hindering NGO [...]	2006-06-22 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV VE EAID IT
06ROME1856	ITALY TELLS IRAN TO ACCEPT EU3 PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 22, visiting EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone discussed Iran, Syria, Iraq, and UN Security Council reform with MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. On June 21 in Rome, Italian FM D'Alema told visiting Iranian FM Mottaki to accept the EU3 package and that Italy, d [...]	2006-06-23 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME1858	FOURTH-ANNUAL IPR RETREAT: ITALIAN JUDGES SEE [...] Summary: Mission Italy's fourth-annual IPR judicial workshop brought together judges and prosecutors from across Italy with their U.S. counterparts to discuss the investigation and prosecution of IPR crime. The U.S. delegation included two federal judges, two federal prosecutors, and Departm [...]	2006-06-23 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KIPR CH IT
06ROME187	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Italy is not an important regional or offshore financial center. However, money laundering is a concern both because of the prevalence of homegrown organized crime groups and the recent influx of criminal organizations from abroad, especially from Albania, Romania, and Russia. The heavy inv [...]	2006-01-19 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT EUN UN
06ROME1879	EUR/WE DIRECTOR ALLEGRONE'S VISIT TO ROME [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment. In meetings with senior Italian political party advisors, journalists and officials in Rome June 20-23, Allegrone heard many of the new Prodi government,s multiple, often conflicting policy voices, especially on Iraq and Afghanistan. Many said this cacophony w [...]	2006-06-27 07:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT
06ROME1900	SCENESETTER FOR U/S ADAMS' VISIT TO ROME, JULY [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams at this important juncture in U.S. - Italy relations as the new center-left government takes hold. Your meetings at the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Italy will provide u [...]	2006-06-30 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN OVIP IT
06ROME2072	AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH - [...] (U) Summary. As part of the Ambassador's Partnership for Economic Growth, Italian and American experts met recently to discuss the opportunities and challenges for foreign private equity investment in Italy. There was broad agreement that foreign private equity investment in Italy is held bac [...]	2006-07-20 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV IT
06ROME216	OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - PRE-GAME [...] This pre-game situational report provides information pertaining to continued efforts by RSO Rome Nancy Rolph- O'Donnell, OSC Daniel Weber, and FBI OC Ray Mey, in the USG's planning and preparations in support of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin. 2. Commencing on January 4, 2006, US [...]	2006-01-23 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS
06ROME2538	IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS: ITALY EXPRESSES INTEREST [...] Acting EcMinCouns and Econoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, Ignazio Angeloni, September 7. DG Angeloni stated that the GOI would be interested in actively participating in, and contributing to, all three of the planned [...]	2006-09-11 05:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL IZ IT
06ROME2637	VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]	2006-09-19 09:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME278	EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS AND DISPUTES [...] There is one outstanding expropriation case concerning the estate of a U.S.citizen of Italian descent against the City of Rome for expropriation of property. Two other cases appear either settled or abandoned. In the latter two cases, the Embassy/Consulate General has not been directly involv [...]	2006-01-31 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE EFIN CASC IT EUN
06ROME2793	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FTC - WILLIAM E. [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for FTC official Mr. William E. Kovacic to travel to Florence for the period of October 12 - 15, 2006 to speak at the 10th Annual Competition Conference at the European University Institute, Fiesole. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands tha [...]	2006-10-05 10:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA NSF IT
06ROME2873	ITALY DISCUSSING TIGHTENING OF VENEZUELA ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Francesco Talo, MFA South America Office Director, and Paolo Campanini, South America Office, September 21 to inform Italy of the U.S. arms transfer policy to Venezuela, per Ref A, urging Italy to adopt similar measures. Talo noted that arms sales to Venezuela wer [...]	2006-10-13 15:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM VE PREL OTRA IT
06ROME2896	ITALY: FM D'ALEMA CALLS TO EXPLAIN ABSTENTION ON [...] (C/NF) Post received NIACT request (Ref A) on October 17 after learning that Foreign Minister had called the Secretary October 16 to discuss the balloting for the UNSC non-permanent member for Latin America. We understand from Foreign Minister's Policy Advisor and Prime Minister's Diplomatic [...]	2006-10-17 14:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME2897	ITALY: FM D'ALEMA CALLS TO EXPLAIN ABSTENTION ON [...] (C/NF) Post received NIACT request (Ref A) on October 17 after learning that Foreign Minister had called the Secretary October 16 to discuss the balloting for the UNSC non-permanent member for Latin America. We understand from Foreign Minister's Policy Advisor and Prime Minister's Diplomatic [...]	2006-10-17 14:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME2984	ITALY SEES NK UNSCR POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Gordon Smith met with MFA Political Affairs Director General Terzi October 16. The Italians noted the UNSCR on North Korea, though not as robust as ideally desired, left hope the UNSC might reach similar consensus on Iran. Terzi stressed the goal of UNSC action must be [...]	2006-10-27 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IT IZ LE NP XF IR UN KNNP
06ROME2990	ITALY: ON CUBA, DAS MADISON ENCOURAGES ITALY TO [...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison met with Italian officials October 23 to discuss the Cuba transition. Madison shared U.S. views and plans in light of the changing situation in Cuba. Stressing the fact that only the Cuban people could bring about change, she requested Italian help to open polit [...]	2006-10-30 13:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNSC CU VZ GT IT
06ROME3032	ITALY: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC AND CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini November 6 to deliver Ref A demarche requesting Italian support on UNGA country specific human rights resolutions for Belarus and Uzbekistan. Carpini reported that Italy had decided November 3 to co-sponsor the U.S.-sponsore [...]	2006-11-06 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU IT
06ROME315	FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: INFORMAL DONORS' [...] Summary and Background. On January 25, 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) held an informal donors' meeting to provide an overview of 2005 activities and special requirements for 2006. Recently appointed TCE Assistant Direc [...]	2006-02-03 11:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON SENV UN FAO
06ROME3172	2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This message responds to ref B request for information on financial crimes and money laundering in Italy. Together with ref A, these reports transmit Mission Italy's submission to the 2006-07 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). 2. Italy is not an offshore financial c [...]	2006-11-24 14:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT
06ROME323	(UPDATE) 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] In accordance with Ref B instructions, Post submits an update to the INCSR report (Ref A) transmitted in December 2005. The updated text and figures below reflect the latest information from the GOI and should be included in the final draft of the INCSR. 2. Ref A cable, paragraph five. [...]	2006-02-03 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR IT EUN
06ROME328	GOI SAYS JUDICIAL REFORM WILL NOT REDUCE IPR [...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Justice, in a written reply to the Ambassador, has firmly rejected U.S. copyright industry arguments that recent judicial reforms will hamper the prosecution of intellectual property crimes. Contrary to the claims of the Recording Industry Association of [...]	2006-02-03 14:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN
06ROME3298	ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD [...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The Italian Embassy in Havana continued to meet regularly with opposition leaders as part of efforts to engage in intensified dialogue with civil society. Italy did not participate in exch [...]	2006-12-14 17:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL IT
06ROME3360	FINMECCANICA EXPORTS TO IRAN AND VENEZUELA: THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) In a December 21 meeting requested by Finmeccanica, the major Italian defense and aerospace conglomerate, company officials reviewed the status of their engagement with Iran and Venezuela. They noted that Finmeccanica is not [...]	2006-12-22 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC IR VE SP FR SZ IT
06ROME371	ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...]	2006-02-08 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME377	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/08/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]	2006-02-08 15:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME390	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]	2006-02-09 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME398	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]	2006-02-10 12:04:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME406	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency USG Olympic Security Operations Center (OSOC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the [...]	2006-02-11 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME407	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/12/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]	2006-02-12 11:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME427	ITALY RECEPTIVE TO A/S SHANNON'S MESSAGE ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. A/S Thomas Shannon February 3 outlined U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere for Italian MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero and encouraged Italy to be our partner in engaging with Latin America during this delicate time for the region. Bisogniero was very r [...]	2006-02-13 10:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XM HA CU CA IT
06ROME429	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]	2006-02-13 12:17:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME433	ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GUATEMALA'S UNSC BID [...] (C) WHA A/S Tom Shannon met with MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero February 3 (see Ref A) and urged Italy to support Guatemala's UN Security Council (UNSC) candidacy (per Ref B). Shannon shared our concerns regarding Venezuela's bid for the Latin America Group (GRULAC) s [...]	2006-02-13 13:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME443	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS - USG SITUATION [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/14/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]	2006-02-14 11:33:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME456	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-15 10:35:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME461	PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]	2006-02-15 12:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06ROME464	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES [...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy),and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...]	2006-02-15 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME471	AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S [...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...]	2006-02-16 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME473	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-16 10:54:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME487	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-17 10:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME494	ITALY, VENEZUELA NOT NEGOTIATING NAVAL VESSEL SALE [...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero February 15. He noted public statements by the GOV defense minister suggesting that Venezuela might look to Italy.for submarines, urged the GOI not to contemplate such sales, and reviewed USG [...]	2006-02-17 12:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PARM VE IT EXPORT CONTROLS
06ROME503	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-18 10:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME504	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-19 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME506	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-20 10:24:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME511	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-21 09:40:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME543	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-22 09:55:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME556	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]	2006-02-23 09:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME558	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-23 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME568	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-24 09:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME585	ITALY: UN REFORM PARTNER, SUPPORTS GUATEMALA UNSC [...] (C) Summary. Italy continues to support UN Reform, including making the new Peacebuilding Commission an effective body, and creating a strong Human Rights Council. It also supports improving UN management, including a mandate review, according to MFA UN Reform Coordinator Alessandro Busacca. [...]	2006-02-24 18:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME586	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-25 10:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME587	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-26 09:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME594	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) This is the final sitrep from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Turin Winter Olympics. The Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games concluded on a high note on 02/26/2006, as IOC officials hailed the 17-day Olympic Games as a major success. Italian security ef [...]	2006-02-27 10:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME599	2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY [...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...]	2006-02-27 15:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN
06ROME626	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT [...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]	2006-03-01 16:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME678	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: In an effort to keep all USG agencies in Washington and in the field informed on FAO activities to combat and control Avian Influenza (AI),USMISSION UN ROME has instituted this new weekly reporting cable. FAO Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) and Animal Produc [...]	2006-03-03 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME694	DESIGNATION OF AMERICAN WEST AIRLINES [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IT AVIATION FAA
06ROME756	ITALY FOLLOWING SUMATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA South America Office Director Piero Benassi March 1 to deliver reftel demarche. Noting the judicial harassment of non-governmental organization (NGO) Sumate, Poloff urged Italy to speak out in defense of the accused leaders, send observers to the trial, and convey to t [...]	2006-03-10 11:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PHUM PREL VE IT
06ROME770	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-03-12 12:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME810	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-03-15 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME811	ROME SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) Political Violence: A. Yes B. Yes C. Yes D. 200 individuals in front of the Embassy, but more for some sensitive issues, like the war in Iraq, can attract up to twenty thousand when the demonstration is held in the city center and then moves to the Embassy. E. Can be [...]	2006-03-15 12:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
06ROME849	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-03-17 11:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME864	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT IF THE CENTER-LEFT WINS? [...] (C) Summary. Septel outlines the possible outcomes of the April 9-10 Italian elections; as of now, the center-left has a slight edge in polling, suggesting neither the left nor the right will win with a large mandate. We predict: (1) budget constraints will challenge the next government's [...]	2006-03-17 17:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME865	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-03-18 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME868	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-03-19 11:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME927	POLITICAL REACTION TO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition candidate Romano Prodi called the Ambassador March 23 to question the appropriateness of the timing of our recent public announcement on Italy. His likely foreign minister should Prodi win the April 9-10 election called the Ambassador later the same day to "de-dramati [...]	2006-03-24 16:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC AMGT IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME997	ITALY'S NORTHERN LEAGUE: THE CHALLENGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Northern League faces two strategic challenges in the short and the long term: what to do if the pro-devolution referendum fails this summer and how to replace the party's founder and unquestioned leader Umberto Bossi, who is still weak after a devastating stroke two years [...]	2006-04-03 08:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
06SANAA110	YEMEN: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2005-2006 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy" as requested in reftel. This submission will also be sent via e-mail on the classified side as a clean copy word document. --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...]	2006-01-23 11:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI YM HUMAN RIGHTS
06SANAA111	AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary. In a January 21 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi presented Ambassador with a copy of President Saleh's response to President Bush's December 30 letter protesting ROYG support for UN-designated terrorist financier Sheikh Zindani and HAMAS leader Khalid Mishaal (ref A). Qirbi con [...]	2006-01-24 06:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA1223	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/PI OFFICERS, [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of NEA/PI Regional Coordinator David Mulenex; NEA/PI Economic Officer Briana Meacham; NEA/PI Political Pillar Manager Owen Kirby; Management Systems International Consultants Jacqueline Vavra and Andrew Griminger; DCHA/DG Specialis [...]	2006-05-03 08:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON KMPI KPAO OTRA PREL YM
06SANAA1282	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BENJAMIN D. HARMON [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Benjamin D. Harmon from May 15 to 18, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jmerson who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276 cell p [...]	2006-05-09 09:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ACOA AMGT ANET ASEC OTRA
06SANAA1312	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOZ/ALLEN/HAMILTON [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. John Adams and Ms. Deena El Ataar from May 15 to 26, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Susan Plott who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1 [...]	2006-05-14 05:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KMPI OTRA
06SANAA1320	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JILL BURKHOLDER [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Ms. Jill Burkholder, from May 14 to 17, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jamerson, who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276 ce [...]	2006-05-14 11:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA1387	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EXBS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of EXBS Program Manager Varvara Psaros, June 9 - 12. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2156 [...]	2006-05-25 10:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA KNNP YM
06SANAA1698	TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: PROSECUTIONS CONTINUE [...] (U) Summary: In the past three months several terror-related cases have been adjudicated in the Special Penal Court (SPC) -- Yemen's special court for terror and state security crimes -- and/or presented to the Attorney General's Office (AG) for consideration. The cases in summary are: -- [...]	2006-06-07 12:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV YM
06SANAA1723	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL LOTZE FROM [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Michael Lotz, program officer for Partners for Democratic Change from June 16 to 21, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all times thr [...]	2006-06-11 11:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA PREL KMPI
06SANAA1742	RULING PARTY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON ELECTIONS, LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. On May 31, Ambassador met with the ruling GPC party's new ASYG for Political and External Relations (and also Minister of Youth and Sports),Abd al-Rahman al-Aqwa. During the meeting, Aqwa informed Ambassador that a recent breakdown in negotiations (now back on track) between his [...]	2006-06-12 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA1756	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JACQUELYN JOHNSTONE [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jacquelyn Johnstone from June 25 to 27, 2006, to attend the Democracy Assistance Dialogue conference. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all [...]	2006-06-13 08:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA PREL KMPI KDEM
06SANAA1757	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAURA SHULZ FROM [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Laura Shulz from 19 June to 1 July 2006.. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2236 cell phone [...]	2006-06-13 08:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA KMPI PREL
06SANAA1769	(SBU) COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERAGENCY [...] (SBU) Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of S. Witten, C. Camponovo, S. Walker, A. Liotta and T. Monheim from 16 to 19 June. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. (SBU) Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times th [...]	2006-06-14 12:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA1770	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY KLANG FROM [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jeffrey Klang, June 17 to 20, 2006, to attend Civial Aviation Internation conference. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through [...]	2006-06-14 12:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA EAIR
06SANAA1787	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA DAS SCOTT [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of DAS Carpenter and Mr. Thorkelson. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2152; cell phone (967 [...]	2006-06-19 09:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA PREL KMPI KDEM ECON
06SANAA1788	YEMEN 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of two ongoing claims of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG). The following information is keyed to reftel instructions. ------------------------- Claim 1: Property Dispute ------------------------- a. Claimant A [...]	2006-06-19 09:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CASC KIDE EINV ECON YM
06SANAA1850	SALEH AT DAD: DON'T PREACH TO US, FEED US! [...] (C) Summary. On June 25, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary, Scott Carpenter, met with President Saleh and expressed disappointment with his comments during the opening ceremony of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) conference being held in Sanaa June 25-26. Saleh, who started off by express [...]	2006-06-26 08:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA1888	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OREST MELNYX AND [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Orest Melnyx and Drusilla Menaker from MEPI/IREX to travel to Aden from July 9 to July 16, 2006. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2398 [...]	2006-07-02 04:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KDEM KMPI OTRA PREL
06SANAA1939	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY WILBURN [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jeffrey Wilburn. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jamerson who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276; cell phone (967) 1-73323-2207. [...]	2006-07-05 12:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ACOA ANET ASEC
06SANAA2136	YEMEN LNG ON FAST TRACK WITH SUPPORT FROM SALEH; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 22 meeting with Econoff, Karim Abuhamad of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) said that construction was underway on the LNG pipeline and that the project was back on schedule. The company is close to an agreement with the ROYG on resolving legal ownership of ga [...]	2006-07-26 12:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM

06SANAA214	THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM FOMIN AL-QIRBI TO SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 04:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL YM
06SANAA222	YEMENI WOMEN PROTEST DANISH PORTRAYAL OF PROPHET [...] On February 1, approximately 5000 veiled women marched from Sanaa's Airport Road to the U.N. headquarters, protesting the recent publication of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper. The women arrived in buses, and were organized by the Saleh Foundation, a charity run by o [...]	2006-02-01 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KMPI YM
06SANAA2255	SANAA ATMOSPHERICS: LOCAL IMAMS CALL FOR JIHAD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, President Saleh suggested in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Yemen and other Muslim countries should send volunteer fighters, as well as financial and material support, to the "resistance" against Israel in Lebanon and Palestine. Average Yemenis were stron [...]	2006-08-07 08:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EPET PINR KPAL KISL YM
06SANAA2369	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAGUIRE [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of John Maguire, Todd Rosenblum, John Dickas, and Lt. Josh Wellner from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Security Clearance information is on file. Information on in-country schedule will be sent via separate channels. [...]	2006-08-12 12:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2441	AMBASSADOR FINDS STRONG ALLY IN MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 14, Ambassador met Minister of Finance Dr. Saif Al-Asali who was strongly supportive of the U.S. position on Hezbollah. MOF suggested that Yemen was the best hope for the region in its example as an emerging democracy, and urged the United States to back reformers like [...]	2006-08-19 11:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2485	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JIM FLOWERS FROM [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jim Flowers for personal tourism from August 24 to 27th, 2006 . Please provide Security Clearance information for our file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Emb [...]	2006-08-22 05:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA2495	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSUL GENERAL [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Con/Gen Tatiana Gfoeller from August 27 to 29, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2236; [...]	2006-08-22 14:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA2504	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM/WRA OFFICE [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and SA/LW Expert Eric Arnett from August 26 to September 1, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline who can be contacted at [...]	2006-08-23 11:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2546	JUSTICE MINISTER LEADS WAY FOR INDEPENDENT COURTS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador met the Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari on August 27 to discuss judicial reforms and related programs. Under the new minister, Yemen has taken substantive steps to strengthen the independence of the courts, which has produced results in combating corrupt [...]	2006-08-29 14:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2559	UNDER YEMEN'S NEW CHIEF JUSTICE, THE PEOPLE'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Yemen's Chief Justice Esam Abdul-Wahab al-Samawi for the first time on August 29, and discovered a youthful voice for reform and moderation. Samawi expressed the need for a clearer legal framework for trying suspected terrorists and would-be jihadis. As the newly a [...]	2006-09-03 10:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA266	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AVIAN BIRD FLU: ConsOff advised EAC of tripwire #2 in post's Avian Bird Flu Strategy. The migration of the avian bird flu from Turkey to Iraq and neighboring Saudi Arabia triggered the tripwire. EAC was advised that tripwire #2 is administrative and requires verification of medical sup [...]	2006-02-05 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA305	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, six days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were unknown. 2. (S/NF) AMB advised the EAC that he and [...]	2006-02-08 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3076	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEFANIK AND [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Evan Stefanik and Carol Kalinoski from November 10 to 15 to conduct an Introductory Legal and Regulatory Workshop for Yemeni government officials as part of the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. 2. C [...]	2006-11-08 09:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP ETTC YM
06SANAA314	ROYG'S PUBLIC RESPONSE TO AL-QA'IDA JAILBREAK: [...] (S/NF) Summary. Yemeni security services continue to search for the 23 al-Qa'ida prisoners who escaped from a high-security prison in Sanaa on February 3 (ref A). Per Saleh's orders (ref B),the National Security Board is leading the nation-wide manhunt, while the Political Security Organi [...]	2006-02-09 10:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA330	OPPOSITION TESTS LIMITS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing for its next session with a highly anticipated leadership race. Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar is widely expected to win re-election as Speaker, but reformers are looking to defeat President Saleh's candidates for the Deputy positions. Such a rebellion could r [...]	2006-02-11 12:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA342	CABINET SHAKE-UP: IS REAL REFORM ON ITS WAY? [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet, including replacing the Ministers of Defense, Finance, Oil, and Planning. Saleh's new cabinet, still led by Prime Minister Bajammal, includes 15 new ministers and two women. [...]	2006-02-12 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA349	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 10 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. Relevant office and section heads advi [...]	2006-02-13 07:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3609	WATANI BANK FAILURE THREATENS BROADER FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In early December, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) declared Watani Bank insolvent, and initiated the first bank closure in Yemen's history. General Manager Dr. Hamdani, and other bank officials, were arrested and face charges of financial crimes against the state. Watani's futu [...]	2006-01-02 10:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KMPI CASC YM COM
06SANAA3615	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) On 1/2/2006, EAC met to discuss recent tribal kidnappings of Western tourists. Members in attendance were AMB, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD, RMO, CLO and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed recent tribal kidnappings of tourists in the Governates of Marib and Shabwah. [...]	2006-01-02 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA388	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA389	CABINET SHAKE-UP: BIOGRAPHIES FOR NEW MINISTERS [...] On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet (reftel). The reshuffle included changes to 22 ministerial portfolios, 15 of which went to individuals not previously in the government. Among the new faces are two women, now heading the Ministries of [...]	2006-02-15 12:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV YM INR DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA415	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 17 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. NOTE: (Post has subsequently been advi [...]	2006-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA521	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINSTER OF LEGAL AFFAIRS [...] Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Legal Affairs, Adnan Omar al-Jefri, on February 26. Ambassador congratulated al-Jefri, who was previously Minister of Justice, on his posting. Al-Jefri discussed the challenges in balancing rights and responsibilities when drafting and enforci [...]	2006-03-04 09:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
06SANAA539	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILLIAM W. WENG [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of William W. Weng from 23-30 March 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Troy Fontenot who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2249 cell phone [...]	2006-03-05 10:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA YM
06SANAA804	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention to MFA Office Director for the Americas, Mohammed Saleh al-Hilali. Hilali accepted the points without comment. Post will report any substantive comment septel. Krajeski [...]	2006-03-21 06:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM CWC YM
06SANAA816	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JAMES DELNIGRO AND [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. John LaPlume and James DelNigro from March 27 to ca. April 3, 2006 to provide technical support to TIP/PISCES server in Yemen. Please forward Security Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit [...]	2006-03-21 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA819	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON MENA-FATF PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN PTER YM
06SANAA820	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MEPI ECON/EDUCATION [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of MEPI Econ/Education Specialist Mu'ayyad Mehyar, from March 25 to 30, 2006, to review progress and determine next steps for two MEPI funded projects. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the vis [...]	2006-03-22 08:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KMPI KPAO OTRA
06SANAA843	LNG STEAMS AHEAD; INVESTORS WONDER IF YEMEN IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The biggest investment deal in Yemen's history is becoming reality. On March 6, Ambassador met Joel Fort, General Manager of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) to discuss the status of the project. YLNG is currently finishing preparatory work for the pipeline and liquef [...]	2006-03-26 07:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA872	USDA SIGNING: A SMALL STEP FOR FOOD AID, A BIG [...] SUMMARY: After months of questions about the USDA Food For Progress program in Yemen, Ambassador started fresh on March 27, signing an allocation minute with the ROYG to fund programs with 2004 funds. The new agreement seeks to correct many past problems by introducing new transparency and o [...]	2006-03-28 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR EAID YM
06SANAA884	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SANJEEV AGGARWAL, [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sanjeev Aggarwal, from o/a April 4 to o/a April 12, 2006. Posts requests Security Clearance for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) [...]	2006-03-29 11:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ENIV OPIC
06SANAA885	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SEAN CUMMINGS TO [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sean Cummings from March 29 to April 6, 2006 to provide technical support to PISCES server. Please forward Securiy Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline, who can be con [...]	2006-03-29 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA888	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FR DOUGLAS PURCIFULL [...] Embassy Sanaa grants cuntry clearance and welcomes the visit of Dougla Purcifull from March 31 to April 4, 2006. Securty Clearance information is on file. 2. Contro Officer for the visit will be Charles Barrington who can be contacted at all times through the Embasy at (967) (1) 755-2249. [...]	2006-04-01 08:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA916	POST SUPPORTS OPIC INVESTMENT IN YLNG [...] SUMMARY: In this cable, Post provides comments on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,s (OPIC) support for the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (YLNG) project, as requested in Ref A. YLNG is crucial for Yemen's economy, with considerable benefits for American companies. The ROYG has gener [...]	2006-04-03 09:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EPET ECON YM
06SANJOSE1	SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON IN COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Burton on its January 10 ) 12 visit to Costa Rica. The delegation's visit comes at a time when the main issue in the bilateral relationship is the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The debate [...]	2006-01-03 14:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ETRD CS
06SANJOSE1009	FERNANDO BERROCAL, MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (C) On May 8, 2006, Fernando Berrocal Soto was sworn in as Minister of Public Security and Government, along with the rest of Oscar Arias's cabinet. Berrocal has little background in security issues but extensive political and international experience, including two stints as Costa Rica's Per [...]	2006-05-11 22:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CS
06SANJOSE1017	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID PARTICIPANTS [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Democracy and Governance Team Jose Garzon, Ana Klenicki, CAtie Lott, Marie Jude Delatour and Maricela RamirezLeader who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 9 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend and represent USAID [...]	2006-05-12 18:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1059	PRESIDENT ARIAS TO CODEL BURTON: "FOREIGN AID IS [...] (SBU) During a May 6 dinner with CODEL Burton, then President-elect Oscar Arias lamented Costa Rica's inability to qualify for most U.S. foreign aid, and concluded that "foreign aid is dead in Washington." Arias stated several times that the U.S. and other Western governments need to change t [...]	2006-05-16 17:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CS VZ
06SANJOSE1060	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN STAURSETH [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to TSA International Brian Staurseth who will be in Costa Rica SIPDIS on assignment from May 31 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to assist the American Aviation Safety Agency (ACSA) in producing technical guidance material or civ [...]	2006-05-16 19:41:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1061	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMEETA PATEL [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to OPIC Investment funds analyst, Ameeta Patel who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 16 to May 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend an Advisory Board Meeting for OPIC's investment fund Paladin Realty Funds a local portfoli [...]	2006-05-16 19:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1087	CALLS FOR COSTA RICA TO BE ERASED FROM IRAQ [...] The Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on May 16 calling for the GOCR to insist that the USG remove Costa Rica from the list of Coalition Members for Operation Iraqi Freedom that appears on the White House Web site. President Arias said he would ask his Foreign Minister to t [...]	2006-05-17 23:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OPDC PARM CS
06SANJOSE1106	COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE DISCUSSES FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with the six members of CODEL Burton on the margins of Oscar Arias's presidential inauguration, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe urged rapid U.S. Congressional action on a free trade agreement with Colombia. He said that a failure to act quickly would bolst [...]	2006-05-19 22:13:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD CS CO
06SANJOSE1124	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BENJAMIN GARRIDO-GODOY AND [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors Benjamin Garrido- Godoy and Donald Carnicella who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 6 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to conduct initial certification of Helicorp SA and certification [...]	2006-05-23 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1162	ALFREDO VOLIO, MINISTER OF PRODUCTION [...] Alfredo Volio was appointed by President Arias to head a new Ministry of Production which is a combination of two traditional ministries, the Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC). Volio is a 46-year-old businessman who has worked in food trad [...]	2006-05-26 14:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR EAGR EIND PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1182	COSTA RICA'S 2006 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Please find following Embassy San Jose's submission for the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. 2. Description of project: USD 18,618 to set up and operate a training center in San Jose to provide English language and computer skills training. The center will provide English training fr [...]	2006-05-31 21:24:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF CS
06SANJOSE1216	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR ERNEST [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Ernest Valverde who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 11 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to work with the Minister of Finance on an ongoing tax administration project. 2. Post understands no as [...]	2006-06-02 22:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1217	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JOE DALTON [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Joe Dalton Hook, who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 12 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with the Minister of Finance on an ongoing tax administration project. 2. Post understands no a [...]	2006-06-02 22:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1235	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR ROBERT [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Robert Klayman, who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 18 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with the Minister of Finance on an ongoing tax administration project. 2. Post understands no as [...]	2006-06-06 10:32:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1251	GOCR TROTS OUT THE "COSTA RICA CONSENSUS" [...] The GOCR used the Santo Domingo meeting of the OAS General Assembly to make its proposal "to link international cooperation with peace, social investment, sustainable development, and a reduction in military spending," which it calls the Costa Rica Consensus. In his speech to the OASGA on Ju [...]	2006-06-07 16:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID EFIN CS
06SANJOSE1252	COSTA RICA - 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of two outstanding American business claims against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Since our last report in January 2005, the GOCR has made little effort to resolve these investment disputes despite Embassy efforts to urge conciliation or arbitration t [...]	2006-06-07 17:29:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE1253	COSTA RICA - 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of two outstanding American business claims against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Since our last report in January 2005, the GOCR has made little effort to resolve these investment disputes despite Embassy efforts to urge conciliation or arbitration t [...]	2006-06-07 17:29:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE1254	COSTA RICA - 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of two outstanding American business claims against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Since our last report in January 2005, the GOCR has made little effort to resolve these investment disputes despite Embassy efforts to urge conciliation or arbitration t [...]	2006-06-07 17:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE127	COSTA RICA SEEKS TO AVOID CONSEQUENCES OF NOT [...] (C) President Pacheco on January 11 convoked his ministers of foreign affairs, foreign trade, and labor and the Costa Rican Ambassador to the U.S. to discuss with Ambassador and Polcouns the ramifications of the Nethercutt Amendment for Costa Rica. The GOCR officials were specifically concer [...]	2006-01-19 14:10:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD EAID CS KICC
06SANJOSE1281	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID DR. LUCRECIA CASTILLO [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Technical Projects Officer Lucrecia Castillo who will be on assignment from June 13 to June 14. The purpose of this visit is to meet the Costa Rican Vice-Minister of Health as well as with PASCA and CDC-CAP personnel. 2. Post would [...]	2006-06-09 21:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1299	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLINE BREARLEY AND LARRY [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Caroline Brearley and Larry Brady, USAID Mission in San Salvador, Officials to travel to Costa Rica O/A 06/27- 28/2006. Purpose of the visit: is to iIntroduce the Rregional tTrade pProgram to the U.S. Embassy and to counterparts in th [...]	2006-06-13 16:34:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA EAID ES CS
06SANJOSE131	ARIAS AND PACHECO ON THE NEXT GOVERNMENT OF COSTA [...] (C) Both President Pacheco and Oscar Arias, frontrunner to be the next president, said in separate meetings with CODEL Burton that they expect a better political climate in Costa Rica after the February 5 elections. Arias said that Costa Ricans have reason to be annoyed with the political cl [...]	2006-01-19 20:58:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD VE CS
06SANJOSE132	CODEL BURTON ENGAGES GOCR ON CAFTA-DR AND U.S. [...] In his third visit to Costa Rica in a year (see reftels for previous visits),Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) met with President Pacheco, several members of his cabinet, key legislators, and Pacheco's probable successor as president, Oscar Arias. As in previous visits, discussions focused on [...]	2006-01-19 21:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1375	COSTA RICAN NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Starbucks for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the SIPDIS Multinational Enterprise (MNE) category (refs A and B). The goal of the ACE is to 1) highlight the good works of the winners, and 2) inspire others to follow th [...]	2006-06-16 22:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB SENV KSEP CS
06SANJOSE1390	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OAS IICA MEETING STACY [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Stacy Williams, USOAS representative who will be on assignment from June 14 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Special Advisory Committee on Management Issues meeting at the Inter American Institute for Coop [...]	2006-06-19 22:06:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OAS CS
06SANJOSE1409	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR LARRY [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisors, Larry Westfall, Shirley Bachman, Richard Voskuil,and Marvin Halldorson who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 28 to August 23 for Westfall; July 4 to July 19 for Voskuil; July 9 to July 19 for Hallsdorson; J [...]	2006-06-22 16:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1410	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA INSPECTOR DARRELL TED [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grants ex post facto country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Darrell Ted Webb who was in Costa Rica on assignment on June 20. The purpose of the visit was to perform operations a procedure/performance inspection on Tradewinds Airlines, Inc. conducted [...]	2006-06-22 19:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1427	ARIAS TOURS EUROPE, CALLS FOR DEBT FORGIVENESS AND [...] (SBU) President Oscar Arias recently toured Europe for 13 days, meeting with political and business leaders in three countries. He once again brought forth his Costa Rica Consensus notion for debt forgiveness, and used several occasions to call for free trade and the elimination of farm subs [...]	2006-06-23 22:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN CS
06SANJOSE1436	HIV GLOBAL FUND NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 21:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO
06SANJOSE1513	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TONY CAMBAS [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Tony Cambas from Booz Allen, Hamilton,Inc. who will be in Costa Rica from July 16-27, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to implement the second phase of the risk management training under FASTrade's CAFTA-DR Action Plan. 2. Control [...]	2006-07-07 19:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE158	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RICARDO TOLEDO SWIMMING [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on January 9, President Pacheco's confidant and former chief of staff Ricardo Toledo tried to put the best light possible on his foundering presidential campaign--a difficult task considering he has not broken 5 percent in the polls and now appears to have sli [...]	2006-01-24 14:21:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE1622	Costa Rica to Construct Plasma-Propelled Space Rocket [...] Summary: Costa Rican national hero Franklin Chang, a former NASA astronaut and dual U.S.-Costa Rican national, recently opened a local branch of his Ad Astra Technologies Company in Liberia, Guanacaste, one of the country's poorest regions. The laboratory is the first of its kind in Central A [...]	2006-07-24 22:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV NASA CS
06SANJOSE1650	A/S SHANNON VISITS TOP COSTA RICAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: A/S Tom Shannon visited Costa Rica June 27-29, calling on key officials of the new Arias Administration as well as the International Relations Committee of the Legislative Assembly. A/S Shannon discussed security issues and prospects for ratification of the Central American Free [...]	2006-07-28 19:27:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CS
06SANJOSE1665	COSTA RICAN AND NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET, [...] Summary: The Foreign Ministers of Costa Rica and Nicaragua met in San Jose to discuss bilateral issues on July 26, 2006. They agreed to renew a Binational Commission that has not met for nine years. They avoided discussion of the two most contentious issues between the two countries, Costa [...]	2006-08-03 14:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL NU CS
06SANJOSE1792	COSTA RICA--BEING OUTSIDE CAFTA HAS CONSEQUENCES [...] (U) Summary. The Dominican Republic and Costa Rica are the only signatories where CAFTA-DR is not yet in force. Costa Rica is the only country that has not ratified the agreement. Although the Arias Administration has placed a high priority on both ratification and passage of the necessary i [...]	2006-08-15 22:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE181	COSTA RICA: UNIVERSALIZATION OF THE FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA told us that the Framework Treaty on Democratic Security in Central America stands no chance of ratification in Costa Rica without substantial modifications. Negotiations on modifying the treaty took place three years ago, and Costa Rica is willing to restart those neg [...]	2006-01-25 22:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MARR MCAP CS
06SANJOSE1841	COSTA RICA DEFENDS EMBASSY MOVE TO TEL AVIV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public ceremony marking his administration,s 100 days in office, President Oscar Arias explained that his government,s decision to move its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv was not a slap to Israel, but was consistent with Costa Rica,s "respect" for UN resolutions and inte [...]	2006-08-18 23:13:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS XK CS
06SANJOSE1952	DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S 2006 AWARD FOR [...] Embassy San Jos is pleased to respond to Ref. A questions regarding our nomination of Starbucks for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) category (refs b and c),as follows: A) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassme [...]	2006-08-31 23:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON ETRD ELAB SENV KSEP CS
06SANJOSE1955	COSTA RICA ON CUBAN TRANSITION: WE,LL DO IT OUR WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28, Ambassador and DCM called on FM Bruno Stagno to discuss how to further bilateral and regional cooperation in support of a democratic transition in Cuba. Stagno was receptive to the suggestion that Arias and the GOCR use Costa Rica,s "moral stature" to advocate chan [...]	2006-09-01 17:24:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU CI CS
06SANJOSE197	COSTA RICA: SAICM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Requested demarche on the February 4-6 International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was delivered on January 27 to Enid Chaverri, the Environment Ministry's Acting Director of the Office for International Coop [...]	2006-01-27 21:07:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV
06SANJOSE2004	COSTA RICA'S INCREASING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY [...] The World Bank's recent report on poverty in Costa Rica stressed the widening gap in incomes between skilled and unskilled workers. The report cited external as well as internal factors as the cause. The World Bank recommended increasing the quality of secondary education; a wiser, more targ [...]	2006-09-11 22:01:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2037	ARIAS ACCEPTS FIRST RESIGNATION: TELECOM MONOPOLY GETS NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Board President of Costa Rica's telecommunications monopoly, ICE, resigned on September 12 and was replaced almost immediately by a new head whose nomination improves CAFTA ratification and implementation prospects. Introduction of the long-promised telecom legislative packag [...]	2006-09-13 18:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2041	(CORRECTED COPY) ARIAS ACCEPTS FIRST RESIGNATION: TELECOM [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Board President of Costa Rica's telecommunications monopoly, ICE, resigned on September 12 and was replaced almost immediately by a new head whose nomination improves CAFTA ratification and implementation prospects. Introduction of the long-promised telecom legislative packag [...]	2006-09-13 21:19:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2060	SECURITY MINISTER ON DMA PARTICIPATION AND [...] (C) The GOCR has not decided to downgrade its participation in the upcoming Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA),according to Security Minister Fernando Berrocal; the minister told the Ambassador on September 8 that he saw no reason not to attend at least part of the DMA. On other issu [...]	2006-09-14 23:06:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV SNAR XK CS
06SANJOSE2162	JOINT STOCK EXCHANGE PLANNED FOR PANAMA, COSTA RICA AND EL [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-29 15:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECIN CS
06SANJOSE2188	FAKE T-SHIRTS PROMPT RARE IPR CONVICTION IN COSTA RICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 18:31:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECIN CS
06SANJOSE2259	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING [...] Summary. Energy production and distribution in Costa Rica are controlled by two parastatal entities. If the U.S.- Central America-DR Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) is ratified and comes into force before the March 2008 deadline, CAFTA-DR will require opening of some sectors of the economy, b [...]	2006-10-13 19:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV XK XL XM
06SANJOSE2379	COSTA RICAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR PLANS MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rican Immigration Director Mario Zamora recently told us that months of intense work with 2nd Vice President Kevin Casas (a personal friend who also functions as Minister of Planning) were about to bear fruit in the form of fundamental reforms to the information systems and [...]	2006-10-27 10:32:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF KFRD CASC CS
06SANJOSE2511	MICHAEL ERIC KITE/USAID TDY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: USAID/W Democracy Officer, Eric Kite, from the DCHA/DG/Strategic Planning and Research Division (SAR) completed a five-day TDY (November 2 to November 6) for USAID. Mr. Kite worked with USAID grantees University of Costa Rica and Vanderbilt University and an associated multi-nationa [...]	2006-11-07 19:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE2523	Costa Rica: TFCA Eligibility and the Gesling Ranch case [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 22:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CS
06SANJOSE2543	COSTA RICA NOT LIKELY TO OPPOSE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Late afternoon of November 7, Polcouns discussed reftel talking points regarding the Cuba embargo resolution and the proposed Australian human rights amendment with Antonio Alarcon, chief of staff for Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno. Post also delivered talking points to the Mi [...]	2006-11-09 16:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PHUM UN CS
06SANJOSE258	COSTA RICA 2005 END-USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Per Reftel Embassy San Jose provides the following information regarding end-use monitoring of resources acquired with U.S. Department of State International Narcotics Control (INL) funds. 2. Procedures: Embassy San Jose INL section maintains an inventory of donated property using an Excel s [...]	2006-02-01 21:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL CS
06SANJOSE2581	CARIBBEAN PORT SLOWDOWN ENDS POSITIVELY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 27, a month-long standoff between dockworkers in the Caribbean ports of Limon and Moin ended. A full strike over the last four days of the slowdown added to the financial losses the region was already suffering, causing a cruise ship with 3,000 passengers to cancel a p [...]	2006-11-15 10:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2649	COSTA RICAN VIEWS ON ECUADOR WTO CASE ON BANANAS [...] Vice Minister for Foreign Trade Amparo Pacheco gave the following answers to us when we inquired about whether the GOCR planned to join Ecuador's WTO case against the EU on bananas. 2. Question: Will Costa Rica join Ecuador in the arbitration panel against the European Union? Answer: No [...]	2006-11-21 17:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECIN ECON CS
06SANJOSE2671	COSTA RICA MINI-DUBLIN GROUP REPORT [...] Summary: Post convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting on November 17, 2006 with representatives of the embassies of Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The U.S. counternarcotics program remains the largest among Dublin Group members in Costa [...]	2006-11-24 13:36:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KCRM CS
06SANJOSE2685	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT ARIAS VISIT [...] (C) President Arias and his administration are making progress on the ambitious agenda outlined in his inaugural address. In October, long-planned, union-led national anti-CAFTA protests fizzled, a costly dockworkers, strike in a major port was resolved, and the legislature set a date certain [...]	2006-11-28 23:14:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON CS
06SANJOSE2707	COSTA RICA: SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 13:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ECON CS
06SANJOSE2734	COSTA RICA: SUSPENSION OF TTLE III OF THE [...] Since returning to the presidency i May 2006, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has een one of the region's leading critics of the Cstro government and a strong advocate for democrtic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows absolutely no signs that it would consider re-estab [...]	2006-12-07 23:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETC PREL CS
06SANJOSE2737	COSTA RICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] Since returning to the presidency in May 2006, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been one of the region's leading critics of the Castro government and a strong advocate for democratic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows absolutely no signs that it would consider re- [...]	2006-12-08 15:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL CS
06SANJOSE2800	BELIZE: TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT OVERSIGHT BOARD [...] SUMMARY. REO attended the November 2, 2006 meeting of the Belize Tropical Forest Conservation Act Oversight Committee in remote Punta Gorda. The meeting provided an opportunity to review 2006 NGO reports, which focused on community outreach and enforcement activities, and approve 2007 workpl [...]	2006-12-21 16:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PGOV EAGR SOCI BH
06SANJOSE2802	COSTA RICA'S INSURANCE MONOPOLY PREPARES FOR COMPETITION [...] SUMMARY. Costa Rica's legislature has commenced hearings on legislation to open up the government's insurance monopoly to competition, a requirement of CAFTA-DR. Meanwhile Costa Rica's Instituto Nacional de Seguros,(INS,)is making plans to modernize and prepare for an open market. INS plans [...]	2006-12-21 21:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2803	REMITTANCES TO COSTA RICA UP 18% IN 2006 [...] Remittances to Costa Rica increased by 18% in the first six months of 2006 over the amount received in the same period of 2005. The total through the first six months of 2006 is $234 million with the majority coming from the USA. People in Costa Rica remitted some $108 million, representing a [...]	2006-12-22 12:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON CS
06SANJOSE283	ARIAS MAINTAINS SLIGHT LEAD THE DAY AFTER THE [...] (U) With 89 percent of the polls reporting by the afternoon of February 6, Oscar Arias of the National Liberation Party (PLN) has 40.5 percent of the vote for president and Otton Solis of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC) 40.3 percent. With only 3,250 votes separating the two candidates, the f [...]	2006-02-06 23:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2834	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: MARINE RESOURCES VICE MINISTER FLAGS [...] SUMMARY. While meeting with the Dominican Vice Minister for Coastal and Marine Resources Idalia Acevedo on November 17, NOAA officer Nancy Daves and REO discussed fisheries-related CAFTA-DR environmental capacity-building projects, fisheries law reform, and the illegal trade in hawksbill turt [...]	2006-12-29 23:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS PGOV DR
06SANJOSE337	ARMED ROBBERY OF AMCIT 2/10/2006: MORE THAN JUST [...] (SBU) On February 13, 2006 Post was informed of the fifth reported armed vehicle robbery (since December 2005) of individuals coming from the Juan Santamaria Airport in San Jose. RSO believes that thieves are targeting cars from the airport and following them until they have reached an iso [...]	2006-02-13 21:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC
06SANJOSE354	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to the following members of the U.S. delegation to the CITEL Assembly: Marian Gordon EB/CIP/MA, Cecily Holiday EB/CIP/MA, Amal Abdallah FCC, Cathy Handley Commerce/NTIA, Vernita Harris Commerce/NTIA, Daniel Martinez WH [...]	2006-02-16 15:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ECPS CITEL CR

06SANJOSE359	COSTA RICANS PATIENTLY AWAIT ELECTION RESULTS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the unofficial preliminary tabulations of election results show Oscar Arias to have won the February 5 election by more than 10,000 votes, the current interim, cumulative total of the official recount (which eleven days after the election has passed the half-way point) n [...]	2006-02-16 18:06:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CS
06SANJOSE443	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON OSCAR ARIAS [...] (U) Oscar Arias Sanchez was elected on February 5, 2006, as the first repeat president in Costa Rica since 1970. Winning by a 1.12 percent margin (18,000 votes out of 1.62 million cast),Arias comes to office without the sweeping mandate he expected. He was permitted to run for president beca [...]	2006-02-24 20:58:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE444	"MORAL POWER:" ARIAS AND NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) National security in an Oscar Arias administration will be pursued at three levels: (1) Internationally, Arias will use his prestige as a Nobel laureate to be an advocate for multilateralism, international law, and disarmament. (2) At home the principal external security issues will be [...]	2006-02-24 21:13:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL MASS SNAR SMIG SOCI PBTS NI CS
06SANJOSE478	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POLITICAL OFFICER, JENNIFER [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Jennifer Isakoff, who will be in Costa Rica from March 10-14, 2006. The purpose of this trip is for consultations with Embassy officials. 2. Control Officer: POC is Robert Copley, Political Officer, who can be reached at the offic [...]	2006-03-01 22:38:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CS
06SANJOSE481	COSTA RICA 2005 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 14:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
06SANJOSE489	COSTA RICA ON UNSYG SUCCESSION [...] Ambassador Langdale discussed reftel points with Foreign Minster Tovar on March 2, 2006. Tovar said that Costa Rica has not committed to supporting any candidate at this time. Tovar added that Costa Rica's vote will soon be courted, and said that the sooner the USG settles on a candidate, the [...]	2006-03-03 20:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CS UN
06SANJOSE536	IT'S FINALLY OFFICIAL--ARIAS IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT [...] Summary: In a short statement at midday on March 7, Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) Chief Magistrate Oscar Fonseca formally declared Oscar Arias the winner of the February 5, 2006 presidential election. Arias will take office on May 8. Ref A contains biographical information on Arias. En [...]	2006-03-07 22:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CS
06SANJOSE538	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOUR U.S.DOL OFFICIALS AND [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Dr. Eilenn Muirragi, Supervisory International Relations Officer; Ms. Sharon Heller Jordan, International Relations Officer; Ms. Rachel E Spring, Analyst; Dr. Donna E Chung, Analyst; Ms. Ruth Anne Mota, Consultant; Ms. Paula Thompson Wo [...]	2006-03-08 14:24:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CS
06SANJOSE553	Armed Robbers Target Tourists Near Airport [...] SUMMARY. Eleven armed robberies of tourists near the San Jose airport took place during a recent eight week period. It appears one group of four armed males is responsible. Post approached the GOCR, tourism officials and the AmCham in support of greater protection for tourists and an in- dept [...]	2006-03-08 22:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CR
06SANJOSE567	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CYNTHIA HOSTETLER, JAMES [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to OPICs VP for Investment Funds Cynthia Hostetler, Investment Funds Director James F. Hansley and Investment Funds Financial Officer Jennifer Renee Doherty who will be in Costa Rica on TDY assignment from March 25 to March 30. The purpos [...]	2006-03-10 15:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA
06SANJOSE569	LIBERTARIAN MOVEMENT PARTY WILL SUPPORT FREE TRADE [...] Summary: On March 6, Ambassador hosted for breakfast five of the six newly elected legislators from the Libertarian Movement Party (ML) plus one ML candidate who failed to get elected. ML improved its position from fourth party to third party in the Legislative Assembly. The deputies-elect s [...]	2006-03-10 17:17:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CS
06SANJOSE571	COSTA RICA MEDIA REACTION TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] As anticipated, most local news organizations reported on this week's release of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR). Several news dailies published brief synopses of the reports for all Central American countries, and several noted the HRR's overall positive tone. Accounts of the report ge [...]	2006-03-10 20:24:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CS
06SANJOSE58	COSTA RICA'S RESPONSE ON THE JANUARY 9 MEETING ON [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tovar told us he would not sign a Mexican-authored communique on U.S. immigration proposals merely as a gesture of solidarity, especially if the document is "confrontational." End Summary. Costa Ricans Have Their Own Immigration Problems ------------------------------- [...]	2006-01-09 21:37:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG ECON ES NU HO EC DR CO GT CS
06SANJOSE584	MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S CONGRATULATORY [...] Most major news outlets reported on President Bush's congratulatory call to Oscar Arias on his election as president. Arias freely discussed the topics and tenor of his conversation with President Bush, which lasted for approximately five minutes. 2. The press focused on three aspects of [...]	2006-03-13 22:52:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CS
06SANJOSE589	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LARRY WESTFALL AND GENARO [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Larry Westfall and Genaro Martinez, Treasury Advisors who will be in Costa Rica on TDY assignment from March 26 to April 8. The purpose of this visit is to work with officials from the Ministry of Finance on the Tax Administration Proj [...]	2006-03-14 17:32:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA
06SANJOSE591	FIRST VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT LAURA CHINCHILLA [...] Summary: Laura Chinchilla was chosen by Oscar Arias to be his first vice presidential running mate in the 2006 election. Along with Kevin Casas as second vice president, Arias and Chinchilla will take office on May 8. Chinchilla, currently a member of the Legislative Assembly and formerly mi [...]	2006-03-14 19:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PINS PGOV CS
06SANJOSE592	KEVIN CASAS, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) Summary: Kevin Casas, chosen by Oscar Arias to be his second vice presidential running mate, will come into the third highest political position in the country on May 8 with scant political credentials. Only 37 years old, Casas is an academic and researcher who has never held office. Int [...]	2006-03-14 20:28:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV CS
06SANJOSE612	COSTA RICA: PROPOSED LABOR PROJECTS UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 22:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD ELAB CS
06SANJOSE617	IN LETTER TO SOLIS, ARIAS CALLS FOR NATIONAL DIALOG [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, daily newspaper La Nacion published in its entirety a letter from President-elect Oscar Arias to election runner-up Otton Solis, in which Arias calls upon Solis and his supporters to act in a manner befitting a mature democracy, and to work with Arias during the nex [...]	2006-03-17 21:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD CS
06SANJOSE628	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLYN HEALY, MOLLY [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Federal Reserve Staff Carolyn Healy, Assistant Vice President, Molly Willison, Director, and Roxana Maneiro, Foreign Banking Analyst who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from March 27 to March 29. The purpose of this visit is to con [...]	2006-03-21 16:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA
06SANJOSE63	NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR COSTA RICA [...] (C) Tom: I am writing to seek your support for an inititiative to engage early on with the new Costa Rican leadership team before it enters office and while it is still forming its governing agenda. During my consultations in Washington before coming to post, I met with Dr. Richard Downie o [...]	2006-01-10 15:53:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR PREL CS
06SANJOSE643	ANTI-CAFTA-DR GROUPS STAGE PROTEST, "BURY" THE [...] On March 20, several groups jointly staged the first organized protest against the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) since the country's February 5 elections. Unlike in previous demonstrations, labor organizations did not play a major organizational role. [...]	2006-03-22 17:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE656	"COSTA RICA, INC.": ANTI-CAFTA-DR FILM MIXES [...] Summary: A slick new film appearing periodically on Costa Rican public television uses a mixture of emotionally laden images, misquotes, and insinuations (probably falling just short of libel) to attack the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). While object [...]	2006-03-24 17:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD SOCI CS
06SANJOSE706	RODGRIGO ARIAS, MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Rodrigo is the younger brother and by far the closest adviser to Oscar Arias. He is the only permanent member of Oscar's inner circle and has always been at his brother's side in business and politics. Since Oscar's divorce and the death of his mother, Oscar has come to rely even more on [...]	2006-03-30 23:12:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CS
06SANJOSE707	FUTURE PUSC DEPUTIES STRESS IMPORTANCE OF "SOCIAL [...] (C) On May 29, Ambassador hosted all five deputies-elect of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) for breakfast. They all expressed support for the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) but were concerned about opposition from labor trade unions, some agricultura [...]	2006-03-30 23:18:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD CS
06SANJOSE727	PAC REITERATES FRIENDSHIP, BUT REMAINS STEADFAST [...] On March 24, Ambassador Langdale hosted a breakfast for the newly elected legislative deputies from the Citizens' Action Party (PAC) at the residence. Conversation was dominated by the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),with all of the deputies-elect sti [...]	2006-04-04 14:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CS
06SANJOSE762	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSWOMAN SLAMS CAFTA-DR [...] Costa Rica's Human Rights Ombudswoman, Dr. Lisbeth Quesada, released a report on March 30 criticizing the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Comparing the relative bargaining power of the U.S. and Costa Rica to "a wild tiger vs. a captive rabbit," the re [...]	2006-04-07 15:40:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM PGOV CS
06SANJOSE777	DEPUTIES-ELECT OF RULING NATIONAL LIBERATION PARTY [...] For the fourth and final breakfast honoring newly elected deputies to Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly, the Ambassador hosted the largest faction, the National Liberation Party (PLN),on April 6. While individual conversations tended to focus on security issues and the party's anticipated st [...]	2006-04-07 22:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CS
06SANJOSE789	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISORS [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy, Larry McDonald and Tax Advisors, Richard Voskuil and Carmen Garcia-Salgado who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 23 to May 1. The purpose of this visit is to meet [...]	2006-04-10 21:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA
06SANJOSE790	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISORS [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Alphonso Correa, Financial Enforcement Advisor and Intermittent Financial Enforcement Advisor James Parrott who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 19 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy personnel [...]	2006-04-10 21:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN CS
06SANJOSE812	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIA SOSA [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to contractor Maria Sosa from Booz Allen Hamilton who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 17 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the regional technical commision on valuation to review the FASTrade [...]	2006-04-12 20:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE826	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIA SOSA [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to contractor Maria Sosa from Booz Allen Hamilton who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 26 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a regional Customs Directors Meeting. 2. Post understands assistance is not nec [...]	2006-04-19 22:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE875	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLINE BREARLEY [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Caroline Brearley, USAID Economic Growth office who will be in Costa Rica on TDY assignment from May 3 to May 5. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Vice Presidents of all Latin American AMCHAMS about CAFTA implementation and Emba [...]	2006-04-25 22:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE876	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POITIER & KOODIE [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to FAA Aviation Inspectors Harcourt Poitier, and Teeluckdarie Koodie who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 8 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to review compliance of regulations during certification inspection. 2. Tra [...]	2006-04-25 22:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE88	NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR COSTA RICA [...] (C) Dear General Craddock: I am writing to seek your support for an inititiative to engage early on with the new Costa Rican leadership team before it enters office and while it is still forming its governing agenda. During my consultations in Washington before coming to post, I met with Dr [...]	2006-01-13 13:39:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR PREL CS
06SANJOSE896	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SILVIA ANZOLA [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Silvia Anzola form Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 26 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a custom's directors meeting to review draft legislation of CAFTA advance ruling com [...]	2006-04-26 22:36:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE91	KEY DEPUTIES POINT TO VOTING ON CAFTA-DR AFTER NEW [...] On January 11, 2006 Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) and Ambassador met with key members of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly to discuss the status of ratification of the Central America-Dominican Republic-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Rolando Lacle, Chair of the Assembly's Intern [...]	2006-01-13 15:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
06SANJOSE934	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] Costa Rica is a developing country with a per capita income of about U.S. $4,700 and an unemployment rate of about 6.5 percent. Tourism, manufactured exports, and service industries now far surpass traditional agricultural exports (coffee and bananas) as sources of employment and foreign exc [...]	2006-05-04 00:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN CS
06SANJOSE936	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HARKIN [...] Costa Rica is a developing country with a per capita income of about U.S. $4,700 and an unemployment rate of about 6.5 percent. Tourism, manufactured exports, and service industries now far surpass traditional agricultural exports (coffee and bananas) as sources of employment and foreign exc [...]	2006-05-04 15:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN CS
06SANJOSE971	LABOR MINISTER FRANCISCO MORALES [...] Summary: President Oscar Arias has named 65-year-old Francisco Morales to be Minister of Labor in his administration. Morales has a long history of government service, having previously served as Minister of Labor from 1972 to 1977, and as Minister of Agriculture from 1982 to 1986. With hi [...]	2006-05-09 19:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PINS PGOV CS
06SANJOSE979	ON INAUGURATION DAY, OSCAR ARIAS PROMISES A [...] Oscar Arias was sworn in as president for a four-year term beginning May 8. Present at the mid-day ceremony were the heads of state of the Central American countries, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, and Taiwan, Prince Felipe of Spain, First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, and former P [...]	2006-05-09 23:40:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE980	PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF MAY [...] On being presented the presidential sash on May 8, 2006, Oscar Arias delivered his inaugural speech entitled, "I Choose Life, Democracy and the Challenge of Peaceful Change." Below is the full text of the speech in English. The translation was provided by the Arias Foundation, an NGO founde [...]	2006-05-09 23:47:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE991	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEVEN HENDRIX [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Steven Hendrix, USAID Representative Steven Hendrix who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 9 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in working level meetings of the Latin American Public Opinion Project, a reg [...]	2006-05-10 20:41:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE992	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM SASSAMAN [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Federal Aviation Administation employee William Sassaman who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 17. The purpose of this visit is to perform a flight deck observation in San Jose. 2. Post understands no assistance is requir [...]	2006-05-10 20:41:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE993	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSE GARZON [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Jose Garzon, Democracy and Governance Team Leader who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 10 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Latin American Public Opinion Project Workshop to be held in San Jose, in coord [...]	2006-05-10 20:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE994	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR RICHARD [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Richard Bartholomew who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate in an assessment at the Ministry of Finance. 2. Post understands no assistance is requi [...]	2006-05-10 20:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CS
06SANSALVADOR1013	EL SALVADOR: HERMOSA MANUFACTURING CASE REMAINS [...] This is an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Hermosa Manufacturing Co., a Salvadoran owned and operated apparel manufacturer, ceased operations in May 2005, leaving more than 250 workers jobless and liabilities of USD 825,000 in outstanding wages, severance payments, and unp [...]	2006-04-20 13:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ES ETRD PGOV
06SANSALVADOR1080	TOPICS REGARDING PRESIDENT ELIAS ANTONIO SACA (EL SALVADOR) [...] (S/NF) This cable is a response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. (C) How does Saca react to disappointments? Can he deal with them internally, or does he lash out at others? How does Saca rationalize his own failures or those of his subordinates? Does he tolerate mistakes? Saca [...]	2006-04-25 19:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1085	SALVADORAN APPOINTED WORLD BANK MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] On April 21, 2006, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz named Salvadoran Juan Jose Daboub as a Managing Director of the World Bank. Daboub was one of ex-President Flores' most trusted advisors, and he served as Chief of Staff and Minister of Finance during Flores' term from 1999-2004. He is [...]	2006-04-25 21:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IBRD PINR ECON EAID EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR1088	NEEDED CENTRAL BANK RESTRUCTURING NOT FORTHCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary. El Salvador adopted the dollar as legal tender in 2001, but the Central Bank still maintains institutional vestiges of a monetary authority, issuing short-term and long-term debt and keeping on its balance sheet more than $700 million in government debt. Completing the institu [...]	2006-04-26 15:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR109	SACA TO ANNOUNCE 6TH CONTINGENT TO IRAQ; EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saca will inform the President January 13 that El Salvador will send a sixth contingent of troops to Iraq. The formal public announcement will come in early February. Saca told the Ambassador January 12 that he is concerned about two issues going into March 12 elections [...]	2006-01-13 15:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECIN SMIG ES HO IZ
06SANSALVADOR1094	DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 21:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ES VE
06SANSALVADOR1131	SACA'S ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM AFTER ONE YEAR [...] Summary. Torola, a small town on the border with Honduras, is the poorest municipality in El Salvador, but also the first to receive targeted assistance from the Salvadoran Government under Saca's anti-poverty program "Red Solidaria." At least for the next few years that the program continu [...]	2006-04-28 16:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ES
06SANSALVADOR116	NO GOOD OPTIONS ON CAFTA FOR EL SALVADOR: [...] (C) Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez and Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia met the Ambassador in the evening of January 12 to continue the discussion of CAFTA implementation, in anticipation of a January 13 morning call from President Bush to President Saca. De Gavidia repeated that th [...]	2006-01-13 21:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR1166	EL SALVADOR PASSES HISTORIC GOVERNMENT ETHICS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: El Salvador's departing Legislative Assembly on April 25 unanimously approved a comprehensive and robust ethics law to oversee conduct of public sector employees across all branches of government, following an often-frustrating five-year Embassy effort to institute such legislat [...]	2006-05-03 19:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ES PGOV KCOR
06SANSALVADOR1214	RELATIVE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE [...] (U) According to an April 28 story in Salvadoran daily "El Mundo," the Salvadoran National Police is investigating a munitions cache found in a piece of luggage inspected and seized at Comalapa International Airport. Salvadoran National Police (PNC) Director Rodrigo Avila was quoted as sayin [...]	2006-05-09 19:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EAIR PTER SMIG ETTC ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR1228	EL SALVADOR'S NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (U) Summary: As one of their final acts before conclusion of the Legislative Assembly session, the 2003-2006 Assembly on April 30 elected five new members to the Supreme Court (CSJ). The new justices appear ready to confront the problems of the judicial system and undertake needed reforms. [...]	2006-05-10 15:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ES
06SANSALVADOR1260	EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in April 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From April 4 to 6, the PNC hosted the second annual regional gang conference attended by representatives from Mexico, Central America, and the United States. The conference provided a forum to [...]	2006-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINR PINS PREL SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR1276	WOMEN IN SALVADORAN POLITICS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] SUMMARY: Although in the wake of March elections, El Salvador now slightly outpaces the United States in its percentage of women legislators, it still lags behind several countries in the region in terms of the number of women elected to political office. Salvadoran women are also less like [...]	2006-05-12 19:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR1373	SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. ITU CANDIDATES [...] Post received a letter (text paragraph 2) from the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 16, 2006 informing us they will support the U.S. candidates for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council and the Radio Communications Regulation Board for the period 2006- 2010 i [...]	2006-05-24 21:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ITU ES
06SANSALVADOR1430	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE REGARDING U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ambassador and Acting DCM met with President Saca, Foreign Minister Lainez, and Presidential Private Secretary Charlaix this afternoon and delivered reftel demarche talking points. President Saca stated that he shared our concerns about Iran, and that his government would support the U.S. [...]	2006-05-31 22:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES IR PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR154	FAS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN HUETE, KARLA TAY, [...] Post grants country clearance for Stephen Huete, Ag. Counselor, Karla Tay, Ag Specialist, Edith Vasquez, Marketing Assistant, Mercedes Cruz, Administrative Assistant and Jose Folgar, Clerk/Driver, to travel to San Salvador during the period of January 23-26, 2006 for the purpose of attending t [...]	2006-01-20 21:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR AMGT ASEC ES COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06SANSALVADOR169	UNIVERSALIZATION OF FRAMEWORK TREATY ON DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 14:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MARR MCAP ES CS PM
06SANSALVADOR1736	EL SALVADOR: SACA TIES FMLN TO POLICE MURDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In violent July 5 protests at the University of El Salvador (UES),one or more snipers associated with radical leftist protesters assassinated two Civilian National Police (PNC) officers from the PNC's elite riot-control unit (PNC/UMO),and wounded at least 10 other officers. P [...]	2006-07-06 23:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL PTER
06SANSALVADOR1845	FY 2007 FOOD FOR PROGRESS REQUEST - EL SALVADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 14:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR AMGT ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR1864	61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) On July 20, Poloff spoke with Protocol Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Herbert Caceres. Caceres indicated that the Salvadoran delegation plans to arrive September 18 and depart September 23. They will travel via Taca Airlines and the port of entry will be John F. Kenn [...]	2006-07-25 15:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP ES
06SANSALVADOR1887	THE GOES PUSHES FOR A CHANGE IN WATER LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY: The Salvadoran Ministry of Environment presented to Embassy officials a review of a draft Water Law to be submitted to the Assembly later this year. This new law would represent an important change in the management of water in El Salvador. The government-owned water utility (ANDA) [...]	2006-07-28 16:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR190	EL SALVADOR: GOES CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that the GOES will nominate Ambassador Roberto Mejia Trabanino for a 2007-2010 position on the UN Human Rights Committee, the elections for which will take place September 9, 2006 in New York. Trabanino has ser [...]	2006-01-25 15:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ES PGOV PHUM PREL UN
06SANSALVADOR1910	SALVADORAN ECONOMY GROWING, BUT STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS [...] Despite adherence to Washington-consensus policy recommendations, economic growth in El Salvador has been an unimpressive 2.5 percent over the last decade. The economy is picking up, however, with Central Bank data showing 3.2 percent growth for the first quarter of 2006 and forecasted 3.5 pe [...]	2006-08-02 14:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ES
06SANSALVADOR1962	(C) UNGA-RELATED QUESTIONS (EL SALVADOR) [...] (C) El Salvador's Permanent Representative to the United Nations is Carmen Maria Gallardo de Hernandez (DPOB November 28, 1949; San Salvador). Gallardo is married with two children; her husband is Xavier Hernandez, a Coca-Cola executive. Ms. Gallardo de Hernandez is the sister of Cecilia Ga [...]	2006-08-09 19:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PINR
06SANSALVADOR197	EL SALVADOR: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's 2006 Investment Climate Statement. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous steps in recent [...]	2006-01-25 21:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN KTDB ES OPIC USTR
06SANSALVADOR2121	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONEL HARCOURT POITIER AND [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for the following representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to visit San Salvador during the period Tuesday, September 5 to Friday, September 15, 2006, to follow up certification inspection of AEROMAN 145 facilities: Harcourt Poitie [...]	2006-08-28 21:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2181	SALVADORAN PAYMENT OF IATTC DUES AND LETTER FOR SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Econoff delivered reftel demarche on non-payment of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Comission (IATTC) contributions to the Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CENDEPESCA) director Manuel Fermin Oliva and Fisheries Coordinator Sonia Salavarria. They understand th [...]	2006-09-06 20:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR2192	COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL AL KORGI [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Al Korgi of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period Sunday, September 10 to Thursday, September 14, 2006, to attend a workshop on cleaner production practices for the Central American leather tanning industry. The Control Officer for this vis [...]	2006-09-07 14:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2203	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV [...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...]	2006-09-08 16:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR2264	EL SALVADOR'S AGGRESSIVE TRADE AGENDA [...] Summary. Under its export-led growth strategy launched in 1989, El Salvador has pursued economic integration with its Central American neighbors and negotiated trade agreements with the Dominican Republic, Chile, Mexico, Panamsa, and the United States. Agreements with Taiwan, Colombia, the Eu [...]	2006-09-14 20:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ES
06SANSALVADOR2324	EL SALVADOR- COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACY MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 17:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
06SANSALVADOR235	EL SALVADOR VIEWS ON MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has expressed interest in the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative (PIEM) and will participate in related working groups, but the GOES appears to be not yet convinced of the feasibility of the proposal or its benefits for Central America. After the Mexica [...]	2006-01-31 00:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON ES
06SANSALVADOR2419	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...]	2006-10-10 21:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX ES
06SANSALVADOR2472	DIGICEL GROUP TO CONFUSE SALVADORAN CELL PHONE USERS WITH [...] Digicel Group, a telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Digicel Holdings Limited (Digicel Holdings),an entirely separate company that operates a GSM mobile telecommunications business in El Salvador by the same name, Digicel. [...]	2006-10-02 21:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECPS ES
06SANSALVADOR2475	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...]	2006-10-10 21:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX ES
06SANSALVADOR2513	LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE RESPONSE [...] This cable responds to reftel. There is significant interest in El Salvador to promote biofuels, but to date concrete actions have not been taken. The GOES is working on legislation to promote ethanol production, storage, and sales. The law would mandate a 90/10 gasoline/ethanol mix, a mixtu [...]	2006-10-17 20:56:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR252	SACA'S 2006 BUDGET APPROVED ON TIME [...] (U) Summary. On December 21, 2005, the Legislative Assembly approved President Saca's $3.3 billion budget proposal for 2006--an 11.6 percent increase over the previous year--to cover higher spending on health and education, pensions, public-sector salaries, and debt payment. The fiscal defi [...]	2006-02-01 14:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR253	EAC MEETING - JANUARY 13, 2006: AVIAN INFLUENZA, [...] (U) The Emergency Action Committe (EAC) convened on January 13, 2006 to review, discuss and approve the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for the Avian Influenza. 2. (U) Overview: The persistence of the H5N1 avian influenza since its appearance in Hong Kong in 1997 indicates that it is u [...]	2006-02-01 16:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ES KFAM KRIM AVIAN FLU
06SANSALVADOR2530	COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL TOM WIRTH [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Tom Wirth of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period October 23, 2006 through October 26, 2006 to provide final training sessions for experts in El Salvador who are using Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software. The Control Officer for this visit is [...]	2006-10-19 15:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2543	SALVADORAN NONMAQUILA EXPORTS BOOM UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] Central Bank data show that nonmaquila exports were 64 percent higher during the first six months of CAFTA-DR than they were March to August 2005, increasing from $123 million to $202 million. Much of that increase reflects Salvadoran exports of ethyl alcohol, thanks to liberal CAFTA-DR rules [...]	2006-10-20 18:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
06SANSALVADOR2557	SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT REITERATES THEIR SUPPORT TO THE U.S. [...] This is a response to reftel. Post has reconfirmed with the Ministry of Foreign Affiars the GOES support for the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the international telecommunications union council and for the Radio Communications Regulation Board for the period 2006-2010 in the elections that will [...]	2006-10-23 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ITU ES
06SANSALVADOR2562	EL SALVADOR: MFA SAYS WILL SUPPORT CONSENSUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 12:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SMIG OAS MX ES
06SANSALVADOR2567	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV [...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...]	2006-10-25 17:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR265	DVC EVALUATION - "GOING BEYOND WITH PRACTICE" [...] SUMMARY: On January 26 the Regional English Language Office (RELO) in San Jose, Costa Rica sponsored a successful interactive DVC between speaker Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman in San Jose and audiences in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. Fifty English teachers and professors from universities a [...]	2006-02-01 21:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ES
06SANSALVADOR2655	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON CUBA AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 18:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CU ES
06SANSALVADOR2661	PRESIDENT SACA ESTABLISHES ANTI-CRIME COMMISSION [...] (C) In the wake of the Ambassador's October 16 speech calling for immediate action to stop crime, followed by pressure from leading members of the business community and ex-President Calderon Sol, the Saca administration has inaugurated a new Anti-Crime Commission, which will make recommenda [...]	2006-11-03 20:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR2720	EL SALVADOR: MEETING OF MINI DUBLIN GROUP [...] (U) Post convened a November 9 meeting of the Salvadoran Mini-Dublin Group (MDG). In attendance were representatives from the Missions of France, Canada, Japan, Germany, and the European Union. The following provides information requested in reftel and a summary of MDG bilateral, counter-nar [...]	2006-11-09 17:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EU EC PTER KCRM OTRA
06SANSALVADOR2849	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GERI GILBERT [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Geri Gilbert, Special Agent, International Programs Coordinator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance of EPA to visit San Salvador during the period December 11, 2006 through December 14, 2006 to participate in a CAFTA-DR Environmental Crimes [...]	2006-11-28 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2872	EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REMOVES IMMUNITY [...] (C) On November 29, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly voted 82-0 to remove the immunity of Alternate Deputy Roberto Silva Pereira (National Conciliation Party - PCN) to allow for his prosecution on money laundering and bribery charges. The removal of Silva's immunity came two days after a S [...]	2006-11-30 17:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR ES
06SANSALVADOR2921	SALVADORAN DESIRE FOR UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S [...] (C) Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez contacted Charge February 8 to outline the importance the GOES places on new UN Secretary General Ban Kim's attendance at January 16 ceremonies marking the fifteenth anniversary of the Peace Accords that ended the nation's 12-year armed conflict, and to a [...]	2006-12-08 21:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2972	FMLN CONVENTION GOES STALINIST, LOOKING AHEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its December 17 national convention, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) Party (with the attendance of 526 delegates known as party militants) overwhelmingly voted into effect new "reforms" whereby open primaries will be abolished, and incumbent party leaders [...]	2006-12-19 19:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL PTER
06SANSALVADOR300	DVC EVALUATION: WHY STUDY U.S. HISTORY? [...] SUMMARY: On January 31, David Brooks - a Human Rights/Labor officer at Embassy Lima - posed the question "Why Study U.S. History" to an audience of 45 professors, teachers and representatives of museums and the National Archives of El Salvador, all of whom received a copy of the Department of [...]	2006-02-06 18:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO ES
06SANSALVADOR318	EL SALVADOR: POST'S VIEWS ON DISASTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Temporary Protected Status status should be extended for El Salvadoran beneficiaries currently residing and working in the United States. El Salvador's ongoing recovery from the 2001 earthquakes and the 2005 eruption of the Santa Ana volcano is incomplete. Current conditions p [...]	2006-02-07 21:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
06SANSALVADOR353	VIOLENCE HOBBLES THE SALVADORAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Direct and indirect costs of violent crime, estimated at $1.6 billion in 2003 (or 11.5 percent of GDP),pose the most significant challenge to El Salvador's economic growth. High security costs discourage potential investors, and represent resources that are lost to more produ [...]	2006-02-10 14:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ES

06SANSALVADOR402	UPS SIGNS MOU WITH SALVADORAN CUSTOMS TO EXPEDITE [...] SUMMARY: UPS and the GOES have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes simplified procedures that could be extended to all international express delivery companies in El Salvador. The MOU enables the application of best practices, according to UPS, to facilitate the clearing of [...]	2006-02-16 19:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX ES
06SANSALVADOR407	UPDATE ON MCDONALDâ€™S CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, 2005, an appeals court ruled that McDonald's had illegally terminated its contract with a local franchisee on July 1, 1996, and therefore owed him $24 million in losses and damages. McDonald's is appealing the decision, but the composition of the chamber that will hear t [...]	2006-02-16 20:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR413	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA [...] (C) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca will meet with the President February 24, shortly before El Salvador's March 12 national congressional and mayoral elections. Saca hopes the meeting with the President will further aid his party's chances in the elections, and help him soundly defeat the [...]	2006-02-17 17:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL OVIP ETRD MARR MASS KMCA
06SANSALVADOR418	VIOLENCE SPIRALS IN EL SALVADOR/GOVERNMENT GRASPS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In 2005, El Salvador eclipsed Colombia as the country with the highest homicide rate per capita in the Western Hemisphere. The GOES has responded to the epidemic of gang violence with a variety of initiatives that have thus far failed to stem the tide of violence. The [...]	2006-02-17 17:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM ES
06SANSALVADOR447	FMLN INVOLVES CUBA AND VENEZUELA IN SALVADORAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Saca and other high-ranking GOES officials have recently raised concerns with Ambassador and other Embassy contacts that Cuba and Venezuela are helping the FMLN in the March 12 national elections for deputies and mayors. There are now clear indications tha [...]	2006-02-22 20:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER VE CU ES ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR448	EL SALVADOR: RESPONSE REGARDING IRANIAN [...] (S) Per reftel, note that Iran maintains no diplomatic representation in El Salvador, and to post's knowledge conducts no diplomatic activities through third parties. Butler [...]	2006-02-22 20:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	ES IR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06SANSALVADOR464	OPTIONAL 2006 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] Summary: On December 15, 2005, the Legislative Assembly passed a number of IPR-related reforms to meet CAFTA-DR obligations. Enforcement remains weak, but the government appears willing to step-up efforts once CAFTA-DR is in force. However, institutional weaknesses in law enforcement will [...]	2006-02-23 21:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR487	EL SALVADOR: SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF U/S KAREN [...] (SBU) Embassy San Salvador welcomes and looks forward to your visit to El Salvador March 17 to 18. You are arriving in country following President Saca's very successful visit with the President on February 24. The announcements during the visit that CAFTA-DR would enter into force for El S [...]	2006-02-27 18:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR5	EVALUATION - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) WORKSHOP [...] ELISSA STEGLICH IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY AT THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER IN CHICAGO. SHE PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MS. STEGLICH CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY: AN EFFECTIVE RESPO [...]	2006-01-03 19:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KOCI KWMN ES
06SANSALVADOR504	EL SALVADOR: SAN SALVADOR MAYOR OPINES ON [...] (C) During a February 24 informal lunch at the DCM's residence, incumbent San Salvador Mayor Carlos Rivas Zamora, accompanied by his wife Silvia, talked with DCM and poloff about upcoming elections and other subjects. He began by outlining his recent visit to the United States, during which [...]	2006-02-28 21:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR512	EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS: OAS PRE-ELECTION REVIEW AND [...] SUMMARY: With 11 days remaining until the election, the Organization of American States (OAS) election monitoring mission has certified voter registration rolls, but still notes problems with the new digital advance vote count system. On a separate front, Farabundo Marti National Liberation [...]	2006-03-01 20:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER OAS ES
06SANSALVADOR514	SALVADORAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS MUDDLE AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's most prominent civil society organizations grew out of the nation's 12-year armed conflict, but many international donors have switched their focus elsewhere since the 1992 end of hostilities. Most Salvadoran NGOs are struggling to replace lost international support w [...]	2006-03-01 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KOCI SOCI ES
06SANSALVADOR515	FMLN CHALLENGES CAFTA IN COURT [...] (U) On March 1, the FMLN made good on its rhetoric and challenged the constitutionality of the U.S.-Central America Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),which entered into force for the United States and El Salvador that same day. In an event staged for political effect, FMLN [...]	2006-03-02 14:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR52	EL SALVADOR: GOES VIEWS REGARDING UPCOMING MEXICO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador has on several recent occasions discussed with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez a planned January 9 meeting on U.S. immigration policy to be held in Mexico City; it will likely include foreign ministers of Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Rep [...]	2006-01-09 12:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES MX PGOV PREL IMMIGRATION
06SANSALVADOR547	EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...]	2006-03-06 22:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR548	EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR PROJECTS THAT [...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...]	2006-03-06 22:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR63	ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT - EL SALVADOR [...] The following is El Salvador's OSAC report for CY-2005. --------------------------------------------- ----------------- Overall Crime and Safety Situation: A General Overview of the Crime and Safety Threats Facing Americans in El Salvador. --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]	2006-01-09 21:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC
06SANSALVADOR636	CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR [...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...]	2006-03-08 20:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR637	CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...]	2006-03-08 20:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR661	SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR SEAT [...] Post received a diplomatic note (text paragraph 3) from the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated February 27, 2006 requesting U.S. support for El Salvador's nomination to be a member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council for the period 2006- 2010. Elections for [...]	2006-03-13 17:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ITU ES
06SANSALVADOR702	EL SALVADOR'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTERAMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 20:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR832	UNDERSECRETARY HUGHES' MARCH 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with President Tony Saca on the morning of March 17 to discuss national and regional politics as well as bilateral issues. President Saca's remark that the United States and El Salvador were "amigos siempre" became a public t [...]	2006-03-28 18:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ETRD KMCA PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR90	NEW TOURISM LAW A POSITIVE STEP, BUT CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARYSummary: In December 2005, the GOESEl Salvador approved a Tourism Law establishing tax incentives for new investment in the sector. The law shows government support for the industry, but has received criticism from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOES is expecting to clo [...]	2006-01-11 21:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR940	EL SALVADOR'S PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THE [...] Summary. The GOES is slowly moving to comply with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and improve the environment for the use of biotechnology. A new law governing the safe management of genetically modified organisms has been under review for four months by the Technical Secretary of the [...]	2006-04-10 18:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR TBIO ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR963	U.S. Ambassadors Outline Agenda for Central [...] (SBU) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon, Ambassador to El Salvador Douglas Barclay, Ambassador to Guatemala James Derham, Ambassador to Belize Robert Dieter, Ambassador to Panama William Eaton, Ambassador to Honduras Charles Ford, Ambassador to Costa Rica Mark Langdale, and Ambassador to Ni [...]	2006-04-11 20:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON
06SANSALVADOR983	POST'S VIEWS ON OPIC CAFTA-DR FUND [...] Post understands that OPIC is planning to support a Central America and Caribbean Fund that may invest in the financial services sector, to include banks and nonbank financial intermediaries and specialized financial services firms in OPIC-eligible countries in Central America and the Caribbe [...]	2006-04-17 14:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OTRA ES OPIC
06SANTIAGO1000	FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAYS BACHELET IS ""70 PERCENT THERE ON OPPOSING VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACYOFFERS OBSERVATIONS ON BACHELET'S STYLE [...] (C) Summary: A mid-level, well-connected Foreign Ministry official told the Embassy on May 11 that in his view President Bachelet was ""70 percent there"" on opposing Venezuela's UNSC candidacy. Acknowledging how difficult it is to know what Bachelet is thinking, because of her close-to-the-vest [...]	2006-05-12 21:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PINR VZ CI
06SANTIAGO102	MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA [...] On January 16, business and financial daily "Estrategia" (circ. 20.000) carried an editorial by Boris Yopo, political scientist of the University of Chile International Studies Center entitled, "Rivalries in Latin America." Quote: 2. "The electoral processes taking place in Latin America ha [...]	2006-01-17 20:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO1042	PRESIDENT BACHELET TOUTS CHILE'S TIES WITH EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet traveled to Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Austria May 8-14 on her first official visit to Europe as president. During a state visit in Spain, Bachelet and Spanish President Zapatero signed a "strategic alliance agreement." After visiting Chilean PKO troops in [...]	2006-05-17 21:48:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VZ CI
06SANTIAGO1047	MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS AND CHILEAN VOTE [...] Summary: On May 16, conservative, afternoon "La Segunda" (circ. 31,834) ran an interview with Foreign Affairs Minister Alejandro Foxley upon his return from the European Union-Latin American Summit in Vienna. In that interview, Foxley talks about Chile's vote to elect United Nations Human Righ [...]	2006-05-18 14:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO105	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 13:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO1057	MEDIA REACTION - AMBASSADOR JOHN MAISTO, U.S. [...] Summary: PA arranged an on-the-record roundtable for U.S. representative to the OAS, Ambassador John Maisto, withmajor local dailies. All May 18 dailies ran coverage of the event, during whichAmbassador Maisto explained U.S. foreign policy for the region. End Summary. Headlines and excerpts [...]	2006-05-18 19:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1058	OAS PERMREP MAISTO DISCUSSES OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: OAS PermRep Maisto outlined USG objectives for the OAS General Assembly during meetings with senior Foreign Ministry officials on May 16. Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Portales agreed to consider the U.S. non-paper on introducing a resolution during the [...]	2006-05-18 20:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS PGOV SOCI VZ CI
06SANTIAGO107	MEDIA REACTION - CHILE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 19:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1091	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] On May 20, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial entitled, "Chavez and the U.S. Weapons Embargo." Quote: "Caracas and Washington remain locked in a verbal dispute.... Chavez' provocative style irritates the White House.... In a year in [...]	2006-05-23 13:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO11	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] Summary: You arrive in Santiago three days before the presidential run-off election on January 15. This election pits the top two vote-getters from the December 11 first round election: center-left Concertacion coalition's Michelle Bachelet and the center-right National Renewal Party's Sebast [...]	2006-01-03 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1159	MEDIA REACTION - U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 15:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1172	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 12:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO1196	MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS AND CHILEAN VOTE [...] On May 30, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial entitled, "Chile and its Vote in the (U.N.) Security Council." Quote: "The decision is complex for the (Chilean) Executive for two reasons; first, because preventing Venezuela from becoming a Council memb [...]	2006-05-31 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI VE
06SANTIAGO1244	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY [...] On May 5, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an article by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "The Battle for the Security Council." Quote: "U.S. officials believe the GOC and Chile's 'establishment' are reluctant to vote for Chavez, but are concerned in view of Presid [...]	2006-06-07 20:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO130	CHILE: GOC UNWILLING/UNABLE ON ARTICLE 98; [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and GOC officials conducted a digital video conference (DVC) on January 18 to explore ideas towards managing relations after Chile ratifies the Rome Statutes creating the International Criminal Court (ICC). International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Rad [...]	2006-01-20 16:09:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS CI
06SANTIAGO1304	MEDIA REACTION - CHILE PRESIDENT BACHELET IN THE US, JUNE [...] Summary: President Michelle Bachelet's visit to Washington was front-page fodder for all Chilean media on June 9 and continued providing editorial material throughout the weekend. Dailies underscored Bachelet's comment that U.S. President George Bush had exerted no pressure on Chile to block [...]	2006-06-14 22:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1456	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]	2006-07-07 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1460	MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 21:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI KN
06SANTIAGO1462	MEDIA REACTION - MEXICO, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AFTERMATH [...] On July 7, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "Calderon's Difficult Challenges." Quote: "Calderon's victory is a counterweight against populism. We must not forget that Calderon's campaign frontally opposed populism, not j [...]	2006-07-10 11:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE MX
06SANTIAGO1475	MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 17:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO150	MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA MORALES INAUGURATION [...] On January 23, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 3,800) carried an op-ed by international commentator Raul Sohr entitled, "The Indian and the Lady have the Word." Quote: "Evo Morales' invitation for Lagos and President-elect Michelle Bachelet to attend his inaugurat [...]	2006-01-23 20:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO1504	FORMER PRESIDENT FREI UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF CHILE'S [...] Summary: In a strong public statement of support, Senate President Eduardo Frei characterized the U.S.-Chile relationship as "win-win" at a July 13 AmCham presentation. Despite occasional policy differences with the U.S., Frei emphasized that Chile is a reliable and stable partner in the mids [...]	2006-07-13 22:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EINV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO151	CHILE AND MEXICO TO SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Deputy Director Alex Geiger confirmed to Poloff on January 23 that Chile and Mexico would sign "a strategic partnership agreement" during Mexican President Fox's visit to Chile on January 25-26. Geiger, who earlier had characterized the accord as an [...]	2006-01-23 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI CI ME
06SANTIAGO1573	MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT [...] On July 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by correspondent Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "Chile's Three Fronts in Cordoba." Quotes: "The Mercosur summit began yesterday offering Chile three elements of tension: Evo Morales, Nestor Kirchner, and Hugo [...]	2006-07-21 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI AR BL VE
06SANTIAGO1607	MEDIA REPORT - SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH CHILEAN [...] Summary: July 26 Santiago dailies reported extensively on Defense Minister Vivianne Blanlot's meeting with Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Articles quoted Blanlot as stating that the Secretary did not ask Chile to support Guatemala, but indicated it "would be incomprehensible" for Chile to vote fo [...]	2006-07-26 20:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1649	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 18:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI PGOV VE
06SANTIAGO1667	CHILE: STATUS OF SOUTH AMERICAN REGIONAL DUBLIN [...] (U) In answer to reftel's inquiry, Spain did host a South American Mini-Dublin Regional Group meeting on November 15, 2005 in Santiago. Post did not attend the meeting. To date, there has not been a subsequent Mini-Dublin meeting in Santiago. 2. (C) Prior to the November 2005 meeting, Post [...]	2006-08-04 14:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CI SP UK FR NL
06SANTIAGO1675	BACHELET'S IDEA OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION: IS IT [...] Summary: Beginning in her campaign last fall, President Michelle Bachelet made clear she would focus on domestic issues and improving Chile's relations within the region. Historical border disputes, the threat of domestic instability in Bolivia and Peru, economic uncertainty in Argentina, and [...]	2006-08-04 20:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
06SANTIAGO169	MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA, MORALES INAUGURATION [...] On January 25, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by Political scientist Boris Yopo entitled, "Two Lefts in Latin America." Quote: "Latin America has become world news again...given election results showing the region has moved to the left.... But there [...]	2006-01-25 18:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO1696	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 20:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV CI VE
06SANTIAGO170	PRESIDENT-ELECT BACHELET: ASSERTING INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Michelle Bachelet has gotten off to a quietly assertive start following her victory over Alianza opposition's Sebastian Pinera in the January 15 presidential run-off election. Her initial public statements and meetings appear designed to show her intention to govern i [...]	2006-01-25 20:32:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR CL
06SANTIAGO171	CHILE: PSI ENDORSEMENT STILL NOT FINAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref. A demarche and non-paper to Foreign Ministry Special Policies Counselor Jaime Contreras and Americas Desk Officer Beatriz de la Fuente on January 17. Post also provided a copy to Claudio Ortiz, advisor to the Minister of Defense. In delivering the demarche to the Fo [...]	2006-01-25 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP CI
06SANTIAGO1725	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE MEETS WARM [...] (C) Summary: Director for Policy Planning Stephen Krasner presented the Partnership for Democratic Governance concept August 2 to the MFA Director General, other senior officials, and senior academics who advise the GOC on international issues. Chilean interlocutors, leading off with DG Porta [...]	2006-08-11 20:11:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1731	MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 18:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1732	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 18:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV VE CI
06SANTIAGO1827	CHILE-PERU FTA: MORE THAN JUST TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chile and Peru signed August 22 a Free Trade Agreement that expands their current Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE 38). The FTA adds three new chapters to ACE 38 and the promise of further chapters as well. For Chile, the FTA with Peru is part of an effort to create a bloc [...]	2006-08-24 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD CI PE
06SANTIAGO1843	MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION [...] On August 27, private TV channel Chilevision international pundit Raul Sohr commented about U.S. policy towards Cuba, drawing on a recent DVC at Embassy Santiago with A/S Shannon. Sohr stated: 2. "The United States is carrying out a very complicated policy towards Cuba. On one hand, the hi [...]	2006-08-29 13:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO198	CHILE: CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Ministry Special Policies Counselor Jaime Contreras, and MFA/North American Affairs Desk Officer Beatriz de la Fuente on January 18. Contreras told Poloff the following day that Chile was concerned about Iran's nuclear ambitions, explainin [...]	2006-01-30 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR CI
06SANTIAGO2014	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY [...] On September 24, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio", (circ. 260,108) Maria de los Angeles Fernandez, of think tank Fundacion Chile 21, outlines the advantages of voting for Venezuela in the UNSC in a column entitled, "Venezuela and the UN: The Day After." Quote: " [...]	2006-09-25 20:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV CI VE
06SANTIAGO2085	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA HELPING BOLIVIA BUILD MILITARY [...] Two Santiago dailies cited UDI Members of Congress who denounced Venezuela for providing assistance to Bolivia to build 26 military bases along its border with Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Peru. Excerpts follow: 2. On October 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (c [...]	2006-10-04 20:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL KMDR KPAO PGOV VE BR PA PE CI
06SANTIAGO2117	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S AGREEMENT TO ASSIST BOLIVIA [...] Summary: Revelations of an agreement between Venezuela and Bolivia to build military bases along Bolivia's frontier with Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Chile generated considerable public commentary in Santiago. Chile's Senate Foreign Relations and Defense Committees summoned the Ministers of F [...]	2006-10-11 12:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL KMDR KPAO PGOV VE BR PA PE CI
06SANTIAGO2129	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S AGREEMENT TO ASSIST BOLIVIA [...] Summary: Chile's media has reported extensively about the Venezuelan-Bolivian military agreement, which has generated considerable critical public commentary by several Congressmen. Government Ministers and members of the Socialist Party continue to downplay the military pacts. End Summary. [...]	2006-10-11 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL KMDR KPAO PGOV VE BR PA PE CI
06SANTIAGO2185	MEDIA REACTION - CHILE'S ABSTENTION IN UNSC VOTE [...] Summary: October 17 dailies highlighted claims that former Christian Democratic (DC) party Congressmen Gutenberg Martinez influenced President Bachelet's decision to abstain in the UNSC vote for a Latin American candidate. Martinez had warned that voting for Venezuela would mark a "before an [...]	2006-10-17 19:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
06SANTIAGO2194	SOUTHERN CHILE -- FAR FROM SANTIAGO BUT DOING JUST [...] SUMMARY. Southern Chile is booming. With unemployment rates half the national average or below, the south's busy cities can appear rundown physically but boast vibrant economies below the weathered surface. Not all of southern Chile enjoys the same dynamism and infrastructure, however, as t [...]	2006-10-18 18:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SOCI CI
06SANTIAGO2224	CHILE MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On October 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sat. circ. 195,626) carried and editorial entitled "Similarity between Iraq and Vietnam." Quote: 2. "President George W. Bush admitted similarities between the war in Iraq and Vietnam... He specifically compared the 1968 Tet Offensi [...]	2006-10-23 13:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO2236	MEDIA REACTION - CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S "CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] Summary: Governor Schwarzenegger's campaign encouraging Californians to buy local fruits and vegetables (and not Chilean produce) has generated negative publicity in Chile. On line conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio," afternoon daily La Segunda, and TV Channel 13's web [...]	2006-10-24 11:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO2254	MEDIA REACTION -UNSC VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 15:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
06SANTIAGO2269	FOXLEY: CHILE NOT INTERESTED IN UNSC SEAT, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Foxley told visiting senior SFRC staffer Meacham Chile is not a candidate for the UNSC seat, said its decision to abstain had been proven correct by the ongoing stalemate between Guatemala and Venezuela, and that Chile would continue to play the role of "honest broker" in [...]	2006-10-27 22:18:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PGOV PREF UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO2274	CHILE MEDIA REACTION -- IRAQ AND IRAN [...] On October 30, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled "Iraq: Bush's Swamp." Quote: "Iraq's sands have become a serious trap for President George Bush's administration. All the alternatives to solve th [...]	2006-10-30 18:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IZ IR CI
06SANTIAGO2278	CHILE'S PREPARATION FOR APEC SUMMIT [...] (C) E/POL Counselor October 27 paid a courtesy call on Ambassaador Fernando Schmidt, Director of the MFA's Office for Asian Affairs, and discussed with him, inter alia, Chile's preparations for the upcoming APEC summit in Hanoi. Describing APEC as one of the preeminent fora in which world lead [...]	2006-10-31 11:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL CI
06SANTIAGO2289	STAFFDEL MEACHAM -- NGO COMMUNITY HEALTHY AND VIBRANT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham met with Chileans across the political spectrum October 25-27 to discuss challenges facing Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Chile. NGO representatives emphasized there is freedom to operate and no onero [...]	2006-10-31 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PREL PHUM OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO2315	CHILE MEDIA REACTION - UNSC AND PANAMA CANDIDACY [...] On November 3, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an editorial entitled "Consensus Card for the Security Council." Quotes: "Panama has the conditions to garner the region's support.... From the political perspective, it is well established in an intermediate positio [...]	2006-11-03 17:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
06SANTIAGO235	DEFENSE MINISTER SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Chilean Minister of Defense Jaime Ravinet told DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman that he did not see how the GOC could negotiate an Article 98 agreement of the kind we were seeking. Recognizing that sanctions under the American [...]	2006-02-02 21:23:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO2351	MEDIA REACTION: REPUBLICAN ELECTION LOSS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 16:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO2378	U.S.-CHILE RELATIONS: A PREFERENCE FOR ORGANIZED [...] (C) Two senior MFA officials note Chile's reluctance to adopt a high-profile leadership role in the region, arguing for a ""just as effective"" behind the scenes reliance on Chile's ""soft power."" They are pleased to put the issue of Chile's UNSC vote behind them and suggest that the U.S.-Chile r [...]	2006-11-15 19:02:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO2403	CHILE GAMBLES ON CASINO EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary. Chile hopes to attract more tourism by expanding its casino industry to a total of 22 casinos by 2008. The GOC has vetted bidding casinos for ties to organized crime before granting contracts. However, there appears to be little thought given to the potential increase in crime [...]	2006-11-17 19:41:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PTER SNAR CI
06SANTIAGO241	FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCEPTS PROPOSAL FOR MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph five. 2. (C) On February 1, Post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry granting the regime of privileges and immunities for administrative and technical personnel of diplomatic missions established by the Vienna Convention on Dipl [...]	2006-02-03 14:42:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MASS MOPS CI
06SANTIAGO2498	CHILE REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO THE [...] On December 1, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 373 requesting U.S. support for the candidacy of Marta Mauras Perez to the Committee on the Rights of the Chile. Paragraph two contains Post's informal translation of the Note. Post sent translated text, Ms. Perez' CV and the original dipnote [...]	2006-12-04 19:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO2515	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] On September 5, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an editorial entitled "Latin America and the Election in Venezuela." Quote: "The Venezuelan election concludes a year of elections -- ten -- in Latin America, all of them in a context marked clearly by two axis, a di [...]	2006-12-06 12:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
06SANTIAGO2525	IS CHILE AN ECONOMIC TIGER OR JUST A BIG HOUSE CAT? [...] (C) Summary: Chile continues to attract foreign direct investment, but largely to a few traditional sectors such as mining and electricity. Potential value-added sectors which will be key to Chile's attaining the next stage of development attract almost no foreign investment. Thus far, Chile [...]	2006-12-06 18:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CI
06SANTIAGO2528	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ AND LATIN AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 13:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
06SANTIAGO253	PRESIDENT-ELECT BACHELET TASKS CABINET TO BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Michelle Bachelet delivered to her cabinet on January 31 the priority initiatives for the first 100 days of her administration. Bachelet subsequently told the press that her cabinet had until February 20 to review the initiatives and identify creative ways to impl [...]	2006-02-03 18:52:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI CI
06SANTIAGO254	CHILE: JANUARY 30 P5+2 STATEMENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 19:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR EU CI
06SANTIAGO255	CHILE: TOUGH ANALYSIS AND CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Senior Chilean defense officials briefed visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman on the Chilean military's view regarding Haiti during the Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) talks in Santiago on January 25. Chilean MOD Undersecretary for War Gabriel Gaspar said that the [...]	2006-02-03 21:09:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR MOPS UN HA CI
06SANTIAGO2551	STAS ATKINSON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CHILEAN S&T [...] Summary. Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson led a delegation of scientists and engineers to Chile November 4-7, to survey Chilean science and technology (S&T) and engineering institutions and learn about Chile's future S&T priorities. The visit [...]	2006-12-12 20:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OSCI SCUL TSPL OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO2586	CHILE REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE [...] On December 6, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 393 requesting U.S. support for Chile's candidacy to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Paragraph two contains Post's informal translation of the Note. 2. Begin Text: REPUBLIC OF CHILE Ministry of Foreign Relations [...]	2006-12-18 18:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO2589	CHILE PRESENTS ITS CANDIDACY FOR UNSC IN 2014-2015 [...] Post recently received Diplomatic Note No. 394 requesting U.S. support for Chile's candidacy as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the period of 2014-2015. Paragraph two contains Post's informal translation of the Note. 2. Begin Text: REPUBLIC OF CHILE [...]	2006-12-18 19:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO2610	MEDIA REACTION - PINOCHET AND THE COLD WAR [...] On March 21, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an op-ed by international commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "Pinochet and the Super Powers." Quote: 2. "For more than 30 years we Chileans have not forgiven ourselves, accusing each other [...]	2006-12-21 18:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2661	SEARED BLEU: THE SOCIALIST CONVICTIONS OF [...] (C) Eight months into her term as Chile's President, the core socialist principles that guide Michelle Bachelet are very much in evidence. Her administration's first budget emphasized increased spending on education and health care and she has expended much political capital on social issues such [...]	2006-12-29 12:56:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO284	CHILE: THE IAEA REPORTS IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 18:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR CI
06SANTIAGO307	CHILEAN GOVERNMENT LOGISTICS GUIDANCE AND REQUESTS [...] (U) On February 9, Post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry regarding President-elect Michelle Bachelet's inauguration on March 11. The note includes details on the number of delegation members who will be able to attend the inaugural events, as well as administrative and log [...]	2006-02-10 21:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV AMGT CI INAUGURATION
06SANTIAGO381	DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM ECUADORIAN EMBASSY REQUESTING [...] On February 23, Embassy received a diplomatic note (No. 4-3-10/06) from the Ecuadorian Embassy in Santiago, requesting a meeting between Ecuador's President Alfredo Palacio and the U.S. Head of Delegation for Bachelet's Inauguration. Original note will be pouched to WHA/BSC. 2. Begin uno [...]	2006-02-22 22:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL CI OVIP INAUGURATION
06SANTIAGO383	FOREIGN MINISTER WALKER DISCUSSES BACHELET [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Craig Kelly met with outgoing Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker on February 21, 2006 to discuss the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Article 98, and participation in Haiti's peacekeeping operation. End Summary. ICC AND ARTICLE 98 2. (C) Walker expressed disa [...]	2006-02-22 22:40:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV HA CI
06SANTIAGO401	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? Yes. A small community of Arab-Muslim descent could demonstrate against U.S. interests. Members of this community have participated in de [...]	2006-02-27 20:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC PTER

06SANTIAGO402	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE VISIT [...] On February 26, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) ran an editorial entitled, "U.S. Secretary of State Visit." Quotes: 2. "Although not officially confirmed...the U.S. secretary of State's visit to Chile...is a clear sign of good Chile-U.S. relations.... The secretary' [...]	2006-02-27 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO405	DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (U) Embassy received Diplomatic Note 41 from the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Multilateral Policy Directorate) on February 17, 2006, in reference to the Government of Chile's candidacy of Ms. Maria Soledad Weinstein for the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). The GOC note touched [...]	2006-02-28 13:27:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC SNAR CI PBIO
06SANTIAGO408	MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - PA ELECTIONS, HAMAS VICTORY [...] On February 27, conservative, afternoon "La Segunda" (circ. 31,834) ran an editorial entitled "Half-Way Democracies." Quotes: 2. "The political change in Palestine with Hamas' victory led Israel to declare the NPA a hostile entity.... In Iraq the attacks between Shiites and Sunnites...are [...]	2006-02-28 18:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO431	CHILE: BRITISH GAS WINS BID TO BUILD [...] (U) Summary: British Gas (BG) beat out other international competitors to secure a USD 400 million contract to build a liquid natural gas (LNG) facility on Chile's central coast at Quintero. Chile's state-owned oil company ENAP hopes this mega-project will reduce Chile's dependence on Argent [...]	2006-03-02 13:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL CI
06SANTIAGO439	CHILE: SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 22:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB GTIP CI
06SANTIAGO446	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHILE [...] (C) Summary: You arrive in Santiago on the eve of the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, Michelle Bachelet. Since her run-off election on January 15, President-elect Bachelet has named a gender-equal and technically sound cabinet. It is a cabinet not subject to the cont [...]	2006-03-03 17:30:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CI
06SANTIAGO447	GUATEMALA/VENEZUELA: CHILEAN MFA RECOMMENDING "NO [...] (C) Summary: Outgoing Chilean MFA political director Carlos Portales told Ambassador on March 2 that the MFA's recommendation to the new government on the Guatemala/Venezuela UNSC issue is to hold off on a decision. The Ambassador reiterated our concern about any rush to judgment in favor of [...]	2006-03-03 17:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE CI
06SANTIAGO491	MEDIA SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICE'S CHILE VISIT [...] SUMMARY: The media in Chile are competitive, modern and free but neither overly confrontational nor inclined to investigative reporting. Editors concentrate on the main international issues of the day. Many leading journalists speak English, which creates the prospect of one-on-one English-la [...]	2006-03-09 18:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV KPAO AR BR CI
06SANTIAGO549	SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Director for Middle East Affairs Luis Palma told EPOL Counselor on March 16 that he believed isolating Hamas now could complicate Middle East peace efforts. Chile believes the international community should respect "the democratic will of the Palestinian people" [...]	2006-03-17 11:11:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL CI
06SANTIAGO56	MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 10:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO561	CHILE: SUPPORTIVE OF MOST CICTE GOALS; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Special Policies Director Luis Winter told EPOL Counselor that Chile supported most of the U.S. goals for CICTE VI, but would like to discuss further the declaration language on "shared responsibility." Chile was satisfied with CICTE's performance to date, and wo [...]	2006-03-17 21:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR OAS CI
06SANTIAGO562	CHILE: FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ICC [...] (U) Director for Special Policies at Chile's Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Luis Winter, told EPOL Counselor and Poloff that the Chilean Congress would likely ratify the International Criminal Court (ICC) at an early opportunity. Winter said the GOC would also introduce legislation allowing it [...]	2006-03-17 21:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PTER MARR CI
06SANTIAGO577	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY, [...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren told the Ambassador on March 20 that Chile had not taken a position on Venezuela's UNSC candidacy. Van Klaveren said the Bachelet administration was interested in pursuing a long-term SOFA with the U.S. and other countries. He observe [...]	2006-03-20 22:27:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS CI HA
06SANTIAGO59	MEDIA REACTION - HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 10:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI HA
06SANTIAGO603	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On March 22, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) carried a column by Karin Ebensperger entitled, "The Iraqi Swamp." Quote: 2. "On the day President Bush invaded Iraq I publicly criticized his decision. It seemed to me that after the terrible attack [...]	2006-03-23 10:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO604	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO CHILE [...] On March 22, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 3,800) carried an article by international analyst Andre Grimblatt on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Chile entitled, "Condoleezza Rice Restores Order." Quote: 2. "The regional scenario is complex for t [...]	2006-03-23 11:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO614	BRITISH EMBASSY REPORTS CHILEAN CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) A British Embassy colleague told EPOL Counselor on March 22 that a British contact at the Chilean Foreign Ministry (who we suspect is a senior official in the Multilateral Affairs Directorate) appeared increasingly worried about negative U.S. reaction if Chile were to support Venezuela for [...]	2006-03-23 22:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC CI VZ
06SANTIAGO630	SCENESETTER FOR CNO AND C3F VISITS TO CHILE [...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]	2006-03-27 11:14:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD MARR MASS OVIP PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO65	SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL EXPRESSES [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales (the MFA's number three official) asked to see the Ambassador on January 10. Portales wanted to discuss Chilean concerns regarding Haiti in the aftermath of the June 7 death of the Brazilian military commander of MIN [...]	2006-01-11 19:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KDEM CI HA
06SANTIAGO710	CHILE'S ECONOMY IN 2005: GOOD GROWTH, LOW [...] Summary: 2005 was another good year for the Chilean economy. Chile enjoyed real GDP growth of 6.3 percent, slightly better than in 2004. GDP per capita topped USD 7000 for the first time. Record prices for copper together with a sharp increase in domestic demand were the main growth factors [...]	2006-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CI
06SANTIAGO774	GROWING TRADE BETWEEN CHILE AND CHINA [...] (U) Summary. Chile's economic ties with China are increasing. In 2005, China became Chile's number two trading partner, consuming over 12 percent of Chile's exports, and the two countries signed a partial trade agreement. Chinese companies are increasing their investment in Chile, with the f [...]	2006-04-13 16:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD EINV CI CH
06SANTIAGO81	CHILE: FM WALKER DISCUSSES HAITI, ARTICLE 98 AND [...] (C) Summary: Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker reiterated the GOC's concerns about threats against MINUSTAH in Haiti during his January 11 meeting with the Ambassador. He asked the U.S. to deny visas to the Haitians who were behind those threats. Walker also provided the Ambassador a m [...]	2006-01-12 21:14:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN AR BR VE BL CI
06SANTIAGO861	AMBASSADOR AND CHILEAN SENATORS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador exchanged views on Venezuela, Article 98 and ICC ratification with Chilean senators on April 19. The senators lauded recent Codel visits to Chile and pressed for regular meetings between U.S. and Chilean legislatures. Socialist Party Senator Gazmuri expressed conc [...]	2006-04-24 21:30:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CI VZ
06SANTIAGO887	FORMER LAGOS MINISTERS LAUNCH FOUNDATION TO [...] This is an action request. See para 7. 2. Summary: Several ex-ministers and supporters of former President Lagos have launched a foundation to promote Chile's successes throughout the region. "Project America" Director Jose Viera-Gallo told Embassy officers that one of the foundation's ob [...]	2006-04-28 15:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI CI VZ
06SANTIAGO909	MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 19:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO910	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales on May 2, to discuss the GOC's views on Venezuela's UNSC candidacy following Foreign Minister Foxley's recent meetings in Washington (reftel). The Ambassador noted that our information indica [...]	2006-05-03 19:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL CI VZ
06SANTIAGO917	IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points urging Chile to oppose Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales on May 3. Portales (the MFA's number 3 official) did not address Iran's candidacy specifically, but said [...]	2006-05-04 12:21:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL CI IZ
06SANTIAGO919	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION-RELATED ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Ambassador followed-up Post's earlier demarche on international assistance for election efforts in Haiti with Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales on May 3. Portales reiterated that the GOC had not yet initiated internal discussions about whether it [...]	2006-05-04 12:21:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA CI
06SANTIAGO929	PRESIDENT BACHELET TO VISIT EUROPE [...] (SBU) In her first trip to Europe as president, Michelle Bachelet will travel to Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Austria during the week of May 8-14. Bachelet is scheduled to depart Santiago on May 8 and travel to Spain for a state visit on May 9-10. After a brief stop in Bosnia and Herze [...]	2006-05-04 16:54:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV CI VZ SP
06SANTIAGO93	CHILE: MINISTER OF DEFENSE BRIEFS CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (C) Summary: Chilean Minister of Defense Jaime Ravinet told members of CODEL McConnell January 12 that Chile was the United States' "most reliable partner in the region." Ravinet shared his concerns about neighboring countries' leftward drift and their propensity to use Chile as a straw man. [...]	2006-01-15 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO932	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 19:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO957	SCENESETTER FOR AETC/CC VISIT TO CHILE (U) [...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]	2006-05-08 20:18:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV MARR CI PREL
06SANTODOMINGO1349	CRIMINAL DEPORTEES: DOMINICAN OFFICIALS AND [...] Dominican PermRep to the UN Erasmo Lara-Pena has been energetically promoting the idea of a program of social services and support for Dominicans who are deported from the United States after serving time in U.S. jails. He published a lengthy proposal in daily "Hoy" on March 11. On March 24 P [...]	2006-04-21 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS DR KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR
06SANTODOMINGO1350	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EXTRADITION TREATY ASSAILED BY [...] Over the last two weeks, sensationalist tabloid "El Nacional" has attacked the United States for purported violations of the 1910 U.S.-Dominican Extradition Treaty. According to sources cited by "El Nacional," U.S. extradition requests for individuals whose alleged crimes are punishable by se [...]	2006-04-21 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1466	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: CENTRAL ELECTION BOARD IS [...] (U) This is the 10th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Central Election Board Is on Course, Despite Flak The Central Election Board (JCE),responsible for organizing and adjudicating the May 16 Dominican congressional [...]	2006-05-03 20:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1468	U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES AT OAS JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24 and 25, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended the 6th Regular Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VI),held in Santo Domingo. A hour-long conversation with President Leonel Fernandez provided suggestions for improv [...]	2006-05-04 11:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS OAS DR TD VE
06SANTODOMINGO1522	CORRECTED COPY -- DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: CENTRAL [...] (U) This is the 8th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Central Election Board Is on Course, Despite Flak The Central Election Board (JCE),responsible for organizing and adjudicating the May 16 Dominican congressional and [...]	2006-05-09 18:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1566	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NSC-DIRECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican President Fernandez is continuing his low-profile approach to Cuban issues. Interaction is limited to educational, sports, and technical exchanges, visits to Cuba by Dominican tourists, and residence in Cuba by a few church-affiliated social workers. There are approxi [...]	2006-05-12 15:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU ETTC DR ETRD PREL
06SANTODOMINGO1579	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY SMALLPOX [...] Doctor Tirsi Quezada Assistant Health Secretary for Public Health told USAID officer on May 10 that the Secretariat has not made a decision on who will attend the SIPDIS WHA. However, Doctor Cristina Nogueira, Pan-American Health Organization representative to the Dominican Republic, told [...]	2006-05-12 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PREL AORC TBIO WHO
06SANTODOMINGO1652	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO RENEGOTIATE [...] (U) In late April the Dominican Commission for the Renegotiation of Contracts in the Electric Sector publicized its formal decision to seek renegotiation of contracts signed by the government and electricity generators, alleging that technical flaws in the formulas are resulting in excessive [...]	2006-05-18 22:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ENRG ECON EINV EFIN
06SANTODOMINGO1689	DOMINICAN FM INVITES SECRETARY RICE TO REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has formally invited Secretary Rice to attend a June 2-3 extraordinary meeting of the 8 countries that are members of the Central American System of Integration. The presidents of Colombia and Mexico are invited. Dominicans will consid [...]	2006-05-23 17:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL DR ENRG
06SANTODOMINGO171	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #14: DOMINICAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) This is the 14th cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Politics II #14: Leonel Fernandez Receives DAS for Caribbean Patrick Duddy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. [...]	2006-01-17 13:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	DR HA PBTS PGOV PREL SNAR
06SANTODOMINGO1751	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...] (C) Summary. President Leonel Fernandez and his party have just triumphed in mid-term elections in this pro-United-States, lower-middle income developing country in the Caribbean. Democracy is both young and fragile. Fernandez wants to use his mandate to build a modern state, and he has cal [...]	2006-05-30 20:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL ETRD OAS DR
06SANTODOMINGO1854	MDA DEMARCHE - FUNDING NATIONAL SOCIETIES - [...] Per guidance reftel, Embassy contacted the American Red Cross field representative for the Caribbean, David Hintch, who is based in Santo Domingo and works closely with the Dominican Red Cross. He had already spoken with the Dominican Red Cross about attendance at the 29th International Confe [...]	2006-06-02 20:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM DR ICRC PREL HA SZ
06SANTODOMINGO1858	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) On June 2 the Ambassador opened his private meeting with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez with a description of the U.S. initiative with European nations concerning Iran and nuclear enrichment issues. The issue had preempted attendance of the Secretary of State at the annual general a [...]	2006-06-05 11:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR DR
06SANTODOMINGO1898	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ - VISIONS FOR THE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 2 President Leonel Fernandez described to the Ambassador his ambitions for the two years remaining in his term, including a "democratic revolution" including grassroots consultations on institutional change. He asked for a friendly hearing and "some modest concession" t [...]	2006-06-06 19:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD KDEM KIPR DR
06SANTODOMINGO1912	DEPUTY SECRETARY,S TOUR D,HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez used a wide-ranging meeting with the Deputy Secretary June 4 to elicit support from within his own implementation team to take the steps needed to bring CAFTA-DR into force by August. Urged by the Deputy Secretary to support Guatemala for a seat o [...]	2006-06-07 15:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV KCRM KIPR KUNP HA DR
06SANTODOMINGO1918	NEW UN SRSG FOR HAITI SHARES HIS FIRST IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: New United Nations SRSG for Haiti Edmond Mulet told WHA PDAS Shapiro June 4 that he had come away from his first two days on the job with the sense that it was urgent for President Preval to be able to show some results that the population could see. He hoped that t [...]	2006-06-07 19:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA
06SANTODOMINGO1921	CORRECTED COPY: NEW UN SRSG FOR HAITI SHARES HIS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: New United Nations SRSG for Haiti Edmond Mulet told WHA PDAS Shapiro June 4 that he had come away from his first two days on the job with the sense that it was urgent for President Preval to be able to show some results that the population could see. He hoped that t [...]	2006-06-08 11:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA
06SANTODOMINGO1941	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2006 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2006 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic. The tracked changes version was sent via email on June 9, 2006 as directed. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of seventeen (17) claims (including five new ones fo [...]	2006-06-09 20:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC DR ENIV KIDE PGOV OPIC
06SANTODOMINGO1955	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EMBRACES IACHR: PLACES JUDGE [...] (U) Long-time Foreign Ministry professional Dr. Radhys Abreu de Polanco was elected from among 6 candidates during the recent OAS General Assembly (June 4-6) to serve a term as judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). She is one of six judges; each has a term of six years wit [...]	2006-06-12 20:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS OAS DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO1993	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CITIBANK 2006 CORPORATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 15:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV AMGT
06SANTODOMINGO2045	SUPPORT FOR MDA AT 6/20 CONFERENCE - DOMINICAN [...] Embassy on June 14 delivered text of points Ref A (minus the if-asked points) through the American Red Cross Caribbean representative here to the director general of the Dominican Red Cross, Arq. Gustavo Lara Tapia. Lara said he was forwarding the points to Dominican Red Cross president Ligia [...]	2006-06-19 20:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL ICRC PHUM IS
06SANTODOMINGO2127	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ORTEGA DE LEON EXTRADITED [...] On June 22, 2006, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents returned Jose Ramon Ortega de Leon (aka Chico) to Westchester, NY for trial before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number S7 04 CR 1353 (K [...]	2006-06-28 14:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2195	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GATHERING COMMENTS ON OAS MLAT [...] Using reftel talking points, Embassy delivered on July 3 a demarche suggesting Dominican signature and ratification of the Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (OAS MLAT) and associated Optional Protocol to Minister-Counselor Carmen Contreras of the Ministry of Fo [...]	2006-07-05 14:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS DR
06SANTODOMINGO2244	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT SAYS GOVERNMENT READY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 7, President Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador that he wants CAFTA-DR to enter into force in July, saying that there is no need to wait for the new Congress to take office in August to pass required legislation. He said that CAFTA is part of his long term strategic [...]	2006-07-10 11:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ETRD KIPR
06SANTODOMINGO238	DOMINICANS ORGANIZING PRE-OAS-ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso told the Ambassador and visitng WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy on January 12 that the Dominicans are SIPDIS hoping to organize a summit meeting of U.S.-friendly presidents on May 28-29, the week before the OAS General Asse [...]	2006-01-23 11:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OPDC DR OAS HA
06SANTODOMINGO2465	NEW DOMINICAN CRIME CONTROL INITIATIVES TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of military soldiers joined police in joint nighttime patrols throughout the country this week in an effort to quell violent crime and enforce new curfews on the sale of alcohol. These initiatives, among others, were implemented by presidential decree this week in [...]	2006-07-28 21:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM
06SANTODOMINGO263	DOMINICAN ELECTION BOARD CHIEF ON ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary. Dominican Central Electoral Board president Luis Arias told the Ambassador on January 18 that civil society criticism of a proposal to use 500 Brazilian-produced electronic voting machines is misguided. Arias welcomes the prospect of international observation of the election and [...]	2006-01-25 15:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR KDEM PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO267	DOMINICANS WILL INVITE PRESIDENT BUSH TO MAY 28-29 [...] (C) The Dominican Foreign Minister is moving quickly to mobilize heads of state for a "counter-Petrocaribe" summit in late May and hopes to get Latin American partners to help persuade President Bush to attend. 2. (C) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Tronocos reiterated to the Amb [...]	2006-01-25 20:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ENRG IN KTIA OVIP PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO2720	DOMINICAN MFA OFFICIAL COMMENTS THAT "COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to shared points regarding the "Compact with the Cuban People," Embassy received a four page written response by Ambassador Danilo P. Clime, Director of the Caribbean Affairs Section of the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Clime asserts in his response that, g [...]	2006-08-24 12:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CU DR
06SANTODOMINGO2838	WATCHLISTS AT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S POINTS OF ENTRY [...] (S) Summary. With reftels Embassy reported on the Dominican Republic's immigration database system located at seaports, airports, and border crossing points. New information reveals that at points of entry only the Dominican intelligence agency has access to watchlists provided by Interpol a [...]	2006-09-01 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	PINR PINS PTER CIVS KFRD DR
06SANTODOMINGO2899	OPEN SKIES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HELD HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Dominican Government signed the 1986 and the 1999 Air Trade Agreements between the United States and the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Congress never ratified them. According to Dominican civil aviation authorities, the agreements are not legally binding. Air [...]	2006-09-08 11:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2941	DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT SUBERO ISA CONFIRMS CORRUPTION, COMPLEMENTS COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 16:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KJUS KCOR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3022	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #5: PRIMER ON THE PRD PARTY [...] This is the fifth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. PRIMER ON THE PRD PARTY (C) Despite major defeats in the 2004 presidential and 2006 legislative elections, the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) remains the [...]	2006-09-22 11:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV PREL PINR
06SANTODOMINGO3129	DOMINICAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL - STATS AND [...] (U) Summary. Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98 percent of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are located in [...]	2006-10-03 17:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX DR
06SANTODOMINGO3139	POTUS SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DOMINICAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo provides following background for the tentatively scheduled October 25 call on the President by President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez. Background ------------ 2. (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become the most reliable supporter of democracy [...]	2006-10-03 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3141	DENGUE FEVER: SLOW DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Health authorities in the Dominican Republic continue trying to deal with the widespread outbreak of dengue fever that started in June, asserting at the same time that that there is no epidemic. On September 24 the Public Health Ministry announced that 3,933 cases of dengue [...]	2006-10-03 20:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID AMED EAGR PREL PGOV SENV TBIO DR
06SANTODOMINGO3251	DOMINICAN FUGITIVES FELIZ, ARRINDELL, AND JIMENEZ [...] On October 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Jansys Feliz Terrero to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number 03-CR-80-P-H, filed September 9, 2004. As detailed in the indictment, Feliz is charged [...]	2006-10-13 18:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3282	HAITIANS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - - THEY JUST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unfulfilled promises, nationalistic rebuffs and outright distortions continue to characterize the Dominican response to international concerns over the country's treatment of its largely undocumented Haitian minority. Despite repeated pledges, the government has failed to comply [...]	2006-10-18 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PHUM PGOV PREF SMIG ASEC UNHCR IOM HA
06SANTODOMINGO3313	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE SANTANA DE LEON EXTRADITED TO [...] On October 19, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Ramirez Santana de Leon to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Santana de Leon had been indicted on August 10, 2006, in case number 06-253 (PG),for multiple narcotics offenses involving multi-kilogram q [...]	2006-10-23 15:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO333	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ INVITES PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has formally invited President Bush to attend a May 30-31 extraordinary summit meeting of the 8 countries members of the Central American System of Integration. The presidents of Colombia and Mexico will be invited. Dominicans will consider the pos [...]	2006-01-31 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC DR PREL XK CO MX
06SANTODOMINGO3359	A DOMINICAN STRIKE THREATENS THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: Employees of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD),the largest university in the Dominican Republic, carried out a 48-hour strike this week in protest of a university-wide change in medical insurance providers. Workers resumed normal activity on Wednesday, but organizers [...]	2006-10-26 20:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB DR PGOV SCUL SOCI
06SANTODOMINGO3364	DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON LEBANON DELIVERED [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on UNGA Resolutions on the Situation of Human Rights and Children in Lebanon to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ambassador Michelle Cohen, Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),[...]	2006-10-27 15:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER
06SANTODOMINGO3365	DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL AT UNGA DELIVERED [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Israel at UNGA" to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ambassador Michelle Cohen, Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We wi [...]	2006-10-27 17:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PREL UNGA IS
06SANTODOMINGO3413	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #9: MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO, PRD HEIR APPARENT [...] This is the third cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Political Series III #9: Miguel Vargas Maldonado, PRD Heir Apparent (SBU) On October 30 the Ambassador received Miguel Vargas Maldonado, the beefy, self con [...]	2006-11-01 16:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR PGOV PREL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO
06SANTODOMINGO3417	DOMINICAN CONGRESS REJECTS 1999 AIR TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On October 17, the Dominican House of Representatives refused to ratify the 1999 Air Trade Agreement with the United States. Congressmen said the consensus was that the agreement is harmful to the interests of the country. The official report contained language recommended by [...]	2006-11-02 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3438	SANTO DOMINGO 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for drugs from South America, with cocaine transiting to Europe, and both cocaine and heroin transiting to the United States. During 2006, the DR dramatically increased major seizures of narcotics such as heroin, cocaine and MDMA; continued [...]	2006-11-03 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3466	DEMARCHE ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 16:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PGOV PREL PARM
06SANTODOMINGO3482	AMBASSADORS HERTELL AND SANDERSON TOUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 19 U.S. ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and to Haiti visited a "maquiladora" in the Haitian CODEVI Free Trade Zone (FTZ) owned by Dominican corporation Grupo M. The enterprise directly employs around 1,500 Haitian workers in garment assembly. It hopes to expand th [...]	2006-11-13 16:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV PREL ELAB KTEX ECON ETRD EINV HA
06SANTODOMINGO3642	DOMINICAN VALIDATION STUDY REVEALS LOW [...] SUMMARY: Results of a completed validation study for the Dominican Republic suggest that three (3) to five (5) percent of Embassy's recently issued B1/B2 visa holders remain in the United States beyond the six months normally authorized under their visa classification. The study included app [...]	2006-12-04 19:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT DR SMIG KFRD ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO3644	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #12: FERNANDEZ AT HIS [...] (U) This is the twelfth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Politics III, #12: Leonel Fernandez at the Fail-Safe Point (SBU) A president who won in 2004 with 57 percent of the vote and enjoyed 70 percen [...]	2006-12-05 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3655	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO THE DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in the Dominican Republic warmly welcomes your planned December 8-10 visit to Santo Domingo. Space permitting, Ambassador Hans Hertell will greet you in Washington, DC on the day of your departure, and travel with you via milair to Santo Domingo. We have arrange [...]	2006-12-06 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EPET PHUM PREF PREL ETRAD ECON DR
06SANTODOMINGO3659	DOMINICANS AND VERIZON AGREE ON TERMS: CLEAR WAY [...] (U) On December 1 the Dominican government and Verizon signed and agreement which brought to a close the sale of Verizon,s Dominican operation, Verizon Dominicana, eight months after it was first announced in April. The agreement involved a payment by Verizon of $170 million dollars to the D [...]	2006-12-06 15:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS DR EINV ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO3679	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary. In response to para 6 Ref A, Embassy finds there has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last two reports (Ref B and C). The Dominican Republic has very few investments in Cuba. No bilateral trade agreement exists between th [...]	2006-12-08 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO3733	DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR - DEMANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Since September 2006, the Dominican Republic has held four conferences on electricity sector reforms. The result is that the government wants to renegotiate the contracts but the generators do not; the private sector wants the government to criminalize the act of stealing ele [...]	2006-12-13 18:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON ENRG PGOV PREL EINV
06SANTODOMINGO3759	CODEL ENGEL: HAITIAN ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 9-10 Congressional visit led by Rep. Eliot Engel touched some of the most sensitive points in the Dominican psyche. The group had intended to learn about a range of issues, but their trip, truncated by a late departure from Washington, was defined in the Dominican [...]	2006-12-18 18:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR PHUM PREF PREL EWWT DR XL OREP ELAB
06SANTODOMINGO427	DOMINICAN AMBASSADOR: "TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY" [...] (U) The Dominican ambassador to the United States sees Secretary Rice's concepts of "transformational diplomacy" as SIPDIS applicable to the danger Haiti presents to the international community, including to the Dominican Republic. He argues that since failing states threaten all, the inte [...]	2006-02-08 17:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO642	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INPUT FOR 2006 SPECIAL 301 [...] Summary: The Dominican government has shown improvement in its atten intellectual property rights. Ratification of CAFTA-DR by Dominican Co in September 2005 brought further pressure on the government to underta legislative changes as part of its commitment under the free trade agre strengthen [...]	2006-02-23 13:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD DR
06SANTODOMINGO657	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ON HAITI, BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On February 16 President Fernandez told the Ambassador he expects Haitian President-elect Preval will pay his first foreign visit to the Dominican Republic. Fernandez expressed keen interest in the possibility of President Bush's attendance at a May 30-31 regional summit in Santo [...]	2006-02-24 20:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR HA EXIM SNAR KCOR KJUS PHUM ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO734	DOMINICNA REPUBLIC: [...] Summary: The Dominican government has shown improvement in its attention to intellectual property rights. Ratification of CAFTA-DR by Dominican Congress in September 2005 brought further pressure on the government to undertake legislative changes as part of its commitment under the free t [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD DR KIPR
06SANTODOMINGO766	DOMINICAN CONGRESS FINALLY APPROVES 2006 BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: On February 15, 2006 the Dominican Congress approved the 2006 budget after obtaining minor changes from the Executive. The six-week delay resulted from political differences over the administration,s desire to continue a levy on exchange commissions, considered by legislators to [...]	2006-03-03 17:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO772	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...]	2006-03-03 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD LAB SENV DR
06SANTODOMINGO776	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...]	2006-03-03 22:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD LAB SENV DR
06SANTODOMINGO777	HAITI'S PRESIDENT-ELECT WARMLY WELCOMED BY [...] Summary. The visit of Haitian President-elect Rene Preval to Santo Domingo has been a media success and a generally feel-good event, including the reinvigoration of the dormant Dominican-Haitian Binational Commission. The press carries little of substance from the busy 24-hour visit. Embassy [...]	2006-03-03 22:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO841	DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MAY 30-31 SUMMIT, [...] (C) Recommendation and action request -- see para 6. 2, (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador March 6, Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso previewed his March 14-15 visit to Washington regarding two planned events in the Dominican Republic: a May 30-31 regional summit, t [...]	2006-03-09 14:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PREL OAS OPDC
06SANTODOMINGO862	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #18 - FERNANDEZ'S [...] Following is #18 in our series on the second year of the presidency of Leonel Fernandez. Fernandez Independence Day Speech Trumpets Accomplishments - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In a vigorously optimistic Independence Day speech before a joint session of Con [...]	2006-03-09 20:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO879	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: VISITING OAS SYG INSULZA [...] Summary: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, in a visit to the Dominican Republic March 5-6, met with President Fernandez and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, spoke at the opening events of the 23d Model OAS (March 5) and the Regional Forum on Modernization of Legislatures and [...]	2006-03-10 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PREL OAS
06SANTODOMINGO919	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT LEONEL FERNANDEZ'S INVITATION [...] (C) I consider that the invitation to a Central American/Caribbean summit on May 31 hosted by President Leonel Fernandez offers the President the opportunity of a high profile event that will strongly support regional democracy and free trade, just before the General Assembly of the Organizat [...]	2006-03-14 15:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	DR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO987	DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY CRISIS CONTINUES--NO CHANGE [...] Summary. The Dominican Republic continues to experience frequent localized electrical power blackouts that can last more than twelve hours a day. Energy sector problems hinder economic competitiveness and create widespread public dissatisfaction. Supply shortfalls in the sector can be attr [...]	2006-03-22 12:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ENRG PGOV

06SAOPAULO1002	SOUTHWEST BRAZIL: CATTLE CRISIS, POROUS BORDER, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Consul General (CG) recently visited Brazil's southwestern border state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Meetings with representatives of the cattle ranching sector and government researchers shed light on an economic dichotomy in the Brazilian beef industry today: Drought conditions, market worr [...]	2006-09-18 13:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO EINV ECON BR

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