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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
06KUWAIT2931	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Grove to travel to post o/a 24 to 27 July, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 24 to 25 J [...]	2006-07-23 04:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ FR GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE

06KUWAIT2953	KIMMITT/ZELIKOW VISIT TO KUWAIT: GOK LEADERSHIP [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and State Department Counselor Zelikow, during a July 22 visit, briefed Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah, Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi, Fawzi Al-Hunaif of the Kuwait Fund, and Director General of the Arab [...]	2006-07-23 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3007	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN AND LEBANON, [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3008	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL COLE(28 JULY-02 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Cole to travel to post o/a 30 July, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. An Embassy visit officer will meet and assist you at the a [...]	2006-07-26 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EG KU IX JO IT
06KUWAIT3029	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO VISIT (Job Code [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for GAO Visit to Kuwait in conjunction with GAO's review of the development of Iraqi security force support operations (Job Code 350790) to travel to post o/a 30 July and 14-16 Aug, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry [...]	2006-07-29 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO KU
06KUWAIT3055	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - ATTACK ON QANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 10:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3071	KUWAIT'S CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 10, 19, and 23, EconOff met with lead security officials from Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),Kuwait Oil Company (KOC),and Oil Sector Services Company (OSSC). EconOff conveyed the USG desire to help Kuwait to secure its critical energy infrastructure and req [...]	2006-08-01 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCIP KU PTER EPET
06KUWAIT3072	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - QANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3095	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - QANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 10:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3099	TFLE01: A PRESS WAR OF WORDS ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press printed August 1 virulent and anti-U.S. comments made by MPs. One Arabic daily headlined its front page with a paraphrase of one statement: "Americans and Israelis are SOBs and Bastards." While previously relatively balanced in its news covera [...]	2006-08-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OPRC PREL PGOC KMDR KPAO KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT311	KUWAIT PROJECT HEAD RESIGNS; DEPUTY IN CHARGE, AND [...] (C) At a January 29 New Technology Conference sponsored by Schlumberger, Kuwait Project Executive Assistant Managing Director Hashem Al-Rifaei confirmed to Econ Officer that Kuwait Project Managing Director and former KOC Chairman Ahmed Al-Arbeed had resigned from the company as of January 25 [...]	2006-01-30 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT3135	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-05 11:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3136	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER(6-8 AUG) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Miller to travel to post o/a 6-9 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made at the Radisson SAS [...]	2006-08-05 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BE EI IS IZ JO KU QA COUNTRY
06KUWAIT3187	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 08:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3201	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BUYER(14-21AUG) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Buyer to travel to post o/a 15 to 17 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 15 and 16 A [...]	2006-08-09 07:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ IC GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3211	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BALKHAM(7-17 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Balkham to travel to post o/a 13 to 14 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 13 Aug, [...]	2006-08-09 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS PK AF KU IZ JA COUNTRY
06KUWAIT3214	KUWAITI FM URGES P-5 TO SUPPORT UNSCR THAT [...] (C) Summary: The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister convoked representatives of P-5 missions on August 9 to urge support for a UNSC resolution that would incorporate the fundamental elements of PM Siniora's 7 point plan. Kuwait sees the UNSC faced not just with a ceasefire resolution, but at a decisio [...]	2006-08-09 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL LE KU
06KUWAIT3236	CORRECTED COPY- Country Clearance for Commercial Officer [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Commercial Officer Mitch Larsen to travel to Kuwait from August 17 to August 19, 2006. 2. CORRECTION: Embassy point of contact is: Irma La Pore Office- 965/259-1001 x 1468 Direct - 965/259-1468 Cell - 965/936-9905 Fax - 96 [...]	2006-08-12 09:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	COUNTRY CLEARANCE AESC BEXP BMGT IZ KU OTRA SF
06KUWAIT3269	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-13 09:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3324	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL KILEY (20-27 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kiley to travel to post o/a 21 to 25 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 21 thru [...]	2006-08-16 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ QA GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3325	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SPECTER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Specter to travel to post o/a 18 to 19 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 18 Aug at [...]	2006-08-16 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU LY IN BE CH COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3360	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - Debating the Lebanon War [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-19 10:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3382	PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER SAYS CORRUPTION DOWN, MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Ambassador met with Minister of Public Works Bader Nasser Al-Humaidhi. The Minister discussed contracting corruption, Kuwait's ongoing infrastructure development, planned mega projects, water consumption, and housing for divorced women and bachelor's. Al-Humaidh [...]	2006-08-20 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON SENV BEXP KU
06KUWAIT3418	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AFTER THE WAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3469	AZN POWER PLANT TO BE RETENDERED IN SMALLER PIECES [...] (U) Summary: On 20 August, the GOK announced that the USD 2.9 billion Al-Zour North (AZN) power plant will be re-tendered because only one consortium out of seven pre-qualified groups bid for the project due to the tender's unfavorable terms and conditions. The project was opened to interna [...]	2006-08-27 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV FCS KU
06KUWAIT3476	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/NESCA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Joseph Barghout to travel to post o/a September 15-17, 2006. 2. A hotel reservation has been made for September 15-17 at the Radisson SAS at a rate of approximately USD 267 (single room/breakfast included). The per diem rate f [...]	2006-08-28 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3501	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN HANDS IN LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3518	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IRAQ STUDY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for the 16-member Iraq Study Group to transit Kuwait on August 31 and September 3, 2006. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. (U) No hotel re [...]	2006-08-30 07:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP PREL KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3528	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3535	KUWAIT BASED ARAB-IRANIAN ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: During an August 27 meeting with Poloff, Khalil Delavi, an Iranian Ahwazi (Arab) activist and member of the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz (DSPA),outlined the basic characteristics of a number of Ahwazi opposition groups operating outside of Iran. (Note: [...]	2006-08-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3536	OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT WITH KUWAIT SIGNED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) On August 30, Ambassador LeBaron and Kuwait's President of Civil Aviation Yacoub Al-Saqer signed an Open Skies Agreement (OSA) on civil air transport. The signing ceremony was held at the offices of the Directorate General of Ci [...]	2006-08-30 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3558	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-04 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3582	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, LEBANON, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3596	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BURR (SEP 7-11) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Burr to travel to post o/a 8 to 10 September, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 8 Septembe [...]	2006-09-06 12:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU FR IZ
06KUWAIT3600	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KEITH KOJI NAKANISHI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Keith Koji Nakanishi of the National Nuclear Security Administration for travel to Kuwait o/a September 7-11, 2006. 2. Per Reftel no Post assistance requested. Embassy point of contact is: Steve Conlon, Economic Officer [...]	2006-09-06 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA KU
06KUWAIT3601	KUWAIT INPUT FOR 2006 REPORT OF INVESTMENT [...] (U) As requested Reftel, post is submitting the following update for inclusion in the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriations Claims. 2. (U) A. Claimant Designation: Claimant A vs. Kuwait Ministry of Finance, Offset Department. 3. (U) B. Year When Dispute Arose: The di [...]	2006-09-06 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3619	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/PI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA Program Manager Olivia Ann Ricci and Patricia E. Tierney, Program Director for U.S. Government Program: Women in Technology, to travel to post o/a September 20-23, 2006. 2. A hotel reservation has been made for September 20 [...]	2006-09-09 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3620	KUWAIT-SAUDI FRICTION OVER SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO [...] (C) In a 6 September meeting with CDA, Saudi Arabian Texaco (SAT) President Ahmed Al-Omer expressed concern that despite the KSA's formal objection, the GOK appeared to be proceeding with plans to build its new mega-refinery right on the doorstep of SAT's compound in the Mina Al-Zour area wit [...]	2006-09-09 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
06KUWAIT3621	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS [...] This is an action request: See para 7. 2. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed and Economist Jonathan Rose to visit Kuwait o/a September 13th. 3. Embassy driver, expeditor, and control officer will meet and assist at the airport. E [...]	2006-09-09 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3638	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TEMIM NUSRATY AND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Temim Nusraty and Mark Stamilio to travel to post o/a September 11-14, 2006. 2. All arrangements are being handled by Camp Arifjan. Embassy point of contact is: Captain Norman Pollock Unclass E-Mail: norman.pollock@swa.arcen [...]	2006-09-10 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC OTRA KU AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3641	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TEMIM NUSRATY AND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Temim Nusraty and Mark Stamilio to travel to post o/a September 11-14, 2006. 2. All arrangements are being handled by Camp Arifjan. Embassy point of contact is: Captain Norman Pollock Unclass E-Mail: norman.pollock@swa.arcen [...]	2006-09-10 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC OTRA KU AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3666	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3687	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AL-ZAWAHIRI'S THREATS, SYRIA, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 11:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3692	AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE PLANS TRIP TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mumin cited reciprocity issues as the most important stumbling block to upgraded diplomatic representation in Baghdad. He noted that issues involving security, site location and transportation between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reso [...]	2006-09-14 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR SOCI IZ KU
06KUWAIT3697	AMBASSADOR URGES SUPPORT FOR LEBANON, CONFIRMS [...] (C) During a meeting on a variety of topics with the senior official in country at the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry, the Ambassador urged the Kuwaiti authorities to respond quickly to the GOL's request for security equipment, noting that support for LAF deployment in the South is critical, along [...]	2006-09-14 16:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IZ KU
06KUWAIT3703	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOJ OFFICIAL MICHAEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Michael Gunnison, Department of Justice Resident Legal Advisor at Embassy Abu Dhabi, to visit Kuwait from September 17-19 for meetings with Kuwaiti officials to discuss possible training in the areas of money laundering and terro [...]	2006-09-16 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3718	GRIM PROSPECTS FOR PROJECT KUWAIT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Head of Kuwait's Oil Development Company (ODC) said it was unlikely that the Kuwait Project, the $8.5 billion project for international companies to develop Kuwait's northern oil fields, would be brought before the Parliament this year. He said that support had signific [...]	2006-09-16 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON KU OIL
06KUWAIT3720	SYSTEMIC ELECTRICITY AND WATER SHORTAGES REQUIRE [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwait experienced unprecedented rolling blackouts from 19-24 August. The direct cause was a coincidence of mechanical failures at power plants. However, these blackouts unmasked a more systemic problem, Kuwait's razor-thin spare electrical capacity. On the su [...]	2006-09-16 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON EPET KU
06KUWAIT3725	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SMITH (SEP 21-24) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post o/a 22 to 24 September, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 22-23 Se [...]	2006-09-17 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU GM IZ
06KUWAIT3726	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAVID WILLIAMS AND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for ATO Regional Director David Williams and Marketing Specialist Mohamed Taha to travel to post o/a September 18-20, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy [...]	2006-09-17 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA KU COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3733	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]	2006-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT374	PROMINENT GCC INVESTMENT BANK CURTAILING [...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting, representatives from Global Investment House (GIH),one of the GCC's largest and most successful investment banks, informed Econoff that new GIH investments in the Palestinian territories were on-hold pending a reevaluation of the company's investments in the [...]	2006-02-04 17:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON WE GZ KU XF
06KUWAIT3746	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OPIC OFFICIALS TAN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) officials Geoffrey Tan and Nancy Rivera. We understand that Tan and Rivera will visit Kuwait between September 19-28 for meetings and a due diligence review of Kuwait Gulf Links Port [...]	2006-09-18 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3751	PETROLEUM CEO ON AMERICAN AND KUWAITI REFINERIES, [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: On 17 September, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Hani Hussain to discuss energy issues and regional concerns. Hussain was reluctant to share details regarding Kuwaiti plans for North American refinery investment, saying that the eco [...]	2006-09-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT3756	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Acting National Assembly Speaker and Islamic Constitutional Movement MP Mohammed al-Bousairi told Ambassador September 17 that opposition MPs are ready to move ahead with their agenda, but need to look for pragmatic ways to work with the GOK. Opposition representatives are now [...]	2006-09-19 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ IR KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3828	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL FRIST [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Frist to travel to post o/a 3 October, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 2 October (one nig [...]	2006-09-24 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU IZ JO
06KUWAIT3856	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi highlighted the importance of the recently-passed electoral reform legislation for Kuwait's political future. The new electoral system will change the nature of parliamentary politics in Ku [...]	2006-09-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3921	KUWAITI TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] In response to reftel, Post's trade compliance and monitoring regime is organized as follows. The Economic Section covers issues related to Kuwait's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),tax policy, and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). The Foreign Commercial Serv [...]	2006-10-01 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KU
06KUWAIT3936	KUWAITI ENERGY MINISTER ON BROWNOUTS, PROJECT [...] (C/NF) In a 2 October call on the new and somewhat embattled Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Sabah Al-Sabah, the Ambassador asked about the Ministry's priorities, the summer power outages, gas production, and Project Kuwait (the $8.5 billion project for international oil companies to devel [...]	2006-10-02 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT3939	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR "ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti women political activists, academics, and former candidates for Parliament have launched a public campaign to establish a quota for the number of parliamentary seats to be held by women. They have lobbied the Amir, the Prime Minister, and First D [...]	2006-10-02 14:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3994	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OES WOMEN LEADERS IN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert S. Senseney, William Lawrence, Dave Pollock, Penny Rechkemmer, Vijitha M. Eyango, Lars Bromley, and Lara A. Campbell for travel to Kuwait from October 7-11. 2. Per reftel, Post has arranged accommodation, meetings, local trans [...]	2006-10-04 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KWMN KSCA SENV TSPL KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT407	KUWAIT: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and Coalition troops in the country is sensitive both domestically and in the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified SIPDIS source [...]	2006-02-06 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MOPS KU
06KUWAIT4071	GCC ADVISOR: VISIT TO ISFAHAN NUCLEAR FACILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an October 9 meeting with PolChief, Advisor to the GCC Secretary General Dr. Sami Al-Faraj shared his impressions of a two-day conference sponsored by the Expediency Council he attended in April that included a visit to the Isfahan nuclear facility. Al-Faraj, who regularly [...]	2006-10-11 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4075	KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MPS MAKE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) All six Kuwaiti MP's who are members of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, have voluntarily disclosed their personal financial records in letters to the Speaker of Parliament, local press reported October 11. The Speaker prom [...]	2006-10-11 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4078	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARK STAMILIO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to Mark Stamilio and Andrew Morrison, U.S. Department of State, Office of War Crimes Issues, to travel to post for meetings and consultations regarding the Iraqi High Tribunal's investigation of regime crimes against Kuwaiti national [...]	2006-10-14 04:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT APER PREL PTER KU IZ
06KUWAIT4093	(SBU) KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HANNAH [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for John Hannah and Robert Karem to travel to post o/a 16 to 22 October 2006. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. (SBU) Hotel reservatio [...]	2006-10-14 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT410	ROBOTS REQUIRED AT KUWAIT CAMEL RACING [...] On February 5, Poloff and LES Pol Assistant attended the opening day of the Sixth Annual Camel Racing Championship, which runs through February 9. Robots have been used in the more minor races leading up to this event (ref A). This was the first of the annual championship races in Kuwait, how [...]	2006-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU TIP
06KUWAIT4109	UPDATE ON ARTICLE 98 AND KATRINA AID [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-15 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM EAID KLEG KU KATRINA AID
06KUWAIT4118	FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT [...] (C/NF) During an October 15 meeting with PolChief, Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Kuwaiti Parliament, characterized the prospect of GCC countries gradually accepting an Iraqi government dominated by Shi'a r [...]	2006-10-16 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4119	ARAB FUND ON IRAQ COMPACT AND AID TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Arab Fund Director General Abdul Latif Al-Hamad told Charge October 16 that the Iraq Compact enjoys "very little support" among Arab countries. He said a combination of "fogginess" over who is driving the compact, anxiety about the brisk pace at which it is moving, and a gene [...]	2006-10-16 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
06KUWAIT4153	IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE REGIONAL CT [...] (U) This message, cleared by embassies Kuwait, Riyadh, Amman, Damascus, Baghdad, and Ankara, provides recommendations for regional activities to advance the counterterrorism strategy developed in March in Kuwait. While not exhaustive, the initiatives described below are in posts' opinion relatively [...]	2006-10-17 21:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL OEXC KU IZ SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT4178	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY CAMPAIGNS TO SPREAD [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwait's Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs launched an initiative in 2005 to spread moderation among Muslims and present Islam as a moderate religion to non-Muslims. The Ministry has recently opened its World Moderation Center, a special agency to implement [...]	2006-10-18 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF KU
06KUWAIT4203	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR APHSCT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Frances Fragos Townsend, Michele L. Malvesti, and Michael Taylor to travel to post per reftel. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. ( [...]	2006-10-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4204	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JONES (23-30 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Jones to travel to post o/a 27 to 30 October, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 27 to 29 Oct, a [...]	2006-10-23 06:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU QA GM UK
06KUWAIT4213	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN TAECKER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Kevin Taecker to travel to post o/a October 29-November 3, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Chris Gr [...]	2006-10-25 05:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4218	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT KOEPCKE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Robert Koepcke to travel to post o/a October 29-November 2, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Per reftel, Post has arranged accommo [...]	2006-10-25 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4219	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TREASURY DEPUTY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow, and staff to travel to post o/a October 29-November 4, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Bagh [...]	2006-10-25 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT EFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4220	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO KUWAIT, [...] (S/NF) Embassy Kuwait welcomes your visit, which comes in the general framework of a longstanding and productive CT relationship between Kuwait and the United States, and continued close, effective cooperation on the ground across a range of issues. During your visit, you will meet with sev [...]	2006-10-26 09:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT4221	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS STAAL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Thomas Staal to travel to post o/a October 29 - November 1, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. A hotel reservation has been made at the [...]	2006-10-27 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4237	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DAYTON (31 OCT TO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Hock to travel to post o/a 31 October to 3 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 31 Oct t [...]	2006-10-28 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU NL IZ
06KUWAIT4238	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL HOCK (28 OCT [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Hock to travel to post o/a 29 October to 2 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 29 Oct t [...]	2006-10-29 04:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4254	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DANIEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Daniel Weygandt to travel to post o/a October 31-November 1, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Per reftel, Post has arranged accommo [...]	2006-10-30 04:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU
06KUWAIT4255	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GAYATRI PATEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Gayatri Patel to travel to post o/a 11 November to 13 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 1 [...]	2006-10-30 05:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL PHUM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4285	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BROCK DAHL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Brock Dahl to travel to post o/a October 30-November 3, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Per reftel, Post has arranged accommodatio [...]	2006-10-31 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA KU IZ
06KUWAIT4286	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TAISIR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4288	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANE ELLEN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Jane Ellen Bagwell and Mr. Jason Wilson to travel to post o/a 3 November to 11 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. As requested, [...]	2006-10-31 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER JO IZ KU PINS
06KUWAIT4308	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt held a series of meetings on the margins of the October 31 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) meeting in Kuwait between October 30 and November 1. The meetings focused on preparation for the PG and key follow [...]	2006-11-01 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV
06KUWAIT4309	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ: OCT 31 PG MEETING STRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the Oct. 31 meeting of the Preparatory Group (PG) for the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),the PG achieved broad consensus that the current iteration was satisfactory, and that critical next steps include reaching out to a broader range of countries for participation in [...]	2006-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV IZ KU
06KUWAIT4312	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with Kuwait Fund Director General Abdulwahab Ahmed Al-Bader on the margins of the International Compact for Iraq Preparatory Group meeting in Kuwait. The meeting was also attended by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secre [...]	2006-11-01 16:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4313	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the margins of the International Compact for Iraq Preparatory Group (PG) meeting in Kuwait. Al-Sabah expressed little enthusiasm for debt f [...]	2006-11-01 17:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4315	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Treasury D/S Kimmitt met with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Kuwait City on November 1, the day following the Preparatory Group meeting on the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). They had a wide ranging discussion regarding the ICI, Iraq-Saudi relations, the Iraqi insurgency and Iraq's [...]	2006-11-03 11:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4326	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR J. PALMER ROSELI TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for James Palmer Roseli to travel to post o/a November 7-9,2006 for a meeting with Post's ECON section. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Vis [...]	2006-11-04 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT APER ECON IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4330	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TENSION IN THE GULF [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-04 09:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4336	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SPECIAL AGENT WEBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for IRS Special Agent Mark Weber to travel to post o/a November 6-16,2006 for the Financial Investigative Techniques Training Program. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance thro [...]	2006-11-04 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER OTRA AMGT ASEC KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4337	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IRS SPECIAL AGENTS [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for IRS Special Agents Thomas Mahoney and David Nichols to travel to post o/a November 6-16,2006 for the Financial Investigative Techniques Training Program. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply [...]	2006-11-04 10:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA ASEC KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT434	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: HAMAS VICTORY [...] Monday, January 30 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 69 "Ambassador Kurtzer: Palestinian elections were fair, however, we have to distinguish between democratic option and government's policy" 2. Tuesday, January 31 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 33 "Dr. Mohammed Al-Rumaihi: 'Is Hamas' victory an imp [...]	2006-02-07 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT4351	NGOS SAY NEW DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT IS A FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary. After more than a year of delay, the GOK recently implemented a rule that all domestic laborers coming to Kuwait must sign a standard, three-party (recruitment agency, worker, employer/sponsor) contract. The contract provides for, among other things, minimum wages and daily [...]	2006-11-05 05:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB IN SL ET KU TIP
06KUWAIT4358	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-05 07:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4377	SECTARIAN TENSION IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVER BOOK [...] (U) Abdul Hadi Al-Salih, the Minister for National Assembly Affairs and one of two Shi'a ministers in the Kuwaiti government, sparked a rare public Sunni-Shi'a row when he distributed to MPs over Ramadan a book of prayers, called Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya (available in English at http://www.sh [...]	2006-11-05 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF SA BA IR KU

06KUWAIT4388	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVS (27 NOV - 2 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Governors to travel to post o/a 28 to 30 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. As per discussions with military protocol at Camp Ar [...]	2006-11-06 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA GM KU
06KUWAIT4404	MFA U/S ON IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS, DPM SALIH VISIT [...] (C/NF) In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah said bilateral meetings between Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Kuwaiti officials on the margins of the recent Iraq Compact meetings here had been "fruitful." He said Salih had raised with the Amir the issue [...]	2006-11-07 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ
06KUWAIT4417	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GARVEY (29 OCT [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Garvey to travel to post o/a 9 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2006-11-08 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN FR IZ KU JO
06KUWAIT4418	PARLIAMENT APPROVES ZAKAT LAW DESPITE SHI'A [...] (C/NF) Summary: On November 7, Parliament passed a zakat (religious tax) law opposed by Kuwaiti Shi'a. Liberal parliamentarian (MP) Mishari Al-Anjari downplayed the Islamist nature of the zakat law, saying it was "just a way to collect one percent from companies" to supplement the government [...]	2006-11-08 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4422	KUWAIT IPR UPDATE: COMMERCE MINISTRY PREPARING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 6 and 8, Econoff met separately with Commerce Assistant Undersecretary Abdulazziz Al-Khaldi and Ministry of Information Intellectual Property Department head Rasha Al-Sabah to discuss the Council of Ministers' decision to move responsibility for IPR enforcement fro [...]	2006-11-08 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KIPR KU
06KUWAIT4425	NSB PRESIDENT SHAYKH AHMED AL-FAHD WELCOMES GSD [...] (C/NF) Summary: NSB President Shaykh Ahmed welcomed the GSD initiatives paper and said his staff is studying the specific proposals. He noted that on some items, such as critical infrastructure protection, we can and should begin moving quickly. He looks forward to discussing some of these [...]	2006-11-09 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KU IR GCC
06KUWAIT4430	FREEDOM AGENDA: RUMBLINGS OF ANOTHER PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait has been buzzing with rumors over the last two weeks that the Amir may dissolve Parliament again, this time unconstitutionally for a period of up to three years. Many Kuwaitis have come out strongly against such a move, arguing that it would exacerbate existing politic [...]	2006-11-10 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4438	IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS: "A BLOODY, UPHILL BATTLE" [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the Arab Fund expressed pessimism November 12 about the prospects for Iraq debt forgiveness on the part of the GOK. He said there was virtually no public support for the measure in Kuwait, and he did not believe the senior Kuwaiti leadership, especially t [...]	2006-11-12 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4439	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR APHSCT MS. [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend, Ms. Michele L. Malvesti, Mr. Michael Taylor and Mr. John Howard Pearson III to travel to post o/a November 13 - 14, 2006, to attend meetings with GOK officials regarding counter terrorism and securit [...]	2006-11-12 15:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OTRA OVIP AMGT
06KUWAIT4484	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KING (22 NOV - 29 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL King to travel to post o/a 24-25 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2006-11-20 09:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AE AF IZ KU KG GM QA UK PK
06KUWAIT4494	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMMAN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Amman Treasury Attache Brian Grant to travel to post o/a November 26-30, 2006. Mr. Grant will meet with Embassy interlocutors and Government of Kuwait officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Social [...]	2006-11-21 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4495	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Regional Legal Advisor Michael Gunnison to travel to post o/a November 27-30, 2006. Mr. Gunnison will attend the Central Bank of Kuwait's's Anti-Money Laundering Seminar and meet with Government of Kuwait officials from the Mini [...]	2006-11-21 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4496	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JERRY WAYNE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Jerry Wayne Rowe to travel to post o/a November 27-29, 2006. Mr. Rowe will meet with Embassy interlocutors and Government of Kuwait officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, [...]	2006-11-21 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4498	INFLUENTIAL AL-SABAH EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Poloff, Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, an influential ruling family member with close ties to the Amir, expressed frustration with the Prime Minister's "weakness" and his inability to control an increasingly assertive Parliament. He complai [...]	2006-11-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4506	APHSCT TOWNSEND BRIEFING AND TOUR OF KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 14 November, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend received a briefing from Director of the Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Shaykh Thamer Ali A. Al-Salem Al-Sabah and senior managers of Kuwait National [...]	2006-11-25 10:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PTER KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT4509	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]	2006-11-25 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4510	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/13 MEETING WITH KUWAIT NSB [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 13 with Kuwait National Security Bureau President Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and regional developments. Shaykh Ahmed sought reassurances on U.S. policy in Iraq. He encouraged the U. [...]	2006-11-25 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT4511	APHSCT TOWNSEND BRIEFING AND TOUR OF KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 14 November, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend received a briefing from Director of the Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Shaykh Thamer Ali A. Al-Salem Al-Sabah and senior managers of Kuwait National P [...]	2006-11-25 11:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PTER KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT4512	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]	2006-11-25 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4514	KUWAIT'S BIDOON (STATELESS RESIDENTS): BACKGROUND [...] (C/NF) Summary: The "Bidoon" are people living in Kuwait who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship and who deny that they have a right to citizenship in any other country. It is the highest profile human rights issue in Kuwaiti domestic politics. The GOK argues that most of the approximatel [...]	2006-11-26 06:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KU
06KUWAIT4518	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON'S ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-26 08:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4532	KUWAIT SCRAMBLES TO AVOID WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: In an effort to avoid a repetition of the rolling blackouts that Kuwait experienced in July-August 2006 due to a growing gap between generating capacity and peak demand (refs A and B),the Kuwait Ministry of Energy is fast-tracking a tender to provide an additiona [...]	2006-11-28 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON KU
06KUWAIT4541	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE REGION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-02 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4545	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHAYS (26 NOV -4 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Shays to travel to post o/a 3-4 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2006-12-02 10:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU EG JO
06KUWAIT4546	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHAYS (26 NOV -4 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Shays to travel to post o/a 3-4 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2006-12-02 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU EG JO
06KUWAIT4547	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO (JOB CODE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for GAO Officials Brian LePore, Joshua Margraf and Jim Melton to transit Kuwait to/from Iraq December 2 to 15, 2006. Post acknowledges that Embassy assistance is not requested. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you m [...]	2006-12-03 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AGOA OTRA ASEC KU IZ
06KUWAIT4553	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA PDAS [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA PDAS James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Tim Standaert to travel to post o/a 8-10 December, 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]	2006-12-03 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT EG IR OTRA KU COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4556	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING THE ARAB LEAGUE, [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref A points to MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Hamed Al-Mashan. Al-Mashan said he would ensure the points are passed directly to the Foreign Minister, now traveling in France with the Emir. He said Kuwait would likely favor a strong statement of support for [...]	2006-12-03 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4560	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA PDAS [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA PDAS James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Tim Standaert to travel to post o/a 8-10 December, 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]	2006-12-04 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT EG IR OTRA KU COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4569	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/DAS L. VICTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary L. Victor Hurtado to Kuwait from December 5 to 11, 2006. Please note action request in para. 4.J. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through E [...]	2006-12-05 05:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4570	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/DAS L. VICTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary L. Victor Hurtado to Kuwait from December 5 to 11, 2006. Please note action request in para. 4.J. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through E [...]	2006-12-05 11:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4571	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/DAS L. VICTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary L. Victor Hurtado to Kuwait from December 5 to 11, 2006. Please note action request in para. 4.J. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through E [...]	2006-12-05 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4584	MFA U/S ON IRAN, BOEING, GCC SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) Summary: According to Kuwaiti MFA U/S Jarallah, the French were "talking tough" on Iran during the Amir's recent visit to Paris. He said French interlocutors anticipate near-term U.S. policy adjustments on Iraq. On Lebanon, the French FM called for pressure on Syria and support for the [...]	2006-12-06 14:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR IZ IR DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4616	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (12-19 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain/Lieberman to travel to post o/a 13-15 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...]	2006-12-11 05:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IS KU IZ AF PK IR GM COUNTRY
06KUWAIT4617	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERROR FUNDING, IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 09:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4624	AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR BOEING WITH [...] (C/NF) On 11 December the Ambassador met with Minister of Communications Dr. Massouma Al-Mubarak, Under Secretary of Communications Abdulaziz Alosaimi, and Kuwait Airways Director of Planning and International Affairs Dawoud Al-Dawoud to discuss plans to expand and upgrade the Kuwait Airways [...]	2006-12-11 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP EAIR KU
06KUWAIT4625	KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...]	2006-12-11 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4631	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GANTED FOR JANET KAVANDI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Janet Kavandi to travel to post o/a January 6-9, 2007, to serve as speaker for the U.S. Department of State conference of women leaders in science, technology, and engineering. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry int [...]	2006-12-12 10:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER TSPA OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT464	SECURITY BUREAU CHIEF SAYS KUWAIT TO BE EXAMPLE OF [...] (C) Summary: National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, responding to the Ambassador's concerns that the GOK was not as focused as before on CT efforts, reviewed a five-year plan developed by the Ministry of Awqaf to promote moderation and exert control over Kuwaiti mosques. [...]	2006-02-08 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KU
06KUWAIT4652	NATO ICI MEETING: KUWAIT SEEKS "STRATEGIC [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a briefing for NATO resident ambassadors, NATO Secretary General Scheffer praised the atmosphere surrounding NATO-GOK meetings, and noted Kuwait's interest in expanding NATO's relationship with Kuwait and the GCC as a "political-military alliance." Scheffer believes Kuwait [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT4664	TERROR FINANCE: MFA INDICATES NO PLANS TO LIFT [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis told Econcouns December 16 that the three Kuwaitis designated as terrorist facilitators by the US Department of Treasury on December 7 -- Hamad Al Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- were not active and we [...]	2006-12-17 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
06KUWAIT4669	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SKELTON (DEC 23 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post o/a 24-26 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2006-12-18 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ UK
06KUWAIT467	AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A AND ICM GAIN; [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-09 17:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU PINR SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT4675	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON (20 DEC - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson to travel to post o/a 20-21 December 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2006-12-19 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4683	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE [...] (C) Ambassador met 12/13 with new Iraqi Mission Charge d'Affaires Fadel Hamad Khudair Al-Azawi. Al-Azawi, a career diplomat, arrived in Kuwait in early November, replacing outgoing Charge Hamad Al-Sharifi. Al-Azawi requested the meeting as a courtesy call, noting his interest in maintainin [...]	2006-12-20 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
06KUWAIT4685	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. LINDA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Dr. Linda Logan to travel to post o/a January 13 - January 18, 2006 for meetings concerning avian influenza. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]	2006-12-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR EG KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4690	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MARSHALL (22 DEC [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Marshall to travel to post o/a 22 December 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2006-12-21 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4699	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL WILSON (DEC 27 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Wilson to travel to post o/a 28-31 Dec 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2006-12-24 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU GM
06KUWAIT475	CORRECTED COPY -- AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-11 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT490	NEW KUWAITI MINISTERS PLEDGE TO FIGHT TERROR, [...] In public statements on February 11, the day of the swearing in of the new cabinet, three senior Kuwaiti Ministers made comments about specific aspects of the fight against terrorism. During courtesy calls on the new cabinet members in the coming weeks, Ambassador will be reinforcing the U.S [...]	2006-02-12 08:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT497	KUWAIT: CONSULTATIONS WITH EU TROIKA [...] (SBU) On February 11, Ambassador met with his counterparts from Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom in the EU Troika format for a round of regular consultations. (The EU Commission does not have a resident rep in Kuwait.) Main points of the discussion are contained below. 2. (SBU) The [...]	2006-02-12 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU KU
06KUWAIT524	KUWAIT'S OPEC GOV ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 13 meeting with Econ Officer, Kuwait's OPEC Governor Ms. Seham Razzouqi said that Kuwait "did not appreciate" the comments in the recent SOTU address about U.S. "addiction to oil" and a need to reduce dependency on oil imports from the Middle East. Sh [...]	2006-02-14 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT538	NEW MINISTER OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior (MOI) and Minister of Defense (MOD),Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on February 14 to congratulate him on his appointment as Interior Minister. Shaykh Jaber, already Minister of Defense since 2001, was installe [...]	2006-02-14 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ELAB MOPS KU
06KUWAIT563	UPDATE: KUWAIT JOINT STATE-DOD GROUP ADDRESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 14, the joint State-DOD Avian Influenza (AI) working group (Refs A & B) met to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing dialogue with GOK Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAFR) officials regarding Kuwaiti concerns about the pote [...]	2006-02-19 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KFLU KU IZ
06KUWAIT587	RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...]	2006-02-21 05:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN
06KUWAIT588	RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...]	2006-02-21 05:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN
06KUWAIT601	NEW PRIME MINISTER PROMISES ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: During his first meeting with the Ambassador as Kuwait's new Prime Minister, Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah said Kuwait would look different in six months and that he had instructed his Cabinet to streamline the bureaucracy so that the GOK could proceed with importa [...]	2006-02-21 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KU
06KUWAIT608	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: OIL, DEMOCRACY, AND U.S. [...] Monday, 20 February 2006 -- Dr. Hamoud Abdullah Al-Raqaba former Minister of Energy wrote in the moderate daily Al-Watan under the title "The American President George Bush's Statements": "The American President George Bush said a few days ago that by the year 2020 the United States of Americ [...]	2006-02-21 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT656	FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 call to congratulate the Minister on her re-appointment as Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak was generally optimistic about the new Government and echoed the Prime Minister's recent co [...]	2006-02-27 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT676	PROMISING OIL AND GAS DISCOVERIES IN NORTH KUWAIT [...] (U) On February 28, local newspapers reported a "major onshore gas discovery" with "commercial potential" in north Kuwait. The discovery, at the well named Umm Niqa 1, is reported to be in the Middle Jurassic Najmah-Sargela formation. Earlier light oil discoveries in late 2005 prompted engi [...]	2006-02-28 11:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT702	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] Thursday, 23 February 2006 -- Arab Times Front page "Urgent pleas against civil war" -- Al-Qabas Front page "Iraq races against sectarian violence" -- Al-Qabas p. 3 "The Amir denounces the explosion at the Imam Al-Hadi mausoleum: terrorist acts far from the teachings of our religion" [...]	2006-03-04 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT703	FREEDOM AGENDA: INFORMATION MINISTER REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 1, 2006 meeting with the Ambassador, the newly re-appointed Minister of Information commented optimistically about progress made on the draft press law and reduction in the number of political constituencies in Kuwait, two key Freedom Agenda elements. The Minister e [...]	2006-03-04 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU PREL IZ KMPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT724	NEW NGO LOBBIES GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT ON EXPAT [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on March 1st with the Social Work Society (SWS) of Kuwait, a new NGO devoted to advocating for expatriate labor rights. The NGO claims it has found corruption in the GOK's dealings with foreign laborers, but it is optimistic about the new government's declared focus on [...]	2006-03-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT748	AMRE MOUSSA REAPPOINTMENT AS ARAB LEAGUE SECGEN A [...] (C) The Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait commented to the Ambassador on March 5 about President Mubarak's recent attempts to convince Gulf leaders to gather support for Amre Moussa's re-appointment as the Arab League's Secretary General. He said that he had not seen any press coverage of this a [...]	2006-03-05 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EG KU XF
06KUWAIT768	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES [...] Summary: Kuwait's National Assembly ratified on March 6 a new Press and Publications law. It will now be sent to the Cabinet which has one month to approve or reject. If they do not respond, the law will be considered to be in force. The National Assembly approved amendments that the Governm [...]	2006-03-06 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT807	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQI SUNNIS, [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah repeated a request he made to the Secretary soliciting U.S. support for a nuclear-free zone in the Gulf in addition to a proposed anti-bigotry resolution at the UNGA. Shaykh Dr. Mohamm [...]	2006-03-09 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT841	AMBASSADOR'S ATTEMPTS TO TIE DOWN CONCESSIONARY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador March 8 that the GOK has instructed Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to renew the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel contract and urged that U.S. negotiators meet with KPC representatives. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed ad [...]	2006-03-13 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT848	KPC CEO ON GAS PROJECTS, FOREIGN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: KPC CEO Hani Hussain told Ambassador on March 12 that Kuwait's recently announced discoveries included "very respectable amounts of gas," and expected usable production of the new gas resources within "three to four years." Hussain said that this gas discovery would not elimina [...]	2006-03-13 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT849	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-13 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT85	FREEDOM AGENDA: MOST SAY WOMEN WON'T WIN, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Automatic registration of female voters began in late December and the Ministry of Interior announced January 7 that almost 195,000 names have been added to the electoral rolls, doubling the number of eligible voters. Verification of voter information is underway and the regist [...]	2006-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT850	KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE: A BUBBLE BURSTING OR MARKET [...] (U) The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) Price Index appears to be experiencing a long-anticipated correction (see ref B) after unprecedented growth over the past five years. KSE experienced its heaviest loss on March 8, dropping 450 points at one point before closing the trading week at 10,705 p [...]	2006-03-13 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN KU
06KUWAIT87	A/S WAYNE AND TREASURY DAS SAEED ENGAGE KUWAITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indust [...]	2006-01-10 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON KPAL AF LE IZ IS KU
06KUWAIT88	CENTRAL BANK DEP GOVERNOR TALKS TERROR FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed met January 7 with Central Bank of Kuwait Deputy Governor Dr. Nabeel Al-Mannae and other Central Bank officials to discuss coordination of terror-finance interdiction and anti-money laundering initiatives. A/S Wayne was accompanied by the [...]	2006-01-10 10:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
06KUWAIT89	A/S WAYNE ENGAGES GOK ON TRADE, TIFA, TAXES, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indu [...]	2006-01-10 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON BEXP KU
06KUWAIT894	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait March 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 04:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT908	KPC CEO ON GAS PROJECTS, FOREIGN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: KPC CEO Hani Hussain told Ambassador on March 12 that Kuwait's recently announced discoveries included "very respectable amounts of gas," and expected usable production of the new gas resources within "three to four years." Hussain said that this gas discovery would not elimina [...]	2006-03-16 08:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT921	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-18 10:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT97	AMIR'S DEATH: THE POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Amir's death on January 15 (ref A) was widely expected in Kuwait and is unlikely to have a significant impact on the country's political/economic direction or U.S.-Kuwaiti relations. As per the succession law, Crown Prince Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah [...]	2006-01-15 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT972	FREEDOM AGENDA: THE PROPOSED NEW LABOR LAW: [...] (U) Summary: The Government has identified passing a new Labor Law as one of its legislative priorities, though Post contacts doubt its passage in the short term. The Kuwait Bar Association held March 13 a seminar to debate the benefits of a proposed new Labor Law. The participants, represen [...]	2006-03-20 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT995	FREEDOM AGENDA: ISLAMISTS SHARE VIEWS ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The DCM hosted on March 18 an "American diwaniya," inviting influential Islamists, both Shi'a and Sunni, to discuss their political views and objectives, the prospects for political reform in Kuwait, and the impact of sectarian violence in Iraq on Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. [...]	2006-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU ISLAMISTS FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT998	NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...]	2006-03-21 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU
06KYIV3998	UKRAINE'S NATURAL GAS STORAGE: TANKS ARE FULL BUT WHO OWNS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko announced on October 11 that Ukraine had pumped 25.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into its underground storage facilities. The amount, according to Boyko, was sufficient to both guarantee steady gas transit to Europe and meet increased domestic d [...]	2006-10-18 09:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4021	UKRAINE: WHO WERE THE FATHERLAND'S DEFENDERS? THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Orthodox feast day of Pokrova (October 14),marked for centuries to honor defenders of the fatherland, occasioned three dueling marches in downtown Kyiv between elderly veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and nationalist supporters on the one hand and Communists [...]	2006-10-18 10:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ASEC UP
06KYIV4089	UKRAINE GETS $130 NATURAL GAS FOR 2007 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych confidently announced October 24 that he had just received word from Moscow that Ukraine in 2007 would receive 55 billion cubic meters of imported natural gas at a price no greater than $130 per thousand cubic meters. All that remained, he said [...]	2006-10-25 15:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4132	UKRAINE: MINISTER DZHARTY ON VANCO PSA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Environment Minister Vasyl Dzharty October 26 to advocate for foreign investment in Ukraine's off-shore and to request an update on the GOU's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) talks with U.S. company Vanco. Dzharty stated he favored foreign investment for developin [...]	2006-10-27 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG UP
06KYIV4138	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE HAMPERED BY DISORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko has begun to respond to attempts by the Yanukovych/Regions team to tip the balance of power in its favor. He has brought in a more professional senior team to the Presidential Secretariat and taken steps to counter policies he does not support. However, the [...]	2006-10-30 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4154	UKRAINE: AIRLINE TICKET PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER THREAT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kyiv representative office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) informed member airlines on October 24 that Ukrainian government agencies were trying to prevent IATA from implementing its billing and settlement plan (BSP) -- the industry-standard clearing [...]	2006-11-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN BEXP KCOR UP
06KYIV4175	UKRAINE: TARASYUK ON COORDINATING FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary. A tired FM Borys Tarasyuk saw Ambassador late October 31 after returning from Estonia and Finland. He diagrammed the current players in Ukrainian foreign policy formulation, stating that his role as the fulcrum was to prevent encroachment by PM Yanukovych's team onto Presidenti [...]	2006-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4183	UKRAINE MAKES PROGRESS ON WTO LEGISLATION [...] Summary: Ukraine's Parliament adopted on November 2 two laws identified as required for WTO accession. Parliament made further progress on legislation November 2-3, passing another eight WTO-related laws in the first reading, with significantly large majorities. Parliamentary "hearings" on [...]	2006-11-03 17:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4187	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ON COOPERATION OR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with a confident PM Viktor Yanukovych Nov. 2 to discuss Yanukovych's planned trip to Washington in December and the current domestic political situation. Yanukovych centered the conversation around two options going forward vis-a-vis President Yushchenko - cooper [...]	2006-11-03 17:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4216	UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met on November 7 with Valeriy Pyatnytskiy, Deputy Minister of Economy and Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator. Pyatnytskiy briefed on recent progress with outstanding WTO-related legislation (ref B) and [...]	2006-11-08 10:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO UP
06KYIV4229	UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]	2006-11-09 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4237	UKRAINE'S WTO ACCESSION: 11/9 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The key outstanding tasks for Ukraine to accede to the WTO remain concluding its two remaining bilateral Market Access Agreements, passing WTO-related legislation, and reaching agreement in multilateral negotiations on agricultural support levels. The GOU has made no substantia [...]	2006-11-13 05:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4251	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH LAYS MARKERS FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. During a long Sunday afternoon lunch with Ambassador November 12, Prime Minister Yanukovych said that while President Yushchenko held up general, vague concepts like the guarantee of Ukrainian independence as the benchmark for cooperation with the Yanukovych government, the Prime [...]	2006-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4285	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH MAKE ONE MORE TRY [...] (C) Summary. The Rada's November 15 decision not to vote for now on dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko following an 8-hour marathon meeting between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych November 13 suggests the two sides are still making a [...]	2006-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4290	UKRAINE: THE LONG ROAD TO REFORMING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Constitutional reform bill 4180 (now known by its Ministry of Justice number 2222) shifting powers from the President to the Prime Minister-led Cabinet of Ministers and Rada majority was adopted December 8, 2004 as part of the package to solve the political crisis ensuing from t [...]	2006-11-17 07:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4295	UKRAINE: EMBATTLED FM SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: "Orange" and embattled Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told visiting EUR A/S Fried that the U.S. approach to PM Yanukovych and the Party of Regions coalition was correct, arguing that Yanukovych had changed for the better. He noted that the PM's upcoming U.S. visit, and his des [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4298	UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO ON YUSHCHENKO, [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Hrytsenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that President Yushchenko's remote style interfered with his effectiveness, that PM Yanukovych was the most reasonable of the Regions' team in office and that the U.S. was right to seek to work with [...]	2006-11-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4299	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting November 17, President Yushchenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried that he was optimistic about making cohabitation work and his ability to move his relationship with PM Yushchenko and his team from coexistence to cooperation. He expressed concern about several [...]	2006-11-17 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP

06KYIV4302	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH TELLS A/S FRIED: UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that he was determined to bring Ukraine to Europe, meaning the WTO soon, and eventually into the EU and NATO. The latter would take time, both to change currently ambivalent public opinion and also to strengthe [...]	2006-11-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4304	11/17 WTO UPDATE: UKRAINE MAKES GREAT STRIDES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament made remarkable progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, and has now adopted 12 out of 21 required laws. GOU leaders clearly had given orders to move forward on the legislation, likely in order to help smooth the way for PM Yanukovych's [...]	2006-11-17 16:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4313	UKRAINE: ENGAGING YANUKOVYCH, THE MAN OF THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Love him or hate him, the Ukrainian political elite and intelligentsia agree that Prime Minister Yanukovych is the man to deal with right now. Four months ago Yanukovych was painted variously as a puppet of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the Party of Regions, or the Kremlin, but he ha [...]	2006-11-20 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4315	EXPLAINING UKRAINE'S BURST OF ENERGY ON WTO [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's recent progress on WTO-related legislation does not mark a shift in GOU policy, but rather demonstrates that fears of the GOU's lack of commitment to prompt WTO accession were overblown. A fortuitous alignment of several political factors may have accelerated the proces [...]	2006-11-20 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4362	UKRAINE: "ORANGE" RIFTS DEEPENING TWO YEARS AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution, November 22, a crowd of 500 or so gathered on the Maidan to commemorate the rise of democracy in Ukraine. Few leaders of the Maidan were there to share in the event. Disheartened by the failure to form a new "orange" government [...]	2006-11-22 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4375	UKRAINE: COALMINE METHANE-1 PROJECT - OPIC RESPONSE [...] Summary. The following information is sent in response to reftel action request for embassy comments and clearance on OPIC financing for a coalbed methane project involving Ukrainian companies EnergoCapital, EnergoImpex, and Gorlovsky. Post was unable to ascertain definitive ownership informa [...]	2006-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV UP
06KYIV4383	UKRAINE: VOTERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy, representatives from several USG-funded NGO's (NDI, IRI, Freedom House and IOM) and monitors from ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observed four repeat mayoral elections this month, all in the central Ukraine heartland which gave plural [...]	2006-11-29 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4407	UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...]	2006-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG PL UP
06KYIV4414	UKRAINE: THE HOLODOMOR AND THE POLITICS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of moving commemorations November 25 of the 73rd anniversary of the holodomor ("Great Famine"),Stalin's man-made famine 1932-33 that led to the death of an estimated 5-10 million Ukrainians in Ukraine and the Russian Kuban region, the Rada passed in a single rea [...]	2006-11-30 16:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4415	11/30 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Parliament continued its progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, adopting five additional laws, four of which related to the agricultural sector. Parliament has now adopted 17 out of the 21 required laws. On the eve of PM Yanukovych's [...]	2006-11-30 16:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4432	UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY: [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4484	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS DEBT TO ROSUKRENERGO; STILL OWES [...] (U) On December 4, Ukraine's state oil and gas monopolist NaftoHaz paid off its $306 million debt to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) for 1Q2006 natural gas supplies, according to NaftoHaz Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Kovalko. In a December 7 press interview, Kovalko said NaftoHaz paid the debt with part of a [...]	2006-12-07 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN PINR RS TX UP
06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4531	12/8 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Prime Minister Yanukovych and Ukrainian trade negotiators held talks with USTR during a visit to Washington, Dec 4-7 Ukraine's Rada (parliament) passed one more WTO-related law. This brings the total number of laws adopted to 18 out of the proposed 21. One more law remain [...]	2006-12-08 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4542	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested reftel, below Post provides updated information on child labor in Ukraine, for use in the preparation of the 2006 report Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Post has chosen to answer each of the questions posed in reftel as "Indicators" under the five topical headings. [...]	2006-12-13 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV4576	12/15 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) this week adopted another WTO-related law, on scrap metal and steel, bringing the total number of adopted laws to 19 out of the 21 considered necessary for accession. Local media, however, fueled by some GOU officials, are erroneously reporting th [...]	2006-12-15 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4600	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE REGROUPING [...] (C) Summary. The People's Union Our Ukraine (PUOU) party, the dominant party inside the Our Ukraine bloc, is cleaning house in a move to reenergize itself, bring the party back under the President's wing, and possibly to regroup for new elections. The biggest shake-ups came in the party leade [...]	2006-12-22 07:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV4648	12/22 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian WTO negotiators held consultations with Working Party members in Geneva on December 18. The GOU is anxious for feedback on its recently passed legislation, although anticipates having to make some additional legislative fixes to ensure WTO conformity. A law on biotec [...]	2006-12-22 11:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4660	UKRAINE: MR. PUTIN COMES TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a compressed one-day visit to Kyiv December 22, his first since March 2005 and the second since Ukraine's November-December 2004 Orange Revolution. Putin and Yushchenko met for two-and-a-half hours alone, without notetakers. After the for [...]	2006-12-27 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UP
06KYIV4681	UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF [...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]	2006-12-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06LAGOS1000	EBONYI STATE GOVERNOR SAYS PRESIDENCY WILL GO NORTH [...] (C) Summary: During a June 25 meeting, Ebonyi State Governor Sam Egwu told the Consul General that the Presidency should go to a Northerner, with the Vice Presidency to an Igbo Southeasterner. Egwu sensed that, through a process of elimination of the more vocal and also more contentious Igbo [...]	2006-07-18 08:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1001	CHIEF HORSFALL SAYS OBASANJO INATTENTIVE TO THE [...] (C) Chief Albert Horsfall, recently named by President Obasanjo as Honorary Advisor to the President on Social and Economic Development of the Coastal States of the Niger Delta, told the Consul General short-term results and a long-term comprehensive plan are needed to stave additional unres [...]	2006-07-18 13:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EAID NI
06LAGOS102	COMMUNICATIONS PATCHED BETWEEN SHELL AND OIL [...] (C) USG and HMG interests, views, and actions have remained tightly aligned during the Shell contractor hostage crisis. However, we have noted a growing gap between Shell and the contractor companies Tidex and Ecodrill. Shell is concerned the contractors are engaging in a line of communica [...]	2006-01-26 19:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1023	EFCC ARRESTS PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN MIKE ADENUGA [...] (C) Summary. On July 9, Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Mike Adenuga, Chairman of Globacom Limited and indigenous oil company Conoil, and key financial partner of presidential candidate Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) on allegations of financial impropriety. Adenuga [...]	2006-07-24 15:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS1024	NIGERIA SSH OBLIGATION STATUS [...] The SSH committee has identified eleven special self-help projects to fund for FY 2006. The signing of the project, with activity agreements signings pending will take place after final site visits. Mission has implemented shifted Ambassador Campbell''s decision to transferthe focus of the SS [...]	2006-07-24 16:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SOCI AFIN AMGT NI
06LAGOS1025	A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF GOVERNOR DUKE [...] (C) Cross River State Governor Donald Duke is intelligent, young and charismatic. The Nigerian media is overwhelmingly favorable, portraying him as one of Nigeria's ablest governors, a bona-fide economic and political reformer capable of higher office in 2007. However, opposition figures in [...]	2006-07-25 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1029	COMMUNITY YOUTHS OCCUPY BAYELSA AGIP FACILITY; [...] (C) The Deputy Managing Director (MD) for AGIP, subsidiary of Italian oil major ENI, confirmed that unidentified youths occupied an AGIP flow station at Ogbainbiri, Bayelsa State on July 25. The remote station is accessible by a 45-minute helicopter flight west from AGIP's main export termi [...]	2006-07-26 16:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1030	SHELL AIMS FOR A YEAR-END PRODUCTION START FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, Shell Exploration and Production Executive Vice-President Ann Pickard, Shell's ranking executive in Nigeria, said Shell was negotiating re-entry and new global Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with communities in the Forcados area, which wa [...]	2006-07-26 17:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1033	TRANSCORP BEGINS TO LOOM ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. In being selected by the Government of Nigeria to purchase the controlling interest in NITEL, the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN) has bagged the biggest catch thus far in Nigeria's privatization exercise. Fueled by NITEL and their other acquisitions, TCN is rapidly bec [...]	2006-07-27 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
06LAGOS1036	SENATE PRESIDENT FORESEES DELAYED ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a July 13 conversation with the Consul General, Senate President Ken Nnamani claimed he diplomatically resisted pressure to facilitate President Obasanjo's push for a third-term. Considering President Obasanjo's tenure extension diathesis, the Independent National Electoral Commissio [...]	2006-07-27 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1040	FRONTRUNNING LAGOS PDP GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT [...] Chief Funso Williams, a leading contender for the PDP's nomination to run for Governor of Lagos State in 2007, was murdered in his home in Ikoyi, Lagos, in the early morning July 27. Williams had returned home around 2 a.m. after a long meeting with his political allies. He apparently was in [...]	2006-07-28 09:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1043	YOUTHS CONTINUE TO HOLD AGIP WORKERS; SHELL MOVES [...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips management, joint venture partner for AGIP, confirmed that local youths continued to hold approximately forty AGIP employees at an AGIP flow station in Bayelsa State (reftel). The AGIP employees have now been confined to the flow station for three days. ConocoPhillips [...]	2006-07-28 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1048	BAYELSA SSG DISCUSSES IJAW MILITANTS' OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Bayelsa Secretary to the State Government Dr. Godknows Igali said steps must be taken quickly to improve the prospects of Niger Delta inhabitants in order to prevent more kidnappings of expatriate oil workers. The Secretary claims FNDIC leader Tom Polo has been momentarily placated by Pr [...]	2006-07-31 13:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1073	FUNSHO WILLIAMS' DEATH LEADS TO ANGER AND DISARRAY [...] (U) Funsho Williams, a leading Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant for Lagos State, was murdered in his home on July 27. Lending this sad event a touch of bitter irony, Williams was killed just several hours after the Lagos Police Commissioner held a meeting with PDP gubern [...]	2006-08-04 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1080	POLITICAL VIEWS, SURPRISING OFFER FROM DELTA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 10:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1083	ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNOR LOSING CONTROL [...] (C) Summary. Despite the fanfare surrounding his three year judicial battle to claim the seat he won in the 2003 gubernatorial election, Anambra State Governor Peter Obi's brief tenure has been marred by instability and violence (reftels). The apparent triumph of justice over power has faded [...]	2006-08-09 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1087	KADUNA GOVERNOR BULLISH ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a late July conversation with the Consul General, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi predicted the presidency would return to the north. Among the Northern governors, Makarfi thought he had the inside track to getting President Obasanjo's approval and clinching the PDP nominatio [...]	2006-08-09 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1095	BELLVIEW AND ARIK AIRLINES SEEK U.S. DIRECT ROUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. Bellview and Arik Airlines recently have received approval by the Aviation Ministry to fly direct routes to the United States, according to aviation insiders. Virgin Nigeria (VN) has accused the Aviation Ministry of breaching the Memorandum of Mutual Undertaking (MMU) which VN [...]	2006-08-11 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS1107	LAGOS GOVERNOR TINUBU ON FUNSHO WILLIAMS' MURDER [...] (C) During an August 6 conversation with the Consul General, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu hypothesized that PDP National Vice Chairman for the Southwest Olabode (Bode) George engineered the recent murder of Funsho Williams, a leading contender for the Lagos State PDP gubernatorial nominat [...]	2006-08-16 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1111	PORT HARCOURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLOSED [...] (U) According to the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),Port Harcourt International Airport will close immediately for runway repairs. These repairs will take until late December, predicted NCAA Director General Harold Demuren. This closure occurs two months earl [...]	2006-08-18 20:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ASEC NI
06LAGOS1121	DELTA SITREP #7 [...] (C) SSS continues to negotiate with the kidnappers. Governor Odili told us that the talks had hit a momentary pause because of some disagreement among the kidnappers. Apparently, the kidnappers are somewhat factionalized and discussions were being conducted with both factions. Now, a single [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1133	BIRD FLU SPREADS TO SOUTHWEST NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus is spreading at an alarming rate in Southwest Nigeria, the region which accounts for about 80 percent of poultry production in Nigeria. President Obasanjo's poultry farm in Ota, Ogun State, reportedly has been severely affected. Many Poultry [...]	2006-08-25 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06LAGOS1183	OIL MAJORS SAY STRIKE UNLIKELY TO IMPACT PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Top executives of oil majors predict the strike planned for September 13 will take place. Chevron and Shell believe their in-house unions, although they will honor the strike, will do nothing to disrupt production. Total, which has both production and distribution businesses i [...]	2006-09-12 17:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ELAB AA
06LAGOS1218	DAMACHI: OBASANJO FAVORS ODILI, TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] (C) On September 7 Professor Ukande Damachi, long-time advisor to Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) and an established Mission contact, told the Consul General that President Obasanjo was intent on garroting Babangida,s presidential ambitions but Babangida was adamant about ru [...]	2006-09-25 11:19:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1220	LAWYER CLAIMS EFCC CHAIRMAN INTENT TO SIDELINE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 10 meeting with the Consul General, Femi Falana, President of the West Africa Bar Association and confidant of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, said Ribadu's lodestar was to sideline as many politicians, particularly presiden [...]	2006-09-25 15:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1227	FORMER PRESIDENT SEES OBASANJO CLINGING TO POWER [...] (C) In an early September discussion with the Consul General, former head of state Abdulsalam Abubakar gauged President Obasanjo as unwilling to leave office. Abudulsalam criticized Obasanjo for stoking the North-South political rivalry to sow confusion so that he can remain in office past t [...]	2006-09-26 15:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS124	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #19 [...] (C) We have received several explanations for the breakdown of last night's hostage release. In addition to the presence of military patrol boats that allegedly frightened the kidnappers from leaving their hide-out (reftel A),Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said a [...]	2006-01-28 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1248	PRESIDENT'S LAWYER:PRESIDENT IS "COMPARATIVELY [...] (C) Summary: Wale Babalakin, private legal counsel to President Obasanjo and head of one of Nigeria's largest law firms, told Consul General that the President's trust in an inept corps of advisors has led to much of the current negative press reports, including the embarrassment over Trans [...]	2006-10-03 16:53:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS125	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #20 [...] (C) The hoped-for release of the four oil service company employees did not take place last night. Commenting on this latest in a series of miscues, Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said the release was postponed because the kidnappers disagreed over to whom to releas [...]	2006-01-29 13:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1250	IMO STATE GOVERNOR TOSSES HIS HAT INTO THE [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation late August with the Consul General, Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa asserted that his bid for the PDP presidential nomination was genuine, not a bargaining chip to secure an important but lesser federal office. Udenwa declared now was the time for an Igbo [...]	2006-10-04 06:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1256	ITSEKIRI CHIEF AWAITING DEVELOPMENT DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Itsekiri Chief Hope Harriman told the Consul General on September 18 that the State and Federal government had done little to revitalize Warri, the economic center of Delta State and traditional home of the Itsekiri. Harriman inveighed against Chevron for failing to hon [...]	2006-10-05 08:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1263	MILITANTS CONTINUE TO HOLD HOSTAGES; NO AMERICANS [...] (U) Summary: Seven expatriate employees of contractors for ExxonMobil kidnapped October 3 remain in captivity. No American citizens are involved in the incident. End Summary. 2. (C) The seven expatriates kidnapped on October 3 remain in captivity. The hostages, whose nationalities have [...]	2006-10-05 17:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1285	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS THROUGH [...] (U) Summary: These snippets of political information from southern Nigeria are offered for their insights into the politics of the region. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- - Another Voice Saying the EFCC Has Lost Its Way ------------------------------------------ [...]	2006-10-17 15:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1292	IMPEACHMENT FEVER HITS ANAMBRA: GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The PDP National Chairman Ali and other national party executives went to Anambra yesterday for the ostensible purpose of dissuading the State Assembly members from impeaching Governor Obi, the lone APGA governor in Nigeria. There may be less to this mission than meets the eye. [...]	2006-10-19 14:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1305	IJAW CHIEF: WARRI IS A POWDER KEG [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 18, national Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark told the Consul General that, due to the eruptive mixture of poverty, ethnic rivalry and imminent electoral politics, Warri, Delta State, has become a powder keg waiting to ignite. Clark strongly advocated Nigeria,s next pr [...]	2006-10-26 17:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1306	OLU OF WARRI: DELTA IS VOLATILE, ITSEKIRI SIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 20 the Olu of Warri, the preeminent Itsekiri ruler, told the Consul General that Delta State,s deteriorating security situation, compounded by the low number of locals employed by oil companies, has created a volatile situation. Despite poor development in Delta, the [...]	2006-10-26 17:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1313	STATE INECS PREPARE FITFULLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Before the announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) that nationwide registration would be postponed until October 25, Poloff took a swing through Nigeria's six Southwestern States to assess the status of voter registration. State INEC officials told Poloff [...]	2006-10-30 13:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1317	THE GODFATHER OF OYO STATE CHOOSES HIS MAN [...] (C) Summary. Oyo State strongman Lamidi Adedibu and current Oyo State Governor Christopher Alao-Akala have ended the feud between them. In return for the old man's support for his 2007 gubernatorial bid, Akala has promised to share some government funds with Adedibu, who, in turn, will use [...]	2006-10-31 07:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1320	FOLLOW THE ROADS TO FIND THE PROBLEMS IN EDO STATE [...] Summary: Conflictual politics and benighted leadership in local and state governments have contributed to miserable conditions for the residents in Edo State, best characterized by the overloaded, cratered roads of this trade-oriented State. Governor Lucky Igbinedion, lacking both vision and [...]	2006-11-01 07:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1352	UTOMI: WHO IS THE CLEVEREST POLITICAL PLAYER? [...] (C) Summary. During an October 19 conversation with the Consul General, Presidential aspirant and Lagos Business School Director Pat Utomi asserted that President Obasanjo masterminded the impeachment crisis in Ekiti State as part of his strategy to sow political confusion in order to postpone [...]	2006-11-14 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1360	GON HAS SURRENDERED DEFACTO CONTROL OF CREEKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Consulate Lagos submits this missive to complement Abuja 2974. This message provides the consulate's perspective which is in close accord with that offered in Reftel. As things now stand, the Government of Nigeria (GON) has surrendered de facto control over large swathes of the [...]	2006-11-17 13:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1364	OGUN STATE GOVERNOR'S FORMULA FOR RE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ogun State Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel appears in firm control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) apparatus in his State and is favored to win a second term. The Daniel administration has increased revenues, slightly improved public services, and continued road construct [...]	2006-11-21 11:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS137	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...]	2006-01-31 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1371	OONI & MINISTER KAYODE: ODILI IS STRONG, NEXT [...] (C) Summary. On October 23, the Consul General met then Minister of Culture and Tourism (now the Minister of Aviation) Chief Fani Kayode, and the Ooni of Ife, the Yoruba's most prominent traditional leader and a close ally of President Obasanjo. The Ooni said President Obasanjo was prepared [...]	2006-11-22 11:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1373	GOVERNOR ODILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Due to his purported friendship with President Obasanjo and the money at his disposal, Rivers State Governor Peter Odili is currently the south's most formidable candidate for the 2007 PDP presidential nomination. His Igbo heritage and south-south background serve to make him an [...]	2006-11-22 12:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1376	BRITON KILLED, ITALIAN INJURED IN [...] (C) The British hostage kidnapped from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel November 22 was killed during a fusillade between the hostage-takers and a military patrol boat the day of the kidnapping. The six other hostages were freed as a result of this encounter. AGIP's Deputy Managing Director, Akin [...]	2006-11-24 15:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS138	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...]	2006-01-31 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1387	REFORMIST PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT LEARNS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 conversation with Consul General, reformist presidential aspirant Pat Utomi said he had been making the campaign rounds. Utomi was optimistic about teaming with Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu and Tinubu's new party, Action Congress (AC). Utomi was traveling to Ab [...]	2006-11-30 11:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06LAGOS1396	ABIA STATE SUPPORTERS SWITCH PARTIES TO BACK KALU [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State Governor Orji Kalu's aides claim President Obasanjo has punished the State, by withholding federal resources and assistance, for Kalu's vociferous opposition to President Obasanjo. In support of Kalu's presidential bid, Kalu's advisors say his youth would allow him [...]	2006-12-04 13:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06LAGOS1403	OPPOSING PDP FACTIONS VIE FOR CONTROL OF THE ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani is seeking to continue his hold on power by transferring the governor's seat to his closest advisers in the Ebeano faction of the Enugu State People's Democratic Party (PDP). President of the Senate Ken Nnamani (no relation to Governor Nnama [...]	2006-12-06 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1406	POLITICAL ADVISOR WARNS OF IMPENDING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Consul General, long-time advisor to former head of state Ibrahim Babangida (IBB),Ukandi Damachi, discussed the soured relations between IBB and President Obasanjo, suggesting the two heavyweights may be approaching a head-on collision because of their antagonis [...]	2006-12-07 13:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1416	CONFIRMED: MEND HOLDS 4 EXPAT HOSTAGES; NO [...] (SBU) According to an Agip contact, three Italian and one Lebanese Agip employees remain hostage. According to this interlocutor, no Americans were involved in the December 7 attack near Brass in Bayelsa. Agip stated that a group purporting to be MEND has claimed responsibility for the kidna [...]	2006-12-11 16:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1417	DHRF GRANT ENCOURAGES WOMEN CANDIDATES IN NIGER DELTA [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-eight women candidates, campaign coordinators, and aspiring political and party leaders attended the October 24-25 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) workshop, QMainstreaming Women Leaders into the Political Process in NigeriaQs Niger Delta States of Rivers, Bayelsa, D [...]	2006-12-12 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV EAID ECON SOCI NI
06LAGOS1419	BAYELSA SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES IJAW MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20 Dr. Godknows Igali, Secretary to the State Government of Bayelsa, told the Consul General and British Deputy High Commissioner he has made headway establishing relations with several Ijaw militant leaders whereby he can now dissuade them from disruptive violence. H [...]	2006-12-12 16:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1420	POLITICAL INSIDER ARGUES YAR'ADUA IS LIKELY PDP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 conversation with Consul General, United Bank of Africa (UBA) Managing Director (MD) Tony Elumelu evaluated People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential frontrunners. Elumelu suggested Katsina Governor Yar'Adua was President Obasanjo's favorite. Yar'Adua, who had [...]	2006-12-13 11:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1429	GOVERNOR ODILI ON THE OUTS AND IBB TOO [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with the Consul General, longtime contact Professor Damachi stated Rivers Governor Odili has been squeezed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give up his presidential candidacy and control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) [...]	2006-12-15 22:08:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1432	SHELL, AGIP CONFIRM CAR BOMBS DETONATED; NO [...] (C) Mike Achu, Corporate Security Coordinator for Shell Petroleum and Development Corporation, confirmed that a car bomb was detonated on the Shell compound in Port Harcourt on December 18. The car in which the bomb was planted, as well as several other cars parked nearby, were damaged in th [...]	2006-12-18 16:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1436	SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS OYO STATE IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruling upholding an earlier appeal court decision has returned Rashidi Ladoja to the Oyo State governorship he unceremoniously lost eleven months ago due to the machinations of political strongman Lamidi Adedibu. The Supreme Court decision is a victory for the [...]	2006-12-19 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS172	24,900 Blank Passports Missing; Nigeria Immigration [...] SUMMARY: Nigeria Immigration Service has approached Amconsul Lagos with information regarding 24,900 blank passports that have recently been discovered missing, and are now cancelled. This comes at the same time that local media outlets are reporting 200 passport adjudicators being fired due t [...]	2006-02-07 08:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD PGOV NI
06LAGOS224	TELECOM UPDATE:SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD UNIFIED [...] (C) Telecom operators are negotiating with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to implement a unified licensing policy allowing both fixed wireless and mobile licensees to provide services for voice, data and multimedia. Fixed Wireless (FW) operators are pressing for the unified poli [...]	2006-02-15 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV CH NI
06LAGOS226	NDDC OFFICIAL SAYS IJAW MILITANTS LIKELY TO STRIKE [...] (S/NF) During a February 11 conversation with the Consul General, Timi Alaibe, Executive Director for Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),expressed fear that Ijaw militants would soon honor their threats to cause more disruption in the Delta. Alaibe a [...]	2006-02-16 08:58:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS248	SHELL FLOWSTATION CLOSED AMID HEIGHTENED DELTA [...] (U) Tensions have increased in the Delta but accounts vary widely as to what actually has occurred to spark the tension and what all this might portend. Amidst the swirl of conflicting reports, what we can relay with some certitude is that a Shell flowstation in Rivers State has closed and t [...]	2006-02-17 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS249	NIGERIA: NINE HOSTAGES SEIZED, INCLUDING AMCITS, [...] (C) Nine expatriate hostages were taken from a Willbros construction barge around 7:15am. The barge was working on a Shell platform in Forcados, Delta State. The hostage-takers boarded the vessel, and afterward selected the nine from the 45 expatriate and 55 Nigerian workers on the barge at [...]	2006-02-18 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS251	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #3 [...] (C) MEND released a statement claiming the hostages are in good health. Willbros has contacted all next-of-kin. Delta State governor James Ibori has been appointed Chair of a committee to resolve the hostage crisis. Due to security concerns, Shell has not been able to fully assess damage to [...]	2006-02-19 14:57:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS261	VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU ON THE THIRD TERM [...] (C) During a February 11 conversation with the Consul General, embattled Vice President Atiku expostulated that President Obasanjo was fixated on running for a third term with a new running mate. Atiku said Obasanjo had no successor in mind for the presidency and would seek to clip the wing [...]	2006-02-21 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF NI
06LAGOS27	FOUR OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES REPORTEDLY [...] (U)Summary: On January 12, Tidex, an American oil services company, reported an American employee and 3 other expatriates were kidnapped by a group of approximately40 armed men. The incident occurred aboard a Tidex vessel 7 miles off shore of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The abduction occurred at [...]	2006-01-12 10:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC
06LAGOS274	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6 [...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...]	2006-02-22 18:52:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS278	ONITSHA RIOTS: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES, NO [...] (SBU) In response to the recent disturbances in Maiduguri (reftel),lethal reprisals occurred in Onitsha and Nnewi, Anambra State on February 21 and 22. Press reports allege between 50 to 100 deaths. Nigerian Red Cross Director Abiodun Orebiyi said his volunteers counted 48 deaths and over 3 [...]	2006-02-23 17:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CASC NI
06LAGOS287	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8 [...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...]	2006-02-24 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS290	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #10 [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. ---------------------- Hostage Welfare Update ---------------------- 2. (C) Several sources continue to tell us the hostages are in good condition and will be released imminently. (Note: Post notes the history of government interlocuto [...]	2006-02-26 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS297	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #11 [...] (C) Chief Edwin Clark, a member of the Delta State negotiating committee, told Econoff more medicine was dispatched for the hostages on Saturday. ------------------- Negotiations Update ------------------- 2. (C) Clark and other sources around Warri told Econoff some of the hostages [...]	2006-02-27 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS3	NEW NDLEA CHAIRMAN PROMISES INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (C) In our first meeting with him, Ahmadu Giade, the new Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),promised cooperation to combat illegal narcotics trafficking would be "the best it has ever been." Consul General and DEA Attach explained the annual narcotics certification [...]	2006-01-03 10:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR NI
06LAGOS311	MINISTER DAUKORU'S GOALS AS OPEC PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) With Nigeria now holding the top two positions in OPEC, we expect OPEC President Minister Daukoru's priorities to be establishing market stability, achieving balanced production and price levels, producing more accurate demand projections, and gaining greater attention to environmental [...]	2006-03-01 10:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV NI
06LAGOS346	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19 [...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...]	2006-03-08 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS391	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 26 [...] (C) Shell sources, including NGO lead Judy Asuni, reiterated earlier messages of the militants' distrust of Delta State Governor Ibori, and the disagreement among the militants about releasing the remaining three hostages, with some willing to release now and others arguing against their rel [...]	2006-03-16 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS400	SOYINKA WILLING TO APPEAL TO HOSTAGE TAKERS [...] (C) Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka offered to deliver messages from the USG to the hostage-takers. He said he was in contact with the hostage-takers and would be meeting with one of their representatives in Enugu on Saturday, March 18. He confirmed they exchanged communication by e-mail, and th [...]	2006-03-17 16:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS417	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 29 [...] (C) Speaking behalf of the Oswalt family, Cody Oswalt's uncle Rickey Oswalt delivered a public plea for his release: "These men were taken so that your situation and demands (can) be heard by the world. Now that the world is aware of your situation, we ask that you release Cody, Russell, and [...]	2006-03-21 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI

06LAGOS427	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 30 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from a hostage-taker at the militant camp this afternoon, who allowed Conoff to speak to Cody Oswalt. Oswalt said he was fine, but he is still separated from the other two hostages. Oswalt asked Conoff to relay his wellbeing to his family, and also seemed in bette [...]	2006-03-22 15:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS429	BONGA SECURITY: IS DISTANCE ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM [...] (C) In a meeting with the Operations Manager of Nigeria,s first deepwater mega-project, Shell,s Bonga field, he delivered a sobering assessment of the security situation for the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels Bonga and the SeaEagle. His views are not necessarily [...]	2006-03-23 15:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG PTER NI
06LAGOS435	BONGA SECURITY: IS DISTANCE ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM [...] (C) In a meeting with the Operations Manager of Nigeria,s first deepwater mega-project, Shell,s Bonga field, he delivered a sobering assessment of the security situation for the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels Bonga and the SeaEagle. His views are not necessarily [...]	2006-03-24 07:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG PTER NI
06LAGOS476	EXXONMOBIL CONCERNS WITH MILITANTS BROADENING THE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with ExxonMobil (EM) Nigeria, a senior executive explained EM's concern with the deteriorating Nigerian security situation, the company's low-profile public affairs strategy, and its strategy to maintain harmonious relations with communities in Akwa Ibom State, its pr [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PTER NI
06LAGOS53	TRADITIONAL RULER SHARES OPINIONS ON 3RD TERM, [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General and PAO, the Ooni of Ife, traditional ruler of the Yorubas and influential power broker, said that President Obasanjo was planning on leaving office after 2007 rather than undertake the arduous task of amending the constitution. The Ooni ruled [...]	2006-01-17 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS54	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #5 [...] (C) Post confirmed additional attacks against Shell and AGIP perpetrated since January 11. A military intelligence source confirmed an attack against Shell's Ogbotobo flow station on January 16 with an unconfirmed number of casualties. Agip also reported other attacks on January 11, one ag [...]	2006-01-17 15:47:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS56	LAGOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RESOLVES AVIATION FUEL [...] (C) Summary. Airline operators and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAAN) confirmed aviation fuel is now available (see reftel) and that tanker drivers are transporting Jet A1 fuel to fill the reservoirs at Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport. Trucks that had been impounded by the Pr [...]	2006-01-18 10:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAIR EINV PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS589	STICKY PICKETS: ORGANIZED LABOR MAY BECOME A [...] Nigerian organized labor is still having problems gathering the consensus necessary to initiate action on a national-scale. Since mid-March, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has routinely postponed plans for a national picketing campaign to protest unfair labor practices. Possible reasons [...]	2006-05-03 10:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS595	EXXONMOBIL TERMINAL ATTACKED; TWO YOUTHS KILLED [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Nigeria's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT),Akwa Ibom State, was occupied by a group of youths armed with machetes on 2 May, due to a labor dispute. Government security forces (GSF) killed two youths and wounded two others. GSF have arrested ten of the youths. The attackers briefl [...]	2006-05-03 19:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER ELAB NI
06LAGOS60	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #6 [...] (C) At 7:45am January 18, an anonymous caller threatened Shell's Surfer-141 boat, which guards the Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel "Sea Eagle" and was chased in the January 11 attack. The caller identified himself as the "son of the chief;" however, Shell's most l [...]	2006-01-18 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS605	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NIGER DELTA MILITANT [...] (S/NF) On the morning of 11 April 2006, Lagos Acting Consul Howe, Lagos Econoff Marcinek, and Abuja Poloff Judah embarked on tour of the creeks around Warri Southwest Delta State. The tour was guided by the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC),members who have a close and overlapp [...]	2006-05-05 12:31:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EPAT PREL PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS606	TEXTS OF NIGER DELTA MILITANT LETTERS [...] (U) The following is the full text of the letter the chief of Oporoza village presented Conoffs. The letter lists the community's grievances against the GON and multi-national oil companies and was slightly edited for clarity. It is signed by the Oporoza secretary Lemon Gulbert. Begin te [...]	2006-05-05 12:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EPET PREL PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS607	GOVERNOR KALU BELIEVES OBASANJO THIRD TERM IS SUNK [...] (C) Abia State Governor Orji Kalu recently told the Consul General that opponents of the third term amendment have sufficient votes in the National Assembly to block Obasanjo's ambitions. Nevertheless, Kalu stated former military chiefs of state Ibrahim Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari and Vic [...]	2006-05-05 14:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS NI
06LAGOS647	AMCIT MURDER & WARRI CAR BOMB SUGGEST DANGEROUS [...] (C) The apparently targeted killing of AmCit oil service company worker Ricky Wiginton on May 10 is the latest incident of violence in the volatile Niger Delta region (reftel A). Nigerian security sources say this type of willful homicidal attack on an expatriate, particularly an American, i [...]	2006-05-12 15:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS668	IJAW ELDER WILLING TO GIVE OBASANJO'S DELTA [...] (C) Although at first opposed to the recently-established Delta Commission, Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark has agreed to Ijaw participation in the body. This agreement came as a result of an initially stormy late April meeting between Clark and Obasanjo. Clark's approval was conditioned on O [...]	2006-05-17 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET CASC NI
06LAGOS689	THIRD TERM DEFEAT TRIGGERS EUPHORIA AMONG SOUTHERN [...] (C) The demise of the third term amendment has most southern politicians happier than they have been in months. Many believe the President will not easily accept defeat and will search for another device to extend his presidency. Cynics believe he will foment or encourage unrest, particularly [...]	2006-05-20 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS69	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #8 [...] (C) Tidex received an answer to the e-mail they sent out to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) (ref A). The e-mail reiterated MEND's defensive warning that no rescue action should be taken and that any person found with a Nigerian soldier would be considered a soldi [...]	2006-01-19 18:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS690	THIRD TERM DEFEAT TRIGGERS EUPHORIA AMONG SOUTHERN [...] (C) The demise of the third term amendment has most southern politicians happier than they have been in months. Many believe the President will not easily accept defeat and will search for another device to extend his presidency. Cynics believe he will foment or encourage unrest, particularly [...]	2006-05-20 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI THIRDTERM
06LAGOS701	SENIOR BAYELSA OFFICIAL SEES MILITANTS AS A [...] (C) Summary: During a series of April 28-29 discussions with the Consul General, Bayelsa State Secretary of State Government, Dr. Godknows Igali, described militant activity in the Delta region as an inchoate "civil insurrection" that promised to expand. He emphasized the Ijaw militants re [...]	2006-05-23 11:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI
06LAGOS714	SENATOR DANJUMA TALKS ABOUT OBASANJO THIRD TERM [...] (C) During a May 22 conversation, Edo State Senator Daisy Danjuma gave a Senate insider's view of President Obasanjo's failed last-ditch efforts to garner her support for his third term bid. Obasanjo personally pleaded with her and her husband, Obasanjo's former Defense Minister, for support. [...]	2006-05-25 14:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI THIRDTERM
06LAGOS720	PRESIDENT TO RESHUFFLE CABINET AND PDP AFTER THIRD [...] (C) Transcorp Director and Obasanjo insider Otunba Funso Lawal told the Consul General the President, stung by the third term amendment defeat, was planning to reshuffle his cabinet and the PDP machinery to reward the faithful and to bruise the indifferent and disloyal. By these moves, Obasa [...]	2006-05-26 15:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI THIRDTERM
06LAGOS726	DEA VISIT TO GUINEA BISSAU [...] (C) DEA CA Sam Gaye visited Guinea-Bissau, May 18-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit was to meet Bissau-Guinean counter-narcotics officials to discuss trafficking trends, share intelligence, and provide the Judicial Police (PJ) with drug test kits. The PJ pleaded for more resources. The A [...]	2006-05-30 11:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER ASEC NI PU NARCOTICS
06LAGOS74	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #10 [...] (U) An Ecodrill representative attempted to set up a delivery of medicine to sick AmCit Patrick Landry at 14:00 on January 20. Post will monitor future communication to learn whether the delivery arrived. 2. (U) The kidnappers initiated at least 5 separate contacts between the night of [...]	2006-01-20 17:47:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS741	IF ANOTHER HOSTAGE CRISIS COMES - FEST COMPOSITION [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraphs 7 through 11. 2. (U) NOTE: This cable was drafted prior to the hostage-taking of 0330 hrs on 2 June 2006. 3. (C) Given the roiled conditions of the Niger Delta, another hostage situation is possible within the next few months. W [...]	2006-06-02 07:46:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL CASC EPET PGOV NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS743	THE NIGER DELTA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] SUMMARY (C) (Note: This cable was drafted prior to the latest hostage-taking which occurred off the coast of Bayelsa State during the early morning hours of June 2. A more detailed report of that incident will be provided Septel. At this juncture, most of the evidence suggests this hostage [...]	2006-06-02 13:20:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI
06LAGOS80	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11 [...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...]	2006-01-21 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS800	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, APRIL - MAY 2006 [...] Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reported the lowest inflation figures in 10 years with a drop from 10.7 percent in January to 7.9 percent in February. Inter- bank interest rates also declined significantly as the system experienced a liquidity ease following release of monthly sta [...]	2006-06-13 08:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
06LAGOS802	CONNECTED OILMAN'S TAKE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK [...] (C) Politically attuned oilman Leno Adesina predicted Vice President Atiku and his allies in the National Assembly will launch impeachment proceedings against Obasanjo in an effort to keep the shaken President on his defensive haunches. However, Adesina claims unity among Obasanjo opponents [...]	2006-06-14 10:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS807	ATIKU CAMP THINKS IT HAS MOMENTUM AFTER THIRD TERM [...] (C) Sources close to Vice President Atiku believe President Obasanjo's third term loss has strengthened Atiku's presidential chances. They told the Consul General (CG) that numerous politicians, including many People's Democratic Party (PDP) governors who toed the party line supporting the th [...]	2006-06-15 06:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS84	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #13 [...] (C) The State Secretary to the Government (SSG) of Bayelsa State said an arrangement had been made with the kidnappers to release the hostages at Sagbama, a point near the Delta State border. He said the kidnappers had altered their demands and now requested more infrastructure building in [...]	2006-01-23 14:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS866	ASSEMBLY MEMBER RECOUNTS THIRD TERM DEFEAT [...] (C) Representative Temi Harriman (PDP - Delta State) of the National Assembly told the Consul General bribes and strong-arm tactics whittled at but did not break the opposition that defeated the President's third term push. Harriman suspects there will be additional attempts to extend Obasanj [...]	2006-06-20 14:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS867	TRANSCORP BIDDING FOR NITEL [...] (C) Several telecommunication sources told us President Obasanjo is encouraging bidders for Nigeria's state-owned telecommunications company Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) to enter into joint partnership with Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN). Insiders state TCN neither has [...]	2006-06-20 14:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS889	LAGOS GOVERNOR TO THROW HAT INTO PRESIDENTIAL RING [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 meeting Lagos State Governor Tinubu told the Consul General he will soon announce his presidential candidacy while still exploring the possibility of being the junior partner on a ticket with Vice President Atiku or former military head-of-state Muhammadu Buhari [...]	2006-06-23 09:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS892	ATIKU CAMP COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO IMPEACH [...] (C) Summary. On June 19, Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor Saraki, Babatunde Morakinyo, told Econoff the Atiku camp was secretly collecting signatures from House of Assembly members to begin impeachment proceedings against President Obasanjo. Morakinyo said Atiku was also collecting [...]	2006-06-23 11:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS90	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #14 [...] (C) Econoff reports Bayelsa State officials continue to portray the hostages' release as imminent, and tell him the hostages may be released between about 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tonight. He reports officials in Yenagoa are upbeat and confident regarding their information sources. The usual rep [...]	2006-01-24 17:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS913	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS THROUGH JUNE [...] (U) Following is a roundup of political items from the Lagos Consular district, Southern Nigeria, through June 2006. --------------------------------------------- -- National - Indictment to Block Atiku Candidacy? --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (C) Prominent attorne [...]	2006-06-29 14:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS935	PDP RECONCILIATION ATTEMPT FAILS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) National Executive Committee's (NEC) efforts to mend divisions exacerbated by the struggle over the third term amendment have failed in the south so far. Key invitees failed to appear at the zonal reconciliation meetings in the South-West, and boycotts [...]	2006-07-05 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS98	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #15 [...] (C) Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries provided photos and audio of Nigel Watson-Clarke from their visit to the kidnappers' camp. Morale of their young yet heavily-armed captors may be waning in the face of the arrest of their two leaders and fear that a big payoff ma [...]	2006-01-25 20:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS983	MILITANTS ATTACK CHEVRON CONVOY [...] (C) Senior Chevron Nigeria management confirmed approximately 25 militants in five boats attacked a six-vessel Chevron convoy in the Chanomi Creek area around Warri South-East Local Government, Delta State, the night of July 12. Five Nigerian Government Joint Task Force (JTF) gun boats were [...]	2006-07-13 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAPAZ1062	BOLIVIA: MORALES AND JUDICIARY FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales has accused key actors in the judicial sector of protecting "sacred cows" and resisting the process of political change. In response, key representatives of the justice sector have accused the President of interfering with and politicizing justice. Although l [...]	2006-04-19 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM USAID BL
06LAPAZ1101	MUTUN TO PROCEED; PROBLEMS WITH NEARBY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB officials recently announced that bidding on the rights to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits, would proceed as planned; this satisfied a long-standing demand of local leaders, but problems with a nearby project have generated conflict. Civic activis [...]	2006-04-21 17:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1107	PETROBRAS-BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras representatives told Econoffs that in several difficult meetings with the GOB, the Brazilian energy giant vowed not to invest another cent in Bolivia until key issues were resolved. In those meetings, GOB officials reportedly displayed a confounding ignorance of the h [...]	2006-04-21 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL
06LAPAZ1114	GOVERNMENT FACES RISING SOCIAL SECTOR TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid accusations that the government has failed to keep its promises, social sector frustration, including among the MAS's highland support base, is rising. Civil sector leaders in Santa Cruz and Tarija have also stepped up their anti-government pressures. The Government has m [...]	2006-04-24 18:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB PHUM PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1172	BOLIVIA JOINS ALBA, SIGNS PEOPLES' TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29, Bolivia formally joined the Bolivarian Alternative to the Americas (ALBA) and signed a Peoples' Trade Agreement with Venezuela and Cuba, becoming party to agreements meant to advance regional economic, political, and cultural integration. The three countries promis [...]	2006-05-02 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV EPET USTR BL
06LAPAZ1245	PRESIDENT MORALES FOCUSED ON POPULISM AT 100 DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first 100 days in office, Evo Morales has focused almost exclusively on political goals with short-term domestic appeal and negative long-term consequences. At home, his efforts to consolidate power in the executive appeal to Bolivian demands for stability and jobs after y [...]	2006-05-09 15:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI ETRD BL
06LAPAZ1254	BOLIVIA: FISSURES IN THE MORALES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Evo Morales entered his fourth month in office with rifts developing within his government and Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Morales' abrupt firing of associates for alleged corruption, autocratic management style, and rhetorical attacks against the United Stat [...]	2006-05-09 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL SOCI
06LAPAZ1316	GOB EXPLAINS HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, accompanied by the Finance and Planning Ministers, convened a meeting of international donors on May 12 to discuss the GOB's hydrocarbons nationalization decree issued on May 1 (ref A). After decrying the "neoliberal" economic model, the [...]	2006-05-16 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1317	OPPOSITION PROSPECTS ARE WEAK FOR THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition to President Evo Morales, Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party enters the campaign for the Constituent Assembly elections on July 2 even weaker than before the general elections in December 2006. The best-known opposition leaders--Podemos, Jorge Quiroga and UN,s S [...]	2006-05-16 17:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL SOCI
06LAPAZ1341	GOB CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON ATPDEA EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's vice minister of trade and exports told Econoffs May 17 that GOB officials remained interested in an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA),believing additional time would provide "space" for the government to define its trade polici [...]	2006-05-18 15:16:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1407	BRAZILIANS FIRM ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, BEHIND CLOSED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Brazilian Ambassador to Bolivia Antonio Mena Goncalves May 24 to discuss Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's May 22-23 visit to La Paz. In meetings with the Bolivian government, Amorim deliberately avoided the hydrocarbons issue, but Mena Goncalves to [...]	2006-05-26 14:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET ENRG BL
06LAPAZ1456	TUTO QUIROGA ON CHAVEZ DOMINO EFFECT [...] (C) Summary: Former President and opposition leader Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga told the Ambassador on May 30 that the USG should help "stop Chavez" in Peru, or risk the domino effect in Ecuador and elsewhere. Quiroga talked at length about Chavez's visions of a Bolivarian state, and said that after [...]	2006-05-31 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BL
06LAPAZ1518	LLOYD: CLOSER TO COLLAPSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national airline, Lloyd Aero Boliviano, moved closer to collapse following the chief executive's failed attempt to relinquish ownership to employees. In a bizarre turn of events June 3, disgruntled pilots accosted two members of the company's board of directors and he [...]	2006-06-05 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CASC BL
06LAPAZ1564	HYDROCARBONS CHAMBER SAYS NEGOTIATIONS WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Chamber representatives told the Ambassador June 7 that hydrocarbons companies would negotiate with GOB officials to determine the terms of their new contracts (ref A) until they felt they could no longer negotiate in good faith - at least until the expiration of th [...]	2006-06-08 21:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON BL
06LAPAZ1629	LLOYD SECURES INSURANCE EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national airline, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, narrowly avoided collapse June 15 by securing a new extension on its aircraft insurance, set to expire the same day. The extension will allow the carrier to continue operating, but with board members' June 15 decision to resign [...]	2006-06-16 19:27:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1644	BOLIVIA'S EXPANSIVE COCA POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB's coca strategy is becoming more explicit, and its expansiveness will only complicate effective control. On June 17, President Morales celebrated the opening of a coca tea plant in the Yungas and unveiled a domestic coca leaf commercialization regime that reportedly allo [...]	2006-06-19 15:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID BL
06LAPAZ169	CHILE'S LAGOS HOPEFUL ABOUT BOLIVIA'S MORALES [...] (C) Summary: During their January 22 meeting in La Paz, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos told WHA A/S Shannon that the U.S. should keep the doors open with Evo Morales to prevent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from gaining disproportionate influence. Lagos said he had explained Chile's his [...]	2006-01-23 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI BL
06LAPAZ1706	JAPANESE AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS ON BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting Ecopol Chief met the Chinese and Japanese ambassadors in Bolivia June 20 and 21. The ambassadors shared concerns about the GOB's economic policies, which they said are having a chilling effect on foreign investment. Both ambassadors indicated that their governments are ta [...]	2006-06-23 15:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL OTRA SNAR ETRD LA XK CH JA
06LAPAZ179	MORALES GOVERNMENT GENERATES HOPE, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held a series of meetings on January 22 with Santa Cruz business leaders, media and political analysts, opposition leader Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, and Spanish Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon on the margins of the Morales inauguratio [...]	2006-01-24 19:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1797	USED CLOTHING IMPORTS TEMPORARILY EXTENDED [...] (U) Summary: In a June 21 supreme decree, the GOB extended used clothing imports until April 20, 2007, and said it would allow used clothing sales through February 28, 2008. Reactions were mixed, with some groups accusing the GOB of harming small apparel producers and others suggesting the GOB [...]	2006-06-30 14:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON BL
06LAPAZ1808	PRELIMINARY CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Although preliminary election results show that the majority of Bolivians voted against departmental autonomy, four eastern departments solidly voted in its favor. Early results also indicate that President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party won around 52 percent of Co [...]	2006-07-03 13:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ1845	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered reftel information to Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) representative, Javier Hurtado, on July 5. Hurtado was optimistic that Bolivia would not follow in the Gambia's footsteps. He plans to contract seven technical team members within the next wee [...]	2006-07-06 15:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1923	AIRLINES SEEK TO EXPLOIT LLOYD'S TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: As Lloyd Aereo Boliviano struggles, American Airlines and AeroSur seek to expand. American plans to add La Paz-Miami flights in August and September, and AeroSur hopes to operate public charters to Miami from late July. Both see opportunities in Lloyd's near-complete departure [...]	2006-07-13 14:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1936	UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF GOB'S HYDROCARBONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) have frozen the pipeline operator Transredes' financing for expanding and constructing three natural gas pipelines due to the GOB take-over of company shares. Without these pipelines, various [...]	2006-07-14 20:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ195	MORALES-SHANNON MEETING: PRESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: Summary: In their January 21 meeting, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon told President-elect Evo Morales the U.S. agenda in Bolivia reflected our larger agenda in the region: consolidating democracy, promoting economic growth through free markets and integration, and protec [...]	2006-01-26 15:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ1952	SCENESETTER FOR VP GARCIA LINERA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will arrive in Washington late July 19 to push for an extension of ATPDEA benefits. In its first six months in office, the Morales administration has maintained popularity ratings of 70 to 80 percent by nationalizing hydrocarbons, ann [...]	2006-07-19 16:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL MCC BL
06LAPAZ196	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST NAMED BOLIVIA'S AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales will reportedly appoint human rights activist Sacha Llorenti as Bolivia's next Ambassador to the U.S., tasking the new envoy with securing the extradition of former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. It is tempting to read an "anti-U.S." message into [...]	2006-01-26 20:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI BL
06LAPAZ2036	LA PAZ PREFECT UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Following the July 2 autonomy referendum, social sectors have called for the resignation of La Paz Prefect Jose Luis "Pepe Lucho" Paredes, expressing anger at his support for regional autonomy (a position that contradicted his department's popular vote). Paredes alleges that a r [...]	2006-07-27 14:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2111	MORALES' RHETORIC LEADS TO INCREASED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: President Morales launched his "agrarian revolution" August 2 in Ucurena, Cochabamba, declaring that if Congress does not approve the executive's land reform bill, indigenous communities will close Congress for its "ineffectiveness." Opposition parties from eastern Bolivia claim [...]	2006-08-04 18:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2112	CENTRAL BANK OUTLOOK POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Central Bank official, Bolivia's macroeconomic situation is positive overall, with first semester GDP growth of 4.3 percent, strong fiscal revenue inflows, low deficit projections, moderate inflation, high international reserves, and a sound banking system. Howev [...]	2006-08-04 19:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD BL
06LAPAZ2196	HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION FACES OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization plan is facing legal and financial obstacles that have delayed its implementation. The state oil company, YPFB, lacks the necessary resources to take on its new mandated role as controller of the entire hydrocarbons production chain. The [...]	2006-08-14 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2197	IDB'S FUTURE DIRECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Resident Representative told Econoff on August 11 that a donor coordination meeting to be held in Bolivia in October would likely fail to meet the GOB's anticipated funding requirements. The GOB's National Development Plan relies heavily [...]	2006-08-14 21:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON BL
06LAPAZ2246	MANPADS: EX-PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Congress will soon decide whether to approve criminal charges against ex-President Rodriguez for the transfer of MANPADS to the United States for destruction in October 2005. Given the upcoming vote, Rodriguez is ramping up his rhetoric, again denying that he approved the tran [...]	2006-08-21 18:48:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PARM MASS MARR BL
06LAPAZ2269	HYDROCARBONS MINISTER BASHES BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Soliz Rada told the DCM on August 21 that Brazil's strong presence in Bolivia is the root of many of the nation's problems, particularly in the hydrocarbons sector. Soliz said that Bolivia needs to develop alternate markets to Brazil, including Argentina and [...]	2006-08-22 15:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2393	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly is at a crossroads after political disagreements over its rules of order escalated into violence September 1, resulting in MAS delegates approving their own proposal for a majority vote on constitutional changes after opposition parties abandoned the sess [...]	2006-09-05 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2452	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (U) Most political and media analysts describe the regional September 8 strike as a success (see September 8 ASDAR),but the Constituent Assembly remains deadlocked, at least for the moment, over whether delegates should use a simple majority or two-thirds vote to approve constitutional change [...]	2006-09-11 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ2505	BOLIVIA'S MCC FOCAL POINT EXPLAINS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) point of contact, Javier Hurtado, on September 15 to discuss his still non-public resignation and to obtain his assessment of Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. Frustrated with inadequate finan [...]	2006-09-15 19:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2515	CIVIL LIBERTIES UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: GOB-initiated legal actions and MAS efforts to seek a new constitution to its liking raise questions about GOB respect for civil liberties. An update on three leading cases underscores this issue and highlights the need for greater judicial independence as well as guarantees of [...]	2006-09-18 16:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2557	GARCIA LINERA URGES CAMPESINOS TO TAKE UP ARMS [...] (SBU) Although Acting President Alvaro Garcia Linera met with all nine prefects (governors) September 19 in an effort to resolve continuing stalemate over the Constituent Assembly's rules of order and to express the GOB's willingness to negotiate, he sent a very different message September 20 [...]	2006-09-21 18:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2599	CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE THREATENED [...] (C) Summary: A Central Bank Director told Econoff on September 21 that GOB cabinet members were increasingly interfering in the bank's daily policy decisions. He lamented "disarray" at the bank due to high level personnel changes and feared that the GOB would change the Central Bank Law to fo [...]	2006-09-26 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2623	JAPAN'S SUMITOMO ACQUIRES STAKE IN U.S. MINING [...] (U) Summary: Japan's Sumitomo Corporation recently acquired a 35 percent participating interest in U.S.-based Apex Silver's $800 million San Cristobal silver-zinc-lead project (reftel). Apex will receive $224 million cash and future silver and zinc payments; Sumitomo will also assume 35 perce [...]	2006-09-28 18:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON BL
06LAPAZ2626	SPAIN: A BEACON OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY [...] (U) Summary: For many Bolivians, Spain is a beacon of economic opportunity. Newspapers highlight an upsurge in travel, airlines report full flights to Madrid, and business owners say skilled craftsmen are increasingly seeking work abroad. Bolivians' desire to escape may reflect growing polit [...]	2006-09-28 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI BL
06LAPAZ2627	BOLIVIA - PARAGUAY RELATIONS HIT A BUMP, BOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Interior Vice Minister Rafael Puente's September 27 statement calling Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte a "cynical liar" caused a diplomatic roil between Bolivia and Paraguay which ended with an official apology by the GOB and Puente's dismissal. End summary. 2. [...]	2006-09-28 20:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2636	MAS MACHINATIONS AT CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY POLARIZE [...] (C) Summary: On September 28 in Sucre, on almost purely party lines, the Constituent Assembly (CA) voted in favor of Evo Morales' MAS party's proposal that it declare itself an "originary" organ, and thus theoretically superior to all other branches of government, including the legislature th [...]	2006-09-29 18:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2661	GAS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS STUMBLE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Based on the May 1 hydrocarbons nationalization decree's mandate that private firms must sign new contracts by October 31 (ref A),the GOB recently provided hydrocarbons companies with draft contracts and began the first round of negotiations with companies on September 27. U.S.- [...]	2006-10-03 12:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2674	BOLIVIAN GLACIERS RECEDING RAPIDLY [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian glaciers are receding so rapidly, say scientists, that most could disappear within the next ten to 15 years, with alarming implications for potable water and hydroelectric energy supplies. Scientists tie the last two decades' acceleration in glacial melt to the greater i [...]	2006-10-03 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2683	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: TRUE MAS INTENTIONS? [...] (C) Poloff met with approximately twenty Constituent Assembly representatives in Sucre September 28-29 and observed the Assembly's chaotic operations. Following the MAS' approval of Article 1 of the rules of order by simple majority (reftel),the principal debate among opposition delegates wa [...]	2006-10-04 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2698	DEADLY MINER CLASH IN ORURO [...] (U) On October 5, armed clashes broke out in the mining town of Huanuni, in the Department of Oruro; they are continuing now. Firefights erupted after independent miners overran the state owned Posokoni mine, demanding jobs that they alleged had been promised to them. The independent miner [...]	2006-10-05 21:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2718	AYMARA HEARTLAND PREPARED TO MOBILIZE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, leaders from Omasuyos Province in La Paz department, a majority Aymara area, threatened to march to Sucre or Santa Cruz to pressure Constituent Assembly members to agree to the MAS' agenda. Leaders from the province told Emboff on October 4 that they had not yet [...]	2006-10-06 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2719	DEADLY MINING CLASH CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Fighting between cooperative miners and workers of the state-owned mining company COMIBOL broke out in Huanuni on October 5 (reftel) and continued on the 6th, despite temporary truces agreed on October 5 and 6. At this time, it appears that the second truce is holding and that fi [...]	2006-10-06 22:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ELAB PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2726	VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR PLEDGES DEFENSE OF GOB; GOV [...] (C) Summary: President Morales convoked cocaleros of the Chapare October 7 to publicly demonstrate against the U.S.'s hedged certification of Bolivia on counternarcotics and to defend his coca policies. Standing at President Morales' side, Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Montes pledged to defend [...]	2006-10-10 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2743	A WORRIED MORALES ATTEMPTS TO WOO THE MIDDLE CLASS [...] (U) President Morales spoke October 12 at a rally intended to "defend Bolivian democracy," as well as to close the international indigenous meeting held in La Paz October 8-12. Speaking for forty minutes to a bussed in and largely passive crowd we estimate at approximately 6,000 (but which p [...]	2006-10-12 19:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ2756	FIRST MEETING ON NEW SOFA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials met with Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 10 regarding the Embassy's pending request for return of the F-10 counterterrorism equipment and the need for an updated SOFA agreement (reftels). San Miguel expressed concern about the continuing M [...]	2006-10-13 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PREL KTIA MOPS BL
06LAPAZ2770	TELECOMMUNICATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bolivian telecommunications sector has grown and increased in competitiveness significantly since privatization and market opening during the last decade. The GOB announced in June that it would seek to regain majority ownership of the former state-owned telecommunications [...]	2006-10-16 18:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINV BL
06LAPAZ2781	GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA ALIENATES ITS POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) Summary: During an October 13 visit, Emboff met with leaders from several key social movements, including the Santa Cruz Departmental Federation of Rural Workers (FDTCSC),the Santa Cruz Federation of Neighborhood Committees (FEJUVE),and Departmental Labor Union (COD). This cable repo [...]	2006-10-17 11:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2814	MAS TACTICS ALIENATE SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (C) This is the second in a series of three cables reporting on Emboff's meetings with Santa Cruz social movements. On October 13 Emboff met with the leadership of the Santa Cruz Federation of Neighborhood Committees (FEJUVE). FEJUVE, in some ways analogous with a condominium association, [...]	2006-10-18 19:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2817	UPDATE ON YPFB NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARGENTINA, [...] (SBU) Summary: YPFB (Bolivia's state-owned oil company) President Juan Carlos Ortiz told Econoff on October 18 that Bolivia will sign a twenty-year natural gas supply contract with Argentina on October 19. Bolivia will agree to provide 27.7 million cubic meters per day of gas to its neighbor [...]	2006-10-18 20:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL
06LAPAZ2821	MORALES RAISES EYEBROWS WITH LE MONDE INTERVIEW [...] (U) French newspaper Le Monde published an article October 17 entitled "Bolivia: Evo Morales and the Terrible Conspiracy," in which President Morales said that "the right" (the United States and the political opposition in Bolivia) are conspiring to topple his government. Morales discussed t [...]	2006-10-18 21:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2840	MAS SPLITS KEY UNION IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) This is the third in a series of three cables reporting on Emboff's meetings with Santa Cruz social movements. On October 13 Emboff met with Edwin Fernandes, leader of the Santa Cruz Departmental Labor Union, known by its Spanish initials COD. Each of the country's nine departments has [...]	2006-10-20 15:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2860	GOB, MINERS SIGN AGREEMENT ENDING STAND-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB and miners signed an agreement October 23 ending the political stand-off that emerged after October 5-6 clashes between cooperative miners and state mining employees in Huanuni (reftel). Radio reports indicate that members of the region's four cooperatives accepted the [...]	2006-10-24 10:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2903	CLEAN PRODUCTION PRACTICES INCREASE EFFICIENCY, [...] (U) Summary: Clean production practices introduced by the USAID-supported Center for the Promotion of Sustainable Technologies have increased efficiency and lowered costs for more than 90 Bolivian businesses. The following case studies suggest that lower production costs provide powerful ince [...]	2006-10-26 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG BL

06LAPAZ2910	VP, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS WAYS TO IMPROVE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting since the Ambassador presented his credentials October 13, the Ambassador and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera engaged in a cordial exchange October 26 on U.S. assistance, extension of ATPDEA benefits, Morales' anti-American discourse, military relations a [...]	2006-10-27 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ECON SNAR PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2934	PILCOMAYO RIVER POLLUTION ATTRACTS NEW ATTENTION [...] (U) Summary: For centuries, mining and milling wastes from Bolivia's Potosi mining district have polluted the Pilcomayo River, an important body of water in Bolivia's southwest. A recent study indicated that many agricultural fields and waterways are contaminated with heavy metals and arsenic, [...]	2006-10-27 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON BL
06LAPAZ2943	GOB ACHIEVES KEY GOAL: NEW GAS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: All of the private hydrocarbons exploration and production companies operating in Bolivia signed new service contracts on October 27 and 28 prior to the deadline imposed by the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree. According to the president of Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, [...]	2006-10-30 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2945	DIVIDING UP THE SPOILS: GAS REVENUE DEBATE [...] (SBU) With the signature of gas accords October 28, the GOB estimates that hydrocarbons production will generate USD 2 billion next year, with USD 1.3 billion going to the government as a result of new production contracts (septel),and USD 4 billion within four years, with USD 2.4 billion des [...]	2006-10-30 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2967	GAS CONTRACTS HAVE VARIABLE RETURN RATES [...] (C) Summary: The new contracts signed by hydrocarbons production and exploration companies on October 27 and 28 (ref A) contain tables of variables, including investment and production figures, which will be used to calculate company returns and the state oil company YPFB's take. The amount of [...]	2006-10-31 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ3041	LOWER HOUSE APPROVES FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The framework of the Morales administration's controversial bill to modify the 1996 agrarian reform (INRA) law (reftel) was approved by the lower house on November 7, after a week-long march by several hundred indigenous people in the eastern lowlands. The chamber of deputies m [...]	2006-11-09 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON KJUS SMIG SOCI BL
06LAPAZ3051	IN COCHABAMBA, BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (U) Cochabamba business association representatives told Econoff November 9 that business continues as usual, despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty. They noted that while they share a desire for economic stability and judicial security with their La Paz and Santa Cruz counterparts [...]	2006-11-13 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ3053	A NEW OUTLOOK FOR BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL CARRIER? [...] (SBU) Lloyd Aereo Boliviano's general manager recently predicted a new outlook for Bolivia's national carrier, noting that the firm now has seven jets, up from one a few months ago, and has renewed service to a range of domestic and international destinations. Executives have made progress id [...]	2006-11-14 15:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ3056	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT TO POTOSI [...] (SBU) Ambassador Goldberg made his first official visit to the city of Potosi November 6. During the one-day trip he was welcomed by the president of the Independent Miners' Association of Potosi and received the highest honor (the coat of arms of the Villa Imperial) ever given to an ambass [...]	2006-11-14 16:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3063	MAS CONGRESS: SIGNS OF RADICALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: At its annual congress in Cochabamba November 11-13, President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party re-elected Morales as the party leader, after which he chastised the party for infighting. The congress then decided to tighten party discipline and declare that MAS poli [...]	2006-11-14 21:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3080	HYDROCARBONS: A NATIONALIZATION IN NAME ONLY? [...] (C) A British Gas executive told Econoff that he thought the company's new operation contract (reftel) was equitable and would allow BG to recoup its investment and invest more in the future. Opposition leaders and leftist radicals agree that Bolivia's "nationalization" was in fact a national [...]	2006-11-15 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ3090	GOB SHRINKS FROM THREATS AGAINST SWISS MINING FIRM [...] (SBU) President Morales announced October 23 that the GOB would unveil plans for the mines and mills of Swiss mining powerhouse Glencore International, whose Bolivian subsidiary controls properties once held by former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB later backed away from i [...]	2006-11-16 17:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ3096	LOWER HOUSE PASSES LAND REFORM BILL [...] (SBU) Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) members of the lower house of congress approved a land reform bill on November 15 after opposition members abandoned the session. The bill will now go to the senate, where it is likely to be blocked by the political opposition. The bill provides for the [...]	2006-11-16 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ3107	AMBASSADOR AND SENATE PRESIDENT DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 15, Senate President Santos Ramirez stated his support for the passage of money laundering legislation, but made it clear that his focus is on the rapid passage of an anti-corruption bill. The Ambassador explained the humanitarian goals of the [...]	2006-11-20 14:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MASS MCAP KTIA MOPS BL
06LAPAZ3128	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG NOVEMBER 9 COCHABAMBA VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Goldberg traveled November 9 to Cochabamba to meet with the mayor, social sector leaders, business leaders, the local American population, and local media and political analysts. The trip received extensive press coverage and provided an opportunity to publicly highlight ou [...]	2006-11-20 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3223	PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting with indigenous leaders and analysts, PDAS Charles Shapiro thanked the group for meeting with USG representatives, stressing that the United States is eager to hear their perspectives. The majority of participants voiced support for a democratic, inclusiv [...]	2006-11-29 19:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3224	CONGRESS APPROVES HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) The senate approved the 44 new hydrocarbons contracts that were signed with private production and exploration companies at the end of October (ref A) late on November 28. Only 14 of the 27 senators were present, as the opposition had abandoned the session in protest over the GOB's conf [...]	2006-11-29 19:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ3245	SENATE MEETS IN DARK OF NIGHT [...] (C) Following a series of questionable but probably legal maneuvers to attain a quorum, the Bolivian senate met late in the night of November 28 and rapidly approved five new laws, including the controversial land reform bill (INRA) and a Bolivian-Venezuelan military agreement. Within hours [...]	2006-12-01 14:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM BL
06LAPAZ3276	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ON HOLD WHILE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) President Morales met December 3 with civic committee representatives from seven of Bolivia's nine departments regarding the continuing political stalemate over the Constituent Assembly's (CA) voting mechanism. The opposition is holding out for a two-thirds vote for each stage of approval [...]	2006-12-04 20:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3294	GOB ON IRAN-- MIXED SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) Deputy Javier Zabaleta announced in early November that Bolivia would support Iran's nuclear activities and oppose U.S. policy on Iran. Zabaleta criticized the United States' "double edged" policy and said the matter should be resolved via peaceful means [...]	2006-12-06 12:28:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BL VE IR
06LAPAZ3301	HUNGER STRIKES TURN VIOLENT, PRESSURE MOUNTS [...] (C) Violence erupted during the afternoon of December 5 when Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) militants confronted a group of hunger strikers in La Paz's historic San Francisco church. Meanwhile, the hunger strike in support of a two-thirds voting mechanism in the Constituent Assembly (CA) is [...]	2006-12-06 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
06LAPAZ3314	MORALES: A POTENT FORCE DESPITE SHRINKING SUPPORT [...] (C) While President Morales' popularity has dropped from a May high of 81 percent, his current 67 percent approval demonstrates he remains a potent force. To maintain his standing, Morales has engaged in a propaganda strategy of ads espousing his accomplishments, rhetorical attacks aimed at u [...]	2006-12-07 19:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3337	COMMUNITIES DEMAND CLEAN-UP OF LAKE TITICACA [...] (U) Since May 2005, communities on Lake Titicaca have demanded that the GOB reduce the lake's increasing contamination. Human activity has negatively affected plant and animal species and threatened the lake's fragile ecosystem. GOB officials say the Morales administration is committed to re [...]	2006-12-08 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ336	SIGNS OF EVO'S AUTOCRATIC BENT [...] (C) Summary: The MAS government has moved to control a range of institutions, including nominally independent ones, and many observers believe President Morales plans to use the Constituent Assembly (CA) to consolidate this control. Other worrying signs include the substantial halting of forc [...]	2006-02-09 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB BL
06LAPAZ3361	HYDROCARBONS REGULATIONS NEEDED TO STIMULATE [...] (SBU) British Gas (BG) Bolivia President Jose Magela told Emboffs on December 11 that he thinks the operating contract BG signed with Bolivia's state oil company YPFB at the end of October is reasonable. He argued that the contracts provide necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for investm [...]	2006-12-13 12:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ3370	BOLIVIA REACTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO ATPDEA EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Bolivian government and business representatives reacted enthusiastically to news of the extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. President Morales and other GOB officials expressed satisfaction and promised to send a team to Washington in January to begin negot [...]	2006-12-13 18:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ3400	WILL THE REAL OPPOSITION LEADER PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Evo Morales' election in December 2005 was a political earthquake in Bolivia, sweeping aside political expectations that have defined Bolivian politics for generations and at the same time breaking open fissures and offering up new possibilities. While President Morales' popularity has rise [...]	2006-12-18 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3401	A YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS: WHAT IS NEXT? [...] (C) December 18 marks the first anniversary of the presidential elections that brought Evo Morales to power. The anniversary comes at a time of high political tension, especially between the western highlands and eastern lowlands. On December 15 more than one million people, took to the str [...]	2006-12-18 21:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ417	MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY ON COCA, ERADICATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramos de la Quintana told the Ambassador February 15 that the GOB wanted USG agencies to continue their programs in the Chapare, though implementation methods may need to be modified. He acknowledged that the GOB's counternarcotics policies were sti [...]	2006-02-16 23:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PHUM EAID BL
06LAPAZ438	SANTA CRUZ BUSINESSMEN MAKE PROMISES, REITERATE [...] (U) Summary: In February 15 meetings, Santa Cruz businessmen made two promises: first, that they will support President Evo Morales as long as he protects private enterprise and avoids substantive policy changes; and second, that they will act if the administration shifts radically leftward. [...]	2006-02-21 17:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EAGR ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ439	BIDDING ON MUTUN IRON ORE PROJECT DELAYED AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before an earlier sixty-day delay expired, the GOB announced plans to postpone for an additional ninety days international bidding on the rights to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. Interested firms may now be expected to fund not only the extrac [...]	2006-02-21 17:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EINV PGOV BL
06LAPAZ443	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: EYE ON THE PRIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly (CA) is shaping up to be Bolivia's grand political prize and the Evo Morales administration has devoted itself almost exclusively to passing legislation assuring near total control of the process to the MAS (the governing party),including with threats [...]	2006-02-21 17:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV BL
06LAPAZ544	BUSINESSMEN PUSH FOR FTA, SEEK TO INFLUENCE MORALES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 23 meeting, members of the Private Businessmen's Confederation urged President Evo Morales to secure Bolivia's entry into the proposed Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA),emphasizing the negative consequences to industry and labor of Bolivia's failure to sign. Conf [...]	2006-03-02 20:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL BL
06LAPAZ587	DISSENT IN EVO'S RANKS [...] (C) Giovanny Hervas, a social sector leader from the altiplano, told poloff on March 2 that there is a growing discontent among his peers with the Morales government. Hervas, who is associated with the Fejuve of El Alto (and will soon run for the presidency of that organization),the Yungas co [...]	2006-03-06 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI BL
06LAPAZ599	EXECUTIVE KEEPING TIGHT REINS ON CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with international donors, Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera complimented the Bolivian Congress for approving the enabling legislation for the Constituent Assembly (CA),stating that two things are clear: the Morales government has a solid plan for action, [...]	2006-03-07 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ604	PRAGMATIC INDIGENOUS LEFTIST RENE JOAQUINO ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials had lunch with mayor of Potosi and former presidential aspirant Rene Joaquino on March 3. Joaquino is organizing a new political party that will be based out of Potosi, Chuquisaca, and Oruro, and will tap into the region's indigenous Quechua majority. His main [...]	2006-03-07 20:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PGOV PINR PREL
06LAPAZ615	FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...]	2006-03-07 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL
06LAPAZ657	JET FUEL DEADLINE PASSES, GOB ASKS FOR MORE TIME [...] (U) Summary: In a March 8 letter to the Ambassador, the GOB acknowledged the expiration of the 14-day deadline to eliminate taxes on jet fuel uplifted by U.S.-registered air carriers (reftel) but asked for more time, noting that institutional reorganization had delayed consideration of the iss [...]	2006-03-10 19:39:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL BL
06LAPAZ7	MORE INFO ON EVO [...] (C) Evo Morales rose to the presidency on a wave of ethnic identification and widespread frustration, embodying the aspirations of his own indigenous majority and signaling for the middle class a break from the corrupt, inept political elite and the social upheaval it increasingly produced. Mo [...]	2006-01-03 19:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR BL
06LAPAZ70	SANTA CRUZ: ANXIETY ABOUT UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Santa Cruz civic representatives, stunned by the MAS's decisive electoral victory, are anxious about Bolivia's uncertain future. Some believe the MAS government will immediately begin dismantling the market-based economic model while postponing (for tactical reasons) its [...]	2006-01-11 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ712	URIBE TELLS MORALES "NO" ON SOY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Evo Morales' March 14 meeting with his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, appears not to have gone Bolivia's way. Uribe reportedly told Morales he could not guarantee continued access to Colombia's market for Bolivian soy because the free trade agreement (FTA) with [...]	2006-03-15 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PGOV PREL USTR BL
06LAPAZ83	GOB SETTLES INVESTMENT DISPUTE INVOLVING BECHTEL [...] (U) Summary: The legal chapter of the 2000 Cochabamba "water war" has come to a close, with the GOB and two international shareholders (one of them half owned by U.S. engineering multinational Bechtel) settling their long-festering investment dispute. Under the agreement, the GOB will purchas [...]	2006-01-13 20:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ84	IDB PREOCCUPIED BY UNCERTAINTY OF U.S. AND GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Resident Representative, Joel Branski, told the DCM and Econoffs on January 11 that IDB staff has not met with the MAS' transition team, but that an IDB delegation plans to visit Bolivia at the end of January after the Presidential inaugura [...]	2006-01-13 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN BL
06LAPAZ859	CONTINUED GOVERNMENT INSINUATIONS OF U.S. ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Government officials, including President Morales, have continued to suggest a possible USG role in the deadly La Paz bombings March 21 (ref). While Morales has persisted in professing ignorance about any formal expression of U.S. displeasure, March 26 news articles out [...]	2006-03-28 14:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI ELAB PTER BL
06LAPAZ869	GOB PLANS TO NATIONALIZE HYDROCARBONS IN APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB recently announced that it intends to nationalize the hydrocarbons sector in April and launch a revamped YPFB (state oil company) by July. Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada confirmed these plans in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 28. U.S.-owned hydrocarbons [...]	2006-03-29 14:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL
06LAPAZ901	JUDICIARY RESISTS MAS ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Constitutional Tribunal's (TC) ruling against GOB intervention in the Lloyd Airlines' case (reftel A),President Morales and Vice-President Garcia Linera went on the offensive against the court, claiming it had accepted bribes from the airline's president. In one [...]	2006-03-30 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ908	EVO'S POLITICAL ADVISERS (PART 3 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales keeps several close advisers who facilitate and carry out his personal agenda but have limited influence on the President's decisionmaking. They are split between those who work behind the scenes to facilitate Morales' vision and those who are charged with in [...]	2006-03-31 14:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ913	POLICE AND MILITARY CLEAR RUNWAYS, GUARANTEE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian police and military cleared airport runways in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz late yesterday, March 30, and ended day-long protests organized by Lloyd Aero Boliviano employees demanding that the GOB resume the intervention it suspended March 24 (reftel). The flight d [...]	2006-03-31 17:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ937	IMF AGREEMENT ENDS [...] Summary: Bolivia's Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expired on March 31, and the GOB has indicated that it does not want to sign a new agreement with the Fund. The lack of a Fund agreement could jeopardize donations from multilateral and bilateral institutions and [...]	2006-04-03 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV BL
06LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Bolivia at a time of potentially profound transformation, amid an atmosphere of pervasive uncertainty and hope. We have engaged with President-elect Evo Morales (ref),but in a manner indicating something less than a business-as-usual embrace for his governmen [...]	2006-01-17 15:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ENRG SOCI ELAB SNAR BL
06LAPAZ969	BOLIVIA: THE ATTRACTION OF DREAMS OVER REALITY [...] (C) Summary: If every country relies on myths and dreams, Bolivia's dependence crosses a critical threshold, often blinding political leaders to practical realities and to the pragmatic steps best suited to confront them. Bolivia's perennial demand for sovereign access to the sea from Chile [...]	2006-04-07 14:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV ECON ELAB PREL BL
06LAPAZ985	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: LISTS OUT; GOVERNMENT SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The list of candidates for the Constituent Assembly, publicly released on April 4, suggests an opposition increasingly fragmented and in disarray. While this should boost the MAS's hope to dominate the assembly, the ruling party has problems of its own. These stem from social [...]	2006-04-10 17:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PHUM EAID BL
06LIBREVILLE109	ALLIES OF PRESIDENT'S SON GAIN KEY POSTS IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: The new cabinet announced by Prime Minister Eyeghe Ndong on January 23 rewarded all the factions which had contributed to President Bongo's reelection. The faction most favored appears to be that associated with Minister of Defense Ali Bongo, whose allies now control the natio [...]	2006-02-13 12:26:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
06LIBREVILLE180	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PRIMER [...] (C) Summary: Sao Tome will hold legislative elections March 26. Ten political parties and coalitions will compete for all 55 seats in the National Assembly. Compared to other central African countries where the President dominates governance, the Assembly is the key institution in Sao Tome, [...]	2006-03-20 10:22:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TP
06LIBREVILLE192	GABON AND SAO TOME MISCELLANY 16-22 MARCH [...] (C) GOG Boosts Fuel Prices. Gabon announced an increase in retail fuel prices of 5.5 percent May 15, satisfying demands from fuel distributors but angering taxi drivers. Distributors were concerned their margins were being squeezed because of price caps at the pump; taxi drivers for their [...]	2006-03-24 13:36:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB TP
06LIBREVILLE216	SAO TOME PARTIES JOCKEYING TO FORM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Legislative elections in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) gave no party a majority of seats in the National Assembly (an institution that has much more power constitutionally than the Presidency). President de Menezes's MDFM party won the most seats, with 23 out of 55. De Menezes hope [...]	2006-04-05 16:33:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TP GB
06LIBREVILLE217	GABONESE DEFENSE MINISTRY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (U) Minister of Defense Ali Bongo elevated General Robert Mangollo M'voulou to the post of Secretary General at the Ministry of National Defense April 4, replacing General of the Army Jean-Remy Ondo, who was appointed Secretary General for National Defense at the Presidency. The Ministry of [...]	2006-04-05 16:36:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
06LIBREVILLE257	EU FORCE FOR CONGO ELECTIONS TO STANDBY IN GABON [...] (SBU) The standby component of the EU force to bolster security during the DRC's June elections will be based in Franceville, Gabon, according to German Ambassador Ilsa Lindemann. Less than 250 miles from Kinshasa, Franceville features a former French military base now used by the Gabonese ai [...]	2006-04-21 11:23:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV GB CG
06LIBREVILLE382	CHINESE BEAT OUT BRAZILIANS; GABONESE LOSE [...] (C) Summary: After a nearly six-month battle over the rights to one of the largest untapped iron deposits in the world between Brazilian mining company CVRD and the Chinese engineering company CMEC, the GoG awarded the project to the Chinese. Although most observers believed investment by CVRD [...]	2006-06-08 13:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH GB
06LIBREVILLE391	GABON AND SAO TOME & PRINCIPE OIL UPDATE [...] Following is an update on the oil sector in Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. ----- Gabon ----- 2. (U) Production Down - According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Gabon's oil production in the first quarter of 2006 dropped by 8.4% over the previous year. The Ministry stated that [...]	2006-06-14 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG GB TP
06LIBREVILLE445	FIRING AND HIRING OF CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS IN SAO [...] On June 22, the Sao Tome and Principe Council of Ministers dismissed the Central Bank Governor, Maria do Carmo Silveira, her vice governor and three administrators. The Government of Sao Tome and Principe (GoSTP) stated that the decision was based on irregularities detected in the bidding and [...]	2006-07-05 14:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV TP
06LIBREVILLE580	SECRET EG-GABON BOUNDARY MEDIATION FAILS [...] (C) According to MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang, the draft schedule for EG President Obiang's September 8 visit to Libreville included the surprise signing of a maritime boundary agreement. Biang said the deal, which he did not see until a short time before Obiang's arrival, gave EG most of t [...]	2006-09-11 12:36:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET GB EK
06LIBREVILLE619	POLITICAL INSIDER WINS JUDGMENT AGAINST CITIBANK [...] (C) Summary: One of President Bongo's closest advisors won an appeals court judgment of $5.4 million against Citibank. Citibank reports that the manner in which the decision was made shows that political influence can trump the rule of law in the Gabonese court system. Coming hard on the heels [...]	2006-10-03 12:25:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV GB
06LIBREVILLE627	MBANIE-GATE KEEPS GABON-EQUATORIAL GUINEA BORDER [...] (U) The failed effort to conclude a Gabon-EG maritime boundary agreement in early September (Ref A) continues to dominate the headlines in Gabon; it is now known as the "Mbanie-gate" scandal. Foreign Minister Ping held a press conference on September 29 to explain the history of the border di [...]	2006-10-12 11:53:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET GB EK
06LIBREVILLE688	GABONESE PUBLIC BORED, POLITICIANS FASCINATED, BY [...] (C) Summary: Most of the 877 candidates competing for 120 seats during Gabon's December 17 legislative elections have no chance of success, regardless of whether the elections are free and fair. The large majority of the winners will likely come from President Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party [...]	2006-11-28 15:41:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GB
06LILONGWE104	MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZED--FOR REAL [...] (U) After last-minute delays in December and January, the privatization of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. is finally going through. The buyer, Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., put down a $1 million earnest-money deposit last week and has followed that with $10 million more this week. The tot [...]	2006-02-03 07:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ECON MI
06LILONGWE115	MALAWI'S CENTRAL BANKERS ANXIOUS ABOUT IMF MISSION [...] (C) Despite fiscal performance that has been described as "impressive" over the past year, Malawi's central bankers are nervous about the upcoming quarterly review from the IMF's country team. At recent visits with the Reserve Bank of Malawi's (RBM) Governor Victor Mbewe and general manager W [...]	2006-02-07 11:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON MI
06LILONGWE178	MUTHARIKA TAKES ON MALAWI'S REGIONAL POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika is attempting to reverse Malawi's longstanding tradition of regional politics by building the first political party with a truly national base. Regionalism has always been a major factor in Malawian politics, and shapes the prism through which modern politic [...]	2006-02-22 16:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE203	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Malawi (GOM) continued to make commendable progress in tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2005. TIP remained a relatively new concept for Malawians. The GOM and the NGO community made significant efforts to raise awareness among civil society, legislators a [...]	2006-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
06LILONGWE235	UDF SPOKESMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, ARRESTED FOR TRESSPASSING IN GRAVEYARD [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 13:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE258	VICE-PRESIDENT'S POSITION STILL IN LIMBO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE269	IMF: MALAWI SCORES SATISFACTORY REVIEW [...] (U) The IMF's assessment mission has given Malawi passing marks in the second review of its 2005 program. Citing strong fiscal performance, the team predicted that Malawi would reach HIPC completion point at mid year. The team expects fiscal difficulty in the first half of 2006, because of h [...]	2006-03-23 07:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON MI
06LILONGWE294	MALAWI TOBACCO MARKET RELAXES [...] (U) Malawi's tobacco market has started to work again, after being disrupted by the GOM's new minimum price scheme. Buyers and sellers both seem to want to return to demand-driven pricing, but the market appears to be dealing with the government's prices for the moment. Buyers predict more pr [...]	2006-03-31 09:56:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN MI
06LILONGWE324	BINGU PROMISES MORE ECONOMIC INTERVENTION AS [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika opened the 39th session of Parliament on April 4, marking the event by promising to "pre-announce" prices for agricultural goods later this year. The President also reiterated his intention to continue fertilizer and seed subsidies and to launch severa [...]	2006-04-06 06:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN EAGR MI
06LILONGWE34	MP WITHDRAWS IMPEACHMENT MOTION AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The Member of Parliament who began impeachment procedures against President Mutharika is now trying to withdraw his motion. Completing the 180-degree flip, the MP says that his party, the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF),has let him down and it's now clear to him that im [...]	2006-01-12 14:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE361	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered talking points for Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on April 20. Chiunguzeni stated that the GOM does not know who it will support, but agreed that human rights abusers should not be on the council. After discussing Malaw [...]	2006-04-24 15:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
06LILONGWE37	MALAWI CABINET'S INTERNAL ECONOMIC DEBATE [...] (C) In a round of New Year courtesy calls on the finance minister and the governor of the central bank, Embassy has gained some new insights on cabinet-level thinking on economic issues. Among these are: -- Recognition that subsidizing low maize prices has been a mistake -- An upcoming dev [...]	2006-01-13 10:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON MI
06LILONGWE371	THE FUTURE OF THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is Malawi's oldest political party, and is the party of former Life President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda. They are currently the largest opposition party with 57 seats in Parliament, and have a strong political base in the central region. However, [...]	2006-04-27 15:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE377	MALAWI PARLIAMENT CLOSES ANOTHER UNPRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) On April 28, Malawi's National Assembly adjourned a four-week sitting after making very little progress through its growing legislative agenda. Among the measures passed were: -- a resolution accepting the GOM's mid-year budget review -- bills to accept World Bank grants and loans -- [...]	2006-05-02 15:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV MI
06LILONGWE390	VP'S "ACCOMPLICES" RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve of those arrested in connection with Vice-President Cassim Chiulumpha's treason case were released for lack of evidence on May 6, three days after they were arrested. The twelve included a number of leaders in the VP's United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former Malawian [...]	2006-05-08 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE442	MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...]	2006-05-25 09:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE525	RESPECTED OPPOSITION FIGURE DIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 07:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE651	GOM EXPLAINS SUSPENSION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Malawi met with donors to explain the recent suspension of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and to reassure donors that the country's anti-corruption efforts remain as serious as ever. End summary. A Period of Risk ---------------- 2. (C) Fin [...]	2006-07-31 15:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE654	FORMER PRESIDENT'S CORRUPTION CASE DISCONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid turmoil caused by the suspension of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, the GOM has decided to halt indefinitely the corruption case against former President and United Democratic Front Chair Bakili Muluzi. The move, widely viewed as quid pro quo for the opposition-control [...]	2006-08-01 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE66	MALAWI LAWMAKERS CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANTI-MONEY [...] MALAWI'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL HAS LANGUISHED ON THE EDGES OF PARLIAMENT FOR OVER THREE YEARS. EMBASSY RECENTLY HOSTED AN INFORMAL BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION FOR KEY PARLIAMENTARIANS TO SENSITIZE THEM ON THIS ISSUE, TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS, AND TO GAUGE THE BILL'S CHANCES OF PASSING AT THE [...]	2006-01-25 10:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL MI
06LILONGWE68	TWO NEW PRO GOVERNMENT TABLOIDS LAUNCHED [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OPRC MI
06LILONGWE690	MALAWI PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 07:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR KMCA EAID MI
06LILONGWE699	A PROFILE OF THE DEOMCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently the largest party in the National Assembly with 77 MPs. The party, just over a year old, faces both legal and organizational challenges as it strives to make itself into a lasting party. The main ch [...]	2006-08-10 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE719	PRESIDENT DECLARES "WAR" ON FOREIGN TOBACCO BUYERS [...] (U) Summary: President Mutharika has again lashed out at foreign tobacco buyers, castigating them for paying low prices at the state-run auction. The president singled out for criticism the manager of the local subsidiary of an American tobacco company, telling him to pay more or leave the cou [...]	2006-08-16 12:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EAGR PGOV MI
06LILONGWE845	THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's formerly powerful ruling party, the United Democratic Front (UDF),has declined significantly in both resources and influence since President Mutharika's resignation from the party in February 2005 and his subsequent formation of a new ruling party. Following the split, t [...]	2006-09-25 05:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE924	LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLLS STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Plans for local government elections in Malawi, delayed for a year and a half and now scheduled for May/June 2007, are still tentative, though there is slow movement in the right direction. End Summary. Political Will? --------------- 2. (SBU) Mandated by the constitution, [...]	2006-10-23 14:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE94	MALAWI'S PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE TO RESTART [...] (SBU) The American operator of Malawi's railway agreed on terms to restart its passenger service, which had been closed for four months. The closure had brought sharp criticism from the GOM and possibly endangered the much larger cargo concession, a crucial link in the Nacala Corridor. While [...]	2006-02-01 08:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON EFIN MI
06LILONGWE953	BINGU DUMPS TWO TOP MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika fired the Ministers of Agriculture and Economic Planning and Development on October 26, primarily for political reasons. Mutharika has taken over as minister of both portfolios for the time being. The dismissals come as Malawi's political class begins to loo [...]	2006-11-02 13:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE976	FLOOR-CROSSING VERDICT OUT - GOVERNMENT COULD LOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has issued a ruling which could cause over eighty members of Parliament, most of them associated with President Mutharika,s DPP, to lose their seats. The ruling was delivered on November 7 and has been appealed to the Supreme Court. If the ruling i [...]	2006-11-09 11:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LIMA1010	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] Peruvian Navy Squadron Commander Percy Acosta told Poloff on 3/8 that his squadron is the end user for the helicopter parts in Ref A. He provided Poloff with the following answers to Ref A questions: CAN THE NAVY CONFIRM IT PLACED AN ORDER FOR THE PARTS LISTED IN REFTEL PARAGRAPH 4? -- A [...]	2006-03-14 21:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC PE
06LIMA1064	CONSERVATIVE OR POPULIST? LOURDES' ECONOMIC PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Center-right candidate Lourdes Flores has developed an economic plan based on neo-liberal economic policies, including stressing fiscal responsibility, calling for the streamlining of government, endorsing the privatization of state owned enterprises and infrastructure, and pr [...]	2006-03-17 18:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PE
06LIMA1099	PERU LABOR LEADERS ON LOURDES/HUMALA, FTA, LABOR,S [...] Peruvian labor leaders reject both candidates Lourdes Flores Nano and Ollanta Humala as too extreme, a situation that could create an opportunity for APRA candidate Alan Garcia were he to take up the cause of the proposed General Labor Law (Ref C). A labor rep from Arequipa described her reg [...]	2006-03-21 18:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV PGOV PHUM PINS PE
06LIMA113	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL GARRIDO & [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin F. Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler of the Federal Aviation Administration, for the period of January 17, 2006 through January 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct follow up inspection of select, A 14 CFR, P [...]	2006-01-11 16:45:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1139	ALAN GARCIA'S ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Should center-left presidential candidate Alan Garcia become President of Peru again, he would most likely pursue an economic program similar to other left-leaning Latin American presidents like Brazilian President Lula and former Chilean President Lagos: generally conservative p [...]	2006-03-23 16:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PE
06LIMA1154	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: AREQUIPA IS HUMALA [...] (SBU) In traditionally idiosyncratic, independent-minded Arequipa, business, media, and University leaders told Poloff, during a 3/16-19 visit, that Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would decisively win in Arequipa Department as well [...]	2006-03-23 22:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE

06LIMA117	Peru's Investment Climate Statement 2006 [...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2006 Investment Climate Statement, as requested in reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the econo [...]	2006-01-11 18:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
06LIMA1177	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR TREASURY ADVISOR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Advisor Joseph Bognanno for the period of March 27, 2006 through March 29, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical assistance and assesment of the Financial Intelligence Unit's IT systems. Per Reftel [...]	2006-03-24 17:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN OTRA AR ES PE
06LIMA1197	HUMALA EXPANDS LEAD, WHILE FLORES INCHES DOWN AND [...] (SBU) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala gained one percentage point over the past week (to 33 percent) in the latest Apoyo nationwide poll, performed 3/22-24, expanding his lead over center-right Unidad Nacional alliance candidate Lo [...]	2006-03-27 21:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1204	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADAPTATION WORKSHOP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Shira Yoffe for the period of April 17, 2006 through April 24, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Latin American Workshop on Adaptation. Per Reftel [...]	2006-03-28 13:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA SENV PE
06LIMA1205	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC GRAYLIN MILLER, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Graylin Miller, Biologist; Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Medical Epidemiologist; George Luber, Epidemiologist; Manish Patel, Medical Officer; Joshua Schier, Medical Toxicologist; Fuyuen Yip, Medical Epidemiologist for the period of [...]	2006-03-28 14:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE
06LIMA1220	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Humberto Lay Sun, presidential candidate for the Christian evangelical National Restoration (RN) party, told Poloff 3/27 that his campaign is generating increased momentum (the most recent Apoyo poll has Lay's support doubling to two percent while his party could meet the minimum thresho [...]	2006-03-29 11:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1229	LIMA MAYOR CASTENEDA,S UNUSUAL AND SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Casteneda has a unique political style that has built him political support among the lower middle class and poor. He eschews vocal populism, letting his deeds speak for him, and approaches municipal governance in a manner more common to business than the public [...]	2006-03-29 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA123	RECORD 24 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REGISTERED; [...] (U) A record 24 parties/alliances met the 1/9 deadline to apply to register their presidential tickets for the April election. Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's bid to head the Si Cumple party ticket was rejected by the Lima Special Electoral Board, but is being appealed to the National Electo [...]	2006-01-12 14:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1233	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL [...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...]	2006-03-29 20:47:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1247	HUMALA'S LIAISON TO BUSINESS SECTOR MEETS WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Salomon Lerner Ghitis, ultranationalist "outsider" Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's unofficial liaison to the business community, provided his impressions of Humala's policies, personality and advisors during a meeting with the Ambassador on [...]	2006-03-30 21:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ETRD PE
06LIMA1257	MARCH 2006 MONTHLY CABLE [...] (SBU) Here are the key developments in March 2006: -- In March, CORAH eradicated 1,593 hectares of coca in the Polvora/Pizana region of the Huallaga Valley. Thirteen hectares of opium poppy were also eradicated by the Police. -- DIRANDRO also destroyed 47 cocaine base labs and neutrali [...]	2006-03-31 17:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA1286	BUSINESS COMMUNITY LINED UP ON FTA CAMPAIGN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Private sector leaders are ready to begin the FTA public ad campaign beginning on April 10, the day after national elections. Focus groups are already identifying themes and attitudes in provinces to better target audiences about the benefits of a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement [...]	2006-04-04 18:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA1304	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BARBARA JEAN CASSIDY. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 18:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1326	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: JUNIN DIVIDED, BUT [...] (SBU) In Junin Department and its capital Huancayo, the commercial hub of the central sierra, community leaders told Polofff during a 3/27-29 visit that ultra-nationalist, "outsider", Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would likely win a plurality of votes, but [...]	2006-04-06 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1346	ELECTION UPDATE: CAMPAIGNS HOLD FINAL RALLIES; [...] (U) Presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns with a flourish, holding massive closing rallies on 4/6, the final day for campaigning before the 4/9 general elections. Two of the three leading candidates, Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and APRA's Alan Garcia, addressed their supporters in [...]	2006-04-07 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1362	COUNTRY CLEARANCE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PHYSICAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS Physical Scientist Alfredo Gurmendi for the period of April 29, 2006 through May 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the panel discussions related to Mining and Development and also to attend the 7th In [...]	2006-04-10 14:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC THPY OTRA KSCA TBIO BR PE
06LIMA1438	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HALLET. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Mark Hallett, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke for the period of April 26, 2006 through April 29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to present, "Taxias, Analysis of Gait Disorders a [...]	2006-04-12 16:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA1439	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL GARRIDO & [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 17:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1441	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. ATD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of May 7, 2006 through May 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit to collaborate with Robert Gilman, Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Informatica, Salud y Aglicultura on Chagas disease research, in [...]	2006-04-12 18:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE
06LIMA1452	APRA CONFIDENT OF MAKING SECOND-ROUND RUN-OFF, SEEKS EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE IN CEMENTING DEMOCRATIC COALITION AGAINST HUMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 22:48:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1454	COUNTRY CLEARANCE. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Shira Yoffe, for the period of April 17-20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in UNFCCC workshop. Per Reftel no Embassy assistance has been requested. Embassy POC Howard would appreciate an email summary o [...]	2006-04-12 23:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC SENV PE
06LIMA1473	PERUVIAN PRIVATE SECTOR GEARS UP FOUR-WEEK [...] (S) A marketing consultant hired by top Peruvian business sector leaders to design and implement a four-week public information campaign to promote the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) provided a briefing to the Ambassador and Emboffs on 4/6. The consultant explained that the campaign [...]	2006-04-17 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PROG PREL ETRD PE
06LIMA1534	ILLEGAL LOGGING THRIVES IN PERU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peru exports the most broad leaf mahogany in the world, a majority of it to the U.S. Much of the exports are likely from illegal logging, violating Peruvian law and the CITES international convention against trafficking in endangered species. The GOP, NGO community and Peruv [...]	2006-04-21 14:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA1550	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAN GILBREATH. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jan Gilbreath for the period of April 26, 2006 through April 30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the public, national workshops that present and discuss the results of environmental assessments of trade liberalizati [...]	2006-04-24 18:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA PE
06LIMA1551	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA AVIATION INSPECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 18:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR PE
06LIMA1587	INAUGURATION OF DFI MICRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Struble, accompanied by an official from USAID Washington, the Vice Minister of Industry, and the General Managers of Voxiva, Motorola, Telefonica and Cisco, inaugurated on April 19 the first micro telecommunications company established under USAID's Last Mile Initi [...]	2006-04-25 17:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EAID PE
06LIMA1594	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES FTA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During his April 18-19 trip to Junin, a Department in the Peruvian highlands, the Ambassador met with several local dignitaries and agricultural producers to discuss the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement and economic development. The Ambassador toured several facilities that rec [...]	2006-04-25 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE
06LIMA1595	HOW THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY IPR DECISION AFFECTS PERU [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 6, the Andean Commission issued Decision 632, which clarified the Andean Community's regulations on data protections for patents. Under Decision 632, member countries may protect test data through the imposition of data exclusivity periods, which is consistent with T [...]	2006-04-26 12:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PGOV PE
06LIMA1602	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of May 15, 2006 through May 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit to collaborate with Robert Gilman, Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Informatica, Salud y Aglicultura on Chagas disease research, i [...]	2006-04-26 16:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE
06LIMA1603	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of May 15, 2006 through May 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit to collaborate with Robert Gilman, Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Informatica, Salud y Aglicultura on Chagas disease research, i [...]	2006-04-26 16:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE
06LIMA1604	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL JOSE PEREZ. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 17:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1637	GARCIA OFF TO GOOD START, SAYS APRA INSIDER DEL [...] (C) Summary: APRA insider Jorge del Castillo told the Ambassador April 25 that Alan Garcia is steering clear of public discussion of coalitions until after the second round of Presidential elections; Garcia feels (correctly, we judge) that opening talks with the Flores and Paniagua camp would [...]	2006-04-27 22:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1669	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 17:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1700	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/OS DENNIS CHRISTIANSON. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/OS Dennis Christianson for the period of May 3, 2006 through May 6, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Avian Influenza (AI) Preparedness Meeting. Per Reftel no Embassy assist [...]	2006-05-03 19:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA1712	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 14:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1733	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ANGEL ROCA. ATD # [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Angel Roca for the period of May 21, 2006 through May 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the coordinating meeting for the Health Promotion Effectiveness Evaluation Project. Per Reftel no Embassy a [...]	2006-05-05 16:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE
06LIMA1734	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PAUL JENSEN. ATD # [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Paul Jensen for the period of May 22, 2006 through June 2, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate with the Peruvian Ministry of Health and Socios en Salud, review plans for Tuberculosis infection control inter [...]	2006-05-05 16:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE
06LIMA1738	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL STEPHANIE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1740	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL JOHN SCOTT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1741	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL MICHAEL DWIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1742	HUNT OIL SIGNS NEW HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION DEAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hunt Oil signed an agreement with the GOP to explore for hydrocarbons northwest of the Camisea natural gas fields. The remoteness of the area makes for challenges in transporting hydrocarbons to market as well as dealing with the expected opposition from some NGO's to drilling in [...]	2006-05-05 18:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA176	EMBASSY LIMA AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] Summary: (SBU) Embassy Lima's EAC approved tripwires and Embassy responses prepared by its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG). Post has taken or has in process the Department's recommended immediate preparedness measures. The AIWG has agreed that efficient and sustained human-to- human tra [...]	2006-01-17 12:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO PE
06LIMA1765	EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Evangelical Pastor and Renovacion Nacional (RN) presidential candidate Humberto Lay on 4/26 to discuss Lay's analysis of the Peruvian political scene. Lay proved to be the biggest surprise of the recent (4/9) first-round presidential vote. He garnered nearly five pe [...]	2006-05-08 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1781	BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA PERPLEX, VEX GOP [...] (C) According to Foreign Ministry South American Affairs Director Milagros Castagnon: -- the Government of Bolivia has asked the GOP for 40 experts to provide technical assistance with Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization; -- Venezuela refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of Peru's w [...]	2006-05-09 16:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1799	APOYO POLL GIVES CLEAR SECOND ROUND LEAD TO ALAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. A new poll by the Apoyo organization shows APRA's Alan Garcia ahead of UPP candidate Ollanta Humala by 57 to 43 percent. Regionally, Humala leads in the central and southern highlands and in the jungle, but Garcia is solidly ahead in the north and along the coast, and leads by a [...]	2006-05-09 22:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA1804	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE OFFICIALS. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Federal Reserve officials Governor Randall S. Kroszner and Thomas A. Connors for the period of May 17, 2006 through May 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Meeting of Central Bank Governors of the American Conti [...]	2006-05-10 14:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EFIN FRB PE
06LIMA1807	HUMALA CAMPAIGN ALLEGES U.S. SUPPORTS GARCIA AND [...] (C) Battered by bad publicity resulting from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' heavy-handed attempts to tilt the Peruvian election toward Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala (Ref A),the Humala campaign has responded with a series of allegations that the U.S.G. supports Alan Garc [...]	2006-05-10 15:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1811	NAS APRIL 2006 MONTHLY CABLE [...] (SBU) The key developments in April 2006: As of April 27, CORAH eradicated 3,027 hectares and eliminated 8,262 square meters of seedbeds. Three improvised explosive devices (IED) exploded over two days in coca fields. No eradicators were seriously injured. ** Police destroyed 38.5 [...]	2006-05-10 17:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA1825	TEXTILE SECTOR GROWING AT DIMINISHED RATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's textile and apparel industry witnessed a 2.6 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2006 year-on-year, substantially less than the 13 percent growth witnessed during the same period in 2005. Government officials attribute this slow down in growth to conc [...]	2006-05-11 16:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA1837	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA HERBERT MADISON WALTON [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 14:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1838	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NASH AND DR. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NIH/FIC Dr. Theodore Nash and Dr. Siddharta Mahanty for the period of May 21, through May 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to plan new projects, review existing collaborations and visit Tumbes site of large new epidemiolog [...]	2006-05-12 15:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA1839	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GALEN COLE. ATD #1535 [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HH/CDC Galen Cole for the period of May 16, 2006 through June 19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend and interntional meeting in Cuzco on "Strategic Communication on Avian Influenza/Human Influenza" sponsored by UNICEF [...]	2006-05-12 15:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA US KSCA CDC PE
06LIMA1852	HUMALA VISA ISSUE FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HIS ROLE IN [...] (U) Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala and his campaign spokesmen continue to characterize the January 2005 revocation of Humala's U.S. visa as an attempt by the U.S. to destabilize his campaign. About 150 Humala supporters staged a protest demonstration outside the [...]	2006-05-12 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1974	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ALL EYES ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The excitement of the first round of voting in the Peruvian presidential election campaign has lessened now that the run-off has come down to Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala and APRA's Alan Garcia. While the two candidates continue to preside over rallies of their f [...]	2006-05-19 20:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2015	EX-CANDIDATE PANIAGUA ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Ambassador met with former presidential candidate for the Frente del Centro Valentin Paniagua on 5/10/06. Paniagua waxed pessimistic about the final choice of candidates (between Garcia and Humala) and spoke ardently of the need for "concertacion," i.e. broad alliance building, a process [...]	2006-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2017	PDAS SHAPIRO/AMBASSADOR MEET WITH HUMALA [...] (U) Visit.. id: 65100 date: 5/23/2006 13:25 refid: 06LIMA2017 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #2017/01 1431325 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 231325Z MAY 06 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0593 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3412 [...]	2006-05-23 13:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2022	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL PUCKETT, [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 15:08:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA2023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE OFFICIALS. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Federal Reserve Officials Rob Schenck, George Holguin and Jose Pignano for the period of June 19 through June 23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings with the Central Bank, the Superintendency of Banks, the Ban [...]	2006-05-23 15:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EFIN FRB PE
06LIMA2049	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL DONALD O. [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 15:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA2056	BACKGROUND ON DOE RUN'S TAX DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. While the GOP has resolved many of the outstanding commercial disputes with U.S. firms, Doe Run Peru continues to have significant differences with SUNAT (the tax agency) over tax assessments. The dispute focuses on three central points: first, whether Doe Run was entitled [...]	2006-05-25 13:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE
06LIMA2058	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH PERUVIAN DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Bolivia and Venezuela dominated the conversation during visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro's meeting with Foreign Ministry officials on 5/17. The Peruvians stated that Bolivian President Evo Morales' nationalizations were playing to his base, but would create problems for him down the roa [...]	2006-05-25 14:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2066	HUMALA'S IMAGE CONSULTANT ON DEBATE, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alejandro Pucci, recently re-appointed image consultant for Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, told Polcouns 5/24 that: -- The Humalistas were delighted with their candidate's performance during the debate, as he held his own against the vastly mo [...]	2006-05-25 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2070	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH COMMENTATORS/MEDIA [...] Summary: (C) Visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro met with Peruvian news media figures in an off-the-record encounter at the Ambassador's Residence on 5/16. Participants described the appeal that Union Por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala's plainspoken authoritarian style had for rural inhabitant [...]	2006-05-25 18:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2071	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Evangelical Pastor and ex-presidential candidate Humberto Lay stated that his party, Restauracion Nacional (RN),is on track to score seats in the next Congress during a meeting with visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on 5/17. Lay noted the contrasts between his message and Humala's as wel [...]	2006-05-25 18:22:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2073	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS FLORES ADVISOR XAVIER BARRON [...] Summary: (C) Parliamentary spokesman for Unidad Nacional (U.N.) Xavier Barron, in a meeting with WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on 5/17, predicted that Alan Garcia would win Peru's presidency, though not by margins as large as the pollsQQLjD2QTQ)He was confident that APRA would reach out to U.N. to [...]	2006-05-25 18:42:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2091	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JAMES [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Advisor James Parrott for the period of June 6, 2006 through June 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with NAS officials at the Embassy and work with the newly hired FSN in implementing his work schedule, to m [...]	2006-05-26 14:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PE
06LIMA2096	LATEST (PRE-DEBATE) POLLS SHOW GARCIA MAINTAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent (albeit pre-presidential debate) nationwide polls by the Apoyo and DATUM organizations continue to show APRA candidate Alan Garcia holding a 12-14 point lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. The polls differ on trends, however, with Apoyo reportin [...]	2006-05-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2098	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MEEKS. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the honorable Gregory W. Meeks and staffer Sophia King, for the period of May 26 through May 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings with high level government officials in Peru regarding issues of regional and [...]	2006-05-26 16:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AFIN AMGT OREP CO PE
06LIMA2156	NOMINATION OF MOTOROLA FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Lima is pleased to nominate Motorola Peru for consideration for the Secretary of State's Eighth Award for Corporate Excellence. Motorola Peru is an outstanding example of the company's commitment to quality, efficiency, innovation, safety and human resource development [...]	2006-05-31 17:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KSEP PE
06LIMA2173	PERU: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a. Claimant A b. 1999 c. Claimant A's Peruvian subsidiary was a major purchaser of Peruvian gold in the late 1990's. In 1999, the GOP issued a decree that made the final purchaser of gold responsible for verifying the legality of the supply chain from m [...]	2006-06-01 16:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE
06LIMA2175	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA GLEN FELDHAKE. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Nasa official Glen Feldhake for the period of June 19 through June 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to represent the United States at the VII Meeting, Permanent Consultative Committee II Radiocommunications (CITEL). Per [...]	2006-06-01 17:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OSTRA TSPA PE
06LIMA2197	NO SURPRISES AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOLD THEIR [...] SUMMARY: There were no surprises as APRA's Alan Garcia and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala held large rallies on 6/1, the final day for campaigning before the 6/4 run-off election. Garcia addressed an estimated 25,000 supporters in central Lima, promising "responsible change" and a [...]	2006-06-02 19:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2205	NAS MONTHLY REPORT MAY 2006 [...] (U) Key developments in May -- The GOP has CORAH had eradicated 4,416 hectares of coca in 2006. If the new GOP administration continues to support this effort, we believe eradication should top the CY 2006 goal of 10,000 hectares by December. -- The GOP remains enthused about establish [...]	2006-06-02 21:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA2222	ALAN GARCIA ELECTED PERU'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (U) With 91 percent of the voting tables counted as of 09:00 on 6/5, APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia has a virtually insurmountable 53.5-46.5 percent lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. Garcia's advantage in votes is 859,507 (6,518-446 to 5,558,939). Humala can be e [...]	2006-06-05 20:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2264	PERUVIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN FAVOR OF FTA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprising move, the Peruvian Pharmaceutical Association, ADIFAN, announced its support for the U.S.-Peruvian free trade agreement on May 9. During the FTA negotiations, ADIFAN had insisted that medicines should be excluded from the FTA discussions, as the FTA would limit [...]	2006-06-06 21:29:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KIPR PE
06LIMA2284	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARMELO RIVERA. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carmelo Rivera for the period of June 18, through June 24, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the Organization of American States (OAS) Commission for Inter-American Telecommunications Permanent Consultative Co [...]	2006-06-07 17:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TSPA OTRA RP PE
06LIMA2298	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS CHRISTOPHER HARPEL. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Volunteer Geologist Chritopher Harpel for the period of June 21 through August 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to complete field portion of project to map recent eruptive deposits around El Misti Volcano near Arequipa. [...]	2006-06-08 14:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA TPHY KSAC TBIO PE
06LIMA2315	WHY GARCIA WON AND HUMALA LOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As recently as April of this year, polls showed that APRA's Alan Garcia had the highest negatives of any politician in Peru. Garcia achieved his 52.6 percent victory over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala by appealing to metropolitan voters' fears that Humala would be [...]	2006-06-09 15:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2366	CONGRESSMAN MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary: During an official visit to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with President Toledo to discuss the Peruvian Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),democracy and other issues. Toledo observed that the recent shift towards populism in the region would be temporary and the Chavez exp [...]	2006-06-13 21:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON AA EINV PGOV PE
06LIMA2367	CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: During his codel to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with Prime Minister Kuczynski to discuss the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement and the state of democracy in Peru. The Prime Minister provided a persuasive case on how the Agreement will boost the economy, emphasizing the crea [...]	2006-06-13 21:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE
06LIMA2381	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL MCLAUGHLIN, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 14:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA2399	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DINT/FISH AND WILDLIFE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service Andrea L. Gaski for the period of June 25 through July 4, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Cites Mahogany and Significant Trade at the Cites Plants Committee. Per Reftel no Embass [...]	2006-06-16 13:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SENV OTRA KSCA TBIO AMGT PE
06LIMA2415	FUJIMORISTAS LOOKING FORWARD TO COOPERATING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legislators-elect Keiko and Santiago Fujimori, in a 6/12 meeting with Polcouns, said that their 13-member congressional bloc would be disciplined, and is prepared to work constructively with the incoming Garcia government in return for an end to "political persecution" and "imp [...]	2006-06-16 16:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR PE
06LIMA2428	FIRST FISSURES IN THE HUMALISTA MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ollanta Humala's Second Vice President candidate on the Union por el Peru (UPP) ticket, Carlos Torres Caro, announced on 6/12 that he and three other congressmen-elect were breaking with Humala. Torres Caro characterized Humala as authoritarian and anti-democratic, and charge [...]	2006-06-16 21:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PE
06LIMA248	OLLANTA HUMALA: KEYS TO HIS CHARACTER, LIKELY [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has offered little direct information about his attitudes toward the United States. The absence of direct criticism of the U.S. might lead some to conclude that his ideas about the U.S. are still gestating and possibly could be t [...]	2006-01-23 11:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA2481	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DINT/FWS EMPLOYEES. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert R. Gabel, Patricia de Angelis, Michael D. Kreger, Mark Albert and Anne St. John for the period of July 1 through July 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Sixth Meeting of the Plants Committee of the Conve [...]	2006-06-21 15:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SENV OTRA KSCA TBIO AMGT PE
06LIMA2493	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID KEEFER. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS David Keefer for the period of July 28 through August 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct fieldwork in areas of Peru that have experienced earthquake-induced landsliding. Per Reftel no Embassy assistance has [...]	2006-06-22 13:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO PE
06LIMA2499	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA EMPLOYEES SMITH, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NOAA employees Katherine Smith, Nancy Daves, Donna Wieting and John Carlson for the period of July 6 through July 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Twenty-Second Animals Committee Meeting of (CITIES) the Conve [...]	2006-06-22 17:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS PE
06LIMA2503	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA,S FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM held a 90 minute meeting on 6/19 with Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde, who President-elect Alan Garcia intends to name as Foreign Minister. Garcia Belaunde said Alan Garcia will rarely travel abroad. The only plans now on the books are to visit Chile and Colombia before th [...]	2006-06-22 17:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA2534	GARCIA'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 20 meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Garcia's economic team detailed Garcia's short term priorities, including improving water quality and promoting agricultural exports from the Andes. These programs should begin shortly after the July 28 inauguration, [...]	2006-06-26 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE
06LIMA2559	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA SHERWOOD HALL. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/FDA Sherwood Hall for the period of July 16 through July 22, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to train and provide a course on Marine Biotoxins to the officials of the Official Sanitary Authority of the Peruvian Government [...]	2006-06-27 17:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA US PE
06LIMA2586	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WILLENS (JUL 4-12) [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of Staff Member Todd Willens, House Resources Committee, to Peru, July 4-12, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Twenty-second meeting of the Animals Committee, which is part of the Convention on International Trade in Endanger [...]	2006-06-30 16:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
06LIMA262	FAA RECOMMENDS CATEGORY 1 WITH CONDITIONS [...] (C) Summary. After conducting its International Aviation Safety Assessment on January 17-20, the FAA concluded that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) is ICAO compliant and should remain in Category I, but with conditions. The FAA found that the DGAC needed to improve its act [...]	2006-01-23 18:42:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON CASC PGOV PE
06LIMA2624	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2625	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2629	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MARTHA BALDWIN AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/FDA Martha Baldwin and Karen Bryerton for the period of June 30 through July 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct Regulatory Inspection Opening meeting with government officials and to conduct food inspections of [...]	2006-07-05 15:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA US PE
06LIMA2668	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 16:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA269	DGAC OUSTED OVER GROUNDING OF TANS AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary. The indefinite grounding of TANS Airlines on January 6 has become highly politicized, with President Toledo ordering the removal of Director General of Civil Aviation Roberto Rodriguez from his post on January 20. According to DGAC officials, the Ministry of Defense, which owns [...]	2006-01-23 23:05:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA2713	NAS MONTHLY REPORT JUNE 2006 [...] (C) The key developments in June 2006: As of June 27, CORAH eradicated 5,979 hectares of coca. NAS Director met with the transition team of the newly elected president; they were in a listening mode and did not express strong opinions about any of our policies or programs. ** NAS a [...]	2006-07-12 14:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA2715	UPDATE ON ATPDEA DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary. Four years after the implementation of ATPDEA, the Peruvian Government has resolved six of the nine original ATPDEA disputes. The GOP is working to resolve the remaining ATPDEA cases -- LeTourneau, Engelhard and Princeton Dover -- as well as several other high profile cases, i [...]	2006-07-12 14:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE

06LIMA2743	HUMALA MOVEMENT LOSING STEAM IN AREQUIPA [...] Radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Arequipa region by a wide margin in Peru's 6/4 presidential race. Despite that, the prospects for pro-Humala candidates in upcoming regional and municipal elections are uncertain. Humala has lost credibil [...]	2006-07-13 19:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
06LIMA2885	HUMALA A HAS-BEEN, SAYS FORMER ADVISOR, NOW [...] (C) Former radical, anti-system presidential candidate for the Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist (PNP) parties Ollanta Humala will neither be able to control the 43-person Congressional bloc elected with him nor will he succeed in electing political allies in November's regional [...]	2006-07-25 19:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA2899	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DOE personnel Sarah Loel Dickerson, Gregory Michel Dwyer, Michael Vernon Strosinski for the period of August 23 through August 26, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to visit IPEN facilities in order to test security upgrades. [...]	2006-07-26 16:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE
06LIMA2900	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. ATD #2357 [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of August 16 through August 20, 2006 and August 25 through August 31, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate on Changas Disease Research, including data analysis and development of p [...]	2006-07-26 16:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA OTRA US PE BL CDC
06LIMA2926	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA2927	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA2942	LETOURNEAU RECEIVES SETTLEMENT, CASE CLOSED [...] (U) On July 26, Roy LeTourneau, CEO of LeTourneau Foundation, received the agreed-upon settlement of approximately USD 10 million from the GOP by wire transfer, resolving a decades-old dispute. That same day, LeTourneau signed a Cancellation Public Deed that formally closed the case. 2. (U) [...]	2006-08-01 13:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
06LIMA2945	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IET/TREASURY JAMES PARROT, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of IET/Treasury officials James Parrot, Manuel Godinez and Enrique Gerardo Fasci for the period of August 11 through August 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to present the Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) Training Cours [...]	2006-08-01 14:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PE
06LIMA2947	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JULIA ERSHOVA ATD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Julia Ershova for the period of August 05 through August 14, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct a training course for the participants of project "Implementation and Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Methods". Per Reft [...]	2006-08-01 16:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA OTRA US PE CDC
06LIMA2948	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Federal Aviation Administration personnel Joaquin R. Ochoa, Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Frank Morales from July 30, 2006 through August 9, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct SUP investigation of Cielos del Peru Airlines [...]	2006-08-01 16:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA2989	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV WRIGHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DOE personnel Kyle Alan Wright, Gregory Michael Dwyer, Gregory Allen Herdes, Jeremo Don Jamison, Kurt Ogg Westerman and Joseph Henry Schwartzel for the period of August 8 through August 14, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to [...]	2006-08-02 14:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE
06LIMA30	CHAVEZ, EVO MORALES BACK HUMALA AT CARACAS MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala made a surprise appearance in Caracas on 1/3, attending a televised ceremony held by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to honor Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales. Both Chavez and Morales had high praise for Ollanta, who [...]	2006-01-04 20:26:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PE VE BL
06LIMA3059	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JULY 2006 [...] (C) The key developments in July 2006: As of July 29, CORAH eradicated 7,491 hectares of coca. CORAH eradicator was murdered while working as an advance scout for the eradication team; another was injured by an IED. The Peruvian police are investigating these crimes. ** A GAO tea [...]	2006-08-04 20:07:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA3103	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE, [...] (C) President Uribe expressed interest in both early approval of the proposed U.S.-Colombian FTA and, barring that, in a possible extension for APTDEA. Secretary Gutierrez described how both Ecuador and Bolivia had almost certainly scotched any chance for APTDEA extension through recent acti [...]	2006-08-08 19:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3104	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA [...] (U) President Alan Garcia met privately for 20 minutes with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez following the inauguration ceremony on July 28. The President was accompanied by Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde. Ambassador Struble joined the Secretary. 2. (C) Secretary Gutie [...]	2006-08-08 19:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA3105	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS URUGUAYAN VP RODOLFO NIN [...] (C) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Ambassador Struble met with Uruguayan Vice President Rodolfo Nin and Uruguayan Ambassador to Peru Juan Oddone on 7/27. Nin said the GOU was most interested in an FTA with the U.S. He dismissed radical gestures by Hugo Chavez, stating that the new left in [...]	2006-08-08 19:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3137	BIOS FOR AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TRANSPORT & HOUSING [...] (U) Biographic information for President Alan Garcia's Ministers of Agriculture, Energy and Mining, Transportation, and Housing follows below. These ministers took office on July 28, 2006. See Ref A for the bios of the Prime Minister and Foreign, Defense, and Interior Ministers, and Ref B fo [...]	2006-08-10 16:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV TBIO PREL PE
06LIMA3139	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA INSPECTORS PEREZ AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Transportation Security Administration personnel George Perez and Anthony Rivera from September 11, 2006 through September 15, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct Air Carrier Station Inspections of the U.S. Air Carrier [...]	2006-08-10 16:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA3141	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA CRUZ AND PERRY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 17:08:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA3194	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury officials Anna Jewell and Jeffrey Levine, August 14-18. Control Officer below has been in contact with Jewell and Levine. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure tax on any outbou [...]	2006-08-14 22:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EINV ECON PE
06LIMA3245	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ATTACHE AND MANPADS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of TSA Attache Joseph G. Ochoa, Santo Polizzi and David W. Thomas from September 7, 2006 through September 16, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to assist TSA security specialists team conducting a MANPADS Vulnerability Assessment [...]	2006-08-17 17:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER EAIR OTRA AR PE
06LIMA3259	NEW PERU DEFENSE MINISTER ON ARTICLE 98, SOFA, [...] (C) Ambassador discussed Peruvian border and internal control issues, Article 98, a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the U.S.-donated C-26 counternarcotics (CN) aircraft, the U.S. Customs P-3 CN flights from Piura, the Cooperating Nations Information Exchange System (CNIES),and a possible [...]	2006-08-17 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KICC PHUM PREL KTIA MARR MOPS PINR PE
06LIMA3290	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA KELLY, TURNER, MASTERS, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Commerce, NOAA, NWS Brig. Gen. Kelly, Kelly Turner, Robert Draggon and Cynthia Hampton for the period of September 6 through September 14, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to participate in the World Meteorologi [...]	2006-08-21 15:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TPHY OTRA KSCA WMO PE
06LIMA3292	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. LIPSKY AND TUAN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NIH/FIC Dr. Peter Lipsky and Dr. Rocky Tuan for the period of August 18 through August 24, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to participate as speakers in the XIV Pan American Congress of Rheumatology (PANLAR Congress 2006). [...]	2006-08-21 15:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA3332	Country Clearance Approval - Jose Bruzual [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jose Bruzual, Veterinary Consultant from August 29 through September 02, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the FAO sponsored emergency preparedness for Avian Influenza in the Andes Region. Embassy assistance has been not [...]	2006-08-23 15:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA PE
06LIMA3349	CABINET VOTE COULD SPLIT HUMALA COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala are divided over whether to endorse President Garcia's new cabinet on Thursday, August 24. Humala has said his party would vote against the Garcia Cabinet, but UPP congressional representatives including spokesman Al [...]	2006-08-23 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA3370	Country Clearance Approval - Annabella Reszczynski [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Annabella Reszczynski, FSN, Agricultural Specialist, Area 1, South America Region, International Services, APHIS/USDA from August 30 through September 02, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the OIE-FAO Meeting. Hotel accom [...]	2006-08-24 18:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA PE
06LIMA3384	PERU SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE [...] (U) Summary. Overcoming decades of distrust, Peru and Chile signed a trade agreement on August 22. The agreement "amplifies" the 1998 Chile-Peru Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA),and provides for national treatment of Peruvian investors in Chile, most favored nation treatment by Chile [...]	2006-08-25 15:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG ELAB ECON EAID SENV CI PE
06LIMA3385	TRADE ENVOY DE SOTO DISCUSSES PTPA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Hernando de Soto, President Garcia's recently named Personal Representative for the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),told the Ambassador on August 22 that he would develop a plan of activities to promote U.S. Congressional passage of the PTPA before traveling to the U [...]	2006-08-25 15:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA3388	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL SIEGMAN AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of FAA personnel James E. Siegman and James G. Greenwood from September 9, 2006 through September 14, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to perform a FAR Part 145 Facility Inspection and modification to the avionics of ASTAR's Air [...]	2006-08-25 17:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR OTRA AR PE
06LIMA3389	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL BENJAMIN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of FAA Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from August 27, 2006 through September 1, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct follow up inspection of LIC Busre A 14 CFR Part 129.14 Operator and Aviation Lider in Lima. [...]	2006-08-25 17:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR OTRA AR PE
06LIMA3416	Country Clearance Approval - APHIS GROUP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Cesar Orozco, Veterinary Officer, APHIS IS, Bolivia; Roberto Guzman, APHIS Bogota; Jorge Leon, APHIS Caracas and, Esteban Espinoza, APHIS Quito from August 30 through September 02, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the OI [...]	2006-08-29 16:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA PE
06LIMA3418	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS COTTER TEAM [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS Gladys Cotter, Thomas Hermann, Mark Fornwall, Thomas Lahr and Michael Ruggiero for the period of September 28 through October 08, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the Governing Board Meeting of [...]	2006-08-29 17:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO PE
06LIMA3426	ASSISTANT USTR EISSENSTAT'S VISIT TO PERU - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) I welcome your August 30-September 1 visit to Peru to discuss the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) with the Peruvian government, the local American and Peruvian business communities and members of civil society. The agreement is an important element of newly-elected President Al [...]	2006-08-29 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV OTRA PE
06LIMA3486	TRADE MINISTER EXPLAINS PERU'S DECISION TO REJOIN G-20 [...] (SBU) While in Brazil on August 25, Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde announced that Peru would rejoin the G-20. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim proudly noted that Ecuador and Peru would attend the G-20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro from September 9-10, raising G-20 membership t [...]	2006-09-01 21:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO OTRA PE
06LIMA3489	APEC: PERU SUPPORTS CTTF EXTENSION, OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: The GOP supports an extension of APEC's Counter-Terrorism Task Force, and suggests Thailand as a possible new chair. The GOP generally agrees with the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, with one notable exception: the GOP strongly opposes the creation of a professional Executive D [...]	2006-09-01 22:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON APECO ETRD PTER PE
06LIMA349	COMMERCIAL DISPUTE SUCCESS STORIES - MOTOROLA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Aside from the ATPDEA commercial disputes, Embassy Lima handles a substantial number of other commercial disputes. Over the past two months, three of these cases have been successfully resolved in favor of the U.S. companies. In Motorola's case, the Tax Court disagreed with [...]	2006-01-27 16:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KIDE PE
06LIMA3534	Country Clearance Approval - Julie Kunen [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Julie Kunen, Forestry Advisor, US Forest Service from September 14 through September 24, 2006. The purpose of travel is to participate in USG-funded workshop on forest transparency and to meet with USAID mission staff and key st [...]	2006-09-06 17:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA PE
06LIMA3588	PERU - FM WILL SHARE EXPERIENCES FOR PRESIDENT'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-09 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PE
06LIMA3618	ORTHODOX ECONOMIST NAMED TO CHAIR PERU'S CENTRAL BANK BOARD [...] Summary: President Alan Garcia named another well-known orthodox economist, Julio Velarde, to chair the Central Bank's Board of Governors, and three other governors as well. The other nominees are the asparagus exporter and former Agriculture Minister (in the first Fujimori Administration) Jo [...]	2006-09-12 13:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO PE
06LIMA3622	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF EDWARD MURDY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NSF Edward Murdy for the period of September 30 through October 06, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to heard the US Delegation to the Extraordinary Governing Board Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBI [...]	2006-09-12 15:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY OTRA NSFO ASEC PE
06LIMA3636	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOR OPIC OFFICER STEVEN SMITH [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of OPIC Officer Steven Smith from September 13, 2006 through September 19, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct site visit. Per your request Embassy will make arrangements for visit with Econ and FCS officers. When de [...]	2006-09-13 14:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OTRA OPIC EC ASEC PE
06LIMA3667	Country Clearance Approval - Charles S. Helling [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Charles S. Helling, Research Soil Scientist, USDA/ARS/BA/PSI/Sustainable persnnial Crops Laboratory, Beltsville, MD from September 16 through September 30, 2006. The purpose of travel is to continue research with ARS peruvian co [...]	2006-09-14 21:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA PE
06LIMA3677	GOP TEMPORARILY HALTS ERADICATION AFTER COCALERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On 9/11 some 300 cocaleros attacked police officers protecting coca eradicators in San Martin. Two police officers were injured in the scuffle, one with shotgun wounds, as were a number of protesters. A group of doctors, a prosecutor, and cocalero Congresswoman Nancy Obregon fl [...]	2006-09-15 16:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PE
06LIMA3680	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: ROSES, DASH, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dulce Maria Roses, Stephen Randolph Dash, David S Burkholder, and Deborah Bonita Lawrence from September 24, 2006 through October 5, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the seminar on implementation of CNS/ATM Technology [...]	2006-09-15 17:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA3686	CAMISEA SCORECARD: TOLEDO'S GREAT LEGACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Camisea natural gas project has been a qualified success. Peru is increasingly using Camisea gas (cleaner, cheaper than diesel) in power generation, industry, homes and vehicles, with Peruvians benefiting from lower electricity rates -- even before construction of the project [...]	2006-09-15 19:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA3763	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: ALEXANDER [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kenneth Kern Alexander from September 24, 2006 through October 5, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the seminar on implementation of CNS/ATM Technology in support of FAA Presentation on the implementation of ATN appli [...]	2006-09-21 20:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA3790	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WHA/EPSC ROONEY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the familiarization visit to Peru of WHA/EPSC Deputy Director Matthew Rooney from October 3 through October 5, 2006. The Control Officer for the visit is Economic Officer Marcos Mandojana, office telephone number (51)(1)618-2411, cellular telephone [...]	2006-09-25 16:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT PE
06LIMA3823	COCALEROS USE CONGRESS TO PUSH PRO-COCA/ANTI-U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Pro-cocalero congressional representatives ranted about the benefits of coca and the costs of U.S. imperialism disguised as counternarcotics policy at a recent "Coca and Biodiversity" conference held in a Congressional annex. Cocalero leader Nelson Palomino also participated. T [...]	2006-09-27 17:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA3870	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARYN BERN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern from Oct. 15-23, and Nov. 1-4, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to collaborate on Chagas Disease research including data analysis and development of proposals. No embassy assistance has been requested. When depart [...]	2006-09-28 21:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC CDC PE
06LIMA3896	PERU LNG: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Peru Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project is proceeding apace, bringing gas from the Camisea gas fields through to pipeline to LNG plant and marine terminal on Peru's coastline. A 2010 export target should deliver $200 million in GOP revenues and community projects per year, with [...]	2006-09-29 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA3907	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ADAM SMITH [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Representative Adam Smith to visit Peru from October 1 through October 5, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to better understand U.S.- Peru Economic Relations, including the potential impact of a U.S.-Peru FTA on economic development and povert [...]	2006-10-02 16:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ETRD PE
06LIMA3943	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARILYN DISIRIO AND ENRIQUE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marilyn Disirio and Enrique Paz from October 29-31, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to finalize their negotiation with their partners. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of P [...]	2006-10-04 19:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC CDC US PE
06LIMA3956	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JUAN AMARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Juan Amaral from October 10-15, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to serve as a lecturer at the 10th Peruvian Congress of Endocrinology. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic o [...]	2006-10-05 16:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC TBIO PE
06LIMA4046	EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS CARVE OUT POLITICAL SPACE [...] (SBU) Peru's Evangelical Protestants constitute a rising, pro-US, anti-radical force that helped Alan Garcia defeat Ollanta Humala in Peru's 6/4 presidential race (Ref A-D). Garcia showed his gratitude when he attended a post-inaugural Evangelical "Thanksgiving" service held in his honor. The [...]	2006-10-12 18:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4066	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] (U) The key developments in September 2006: As of September 30, CORAH eradicated 9,039 hectares of coca. Cocalero confrontation with PNP eradication security in Sion caused a halt in eradication while GOP investigated. CORAH is now working in areas away from populated areas to avoi [...]	2006-10-13 15:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA4117	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DYNCORP EMPLOYEE ARGABRIGHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dyncorp's Director of IT David Argabright for the period of October 22 through October 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to develop interface between applications for new subsidiaries. Per reftel Embassy assistance is not [...]	2006-10-19 16:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR OTRA PE
06LIMA4118	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STATE EMPLOYEE PARRA. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of State's non-pilot instructor Jose Parra for the period of October 23 through October 30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to review the non-crew member training program. Per reftel Embassy assistance is not requested. When [...]	2006-10-19 16:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR OTRA PE
06LIMA4158	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN H. JOHNSON, FEDERAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Karen H. Johnson from October 25-29, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend BIS working party on Monetary Policy in Latin America. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Pe [...]	2006-10-23 15:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EFIN FRB PE
06LIMA4176	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEVGI ARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sevgi Aral from Nov. 27 to December 2, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to provide technical expertise on a qualitative evaluation, which is a complementary study to the ongoing Trust-Funded, "Urban Community Randomized Trial o [...]	2006-10-25 18:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC US CDC PE
06LIMA4177	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARLA LEE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carla Lee from Nov. 5-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to assist the Pan American Health Office and the Ministry of Health with Rubella campaign activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima [...]	2006-10-25 18:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC US CDC PE
06LIMA4222	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SONIA ORTEGA [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Sonia Ortega from November 6-13, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to give a presenataion at the IV Iberoamerican Congress on Scientific Education. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the [...]	2006-10-30 13:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TPHY PE
06LIMA4223	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAS PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of George H. Atkinson, Andrew Reynolds, Kim Boyer, Edward Samulski, Christina McCain, Lee Schwartz, Nathan Singh and Cung Vu from November 2-3, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to tour universities and laboratories conducting sem [...]	2006-10-30 14:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC AR BI CI PE
06LIMA4241	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: ROSES, TRAN, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dulce Maria Roses, Hoang N Tran, David S Burkholder and Kenneth Ken Alexander from November 9-16, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the ICAO GREPECAS GNSS/TF/2 and the GREPECAS ATM/CNS/SG/5 meeting. No embassy assista [...]	2006-10-31 16:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA4254	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: HAWTHORNE, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Michael Hawthorne, George Marshall Hof, Michael Lam, Barbara Jean Cassidy, Justo P Casablanca and Herbert Madison Walton Jr from November 9-17, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to participate in ICAO Caribbean/South America Reg [...]	2006-11-02 16:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA4270	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, OCTOBER 2006 [...] (U) The key developments in September 2006: As of October 31, CORAH eradicated 9,716 hectares of coca leaf. Interior Minister Pilar Mazzetti reaffirms the police's right to repel violence directed at CORAH by cocaleros. ** Police "pre-academy" opens in Santa Lucia with strong com [...]	2006-11-03 20:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA4374	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NIDA GROUP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following: Dr. Ahmed Elkashef from November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Jag Khalsa, November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Ivan Montoya, November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Francis Vocci, November 29-December 7, 2006 The purpose of th [...]	2006-11-15 19:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC TBIO PE
06LIMA4384	GARCIA SAYS HE WILL ASK BUSH TO SEND FREE TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Alan Garcia announced that he would personally ask President Bush in the next few days to submit the implementing legislation for the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) to Congress now. Garcia announced on state-run television November 15 that the Democrats' mid-ter [...]	2006-11-16 21:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PE
06LIMA4404	PERUQS SAMOAFIBER Q EXCITING NEW BIOFUEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. company is developing a promising new biofuel source in the Amazon. The Samoafiber reed is endemic to Peru and may be the fastest growing plant suitable for biofuel; the riverine grassQs cellulose is converted to a crude bio-oil that can then be converted to ethanol. Samoa [...]	2006-11-17 14:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD PE
06LIMA4415	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEVGI ARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sevgi Aral from Nov. 30 to December 6, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to provide technical expertise on a qualitative evaluation, which is a complementary study to the ongoing Trust-Funded, "Urban Community Randomized Trial o [...]	2006-11-20 12:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC US CDC PE
06LIMA4421	BIOFUELS IN PERU PROMISING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Biofuels show promise for Peru, particularly sugar-based ethanol and a newly-discovered source for bio-oil. Ethanol blends can produce cleaner fuels for polluted cities; trade preferences make ethanol attractive for export. A U.S. and several Peruvian firms have projects underway. [...]	2006-11-20 16:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV SNAR PE
06LIMA4480	CAMISEA PIPELINE UPDATE: AUDITS [...] SUMMARY: Three audits of Camisea pipeline construction and performance are in progress. The GOP contracted its audit to German firm Germanischer Lloyd, and a report is expected early next year. Camisea Consortium TGP delivered its internal audit report to the GOP, and a condensed version for [...]	2006-11-24 19:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA4511	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ATTACHE JOSEPH G. OCHOA, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joseph G. Ochoa, III from November 29 to December 1, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to discuss a proposed Memorandum of Agreement for technical assistance. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by [...]	2006-11-28 20:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC OTRA AR PE
06LIMA4519	GOP DECENTRALIZATION "SHOCK" A NECESSARY BUT [...] (SBU) President Garcia has announced a series of measures to accelerate the GOP's decentralization process, including the transfer of many government functions and over $1 billion USD to the regions and municipalities in 2007. The political motive behind the initiative is clear -- Garcia will [...]	2006-11-29 13:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SNAR PE
06LIMA453	ELECTION UPDATE: CENTER-RIGHT CANDIDATE LOURDES [...] (U) Center-right presidential candidate Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) has opened up an eight point lead (30-22 percent) over ultra-nationalist anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala (Union por el Peru - UPP) in the latest Apoyo consultancy poll. Ex-President Alan Garcia (APRA) is a [...]	2006-02-03 16:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE
06LIMA4541	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/FRA CLIFFORD EBY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Clifford Eby from December 2-6, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to give talks about the US rail system and FRA's Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program (RRIF) at a conference sponsored by Ferrocarril Central [...]	2006-12-01 17:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN OTRA AORC PE
06LIMA4547	CONGRESS LABOR COMMITTEE BULLISH ON LABOR LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: UPP congressman Aldo Estrada, president of the congressional committee on labor, told poloffs November 21 that revisions to the proposed General Labor Law should be completed and passed to the plenary by December 22--where it could be approved early in next year's session. He no [...]	2006-12-01 22:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PE PGOV
06LIMA4554	Peru: Interim TIP Assessment [...] (SBU) Peru is making steady progress in establishing a legal framework for prosecuting traffickers of persons and educating police, prosecutors, and the general public about trafficking in persons (TIP). The Garcia Administration, which took office on July 28, moved quickly to submit a compreh [...]	2006-12-04 14:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG PE
06LIMA4566	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2006 [...] (U) The key developments in November 2006: As of November 30, CORAH surpasses annual goal by eradicating 10,006 hectares of coca leaf. The GOP's 2007 Eradication Plan awaiting final approval--probably in December. ** Institute for Tropical Crops (ICT) has five-year plan for self- [...]	2006-12-04 20:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA4610	PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA AT 100 PLUS DAYS [...] (SBU) President Garcia's political skills have lent Peru a stability that the country has not enjoyed for several years. While the APRA lost badly in the 11/19 regional elections, some argue that Garcia now can control a divided field of regional presidents and use the results to stave off p [...]	2006-12-07 14:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA4620	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV MCRAE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of James Bennett McRae from December 10-14, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend and participate in an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sponsored Regional Workshop on Liability for Nuclear Damage, at the Ministry of [...]	2006-12-07 21:08:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE
06LIMA4625	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MANAGEMENT - MIAMI IFO [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dawn R.H. Veatch and Javier Rodriguez from January 24-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Consultations follow-up visit with the Direccion General de Aviacion Civil de Peru. Emb [...]	2006-12-11 12:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA466	CONGRESSMAN LEVIN'S FACT FINDING MISSION ON U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Sandy Levin (D-Michigan) discussed the impact of a future Trade Promotion Agreement in Peru with a broad spectrum of government, private sector, NGO, labor, academic and Catholic Church leaders. The Congressman met twice with President Toledo, the second time to di [...]	2006-02-05 13:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE
06LIMA469	EU IMPROVES PERU'S TRADE PREFERENCES, BUT FTA [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 1, 2006, the European Union extended its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for Peru, making Peru one of 15 countries to receive GSP Plus benefits. Under GSP Plus, Peru will be able to export up to 7,200 products duty free to the EU, an increase from 6,900 unde [...]	2006-02-06 12:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA4698	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID [...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes at a moment when the new government led by President Alan Garcia is emerging from its honeymoon period and is beginning to feel popular pressure for action. The message from the June presidential election -- a contest in which Hugo Chavez protege Ollan [...]	2006-12-15 22:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OTRA PVIP PHUM PE
06LIMA4722	CAJAMARACA AND REGIONAL UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Cajamarca may be emblematic of the broader regional challenges facing the Garcia administration, namely persistent poverty and rising frustration with inadequate public services that fuel antipathy towards all levels of government. Social discontent in Cajamarca has at times m [...]	2006-12-19 15:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA4772	PUNO: TROUT AQUACULTURE BOOMING [...] SUMMARY. Trout ranching is a new economic activity for the poor Lake Titicaca area and has great potential for expansion. With private sector leadership and USAID support, the industry made great strides since 2004 and will export 700 tons to some of the most competitive markets in the world, [...]	2006-12-22 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA4781	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: JAMES E. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of James E. Siegman Jr. and Bryan C. Bazemore from January 7-11, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform a far part 145 facility inspection, perform FAA HBAW 06-05, air transport oversight system element performance inspection [...]	2006-12-27 16:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA4782	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SENIOR EXECUTIVE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Frederick T. Walker and Lorna L. John from January 24-27, 2007. The purpose of the travel: International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) consultations, and follow-up visit with the Direccion General de Aviacion de Peru. No em [...]	2006-12-27 16:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA4795	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RESEARCH ZOOLOGIST TERRY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Terry Chesser from January 15 - February 24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct ornithological field research on the west slope of the Andes in central-southern Peru, collecting specimens for the National Museum of Natu [...]	2006-12-28 19:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
06LIMA494	HUMALA DOGGED BY ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ultra-nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has recently been dogged by allegations that he committed human rights violations while serving as a Peruvian Army Officer in the Upper Huallaga Valley in the early 1990s. The Human Rights Coordinator, an umbrella group [...]	2006-02-06 23:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA58	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Interior Thomas C. Brown, for the period of January 8, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to launch a survey to assess willingness to pay for environmental service. Per Reftel no Embassy [...]	2006-01-06 15:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV OTRA EAID PE
06LIMA59	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Interior Thomas C. Brown, for the period of January 8, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to launch a survey to assess willingness to pay for environmental service. Per Reftel no Embassy [...]	2006-01-06 15:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV OTRA EAID PE
06LIMA658	HUMALA DOWN BUT STILL AHEAD IN PUNO [...] A recent trip to Puno provided insights into ultra-nationalist, radical, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala's support in this rural and traditionally more radical region of Peru (Ref C). Humala's popularity in Puno has been dented but not fatally damaged by political problems within his pa [...]	2006-02-16 21:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA699	PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary. Post recommends that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2006. Peru continued to face high levels of copyright piracy in all sectors, including media, books, toys, apparel and other merchandise, in 2005, including a slight increase in optical disc piracy. Indecopi, the [...]	2006-02-22 15:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PE
06LIMA706	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CARMEN DE GIACOMO AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carmen De Giacomo and Samuel Perry, Saftey Inspectors from South Florida, from February 26 through March 3, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct substantial maintenance facility inspections at Aeroinversiones del Peru, a [...]	2006-02-22 21:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA707	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR LESLIE SOMMER MCCORMICK [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Leslie Sommer McCormick, Senior International Program Officer of FAA Hedquarters, from February 26 through March 1, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 8th meeting of the coordination committee for the ICAO/UNDP RLA/ [...]	2006-02-22 21:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
06LIMA73	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL WALTZ, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Gregory L. Michael, Adeo Rebosio, Hector O. Hermosilla and John A. Waltz of the Federal Aviation Administration, for the period of January 16, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct an assessment o [...]	2006-01-09 17:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA742	CAMISEA II PROMISES JOB GROWTH AND EXPORT REVENUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru LNG, a consortium led by Hunt Oil, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of its $1.3 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, Camisea Phase II. Construction should add 5,000 direct jobs and up to 30,000 more indirect jobs to Peru's economy. Peru LNG is [...]	2006-02-24 17:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA786	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR JAN GILBREATH . [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jan Gilbreath, International Affairs Specialist, from March 29th through March 31, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend public national workshops that present and discuss the results of environmental assessments of trade [...]	2006-03-01 13:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SENV KSCA TPHY EPA CO PE

06LIMA824	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL DULCE MARIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 18:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAIR PE
06LIMA852	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA PERSONNEL JEFFREY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NOAA personnel Jeffrey Seminoff from March 16 through March 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meeting for NOAA/IMARPE MOU and conduct site visit to NOAA contractor. Per Reftel no Embassy assistance has been req [...]	2006-03-06 14:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS PE
06LIMA86	HUMALA PERFORMS AT POST-CARACAS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala held a sometimes-raucous press conference on 1/5/06 to explain his recent trip to Caracas. The event showcased Humala's ability to project a plainspoken "country boy" image and to use effective folksy sound bites to answer often- [...]	2006-01-09 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA887	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE STAFF [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Federal Reserve staff George Holguin, Senior Financial Analyst and Jose Pignano, Senior Financial Analyst, for the period of March 11 through March 19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to intruct the "Bank Analysis and Examinat [...]	2006-03-07 14:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EFIN FRB PE
06LIMA893	HUMALA'S REVEALING "GREAT TRANSFORMATION" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala released his plan of government, entitled &The Great Transformation,8 (GT) on 2/22/06. The 84-page manifesto calls for a state-directed social revolution in Peru. The plan assumes that the state can form voluntary, productive pa [...]	2006-03-07 16:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA9	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The Government of Peru (GOP) eradicated close to 9,000 hectares of coca in 2005, far surpassing its goal of 8,000 hectares. This achievement was accomplished through the strong commitment of the Ministry of Interior's eradication force (CORAH) and the drug police (DIRANDRO) that provid [...]	2006-01-03 21:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA93	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Gregory L. Michael, Adeo Rebosio, Mel Marengo and John A. Waltz of the Federal Aviation Administration, for the period of January 16, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct assessment of the Peruvia [...]	2006-01-10 17:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA965	PERU'S EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASE 51 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In 2005, the Peruvian Government successfully improved its trade relations with China, witnessing an increase in both exports to and imports from China over 2004 levels. China is now the second most popular destination for Peruvian exports and imports, with exports to China in [...]	2006-03-13 16:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA992	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) officials Harold Stratton Jr. (Chairman),Edwards Richards (Special Assistant),and Arlene Fletcher (Public Affairs Specialist) for the period of March 20 through March 24, 2006. [...]	2006-03-14 13:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC APER AMGT CO OTRA PE
06LIMA993	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL CAMPBELL, [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 14:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAIR DR PE
06LINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06LISBON1014	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON EAST TIMOR AND DEPLOYMENT PLANS [...] (C) Portuguese interlocutors from the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry, and Republican National Guard (GNR) have confirmed Portugal's plans to help East Timor stabilize, although not under the auspices of the Australia-led Joint Task Force. Both the Portuguese Defense Minister's Advisor and [...]	2006-06-02 19:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	PREL MOPS TT PO
06LISBON1091	PORTUGAL-AUSTRALIA ACCORD OUTLINES COOPERATION IN [...] (U) On June 8, Portuguese Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral and Minister of Internal Administration Antonio Costa announced agreement had been achieved regarding operations of the National Republican Guard (GNR) forces and other international contingents deployed to East Timor. The agr [...]	2006-06-08 18:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PT
06LISBON1280	PORTUGUESE RESPONSE TO WTO DOHA ROUND DEMARCHE [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, Pol/Econ DepCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA EU External Relations Division Head Cristina Vasconcellos and Ministry of Economy Acting DG for Enterprise Alice Rodrigues. Each reiterated well-known EU positions, with Vasconcellos underscoring the need for simult [...]	2006-06-28 15:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	WTRO ETRD ECON FO PO
06LISBON1449	MIDEAST CRISIS: PORTUGAL CONCERNED BUT NEUTRAL [...] (U) Summary: Since July 14, Portuguese government officials have made public comments lamenting the crisis in the Middle East and reassuring the Portuguese public that the violence will not affect Portugal, but has scrupulously avoided taking sides. Leftist Portuguese political leaders, howev [...]	2006-07-17 16:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
06LISBON1524	GE BUILDING THE WORLD,S LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY PLANT [...] SUMMARY: GE Energy Financial Services has joined with the PowerLight Corporation (US) and Catavento (Portugal) to construct the world,s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, slated to open in January 2007. This $75 million project - located in Serpa, Portugal - is GE,s first solar power [...]	2006-07-25 07:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV TRGY ECON ETRD ETTC PO
06LISBON1554	PORTUGAL'S 2006 FOREST FIRE SEASON: BETTER THAN [...] (U) Portugal has experienced significantly fewer forest fires in comparison to the same period last year. However, the summer is only halfway over and the temperatures continue to rise. American technical assistance demonstrated its value when a fire break created by the United States Forest [...]	2006-07-27 12:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EU PO
06LISBON1565	TFLE01: PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado told the Ambassador on July 27 that the extraordinary EU meeting on the Middle East planned for August 1 must devise a common EU position and avoid divisions with the United States. He said Hezbollah must be disarmed and an international force deplo [...]	2006-07-27 16:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
06LISBON1593	CHAVEZ PLANS OFFICIAL VISIT TO PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, local daily "Diario de Noticias" reported Venezuelan Ambassador to Portugal, Lucas Rincon Romero's comments that President Hugo Chavez is making plans to travel to Portugal on an official visit sometime before the end of October. Pol/Econ Officer paid a call MFA Latin [...]	2006-08-02 15:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE PO
06LISBON1672	PORTUGUESE EDUCATION: FROM SALAZAR TO SOCRATES [...] (U) Even more than thirty years after the Salazar dictatorship, Portugal's education system lags so far behind other EU countries that its economic progress has been significantly affected. High dropout rates and lack of resulting qualifications have meant lost growth potential for the Portug [...]	2006-08-09 13:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PGOV PO
06LISBON1814	PORTUGUESE TO MEET WITH RUSSIANS ON NATURAL GAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: MFA Senior European Political Advisor informed Pol/Econ officer that Gazprom representatives were in Portugal in April to discuss the sale of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Gazprom to Portuguese Energy Company Galp Energia (Galp) via Algeria. A follow-up meeting is scheduled fo [...]	2006-08-25 16:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY EPET ECIN ECON EMIN PREL PO RS
06LISBON1845	PORTUGAL'S FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN [...] (C) On August 29, the Foreign Minister's Diplomatic Advisor provided Charge d'Affaires with a read-out of Foreign Minister Amado's August 24 meeting with Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal. Bilal asserted that the Middle East needed to be "reengineered" from the inside and that anything [...]	2006-08-29 17:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO IR SY
06LISBON2134	PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA, [...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...]	2006-09-26 15:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
06LISBON2365	PORTUGUESE FM OFFERS TO RESIGN IF CIA FLIGHT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Portugal's Foreign Minister offered to resign if opposition forces can demonstrate any complicity on the part of the government regarding alleged illegal CIA rendition flights through Portuguese territory. While a government investigation has refuted these allegations, the saga [...]	2006-10-20 16:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PO
06LISBON2366	SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...]	2006-10-20 17:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL PO
06LISBON2406	PORTUGAL: VENEZUELA SPECIAL COORDINATOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with WHA Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Latin America Director Helena Coutinho stressed Portugal's commitment to a fair Venezuelan presidential campaign with a viable opposition to prevent Chavez from [...]	2006-10-25 16:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE BR PO
06LISBON2407	PORTUGAL: CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) During a separate meeting in Lisbon on security and non-proliferation on the margins of the 21st Bilateral Commission, Portugal underscored the importance of a coordinated EU and US approach in the face of Iranian and North Korean efforts to upset the stability of the current worldwide [...]	2006-10-25 16:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL PO
06LISBON2419	PORTUGAL AGAINST LEBANON-SPECIFIC UN RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PTER PO
06LISBON2616	PORTUGAL ON UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) Summary: Portugal in particular, and the EU in general, will seek to make the ESS resolution on Israeli actions a more balanced text rather than oppose it directly. Should the EU achieve its goal to amend the text, member states will then try to achieve consensus on how to vote. End summa [...]	2006-11-17 17:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
06LISBON951	PORTUGAL PERMITS FREE ENTRY TO THE LEAST LIKELY [...] (U) Summary: On May 1, Portugal followed through with its March 10 commitment to allow the free movement of students and workers from the eight of the ten new EU members (excluding Cyprus and Malta). The announcement enjoyed significant press coverage, especially in light of the high-profile [...]	2006-05-25 16:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV PO
06LJUBLJANA101	SLOVENIA: DARFUR, KOSOVO, A NEW MOVEMENT: WHAT IS PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK UP TO? [...] (C) Summary: In the past four months Slovenian President Drnovsek has dramatically increased his activities on both the international and domestic scenes. He has put forward an initiative on resolving the status of Kosovo, publicly called for the EU to drop cap subsidies in WTO trade negotiat [...]	2006-02-15 03:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DARFR EAID SI PGOV
06LJUBLJANA109	SLOVENIA BACKSLIDING ON ASYLUM PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On Monday February 6, the National Assembly passed amendments to Slovenia's Asylum Law that will give the police significant new powers in adjudicating requests for asylum and reduce the role of trained asylum caseworkers. The new amendments are likely to further erode safegua [...]	2006-02-17 07:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SI
06LJUBLJANA132	NEW FACES, SAME STORY: SLOVENE PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The current Government of Slovenia (GOS),in office since December 2004, came into power on a platform of change. One of the key elements of the coalition agreement was economic reform, including plans to extract the state from the economy. The GOS has said it specifically wants [...]	2006-03-01 05:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA171	SLOVENIAN ENERGY: VULNERABLE BUT DIVERSIFIED [...] (SBU) Summary: A small, mountainous country with limited natural resources, Slovenia not surprisingly relies on external sources for many of its fossil fuel energy needs. Slightly more than 55 percent of Slovenia's total energy supply comes from liquid and solid fossil fuels. An additional 15 [...]	2006-03-20 04:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG SI
06LJUBLJANA221	SLOVENIA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary Slovenia has long prided itself on its unique relationship with Russia, which lacks most of the political baggage collected by its eastern neighbors during years of Communist repression. While the GOS's policy declaration at the beginning of its mandate in late 2004 specifically [...]	2006-04-12 00:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RU SI
06LJUBLJANA248	SLOVENIA BRIEFED ON U.S. KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel briefing on April 20 to MFA Director for South-Eastern Europe Division Davorin Senicar. Senicar thanked PolMiloff for sharing USG views on Kosovo's final status negotiations and noted that Slovenia was sincerely interested in securing peace and stability in the n [...]	2006-04-24 01:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA252	SLOVENIA: INTERIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 lunch hosted by COM Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate discussed Slovenia's regional anti-crime efforts and bilateral assistance to Macedonia; recent changes in the asylum law; latest thinking on dealing with the "erased," and the Hoehn-Saric case, a denationaliz [...]	2006-04-25 21:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LJUBLJANA272	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...]	2006-05-05 05:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA34	SLOVENIA: PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK SEEKING TO MAKE A [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch January 13, President Drnovsek, accompanied by Presidential Advisor and former FM Ivo Vajgl, outlined for COM his proposals to galvanize international assistance for Darfur (reported reftel),his ideas on how to resolve the long-simmering Slovenian-Croatian border disp [...]	2006-01-19 08:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA359	SLOVENIA: DAS PEKALA AND DEPUTY FM CERAR DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 24 meeting with EUR DAS Mark Pekala, Slovenia's Deputy Foreign Minster Bozo Cerar outlined some goals for the Center for European Perspective (CEP) and described the priorities of the Government of Slovenia (GOS) for its presidency of the European Union in the first hal [...]	2006-06-09 03:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA378	THE PRIVATIZATION TWO STEP: UPDATE FROM SLOVENIA [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has announced it will soon begin privatizing two of its significant assets: telecommunications operator Telekom Slovenije; and the country's second largest financial institution, Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor (NKBM). Though somewhat ill-timed coming [...]	2006-06-15 05:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA402	SLOVENIA: PM JANSA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Janez Jansa is nearly half-way through his first term in office. In that time we have enjoyed a much closer bilateral relationship with the Government of Slovenia (GOS) than with the previous, center-left government. He is a true believer in NATO and strong promo [...]	2006-06-28 03:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA414	SLOVENIA: COM AND PM JANSA MEET PRIOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-04 23:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR ENRG SI
06LJUBLJANA42	Government of Slovenia Publicly Defends Decision to [...] Summary: Media reaction to Slovenia's decision to contribute four soldiers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has been intense, dominating headlines since the January 12 announcement by Foreign Minister Rupel and Defense Minister Erjavec. The opposition and its media sympathizers h [...]	2006-01-20 07:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM PREL KPAO PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA483	SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW CHIEF OF DEFENSE GUTMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 20 July COM paid a courtesy call on the new Chief of Defense (CHOD) of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Lt. General Albin Gutman. Gutman, returning to the CHOD position for the second time, was well prepared and talked at length about the entire slate of U.S.-Slovenia militar [...]	2006-07-26 04:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	SI
06LJUBLJANA530	SLOVENIA: FINDING PRACTICAL WAYS TO MATCH [...] (U) A/DCM and PolMilOff delivered Reftel demarche to Mirko Cigler, Director of the Department for North America, and Damijan Bergant, Deputy Director of the Department for International Organizations and Human Security, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 16. 2. (C) Cigler echoed t [...]	2006-08-16 14:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA533	DARFUR: SLOVENIAN AID WORKER/PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY IN [...] (U) Summary. Slovenian aid worker and sometime Presidential envoy, Tomo Kriznar, has been sentenced to two years in jail and a EUR 2000 fine on charges of entering Sudan illegally, spying and spreading lies about Sudan, according to Slovene press reports. The press has turned its scornful p [...]	2006-08-18 10:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA552	SLOVENIA'S PROSPECTIVE OFFERING TO UNIFIL: 2 TO 6 [...] (U) The desires of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel to contribute to UNIFIL (reftels A and B) have now been backed up with a MoD recommendation to send between two and six personnel to support the stabilization of Lebanon. FM Rupel announced August 24 that a fina [...]	2006-08-24 14:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS SI
06LJUBLJANA553	SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...]	2006-08-24 14:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	NATO PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA611	SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...]	2006-09-21 12:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA613	SLOVENIA: CENTER LEFT LEADER POSITIONS FOR VICTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Borut Pahor, leader of Slovenia's Social Democratic Party (SD) and member of the European Parliament, has embarked on a program to raise the profile and broaden the appeal of his party. COM hosted Pahor for lunch in late August to sound him out on his future plans and vision f [...]	2006-09-22 13:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA63	SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]	2006-01-31 03:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA646	DAS DICARLO ENGAGES ON REGIONAL ISSUES IN LJUBLJANA [...] (C) Summary: In October 3-4 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, Slovenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Bozo Cerar, and chief international affairs advisor to the Prime Minister, Andrej Rahten reiterated Slovenia's support for the work of both the UN Special Negotiator Ahtisaari and the Contact [...]	2006-10-13 12:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SI YI SR
06LJUBLJANA66	SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SEES LEGACY IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 07:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM KCRS EAID PINR SU SI
06LJUBLJANA786	SLOVENIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE TACKLES HOST OF HOT [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian Defense Chief Gutman told COM the MoD is working to lift caveats, eager to take on troop deployment in Kosovo, enthusiastic about USG military education programs, and committed to realizing its spending target of 2% of GDP soon. Gutman shied away from discussing defense [...]	2006-12-07 12:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA795	ROMA SITUATION CALMS DESPITE THE RETURN OF SOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Week six of the Roma family Strojan story saw Minister of Environment Janez Podobnik named as the new government lead on Roma issues, the Environmental Inspectorate condemn the Strojans, home and recommend its demolition, and the Slovenian people giving their government mixed r [...]	2006-12-08 13:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA822	SLOVENIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BOARD WITH U.S.ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A SHORT ONE HOUR LUNCH DECEMBER 19 WITH COM ONE-ON-ONE, SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER JANSA EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI'S WAY FORWARD ON KOSOVO, SAYING HE HAD ARGUED AT THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT LAST WEEK THAT THERE WAS NO REASON TO DELAY INTRODUCING THE PLAN ONCE SER [...]	2006-12-20 15:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
06LOME353	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOKODE, TOGO'S MUSLIM [...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Sokode in north-central Togo, Ambassador inaugurated veral small projects, met with local officials, opposition leaders, and the Muslim community, and gave an interview to the main VOA affiliate in Togo, which is based in Sokode. Opposition representatives in [...]	2006-03-28 10:55:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID SCUL TO
06LOME447	TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE UNDERWAY -- ALL PARTIES ON BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a prelimary launch last November, the Togolese national dialogue resumed in earnest on April 21. The opening came after much controversy concerning the venue and need for an outside mediator/facilitator, including a boycott threat by the principal opposition party. All [...]	2006-04-21 15:11:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME474	GILCHRIST OLYMPIO IN TOGO, TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Gilchrist Olympio, the absentee head of the principal Togolese opposition party, the Union des Forces de Changement (UFC) called on the Ambassador on April 28 during a rare visit to Togo. Olympio was in Togo to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Togolese independence April 27. [...]	2006-05-03 15:16:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME737	TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE ROUSES FROM SOJOURN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an extended break in discussions caused by the contentious adoption of an interim agreement, the national dialogue process is suddenly back on track with the nomination of Burkinabe president Compaore as facilitator. The nine delegations unanimously agreed to cast [...]	2006-07-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME800	TOGO: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary. This cable continues reporting from ref A. Although talks in Ouagadougou were difficult, the Togolese ruling party made significant concessions, and Blaise Compaore proved a worthy facilitator. Provisions of the comprehensive poltical agreement that emerged in Ouagadougou a [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TO KDEM
06LONDON2203	(SBU) "LOANS FOR PEERAGES": MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British media are making much of the revelation that Prime Minister Blair nominated some wealthy individuals for peerages after they had made unpublicized loans to his Labour party. Those loans were not public knowledge, because transparency rules (introduced by Blair) appl [...]	2006-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR UK
06LONDON2212	(U) SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Blackburn and Liverpool represents an opportunity to allow Foreign Secretary Straw to reciprocate your hospitality during his visit to Birmingham last October. My wife and I look forward to your visit and to accompanying you and the Foreign Secretary during what promises to [...]	2006-03-24 17:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR ECON UK
06LONDON3980	HMG SET TO APPEAL HIGH COURT RULING PERMITTING [...] (C) Summary: The UK High Court May 11 overturned the 2004 Orders in Council which barred the Chagossian Islanders from resettling the islands around Diego Garcia from which they were forcibly removed in the 1960s when the U.S. sought to establish the Naval Support Facility there. HMG has conf [...]	2006-06-06 09:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MP UK IO
06LONDON4033	(U) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's visit to London May 29-31 reflects the UK's increased commitment to Liberia as a key to stability in the sub-region. She met with the Queen, Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn and FCO Minister for Africa Lor [...]	2006-06-07 11:11:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN LI UK
06LONDON4336	(U) UK AGREES TO TAKE CHARLES TAYLOR IF CONVICTED [...] (U) Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett announced June 15 that, subject to Parliament passing the necessary legislation, the UK would allow the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, to serve his sentence in the UK should he be convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Thi [...]	2006-06-16 09:53:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL
06LONDON4338	UK OPEN TO FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UK officials on June 7 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Bank of En [...]	2006-06-16 10:23:00	Embassy London	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL UK IR
06LONDON5057	(C) SRI LANKA: UK REVIEWING POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO Sri Lanka Section Head Simon Lever told Poloff July 11 that HMG is reviewing its policy on Sri Lanka. This policy review is what is holding up its reply to the USG proposal that the UK consider chairing a contact group to a [...]	2006-07-12 07:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR CE UK
06LONDON5547	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO, or "the Organization") held meetings in London from June 13 through June 23, 2006, consisting of the Technical Co-operation Committee's fifty-sixth session (TCC56) and the Council's ninety-sixth session (C96). Significant agenda items dur [...]	2006-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA US UK KE XA
06LONDON5746	(C)UK ON BURMA: NO THAI REMORSE FOR VISIT; FINNS [...] (C) We met August 4 with British Foreign Office officials responsible for Burmese affairs. Head of section Nick Alexander had seen our demarche (ref a) over concern that the Finns have invited the Burmese Foreign Minister to ASEM, as it had been shared by a representative of an unspecified E [...]	2006-08-07 10:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UN BM UK
06LONDON5956	TERRORISM FINANCE: UK DOES NOT INTEND TO REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: The UK does not intend to request a UN 1267 designation in the short term for the nineteen suspects associated with the failed aircraft terror plot whose assets were frozen by the Bank of England on August 11 (reftel). According to HM Treasury officials, the decision not to pursue [...]	2006-08-14 17:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK
06LONDON5958	(U) TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN BRITISH MUSLIMS AND HMG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the bruising that their community has taken after 24 UK-born Muslims were arrested in connection with the recently-thwarted air terrorist plot (reftels),prominent British Muslims sent an open letter to PM Tony Blair August 12 blaming his policy on Iraq and the Middle Eas [...]	2006-08-14 17:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL UK
06LONDON6113	UK: "NOT NOW" FOR G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE EXERCISE [...] According to Post's contacts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HMG's Food Standards Agency (FSA) feels it is too early for HMG to effectively participate in the G8 BTEX exercise outlined in Reftel. The FSA currently plans on holding its own exercise this autumn and will not be able to c [...]	2006-08-21 09:08:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN UK
06LONDON6160	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND INL A/S PATTERSON MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: ONDCP Director Walters and INL A/S Patterson met August 9 in London with Afghanistan,s Counter Narcotics (CN) Minister Habibullah Qaderi. The Minister said Afghanistan's CN Strategy is good but needs to be implemented fully; he agreed that more needs to be done on public outreac [...]	2006-08-22 13:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AF UK
06LONDON6661	UK UPDATE: PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 15:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU UK
06LONDON7036	(C) SUDAN: FCO THOUGHTS ON INCENTIVES AND [...] (C) In keeping with the Secretary's speech of September 27, the UK is thinking about possible incentives if the Government of Sudan does the right thing on Darfur, and possible disincentives if it does not. FCO-DFID Sudan Unit Deputy Head James Thornton shared UK thoughts with Poloff Septemb [...]	2006-09-29 16:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID ETTC SU UK
06LONDON7078	(SBU) BLAIR, BROWN BOTH STRONGER AFTER LABOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown both emerged stronger from the Labour Party's annual conference (September 24-28) in Manchester. It was Blair's last as Prime Minister and party leader and his speech was a "magnificent valedictory," as guest-speaker form [...]	2006-10-02 16:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UK
06LONDON7206	(U) S/CRS HERBST MEETS WITH DFID AND FCO OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met in London October 5 with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). In both meetings, the two sides updated each other on their respective efforts to improve coordination of the civilian [...]	2006-10-06 16:55:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID UK
06LONDON7287	ALL QUIET IN TEHRAN AS ARRESTED DISSIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office and London-based expat sources confirm media reports that hundreds of security personnel in central Tehran clashed violently on October 7 and 8 with as many as a thousand supporters of dissident Ayatollah Boroujerdi. Iranian security forces managed in the early [...]	2006-10-12 18:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MNUC PGOV PREL IR
06LONDON7308	(C) DRC: OKITUNDU ASSAULTED IN LONDON; FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonard She Okitundu, chief of staff to DRC President Kabila, was assaulted in London October 11 by Congolese expatriates whose affiliation is not yet clear. He was beaten, stripped and robbed, and photos of his possessions were posted on the internet. He and his companions ha [...]	2006-10-13 14:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CG UK
06LONDON7623	(C) CENTRAL ASIA: SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met in London October 23 with officials of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID),to exchange views on policy and programs in Central Asia. Key policy points: - Both countries seek to bol [...]	2006-10-26 16:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EAID ZK KZ KG TI TX UZ
06LONDON7626	PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two term Labour MP Jon Cruddas is part of a crowded field seeking the post of Deputy Party Leader (DPL) when the incumbent (and Deputy PM) John Prescott steps down with PM Blair. Cruddas believes Labour has lost its progressive character and its ties to the working class, and [...]	2006-10-26 16:33:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SCUL UK
06LONDON7695	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 55th Session of IMO's MEPC convened 9-13 October 2006 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). The meeting was attended by 86 members, one associate member, one country not a member of IMO (Cook Islands),six United Nations agencies, eight intergovernmental organi [...]	2006-10-31 16:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC
06LONDON7974	TERRORISM FINANCE: UPDATE ON AL GHABRA 1267 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) The UK intends to prenotify P-5 partners November 24 of its intent to request a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK plans to submit the request to [...]	2006-11-16 16:35:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK
06LONDON8066	(C) SOMALIA: MUSEVENI TELLS A/S FRAZER UGANDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uganda's President Museveni told AF A/S Frazer November 21 that he is ready to send a battalion to Baidoa to protect the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions, provided there is a clear UNSCR, adequate funding and a tacit agreement with Ethiopia. He was expecting Ethiopia to [...]	2006-11-22 15:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER UNSC SO UG ET
06LONDON8073	DEMARCHE ON UNSC ACTION ON IRAN: HMG IN FULL [...] (CO) UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Iran Team Leader Ben Fender expressed full agreement with U.S. views reftel, both as to the implications of the November 14 AIEA report as well as to the urgent need to move quickly on a UNSC resolution; he also said the UK strongly opposes any IAEA tec [...]	2006-11-22 16:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC IR UK
06LONDON8106	(C) A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FCO Minister for Africa Lord Triesman November 21 and Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn the next day, AF A/S Frazer stressed the need to adopt a UNSCR on Somalia flexible enough that frontline states could play a positive role. She al [...]	2006-11-27 15:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UNSC SU SO ER ET KE UK
06LONDON8207	SECRETARY PAULSON'S LUNCH WITH CHANCELLOR BROWN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Chancellor Gordon Brown hosted visiting Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson for lunch November 28 SIPDIS at Number 11 Downing Street. They discussed climate change, advance market commitments to provide vaccines in developing countries, the future of the Doha Round, and [...]	2006-12-04 17:21:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD EAID SENV UK
06LONDON8212	UK AGREES ON NEED FOR VIGOROUS CRITIQUE OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office welcomes USG plans to publicly critique the undemocratic, unaccountable nature of Iran's Assembly of Experts election and the UK will be making a similar public statement, perhaps as early as December 5. The FCO noted, however, that due to co [...]	2006-12-05 12:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IR EU UK
06LONDON8279	UK VIEWS ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) The UK expects Turkey and the China Arms Embargo to be the most "difficult" issues at the upcoming December GAERC meeting, according to Martin Sherman, head of the FCO's EU Coordination Office. PolCouns discussed the upcoming GAERC with Sherman on December 7, who confirmed Foreign Secre [...]	2006-12-08 17:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06LONDON8372	U.S. JOURNALIST: TEHRAN MAN IN THE STREET LOVES [...] Summary: (C) An American journalist just back from her third working visit to Iran reports a paradox in popular feeling in Tehran: the man in the street has a positive view of America and hates the current high level of political oppression, but at the same time takes great patriotic pride i [...]	2006-12-15 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPRP PHUM IR UK
06LUANDA1233	GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...]	2006-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AO
06LUANDA1236	ANGOLA - NOVEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---Voter Registration Campaign Update ---Supreme Court Host Conference on Penal System ---Independence Day Inaugurations, Honors and Celebrations ---Ambrosio de Lemos Appointed as New Chief of Police ----------------------------------- Voter Registration Campaign [...]	2006-11-29 17:05:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR AO
06LUANDA1241	ANGOLA TO JOIN OPEC [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 29, Angola's Council of Ministers approved full membership for Angola in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting States (OPEC). The Council's public announcement said Angola's increase in oil production to more than 1.4 million barrels per day drove its decision. [...]	2006-12-04 14:17:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD ECON AO
06LUANDA1257	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very [...]	2006-12-08 11:56:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA1261	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very posi [...]	2006-12-11 11:16:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA1291	Over 800,000 voters successfully registered after only one [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over 800,000 voters successfully registered during the first month-long phase of the registration campaign in Angola. The opening round of registration was hailed a success by both government and opposition leaders despite a few technical glitches. In response to civil society co [...]	2006-12-20 08:05:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AO
06LUANDA1298	ANGOLA SETS 2008 FOR LEGISLATIVE AND 2009 FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Angola's highest political consultative body, the Council of the Republic, met on December 20 and announced legislative elections for 2008 and presidential elections a year later. This announcement confirms speculation that the government will not meet its previously stated goal o [...]	2006-12-26 08:05:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AO
06LUANDA1316	ANGOLA - DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered ---------------------- -- MPLA Promotes National Plan -- Muslims Allowed To Reopen Mosques -- Workshop on "Human Rights and Poverty" -- GRA Launches "www.angola-portal.ao" MPLA Promotes National Plan During 50th Anniversary ------------------------------------------- [...]	2006-12-29 10:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR TINT AO KISL

06LUANDA150	ANGOLA: UNITA PRESIDENT FACES HEAVY INTERNAL [...] (C) UNITA President Isaias Samakuva is under public fire due to botched plans to replace sixteen UNITA parliamentarians with those who should have originally been seated in 1992. The sixteen parliamentarians, in retaliation, publicly criticized Samakuva's plan and after a heated debate in the [...]	2006-02-15 15:09:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AO
06LUANDA250	ANGOLA: RUMORS FLY ABOUT LUANDA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 13:32:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AO
06LUANDA277	ANGOLAS NEW ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Since the end of Angolas 27-year civil war in 2002, the GRAs strategy for international economic relations has evolved significantly, particularly with respect to multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Paris Club. While the GRA formerly viewed the [...]	2006-03-21 13:43:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AO
06LUANDA324	ANGOLA: UNITA OPTIMISTIC ON RESOLVING [...] (C) In a March 8, 2006 meeting with Ambassador Efird and AF/S Director Dan Mozena, UNITA President Isaias Samakuva, was optimistic that a solution regarding the substitution of sixteen UNITA National Assembly Deputies had been reached. Samakuva assured the Ambassador and AF/S Director Mozena t [...]	2006-04-05 11:46:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AO
06LUANDA464	ANGOLA: A REALITY CHECK ON THE CHINESE CREDIT LINE [...] (SBU) Since the announcement of a USD 2 billion credit line from the PRC to GRA in March 2004, reports of increases to the credit line, ranging from USD 1 billion to USD 10 billion, have proliferated. Regardless of the promised value, actual implementation of the credit line is gradual and un [...]	2006-05-03 11:53:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL CH AO
06LUANDA577	PDAS Pittman in Angola: Elections and the Press [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with international and Angola NGOs working in democracy building and election support PDAS Pittman heard of the challenges faced in preparing for the upcoming Angolan elections; namely maintaining the momentum and enthusiasm for elections when there is no announc [...]	2006-06-06 15:41:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM EAID AO
06LUANDA676	ANGOLA - CABINDAN CEASE-FIRE SIGNED [...] (U) As noted reftel, a cease-fire between the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) was signed on June 30, 2006. A small signing ceremony was held in Massabi, a frontier town in northern Cabinda province, between the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Angola (FAA),General [...]	2006-07-03 16:32:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUANDA740	ANGOLA - SECOND, "DEFINITIVE" CEASE-FIRE SIGNED IN [...] (C) GRA and Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (FCD) military representatives signed the second and "definitive" cease-fire agreement on July 18, 2006 in Macabi, Cabinda province. While some of those opposed continue to publicly attack the peace accord, including a call by some Front for the Liberati [...]	2006-07-19 14:17:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUSAKA1264	ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS--MWANAWASA LEADS, BUT SATA GAINS [...] (C) Summary: With less than two weeks until September 28 national elections, the second-runner, Michael Sata, appears to be gaining ground on President Levy Mwanawasa, who nonetheless still enjoys a comfortable lead. Results from voter opinion polls vary, and one poll that gives Sata a deci [...]	2006-09-18 08:54:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1357	FIRST GLANCE AT 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and local media have announced the results of 107 of the 150 parliamentary races that were held on September 28, in conjunction with presidential and local government elections. As expected, the results show strong rural support for the ru [...]	2006-10-03 04:53:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1366	2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS: COMPARISON TO 2001 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) announced on October 4 the final results to the 2006 parliamentary elections. The ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has won a small majority of seats. A comparison to the 2001 parliamentary elections reveals large increase [...]	2006-10-05 05:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1602	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Mwanawasa has appointed Zambia's Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Mumba Malila to the office of Attorney General, a position that until now was held concurrently by Minister of Justice George Kunda. Malila's nomination received widespread support, based on his p [...]	2006-11-21 11:02:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZA
06LUXEMBOURG638	PRIME MINISTER JUNCKER DISCUSSES THE EU [...] (C/NF) During a private meeting with the Ambassador on December 11, Prime Minister Juncker expressed a pessimism concerning the future of the EU Constitution which contrasted with his generally more optimistic public comments. Noting the lack of effective governments in several EU countries, [...]	2006-12-13 15:44:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU LU EUN
06MADRID1253	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION [...] (U) Poloff accompanied poloffs from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies to deliver reftel demarche to Fernando Fernandez-Arias, MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain understood the tripartite position and acknowledged the concerns expressed in refte [...]	2006-05-19 09:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SP
06MADRID1260	SPAIN ON EU-LAC SUMMIT: "IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a broad discussion on May 17 that included Spain,s plans for the EU review of Cuba policy in June, MFA DG for Latin America Javier Sandomingo told Polcouns that Spain was satisfied with the outcome of the recent EU-Latin America/Caribbean (EU-LAC) Summit in Vienna. He said tha [...]	2006-05-19 14:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID1262	MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...]	2006-05-19 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SP
06MADRID1526	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING [...] (C/NF) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos comes at time when the Spanish government believes that it has significantly improved its relations with the US by supporting our efforts in Afghanistan, Iran, the Broader Middle East, and lately even Ir [...]	2006-06-13 17:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1564	SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]	2006-06-16 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1656	SPAIN TAKES POSITIVE VIEW OF US CANDIDATE FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO MARR PREL SP
06MADRID1748	SPANISH MOD DEMONSTRATES INTENT TO CONTINUE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The day after standing beside the Ambassador during the Ambassador's July 4th speech, Defense Minister Alonso sat down with the Ambassador to talk at length about Asian security policy, Alonso's planned fall visit to Washington, NATO, Spanish politics, and bilateral defense is [...]	2006-07-07 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP
06MADRID1834	SPAIN/CUBA: SPANISH VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. There is intense public interest and curiousity in Spain regarding what will happen in post-Fidel Cuba. While both the US and Spain clearly share the common long-term objective of a democratic Cuba, it is also clear that we have divergent views on how to achieve that objective. [...]	2006-07-20 15:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
06MADRID1861	SPAIN WITH EU CONSENSUS ON NICARAGUA ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 12:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM SP NU
06MADRID1923	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 27 MEETING WITH FM [...] (C//NF) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre had a wide ranging discussion with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos on July 27, the day after Moratinos, return from the Lebanon Core Group meeting in Rome. Moratinos was very pleased with his treatment by the Secretary during the meeting and especially [...]	2006-07-31 11:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA SP
06MADRID1966	PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...]	2006-08-03 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY
06MADRID205	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Spanish interlocutors are very much looking forward to your visit, which they see as the next step in our bilateral high-level effort to spur cooperation in Latin America and an opportunity to hear USG perspectives in anticipation of key regional elections. On the USG denial of authorizati [...]	2006-01-25 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2159	SCENESETTER FOR DASD FATA VISIT TO MADRID [...] (C/NF) Embassy Madrid, implementing Secretary Rice's US-Spain strategy, has worked with considerable focus over the past year to put the Spain-US relationship back onto a productive footing. As an important player not only in NATO but also in Latin America, the Middle East, and increasingly a [...]	2006-08-30 11:24:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SP
06MADRID2163	STAFFDEL BRENNAN SEEKS SPANISH COOPERATION IN [...] (U) A staff delegation from the House International Relations Committee and the House Judiciary Committee visited Madrid August 28-30, to discuss narcotics trafficking between Europe and Colombia and other Andean nations. Poloff and DEA attach attended all meetings with Spanish and Colombian o [...]	2006-08-30 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2242	SPAIN ON NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 11:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO SP
06MADRID2259	OSCE: SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP, KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Please see action request paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel demarche, Spain's plans for the Chairmanship, and the Personal Representatives on Tolerance with Jose Lopez Jorrin, MFA Coordinator for the Spanish Chairmanship of OSCE, on September 7. Lopez Jorrin said th [...]	2006-09-11 10:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL OSCE SP KZ
06MADRID2261	SPANISH MILITARY ON CURRENT DEPLOYMENTS, NATO/RIGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dan Fata discussed the NATO Riga Summit, Defense Minister Alonso's upcoming meeting with Secretary Rumsfeld, current Spanish deployments, and the NCIS/OSI issue with top Spanish military and defense leaders on Sept 5-6. Fata praised Spain' [...]	2006-09-11 13:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
06MADRID2281	SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON MIDEAST, NORTH AFRICA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his trip to Ronda in southern Spain's Andalucia region, Ambassador Aguirre spent the afternoon and evening of September 9 with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Ambassador pressed Moratinos on recent incendiary comments from President Zapatero regarding Iraq, and he raise [...]	2006-09-13 08:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG SP
06MADRID2322	SPAIN: PRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA BUT KEEP MINURSO FOR [...] (S) Spanish MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo welcomed enthusiastically new US engagement on Western Sahara and efforts to break the stalemate by pressing Morocco for a credible autonomy plan and talks with the Polisario, along with urging Algerian support and flexibility (reftel). [...]	2006-09-15 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PGOV MO WI AG FR SP
06MADRID2334	SPAIN SEES ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA AS NECESSARY [...] (C) In a Sept. 13 meeting with MFA Director General for Middle East Alvaro Iranzo, PolCouns discussed reftel points on Syria, stressed that the United States strongly discourages high-level contacts with the SARG and made clear that the USG is not asking third parties to deliver any messages [...]	2006-09-15 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU SP
06MADRID2359	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH ALVARO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In your September 22 meeting with Spanish MFA Director General for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo (Asst. Sec'y equivalent),he will highlight the fact that Spain is poised to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ongoing migration crisis in the Canary Islands has cre [...]	2006-09-19 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG EAID AF SP
06MADRID2435	SPAIN: SIX MONTHS ON, ETA'S "PERMANENT CEASEFIRE" [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire, many inside Spain are now doubting its permanence. Street violence and vandalism continue in the Basque region and alleged ETA supporters released a statement over the weekend claiming that the gr [...]	2006-09-27 10:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP
06MADRID2495	SPAIN: VISIT OF CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR CALEB [...] (C) Summary. Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry visited Madrid September 26-27 for meetings with Spanish MFA officials, political figures (including former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar),and opinion leaders, as well as radio and print interviews on Spanish media. In his meeting [...]	2006-10-02 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID2525	SPAIN: GALICIA'S ECONOMY TRANSFORMED BY 20 YEARS [...] Spain's 1986 entry into the European Union turned on a tap of EU funding which has helped transform the face of modern Spain. To gain a better understanding of the impact of European funding on Spain's 16 regions, Embassy Madrid's Economic section plans to visit many of these regions over th [...]	2006-10-06 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP
06MADRID2543	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR INL PDAS SCHWEICH'S OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Your visit will dovetail nicely with the visit in mid September of DEA Administrator Tandy and will provide an important opportunity to educate the Spaniards on the Department's key role in the counter-narcotics effort. In her meetings with members of the Spanish Ministry of Interior, C [...]	2006-10-06 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2544	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Spain is an opportunity to press the GOS and, possibly, private sector entities to move in ways that are key to achieving U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq and Iran. You should ask Spain to put its money where its mouth is on the Iraq Compact in two ways. First, as [...]	2006-10-06 16:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL SP
06MADRID2622	SPAIN: RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-papers to Spanish MFA Deputy Office Director for Human Rights Cecilia Robles Cartes on August 13. Robles said that she understood the tripartite position on the HRC's text for the declaration, but she indicated that Spain would support the decl [...]	2006-10-16 16:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN SP
06MADRID2632	SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted former President Jose Maria Aznar for a private lunch at his residence on October 16. President Aznar offered his opinions on the domestic political situation as well as the outlook in Latin America. He also told Ambassador of his satisfaction at seeing improved [...]	2006-10-18 08:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID2641	SCENESETTER FOR SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER ALONSO [...] (C/NF) When you meet with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso on October 23, you are meeting a man who is vastly different from his predecessor. Whereas ex-Minister Bono is a lifelong politician and rival of President Zapatero, Alonso is a judge and lifelong friend of Zapatero. Bono [...]	2006-10-18 15:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
06MADRID2685	TREASURY DEPSEC'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Moratinos told Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt October 19 that Spain strongly supports the SIPDIS Iraq Compact and that Madrid would transfer the 22 million dollars it had pledged for the Basra Children's Hospital within about one month. He also pledged Spanish supp [...]	2006-10-23 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID EINV EFIN PREL PARM ETTC KIPR SP
06MADRID2708	SPAIN: ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ON IBEROAMERICAN SUMMIT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Iberoamerican Summit in Montevideo with Iberoamerican Secretary General Enrique Iglesias (protect) on October 17. SIPDIS Iglesias also spoke about the friction between Uruguay and Argentina, what it would mean if Raul Castro represents Cuba at [...]	2006-10-24 16:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SP
06MADRID2765	SPAIN/CUBA: SPAIN WARY OF EU STATEMENT ON CUBAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar confirmed to DCM on October 24 Ref A statements by MFA Secretary of State for Ibero America Trinidad Jimenez that Spain did not believe the time was right for a joint statement on Cuba. Dezcallar went beyond Jimenez in asserting tha [...]	2006-10-30 13:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
06MADRID2771	SPAIN: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (SBU) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited Madrid on October 23-24 to meet with the Spanish Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, and the Spanish Prosecutor General. AG Gonzales also participated in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counter Terrorism Expert [...]	2006-10-30 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID2776	SPAIN PUSHING FOR MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials confirmed reports in the Spanish media that Spain is promoting the idea of a new Middle East peace conference, with the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as its center-piece. Press reports hinted that this Spanish project enjoyed the support of the USG a [...]	2006-10-31 08:01:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2853	SPAIN AND U.S. COOPERATING TO REMEDIATE RADIATION [...] (SBU) The U.S., through the Department of Energy (DOE),is closely cooperating with Spanish counterparts to address radiation contamination left in southern Spain after a U.S. Air Force (USAF) nuclear accident 40 years ago. What could have turned into a public relations nightmare has actuall [...]	2006-11-07 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC SENV
06MADRID2893	SPAIN: DEPUTY FM LEON ON MIDEAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging November 14 meeting with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon, DCM reviewed the state of bilateral relations, relayed USG concerns regarding Spain's call for a new major Middle East conference, and discussed U.S. interest in stronger U.S.-Sp [...]	2006-11-15 17:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE SY CU SP
06MADRID2895	SPAIN/HSPD-6: THEY SIGNED! [...] Summary. In a November 15 meeting with A/S for Consular Affairs Maura Harty, Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho agreed to deepen information exchanges with the USG by exchanging terrorist lookout information as contemplated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSP [...]	2006-11-16 16:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID293	SPAIN: CHIEF PROSECUTOR FORCED TO QUIT [...] (U) Attorney General Candido Conde Pumpido forced the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court, Eduardo Fungairino, to step down for alleged mismanagement of terrorism cases under his supervision. Fungairino, a highly-respected 26-year veteran of the National Court, will move to a position [...]	2006-02-03 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SP
06MADRID2978	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] Agriculture: Wheat product import and export 2. KIPR: pursuit of possible patent law change 3. Biotech site visit 4. Basrah Childrens Hospital funds 5. Spain Grants A&T Status to CSI Agents Agriculture: Â [...]	2006-11-30 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EAGR EAID TBIO SP EAIR EINV
06MADRID3006	SPAIN: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss the ongoing effort of Syria and Hizballah to destabilize the legitimately elected Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Dezcallar and emphasiz [...]	2006-12-07 09:28:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SP
06MADRID3008	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, af [...]	2006-12-07 10:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
06MADRID3037	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] EWWT: Prestige wreck leaking fuel 2. ECON: Spain's economic situation 3. EUR/ERA Deputy Director for Econ visit to Madrid 4. EAGR: Spanish coexistence decree update 5. EAGR: Water levels/drought conditions in Spain Prestige May Be Leaking Fuel Again: Â [...]	2006-12-13 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT
06MADRID3093	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...]	2006-12-27 14:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL
06MADRID3096	SPAIN ON SAHRAWI REFUGEE CENSUS; ALGERIA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AG SP
06MADRID32	SPAIN'S MEASURED WELCOME OF EVO MORALES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales met in Madrid on January 4 with the King, President Zapatero, the Foreign and Industry Ministers, and business leaders. The GOS focused Morales' visit on economic issues, including Spanish energy company Repsol's billion dollar investment in [...]	2006-01-05 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP BO
06MADRID324	AMBASSADOR AND UNION LEADER DISCUSS VENEZUELA, [...] (U) During a February 6 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Worker's General Union (UGT) Secretary General Candido Mendez expressed concern that the USG decision to deny authorization to transfer U.S. components as part of Spain's deal to sell EADS CASA aircraft to Venezuela could cost Spain impor [...]	2006-02-07 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB PGOV SP
06MADRID35	SPAIN: DEPUTY FM ON "MODERATE" EVO MORALES VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon called Charge on January 5 to pass on his impressions of Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' meeting with Foreign Minister Moratinos. Leon assessed that the meeting was a good introduction but not very substantive. He noted that Morales [...]	2006-01-09 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP BO
06MADRID41	Investment Climate Statement, Spain [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]	2006-01-10 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MADRID516	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MADRID568	FM MORATINOS ON SYRIA, VENEZUELA, MAGHREB [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on March 2 for discussion of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat, developments in Iran and Syria, Spain's reported plans to sell arms to Libya, and Spain's desire for deeper USG engagement in North Africa. Moratinos indi [...]	2006-03-07 17:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID621	AMBASSADOR SHIRIN TAHIR-KHELI'S VISIT TO SPAIN [...] (C) Summary. During her two-day visit to Madrid, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on UN Reform, met with Spanish National Security SIPDIS Advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA Director General for International Organizations Arturo Laclaustra, and MFA Director General for For [...]	2006-03-14 09:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UN SP
06MADRID766	ETA CEASEFIRE: MAJOR POLITICAL VICTORY FOR ZAPATERO [...] (U) Summary. The recent announcement of a permanent ceasefire by the Basque separatist terror group ETA was met with cautious optimism by a public that recalls ETA's abandonment of previous truces. However, there is a sense that ETA's declining military fortunes and Zapatero's readiness to e [...]	2006-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID780	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT FELIPE [...] (C) Former Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez told Ambassador Aguirre March 24 that the ETA ceasefire represents the "best chance ever" for ending ETA violence once and for all. Gonzalez, still one of the leading luminaries of the Spanish Socialist Party, but not in the inner circle of current [...]	2006-03-31 10:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SP IR RS WI MO AG AE
06MADRID802	SPAIN: SUSPECTED AL-QA'IDA WEBMASTER SENTENCED TO [...] (U) On April 3, Spain's National Court sentenced Algerian national Ahmed Brahim to 10 years in prison for attempting to create web pages for al-Qa'ida. (Brahim was detained on terrorism charges in April 2002 in a town near Barcelona). The court found that Brahim's web pages were designed to " [...]	2006-04-04 09:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SP
06MADRID895	SPAIN: SECRETARY'S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SP
06MADRID932	SPAIN: SECRETARY,S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 14:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SP
06MADRID934	SPAIN'S OPPOSITION POPULAR PARTY: LOSING THE [...] (U) Summary. Two years after it lost in the dramatic elections of March 14, 2004 -- three days after the March 11 terrorist attacks -- Spain's main opposition party, the Partido Popular (PP) finds itself outmaneuvered and either isolated with radical nationalists or forced to collaborate with the S [...]	2006-04-17 17:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SP
06MANAGUA1002	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]	2006-05-05 15:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1043	IP ENFORCEMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with a broad range of Nicaraguan partners, Post has developed a proposal for the intellectual property (IP) enforcement funding outlined in REFTEL A. While the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently taken several encouraging actions related to strengthening IP protec [...]	2006-05-11 18:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR KCRM ABUD AFIN SNAR ECON ETRD
06MANAGUA1057	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: FIVE ALLIANCES EMERGE, APRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The deadline to register political alliances for Nicaragua's national elections in November came and went on May 11 without a deal to unite the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN). The big surprise of the day was APRE's decision to break [...]	2006-05-12 21:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1079	VENEZUELAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NICARAGUA,S FSLN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: Although Post possesses no specific numbers on the level of support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is providing to Sandinista (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega, we are certain that Chavez' direct and indirect assistance to Ortega is substantial, could well reach the [...]	2006-05-17 14:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE EPET EAGR
06MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]	2006-05-19 19:05:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1144	NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 22:47:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL AMGT AORC UNGA NU
06MANAGUA1180	REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]	2006-06-02 17:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA1192	CREATIVE PROPERTY FRAUD IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's long history of uncertain land tenure and a corrupt judicial system continues to undermine real property rights and perpetuate the instability of land tenure. Recent cases (amounting to extremely creative fraud) demonstrate how deceptive real estate manipulation p [...]	2006-06-05 15:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON CVIS NU
06MANAGUA1193	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: LIBERAL CHONTALENOS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the May 31 deadline to register party candidates for the November national elections and the fact that both major Liberal groups determined to run separately, we found most Liberals in Chontales still hoping for a united front to challenge the FSLN in November. Supporter [...]	2006-06-05 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1209	UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU
06MANAGUA1210	HERTY: I STAND BETWEEN ORTEGA AND THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista dissident (FSLN) Herty Lewites recently asserted to Ambassador that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency. He believes he can whittle down support for Ortega to 25% of the vote in November -- thereby ensuring a runoff, which Ortega would lose. Lewites wa [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA127	ELECTION 2006: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, RISKS, AND [...] (C) Our election priorities in Nicaragua are twofold: ensure Nicaragua holds clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections and encourage Nicaraguans to vote for presidential and legislative candidates who uphold democratic principles. We will encourage an electoral process that will [...]	2006-01-23 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA1333	MANY NICARAGUAN EVANGELICALS WANT TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Many leaders of the evangelical community in Nicaragua prefer ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre as the best option to lead Nicaragua after the November elections. Most feel, however, that Montealegre has not done enough to promote evangelical candidates and politicia [...]	2006-06-19 14:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KIRF NU
06MANAGUA1359	VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL, BUT CSE NOTES SOME [...] (U) Summary: With over 45 percent of eligible Nicaraguan voters estimated to have verified their status and location on the official voters list (padron),the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) proclaimed the two-weekend verification process a success. This assessment was supported by observers f [...]	2006-06-20 21:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1383	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]	2006-06-23 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1400	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIO SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan is largely rural and a majority of the population has voted Liberal in every election since 1990. The FSLN has, however, captured a consistently large minority of the vote. Local political, religious, and community leaders disagree on [...]	2006-06-27 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1482	HERTY,S PASSING: WILL MORE UNDECIDED VOTES PASS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who often asserted to us that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency, died suddenly of apparent natural causes on July 2 and was buried before thousands of mourners on July 5. The MRS selected Le [...]	2006-07-06 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1520	EVANGELICAL CHURCH LEADERS SEEK MORE RECOGNITION [...] (U) On June 23, foreign affairs officer and FSN met with Reverend Roberto Rojas, Vice President of the National Council of Evangelical Pastors and Reverend Mauricio Fonseca, of the Nicaraguan Evangelical Alliance (AENIC),to discuss human rights and democracy issues of interest to Nicaragua's [...]	2006-07-11 14:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1552	REMOTE RIO SAN JUAN HAS MUCH UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: During a June 21 to 23 trip to the remote Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan, poloff and political specialist met with political, business, and religious leaders to discuss economic and social conditions in the area. We learned that the economy is largely based on the exploita [...]	2006-07-14 19:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1678	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...]	2006-07-31 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1760	MONTEALEGRE ALLIES CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior advisor to ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, Edmundo Leal and Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles recently expressed confidence that Montealegre will win the November 5 national election. Briefly interrupted to defend himself before the National As [...]	2006-08-14 22:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA177	VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES FIGHT AGAINST [...] (U) On January 24, polcouns and poloff met Vice Minister of Government Deyanira Arguello to discuss the status of various GON efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). As Vice Minister of Government, Arguello has the primary responsibility for overseeing all GON anti-trafficking programs. Sin [...]	2006-01-25 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA1827	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) launched the official campaign season with a ceremony on August 18. CSE president Roberto Rivas used the occasion to admonish observer groups and remind the public that the CSE is the final arbiter of the November 5 national elections. [...]	2006-08-22 16:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1839	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With only two an a half months left before the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, the Liberals remain divided and the Sandinista dissidents are running low on funds. Five parties continue to contest the elections with the following candidates: Daniel Ortega (Sandinista [...]	2006-08-22 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1894	OAS EOM CHIEF FERNANDEZ AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1960	TAKE TWO ON NICARAGUA ELECTIONS -- SCENARIOS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In January, post shared its assessment of Nicaragua's possible election scenarios, the risks entailed, and possible outcomes (Reftel). Since then, a fifth presidential candidate entered the race, and Herty Lewites passed away, replaced by Edmundo Jarquin. While approximately 7 [...]	2006-09-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1961	MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...]	2006-09-06 22:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1990	CAFTA SUCCESS STORIES: "NICARAGUA'S ON TOP" [...] (U) Trade statistics and investor interest support the view that CAFTA-DR is having an immediate and positive effect on the Nicaraguan economy since coming into effect on April 1. Dramatic increases in exports have been logged, though one has to take the seasonal nature of agriculture into ac [...]	2006-09-11 22:57:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON NU
06MANAGUA20	STATE AND USAID POLICY PLANNING DIRECTORS VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their joint visit to Nicaragua, State Director of Policy Planning Stephen Krasner and USAID Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination Douglas Menarchik made clear that State, USAID and the White House are considering ways to reduce the complexity of U.S. fo [...]	2006-01-05 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV NU

06MANAGUA2044	NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]	2006-09-18 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2051	NICARAGUA: THE OTHER POWER CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: For the past four weeks the power sector in Nicaragua has been locked in crisis. At the center of the maelstrom is the electricity distributor,s inability to pay its power producers. With national elections only months away, resultant blackouts have taken on an important politic [...]	2006-09-18 21:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2053	NORTHERNERS BEMOAN MANAGUA NEGLECT TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pressing needs of local leaders, NGO's and election campaigns were clearly presented during the Ambassador's recent trip to the rural northern departments of Madriz, Nuevo Segovia, and Esteli. The Ambassador garnered considerable support for his anti Aleman-Ortega pact messa [...]	2006-09-18 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2059	DANNY,S DOUBLE WHAMMY: ALN NUMBER THREE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE AND RIZO,S SISTER JUMP SHIP FOR THE FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega's concerted efforts to discredit the political prowess of his competitors, Ortega successfully recruited Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) National Assembly candidate Salvador Talavera and Maria Elena Rizo, the sister of L [...]	2006-09-19 19:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2065	UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...]	2006-09-19 23:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2074	OAS EOM CHIEF SEES NO NEED FOR OCTOBER INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and WHA/CEN director recently met with the OAS election mission to assess developments in the preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. While Mission head Gustavo Fernandez sees no need for a second OAS interim report on Nicaragua's electoral process, Ambassad [...]	2006-09-20 23:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2093	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...]	2006-09-22 16:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2097	GANARAM: ENCOURAGING PLC MEMBERS TO VOTE [...] (C) Summary: Polcouns and Emboffs met with Eugenio Rodriguez, a Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) member who is part of GANARAM, a movement calling on PLC members to vote for Eduardo Montealegre. Instead of advocating a break with the PLC, GANARAM is encouraging PLC voters to support Nica [...]	2006-09-22 22:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2116	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]	2006-09-26 18:49:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2136	ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2158	MONTEALEGRE TELLS CODEL HE'S NICARAGUA'S BEST [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Burton, the Ambassador, and DCM met with Eduardo Montealegre, Adolfo Arguello, and Mario Rapacciolli on 23 September to discuss the progress of Montealegre's presidential campaign, the strength of his Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) party, and the corrosive effects [...]	2006-09-29 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2161	NICARAGUAN POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of four political parties contesting Nicaragua's November 5 national elections pledged to support (more or less) the Nicaraguan Defense White Paper should their party come to power. Enthusiasm for White Paper policy goals varied, however, between officials of the [...]	2006-09-29 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR NU
06MANAGUA2180	ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...]	2006-10-03 17:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2192	PRIVATE SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT ORTEGA WIN, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan private sector is in general agreement that an Ortega presidency would have a negative impact on the economy, but its attitude toward the election and supporting the various candidates varies. Individual businesspersons appear unwilling to risk investing significan [...]	2006-10-04 15:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2195	OAS UPDATES ELECTION POSTURE [...] (C) POL TDYers met on 29 September with OAS country electoral mission coordinator Patricio Gajardo to discuss the OASQ observation mission and election procedural issues. Gajardo noted that the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) had announced final numbers for the number of registered voters an [...]	2006-10-04 17:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA220	OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...]	2006-01-30 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA221	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: CARAZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic and religious leaders in the Department of Carazo suggest that by far the two most popular presidential candidates there are Eduardo Montealegre and Herty Lewites. Montealegre has successfully siphoned off elements of the PLC departmental organi [...]	2006-01-30 22:28:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA222	NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a January 26 election reporting trip to the department of Carazo, just south and east of Managua (reftel),emboffs discussed a range of economic, social, and religious issues with local leaders. Businessmen Aquiles Jaenz, Edgard Bermudez, and Ramon Conrado, the President, Secreta [...]	2006-01-30 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU
06MANAGUA2222	ADVANCING MCA GOALS: THE VISIT OF CEO JOHN [...] (U) Summary. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich visited Nicaragua September 20-22 to meet with MCC-Nicaragua board members and staff, inaugurate MCC-Nicaragua projects, and participate in the launch of the first Investor Summit for West Nicaragua with President Enrique [...]	2006-10-06 23:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ELTN ECON KMCA NU
06MANAGUA2225	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- WHAT DO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidential polls from March to the most recent in September all point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but none of the candidates has attained the level (40 per [...]	2006-10-07 00:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2247	MISKITO VOTE POTENTIAL OBSTACLE TO FSLN AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) significant campaign efforts in the remote North Atlantic Autonomous Zone (RAAN),the indigenous Miskito population remains staunchly anti-Sandinista. In response, the FSLN-allied Yatama government has forced unelected le [...]	2006-10-10 23:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2248	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH EDMUNDO JARQUIN, FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a readout of several meetings Congressman Dan Burton held with various members of the political class during his 22-24 September visit. The congressman spoke with Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin during which Jarquin reaffirmed h [...]	2006-10-11 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2276	NUNCIO: "AN ORTEGA VICTORY IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel believes that the victory of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega is "possible but not probable." However, he warned Ambassador and polcouns on October 12 that popular support for the FSLN has grown in some areas of the co [...]	2006-10-13 19:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06MANAGUA23	BOLANOS CONFIDENT HE CAN DEMAND KEY LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a recent breakfast meeting on January 4, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos told the Ambassador that he could obtain agreement on key legislation during negotiations for the upcoming elections for the National Assembly's Executive Board ("Junta Directiva"). Such legislation [...]	2006-01-05 23:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA2377	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]	2006-10-25 22:46:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2384	NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua,s energy sector is heavily dependent upon imported oil for electricity production. High oil prices and poor regulation of the energy sector have left electricity producers and distributors with empty pockets and consumers without electricity. Nicaragua's climate and so [...]	2006-10-26 15:57:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2428	NICARAGUA: IMF NERVOUS ABOUT POSSIBLE ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with the Ambassador, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu-Neira confessed that he was nervous about an Ortega win, predicting a negative and contentious relationship between Nicaragua and the IMF should this happen. Arbulu-Neira thought that Ortega [...]	2006-11-01 16:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2434	DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...]	2006-11-02 00:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2453	VENEZUELAN DIESEL SALES - NOT MUCH BEEF [...] (SBU) Summary: As of October 24, Venezuela delivered two shipments of diesel fuel to Nicaragua. The first delivery of 84,000 gallons eventually went to mayors for local distribution and sale. Five Managua bus cooperatives agreed to buy the second phantom shipment of 800,000 gallons in exchan [...]	2006-11-03 20:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PGOV EINV NU
06MANAGUA2466	SIT REP 2 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 60 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega enjoys an eight-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),and will likely win the ele [...]	2006-11-07 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2470	VIEWS ON ORTEGA VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) contacts are resigned to Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega's victory and many blame his win on the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) disinformation campaign against [...]	2006-11-08 20:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2474	NICARAGUA: POST'S INPUT FOR THE 2007 NATIONAL [...] This cable transmits post's input for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Nicaragua. Per reftel instructions, post transmitted this information via e-mail on November 7 to USTR/Gereffi and Blue, STATE/WHA/CEN/Schiffer and Kopolow, and STATE/EB/TPP/Clarkson and Lampron. TRADE SUMMARY [...]	2006-11-08 23:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NU
06MANAGUA2491	SIT REP 4 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With PLC candidate Jose Rizo finally conceding defeat to FSLN candidate Daniel Ortega, the attention of the political parties and observers has now turned to the National Assembly race. Rizo continues to insist that the PLC has enough uncounted rural votes to overcome ALN candida [...]	2006-11-09 22:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2517	SIT REP 5 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALN Deputy Yamileth Bonilla is confident the ALN will win at least 27 seats in the National Assembly which the ALN will use to influence the composition of the Assembly's executive board. The president of Bolanos' APRE party did not win an Assembly seat, but promises to help Mont [...]	2006-11-14 19:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA252	IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL [...] (U) Embassy contacted Jose de Jesus Bermudez, Director of Treaty Implementation in the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC),who is the official responsible for signing the CQE's, to request a written response to reftel questions. Bermudez responded by email that he had been [...]	2006-02-02 19:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2521	ORTEGA RETURNS, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In winning back the Presidency of Nicaragua, 16 years after his disastrous dictatorship, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may have temporarily obtained the redemption he has so long desired, but the challenges he faces are steep. Elected with only [...]	2006-11-14 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2531	SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...]	2006-11-17 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2546	SIT REP 8 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The deadline for political parties to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count has passed. The OAS has noted some anomalies in the National Assembly race, but claims they were mostly resolved. According to an analysis of the election observation effort presented by the [...]	2006-11-20 23:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2548	EVANGELICALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ALN [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical leaders recently pledged to continue to support the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),led by Eduardo Montealegre, as long as that party continues to uphold Christian values. The reverends noted that Montealegre has a chance to consolidate the party and draw more di [...]	2006-11-21 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2565	ORTEGA SENDS FIRST ECONOMIC SIGNALS [...] (U) Summary: Starting November 8, President-elect Daniel Ortega delivered several public and private messages aimed at reassuring listeners that his next presidency will not represent a return to the Marxism of his past. He emphasized that there would be no "dramatic changes" in Nicaragua's [...]	2006-11-22 23:04:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2599	NICARAGUA: ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ VOWS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zoilamerica Narvaez, the stepdaughter of Nicaragua's president-elect Daniel Ortega and daughter of future first lady Rosario Murillo, remains committed in her quest to bring justice to the case of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather during the 1980s, and of the failure of the [...]	2006-11-29 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KWMN NU PGOV PREL
06MANAGUA2606	RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...]	2006-11-30 20:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2608	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]	2006-11-30 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2615	MONTEALEGRE TO A/S SHANNON: I WILL GIVE ORTEGA THE [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon discussed with former Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre the election outcome, the future of bilateral relations, and Montealegre's future role in ensuring Nicaragua remains on a democratic [...]	2006-12-01 18:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2617	BOLANOS TO A/S SHANNON: "WE HAVE TO CORRAL ORTEGA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 28 lunch hosted for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, President Bolanos and his advisors shared their insights and concerns about an Ortega presidency and outlined the key points of a liberal opposition strategy. President Bolanos opined that Ortega has littl [...]	2006-12-01 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KDEM NU PGOV
06MANAGUA2625	ALN EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's (ALN) second place finish to the FSLN in the November 5 presidential elections broke a 16-year political party duopoly in Nicaragua and thrust to the forefront an organization committed to democratic change. The election results and recognition b [...]	2006-12-04 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2651	CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRESIDENT DELIBERATES ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles Salmeron is determined to maintain her party's affiliation with Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),but not to the detriment of the PC's role in the National Assembly. According to PC by-laws, Conservative lawm [...]	2006-12-06 21:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2701	APRE RENEGOTIATING ALLIANCE WITH ALN [...] (C) Summary: Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon claims that his party's formal agreement with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) expired following Nicaragua's November national elections, but he is negotiating a new alliance with the A [...]	2006-12-15 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2705	ALN DEPUTIES DISCOUNT POSSIBILITY OF QUICK, EASY [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputies-elect minimized rumors of ALN rapprochement with the rival Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). They commented that public overtures from PLC officials aim to create the impres [...]	2006-12-18 14:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2706	ALN AND MRS JOINTLY LEVERAGING SELECTION OF NEW [...] (C) Deputies-elect of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) legislative caucuses are jointly leveraging the selection of the National Assembly's new Board of Directors to be formed by January 9, 2007. ALN Assembly deputy Yamileth Bonilla and MRS d [...]	2006-12-18 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2741	DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]	2006-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA275	NICARAGUA ONE STEP CLOSER TO CAFTA RATIFICATION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Denis Salgado, Nicaragua,s Director General of Animal and Plant Health, told Econoffs on February 2 that the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGFOR) has found the U.S. meat and poultry inspection system &equivalent8 to the Nicaraguan inspection regime. This essential step for entry i [...]	2006-02-06 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD NU
06MANAGUA277	GON WILL RE-SEND REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan government will re-send its June 2005 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request for Dominican assistance in the money laundering investigation of ex-President Arnoldo Aleman. This time the request will be accompanied by a GON diplomatic note to the Dominican Foreign Min [...]	2006-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NU
06MANAGUA301	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA302	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA303	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA304	LIBERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAGISTRATE: WE ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Rene Herrera of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) asserts that the PLC has boycotted CSE sessions to prevent the Sandinista (FSLN) majority from passing regulations that will enable the Sandinistas to steal the Atlantic Coast elec [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA348	NICARAGUA SYMPATHETIC TO USG MESSAGE ON [...] (C) On February 13, poloff delivered the talking points in reftel to Miriam Fonseca, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East, Africa and Asia section. Fonseca was sympathetic to the USG concerns, and said that the GON, like everyone else, is waiting to see what sort of Palestinian Auth [...]	2006-02-13 21:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL NU
06MANAGUA370	MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING: ALVARADO CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential-hopeful Jose Antonio Alvarado wants to have his cake and eat it too, continuing to waffle between allying with Eduardo Montealegre and entering into Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC)-initiated primaries. Ambassador noted in his recent meeting with Alvarado and his a [...]	2006-02-15 23:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA394	OIL PROFITS TAX: GON HAVING IT BOTH WAYS [...] (C) Summary: The February 13 political &deal8 that ended the week-long Managua bus strike over rate increases continues to reverberate in the political sphere and the business community. Representatives of the FSLN, Alternativa Cristiana, and Camino Cristiano signed a document with the FSLN [...]	2006-02-17 23:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL PGOV NU
06MANAGUA399	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: BOACO [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Boaco, the rural capital of the Department of Boaco, located just to the north and east of Managua, to discuss upcoming elections with local leaders. While individuals differed on the merits of presidential and legislative [...]	2006-02-21 17:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA418	NICARAGUA 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the 2005-2006 reporting period, Nicaraguan government has made important progress in all areas of its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP),including prevention and detection, victim assistance, and prosecution of traffickers. Nicaraguan police dismantled two major traffick [...]	2006-02-23 14:28:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA430	DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber decisions enabling CSE president Roberto Rivas to replace two of the CSE's PLC magistrates with the substitutes of his choice, th [...]	2006-02-24 21:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA432	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]	2006-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA464	A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA513	NICARAGUA CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE ON CAFTA, SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON is now reasonably confident that Nicaraguan politicians will finally permit a vote on CAFTA implementing legislation March 9, so that Nicaragua can join CAFTA by April 1. PLC (Liberal Party) sources in the National Assembly have also confirmed that a vote is on track [...]	2006-03-08 17:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP PREL NU
06MANAGUA516	GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 17:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU
06MANAGUA578	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MADRIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic, and civil society leaders in the department of Madriz suggest that the department's Liberal roots remain strong, and that the FSLN can be beaten there, despite the fact that it currently controls most municipalities and enjoys considerable sup [...]	2006-03-14 22:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA590	MANAGUA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Managua's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian),or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or c [...]	2006-03-15 19:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR NU
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA642	MONTEALEGRE,S ALN-PC CAUCUS PICKS UP A NEW MEMBER [...] (C) National Assembly lawmaker Delia Arellano has left the Camino Cristiano party to join Eduardo Montealegre's National Liberal Alliance-Conservative (ALN-PC) caucus, making the formal announcement to the press on March 20. With Arellano, the ALN-PC (Ref. D) now encompasses eight deputies. [...]	2006-03-22 20:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA648	TOURISM MAKES RIVAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) The southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas has capitalized on its natural beauty and relatively well developed transportation infrastructure to build an economy increasingly based on tourism. During the civil war of the 1980s, Rivas was not a battleground, but a refuge, and the departmen [...]	2006-03-23 14:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA674	MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...]	2006-03-24 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA708	ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR [...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...]	2006-03-28 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU
06MANAGUA710	CPDH FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF SANDINISTA 1980S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between March 14-23, representatives of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) NGO carried out the second of three planned trips to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast to document charges of crimes against humanity and genocide brought against Sandinista leaders for acts [...]	2006-03-29 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA711	ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to support presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre now that she has become a member of Montealegre's ALN-PC caucus (reftel). Arellano backs a proposal to chose a [...]	2006-03-30 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA715	LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]	2006-03-30 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA720	IT'S MY PARTY - AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All is not well on the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) farm, as rivals vie for caudillo leader/convicted money launderer Arnoldo Aleman's blessing to run for president on the party ticket. Five of the six PLC pre-candidates recently confronted Aleman about the PLC Central Co [...]	2006-03-31 13:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA721	CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: WHERE CATTLE AND LIBERALS [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Chontales is renowned for its cattle and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) members. Forty percent of all cows in this cattle nation are raised in this small region, wedged between Lake Nicaragua to the West and the Autonomous Southern Atlantic Region (RAAS) to th [...]	2006-03-31 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA725	AMBASSADOR MEETS LOCAL ISLAMIC LEADERS, WHO [...] (C) NOTE: The meetings described below that included the Palestinian Ambassador to Nicaragua took place prior to the receipt of reftel A by Embassy Managua. Prior to the Palestinian Ambassador's February courtesy call on the Ambassador and the subsequent March 28 breakfast with local Islamic [...]	2006-03-31 18:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER KIRF NU
06MANAGUA733	NICARAGUAN MEDIA TRUMPETS FIRST HEARING IN PANAMA MONEY LAUNDERING CASE AGAINST ALEMAN [...] (U) The March 30 preliminary hearing in the Panamanian money laundering case against ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, ex-Director of Taxation Byron Jerez and several of their family members and associates made banner headlines in the national media on March 31. Through elaborate money laundering [...]	2006-04-03 16:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NU
06MANAGUA738	JOSE RIZO, ALEMAN'S "CHOSEN ONE," SELECTED AS PLC [...] (SBU) Summary: After receiving a large majority of votes in the March 31 PLC "mini conventions," Jose Rizo was ratified by the PLC general convention on April 2 as the party's presidential candidate. RizoQ,s large margin of victory (64%),as well as a last-minute change to divide voting into [...]	2006-04-03 21:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA745	ALLQ,S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ASSERTS AGUIRRE SACASA [...] (C) Summary: Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, until recently a presidential-hopeful for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),is disappointed with PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman's decision to influence the outcome of the PLC's selection of its presidential candidate. He believes that Aleman's hold on [...]	2006-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA803	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by Roberto Erasmo Cedeno Borgen, born in Nicaragua on November 25, 1938 and by Aminta Or [...]	2006-04-10 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA806	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...]	2006-04-10 20:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA833	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING--DAVID EUGENIO ROBLETO LANG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by David Eugenio Robleto Lang, born in Nicaragua on November 26, 1957. David Robleto is [...]	2006-04-17 18:23:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA835	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MATAGALPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 30, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Matagalpa, capital of the northeastern Nicaraguan Department of Matagalpa, to discuss upcoming national elections with local business, political and civil society leaders and to gauge their views on the prospect of free and [...]	2006-04-17 18:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA841	VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...]	2006-04-17 21:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET
06MANAGUA85	CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...] (C) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selected lawmaker Eduardo Gomez (APRE) as president. Two Sandinista (FSLN) deputies; two Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) lawmakers; and one deputy each from the [...]	2006-01-18 00:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA863	THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]	2006-04-19 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAGUA869	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: NUEVA [...] (C) Summary: Liberals of all stripes in the largely Liberal Nicaraguan department of Nueva Segovia recently expressed concern to Emboffs that the FSLN is gaining support with poor voters by distributing agricultural goods and helping followers obtain voting documents in advance of the Novembe [...]	2006-04-20 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA931	CAMINO CRISTIANO LEADER DIGS IN HEELS OVER PLC [...] (C) Camino Cristiano (CCN) leader/National Assembly Deputy, Reverend Guillermo Osorno, appears likely to formalize an alliance with the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). In his April 27 meeting with Ambassador to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries (Reftel),Osorno opined that [...]	2006-04-28 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA932	APRE LEADER INCHES CLOSER TO MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly Deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon met with Ambassador on April 26 to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries. He opined there is no longer sufficient time to arrange such primaries. Further, given Liberal Constitutional Par [...]	2006-04-28 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA937	NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Assembly (NA) legislators confirm that the NA plans to vote on a civil aviation bill next week. The bill passed on first reading in 2004, but the required second vote on individual articles has languished. Econoff discussed the bill with airline officials and the Nic [...]	2006-04-28 23:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON WHA CEN NU
06MANAGUA943	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...]	2006-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS
06MANAGUA967	VISIT TO NICARAGUAN DEPARTMENTS OF LEON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their April 25 visit to the departments of Leon and Chinandega, DAS Kirsten Madison and USAID DAA Mike Magan repeated the USG's commitment to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and economic growth in Nicaragua, and explored the views of local business and political [...]	2006-05-03 16:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAMA1013	BAHRAIN: 2006 TIP REPORT AND TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches June 5 to MFA Human Rights Coordinator Ali Al Aradi, including Bahrain's 2006 TIP Report and the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan. Al Aradi expressed optimism that two key items would be accomplished by year's end: passage of comprehensive anti-TIP legislati [...]	2006-06-10 15:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN KHUM PREL PGOV SMIG BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA1040	BAHRAINIS REACT TO AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH [...] (C) Privately, all Bahrainis we have been in touch with, whether Sunni or Shi'a, have expressed satisfaction with the death of Al Zarqawi. Public reactions have broken down along mostly sectarian lines. Shi'a Bahrainis, who represent some 70 percent of the country's citizens, expressed their [...]	2006-06-13 12:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BA IZ REGION CTR
06MANAMA1064	BAHRAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) A/DCM June 14 delivered reftel demarche concerning the UN Human Rights Council to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said the Council is "a mess" right now and establishing it will "not be an easy ride." The President of the Council, the High Co [...]	2006-06-14 11:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA ROW HUMRIT
06MANAMA1084	CITIBANK MOVES REGIONAL OFFICE FROM BAHRAIN TO [...] (C) Summary. Citibank earlier this month transferred its regional headquarters from Bahrain to Dubai. Although the move received little attention here, Citibank Middle East Managing Director Mohammed Al-Shroogi, a prominent Bahraini and Shura Council member, told the Ambassador that the move [...]	2006-06-18 11:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BA ECTRD REGION

06MANAMA1116	GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES WARN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT [...] (C) Several Embassy media contacts have told Emboffs that the government recently formed two committees designed to monitor the content of print and broadcast media in Bahrain. The chairman of the board of the independent daily Al Wasat received a letter from one of the committees complaini [...]	2006-06-21 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM BA POL REFORM HUMRIT

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