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07LAPAZ3270	BOLIVIA CALM FOR PRODUCTIVE BRAZIL/CHILE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales joined his Brazilian and Chilean counterparts December 16 to sign a $900 million road project to link South America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts via Bolivia. He also received a $750 million commitment for natural gas investments from Brazil the next [...]	2007-12-17 22:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PBTS PGOV PREL CI VE BR

07LAPAZ3315	DIALOGUE, FIG LEAVES, AND THE MAS MIND [...] (C) Summary: Ruling MAS party leaders including President Morales are making dialogue overtures to the opposition. In contrast to the "unreasonable" opposition, MAS congressional representatives told PolOffs that Morales is reaching out for dialogue and even considering changing the draft cons [...]	2007-12-20 22:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE BL
07LAPAZ551	VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTERFERES WITH BOLIVIAN PRESS [...] (U) At approximately noon February 27, a Venezuelan Hercules that was reported to be carrying disaster assistance arrived in El Alto. When Bolivian journalists attempted to film the Venezuelan crew unloading the cargo, the Venezuelans prohibited them from filming the plane (citing the protect [...]	2007-02-28 17:44:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MASS BL VE
07LAPAZ679	A MIXED RECEPTION FOR CHAVEZ IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Bolivia March 10-11 to show solidarity with Bolivia's flooding victims. In the Beni department on March 10 before a trucked-in crowd of several thousand Bolivians, Chavez donated disaster assistance, including two helicopters and 40 tractors, and u [...]	2007-03-12 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL VE
07LAPAZ859	VENEZUELA SUPPORTING BOLIVIAN MAYORS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post has received reports of Venezuelans making direct payments to Bolivian mayors in order to garner support for President Morales in the run-up to the proposed 2008 national elections. In mid-March, an Embassy official received a copy of a $50,000 check from the Government of [...]	2007-03-29 20:00:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL BL VE
07LIMA1709	GARCIA GOVERNMENT: HONEYMOON OVER, TIME FOR RESULTS [...] (SBU) The Garcia governmen's extended honeymoon has ende. In the wake of the Tocache Accords and the Pandolfi Affair (Refs A-E),the GOP finds itself beset by a series of protests from cocalero, labor and other groups. At the same time, the APRA leadership faces increasing patronage pressur [...]	2007-05-11 15:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA1710	CHILEAN BROADCAST ON PACIFIC WAR MEETS MEASURED [...] Reaction in Peru to the first installment of "The Epic," a Chilean-produced documentary on the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru-Boliva (1879-1884) that aired May 6, was measured and anticlimatic. After the right-wing tabloid press's advance portrayal of the work as a distortion of h [...]	2007-05-11 15:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA1725	NEGROPONTE VISIT: CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS SAY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with civil society representatives at the Ambassador's Residence on May 10. They discussed the challenges in converting Peru's economic growth into generalized prosperity; the strengths and weaknesses of the Peruvian state and Garcia's governing style; Pe [...]	2007-05-14 15:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA2000	BOLIVARIAN INFLUENCE IN PUNO [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern highlands region of Puno has emerged as the focus of Venezuelan proselytizing in Peru, with the Venezuela-funded "Bolivarian Alternative for Latin American and the Caribbean (ALBA)" center representing the latest evidence of deepening ties. While Regional President [...]	2007-06-07 19:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PE PGOV PINR PTER SNAR VE
07LIMA2126	ANOTHER HUMALA AIMS AT 2011 [...] (SBU) Antauro Humala, the jailed brother of former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, has formed a political party and plans to run for President in 2011, according to his advisor Miguel Angel de la Puente. Antauro hopes to become the "outsider" candidate in the style of former President [...]	2007-06-19 15:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA2129	REFORM WITHOUT REVOLUTION: THE VIEW FROM PUNO [...] (SBU) Comment: Despite grinding poverty, bumbling local government, and flaring racial animosities, revolutionary political action in the altiplano department of Puno is unlikely, even though Puno is an historic center of Peruvian radicalism. Regional officials describe themselves as pragmat [...]	2007-06-19 17:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PE PGOV PINR PTER SNAR VE
07LIMA2313	DAS COULTER'S VISIT TO PERU FOR POL-MIL TALKS [...] (SBU) Peru and the United States held their first-ever bilateral POL-MIL talks on June 26 in Lima. Participants noted the striking overlap between the Peruvians' vision of their own security and that of the United States. The Peruvian team, made up of both Foreign Ministry and Ministry of D [...]	2007-07-06 17:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA2490	PRIME MINISTER BLASTS BOLIVARIAN CENTER IN PUNO [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo has publicly criticized the Venezuelan-funded Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean (ALBA) center in Puno as a front for foreign political meddling in Peru and has said ALBA exists "on the margins of the law." Other offici [...]	2007-07-23 16:26:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PE VE
07LIMA3636	GOP INTENDS TO ACT AGAINST VENEZUELAN MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: Government officials, including President Garcia, have persistently expressed concern about Venezuelan meddling in Peru's affairs. Many believe that so-called "ALBA Houses," the subject of considerable if somewhat confused discussion here, are centers for Bolivarian agitation. [...]	2007-11-14 21:31:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM VE PE
07LISBON2949	PORTUGAL ON HUGO CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (C) In a conversation with the Prime Minister,s senior diplomatic advisor, Jorge Roza de Oliveira, DCM conveyed our strong concerns regarding Chavez,s recent maneuvers on the constitution, per ref A, and urged that the Prime Minister represent them forcefully to Chavez during the latter's Lis [...]	2007-11-19 17:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM VE PO
07LISBON3193	PORTUGAL SIGNS ENERGY AGREEMENTS WITH VENEZUELA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to diversify the country's energy supply, Portugal's national energy firms, Galp Energia and Energias de Portugal, recently signed several agreements for procurement and joint exploration projects with the national oil and gas companies of Venezuela, Libya and Algeria [...]	2007-12-20 14:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PO RU VE AG LY AO
07LJUBLJANA734	SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN [...] (C) On November 29, EmbOff met with Stefan Salej, Special Envoy for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to share U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela and to request that Slovenia join the voices of internationa [...]	2007-11-30 06:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE SI
07LONDON2182	UK SHARES CONCERNS ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) HMG is "on the same page" regarding growing Iran-Venezula ties, FCO Venezuela Desk Officer Peter Kay told us May 17. Kay, who had visited Caracas the previous week, had discussed the Iran-Venezuela relationship with numerous interlocutors; he noted Venezula at that point had just announc [...]	2007-06-06 17:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK VE LG
07LUXEMBOURG464	LUXEMBOURG: SHARES CONCERNS OVER VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 14:18:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU LU
07MADRID1331	SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...]	2007-07-06 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI
07MADRID175	SPANISH POLDIR ON VENEZUELA AND PRESS FREEDOMS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 18:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP VE
07MADRID2077	MFA SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IBEROAMERICA TRINIDAD [...] (C) According to a November 6 readout provided by Trinidad Jimenez' Chief of Staff Juan Carlos Sanchez to the DCM, Jimenez found the situation in Venezuela "extremely bad" during her October 31 visit. She described Chavez as being in "another world." The polarization of the country was increasing a [...]	2007-11-06 18:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP VE
07MADRID2159	DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered ref a demarche November 23 to MFA Secretary of State for Iberoamerica Trinidad Jimenez and the Director General for Iberoamerica Javier Sandomingo. Drawing also on information provided by WHA/AND concerning Chavez' ties to Iran and increased narcotics trafficking fro [...]	2007-11-27 14:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE SP
07MADRID2294	SPAIN SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. IN ARGENTINE FRACTURE [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission spoke December 20 to Spanish Director General of Foreign Policy for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and presented points in ref A. The DCM expressed concern over the limitations placed on the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires (ref B),saying the restrictions served neith [...]	2007-12-21 15:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS SP VE AR
07MANAGUA1273	NICARAGUA'S IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Given President Daniel Ortega's close relationship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the restoration of diplomatic ties with Iran, and the visit of President Ahmedinejad to Nicaragua, the Embassy has not formally engaged the Nicaraguans on the Venezuelan-Iranian alliance (Ref [...]	2007-05-16 21:06:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR NU
07MANAGUA1311	GON RESPECTS VENEZUELAN DECISION TO CLOSE RCTV, [...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the demarche points on press freedom contained in refetel. The Ambassador expressed concern that the imminent closure of Venezuelan television channel RCTV is an act that violates the OAS' Inter-American Convention on H [...]	2007-05-22 21:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL NU VE
07MANAGUA1615	VENEZUELA'S BANDES OPENS ITS DOORS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, President Ortega officially opened the Venezuelan Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) in Nicaragua. He personally handed out USD 9.65 million in loans to six cooperatives for small agricultural projects and USD 10 million in grants to five parastatals. [...]	2007-07-02 16:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU VE
07MANAGUA2544	NICARAGUA: IRANIANS AND LIBYANS WELCOME -- NO [...] (C) According to a November 28 circular memo sent to all airlines operating out of Managua's international airport, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) now will allow all Libyan and Iranian passport holders (diplomatic, official and regular) to enter Nicaragua without visas. The GON states that [...]	2007-12-08 00:59:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	CVIS IR LY NU PREL PTER VE
07MANAGUA268	ORTEGA VICTORY CATALYST FOR CHAVEZ IN RAAN [...] (C) Summary: President Ortega, with backing from his Venezuelan counterpart Chavez, is consolidating power on Nicaragua's resource-rich Atlantic Coast. Miskito leaders believe Ortega and Chavez are conspiring to control the region's base of timber, minerals, and possibly oil, and that Chavez's comm [...]	2007-01-30 18:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV ECON NU VE
07MANAGUA538	CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH LIBERAL LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: The heads of the Nicaraguan National Assembly Liberal caucuses recently shared with Senator Nelson their skepticism over President Ortega's professed commitments to democracy and reconciliation and believe that the Assembly and international community must serve as checks to Ortega [...]	2007-02-28 14:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP VE NU
07MANAGUA543	FSLN USING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO SPREAD [...] (C) Summary: Liberal mayor Bronley Alvarez reports that the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) is using assistance programs sponsored by Venezuela and Cuba to spread the message that the USG "does nothing" in Nicaragua and only the FSLN and its allies can alleviate poverty. Alvarez fe [...]	2007-02-28 18:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID NU VE CU
07MANAGUA616	(C) EMBASSY JUMP STARTS LIBERAL UNITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary: After splintering under the weight of mutual suspicion and recriminations, DCM hosted a cocktail to bring together members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) to reactivate discussions on the need to forge a unified opposition to confront [...]	2007-03-08 14:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU IR TW VE
07MANAGUA637	NICARAGUA-VENEZUELA AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of ALBA agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Relations also signed an Agreement on Technical Cooperation in the Areas of Health and Medicine. The agreement sets out a general [...]	2007-03-09 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OSCI EAID ECIN NU VE
07MANAGUA638	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA LETTER OF INTENT ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements signed on January 11, 2007, the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Relations Samuel Santos and Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Relations Nicolas Maduro Moros signed a Letter of Intent to commission a feasibility study on placi [...]	2007-03-09 23:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ENRG EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA639	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, respective Foreign Relations Ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Energy Sector Cooperation between Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and La Empresa N [...]	2007-03-09 23:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA640	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA AGREEMENT ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Relations also signed an Agreement on Energy Cooperation and Petrocaribe. The agreement sets forth a schematic fo [...]	2007-03-09 23:11:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EAID MCC NU VE
07MANAGUA641	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA LETTER OF INTENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, the President of the Venezuelan Corporation for Agricultural Services and Supply (LA CASA) and the Director General of Nicaraguan National Supply Company (ENABA [...]	2007-03-09 23:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA642	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA LETTER OF INTENT ON A [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, the President of the Venezuelan Corporation for Food Marketing (MERCAL) and the President of Cooperative of Agricultural Services of Nicaragua (NICARAOCOOP) sig [...]	2007-03-09 23:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA643	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA MOU FOR THE SALE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, the President of the Cooperative Enterprise for Agricultural Services (NICARAOCOOP) and the President of the Petrochemical Corporation of Venezuela (PEQUIVEN) s [...]	2007-03-09 23:23:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA644	NICARGUA - VENEZUELA CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, the Presidents of Cooperative Enterprise for Agricultural Services (NICARAOCOOP) and the President of the Venezuelan Corporation for Agricultural Services and S [...]	2007-03-09 23:25:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA645	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA ENERGY SECTOR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaragua and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, respective Ministers of Foreign Relations also signed an Energy Sector Cooperation Agreement. The agreement sets out general areas for cooperation, including th [...]	2007-03-09 23:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID MCC NU VE
07MANAGUA646	NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Relations also signed an Agricultural Cooperation Agreement. The agreement is general in nature, outlining the d [...]	2007-03-09 23:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA720	INCREASING VENEZUELAN INFLUENCE ON ATLANTIC COAST [...] (C) Summary: Prominent indigenous activist Javier Williams Slate warns the Ortega Administration is aggressively consolidating power in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) to secure a route for their Venezuelan allies to transport oil to the Pacific. According to Williams, Venezuelan [...]	2007-03-19 22:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI SNAR NU VE
07MANAGUA726	ORTEGA FOLLOWS CHAVEZ' LEAD IN CONFRONTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Nicaragua on March 11 to use the country as a platform to criticize the United States and the Central American leg of President Bush's recent trip. Chavez' trips to Nicaragua have inspired President Daniel Ortega to abandon his pre-ele [...]	2007-03-20 15:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU VE
07MANAGUA781	Nicaragua's first export of ethanol, Ortega may not be [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Nicaragua exported ethanol for the first time, sending 3 million liters (793,000 gallons) valued at $2 million to the Netherlands. Grupo Pellas plans to increase production of ethanol from 100,000 to 400,000 liters per day by the end of 2008. If Nicaragua appro [...]	2007-03-23 19:30:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EPET ENRG SENV PREL VE NU
07MANAGUA788	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Energy and Mines Emilio de Jesus Rappaccioli Baltodano on February 14 to introduce himself and discuss energy issues in Nicaragua. Rappaccioli summarized recent changes to energy sector governance, including the creation of the Minist [...]	2007-03-23 21:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN TBIO SENV EINV PINR VE NU
07MEXICO149	MEXICO'S NEW TRADE CZAR - BEATRIZ LEYCEGUI [...] (SBU) The Secretariat of Economy's new Sub-Secretary for International Trade Negotiations, Beatriz Leycegui, is a seasoned trade hand (she was a Mexican NAFTA negotiator and has since worked in the private sector as a trade lawyer and consultant) and committed to maintaining good commercial re [...]	2007-01-11 23:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PREL PINR MX VE
07MEXICO2653	MEXICO NOT LIKELY TO VOICE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Political Counselor met with Mario Arriola Woog, SRE's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, on May 21 to emphasize that growing political, economic and commercial ties between Venezuela and Iran not only served to undermine international sanctions against the l [...]	2007-05-23 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR MX
07MEXICO5981	MEXICO ON VENEZUELA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor met with Landy Esquivel, from SRE's Latin American Office, November 28, to convey U.S. concerns as relate to the anti-democratic changes Chavez seeks to make with its constitutional reform package coming up for a vote on December 2 and urge Mexico to join us in [...]	2007-11-30 18:45:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA VE MX
07MEXICO6186	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES SULLIVAN AND LOWERY [...] (C) Summary: Over the course of meetings with prominent Mexican economic opinion leaders within and outside government, a visiting State/Treasury delegation received enthusiastic responses to U.S. ideas to establish an association of free trade partners in the hemisphere to promote competitive [...]	2007-12-14 23:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MX VE
07MINSK850	VENEZUELA ARMS SHIPMENTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (S) On October 2, Ambassador delivered points from reftel to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Lukashenko. Rybakov noted the points, and responded only by asking if the U.S. Government expresses such concerns to other governments as well, mentioning Russia in particular, o [...]	2007-10-05 16:31:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS VE BO
07MONTEVIDEO1001	CHAVEZ UNDER FIRE IN URUGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been a favorite subject of the media and political columnists in Uruguay, who more often than not highlight his faults. This was exemplified by a flurry of recent articles and editorials that have cast Chavez in a negative light. Several ar [...]	2007-11-27 18:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO VE UY
07MONTEVIDEO1052	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNREGISTERED AGENTS [...] (C) On December 19, per instructions reftel, Charge discussed subject talking points with MFA Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. She listened attentively and first referred to the arrested Uruguayan citizen (Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello) asking, "How serious are the charges against some [...]	2007-12-19 21:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR UY
07MONTEVIDEO445	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (S) On May 8, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Acting Director General for Political Affairs Gerardo Prato. Prato was keenly attentive to all of the general, political, military, economic and social points presented. He lamented that a paper copy of the demarche could not be left [...]	2007-05-09 14:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER PINS VE IR UY
07MONTEVIDEO529	(S/NF) VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID TO URUGUAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: This telegram responds to reftel request for information. Venezuelan assistance to Uruguay is growing, but is not yet great. It is also difficult to calculate, in part because Chavez's aid comes without the sort of invasive conditions that burden the programs of the World Bank [...]	2007-06-04 17:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR VE UY
07MONTEVIDEO965	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO URUGUAY: DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) On November 9, 2007, A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros. He listened attentively and said that "officially" the GoU registered U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the BRV's constitutional reform package and [...]	2007-11-09 20:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU UY
07MOSCOW4240	RUSSIA ENERGY: TNK-BP LOOKING INTO IRAQ, [...] (C) TNK-BP VP for International Affairs Shawn McCormick told us on August 24th that the company is venturing into Iraq, has sent a team to Venezuela with mixed results, and is optimistic about prospects in Turkmenistan. Its capital expenditure budget is up $700 million in 2007 to $3.4 billion [...]	2007-08-29 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IZ TX VE
07NASSAU753	PRIME MINISTER INGRAHAM SEEKS CLOSE TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) On June 13, the Charge called on Prime Minister Ingraham to congratulate him on his recent election and to review U.S. and Bahamian priorities in advance of the June 18-21 Conference on the Caribbean. In a productive 45-minute meeting, Ingraham promised to consider a Proliferation Securi [...]	2007-06-15 22:49:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PTER MCAP PHUM CU VE BF
07NICOSIA927	CYPRUS GENERALLY AGREES WITH USG POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 13:13:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM VE WHA EU CY
07OSLO1125	NORWAY CONCERNED BUT PASSIVE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Latin America Section Head Herberth Linder stated that Norway will sign on to any joint declaration that the EU produces on the situation in Venezuela (noting that the UK is putting language together but that they had not yet been approached on it officially),[...]	2007-11-23 10:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE PHUM WHA NO
07OTTAWA2078	DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's South America Division Director Daniel Daley expressed appreciation for reftel views as well as shared concern about negative trends in Venezuela. He cited mid-October talks in Washingt [...]	2007-11-13 19:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE CA
07PANAMA1035	PANAMA POST: EDITION I [...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...]	2007-06-18 19:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM
07PANAMA1738	PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH [...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...]	2007-11-02 18:55:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM
07PANAMA1828	PANAMA: "WHAT'S NEXT?" IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) "What's next in Venezuela," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis asked Ambassador on December 3. Stunned by the "No" victory in Venezuela, Lewis commented, "Everybody is holding their breath to see what Chavez does next." Lewis mused that Chavez would need to change the subject and grab a new iss [...]	2007-12-03 22:17:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE PM
07PANAMA1897	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARGES AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR PM
07PANAMA856	PANAMA-VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ NOT VISITING; ROSALES [...] (C) "Chavez will not be coming to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OASGA)," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on May 23. A relieved Lewis added that President Martin Torrijos would not make a stop-over in Caracas on hi way to Rio de Janeiro. [...]	2007-05-24 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE PM
07PANAMA901	PANAMA: CHAVEZ'S CLOSURE OF RCTV "SOVEREIGN" [...] (U) "The decision to not renew RCTV's concession was a sovereign decision of the Government of Venezuela," Panamanian President Martin Torrijos told the press on May 25 during a press conference in Brazil. "Neither Panama nor any other country can judge whether or not the application of oth [...]	2007-05-31 19:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ECON OAS VE PM
07PARAMARIBO121	DUTCH WANT ENERGY, NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Ambassador-at-large Maurice De Hond told EmbOffs that the Dutch have &good relations8 with Venezuela, their &neighbor8 through the Antilles. De Hond also indicated interest in alternative energy sources in South America, particularly ethanol out of Brazil. The Dutch appea [...]	2007-03-13 15:30:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG NL VE NA NS
07PARAMARIBO202	SURINAME RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST TO PRESERVE [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Terence Craig, Head of the America's Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about the objectives laid out in reftel. Craig agreed that preserving press freedoms is an important issue and that he would bring the matter of the RCTV network shutdown by BRV to the attenti [...]	2007-04-25 19:44:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL VE NS
07PARAMARIBO287	VENEZUELA TAKES OUT SURINAMESE NEWSPAPER AD TO DEFEND RCTV [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an ironic bid to influence public opinion, on June 2 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs took out a page long advertisement in Suriname's leading daily, De Ware Tijd, to explain the May 27 closure of Venezuela's most popular television station and outlet for political o [...]	2007-06-06 19:18:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NS VE
07PARAMARIBO364	LACK OF INTERNET FREEDOM IN CUBA SURPRISES [...] EmbOff delivered message from reftel to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on July 10. EmbOff also dropped off copies of a Reporters Without Borders article on the lack of internet freedom in Cuba for Craig and [...]	2007-07-12 20:47:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TINT CU VE NS
07PARIS1946	IRAN-VENEZUELA: FRANCE TOUGH ON NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard assured us May 16 that President Chirac had taken a hard line with Chavez on Iran's nuclear weapons program during their last phone conversation before Chirac leaves office on May 16, and surm [...]	2007-05-15 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR
07PARIS4523	CHAVEZ VISIT TO FRANCE: HOSTAGES SOLE FOCUS OF GOF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE FR
07PORTAUPRINCE1989	VENEZUELAN & CUBAN CONSTRUCTION OF 3 ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba appear to be taking advantage of Haiti's electricity gap. GOH sources up to and including President Preval say Haiti is accepting delivery of three Venezuela-supplied generators to supply Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Gonaives. The generators are to be inst [...]	2007-12-20 19:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EFIN XL HA VE CU
07PORTAUPRINCE266	CHAVEZ COMING TO HAITI? [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Haitian Media on February 2 reported that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez planned to visit Haiti as early as the following week. However, the foreign ministry's political director, Wiener Jean Baptiste, on Fe [...]	2007-02-07 17:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE492	CHAVEZ ARRIVES LATE [...] (SBU) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Haiti March 12 for meetings with Haitian President Rene Preval and Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernadez. Though the GoH had announced bilateral meetings with the Venezuelan President, as well as a trip to a construction site, Chavez arr [...]	2007-03-13 17:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE522	PREVAL: CHAVEZ VISIT A MESS [...] (C) Summary: To hear President Rene Preval tell it, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Haiti on March 12 was a logistical nightmare and an annoyance to the GoH. Chavez thwarted Preval's efforts to keep the public profile of the visit low key. In the aftermath of the visit, Preval t [...]	2007-03-16 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE829	ALBA AFTERMATH: HAITI SHRUGGED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and popular reaction to President Preval's return from the ALBA summit in Caracas (ref A) unsurprisingly focused almost entirely on the details of the agreement between Preval and Pr [...]	2007-05-04 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE833	TENSION BEHIND THE SCENES AT ALBA [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Joseph Lambert described a "very tense" atmosphere behind the scenes of the ALBA summit between President Preval and President Chavez in a meeting with Embassy staff on May 4. According to Lambert, Preval refused to join ALBA and told Chavez that if ALBA membersh [...]	2007-05-07 15:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE939	DEMARCHE ON IRAN/VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Ambassador on May 21 delivered the points contained in reftel to Foreign Minister Clerisme regarding the regional impact of Iran and Venezuela's growing relationship. She emphasized that Iran represented a danger to the region and that Iran and Venezuela together threatened to underm [...]	2007-05-23 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR PTER PHUM HA VE IR
07PORTAUPRINCE944	(C) C-AL7-00733: VENEZUELAN AID TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan promises of over USD one billion in aid and assistance to Haiti have not materialized except for two examples of in-kind assistance. Venezuela delivered a shipment of petroleum and asphalt, both of which arrived without forewarning, and the GoH re-sold the goods to no [...]	2007-05-24 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EPET EAID VE HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1204	DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST UNREGISTERED FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 18:57:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CJAN KJUS PREL VE AR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN299	T&T PM MANNING MEETS CHAVEZ, SIGNS GAS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Patrick Manning met with BRV President Hugo Chavez for four hours on March 20 and signed a framework unitization agreement, a key step toward joint development of substantial cross-border gas fields. Manning also used the meeting as an opportunity to propose br [...]	2007-03-26 18:55:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE TD
07PORTOFSPAIN389	T&T PRIME MINISTER SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with CODEL Engel, Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Manning voiced frustration that Washington has not engaged on his bilateral economic and security proposals, and he complained about Article 98 and low margins on LNG sales to the U.S. CODEL members ag [...]	2007-04-20 19:10:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET ETRD MARR SNAR VE TD
07PRAGUE1219	CZECHS - PAYING ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 14:25:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VE EUN PHUM WHA
07PRAGUE132	CZECHS WILL BACK EU RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA'S DENIAL [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Director of Americas Jakub Skalnik on February 6 to discuss Venezuela's recent efforts to silence Radio Caracas television by refusing to renew its license. Skalnik said the Czechs see the refusal as a threat to the freedom of the press in Venezuela, and part of Presi [...]	2007-02-09 16:26:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VE EZ
07PRAGUE428	CZECH MFA REPORTS AERO VODOCHODY PLANS TO GO AHEAD [...] (C/NF) Poloff met April 19 with the Czech MFA's Director of Common Foreign and Security Policy Director Vaclav Balek (please protect). Balek shared his astonishment that, despite the MFA's previous assurances to the contrary, Czech firm Aero Vodochody had successfully signed an MOU with repres [...]	2007-04-20 16:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE
07PRAGUE488	ACTION REQUEST: CZECH COMPANY'S PLAN TO PROVIDE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S/NF) Summary: A senior Czech MFA official has provided further information about Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody's plans to work with the Government of Venezuela (Ref B),and how the size of the deal is distorting the n [...]	2007-05-04 08:09:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE
07PRAGUE569	CZECH GOVERNMENT REPLY ON LICENSE FOR MILITARY [...] (U) Action request in para 7-8. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador raised USG concerns about pending Czech government decisions to license the lease of military aircraft by Venezuela (reftel) with Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on May 17. DCM had raised our concerns with Deputy Foreign Ministe [...]	2007-05-21 09:00:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM VE EZ
07PRAGUE645	CZECH MFA PROVIDED WITH NEW INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Summary: On June 4 the DCM provided the Czech MFA Political Director with newly releasable intelligence on Venezuela-Iran military cooperation. This information, combined with previously provided open-source material, may prove sufficient for the Czech Government to veto military technolo [...]	2007-06-06 12:29:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE
07PRAGUE646	CZECHS REQUEST U.S. APPROVAL TO SELL L-159 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) The Czech Deputy Minister of Defense has written to Ambassador Graber to formally request a U.S. opinion about the possible future transfer of ten Czech L-159 aircraft with U.S. content to Bolivia. Post sees no impediment to this [...]	2007-06-06 12:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE BL
07PRAGUE718	CZECH MFA GIVES IN ON LICENSING OF L-39 TRAINING [...] (S) Summary: The Czech MFA has abandoned its rearguard action to prevent Aero Vodochody from going ahead with an L-39 subsonic fighter lease and training package for Venezuela. This paves the way for the Ministry of Industry and Trade to issue the required license. MFA officials expect that th [...]	2007-06-15 16:10:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE
07PRAGUE773	CZECH PM OPPOSED TO VENEZUELA L-39 LEASE, BUT FATE [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Czech PM Mirek Topolanek late on June 26 to raise ref A points regarding USG concern about the pending deal to license the lease of Czech-made subsonic fighter aircraft to Venezuela for training purposes. Before the Ambassador had an opportunity to even begin discuss [...]	2007-06-27 13:58:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PARM VE EUN EZ
07PRAGUE852	CZECH PM PUTS HOLD ON L-39 LEASE TO VENEZUELA [...] (U) Action request in para 7. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told the Ambassador on July 19 that he has instructed his government to put a hold on consideration of the license application for the lease of L-39 aircraft to Venezuela. Topolanek intends to convene a meeting of cabinet [...]	2007-07-19 13:49:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PARM VE EZ
07PRETORIA2636	CHAVEZ TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Cape Town, South Africa September 5-6, according to DFA Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder (protect). South Africa will roll out the red carpet for Chavez, treating the trip as a full-fledged State Visit. Schroeder told PolOff July 24 that Chave [...]	2007-07-27 15:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SF
07PRETORIA3013	CHAVEZ CANCELS SOUTH AFRICA VISIT AT LAST MINUTE [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez canceled his long-planned September 4-5 visit to South Africa despite extensive preparations, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder (protect). Schroeder said that Venezuelan officials called on August 25 to info [...]	2007-08-29 08:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SF
07QUITO173	VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR SIGN COOPERATION ACCORDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Five cooperation agreements were signed between Venezuela and Ecuador January 16, capping Venezuelan President Chavez's visit to Ecuador for President Correa's inauguration. These accords seek to strengthen bilateral cooperation and integration focusing on social welfare, bankin [...]	2007-01-22 18:41:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN EC VE
07QUITO2533	ECUADOR ANALYSTS DEBATE CORREA'S INTENTIONS DURING [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian analysts reflected differing assessments of President Correa's policies during a November 13 luncheon with visiting WHA DAS Christopher McMullen, hosted by the Ambassador. Participants highlighted the difficulty of predicting the economic model that President Correa [...]	2007-11-21 19:18:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EC VE CO
07QUITO300	CORREA NAMES CHAVEZ' BUDDY AS AMB TO VENEZUELA [...] (S) Sum... id: 95515 date: 2/6/2007 16:48 refid: 07QUITO300 origin: Embassy Quito classification: SECRET destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0300/01 0371648 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 061648Z FEB 07 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6258 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGO [...]	2007-02-06 16:48:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PGOV EC PREL VE

07RIYADH1519	AMBASSADOR FRAKER MEETS PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON NOPEC, [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 16 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud continued to underscore his concern with on-going lawsuits [...]	2007-07-18 09:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET VE SA
07ROME1112	ITALY MONITORING IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Poloffs conveyed Ref A points to MFA Gulf Countries Acting Office Director Lorenzo Klutzer May 10 and MFA South Africa Acting Office Director Paolo Campanini May 23, emphasizing U.S. concerns about implications of the growing Iran-Venezuela alliance for terrorism and proliferation activiti [...]	2007-05-24 10:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER KNNP PARM VE
07ROME2343	ITALY ON VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA South America Office Director Michele Giacomelli November 16. Poloff shared USG concerns about democracy in Venezuela posed by President Chavez's proposed constitutional reforms, and requested that Italy speak out on behalf of democratic rights in V [...]	2007-11-19 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE IT
07ROME259	ITALY SHARES USG VENEZUELA CONCERNS, EU WORKING ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 6 to MFA South America Office Director Francesco Talo and Desk Officer Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to raise the issue of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) privately and publicly with the Venezuelan government. Talo said Italy shared our concerns t [...]	2007-02-08 12:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV EU VE IT
07SANJOSE1053	COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31st, PolCoun and PolOff met with Alejandro Solano, sub-director of the Foreign Policy Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the growing Iranian-Venezuelan relationship (Ref a). Solano was receptive and expressed concerns, particularly in the area of the loose [...]	2007-06-04 16:08:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER IR ECON VE CS
07SANJOSE1995	DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) On November 16, we discussed Ref A concerns with Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Sub-director of the Foreign Policy Directorate of the MFA. 2. (C) Although sympathetic to these concerns, Solano indicated that the GOCR worried about the implications of the constitutional reform now under way in [...]	2007-11-16 21:44:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA
07SANSALVADOR1071	EL SALVADOR ON VENEZUELA/IRAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31, poloff raised reftel C points with MFA Multilateral Affairs Chief Mario Rivera. (Note: The GOES has repeatedly raised with Post their misgivings about the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship, as well as potential Iran-Nicaragua ties; see reftels A and B. End note.) Rivera s [...]	2007-05-31 20:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR ES
07SANSALVADOR2301	DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA DELIVERED TO EL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us November 15 that the GOES shared our concerns about anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela and would continue to raise the issue publicly. End Summary. 2. (C) On November 13, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche [...]	2007-11-20 21:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE EU WHA PHUM ES
07SANSALVADOR2406	FUNES OFFERS PRAGMATIC, LEFT-OF-CENTER APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: Mauricio Funes, FMLN Presidential Candidate, asserted to the Ambassador that he wanted to maintain close U.S.-Salvadoran ties, though characterized by mutual respect. He rejected foreign (Venezuelan) financing of his campaign and said he expected to find significant support from [...]	2007-12-14 21:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES VE
07SANSALVADOR2437	GOES WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 22:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR AA ES
07SANSALVADOR588	INTERVIEW WITH IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 11, leading El Salvador daily La Prensa Grafica published an interview in its Sunday magazine with Mohammed Roohi Sefat, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico (also accredited to Nicaragua),about his opinions of the Salvadoran Armed Forces presence in Iraq. The int [...]	2007-03-29 21:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ES IZ MX NU VE IR KNNP
07SANTIAGO109	MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO [...] On July 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Mercosur's Failed Promise." Quote: "For a long time Mercosur has seemed more a place for political gathering than a trade pact. But the bloc's ongoing Summit has made clear the extent (to which [...]	2007-01-19 16:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI AR BL VE
07SANTIAGO127	MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 19:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI AR BL VE
07SANTIAGO130	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION [...] On January 22, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Risks in Bolivia." Quote: "Morales' means of advancing his controversial electoral promises are preventing him from capitalizing on the auspicious conditions under which he [...]	2007-01-23 12:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO1355	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' PROPOSALS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL [...] On August 17, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 4,200) carried a column by international analyst Raul Sohr entitled "Chavez on the Offensive." Quote: 2. "A seven-year presidential term with the possibility of immediate reelection -- as easy as that," concluded Ven [...]	2007-08-20 12:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO142	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA MILITARY PURCHASES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 11:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV CI VE
07SANTIAGO1421	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' REGIONAL INFLUENCE [...] On August 29, conservative, independent, "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an op-ed by Bolivian analyst Sergio Molina entitled "To bed with Chavez or Bush?" Excerpts follow: 2. "Will Latin Americans accept a horse with teeth like those tins cans distributed in Pisco (Peru),bribes of the Bol [...]	2007-08-29 19:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO1717	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S REGIONAL INFLUENCE [...] On October 21, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sun. circ. 260,108) carried a column by Andres Oppenheimer entitled "Hugo Chavez' Project in the Continent." Quote: 2. "It is no mystery that Hugo Chavez...wants to destabilize Latin American countries that have go [...]	2007-10-22 19:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO177	MEDIA REACTION - LULA, KIRCHNER, AND CHAVEZ [...] On January 31, Chile's conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried a column by Venezuelan political analyst Alberto Garrido entitled, "Lula and Kirchner's 'Warning' to Chavez." 2. "The leak to the press of an alleged warning from Lula (da Silva) and (Nestor) Kirchner to [...]	2007-02-01 20:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE BL NU CU EC CI
07SANTIAGO1826	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] Summary: The verbal flap between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dominated news about the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago. Foreign Minister Foxley's public statements after the Summit reflected the GOC's discontent with Chavez, emphasizing the need for tolera [...]	2007-11-14 11:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO1828	DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA - CHILE [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor November 13 delivered ref A demarche to Jamie Bascunan, the MFA's desk officer for Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, stressing that the proposed Venezulan referendum ran contrary to Caracas's obligations under the Inter-American Democratic Charter. As such, it is incumbent [...]	2007-11-14 20:56:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE EU CI WHA
07SANTIAGO1846	MEDIA REACTION - IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT AFTERMATH [...] Summary: The Chilean press continues to collect opinions among experts and international commentators about the impact of the clash between the King of Spain and Chavez. The overall consensus is that Chavez' primary goal is to disrupt relations among nations in the region to his own advantag [...]	2007-11-20 10:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO338	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 18:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO425	GOC'S AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA OPENS MOUTH, INSERTS FOOT PRESIDENT BACHELET UNHAPPY HE REVEALS SHE FAVORED CARACAS IN UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Chile's Ambassador to Venezuela, Claudio Huepe, in a March 12 Caracas television interview, said President Bachelet had privately told him she had favored voting for Venezuela in last year's UNSC vote. But a ""confluence of circumstances"" barred such a vote, leading her to abstain. Huepe cla [...]	2007-03-14 19:25:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO447	MY BAD: CHILE'S AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA OFFERS [...] (U) Chile's ambassador to Venezuela, Claudio Huepe, returned to Santiago early the morning of March 15 and, after a 11:00 a.m. meeting with Foreign Minister Foxley, offered his "irrevocable resignation." President Bachelet accepted it. Huepe's exit was expected, coming only days after his rem [...]	2007-03-16 20:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO46	CHILEANS TAKE UMBRAGE AFTER LATEST CHAVEZ DIATRIBE [...] (C) Hugo Chavez' January 8 attack on OAS SecGen Insulza, who is Chilean, was front page news in leading Chilean newspapers January 9. FonMin Foxley and various political leaders all issued condemnations of Chavez' beyond-the-pale criticisms of Insulza, although Foxley added that the affair wo [...]	2007-01-09 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO48	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA [...] On January 10, Chile's conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Venezuela and Twenty-First Century Socialism." Quote: 2. "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has clearly shown his intention of deepening what he calls 'Twenty-First Century Sociali [...]	2007-01-10 18:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO55	MEDIA REACTION - CHILE AND THE PRIORITY WATCH LIST [...] Summary: Adding Chile to the "Priority Watch List" on January 8 for its deteriorating protection of intellectual property received widespread media coverage. The GOC expressed disappointment and frustration with Chile's placement on the list, claiming that Chile has gone to great lengths to [...]	2007-01-12 12:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR ECON PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO57	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION [...] On January 11, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an opinion column by international analyst Karin Ebensperger entitled "The Conscience of the Global Left." Quote: 2. "OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza should not feel bad for becomin [...]	2007-01-12 13:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO619	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S CRITICISM OF CHILEAN SENATE [...] Summary: Last week the Senate voted to urge President Bachelet to complain at the OAS over Venezuela's decision to cancel the concession of an independent TV broadcast station. President Hugo Chavez reacted saying that Chile's Senate was "dominated by the same fascists that supported coups a [...]	2007-04-17 15:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO624	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ, CHILE, AND BACHELET [...] On April 17, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried an editorial entitled "Problems with Venezuela." Quotes: "The new diplomatic impasse in which Chile finds itself due to President Hugo Chavez's statements against the Chilean Senate...confirms how imprudent it wou [...]	2007-04-17 20:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO629	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ, CHILE, AND BACHELET [...] On April 17, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried an editorial entitled "Problems with Venezuela." Quotes: "The new diplomatic impasse in which Chile finds itself due to President Hugo Chavez's statements against the Chilean Senate...confirms how imprudent it wou [...]	2007-04-17 20:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO70	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ'S REGIONAL AND [...] On January 12, Chile's conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an editorial entitled "Irreconcilable Positions." Quote: "The Governments of Venezuela and Bolivia have adopted similar political projects inspired in the Cuban model. But while Caraca [...]	2007-01-12 19:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE BL NU CI
07SANTIAGO796	DEMARCHE IN THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (S) E/Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on May 15 to Ambassador Juan Pablo Lira March, head of the MFA's Division for South America, stressing following points: 1) Growing diplomatic links between Caracas and Tehran undermined international efforts to find a solution to Iran's nuclear effo [...]	2007-05-15 21:16:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	ECON MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VE
07SANTIAGO848	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' REGIONAL EFFORTS [...] On May 23, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Chavez in Latin America." Quote: 2. "Grupo de Diarios America is exploring...the phenomenon of Chavez' penetration in Latin America. From the abundant information gathered we [...]	2007-05-24 11:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO983	A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON COUNTERING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Hugo Chavez,s effort to expand his influence into the Southern Cone was the subject of ref A. This, part two in a series of joint cables from Southern Cone embassies, looks at ways the U.S. can counter Chavez and reassert U.S. leadership in the region. From posts' perspectives, there are [...]	2007-06-18 14:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM AR BO BR PARM UY VE CI
07SANTODOMINGO1207	IRAN-VENEZUELA TIES: MEASURED DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing the talking points on nuclear ties, weapons technology cooperation, and terrorism concerns. 2. (C) In her reply, Liriano commented that Venezuela has close bilateral relatio [...]	2007-05-22 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR VE IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1752	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO OFFER TOURISM EXCURSIONS FOR [...] (C) The Minister of Finance, Mr. Vicente Bengoa, told embassy officers on July 19 that the Dominican Republic intends to engage in barter trade, by offering goods and services in exchange for oil debt, in a meeting with the Venezuelan government next month. In an meeting with EXIM Bank offici [...]	2007-07-20 18:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD OTRA PREL VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO1781	DOMINICAN OIL INDEPENDENCE AT RISK THROUGH SALE OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires on July 24, former WHA Assistant Secretary Otto Reich and Mustafa Abu Naba'a of Sargeant Petroleum, Ltd warned that the sale of Shell Oil's 50 percent stake in the Dominican Republic's sole oil refinery (Refidomsa) threatens to create a virt [...]	2007-07-25 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2245	DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...]	2007-10-03 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2263	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER [...] President Fernandez's UNGA Speech 2. Allegation that Opposition Working Against Security Council Bid 3. The Future of the IMF Stand-By Agreement 4. Minister of Finance Visits Venezuela Seeking Increase in PetroCaribe Quota 5. Technological Upgrade in Land Titles, Land Use Planning Â [...]	2007-10-05 18:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG KJUS VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2365	SANTO DOMINGO POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) During the October 15-16 visit of Country Officer Christopher Ward, WHA/CAR and Post engaged Dominican contacts on Haiti, election rules, human rights, Venezuela, and other issues. Alejandra Liriano, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the bilateral relationship had been st [...]	2007-10-19 13:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID VE HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2570	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER [...] Leftist Summit Postponed; Chavez May Still Visit 2. New Poll Gives Fernandez 12-Point Lead in Presidential Race 3. JCE on Haitian Community's Allegations Regarding Identity Documents 4. Electricity Sector Reorganization: Administrative or Substantive Change? 5. Government Debts to Power G [...]	2007-11-16 20:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO355	U/S EDELMAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary. On February 2, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, DEA Chief of Operations Michael Braun, Commander of U.S. Southern Command's Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hathaway, Ambassador Hans Hertell and other U.S. civilian and militar [...]	2007-02-20 14:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PREL KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO597	REGIONAL DRUGS SUMMIT CALLS FOR INCREASED U.S. [...] (U) Summary. On March 16, OAS Secretary General Insulza, President Preval of Haiti, President Uribe of Colombia, and Prime Minister Manning of Trinidad and Tobago joined Dominican President Fernandez to sign a non-binding declaration on measures to counter threats posed by the trafficking of [...]	2007-03-19 20:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM CO HA VE TD DR
07SANTODOMINGO668	FURTHER ON REGIONAL DRUGS SUMMIT AND CALLS FOR [...] (U) Following is an amplified version of Santo Domingo 597 with addition of U.S. and Dominican positions, new text in paras. 10 and 11, and comment. 2. (U) Summary. On March 16, OAS Secretary General Insulza, President Preval of Haiti, President Uribe of Colombia, and Prime Minister Mannin [...]	2007-03-23 20:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM CO HA VE TD DR
07SARAJEVO442	BOSNIA: SENIOR VENEZUELAN DELEGATION TO PROTEST [...] (S/NF) Assistant Minister of Foreign Trade Dragisa Mekic informed us that a senior Venezuelan delegation from the ministries of defense and foreign affairs would be visiting Bosnia in the coming weeks. The Venezuelan delegation, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Rodrigo Chavez, requested meet [...]	2007-02-23 15:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET//NOFORN	EUN MARR MASS PARM BK VE
07SARAJEVO577	MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE HOLDS LINE ON VENEZUELAN [...] This is an Action Request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. The DCM called on newly-installed State Minister of Trade and Economic Relations (MoFTER) Slobodan Puhalac, a Serb from PM Dodik's Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),in advance of the visit of a Venezuelan delegation to [...]	2007-03-13 13:02:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET//NOFORN	EUN MARR MASS PARM BK VE
07SEOUL1710	ROKG ON VENEZUELA-IRAN RELATIONSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 09:04:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL ECON PTER VE IR KS
07SEOUL3236	ROKG SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON COMMERCIAL SALE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On October 31, Park Chul-min, Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) shared information regarding the pending sale of up to 3000 vehicles to the Venezuelan milit [...]	2007-11-01 06:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS MARR PARM PREL VE
07SOFIA1323	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 13:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU
07STATE154674	DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Department requests action addressees demarche host governments, at the highest appropriate level, to: 1) share our concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package; 2) highlight growing dissension within Venezuela and the increasingly rep [...]	2007-11-09 16:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU
07STOCKHOLM1388	SWEDEN ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 16:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SW VE WHA EU
07SUVA408	NAURU: PHOSPHATE ROLLER COASTER; ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Tiny Nauru in the central Pacific suffered perhaps the world's most dramatic lifestyle decline in recent years after exhausting visible phosphate deposits. Currently, Nauruans barely scrape by. Thus, a PACOM humanitarian-assistance mission July 21-27 was very well received. There is a de [...]	2007-08-13 17:24:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PREF EAIR ECON NR VE CU
07TAIPEI1678	TAIWAN TRIES TO RETAIN FOOTHOLD IN VENEZUELAN OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As world oil prices reach US$77.00 per barrel, the highest in 11 months, state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp. (CPC) is caught in a quandary. The Venezuelan National Petroleum Corp (VNPC) intends to buy back oil exploration rights at cost from all entities with less than 10 pe [...]	2007-07-26 08:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL VE TW
07TALLINN327	ESTONIA: IRAN-VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 07:59:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR EN
07TEGUCIGALPA134	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE WITH OIL INDUSTRY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The January 18 talks in Salvador between oil industry representatives and a GOH delegation led by Minister Counselor for Legal Affairs Enrique Flores Lanza reportedly made significant progress. The GOH put two alternatives on the table and the affected oil companies have unde [...]	2007-01-23 01:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA135	HONDURAN LEAD NEGOTIATOR ON FUEL IMPORTS SEES [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 22 meeting, Minister Enrique Flores Lanza seemed optimistic about the possibility of identifying changes to Honduras' fuel pricing formula that would avoid the pitfalls of nationalizing the sector or seizing assets, while still delivering politically necessary cos [...]	2007-01-23 01:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA149	HONDURAS SUDDENLY LEANING TOWARDS MARKET [...] (C/NF) Following a tumultuous year in which the GOH announced it would take over all fuel imports, create a state-managed monopoly, and perhaps even seize privately-owned storage facilities, the GOH suddenly seems poised to scrap those plans and move aggressively towards market liberalization [...]	2007-01-23 23:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA151	HONDURAS: CONOCO PAUSING TO AWAIT CLARITY ON OIL [...] (C/NF) On January 22, a representative of U.S. firm ConocoPhillips told EconChief by phone that the company remains optimistic about signing a contract with Honduras for the delivery of all gasoline and diesel imports for the coming year. Conoco said that its position remains the same as it w [...]	2007-01-24 16:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA170	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT REVIEWING OIL COMPANY OFFERS; [...] (C/NF) As of mid-day January 26, the GOH and the international oil companies (IOCs) continue their quiet dialogue over reforms to the fuels pricing formula. If the proposed reforms can deliver cost savings to the consumer while moving the market towards liberalization, the GOH appears incline [...]	2007-01-26 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1870	BOTH LIBERAL AND NATIONALISTS WORRY PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week, representatives of both the opposition National Party (NP) and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's own Liberal Party have expressed concern with Zelaya's possible desires to extend his mandate. On a recent trip to the countryside, Zelaya was quoted as [...]	2007-12-06 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR KDEM VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA225	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA SAYS HE BACKS FUEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya says he wants a market-based fuel sector reform, but the GOH must reach a deal with the international oil companies (IOCs) before domestic pressures force him to move back towards a national import scheme. A recent deal in principle with Honduran fuel storage [...]	2007-02-03 00:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA302	HONDURAN DEBATE ON FUELS LIBERALIZATION VS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH debate over fuels imports now appears to be on the brink of favorable resolution. Based on all our recent contacts with GOH officials, it is Post's assessment that the GOH no longer seeks nationalization of the fuels sector and is laboring mightily to find a mutually [...]	2007-02-15 19:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA336	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ATTACKS PRO-NATIONALIZATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recently President Zelaya has become openly critical of his former allies, the Patriotic Coalition (the group led by Juliette Handal that seeks lower fuel prices through nationalization of all imports). Zelaya has also criticized the pressure tactics employed by ConocoPhillip [...]	2007-02-20 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA368	OFFSTAGE, HONDURAN FUELS ISSUE NEARS RESOLUTION; [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya continues to shift his position on fuels to one increasingly aligned with the USG market-orientation. His public remarks have moderated significantly, triggering suspicion and even attacks from his former allies in the fight to nationalize fuel imports that h [...]	2007-02-26 23:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA463	HONDURAN FUEL SOLICITATION: FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH has decided to put the fuel solicitation process on a back burner. While this offers hope the planned state takeover of the fuel import sector might never take place, it leaves the plan with enough life in it for the Zelaya administration to play political games with i [...]	2007-03-16 13:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA493	HONDURAN FUEL IMPORTS: USG EFFORTS STAVE OFF [...] (C/NF) In a hemisphere disillusioned with market economics, the USG has successfully held the line in Honduras. Thanks to two face-to-face meetings between POTUS and Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and numerous public and private interventions by the Ambassador and his sta [...]	2007-03-21 14:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA76	HONDURAN PRESIDENT CALLS U.S. OIL COMPANIES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales returned "a changed man" from meetings with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on January 10. Zelaya was clearly frustrated at his continuing inability to resolve Honduras' energy proble [...]	2007-01-13 00:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA77	HONDURAS EXPROPRIATES U.S. OIL COMPANIES' STORAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 13, the GOH announced in a surprise decision that it would be compelling use of privately-owned oil import and storage facilities in Honduras. It remains unclear which facilities are affected, but at a minimum Honduran firm DIPPSA and U.S. firm Esso are subject to [...]	2007-01-14 20:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET EINV ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA86	HONDURAN PRIVATE SECTOR OPPOSES ANNOUNCED GOH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Lawyers for U.S. firm Esso admit that expropriations can be legal if carried out properly and effectively compensated, so they continue to monitor closely the GOH's implementation of its January 13 decree announcing its intention to take control of private sector oil storage f [...]	2007-01-16 23:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA91	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT BLAMES OIL COMANIES; COMPLAINS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador, Charge, and EconChief met with Ministers Enrique Flores Lanza and Milton Jimenez on January 16 to discuss the announced GOH intent to seize control of U.S. owned oil storage facilities without the consent of the owners. Both Ministers blamed the companies for fail [...]	2007-01-17 19:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA966	(S) NO VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID IN HONDURAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PINR PREL VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA98	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT TO MEET OIL INDUSRY REPS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: A GOH delegation led by Minister Enrique Flores Lanza has agreed to travel to Salvador on January 18 to engage with the international oil companies in a last ditch effort to find an exit to the current fuel sector crisis. Flores Lanza proposed two topics for the Salvador talk [...]	2007-01-18 14:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07THEHAGUE1990	RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...]	2007-11-15 12:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
07THEHAGUE2012	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: KEEPING RELATIONS GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 19, Charge delivered reftel A points to Laurent Stokvis, Director of the Department of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Anton Schellekens, Desk Officer for Kingdom (i.e, Aruba and Antilles) Affairs, and Wendy Engelberts, Desk Officer for Venezuela. Stovkis emphasized positi [...]	2007-11-23 07:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NL VE
07THEHAGUE747	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DUTCH INCREASINGLY CONCERNED [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche April 20 to Laurent Stokvis, Director of the MFA Americas Department. According to Stokvis, the closure of RCTV has been of "concern to (the GONL) for quite a long time." The Dutch, he said, are pushing the Venezuelans bilaterally and are encour [...]	2007-04-20 15:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL VE NL
07THEHAGUE777	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: KEEPING FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch say EU divisions on Cuba policy are as pronounced as they have ever been. The GONL would like to re-establish an EU consensus but wants concrete human rights progress to be a pre-condition for any softening of EU relations with Cuba. The Dutch continue to encourage the [...]	2007-04-26 07:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU VE NL
07THEHAGUE778	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: NEXT STEPS ON RCTV [...] (C) MFA Director of the Americas Department, Laurent Stokvis, told Charge April 25 that the Dutch expect Venezuelan RCTV to close down. Bilateral and EU approaches have had no impact, he said. He offered, as possible next steps, holding the Venezuelan government to its word and pressing it t [...]	2007-04-26 07:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU VE NL
07TOKYO2185	JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MOFA Second Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi and May 14 to MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said Japan shares the U.S. concerns that Ven [...]	2007-05-15 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR JA
07TOKYO5305	JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT APPROACH TO VENEZUELA [...] (U) This cable contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan's approach to the proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela is a "sensitive" and "delicate" matter, MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi told Embassy Tokyo P [...]	2007-11-20 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE JA
07TOKYO5661	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE UNITED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 03:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN KJUS ASEC VE AR JA
07VATICAN150	VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CUBA [...] (U) Summary: Secretary of State Bertone is likely to visit Cuba in January of 2008. Bertone's visit would coincide with the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit, and is intended to assess social and religious developments since then. The Vatican continues to favor dialogue as a [...]	2007-10-17 07:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF CU VE VT
07VATICAN177	VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE SHARES USG CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]	2007-11-28 08:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN178	CORRECTED COPY: VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]	2007-11-28 09:19:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN37	HOLY SEE: THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) DCM spoke February 6 with Monsignor Marcel Smejkal, the Holy See official responsible for Andean countries, about Venezuela. DCM emphasized reftel points on recent GOV actions to curtail the freedom of the press. DCM reminded Smejkal (who is relatively new to his position) of Embassy's fr [...]	2007-02-07 15:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
07VATICAN63	HOLY SEE ON VENEZUELAN ASYLUM CASE OF NIXON MORENO [...] (C) Summary. Charge raised case of Nixon Moreno with the Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin, who confirmed March 23 that Moreno is in the Papal Nunciature in Caracas. Parolin said Moreno would probably eventually go to a third country such as Canada; the GOV is presently opposed but mi [...]	2007-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM VE VT
07VIENNA1270	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...]	2007-05-15 09:11:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU
07VILNIUS826	LITHUANIA CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA, BUT UNLIKELY [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Darius Staniulis, Head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGOs Division, on November 15. He agreed that some of the proposed constitutional changes were troubling and some were "totalitarian." He said, however, that the GOL is not very active in Latin America and [...]	2007-11-16 15:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM LH VE
07WARSAW1165	POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING [...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel on May 17 to Jacek Hinz, Deputy Director of the America,s Division responsible for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolCouns reviewed U.S. concerns over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela, emphasizing growing economic and poli [...]	2007-05-17 14:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER IR VE PL
07WELLINGTON824	NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/Econ Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director of the Americas Division, Paul Willis, to discuss the issues regarding Venezuela and upcoming developments related to the country's constitution. While recognizing that Venezuel [...]	2007-11-20 05:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NZ VE
08ANKARA1232	TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU
08ATHENS1034	KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met July 21 with Christos Maniakis Grivas, Deputy Director of the MFA A-8 Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, to make reftel points on keeping the pressure on the FARC. Maniakis Grivas listened carefully and said that he would ensure that the MFA Political Dire [...]	2008-07-21 15:24:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL COL VE HR EU PTER AF SNAR PGOV GR
08ATHENS1349	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BL VE GR
08BEIJIG3760	CHINA MFA: CHAVEZ VISIT PRIMARILY ECONOMIC, NOT A [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's September 23-25 visit to China focused on economic development and energy cooperation. Contrary to press reports, the two sides did not set firm numerical targets for oil exports, according to the Chinese MFA. MFA and academic contacts alike e [...]	2008-09-26 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD VE CH
08BEIJING3542	SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM JUNG-IL, JOINT [...] Key points at the September 11 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has received no reports from the DPRK on the health of Kim Jung-il. -- China hopes the upcoming Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade will help the United States and China solve their disputes through "equal dial [...]	2008-09-11 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH JA VE KN
08BEIJING3585	SEPTEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN AND IAEA, KIM [...] Key points at the September 16 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "hopes that Iran will keep up cooperation with the IAEA for the early settlement" of the Iran nuclear issue, however, "sanctions are not the way to resolve the issue." -- China and the United States "do not have co [...]	2008-09-16 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD PARM VE CH KN NZ IN
08BEIJING3614	SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAINTED MILK SCANDAL, [...] Key points at the September 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "will be responsible and will seriously handle the issue" of contaminated milk. -- China "firmly opposes" food smuggling to the DPRK and will continue to provide food assistance to the DPRK. -- China "supports t [...]	2008-09-18 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH GG KN
08BEIJING3650	NO CHINESE COMMENT ON BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA UNTIL [...] (C) PolOff on September 19 conveyed to MFA Latin American Affairs Department Andean Affairs Division Deputy Director Chen Rongning reftel points regarding the Venezuelan and Bolivian governments' declaring U.S. Ambassadors to those two nations persona non grata on spurious charges. Chen promis [...]	2008-09-22 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BL VE ASEC
08BEIJING3677	SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ CHINA VISIT, MILK [...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...]	2008-09-23 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ

08BEIJING3679	CORRECTED COPY (PARA 9: ASEM DATES) SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS [...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...]	2008-09-23 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ
08BEIJING3729	SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ VISIT, MILK [...] Key points at the September 25 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China did not discuss military cooperation with President Chavez during his recent visit, despite claims by Chavez that such cooperation was discussed. The two sides signed energy and trade agreements during the visit. [...]	2008-09-25 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ENRG EAGR PHUM TSPA CH VE KN JP
08BEIJING3760	CHINA MFA: CHAVEZ VISIT PRIMARILY ECONOMIC, NOT A [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD VE CH
08BERLIN991	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) On 22 July 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Verana Frick, desk officer responsible for Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia at the German Foreign Office. Frick said that the German Government will continue to support dialogue and a peaceful solution between the Government of Col [...]	2008-07-22 15:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUR PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL
08BOGOTA2057	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde on June 2. Belaunde said the GOP is in the process of implementing the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),and requested a bilateral meeting for President Garcia with President Bush at the upcoming APEC [...]	2008-06-06 15:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON CI EC VE PE CO
08BOGOTA3408	COLOMBIA PLEASED WITH OFAC KINGPIN ACT [...] (C) Charge told Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on September 11 that the USG will designate three current and former Venezuelan officials under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for materially assisting the narcotics trafficking activities of the Revolutionary Armed F [...]	2008-09-12 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR PREL KCRM VE CO
08BOGOTA3521	(C) GOC SEEKS TO "NORMALIZE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bermudez announced that he would meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro in mid-October to discuss trade and a full range of bilateral issues. Vice FM Reyes told us the GOC wants to use the meeting to "normalize" relations through existing bi-national forums to addres [...]	2008-09-19 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO VE EC
08BOGOTA3747	UNDERSECRETARY GLASSMAN'S OCTOBER 1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe told Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman on October 1 that he appreciated President Bush's efforts to obtain congressional passage of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) but voiced concerns over the impact of the [...]	2008-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO ECON PREL PTER EC BL VE ETRD
08BOGOTA3786	COLOMBIAN TRADE OFFICIALS FRUSTRATED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The October 17 ministerial that the GOC had hoped would smooth over testy Colombian/Venezuelan ties -- a follow-up to the July 11 Uribe-Chavez summit -- has devolved into a vague working lunch between foreign ministers at the BRV's insistence. On trade Colombia had sought to come [...]	2008-10-16 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO VE
08BOGOTA3990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: At an October 23 meeting, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez provided the Ambassador with a proposed MFA-MOD rewrite of the Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement and said he foresaw a resolution by the end of the year. Bermudez commented that his October 17 meeting with V [...]	2008-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL VE CO
08BOGOTA413	URIBE ANNOUNCES ENCIRCLEMENT PLAN FOR HOSTAGE [...] (U) President Uribe announced January 26 that he has ordered military and police to locate, and subsequently encircle, areas where the FARC holds hostages. GOC officials explained the move is aimed at putting "humanitarian pressure" on the FARC to release its hostages and is not a military r [...]	2008-01-31 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER VE FR SP SZ VT CO
08BOGOTA4175	SPORTS ENVOY BARRY LARKIN PROMOTES EDUCATION THROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Retired Major League Baseball great Barry Larkin visited Bogota, Cartagena, and Barranquilla from November 5th to 12th, 2008 as part of the Sports Diplomacy Program. Joined by three other Sports Envoys - Steve Laska, Joe Logan, and Matt Krause, Larkin participated in seventeen ev [...]	2008-11-19 20:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KJRE OEXC VE CO JO LE IS
08BOGOTA4396	LA GUAJIRA AND CESAR--SHARED INDIGENOUS [...] (U) Cesar and La Guajira departments share significant indigenous populations and security issues, including the presence of FARC, ELN, and criminal groups. The indigenous in the region have great cultural differences, but express a common distrust for the National Indigenous Organization of [...]	2008-12-12 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER SOCI CO VE
08BRASILIA1257	BRAZIL- DEMARCHE DELIVERED -OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008 ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF officials Joaquim da Cunha Neto and Bernardo Mota took delivery of the document, which outlined the reasons behind the designation of thr [...]	2008-09-22 14:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE BR SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08BRASILIA13	BRAZIL: SEN. BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During a November 27 conversation with Senator Bill Nelson (Florida),the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy, Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas, discussed relati [...]	2008-01-03 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG KPKO EAGR TRGY PREL HA VE BR
08BRASILIA1353	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 3, 2008 Econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF official Bernardo Mota took delivery of ref A document regarding the Department of the Treasury's (DOT) Office of Foreign Assets Contr [...]	2008-10-10 19:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN NU CI UY PA PM CA VE BR AR
08BRASILIA1588	BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...]	2008-12-12 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR
08BRASILIA304	BRAZIL: IRAN, ARAB WORLD, ON AMORIM'S MIND IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's recent visit to five Middle Eastern countries continues a renewed focus on the Middle East that began with Amorim's participation at the Annapolis meetings in November of last year. Since Annapolis, Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) Middle Eas [...]	2008-03-05 10:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL BR VE IS IR BL JO SA EG MO SY
08BRASILIA5	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. Michele Varensise, Italian Ambassador to Brazil, told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 13 that Brazil is the centerpiece of Italy's South American strategy. Italy sees Brazil playing an increasingly larger role in maintaining stability, economic growth, and integration. He p [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD IT BR XM XR VE UNSC
08BRASILIA523	BRAZIL: SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN CONCERNED [...] (S) Summary. Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee Chairman Heraclito Fortes (strictly protect) (Democrats Party, opposition; of Piaui) told Ambassador Sobel on March 28 he is deeply concerned about signs of terrorists in Brazil. He cited a published report (reftel) of a [...]	2008-04-18 15:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER PREL FARC BR VE EC CO XR BO
08BRASILIA526	IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2 [...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...]	2008-04-18 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN
08BRASILIA6	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT SARNEY [...] (C) Summary: Former President and sitting Senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 14 that President Lula is doing a good job and has maintained the social calm necessary for growth and development. [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM BR VE GY BL EC CO XM XR FARC
08BRIDGETOWN124	PETROCARIBE #35: ST. KITTS AND PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: St. Kitts and Nevis has begun preparations for hosting the Fifth Petrocaribe Summit. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan energy initiative appears to be gaining momentum in the country, following the first successful delivery of Petrocaribe fuel in December 2007 and evolving plans for the [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN62	"ALBA" GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the participation of three Eastern Caribbean heads of government at the sixth Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit in Caracas in late January 2008, the organization's influence in the region is making headlines and appears to be picking up steam. Domin [...]	2008-02-01 17:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN63	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...]	2008-02-01 18:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE
08BRIDGETOWN89	DOMINICANS CONCERNED ABOUT ALBA [...] (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) defends its decision to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),many sectors in Dominican society are concerned about the long-term consequences of this agreement. The decision to halt progres [...]	2008-02-13 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VE DO XL
08BRUSSELS1130	BELGIANS AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) POLCOUNS discussed talking points reftel with MFA Head of the Latin America Office, Amb. Jan Van Dessel. Van Dessel fully agreed it is important to keep pressure on the FARC. He noted there should be more U.S.- EU cooperation on the whole range of problems, from narcotics interventions [...]	2008-07-24 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1457	FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the Belgian take on reftel demarche, PM Leterme's current trade and investment trip to Sochi, Russia, and the EU's evolving energy policy. The GoB was well aware [...]	2008-09-19 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE
08BRUSSELS1458	EU URGES RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO CHAVEZ, SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: EU Council Secretariat and French Presidency interlocutors were supportive, though not always optimistic, about efforts to resolve the Bolivian crisis through dialogue. On September 19, the French Presidency issued a statement that, among other things, encouraged La Paz to "maint [...]	2008-09-22 07:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN BL VE
08BUENOSAIRES1089	ARGENTINA: CFK BOOSTED BY LULA, CHAVEZ VISITS, MIXED [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) used overlapping August 3-5 visits by Brazil's President Lula and Venezuelan President Chavez to try to regain political momentum. Lula's visit focused on renewed Argentine-Brazilian commercial collaboration following a damaging public diverg [...]	2008-08-06 13:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD WTRO AR BR VE
08BUENOSAIRES1092	Argentina: President Kirchner Cancels Trip to Bolivia, [...] (U) In the face of protests in Tarija, Bolivia and reportedly at the request of Bolivian Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Kirchner and visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cancelled August 5 their planned trip to meet with Bolivian President Evo Moral [...]	2008-08-06 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AR BR VE
08BUENOSAIRES1166	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT HELPS BROKER CHAVEZ MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner (CFK) and her Ambassador to Washington, Hector Timerman, appear to have played a role in setting up Hugo Chavez's August 13 meeting in Caracas with Jewish leaders, as confirmed by Timerman's participation in the meeting. CFK's involvement a [...]	2008-08-19 14:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VE AR BZ
08BUENOSAIRES1281	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on September 12 delivered notice of the impending OFAC Narcotics Kingpin Act designations of three senior Venezuelan officials to Ricardo Roselli, the Director General for International Narcotics Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were also p [...]	2008-09-12 21:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1726	Argentina: Presidential Declaration of Argentina, Brazil [...] Argentine Ambassador to the United States Hector Timerman gave the Ambassador December 17 an unsigned copy of a joint declaration that he said was signed by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez i [...]	2008-12-19 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL BR VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES242	ARGENTINA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSTS DISCUSS CFK [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Eliot Engel and Delegation met February 21 with noted Argentine political and economic analysts to discuss bilateral relations, views on the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration, and regional issues, including relations with Brazil, Venezuela, and Cu [...]	2008-02-27 15:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OREP AR VE BR CU
08BUENOSAIRES496	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TAKEN BY SURPRISE AS CHAVEZ [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Venezuela's (GOV) announcement that it would nationalize Venezuela's largest steelmaker, Ternium Sidor, majority-owned by Argentine interests, has rattled local markets and complicated the relationship between Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C [...]	2008-04-17 17:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ETRD AR VE BR MX
08BUENOSAIRES498	REQUEST CLARIFICATION ON FOIA REQUEST: RECORDS OF ALL [...] (SBU) Per ref A exchanges with the Department, post requests clarification of ref B Freedom of Information Act request from Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on behalf of the Venezuela Solidarity Network. The request asks for "copies of all records regarding all grants, payments, and/or funds transfers t [...]	2008-04-17 21:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF AFIN PGOV AR VE
08BUENOSAIRES499	REQUEST CLARIFICATION ON FOIA REQUEST: RECORDS OF ALL [...] (SBU) Per ref A exchanges with the Department, post requests clarification of ref B Freedom of Information Act request from Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on behalf of the Venezuela Solidarity Network. The request asks for copies of all records regarding all grants, payments, and/or funds transfers to [...]	2008-04-18 11:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF AFIN PGOV AR VE
08BUENOSAIRES990	ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...]	2008-07-18 21:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE
08CARACAS1000	OPPOSITION STILL DIVIDED ON MOST STATE AND LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. Mainstream opposition parties announced consensus candidates for only seven of 22 gubernatorial races in November in a July 15 press conference. While predicting they would announce many more consensus gubernatorial and mayoral candidates before registration begins August 5, opp [...]	2008-07-18 23:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS102	AD-HOC BRV CONFISCATIONS FURTHER THREATEN FOOD [...] (C) Summary: During the period of January 21 - 23, the Venezuelan National Guard seized more than 500 tons of food produced by Polar, Venezuela's largest food processing company, claiming that the food was being smuggled illegally to Colombia or "hoarded." According to Polar representatives, [...]	2008-01-25 19:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR VE
08CARACAS1024	CHAVEZ BUYS ARMS AND INVITES RUSSIAN NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Communications Minister Andres Izarra on July 22 denied local media reports that President Hugo Chavez offered to base Russian troops at a military facility in Venezuela and that Chavez' arms deal with Russia has swollen to almost USD 30 billion. [...]	2008-07-23 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PREL RU VE
08CARACAS1042	STRUCTURED NOTES RESOLUTIONS: TARGETED AT VARGAS? [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts point to Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD) president Victor Vargas as the primary target of recent BRV resolutions ordering banks to divest themselves of structured notes within 90 days (ref A). They claim the regulatory action was taken following a business dispu [...]	2008-07-28 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV VE
08CARACAS1058	DRUG SUMMIT AND GO-IT-ALONE DRUG RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin will represent the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) at an August 1 regional drug summit in Cartagena hosted by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. According to sources at the Colombian Embassy, the BRV ignored the invita [...]	2008-07-31 16:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VE CO
08CARACAS1059	FARC EXTORTION IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Gustavo Sposito, (strictly protect throughout) the incoming president of the Tachira State Cattlemen Association, met July 29 with embassy and defense attachQ staff to discuss FARC and ELN criminal operations in Venezuela. Sposito explained how lawlessness along the permeable border with [...]	2008-07-31 18:24:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
08CARACAS1060	INTERNATIONAL PRESSURES MOUNTS ON BRV TO DECIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is growing increasingly defensive as international bodies are calling for it to rule on the constitutionality of disqualifying 272 candidates from running for public office in the November state and local elections. The Inter-American Co [...]	2008-07-31 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS1061	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO NATIONALIZE BANCO DE [...] (SBU) President Chavez announced on July 31 his intention to nationalize Banco de Venezuela, one of Venezuela's four largest banks, currently owned by the Spanish Grupo Santander. According to press reports, Chavez suggested three reasons for this move: first, the government "could use a ba [...]	2008-07-31 22:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1062	PRO-CHAVEZ FORCES STILL DIVIDED (NOT JUST THE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) have been publicly feuding with small pro-government parties, such as Patria Para Todos (PPT) and the Communist Party (PCV),over the selection of consensus candidates for the November state and local elections. [...]	2008-08-01 11:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1078	AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI AND NUEVA ESPARTA [...] (C) Summary. During a July 25 - 29 visit to Anzoategui and Nueva Esparta, the Ambassador met with local political leaders and media. Almost all interlocutors were in agreement that pro-opposition Nueva Esparta Governor Morel Rodriguez was a near lock to be re-elected in November's gubernato [...]	2008-08-01 19:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON SNAR KPAO VE NL TD
08CARACAS1079	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EXPECTED DELEGATION FROM [...] (SBU) Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials reported to us that President Chavez' attendance at the United Nations General Assembley is as yet undetermined. The Venezuelan delegation will likely include Foreign Minister Maduro and Vice Foreign Minister for North America and M [...]	2008-08-01 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA VE
08CARACAS108	PDVSA WAKES UP TO ITS PRODUCTION PROBLEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's volume committee, which normally works on production planning, is aggressively pressuring joint venture partners and service companies to increase crude oil production. In order to facilitate production increases, the BRV is attempting to streamline administrative proced [...]	2008-01-28 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS1080	BRV DEPORTS FARC GUERRILLA [...] (C) FARC chief of borders and finance, Gabriel Culma Ortiz A.K.A. "Guillermo" was turned over to Colombian authorities at the Tachira - Santander border on the evening of July 31. According to Colombia, Ortiz was a member of the unit responsible for the loss of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other [...]	2008-08-01 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
08CARACAS1081	VENEZUELAN MARKET INTERFERENCE LEADS TO BOTH FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although local headlines on July 31 reporting 60 tons of rotten chicken in a city dump proved to be exaggerated, the incident drew attention to continuing distortions in the Venezuelan food supply. While the dairy and poultry industries have successfully lobbied for a temporary [...]	2008-08-01 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV VE ECON ETRD
08CARACAS1090	ENABLING LAW ENDS WITH A BANG OF UNKNOWN [...] (U) Under the broad powers of an enabling law ("Ley Habilitante") that expired July 31 (or August 1, depending on one's interpretation),President Chavez has decreed 26 new laws. The titles of these laws were published in the official Gazette dated July 31 and available August 1. The text o [...]	2008-08-04 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS1093	VISIT OF SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Robinson visited Caracas July 21-25. Editor Teodoro Petkoff, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, and third-country Ambassadors told him separately that they believed President Chavez's recent public overture to the USG on counter-narcotics cooperation w [...]	2008-08-05 22:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR VE
08CARACAS1094	CHAVEZ THREATENS FOURTH FLEET - AGAIN [...] (C) During the August 3 broadcast of his "Alo, Presidente" talk show, President Chavez accused the U.S. FOURTH FLEET of having a riverine capability in order invade Venezuela. The Venezuelan Commander-in-Chief promised that any U.S. brown water ships entering Venezuelan waters would soon be [...]	2008-08-06 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1095	SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS COMPTROLLER'S INELIGIBLES [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court ruled August 5 that the Comptroller may declare persons ineligible to run for office based on administrative sanctions. The ruling essentially ends the opposition's effort to obtain collective judicial relief from a government measure that disproportionately af [...]	2008-08-06 22:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
08CARACAS1099	BRV DEFENSIVE ABOUT MERCOSUR HUMAN RIGHTS VISIT [...] (SBU) Uruguayan congressional deputy and president of the MERCOSUR parliament's Human Rights Commission, Adriana Pena arrived on August 6 in Caracas. All local media covered her arrival at the airport. Members of the Venezuelan National Assembly (NA),Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and othe [...]	2008-08-07 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1100	UPDATE ON CONOCOPHILLIPS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an August 4 meeting with members of the BRV negotiating team, ConocoPhillips (CP) is less optimistic about the outcome of the compensation negotiations for its expropriated assets in Venezuela. Senior BRV officials indicated that, after review of CP's proposed valuation of [...]	2008-08-07 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS1103	STATE OF BRV-ISRAEL RELATIONS C-NE8-00834 [...] (SBU) This cable is a response to State 064659 (C-NE8-00834) requesting details on Israeli relations with Venezuela. 2. (C) Summary. Relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) and Israel are severely strained. Bilateral relations, cool for the last several months, show [...]	2008-08-07 22:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS VE
08CARACAS1111	VENEZUELA FORMALLY REJECTS TSA AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since late 2006, Post has attempted to obtain an official response to TSA's request for airport inspections in Venezuela. Following four diplomatic notes, a letter from the current Ambassador, and multiple meetings over the years, the response finally arrived on August 7. Post re [...]	2008-08-08 20:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC
08CARACAS1114	INELIGIBLE LIST AND ENABLING LAW FALLOUT INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Comptroller's ineligible list and President Chavez's July 31 issuance of 26 far-reaching decree-laws are generating growing international and domestic opposition. In an August 8 briefing, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez urged local diplomats [...]	2008-08-08 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS1127	CHAVEZ' ECONOMIC DECREES STRENGTHEN EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: The laws decreed by President Chavez July 31 further consolidate executive control over the economy. In the specific area of food supply and the more general area of consumer protection, they give the Executive broad command and control powers and greater expropriation authoritie [...]	2008-08-12 21:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB PGOV VE
08CARACAS1135	BANCO DE VENEZUELA EXECUTIVE EXPECTS RAPID CLOSE [...] (C) Banco de Venezuela (BdV) Vicepresident and Chief Economist Milton Guzman (strictly protect throughout) shared with EconCouns on August 12 his expectation that the BRV's nationalization of BdV, announced by President Chavez July 31 (ref A),would be completed in three to six weeks. "The g [...]	2008-08-13 20:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1142	CHAVEZ REJECTS ANTI-SEMITISM CHARGE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A delegation of Jewish leaders, led by World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder, visited Venezuela August 12 - 13 and met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. According to the President of the Confederation of Israelite Associations of Venezuela (CAIV),Chavez reje [...]	2008-08-14 22:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF VE
08CARACAS1143	PUBLIC ADMIN DECREE ALLOWS CHAVEZ TO APPOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Organic Decree on Public Administration, one of the 26 laws promulgated by President Chavez on the last day of the now-expired Enabling Law, allows him to appoint like-minded regional leaders. It is widely believed the decree will be used selectively to neutralize opposition [...]	2008-08-15 13:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS1146	VENEZUELAN ECONOMY FALTERING AS ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's economy appears increasingly fragile as campaigning begins to heat up for regional elections in November. The feeling of boom times has worn off in the face of increasing inflation, slower growth, tighter credit, and slowing consumption. The BRV has focused economi [...]	2008-08-15 17:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS1152	VENEZUELA INCREASES REGULATED FOOD PRICES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 11, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) freed prices for a number of price-controlled food products and raised maximum prices for several others. Press reports indicate the BRV has increased regulated food prices over thirty times since October 2007. Although t [...]	2008-08-15 20:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV VE ECON ETRD
08CARACAS1155	PRO-GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ACHIEVE [...] (C) Summary. The opposition reached agreement on consensus gubernatorial candidates in 19 of 22 races by August 12, the last day for the registration of gubernatorial and mayoral candidates. Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) enjoys the consensus support of smaller pro-gover [...]	2008-08-18 14:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1160	BRV BLAMES U.S. FOR GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) The BRV Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an August 14 press release asserting that the United States "planned, prepared, and ordered" the Georgian military offensive against the break-away region of South Ossetia. The statement continued, "The international community was once again w [...]	2008-08-18 16:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG VE
08CARACAS1170	VENEZUELA OFFERED CEMEX A LOWER PRICE THAN ITS [...] (C) On August 19 Venezuelan Vice President Carrizalez announced that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) had successfully negotiated the purchase of cement companies Lafarge and Holcim but had failed to reach an agreement with Mexico's Cemex. National Guard troops took possession of Ce [...]	2008-08-19 22:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE
08CARACAS1177	GM FACES CONTINUED LABOR PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its intention to re-open its assembly plant on August 18, General Motors (GM) de Venezuela remains closed in the face of a plant takeover by radical workers who have refused to accede to either a court order ordering them to grant the company access or to pressure from th [...]	2008-08-21 12:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ELAB PGOV VE
08CARACAS118	NOT MUCH SUBSTANCE AT THE VI ALBA SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuela hosted the VI Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of our Americas (ALBA) summit January 24-26, 2008 in Caracas. While little substantive occurred at the summit, it provided Hugo Chavez a platform to rail against capitalism and the United States. Three of the four [...]	2008-01-30 18:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EINV VE
08CARACAS119	CNE REJECTS OPPOSITION REQUEST TO HOLD AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary. National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena rejected an opposition request to convoke a referendum on an alternative amnesty bill proposed by civil society groups. Lucena said the authority to issue amnesty decrees had been delegated to President Chavez under the E [...]	2008-01-30 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1191	CHAVEZ ACCUSES PRESIDENT BUSH OF BEING INTOXICATED [...] (SBU) President Chavez called President Bush, "the face of the Venezuelan opposition," and said he deserved a "gold medal for drunkenness" during an August 21 interview with a Venezuelan state television talk show. During the live coverage, Chavez presented still photos of President Bush view [...]	2008-08-22 23:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1192	SEN. SPECTER URGES BRV TO INCREASE COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his August 22 meeting with Foreign Minister Maduro, Senator Specter urged the BRV to tone down its rhetoric against the United States and increase bilateral communication and cooperation on issues of mutual concern, such as counternarcotics. The Senator urged the Ministe [...]	2008-08-22 23:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1197	BRV SEEKS NULLIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Lawyers associated with the government filed a brief on June 12 before the Supreme Court seeking nullification of a key clause in Venezuela's Investment Law as well as a reinterpretation of the Constitution. Article 22 of Venezuela's Investment Law is currently interpreted to [...]	2008-08-25 16:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1200	VENEZUELAN CEMENT NATIONALIZATIONS DESIGNED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior executive from the Swiss cement company Holcim, nationalized by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) as of August 18, suggested that the BRV had rushed to nationalize the cement sector after months of relative inactivity out of a desire to claim ownership of a key [...]	2008-08-26 16:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE
08CARACAS1206	PPT AND CHAVEZ: A TENUOUS ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary. National Assembly Second Vice President and Patria Para Todos Secretary General Jose Albornoz told PolCouns August 19 that he expects President Chavez to initiate "an opening" with the USG after the U.S. presidential election and Venezuela's November state and local elections. A [...]	2008-08-27 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1207	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REJECTION OF RECOGNITION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered talking points in reftel to Foreign Ministry Affairs Director for North American Affairs Yaneth Arocha. No response is expected from the MFA. 2. (SBU) The Venezuelan government has so far refrained from recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, however President Ch [...]	2008-08-27 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1209	VENEZUELA'S HOUSING CRISIS - SOCIALISM THE ANSWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An estimated 2 million unit housing shortage is complicating Chavez' chances for success in the November state and local elections. In an effort to improve one of the worst housing construction records of any recent administration, Chavez has nationalized companies providing c [...]	2008-08-28 14:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE SOCI
08CARACAS1210	SENATOR SPECTER ENGAGES A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. During his August 19-23 visit to Caracas, Senator Arlen Specter engaged leaders from religious, business, cultural, political and official government circles. A central theme for Venezuelans in all discussions was the importance of the upcoming November 23 elections in determ [...]	2008-08-28 15:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR OVIP VE
08CARACAS1215	VENEZUELA MEDIA UPDATE: PROPOSED MEDIA LAW, OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) continues to undermine independent media. A telecommunications bill is rumored to be in the works that will severely curtail free press in Venezuela, giving the executive branch the ability to control the flow of radio, TV, internet, an [...]	2008-08-28 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1217	ARAGUA GOVERNOR: OPPOSITION MUST STRIVE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Aragua Governor Didalco Bolivar, of the formerly pro-Chavez party Podemos, told the Ambassador August 22 that he expects the opposition to win five or six governorships and over 130 mayorships in November. Bolivar stressed that such electoral gains should be considered a signifi [...]	2008-08-28 22:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP VE
08CARACAS1224	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS IN COLONIA TOVAR AND VALENCIA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador traveled August 29-30 to Colonia Tovar and Valencia. Aragua State Governor Didalco Bolivar and Colonia Tovar Mayor Esteban Bocaranda underscored that tourist town Colonia Tovar's economic success is due to private sector dynamism, not the small amount of government [...]	2008-09-02 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1225	BRV DEFENDS COUNTERDRUG EFFORTS; CHAVEZ THREATENS [...] (C) Summary. Senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials are vigorously defending the BRV's counter-drug efforts and accusing the USG of being complicit in the international drug trade. During his August 31 "Alo, Presidente" broadcast, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called ONDC [...]	2008-09-02 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1228	VENEZUELAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR IN CRISIS AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A power blackout that affected half of the country on September 1 illustrates the fragility of Venezuela's electrical power sector. The consequences of the government's failure to invest in the sector are now clear from insufficient generation to dilapidated distributions infr [...]	2008-09-02 22:01:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE
08CARACAS1231	CHAVEZ OUTFLANKS CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The Organic Law of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (LOFAB) was among the 26 decrees enacted into law by President Hugo Chavez on July 31 the last day of his special powers to rule by presidential fiat under the Enabling Law. In addition to resurrecting defeated constitution [...]	2008-09-03 17:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1237	VENEZUELA THREATENS TO ELIMINATE U.S. AIRLINES' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of a Diplomatic Note reiterating the August 8 statement to the Venezuelan Charge in Washington that TSA would issue a Public Notice on September 8 if the Venezuelan Government continues in its refusal to all [...]	2008-09-04 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC SNAR
08CARACAS124	CHAVEZ PREPARING FOR STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez is urging his supporters to unite in preparation for gubernatorial elections in 22 states and mayoral elections in over 300 municipalities in late 2008. However, during his January 27 "Alo, Presidente" broadcast, Chavez threatened to expel any of his supporters [...]	2008-01-30 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1245	BRV ENACTS CREDIT CARD LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Legislation approved by the National Assembly on September 4, (posited as necessary for public order and social interest) codifies existing regulations and promulgates new ones for the credit card industry in Venezuela. Among its most significant clauses, the law prohibits ba [...]	2008-09-05 21:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1246	VENEZUELA: CONOCOPHILLIPS NEGOTIATIONS STALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips Latin America President Roy Lyons met with EconCouns September 5 to report that, following a September 4 meeting with the Venezuelan Government (BRV) negotiating team, negotiations on compensation for its expropriated assets in Venezuela have broken down and no futu [...]	2008-09-05 23:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS1256	JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTER CHACIN RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Justice and Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin resigned September 8, leaving Tarek el Aissami as Acting Minister. This was the embattled Chacin's second stint as Minister, serving first in 2002 and then again from January - September 2008. Chacin told the local media that he was [...]	2008-09-08 21:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR VE
08CARACAS1263	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES NAVAL EXERCISE WITH RUSSIA - MAYBE [...] (SBU). President Hugo Chavez hedged regarding a possible joint Naval exercises in November with visiting Russian vessels. During the September 7 episode of his Sunday television show "Alo Presidente," Chavez admitted Venezuela "was not ready" to host a port visit and exercise in September o [...]	2008-09-09 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL RU VE
08CARACAS1266	VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES CUTS TO U.S. AIR CARRIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10 Venezuela's civil aviation authority (INAC) informed the three U.S. carriers with operations in Venezuela that INAC would cut an undetermined number of their flights to and from the United States in retaliation for the September 8 Transportation Security Administra [...]	2008-09-10 22:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC
08CARACAS1269	RUSSIAN BOMBERS LAND IN MARACAY [...] (SBU) Two Russian Tu-160 BLACKJACK supersonic bombers arrived in the early afternoon of September 10 at the Libertador airbase in Maracay, Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez revealed the arrival of the aircraft during a nation-wide broadcast inaugurating nine new medical clinics. Chavez was han [...]	2008-09-11 19:30:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PREL RU VE
08CARACAS1271	CHAVEZ CLAIMS ANOTHER U.S. COUP PLOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1272	OPPOSITION UNITES BEHIND CARACAS MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties named Alianza Bravo Pueblo (ABP) leader Antonio Ledezma September 9 their consensus candidate for the Caracas mayorship. Ledezma also picked up the personal endorsement of Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, who had led early polls in the same race, but whom the Comp [...]	2008-09-12 13:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS1274	CHAVEZ EXPELS U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez announced the expulsion of the Ambassador and recall of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington during two televised political rallies the evening of September 11 (Ref A). Chavez said he was expelling the "Yankee Ambassador" to show solidarity with the Bolivian [...]	2008-09-12 16:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1276	VENEZUELA: EMBASSY DISCUSSES TSA NOTICE WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11, Emboffs discussed the September 8 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Public Notice with representatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Emboffs urged that the BRV not proceed with threatened flight redu [...]	2008-09-12 19:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR ASEC VE

08CARACAS1278	ACCUSATIONS FLY, ARRESTS BEGIN, INVESTIGATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: As President Hugo Chavez accused businessmen, media outlets, opposition leaders, active duty and retired military of conspiring in a U.S. backed coup plot the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) confirmed the arrest of four persons for "inciting rebellion." National Assem [...]	2008-09-12 21:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1279	FM MADURO: BRV WILL REEVALUATE RELATIONS WITH USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a short televised September 12 press conference Foreign Minster Nicolas Maduro read from a communique saying the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) will submit the U.S.-Venezuela bilateral relationship to "an intense process of reevaluation." The communique also include [...]	2008-09-12 21:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1283	CHAVEZ RATCHETS BACK ATTACKS ON USG; CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Summary. After reaching a fever pitch when he expelled Ambassador Duddy, President Chavez has toned down his anti-U.S. rhetoric over the past 72 hours. Chavez and his followers have said that relations with the United States would not be broken, although political relations were at a low [...]	2008-09-15 19:28:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1284	BRV OFAC DESIGNATIONS OVERSHADOWED BY EXPULSIONS, [...] (SBU) The designations of three BRV officials as FARC supporters by the Office of Foreign Assets Control have been largely overshadowed by President Chavez's bellicose rumblings about support for Bolivian President Morales. Chavez made a series of statements on state media September 12 - 14 d [...]	2008-09-16 14:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL CO VE
08CARACAS129	SUPREME COURT: JUSTICE SHOULD SERVE THE REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) At the opening of the 2008 Supreme Court session on January 28, the two senior justices who addressed the crowd made it clear that the Venezuelan courts exist to serve the Bolivarian revolution. While not chanting "Uh, Ah Chavez No Se Va!" (Chavez Don't Leave!) as the justices did at the [...]	2008-01-31 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1293	VENEZUELAN NATIONAL GUARD HARASSES DELTA FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, Delta Airlines Corporate Security contacted the Embassy to report that Delta crew members going through security for their September 13 flight felt threatened by Venezuelan National Guard comments to the point that the captain ordered a second, precautionary secur [...]	2008-09-17 13:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1298	CHAVEZ UNSHAKEN AS COUP ACCUSATIONS BROADEN AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite his earlier bluster of U.S. F-16's coming to bomb the presidential palace, President Hugo Chavez told supporters on September 14 that the coup attempt "revealed" three days prior was "no threat," to him. A National Assembly (AN) Deputy claimed several prominent business [...]	2008-09-17 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PREL VE
08CARACAS1299	REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. Local reaction to the September 11 expulsion of Ambassador Duddy has largely been split along pro-Chavez and opposition lines. For the opposition and independent opinion-makers, the expulsion reinforces their view that an increasingly erratic Chavez is undermining the nation's i [...]	2008-09-17 20:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1304	VENEZUELA'S PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE RESUMES ITS RISE [...] (U) After remaining largely stable since March, Venezuela's parallel exchange rate has jumped by more than 40 percent over the past month, from 3.4 bolivars (Bs) to the dollar on August 14, to 4.8 Bs/USD as of September 15. The BRV has been regularly intervening in the parallel market since [...]	2008-09-18 14:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1307	BRV "REJECTS" USG DESIGNATION OF BRV AS MAJOR DRUG [...] (C) Summary: Senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials publicly "rejected" the USG designation of the BRV as one of the countries that failed to carry out its international counternarcotics obligations. Minister of Justice and Interior Tarek al Aissami and National Anti-Drug Age [...]	2008-09-18 22:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1312	BRV EXPELS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of September 18, the BRV expelled Jose Miguel Vivanco, the Americas Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW),on the grounds of allegedly involving himself illegally in the internal affairs of Venezuela, attacking its democratic institutions, and violating the Venez [...]	2008-09-19 19:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS1316	REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. Local reaction to the September 11 expulsion of Ambassador Duddy has largely been split along pro-Chavez and opposition lines. For the opposition and independent opinion-makers, the expulsion reinforces their view that an increasingly erratic Chavez is undermining the nation's i [...]	2008-09-19 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1320	VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION BELIEVES GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, the Executive Director of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (Ceveta) William Bracho told Econoffs he does not believe the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) will follow through on its threat to cut U.S. carrier flights as market demand is extremely high [...]	2008-09-22 14:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1324	CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATION WITH BRV [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge met September 19 with Rene Arreaza, an unofficial high-level contact of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),to discuss bilateral relations. The Charge urged the BRV to work more closely with the Embassy to resolve pending and future operational issues including vi [...]	2008-09-22 17:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1328	INVESTIGATION INTO FINANCIAL FRAUD SHOWS BRV'S [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has opened an investigation into financial fraud associated with four bond issuances in late 2006 and 2007. This investigation included a public, high-profile raid of one of Venezuela's largest brokerage houses in July 2008 during whic [...]	2008-09-22 19:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1332	CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Charge met September 19 with MFA Director for Multilateral and North American Affairs Yaneth Arocha to discuss bilateral relations. This was the Charge's first meeting with MFA officials, and it followed President Chavez's expulsion of the Ambassador on September 11. Arocha [...]	2008-09-23 12:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1333	CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 12:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1334	FEW NEW FACES AMONG OPPOSITION CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary: The opposition, beset by parochial interests, appears to be relying on well-established politicians in November's gubernatorial and mayoral elections rather than cultivating "new faces" with broad public appeal. Moreover, the older and previously discredited parties, Copei and D [...]	2008-09-23 12:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1337	ANNUAL INFLATION NEARS 35 PERCENT [...] (U) According to figures recently released by the Central Bank (BCV) and the National Statistics Institute, annual (August 08/August 07) inflation in metropolitan Caracas has reached 34.5 percent, the highest in Latin American and up from 32.2 percent through June (ref A). Some local economi [...]	2008-09-23 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE
08CARACAS1338	BRV NOT IMMUNE TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (BRV) has not escaped recent problems in the US financial sector unscathed. The government holds about USD 300 million and private banks an additional USD 400 million in structured debt notes issued by the bankrupt Lehman Brothers. The fi [...]	2008-09-23 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1340	BRV DOING DAMAGE CONTROL WITH USG [...] (C) Summary. Prior to departing September 21 for Cuba, Portugal, France, Russia, and China, President Chavez continued to temper his anti-U.S. rhetoric (Ref A). The BRV reportedly moved a signing ceremony involving Chevron up to September 19, presumably to underscore continuity in the U.S.-V [...]	2008-09-23 21:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1341	VENEZUELA: CHEVRON SIGNS LNG FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chevron will participate in the planned development of the first of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains planned by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). The company will have a 10 percent share in the joint venture formed to develop the first train; the gas will come f [...]	2008-09-23 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS1351	DIVISIONS WITHIN CHAVEZ'S "PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE" [...] (C) Summary: Several former and current members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) have broken ranks with the party to pursue their own political ambitions in the November 23 gubernatorial and municipal elections. Moreover, small pro-Chavez parties, such as Patria Para Todos (P [...]	2008-09-25 22:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1352	DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY CARACAS [...] (SBU) On 09/23/2008, a group of approximately 50 demonstrators gathered outside the main entrance of Embassy Caracas. Post officials received advance notice of the protest and in light of increased anti-U.S. rhetoric from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),decided it was prudent to c [...]	2008-09-25 22:46:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS PREL VE
08CARACAS136	REVISED INDEX SHOWS CONTINUED HIGH INFLATION IN [...] (SBU) According to the newly revised official consumer price index (CPI),inflation rose to 3.4 percent in January 2008. This figure, which works out to 50 percent on an annual basis, is slightly higher than the 3.3 percent inflation figure from December 2007, and will put additional pressu [...]	2008-02-01 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1364	VENEZUELA REFUSES USG REQUEST FOR AVIATION [...] (U) On September 16 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) both acknowledged receipt of the Embassy's diplomatic note requesting consultations under the authority of the 1953 bilateral aviation agreement with Venezuela. That note cit [...]	2008-09-26 22:55:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1365	STRUCTURED NOTE DEADLINE PASSES, ISSUE FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24 the deadline for Venezuelan banks to sell their holdings of bolivar-denominated structured notes passed with little apparent effect on the banking sector. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) showed an unusual amount of flexibility in its implementation o [...]	2008-09-29 14:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1374	CHURCH CALLS FOR CLEAN ELECTIONS; CLASHES WITH BRV [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church is increasingly taking an active role in defense of democracy and human rights. In a September 24 press conference, Catholic Church leaders publicly urged all political actors to avoid any actions that might allow for the postponement of the November 23 state a [...]	2008-09-30 15:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT VE
08CARACAS1375	CHAVEZ SUPPORTERS ERECT STATUE OF FARC LEADER [...] (C) Summary. Radical Chavistas unveiled a bust of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) founder Manuel Marulanda in an poor eastern Caracas neighborhood on September 26. The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) was the principal force behind the public ceremony honoring Marulanda, alth [...]	2008-09-30 15:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE CO
08CARACAS1380	OPPOSITION ELECTS CONSENSUS CANDIDATES IN TACHIRA [...] (C) Summary: The Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela (Copei) won a decisive victory in the September 28 opposition primary in the western state of Tachira to determine the consensus candidates for the November 23 state and local elections. The opposition now claims that it has 20 consens [...]	2008-09-30 20:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1381	NOVEMBER STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: WHAT'S AT STAKE [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan voters are slated to elect 22 governors, state legislative assemblies, and 328 mayors on November 23. These state and local elections will be a key indicator of the future of Venezuela's fragile democracy, and the Embassy is actively promoting free and fair elections [...]	2008-09-30 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SNAR VE
08CARACAS1382	AS ELECTION APPROACHES, WHERE'S THE SPENDING? [...] (C) Summary: An anticipated jump in spending prior to the November 23 state and local elections by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) does not appear to have materialized. Local analysts primarily attribute this surprising failure to boost spending significantly to increasing incomp [...]	2008-09-30 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN VE
08CARACAS1383	IMMIGRATION, DISIP OFFICIALS STEP-UP HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is stepping up its harassment of outspoken as well as perceived critics of the regime. In September, four persons reported being pressured by immigration and intelligence police (DISIP) officials at the Caracas airport to surrender thei [...]	2008-09-30 22:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1388	COMMUNAL ECONOMY CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary. EmbOffs visited a newly inaugurated communal economic center near Caracas. The center, extremely modern by Venezuelan standards, offers a space for communal cooperatives to sell local goods. However, many of the cooperatives did not sell locally produced goods or sold cheap [...]	2008-10-01 15:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1390	VENEZUELA: AMERICAN AIRLINES CREW DETAINED AT [...] (C) The evening of September 30, American Airlines Country Manager Omar Nottaro (strictly protect throughout) called Econoff to report that the captain and crew of American Airlines flight 903 were being held at the airport. He explained that upon landing a crew member said "Welcome to Venezuela. L [...]	2008-10-01 16:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR VE
08CARACAS1393	VENEZUELAN CEMENT PRODUCTION DROPPING FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexican Ambassador to Venezuela Mario Chacon informed Econoffs that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has not budged from its initial, USD 500 million offer for Mexico's Cemex that, in effect, represents an expropriation of Cemex assets in Venezuela. Chacon believes the [...]	2008-10-01 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE
08CARACAS14	CHAVEZ RESHUFFLES CABINET BUT KEEPS LOYALISTS CLOSE [...] (C) Summary. During a call-in to Venezolana de Television (VTV) on January 3 President Chavez announced the first of a series of thirteen cabinet changes. Chavez replaced former Vice President Jorge Rodriguez, Telecommunications Minister Jesse Chacon, and Communications Minister William Lara w [...]	2008-01-04 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1404	ZULIA STUDENT LEADER MURDERED IN HAIL OF BULLETS [...] (C) Unknown gunmen shot and killed Julian Soto, a 31-year old undergraduate and president of the Federation of University Centers (FCU) for the autonomous University of Zulia (LUZ) on October 1 as he drove to lunch. The University Centers are influential student bodies in Venezuela's five au [...]	2008-10-03 13:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS1405	EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FROM BRV PARLIAMENT FOR FIVE [...] (SBU) The Embassy received an official statement of support from the National Assembly (NA) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) for five Cuban citizens held in the United States on spying charges. The expression of support, passed by the NA on September 23, 2008, condemns the case [...]	2008-10-03 13:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1406	WARNING: VENEZUELA'S NEW LABELING LAW HAZARDOUS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's new food labeling law requires that original food product packaging be printed in Spanish, and prohibits the use of add-on Spanish-language stickers for imported goods. This requirement is contained in the set of 26 new decrees issued at the end of July, and came as [...]	2008-10-03 13:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV VE
08CARACAS1413	GENERAL ARRESTED IN ANOTHER ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mario Isea, president of the National Assembly special committee investigating the attempt to overthrow/assassinate President Hugo Chavez, announced the arrest of Air Force Inspector General Jose Felix Caraballo Gomez on September 26. The arrest is based on a tape recording bet [...]	2008-10-03 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS1414	EARLY ELECTORAL POLLS: CHAVEZ STILL STRONG BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to recent independent polls shared with the Embassy, Venezuelans are chiefly concerned with the rise in crime, and secondarily by inflation, unemployment, and traffic. The scarcity of basic goods is much less of an issue than it was in the run-up to the December 2007 fa [...]	2008-10-03 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1422	GENERAL BADUEL ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Agents of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM),on October 3 unceremoniously pulled former Defense Minister General Raul Baduel off of the city streets of Maracay. General Ernesto Cedeno of the Judge Advocate General told the press that Baduel had to account for 31 billion Bs [...]	2008-10-07 22:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS1427	IPR CHANGES FOR PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) agency responsible for intellectual property protection issued a press release resurrecting the Industrial Property Law of 1955, which expressly prohibits intellectual property rights for pharmaceuticals and other produc [...]	2008-10-08 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1428	FALLING OIL PRICES: CLEAR BUT NOT PRESENT DANGER [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's economic model is dependent on ever-rising oil prices. As such, the economy is clearly vulnerable to reduced global demand for oil, an increasingly likely consequence of the current global financial crisis. With oil prices already down 25 percent from their historic [...]	2008-10-08 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET VE
08CARACAS1434	STUDENTS WILL PLAY ONLY A MINOR ROLE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Widely perceived as the most trustworthy group in the country, student leaders are now trying to preserve their voice and role in Venezuelan politics. Many leaders eschew a direct political role, especially in the upcoming November 23 elections. However, some former leaders wh [...]	2008-10-09 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1435	CHAVEZ THREATENS TO DENY OPPOSITION STATES [...] (C) Summary. At an October 6 political rally, President Chavez threatened to deny future development funds to state and municipalities run by opposition politicians after the November 23 state and local elections. Chavez said he did not want to give the opposition resources to "steal and con [...]	2008-10-09 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1436	BOLIVARIAN INSIDER CLAIMS FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bolivarian contact Rene Arreaza expressed to ChargQ his frustration with the failure of his Foreign Ministry to end harassment of Embassy Caracas' operations and offered to make another attempt to overcome these "bureaucratic" problems. His comments revealed GBRV infigh [...]	2008-10-09 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1440	UNEVEN ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD FAVORS CHAVISMO [...] (C) Summary: A number of opposition and even pro-government dissident candidates have complained to the National Electoral Council (CNE) about the PSUV enjoying an unfair advantage as state resources are being used in its favor. The government-owned media outlets are blatant in their support [...]	2008-10-10 14:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1443	VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST CONTINUES AT COCA-COLA [...] (C) Summary. Coca-Cola has taken control of most of its installations this week following the 4th labor blockade of 2008. Despite a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the company, earlier this year, radical National Assembly members have continued to push the claims of ex-company contractors. [...]	2008-10-10 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1444	VENEZUELA: BRV SHUTS MACDONALD'S FOR TWO DAYS [...] (SBU) The 115 MacDonald's restaurants in Venezuela were closed for 48 hours on October 9 following an inspection by the tax authority, Seniat. According to a Seniat press release, Seniat fined as many as 16 of the MacDonald's restaurants 1,150 BsF ($535 at the official exchange rate) because [...]	2008-10-10 22:14:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1449	CHAVEZ BLASTS POLITICAL ALLIES AND ZULIA OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: During campaign stops in three states October 11-13, President Chavez vociferously attacked both key opposition leaders and two pro-government allied parties. Despite his pledge not to air his weekly "Alo, Presidente" TV show, he used an obligatory two-hour "cadena" broadcast o [...]	2008-10-15 16:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1453	BRV DEVELOPS PUBLIC FINANCE TOOLS TO SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) public finance system has undergone a series of important changes since 2005 that give the Executive the tools to limit significantly the resources available to state and municipal governments. These governments receive the vast ma [...]	2008-10-16 19:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
08CARACAS1455	BRV SUBMITS 2009 BUDGET, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH [...] (U) Press reports indicate that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has submitted the 2009 budget to the National Assembly (AN),though it has not yet been formally presented by the Minister of Finance as is the custom. According to these reports, which cite AN deputy and president of [...]	2008-10-16 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1456	GBRV SQUEEZING DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) are stepping up pressure on the opposition and civil society. Specifically, the GBRV is harassing opponents and the independent media, manufacturing coup plot agitprop, and disqualifying key oppos [...]	2008-10-16 20:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS146	CHAVEZ MARKS ANNIVERSARIES WITH THREATS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez delivered combative televised speeches February 2 and 4 to commemorate his ninth anniversary in the presidency and the sixteenth anniversary of his unsuccessful coup. On February 2, Chavez accused Colombia of preparing a conflict with Venezuela, adding that the [...]	2008-02-07 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CO VE
08CARACAS1463	TAX AUTHORITY RAMPS UP TAX ENFORCEMENT AND MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through its tax agency, has ramped up enforcement of Plan Zero Evasion (Evasion Cero) first announced in 2005. The Plan involves audits of company accounting procedures and violations include fines, closures and "voluntary payments" of ta [...]	2008-10-17 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1464	CHAVEZ SOFTENS TONE ON BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During televised remarks to the nation on October 16, Chavez made several seemingly conciliatory remarks regarding bilateral ties in response to the U.S. presidential candidates' comments on the need to achieve energy independence from Venezuela and the Middle East. Chavez spec [...]	2008-10-17 21:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1476	OPPOSITION CONFIDENT IN ZULIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The four major opposition parties are confident of maintaining control of the Zulia governorship, regaining control of Maracaibo, Venezuela's second largest city, as well as 17 of the 19 municipalities up for election. Outgoing governor Manuel Rosales is widely believed to be s [...]	2008-10-21 22:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
08CARACAS1477	2009 VENEZUELAN BUDGET: OPTIMISM FADES [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 21, Minister of Finance Ali Rodriguez formally presented the 2009 budget to the National Assembly. The budget continues to use unrealistic economic assumptions, such as a low inflation rate and overstatement of oil production and related revenue. Whereas the pres [...]	2008-10-22 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS149	AMBASSADOR VISITS BARQUISIMETO AND LARA STATE [...] (C) Ambassador and Mrs. Duddy visited Barquisimeto and Lara state January 30 - February 1. During the visit, the Ambassador met with local church and business leaders and civil society, all of whom agreed that support for Chavez was being affected by food shortages and a general lack of perso [...]	2008-02-07 16:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS1495	GBRV STILL IGNORING EU AND OAS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to ignore key recommendations issued by previous European Union (EU) and Organization of American States (OAS) election observation missions, thus skewing the electoral playing field to the GBRV's advantage. [...]	2008-10-24 19:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1496	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS UPDATE--FOUR WEEKS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez is campaigning hard for his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates in the run-up to the November 23 state and local elections. Chavez is conceding no electoral races, even in opposition strongholds, and is equating votes for PSUV candidates with a [...]	2008-10-25 14:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1497	VENEZUELA (OVER)REACTS TO EP CRITICISM, BLAMES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) strongly rejected the October 23 passage of an European Parliament (EP) resolution condemning political rights abuses in the country. Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Assembly accused the United St [...]	2008-10-25 14:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS15	MEDIA REACTION: FARC FALLS FROM FRONT PAGE AS [...] (SBU) Days before Christmas Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated that a mission to liberate three FARC-held hostages ("Operation Emmanuel") would commence December 28th. As of January 4, the hostages remain captive, international observers have left Colombia accusations of blame are flying [...]	2008-01-04 22:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VE CO
08CARACAS1506	CHAVEZ ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the November 23 state and local elections, Chavez has relied on his colloquial style and infamously colorful language to attack both the Venezuelan opposition and the United States. He has sought to depict the traditional political opposition as foolish and co [...]	2008-10-30 14:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1507	VENEZUELA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS [...] (SBU) On October 17, the Venezuelan Supreme Court (Court) upheld the constitutional viability of international arbitration. The decision interpreted Article 258 of the Constitution, which states "The law shall promote arbitration, conciliation, mediation and any other means of alternative d [...]	2008-10-30 20:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1513	VENEZUELAN AIRLINES ADMIT THEIR OWN CONCERN WITH [...] (C) On October 28, Emboffs met with 13 members of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (CEVETA),one of whom raised serious concerns with Venezuelan airport security and spoke out in favor of immediate TSA security assessments. The association, which represents Venezuelan passenger and cargo [...]	2008-10-31 17:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	VE CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1518	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- THREE WEEKS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With three weeks until state and local elections on November 23, President Chavez has focused his attention on attacking the opposition in Zulia State. Chavez may be preparing the ground to declare Zulia State Governor Manuel Rosales ineligible to run for the Maracaibo mayorshi [...]	2008-10-31 21:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS152	CHAVEZ THREATENS TO EXPROPRIATE LARGE FOOD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified, Please Treat Accordingly. 2. (SBU) During a February 4 speech celebrating the 16th anniversary of his attempted 1992 coup (Septel),Chavez threatened to expropriate large food distributors and producers. Chavez said, "I have ordered Mr. Vice- [...]	2008-02-07 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS1522	OPEN UP AND SAY AHHHH: VENEZUELA'S HEALTH CARE [...] (C) Summary. Conditions in public hospitals continue to deteriorate and private hospitals face a growing threat of nationalization. Despite multiple 2008 budgetary authorizations for increases in health care worker salaries, labor actions continue by health care workers. One public health [...]	2008-11-03 18:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1525	VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CONDUCTS RAID ON [...] (U) According to media reports, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) officials raided offices of Stanford Bank in Caracas on Friday October 31. (Note: Stanford Bank, an affiliate of the Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, is one of two U.S. banks operating in Venezuela. It is a sm [...]	2008-11-04 18:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ASEC VE
08CARACAS1526	GBRV DISQUALIFIES AT LEAST ONE MORE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, the Supreme Court disqualified another opposition contender for the state and local elections on November 23 -- Yaracuy gubernatorial candidate and political exile Eduardo Lappi. The Supreme Court is also considering whether or not to declare another leading opp [...]	2008-11-04 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1537	CHAVEZ OBSCURES MIAMI VERDICT, FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) President Hugo Chavez took over the airwaves in an obligatory national "cadena" broadcast on November 3, squashing early news reports of Franklin Duran's guilt in the Miami "suitcase" trial. Venezuelan law requires free-to-air broadcasters to carry presidential "cadena" broadcasts in t [...]	2008-11-06 12:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VE
08CARACAS1545	VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH KNOWN DRUG TRAFFICKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Venezuelan airline Aeropostal, which halted its flights to the U.S. earlier this year, has filed an application with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to resume its U.S. routes. Given that the new owners of Aeropostal, the Makled family, are Venezuela's preeminent drug traff [...]	2008-11-07 12:00:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	VE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR SNAR PREL CVIS
08CARACAS1546	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG WARNING ON PORT [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not responded to two diplomatic notes and multiple Embassy requests for a meeting to discuss U.S. Coast Guard efforts dating back to 2006 to arrange port visits. Embassy maritime contacts believe that Venezuelan ports would not pas [...]	2008-11-07 12:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	VE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR EWWT ETRD KHLS
08CARACAS1554	THE 64 BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: HOW MUCH CASH [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez has argued that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) can endure a period of low oil prices by drawing down his government's savings. While no one disputes the BRV Government (GBRV) has accumulated financial assets during the oil bonanza, the value and liqu [...]	2008-11-10 10:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
08CARACAS1555	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- TWO WEEKS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With just over two weeks until state and local elections, the opposition remains relatively disorganized, divided in some races, and increasingly pessimistic about its election prospects. Moreover, there appears to be more electoral fatigue than excitement in most races. The GB [...]	2008-11-10 10:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1556	GBRV REACTION TO OBAMA WIN CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: Official reaction to President-elect Obama's victory following the U.S. election continues to be optimistic, yet tempered. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro sent positive signals November 5 about establishing new ties with Washington, although he added that the GBRV is neither "hur [...]	2008-11-10 10:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1559	GBRV IMPEDES VISIT OF LECH WALESA [...] (C) Summary. The GBRV discouraged the visit of Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Poland Lech Walesa to Venezuela on November 2, citing security concerns. Walesa, a prominent pro-democracy figure, has at times been critical of President Chavez. The government reportedly notifie [...]	2008-11-10 14:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PL EZ VE
08CARACAS1562	GBRV ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF JOINT DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced November 8 that Russia and Venezuela had agreed to create a binational bank and that Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez would travel to Russia the following week to finalize details. Rodriguez and an official from Russia [...]	2008-11-10 16:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1568	CHAVEZ THREATENS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez ratcheted up his threats against the opposition on November 8 and 9 while stumping for his candidates in Carabobo, Sucre, and Zulia States, states where opposition gubernatorial candidates are running strong. The Venezuelan president ordered a nearby garrison t [...]	2008-11-10 22:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1570	VENEZUELA: GM, FORD AND CHRYSLER ONCE AGAIN HALT [...] (C) Summary: GM, Ford and Chrysler, the three U.S. car manufacturers in Venezuela, are once again shut down due to a labor action against a parts supplier. The industry faces on-going, severe labor problems, power outages averaging once every three days, and a dramatically reduced 2008 vehicl [...]	2008-11-12 20:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRAD PTER VE
08CARACAS1572	STUDENTS PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan university student activists appear interested in using their widely-respected legitimacy to safeguard the transparency of the state and local elections on November 23. Their efforts, however, have been undermined by lack of coordination and socioeconomic tensions be [...]	2008-11-12 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1573	VENEZUELAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF FOURTH FLEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thanks to the combined efforts of the USS Kearsarge, SouthCom, and the U.S. Embassies in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, Venezuelans received a thorough and accurate look into the humanitarian work of the Navy's newly-reactivated Fourth Fleet. Reporters from two major Venez [...]	2008-11-13 16:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1576	BRV DEPORTS TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO U.S. [...] (SBU) The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) turned over Colombian drug traffickers Henry Fortich Coneo and Wilmer Villadiego Coneo to the Drug Enforcement Administration for transport to the United States. National Anti-Drug Office (ONA) Director Nestor Reverol told th [...]	2008-11-13 22:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS1582	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- 10 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With just over a week until the November 23 state and local elections, President Chavez is vigorously supporting his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates. He is simultaneously calling for arrests of opposition figures and pledging to make campaign stops in ele [...]	2008-11-14 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1583	BNP PARIBAS REPRESENTATIVE SEES FEW PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) BNP Paribas country representative in Venezuela Gregorio Toulemonde (strictly protect throughout) said he was "very worried" about the overall economic situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV). He predicted a difficult 2009, with the BRV government (GBRV) "desperately see [...]	2008-11-14 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET VE
08CARACAS1584	VENEZUELA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1590	GBRV ARRESTS MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER/MAYORAL [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary. GBRV authorities arrested three members of the powerful Makled family, one of Venezuela's most notorious drug trafficking families, following a November 13 raid of Walid Makled's farm that reportedly netted 392 kilos of cocaine. With November 23 state and local elections [...]	2008-11-17 21:54:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR ECON EAIR PREL VE
08CARACAS1595	NOVEMBER 23 STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: BY THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 15:09:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV VE
08CARACAS1599	CHAVEZ FIRES UP THE BASE [...] (C) Summary: During visits to Anzoategui, Barinas, and Zulia States from November 14 to 16, Chavez renewed his threats to arrest Zulia governor and Maracaibo mayoral candidate Manuel Rosales. He also told supporters to "stay in the streets" following the vote and "stay alert" against alleg [...]	2008-11-18 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1613	BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGED U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Banesco President Juan Carlos Escotet visited the Charge November 18 to express his concern about an alleged investigation of Banesco by the USG. (Note: Banesco is by most measures Venezuela's largest bank, holding 12 percent [...]	2008-11-20 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN VE
08CARACAS1615	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: NINE STORIES TO WATCH [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez will retain full control over the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) no matter what the results of the November 23 state and local elections. Nevertheless, these elections may influence the extent to which Chavez can accelerate his Bolivar [...]	2008-11-21 18:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1619	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- 48 HOURS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: To the end, Chavez has campaigned hard on behalf of his PSUV candidates in swing states before the November 23 state and local elections. The campaigns officially closed November 20 in the midst of torrential rains that have caused a dozen deaths and are forecasted to last thr [...]	2008-11-21 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1620	LEADING VENEZUELAN FOOD PROCESSING COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-placed source within Alfonso Rivas and Co., Venezuela's second leading food processing company, has informed AgAttache that official government stores will not purchase food products from this firm. According to their Government Relations officer, the reason is that a le [...]	2008-11-24 12:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV ETRD VE
08CARACAS1621	HIGH CRIME EFFECTS VOTERS BUT SPARES CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Venezuela's spiraling crime has resulted in weekends with a homicide every hour in Caracas and earned the nation the unflattering title of violent crime capital of the world. Recent polling by Alfredo Keller showed 78% of respondents thought crime was worse this year and 67% opined tha [...]	2008-11-24 12:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV VE
08CARACAS1622	OPPOSITION CARVES OUT A NEW SPACE FOR ITSELF, [...] (C) Summary: By winning five of the most populous and resource rich states in the country, the opposition opened up new political space in Venezuela. The percentage of Venezuelans with an opposition governor increased from 25 to 40 percent and voter turnout was 65 percent, well above the h [...]	2008-11-24 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1625	CHAVEZ SPINS ELECTORAL RESULTS UNDERSCORING THE [...] (C) Summary: Chavez is seeking to spin the electoral results of the November 23 state and local elections to his favor. In a nationally-televised, five-hour long November 24 press conference with international journalists, the Venezuelan president blasted media reporting that his United So [...]	2008-11-25 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1626	CHAVEZ'S FIRST SALVO AT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (SBU) In a rambling nationally televised November 24 press conference following Venezuelan state and local elections, President Hugo Chavez labeled president-elect Obama's response to a congratulatory letter by Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad "disrespectful and a bad sign." Chavez stated [...]	2008-11-25 21:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE IR

08CARACAS1628	VENEZUELA: POINTS DELIVERED ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on the proposed Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food to the Ministries of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs, Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry and Commerce. Post will report a response if received, however, based on past experience, no reply is anti [...]	2008-11-26 19:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAGR PREL ETRD VE
08CARACAS1629	VENEZUELA OFFERS MEETING ON PORT SECURITY VISIT [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor was contacted November 26 by Nelson Dominguez of Venezuela's National Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA). Dominguez identified himself as the head of INEA's maritime security unit and said he had been tasked by the President of INEA to meet with the Embassy to discuss [...]	2008-11-26 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER VE
08CARACAS1633	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: WINNERS AND LOSERS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez emerges as both a loser and winner from the November 23 state and local elections. He must contend with more opposition governors in key states, as well as opposition mayors in important cities. Several opposition parties can point to somewhat encouraging elect [...]	2008-11-28 19:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1635	OPPOSITION GOVERNOR PROFILES [...] (C) Summary: The opposition won five of 22 governorships in the November 23 state and local elections and will govern approximately 40 percent of Venezuelans. Four of the five opposition governors are political veterans with extensive administrative experience. Morel Rodriguez, the re-e [...]	2008-12-01 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS1636	CHAVEZ SEEKS RE-ELECTION/GRABS POWERS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez is on the political offensive after the opposition scored some noteworthy gains in the November 23 state and local elections. In a nationally-televised November 30 speech, President Chavez urged his supporters to launch a signature drive that would force a new re [...]	2008-12-01 22:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1637	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES FEBRUARY 2009 COAST [...] (C) On December 1 Emboffs met with the President of the Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA) and representatives of the Ministries of Infrastructure and Foreign Affairs (MRE) to discuss the US Coast Guard's repeated requests for port inspections (ref A). The head of INEA Port Security, Nelson D [...]	2008-12-02 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD EWWT VE
08CARACAS1638	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT VERSUS THE COMBO MEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan consumer protection law, passed July 2008, requires the government to approve all sales promotions with an eye to curtailing "excessive consumption" and punishing "capitalist impresarios" while also seeking to eliminate hoarding and speculation, particularly with fo [...]	2008-12-02 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR VE
08CARACAS1640	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE: GLOBOVISION ON THE HOOK [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) is hardening its position against the remaining independent media outlets following the November 23 state and local elections. The government's telecommunication's agency (Conatel) is investigating Globovision, the cri [...]	2008-12-02 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1661	ALBA SUMMIT: THE USUAL RHETORIC AND A NEW PROPOSAL [...] (U) The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) hosted on November 26 the third extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) - trade pact for the peoples. In attendance were the following representatives of ALBA coun [...]	2008-12-03 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL VE
08CARACAS1664	CHAVEZ MOVING FORWARD TO REMOVE TERM LIMITS [...] (C) Summary: Chavez announced December 1 that his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) would begin preparing a constitutional amendment to allow indefinite presidential reelection. Chavez said he hopes his supporters would send the proposed amendment to the National Electoral Counci [...]	2008-12-05 14:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1668	STATE AND LOCAL VOTING MOSTLY FREE AND FAIR ON [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Caracas deployed informal, unaccredited observation teams throughout Caracas and to six states during the November 23 balloting for state and local elections. They and other electoral observers confirmed scattered irregularities, such as late openings and closings of t [...]	2008-12-05 18:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1669	VENEZUELA: TAX AUTHORITY SURPASSES 2008 REVENUE [...] (U) Summary. The tax authority of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) announced December 2 it had already reached its tax revenue goal for budget year 2008. Tax officials predict record tax revenues for budget year 2009 and continue to find creative methods to increase compliance with [...]	2008-12-05 18:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1670	CHAVEZ STEERING AN EVEN MORE AUTHORITARIAN COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez usually calibrates his efforts to concentrate power based on public opinion. But after losing the constitutional referendum in December 2007 and ceding more ground to the opposition in the November 23 state and local elections, the Venezuelan president appears to [...]	2008-12-05 19:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1676	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RELEASES FLIMSY REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) released a report calling on the Attorney General's Office (AG) to investigate retired military personnel, independent media owners, and businessmen for their supposed involvement in a conspiracy to assassinate President Chavez. It accused the USG of pr [...]	2008-12-05 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS1677	VENEZUELAN-RUSSIAN EXERCISE WAS NO WORKOUT [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Despite the heavy media attention, the Venezuelan-Russian naval exercise was a rudimentary affair, and Russian efforts to down play its importance were very clear. The BRV hoped to use the fact the exercise took place at the same time as a state visit by Russian President M [...]	2008-12-05 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP PGOV PREL RU VE
08CARACAS168	EXXONMOBIL MOVES TO FREEZE PDVSA'S WORLDWIDE ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan press reported on February 6-7 the attachment of a bank account in New York and an English court's freezing of USD 12 billion in PDVSA assets worldwide. Initial press reports in Venezuela were exaggerated in both tone and content. ExxonMobil (XM) filed a request fo [...]	2008-02-11 20:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS1685	CHAVEZ DUAL TRACKS RE-ELECTION INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Chavez announced that the process to amend the constitution to remove presidential term limits will be initiated by both seeking to acquire 15 percent of registered voters' signatures and the support of 30 percent of the deputies in the National Assembly. He did not explain his [...]	2008-12-08 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS1690	NATIONALIZATIONS WITHOUT COMPENSATION AS GBRV [...] (C) Summary: In 2008 the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has announced but not finalized a growing number of nationalizations. To the best of our knowledge, deals or payments are still pending for three multinational cement companies (Cemex, Holcim, and LaFarge),s [...]	2008-12-09 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND VE
08CARACAS1693	NEW PSUV GOVERNORS REFLECT PREFERENCE FOR LOYALTY [...] (C) Summary: Most of the new PSUV governors have served previously in local or national political office, and many of them have longstanding ties to Chavez personally or left-wing credentials. The incoming governors from Anzoategui, Barinas, Guarico, and Trujillo States are tried and true [...]	2008-12-09 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS1696	VENEZUELA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post's response to Reftel A questions follow. 2. (C) Has the host country, in post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post sees no evidence that the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has undertaken policies or [...]	2008-12-10 15:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL VE
08CARACAS1700	CHAVEZ'S BAND OF BROTHERS [...] (C) Six of the seventeen PSUV governors elected to office on November 23 were either co-conspirators in Chavez's 1992 coup attempt or his military contemporaries. Personal loyalty, reliability and the ethos of a military fraternity reflected in many of Chavez's ministerial appointments and w [...]	2008-12-10 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV VE
08CARACAS1704	VENEZUELA: CHEVRON CONFIRMS INTEREST IN HEAVY OIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 21:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS1711	PDVSA FORCING JOINT VENTURES TO CUT BACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Shell Venezuela executives said PDVSA had mandated a 25 percent production cut in its joint venture with PDVSA as a result of OPEC-mandated production cuts; other joint ventures were also subject to cuts. They confirmed Shell's purchase of the data pack for the Carabobo blocks [...]	2008-12-15 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
08CARACAS1712	VENEZUELA: CHEVRON CONFIRMS INTEREST IN HEAVY OIL [...] (C) Economic Counselor met briefly December 4 with Chevron President for Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Ali Moshiri. Moshiri was accompanied by Wes Lohec, Managing Director of Chevron's Latin America Business Unit. Moshiri first underlined that Venezuela continues to be i [...]	2008-12-15 14:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS172	BRV WARNS GLOBOVISION OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) harassment of Globovision, Venezuela's only independent all-news television network, is intensifying. The BRV appears to be laying the groundwork for the network's possible closure in the near future. Citing "public pressure," the BR [...]	2008-02-12 23:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS1721	CHAVEZ PERSONALIZING AMENDMENT PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Chavez initiated the drive to collect signatures December 11 in support of a constitutional amendment to allow for indefinite reelection, and continues to reiterate that the referendum must be held by February. He has framed the amendment as a minor legal tweak and personalized [...]	2008-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS1724	PSUV STALWARTS RETAIN CONTROL IN SEVEN STATES [...] (C) Summary: The incoming United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) governors of Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Monagas and Sucre States face significant challenges in meeting the needs of their relatively poor, sparsely-populated regions. The new PSUV governor of Merida will have to bal [...]	2008-12-16 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS1725	CHAVEZ WARMLY WELCOMES RAUL CASTRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban president Raul Castro and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez signed or renewed in Caracas a myriad of bilateral agreements valued at USD 2.1 billion on December 13, during Castro's first post-succession trip abroad. Under tight security, Castro laid a wreath at the tomb of Simon [...]	2008-12-16 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL CU VE
08CARACAS1738	SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST NEW TRIBES MISSION [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court of Venezuela ruled November 4 that the rights of the New Tribes Mission (NTM) had not been violated when it was required in 2005 to remove its personnel from all indigenous areas in the country. Over the past three years the NTM had argued before the court that they had [...]	2008-12-18 15:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS1739	SUPREME COURT BLESSES AMENDMENT, PSUV GEARS UP THE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court appears poised to remove any potential legal obstacles to Chavez's constitutional amendment proposal to remove presidential term limits, paving the way for his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to begin both its signature drive and discussions within t [...]	2008-12-18 16:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS174	CHAVEZ REPEATS THREATS TO PRIVATE SECTOR IN EFFORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, the BRV published a decree reforming the "Law Against Speculation and Hoarding," a 2007 decree that criminalized the hoarding and speculation of regulated goods, reduced the legal barriers for expropriations, and established harsh fines and jail time for violators [...]	2008-02-13 16:39:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS1747	VENEZUELAN CEMENT INDUSTRY HEADED TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cement companies Holcim and Lafarge are expected to soon join Cemex at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) after giving up hope of compensation for their nationalized operations in Venezuela. According to a Holcim executive, the company was rel [...]	2008-12-19 16:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD KHLS PTER VE
08CARACAS1748	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN VE
08CARACAS175	PDVSA ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONS [...] (C) In the evening of February 12, PDVSA issued a press release announcing that it would "suspend commercial relations and the supply of crude and products" to ExxonMobil in light of ExxonMobil's "unnecessary, intimidating, and hostile" legal actions (reftel). PDVSA promised to "fully honor [...]	2008-02-13 21:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET VE
08CARACAS1751	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MFA VICE MINISTER VALERO - [...] (C) Summary. Charge met December 19 with MFA Vice Minister Jorge Valero to press the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (GBRV) to resolve ongoing reciprocity issues and to sound out the GBRV's possible interest in a confidence-building dialogue on defense issues. Charge argu [...]	2008-12-19 21:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MCAP AMGT VE
08CARACAS1753	CHAVEZ'S FEBRUARY REFERENDUM DATE A LEGAL STRETCH [...] (C) Summary: Chavez continues to move forward on his amendment proposal, apparently with the hope of holding a referendum before the end of February. The National Assembly (AN) concluded its first debate December 18 in favor of the amendment and has another debate scheduled for the second [...]	2008-12-19 22:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1757	WOOD GROUP VICE PRESIDENT SAYS PDVSA "TECHNICALLY [...] (C) Summary: According to a Wood Group executive, PDVSA is "technically bankrupt," owing up to USD 7 billion to its suppliers in Venezuela. The situation is particularly critical at smaller oilfield service companies, which are finding credit drying up as banks refuse to grant them new loan [...]	2008-12-22 18:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN VE
08CARACAS1758	CADIVI AUTHORIZATIONS SHARPLY DOWN [...] According to statistics published December 22, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV) foreign exchange authority, known by its Spanish acronym CADIVI, sharply reduced its foreign currency authorizations over the first three weeks of December. While in past years Dece [...]	2008-12-22 18:37:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VE
08CARACAS1760	VENEZUELA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 19:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER VE
08CARACAS1765	CHAVEZ ORDERS THE EXPROPRIATION OF JEWISH-OWNED [...] (U) On December 21, during the last "Alo, Presidente" broadcast of 2008, President Chavez ordered the mayor of Libertador Borough of Caracas Jorge Rodriguez to expropriate a large commercial center in the final stages of construction. In his latest tirade against the private sector, Chavez r [...]	2008-12-23 16:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV KIRF VE
08CARACAS1774	VENEZUELA: CHEVRON CONFIRMS OPEC QUOTA CUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior Chevron executive confirmed that PDVSA is aggressively enforcing OPEC-mandated quota cuts in the hope that the cuts will turn around the slump in oil prices. So far, the cuts have been levied on joint ventures based on the price per barrel received for the crude sales. [...]	2008-12-23 20:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
08CARACAS1777	CHAVEZ'S PERPETUAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Since taking office in 1999, President Chavez has engaged in frequent, polarizing electoral campaigns to both burnish his democratic credentials and accumulate personal power. The Venezuelan president's electoral focus has hindered his government's ability to address pressing [...]	2008-12-24 13:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1783	CHAVEZ LASHES OUT AT CARDINAL FOR CRITICIZING [...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez reacted harshly to Venezuelan Cardinal Jorge Urosa's December 25 criticism of a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate presidential term limits. Phoning in to a state media talk show on December 26, Chavez called Cardinal Urosa "immoral" and [...]	2008-12-29 20:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM VT VE
08CARACAS1784	CHAVEZ BLAMES USG FOR ISRAEL'S AIR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to assert a singularly radical foreign policy out of step with most of the international community. The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued December 18 and 27 communiques that criticized un [...]	2008-12-29 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VE IS ZI
08CARACAS18	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES HE WILL SLOW DOWN THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. During his January 6 "Alo, Presidente" broadcast, President Chavez said he plans to apply the brakes to his Bolivarian revolution after the defeat of his proposed changes to the 1999 Constitution. He and his new cabinet will not change ideology, but will "review, rectify, and re [...]	2008-01-07 21:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS186	BANCO MERCANTIL PRESENTS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, senior economists of Banco Mercantil, one of Venezuela's four largest banks, argued that President Chavez was facing simultaneous adverse political and economic shocks following the December 2 referendum. Given his current vulnerabil [...]	2008-02-15 14:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
08CARACAS188	AMBASSADOR VISITS MARACAIBO AND ZULIA STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Duddy visited Maracaibo in Zulia state February 7-9, 2008 meeting with American & local business leaders, students, news media, opposition party mayors and the state Governor of Zulia. All groups encouraged increased interaction with the USG. Crime, and particularl [...]	2008-02-15 16:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SENV VE
08CARACAS190	BRV QUIETLY SELLS "STRUCTURED NOTES" [...] (SBU) According to press reports this week, over the past several weeks the BRV has sold "structured notes" to selected banks for a total sale of between USD 100 and 270 million dollars. Structured notes in this context are products that combine Argentine, Ecuadorian, and/or Colombian debt ac [...]	2008-02-15 20:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN VE
08CARACAS193	PDVSA WILL PARTICIPATE IN ARBITRATION PROCESS WITH [...] (U) BRV Energy Minister and PDVSA President, Rafael Ramirez, in a Thursday, February 14, speech before the National Assembly on the ExxonMobil (XM) dispute stated: "We cannot refuse to address the agreements that the previous congress and PDVSA administration made....PDVSA is disposed to com [...]	2008-02-15 22:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL VE
08CARACAS204	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES CREATION OF BINATIONAL [...] (U) On February 14 the National Assembly approved three laws ratifying agreements with Iran and five ratifying agreements with Belarus. The Iranian agreements include a pact to create the Iranian-Venezuelan Binational Bank that was signed in Tehran on November 19, 2007; a binational developm [...]	2008-02-19 20:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM IR BO VE
08CARACAS206	FM MADURO BLAMES USG FOR OIL DISPUTE, TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro insisted to local media February 13 that the USG is behind ExxonMobil's dispute with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). He also reiterated long-standing BRV accusations that the USG is working with the opposition and local media to destabi [...]	2008-02-19 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGR SNAR VE
08CARACAS21	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SWEARS-IN NEW LEADERSHIP, FLORES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly (NA) swore-in its new leadership team January 6. Cilia Flores, the current NA president, will serve out another term. Roberto Hernandez of the pro-government Communist Party (PCV) replaces Desiree Santos Amaral as First Vice President, while Jose Albornoz, [...]	2008-01-08 17:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
08CARACAS213	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PODEMOS LEADERS - FEB 19 [...] (C) Summary. Podemos leaders told the Ambassador February 19 that their break with President Chavez is permanent. They now believe Chavez has abandoned principle in favor of perpetuating himself in power. They hope to make political gains by focusing on pressing national issues and capitali [...]	2008-02-20 19:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ENGR CO VE
08CARACAS219	VENEZUELA AND BRV REACT TO CASTRO'S RESIGNATION [...] (SBU) The February 19 announcement by Fidel Castro that he will step down as President and Commander-in-Chief after next Sunday's election was received by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) with a mixture of hero worship and denial. President Hugo Chavez told the local media, "What res [...]	2008-02-21 14:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU VE
08CARACAS223	EMERGING STUDENT LEADERS OUTLINE FUTURE STRATEGIES [...] (C) Summary. USAID Officer met February 9 with a dozen up-and-coming student leaders from western Venezuela. The students, primarily from the Law School Students' Association (Fedeve),were in the university town of Merida to prepare strategies for upcoming student elections. They were also [...]	2008-02-21 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
08CARACAS227	PSUV FOUNDING CONGRESS: DELAYS AND AN EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez publicly declared after his constitutional referendum defeat that shoring up his political base will be one of his highest priorities. Since then, he has focused considerable personal attention on launching his proposed single, pro-government party, the United S [...]	2008-02-22 17:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS232	2008 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: KEEP VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The BRV's protection and enforcement of IPR continues to deteriorate. The market for legitimate music CDs is eclipsed by piracy, with piracy rates for CDs, DVDs, and business software hovering above 80 percent. SAPI, the agency that oversees IPR enforcement and issues patents, [...]	2008-02-22 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR VE
08CARACAS233	NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU
08CARACAS245	OPPOSITION PARTY COPEI IS CONFIDENT OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Christian Democratic Party (COPEI) leader Luis Ignacio Planas called on the Ambassador on February 21 to discuss political developments in Venezuela and the opposition's expectations for the November 2008 state and local elections. The 35-year-old Secretary General is putting th [...]	2008-02-26 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS25	SAME FACES, DIFFERENT PLACES: BIOS ON CHAVEZ' NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, President Chavez announced changes in eight key economic portfolios: the Ministry of Finance, Telecommunications, Planning and Development, Housing, Basic Industry and Mining, Light Industry and Trade, Food, Housing, and Social Development and Popular Participation [...]	2008-01-09 19:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS26	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SEEK TO REVIVE "BOSTON [...] (C) Summary: Five members of the National Assembly (NA) are seeking to establish an Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group with U.S. congresspersons, akin to the congressional relations they had cultivated via the informal "Boston Group." Foreign Policy Commission Chairman Saul Ortega and three [...]	2008-01-09 21:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS264	STATOIL: MIXED VIEWS ON INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 18:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS267	GOVERNMENT MAY MAKE 400 INELIGIBLE FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Venezuelan Comptroller's Office provided the National Electoral Commission (CNE) February 25 with a list of 400 Venezuelans that it has sanctioned and believes to be ineligible to run for elected office. There is a disagreement within the CNE whether these persons are automa [...]	2008-02-28 19:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS273	CHAVISTAS TAKE OVER CARACAS ARCHBISHOP'S RESIDENCE [...] (C) Summary. Hard-line Chavistas temporarily occupied the Archbishop's Residence in Caracas on February 27. They held a press conference on the premises to denounce Catholic Church leaders and the Papal Nuncio for hindering the revolution as well as to express support for the deceased bomber [...]	2008-02-28 22:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS283	RAUL REYES DEATH: CONFLICT DOES NOT APPEAR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Notwithstanding President Chavez' order that ten battalions be dispatched to the Colombian border in the wake of the March 1 killing of FARC's second-in command Raul Reyes, DAO reports only a minor increase in activity at two relevant BRV bases in two states west of Caracas and [...]	2008-03-03 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER MCAP CO VE
08CARACAS284	FOREIGN MINISTRY: CHANGES AND VACANCIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE VENEZUELAN MINISTRY OF PEOPLE'S POWER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) HAS GONE THROUGH SIGNIFICANT PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IN RECENT MONTHS WITH FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE VICE-MINISTERS EITHER RESIGNING OR BEING RE-ASSIGNED. PRESIDENT CHAVEZ ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 19 THAT F [...]	2008-03-03 19:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS286	CHAVEZ PUTS FINISHING TOUCHES ON HIS PSUV PARTY [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez presided over the final session of the founding congress of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) March 2 in Maracaibo. Over 1600 PSUV party delegates elected Chavez party president the week before. In Maracaibo, Chavez announced the names of 69 PSUV m [...]	2008-03-03 22:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS288	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITE TO CONDEMN [...] (SBU) Summary: Within hours of President Hugo Chavez' March 2 order to mobilize the Venezuelan National Armed Forces against a "Colombian invasion," Venezuelan opposition members were responding to the belligerent rhetoric with equally breathless criticism. Beneath a banner reading "United [...]	2008-03-04 14:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE CO
08CARACAS293	MINIMAL BRV ARMED FORCES RESPONSE TO DEPLOYMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Nearly 48 hours after Chavez ordered ten battalions to the Colombian border, there has been only small scale movements of troops or equipment from major combat units. Less than 12 light tanks or armored fighting vehicles have been seen preparing for movement at Carora in the wes [...]	2008-03-04 19:06:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL VE CO
08CARACAS301	CHAVEZ INSULATES VENEZUELAN ARMED FORCES FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Army withdrew from hosting the 28th Conference of the Armies of the Americas (CAA) and declined its turn to serve as president of the organization on February 18, less than four weeks before the scheduled transfer ceremony. This is the fourth military conference i [...]	2008-03-04 22:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS302	BADUEL CRITICIZES MOBILIZATION [...] (SBU) In a March 4 press conference Former Minister of Defense Raul Baduel joined the Venezuelan opposition parties (Reftel) in criticizing President Chavez's March 2 order to mobilize Venezuelan National Armed Forces (FAN) to the Colombian border. Baduel qualified Venezuela's actions as disp [...]	2008-03-04 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MOPS VE
08CARACAS304	DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 19:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS313	INFLATION STARTING TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Summary: Inflation, including the repressed inflation reflected in rolling shortages of price-controlled goods, is quickly becoming a stone around the neck of the BRV's economic management team. While most independent and opposition-aligned economic analysts agree that the primary cause [...]	2008-03-06 16:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
08CARACAS319	BRV DEPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO CREEP FORWARD [...] (S) SUMMARY: The deployment of Venezuelan troops to the areas near the border of Colombia continues with some movement being reported in local press at Fuerte Paramaracay in Valencia and Fuerte Mara in the border state of Zulia. This included, for the first time, reports of helicopter movement [...]	2008-03-06 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS320	2008 DEMARCHE FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO THE [...] (C) POLCOUNS met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North American and Multilateral Affairs, Yaneth Arocha on March 5 to encourage counternarcotics cooperation and to deliver the points in Ref A, among other matters. The Embassy had been trying unsuccessfully to deliver the demarch [...]	2008-03-06 22:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS325	CHAVEZ AND CORREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidents Hugo Chavez and Rafael Correa held a joint press conference to condemn Colombia's incursion into Ecuador and heap scorn on a wide range of people and issues. Chavez challenged Uribe to face the International Criminal Court alongside him and threatened to nationalize C [...]	2008-03-07 18:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC VE
08CARACAS326	NO NEW TROOP MOVEMENTS REPORTED [...] (S) No additional troop movements have been reported in the March 7 open press. Considering the distances from major bases such as Fuerte Paramaracay in Valencia and Carora barracks in Lara state, it is reasonable to assume that elements of the 41st Armored Brigade, such as the 413th "Pedro [...]	2008-03-07 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS327	A GLIMPSE INTO FRACTURES WITHIN CHAVISMO? [...] (C) Summary. In February President Chavez removed the Director of the Venezuelan tax and customs service (SENIAT) Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora and replaced him with Infrastructure Minister Jose David Cabello. Vielma Mora was widely regarded within Venezuela as an efficient administrator, who by [...]	2008-03-07 21:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS328	PEACE MARCHES OVERSHADOWED BY PRO-CHAVEZ GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. Both pro-Chavez and civil society groups organized marches March 6 in 12 states in Venezuela to register their opinions on Venezuela-Colombian tensions. The pro-Chavez groups vandalized several Colombian consulates and harassed consulate workers. In contrast, civil society group [...]	2008-03-07 22:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC VE
08CARACAS329	FOOD EXPORTS AND IMPORTS FURTHER THREATENED BY [...] (C) Summary: Recent BRV actions have complicated the situation for both food exporters and importers. To the great concern of exporters, on February 22 the BRV announced that it would add 77 food products to the list of Venezuelan goods requiring certificates of local sufficiency prior to per [...]	2008-03-07 22:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS33	STUDENT MOVEMENT FOCUSING ON 2008 LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Venezuelan student leader Yon Goicochea told Emboffs January 8 that the opposition student movement plans to focus on state and municipal elections that will be held by November 2008. The student movement intends to press opposition parties to name consensus candidates [...]	2008-01-10 19:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS332	ITALIAN AMBASSADOR ON MADURO, CHAVEZ MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Italian Ambassador to Venezuela Luigi Maccotta briefed the Ambassador March 6 on the Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema's February 29 visit to Venezuela. The visit comes shortly after a settlement agreement was reached between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) [...]	2008-03-10 17:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET IT VE
08CARACAS334	PSUV BATTALION LEADERS ELECT LOYALISTS TO PARTY [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) held intra-party elections March 9 to fill the PSUV's 15-member leadership committee. PSUV local ("battalion") leaders elected well-known loyalists to one-year terms on the party's steering committee from the 69 nam [...]	2008-03-10 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS335	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S MARCH 5-6 VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Polcouns and Poloff met with Argentine First Secretary Luis Alberto Hidalgo March 7 to discuss Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's March 5-6 visit to Venezuela, her first to Venezuela since assuming the presidency. Hidalgo said the visit was intended to be low profile, bu [...]	2008-03-10 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AR VE
08CARACAS338	CHAVEZ STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE, RESTORES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez abruptly changed roles from Field Marshal to Peacemaker after returning from the Rio Summit in Santo Domingo. During his March 8 International Day of the Woman speech, Chavez struck a conciliatory tone toward Colombia by reopening diplomatic miss [...]	2008-03-11 14:47:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS341	LABOR DISPUTES INCREASING IN THE BRV [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of labor disputes involving Japanese-owned Bridgestone Firestone (BF),Mexican-owned FEMSA Coca-Cola, predominantly Argentinean-owned Terrium Sidor, and the Venezuelan state-run electricity sector have broken out since January. Many of these labor conflicts are the resu [...]	2008-03-11 20:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV EINV ENRG VE
08CARACAS342	BRV REACTS TO U.S. MEDIA REPORT OF POSSIBLE USG [...] (SBU) Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials and sympathizers reacted angrily to a March 10 article in the "Miami Herald" that reported on a supposed White House inquiry into whether Venezuela should be listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. At a book signing event that evening, Mi [...]	2008-03-11 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS349	THE COLOMBIAN PATIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 11, news services were reporting rumors that FARC directorate member Milton Jesus Toncel was being treated at a medical clinic in the town of Rubio in the Venezuelan border state of Tachira for a wound to the face. Guardia Nacional Operations Chief Juan Carlos Hidalgo lat [...]	2008-03-12 21:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
08CARACAS350	BRV BUSTS MAJOR COLOMBIAN NARCO-TRAFFICKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan law enforcement personnel arrested Colombian drug trafficker, para-military and gunrunner Hermagoras "Gordo" Gonzalez Polanco on March 8. Minister of Interior and Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin confirmed the arrest of Gonzalez during a March 10 press conference. Chacin [...]	2008-03-12 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV CO VE
08CARACAS359	CHAVISTA NA DEPUTY ON PSUV FORMATION AND COCA-COLA [...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Francisco Torrealba told Poloff March 13 that much work still needs to be done in President Chavez's new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Torrealba said the party still needed to: -- determine how to select candidates; -- revise party statutes; and, -- [...]	2008-03-13 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ELAB VE
08CARACAS361	BRV OFFICIALS REACT TO POTUS' MARCH 12 SPEECH AND [...] (C) Summary. The President's March 12 speech received extensive coverage in the Venezuelan media, further fueling speculation and concern about a possible USG designation of Venezuela as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, Minister of Interior and Justice Ramon Rodr [...]	2008-03-13 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS365	ANZOATEGUI STATE: CHAVISTAS ON THE DEFENSIVE; [...] (C) Summary. Pro-government forces appear to be on the defensive in the oil-rich eastern state of Anzoategui, until recently a Chavista stronghold. Governor Tarek William Saab, a staunch loyalist of President Chavez, is widely perceived as a poor administrator, and the "No" vote carried Anzoat [...]	2008-03-14 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS366	NO GAS IN THE KITCHEN [...] (C) Summary: The distribution system for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in cylinders, which is used by the majority of Venezuelan families for cooking, has been stressed to the point that it will cease to function unless price controls are lifted or subsidies are provided by the BRV. Price con [...]	2008-03-14 22:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS367	CHAVEZ SLIPPING IN THE POLLS; OPPOSITION STAGNANT [...] (C) Summary. Recent local polling data shows that President Chavez's approval rating is dropping to similarly low levels of support as he had in 2003. Local analysts cite economic problems and crime as well as the Chavez's effort to radicalize his administration in 2006 as the leading causes [...]	2008-03-14 22:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
08CARACAS371	POLAR STILL SKATING ON THIN ICE [...] (C) Summary: According to Polar's Director of Government Relations Jose Machado (strictly protect throughout),Polar has stopped exporting many of their products due to government restrictions. Polar is Venezuela's largest food processor. Imports of vital components for domestic production t [...]	2008-03-17 13:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS376	BRV MOVES TO CONTROL PARALLEL RATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The parallel exchange rate has fallen almost 40 percent since its November 2007 high. The BRV has played a major role in bringing the rate down by selling dollar-denominated debt instruments for bolivars, thus effectively supplying dollars to the parallel market. Given the ma [...]	2008-03-17 16:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS378	PDVSA CHANGES THE RULES YET AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is demanding payment in euros for at least some oil sales. It is not clear what is the extent of the new policy. PDVSA is also considering asking purchasers to pre-pay for purchases. To the surprise of industry insiders, PDVSA will comply with President Chavez' order bann [...]	2008-03-17 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS379	BRV YET TO REACT TO ID OF FARC FIGHTERS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claims and counter-claims regarding the identities of two presumed FARC fighters (REFTEL) seeking medical care in Venezuela have been reported in the media since March 11. On March 14, the Colombian Defense Minister identified the two men as FARC fighters "Lucas" and "Jaime," ap [...]	2008-03-17 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS38	THE RESHUFFLE: SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS ON KEY POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. During his January 6 "Alo, Presidente" television broadcast Chavez formally announced changes to five political cabinet-level positions: the Vice Presidency, the Office of the Presidency, the Ministry of Interior and Justice, Ministry of Communications, and Ministry of Sports and [...]	2008-01-10 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VE
08CARACAS386	THE FOOD SHORTAGE SAGA CONTINUES: THE MEAT CHAPTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of the National Beef Council blamed meat shortages on BRV land seizures and the BRV's role in falling domestic productivity, labor shortages and price controls. The BRV has failed to provide coherent regulations in the beef sector and a reasonable level of physical [...]	2008-03-19 13:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE

08CARACAS388	PEACE, MUSIC AND THE OAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The issue of peace in South America is on the media's mind. Coverage of Sunday's "Peace Without Frontiers" concert in Colombia was wide spread, being broadcast live on television and with front page articles and photo spreads in Monday's newspapers. The weekend also saw articles ab [...]	2008-03-19 16:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS389	BRV RENEWS ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister for Communications, Andres Izarra in a Sunday, March 16 television interview asserted President Bush was frustrated by Venezuela's recent international political successes. As a result the United States was probably planning both a military invasion of Venezuela and the [...]	2008-03-19 16:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS395	THE FOOD SHORTAGE SAGA CONTINUES: THE SUPERMARKET [...] (C) Summary: The National Supermarket Association reports that Chavez appears to be losing the public relations battle on the food shortages. This is likely contributing to his drop in the polls (ref C). Chavez' demands that Venezuela become self-sufficient in terms of food production have le [...]	2008-03-19 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS409	VENEZUELA TO OPEN EMBASSIES IN AFRICA'S EMERGING [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) announced the assignment of personnel to open new embassies in Gambia, Sudan and Mozambique. These three embassies will bring the total to 17 of 18 planned Venezuelan missions in Africa. The three newest missions all correspond to natio [...]	2008-03-25 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL GA MZ SU VE
08CARACAS420	EMBASSY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN -- [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: Embassy Caracas requests DOD support in the execution of its strategic communications plan. The goal for this program is to influence the information environment within Venezuela. The strategy's goal is to counter the active and de [...]	2008-03-26 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS422	RUSSIAN ARMS ARRIVE IN VENEZUELA, AIR DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nineteen shipping containers carrying Russian made ammunition for AK-103 assault rifles were transferred from Puerto Cabello to Maracay under heavy security on March 25 according to local media. General Alejandro Tineo of the 41st Armored Division added that the shipment incl [...]	2008-03-27 15:51:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MCAP PTER BO RS VE
08CARACAS423	CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is slowly moving forward with its three joint ventures in Venezuela but continues to be frustrated by PDVSA and the BRV's administrative problems. The Sinovensa joint venture has more than doubled production. The Petrozumano joint vent [...]	2008-03-27 15:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS432	MINISTRY OF TOURISM OUT OF THE LOOP ON TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. During a March 26 meeting with Ministry of Tourism officials to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP),the Director of the International Relations Office told Poloff that the government has not given the ministry a mandate to combat trafficking. However, she expressed interest in [...]	2008-03-28 15:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN UK VE
08CARACAS435	CODEL WYDEN'S MARCH 26-28 VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: On his March 26-28 visit to Caracas, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) discussed the political situation in Venezuela with interlocutors from the political, business, media, and NGO communities. He also conducted internal meetings with Embassy personnel, took a driving tour of a poor ne [...]	2008-03-28 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON VE
08CARACAS437	PRO-CHAVEZ LEGISLATOR ACCUSES CHAVEZ FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. Chavista National Assembly member Wilmer Azuaje is publicly accusing the father and two brothers of President Chavez (but not the Venezuelan president himself) of abusing their government positions in Barinas State to acquire farms and further their electoral ambitions. Azuaje t [...]	2008-03-28 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS453	SIP MEETING BEMOANS MEDIA FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA; [...] (C) Summary. During its mid-year conference held in Caracas, the Inter-American Press Association (SIP) criticized the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) systematic harassment of the independent media and commented on the state of the press in several Latin American countries. The BR [...]	2008-04-02 17:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS457	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO MERCOSUR [...] On April 2, local media reported that Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez expressed Paraguay's support for Venezuela's full membership into the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR),during his recent trip to Caracas. According to ABN, the official BRV news agency, during the signing of [...]	2008-04-03 13:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PA VE
08CARACAS468	CLANDESTINE AIRFIELD DESTROYED [...] (SBU) The Bolivarian News Agency announced on March 28 the start of Operation Boquete I, an Army effort to destroy all clandestine airstrips in Venezuela. By March 30 the Venezuelan Army claimed to have destroyed 67 of an estimated 157 dirt runways in the south-western border state of Apure a [...]	2008-04-03 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL SNAR CO VE
08CARACAS47	CHAVEZ EXPLOITS FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez is trying to extract maximum political advantage from the January 10 release of FARC-held hostages Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo. He personally met the freed hostages and their families at his Miraflores presidential palace hours after their relea [...]	2008-01-11 19:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS473	PDVAL: THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S NEWEST FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The State oil company PDVSA's new subsidiary for Production and Distribution of Venezuelan Food (PDVAL),is trying to increase the quantity of price regulated food distributed in Caracas and Venezuela's interior. PDVAL, launched at the direction of President Chavez in January [...]	2008-04-04 13:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR EINV VE
08CARACAS475	BRV DEBT: MANAGEABLE LEVELS, PUZZLING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At first glance, the BRV's sovereign debt, which totals about 19 percent of GDP when converting between bolivars (Bs) and dollars at the official exchange rate, seems low relative to other middle-income countries. A closer look suggests a slightly less rosy picture, although o [...]	2008-04-04 13:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS481	DEMARCHES ON IRAN TRAVEL-RELATED PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR VE
08CARACAS484	CHAVEZ FILLS IN PSUV PARTY STRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary. After months of infighting and organizational difficulties, and more than a year after President Chavez announced its creation, PSUV leaders finally sought official National Electoral Commission (CNE) recognition of the PSUV on April 2. President Chavez, who is also president of [...]	2008-04-04 21:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS487	CONOCOPHILLIPS BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON COMPENSATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) is guardedly optimistic on the state of negotiations on compensation for its expropriated assets in Venezuela. May will be the key month for negotiations. CP and the BRV have reached agreement on the methodology for determining the fair market value of CP's a [...]	2008-04-04 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS488	CHAVEZ'S STREET REVOLUTIONARIES STAGE SMALL REVOLT [...] (C) Summary: On April 3 representatives of thirty political gangs took to the streets of "23 de Enero," one of Caracas' poorest neighborhoods, to protest searches by Venezuela's investigative and intelligence service, DISIP. DISIP has carried out a series of raids and searches in the neighborh [...]	2008-04-07 11:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS491	SCHLUMBERGER: PDVSA IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The operating environment for service companies has improved significantly over the past four to six months. PDVSA is apparently serious about increasing production and has shown a new willingness to approach the private sector for help. PDVSA has begun to pay service companies [...]	2008-04-07 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS492	MADURO DECRIES IACHR FINDINGS AS PLOT AGAINST BRV [...] (SBU) Local media reported the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' (IACHR) criticism of Venezuela on April 5, the day after the of the IACHR annual report in Washington. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro subsequently issued a communique on April 5 harshly criticizing the findings of IACHR [...]	2008-04-07 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS493	BRV UNVEILS NATIONAL INFLATION INDEX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank (BCV) and National Statistics Institute (INE) unveiled on April 7 a national consumer price index (CPI-N),which replaces the metropolitan Caracas index (CPI-C) as the BRV's official inflation measure. According to the CPI-N, prices rose 3.1, 2.1, and 1.7 perc [...]	2008-04-08 12:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS494	CHAVEZ TO NATIONALIZE VENEZUELAN CEMENT INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, President Chavez ordered the nationalization of the cement industry "in the short term," saying the state would pay whatever it costs (an estimated USD 2 billion) to take over the cement companies. In a meeting on April 4 with Cemex, Holcim, and Lafarge, it quickly be [...]	2008-04-08 13:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS498	MORE TWISTS IN CASE OF SLAIN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutor Hernando Contreras accused former Attorney General (AG) Isaias Rodriguez of doctoring witness testimony that could have proved unfavorable to the government in the case of slain public prosecutor Danilo Anderson. AG Luisa Ortega dismissed the allegations against her pr [...]	2008-04-08 17:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CO VE
08CARACAS502	AIR ACCIDENTS SHAKE UP VENEZUELAN AVIATION [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's civilian aviation authority, INAC, was recently restructured as a result of 13 aviation "incidents" including multiple plane crashes within a 2 month period. In one of his first acts, the new INAC Director rescinded US charter airlines Falcon Air Express and Sky King [...]	2008-04-09 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS514	UPDATE ON MONICA FERNANDEZ; OUTLINES LEOPOLDO [...] (C) Summary. Former judge and director of the judicial NGO Foro Penal Monica Fernandez has resumed her work schedule following an attempt on her life in January. She told Poloff April 7 that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has not shown interest in investigating the attack against h [...]	2008-04-11 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS515	SIMONOVIS, VIVAS, FORERO TRIAL WINDING DOWN [...] (C) Summary. The trial against three former Caracas police commissioners and eight other police officers for deaths relating to the April 2002 attempted coup is in its final stages. Pilar Simonovis, the wife and lawyer of ex-commissioner Ivan Simonovis, told Poloff April 8 that closing argume [...]	2008-04-11 19:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV VE
08CARACAS516	CHAVEZ'S TACTICAL RETREAT ON EDUCATION - FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. The Venezuelan government is promoting a highly politicized new school curriculum designed to create "new citizens" and a "new Republic" based on vague Bolivarian values. Teacher training efforts to implement the new pre-K-through-high school curriculum by September sparked teac [...]	2008-04-11 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM VE
08CARACAS525	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (C) Acting EconCouns and Econoff delivered ref A demarche and associated non-paper to Francisco Canela, head of the Financial Intellegence Unit (UNIF) of the Superintendency of Banks (SUDEBAN),on April 11. Canela repeated past assurances (ref B) that all banks operating in Venezuela were su [...]	2008-04-15 12:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR VE
08CARACAS528	CHAVEZ SEEKS REVOLUTIONARY LOYALTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) sponsored a week of activities to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the failed 2002 coup attempt. In a series of nationally televised speeches Chavez attacked the United States and the "Venezuelan oligarchy" while stressing the them [...]	2008-04-16 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS532	CHAVEZ TO NATIONALIZE LATIN AMERICA STEEL LEADER [...] (C) Summary: BRV Vice President Ramon Carrizalez announced April 9 that President Chavez had decided to nationalize the steel company, Ternium Siderurgica del Orinoco (Sidor),owned by Luxembourg based Ternium and controlled by Argentine group Techint. The announcement comes after a year of la [...]	2008-04-16 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ENRG PGOV EINV AR VE
08CARACAS535	VENEZUELAN AUTO INDUSTRY STALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: After doubling over the last few years, US auto exports to and production in Venezuela are sharply declining. Venezuelan auto imports, which doubled over the past two years, have consumed a significant portion of Venezuela's dollar holdings. In response, the BRV decided to sha [...]	2008-04-17 18:25:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS536	BRV APPOINTS OLD FACES TO NEW PLACES [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) confirmed three veteran loyalists as ambassadors to the United Nations (UN),Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG) on April 10. Vice Foreign Minister for North American Affairs Jorge Valero will reportedly [...]	2008-04-17 19:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR VE
08CARACAS550	BRV CALLS DEA "IMPEDIMENT" TO COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan Minister of Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin called the Drug Enforcement Administration "an impediment" to counter-narcotics and U.S. anti-drug assistance to Colombia a "facade" for destabilizing the region. Chacin made these remarks at an April 18 press conference publ [...]	2008-04-22 14:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS551	BRV RELEASES TIP LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA [...] (SBU) The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) provided USG officials on April 8 with an eleventh-hour summary of its trafficking in persons (TIP) law enforcement efforts in 2007, including the number of victims assisted and prosecution figures. The release follows repeated USG requests for [...]	2008-04-22 14:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN VE
08CARACAS558	BRV ANNOUNCES 3 BILLION USD BOND ISSUANCE TARGETED [...] (U) The Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on April 21 a USD 3 billion sovereign debt issuance. The issuance is composed of two "Sovereign International Bonds" (SIBs),dollar-denominated bonds maturing in 2023 (9 percent coupon) and 2028 (9.25 percent coupon),with each representing 50 perc [...]	2008-04-22 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS559	THE NEW WINDFALL PROFITS TAX: ANOTHER FINE MESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Official Gazette published the new windfall profits tax on April 15. The tax, which is seductively simple on its face, appears to place an unfair burden on private sector joint venture partners by allowing PDVSA to pass the tax to the joint ventures without allowing them a ta [...]	2008-04-22 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS560	CHAVEZ'S NEW LABOR MINISTER URGES WORKERS TO UNITE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez named National Assembly First Vice President Roberto Hernandez to replace Jose Ramon Rivero as Labor Minister on April 15. Prior to joining Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in 2007, Hernandez was one of Venezuela's most prominent Communist Pa [...]	2008-04-22 20:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS562	BRV HAILS PARAGUAYAN ELECTION OF LUGO [...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) lauded the April 20 election of Fernando Lugo as Paraguay's next president. The BRV has tried to re-package Lugo's victory to assert that "Bolivarianism is on the march." In his congratulatory message to Lugo, [...]	2008-04-23 15:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PA VE
08CARACAS565	PDVSA TO FORM NEW SERVICE JOINT VENTURES (REALLY) [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA officials met with service company representatives and attorneys the week of April 14 to announce the formation of new joint ventures for the petroleum service sector. The new joint ventures will be restricted to individual product lines and will be guaranteed a 30% market [...]	2008-04-25 19:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS566	VENEZUELA'S BANKING SECTOR: ARE THE GOOD TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last four years, Venezuela's banking sector has registered rapid growth and record profits. The good times may be ending, however. The economy is slowing down; the BRV has tightened monetary policy to counter inflation; and banks are subject to increasing government [...]	2008-04-25 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS579	NGO PROVEA ON "CRIMINALIZATION" OF PROTESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent local human rights NGO Provea convoked the diplomatic corps on April 23 to provide a trimestral update on the human rights issues it considers most worrisome. Provea outlined the BRV's efforts to "criminalize" protests by opening criminal cases against demonstrators. I [...]	2008-04-28 15:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB VE
08CARACAS581	THREE AMCIT FARC HOSTAGES: RICHARDSON SEEKS [...] (C) Summary. New Mexico Governor Richardson traveled April 25-27 to Caracas as the personal emissary of the families of three Amcit FARC hostages. He met April 26 with President Chavez and other senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela officials to enlist the BRV's help in securing the Amcit [...]	2008-04-29 12:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV VE
08CARACAS582	HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS OF CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan daily, "El Universal", reported on April 16 that the murder rate had risen 14% in the first trimester of 2008, despite the launch of "Safe Caracas 2008" by the Ministry of Justice in January. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),which had been reporting plungi [...]	2008-04-29 12:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM VE
08CARACAS583	VENEZUELAN AVIATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Sources within the Venezuelan airline industry report that once again, Venezuela's civil aviation authority, INAC, is facing change. Less than two months after INAC's restructuring, American Airlines reports the BRV is creating a new office to supervise INAC. The office will li [...]	2008-04-29 12:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS586	BRV COOKS UP CONSPIRACY THEORY TO LINK USG TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The local media reported April 23 that former Attorney General (AG) Isaias Rodriguez again accused the FBI and CIA of orchestrating the death of federal prosecutor Danilo Anderson. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has repeatedly tried to connect opposition figures and [...]	2008-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CO VE
08CARACAS587	BRV SELLS USD 4 BILLION IN SOVEREIGN BONDS [...] (U) The Ministry of Finance (MoF) published on April 28 the results of the Sovereign International Bond (SIB) issuance announced April 21 (reftel). Per these results, the MoF will sell SIBs worth a total amount (face value) of USD 4 billion. The announcement does not specify the amount allo [...]	2008-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS596	HITTING A NERVE IN VENEZUELA: BRV BROADSIDE AT NEW [...] (U) Ambassador Duddy's high-profile opening of a new American Corner in the city of Maracay (in Aragua state, about 50 miles outside Caracas) April 23 - and the cocomitant signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the local Pedagogical University - generated an almost immediate response [...]	2008-04-30 14:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS598	BLACK-OUT HITS FIFTY PERCENT OF VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29, a black-out caused chaos for several hours in thirteen Venezuelan states. The BRV described it as a failure in the national grid system due to a forest fire near key, high tension lines. The incident drew attention to the lack of investment in Venezuela's largely [...]	2008-04-30 19:43:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS599	CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP 2-D WANTS TO PUT BRAKES ON [...] (SBU) Prominent civil society leaders held a press conference April 29 to launch the 2-D/Democracy and Liberty Movement, a coalition that aims to curb President Chavez's efforts to implement aspects of his failed constitutional reform package. (Note: 2-D refers to the December 2 defeat of the [...]	2008-04-30 21:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS6	CHAVEZ DECREES PARTIAL AMNESTY LAW FOR EVENTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez announced a partial amnesty December 31 for those accused of involvement in the events that temporarily removed him from power in April 2002. The decree also included a "humanitarian" pardon for 36 persons currently imprisoned. The Amnesty Law only applies to in [...]	2008-01-03 22:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
08CARACAS600	US AUTOMAKERS' DIFFICULTIES CONTINUE IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) On April 29 labor negoiations between General Motors (GM) and its union reached a breaking point. GM Venezuela's legal counsel confirmed media reports that GM stopped production as a result of the impasse. In response to the halt in production, GM workers rioted, damaged 28 cars, and b [...]	2008-04-30 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS609	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES 30 PERCENT HIKE IN MINIMUM WAGE [...] (U) Speaking on the evening of April 30 at a commemoration of International Worker's Day, President Chavez announced a 30 percent increase in the minimum wage and in all public sector employees' salaries. The new monthly minimum wage is 799 bolivars (Bs),or USD 372 at the official exchange [...]	2008-05-02 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV VE
08CARACAS610	HARVEST PUSHES BACK ON THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. oil company Harvest Natural Resources has begun to directly and indirectly lobby the BRV to define the terms of the new windfall profits tax. Harvest would like to see the BRV discount the 33.33% royalty when calculating the new tax. In addition, it also wants the BRV to p [...]	2008-05-05 12:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS617	UPDATE ON THE FORMER STRATEGIC ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister and PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez told the local press production at the former strategic associations was currently 600,000 barrels per day. He also crowed that the maintenance shutdown at Petrocedeno revealed that the upgrader was far simpler in design than int [...]	2008-05-05 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS62	CHAVEZ HIGHLIGHTS COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. Chavez used numerous events over the January 11-13 weekend to claim credit for the Colombian hostage release, urge international understanding for the FARC and to blame others, including the USG, for the failure of earlier efforts to secure release of the hostages. He also ackno [...]	2008-01-16 23:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS624	UPDATE ON VENEZUELAN CEMENT NATIONALIZATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations to nationalize the "Big Three" cement companies in Venezuela are proceeding slowly (reftel.) The BRV is following the model they used to nationalize the oil industry right down to using the same PDVSA negotiating team. The BRV and PDVSA lack in-house expertise in the [...]	2008-05-07 15:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS625	CHAVEZ ACCUSES USG OF SECESSIONIST PLOT - AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez accused the USG of plotting with the Venezuelan opposition to promote secessionism in western Venezuela during his May 4 "Alo, Presidente" television program. Chavez explicitly linked the Santa Cruz autonomy referendum in Bolivia to the November state and local [...]	2008-05-07 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS VE
08CARACAS626	THE BATTLE FOR CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Chavistas and the opposition are competing for control over the public Central University of Venezuela (UCV)in the May 9 administrative elections. The winners will head the university for the next four years and, given the prominence and prestige of the UCV, will influence high [...]	2008-05-07 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL VE
08CARACAS64	DENGUE CASES DOUBLE IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Popular Power for Health (MPPS) ceased publishing dengue and malaria statistics from July 21 to December 22, during the lead up to Chavez' failed December 2 constitutional reform vote. Now we know why: the latest official epidemiology bulletin, released January 8, [...]	2008-01-17 16:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI PGOV VE
08CARACAS640	MANUEL ROSALES RUNNING FOR MARACAIBO MAYOR [...] (C) Summary. Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales is planning to run for the Maracaibo mayorship, according to Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) party leaders. Rosales is telling his party that he needs to run in order to boost the UNT's prospects for his young protQgQ to replace him as governor and for the op [...]	2008-05-12 12:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS647	CADIVI AT FIVE YEARS: GETTING WORSE [...] (C) Summary: Complaints about delays and corruption in CADIVI, the BRV's Commission for Administering Foreign Exchange, are increasing among private sector contacts. Although it has authorized more foreign currency liquidation on a daily basis thus far in 2008 than it did in on average 2007, [...]	2008-05-12 21:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
08CARACAS648	DUTCH BIT BITES THE DUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela has revoked its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the Netherlands effective November 1, 2008. The BIT remains in force for 15 years for investments made before the date of revocation. Both ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are pursuing arbitration under the Dutch BIT. [...]	2008-05-12 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EFIN PREL VE
08CARACAS649	CHAVEZ DEFLECTS FARC AND ELECTION WORRIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 11 "Alo, Presidente" television broadcast, President Chavez tried to deflect concerns about upcoming revelations from the FARC computers and potential state and local election losses with shrill insults and accusations. Chavez said Interpol is putting on "a show" b [...]	2008-05-12 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
08CARACAS650	EDUCATION MINISTER CHAVEZ REPLACED BY NAVARRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez replaced his brother Adan Chavez with Hector Navarro as Minister of Education on April 30. Adan's next mission will be to take charge of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) reelection campaign in the Chavez family's home state of Barinas. Adan's rem [...]	2008-05-12 21:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS653	THE COLOMBIAN PATIENT - DISCHARGED? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local news services reported May 7 that FARC fighters Freddy Martinez Mendoza, a member of the 38th Front's General Staff and his companion Jose Ortiz Barrera, wanted in Colombia on charges of rebellion, had been quietly given conditional release on their own recognizance from th [...]	2008-05-13 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
08CARACAS659	STUDENTS BROADEN THEIR AGENDA, CRACKS IN UNITY [...] (C) Summary. Student leaders tell us that the university student movement is currently focusing on developing a new generation of leaders, strengthening the Student Parliament, and developing a common platform on political issues rather than street demonstrations. They stress they stand ready [...]	2008-05-14 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS660	BP EYES EXPANSION DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP hopes to sign an agreement for a major expansion of the Petromonagas extra heavy oil joint venture in the Faja this summer. Despite its optimism, it expects the BRV to postpone the auction of Faja blocks due to a lack of interest on the part of transnational oil companies. PDV [...]	2008-05-14 20:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
08CARACAS670	PORTUGAL PM SOCRATES WINS PLEDGE OF 30,000 BPD [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates won pledges of 30,000 barrels of oil per day from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez while on a May 13-15 state visit to the Bolivarian Republic. Portugal will pay for the oil, estimated by Chavez as having an annual value of USD 1 billion, [...]	2008-05-15 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENGR EINV ECON PO VE
08CARACAS677	CHAVEZ PREPARES TO (S)ELECT STATE/LOCAL CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez' new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will hold internal party elections in early June to help determine the PSUV's candidates for 22 gubernatorial and over 300 mayoral races slated for November. While Chavez and PSUV leaders are heralding these "prima [...]	2008-05-16 16:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS679	RCTV INTERNATIONAL EXECS OPTIMISTIC BUT NETWORK [...] (C) Summary. Executives at Radio Caracas Television International (RCTVI),previously RCTV, claim the company has positioned itself as a viable cable network. However, they also noted difficulties in attracting corporate sponsors, partly due to fear of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) [...]	2008-05-16 20:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS68	VENEZUELA'S ECONOMY IN 2008: A DIFFICULT YEAR AS [...] (C) Summary: 2008 is likely to be a difficult year for Venezuela economically due to continued inflation, shortages, and policy-induced distortions. Nonetheless, the BRV's relatively strong external and fiscal positions, buoyed by record crude prices, should allow it to weather these problem [...]	2008-01-17 20:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS680	BRV LASHES OUT FOLLOWING INTERPOL REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) didn't waste any time in beginning its efforts to try to discredit Interpol and the contents of the defunct FARC commander's hard drives. On the morning of the May 15 Interpol report, Defense Minister Gustavo Rangel Briceno called the FA [...]	2008-05-19 13:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS683	VENEZUELA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) In response to Reftel A, Post sees no evidence that the BRV has undertaken policies or actions to advance democracy, human rights, or fundamental freedoms in Cuba over the past year. On the contrary, President Hugo Chavez is Fidel Castro's closest ally, provides substantial resources to [...]	2008-05-19 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VE
08CARACAS684	FM MADURO PROTESTS FIR VIOLATION; CONVOKES [...] (C) Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Defense Minister Gustavo Rangel Briceno held a May 19 press conference to protest the violation of Venezuelan Air Space by an American military plane in the vicinity of Orchila Island and to denounce what the BRV perceived to be Colombian government "pro [...]	2008-05-19 21:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR VE
08CARACAS686	BRV ACCUSES COLOMBIAN ARMY OF INCURSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) alleges that Colombian soldiers crossed into the southwestern Venezuelan border state of Apure on May 16. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reportedly filed a formal protest calling for an immediate stop to these "violations of inter [...]	2008-05-19 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO VE
08CARACAS69	BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Per request in reftel, this cable transmits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Begin text ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Given economic and political uncertainties, a recent history o [...]	2008-01-17 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC VE
08CARACAS690	BOLIVARIZING THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: The politicization of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (BRV) Foreign Ministry is nearly complete. Only fifteen of ninety-seven ambassadorships at Venezuelan Embassies are currently filled by career professionals, according to a local media study. Foreign Minister Maduro an [...]	2008-05-20 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS695	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM MADURO -- FARC AND [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met May 20 with Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro ostensibly to receive a protest note involving an accidental overflight of Venezuela by a U.S. navy aircraft. Instead, most of the meeting focused on U.S. concerns over revelations of Venezuelan ties with the FARC and [...]	2008-05-21 16:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR VE
08CARACAS700	FARC DATA FALLOUT: NERVOUS BRV IS LASHING OUT [...] (S) Summary. Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President Rene Arreaza and Office of Narcotics Affairs (ONA) Director Nestor Reverol met separately with the DCM and DEA Chief on May 20 and 19, before the Ambassador's May 20 meeting with Foreign Minister Maduro. Arreaza and Reverol revealed tha [...]	2008-05-21 22:20:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER PHUM VE
08CARACAS702	CHACIN DEFENDS CHAVEZ FROM FARC LINKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) Minister of Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin, during a May 20 interview, sought to protect President Hugo Chavez from incriminating computer files linking him with the FARC. Chacin announced Chavez "had no direct relation" with the FARC [...]	2008-05-22 15:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
08CARACAS703	BRV SLAPS NAS-FUNDED NGO AFTER AMBASSADOR ATTENDS [...] (C) Summary: The BRV stripped NGO Prevencion Alternativa of the requisite certification to work in the area of demand reduction after the Ambassador attended a May 17 ceremony to honor participants in a series of NAS-funded workshops in the economically depressed neighborhood of Petare. In hi [...]	2008-05-22 17:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS706	ANTISEMITISM IN VENEZUELA: BRIEF RESPITE, [...] (C) Summary. Leaders of the Confederation of Israelite Associations of Venezuela (CAIV) told Poloffs May 20 that government pressure on the Jewish community has declined so far in 2008. They believe that after the December 2007 raid on the Caracas Hebrew Center by the Venezuelan special pol [...]	2008-05-22 20:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE
08CARACAS707	TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE PROTESTING VIOLATION OF [...] (SBU) The text of the diplmatic note received by Ambassador Duddy at his May 20 meeting with BRV Foreign Minister Maduro (reftel) follows. Begin Text: The Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela raises its strongest protest to the Government [...]	2008-05-23 13:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS708	UPDATE ON CONOCOPHILLIPS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) continues to be optimistic on the state of negotiations on compensation for its expropriated assets in Venezuela. CP executives presented senior BRV and Citgo officials with CP's valuations of three Citgo refineries. In the event of an asset swap, CP hopes to [...]	2008-05-23 14:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS716	DANCING DEVILS AID CAPRILES DURING ATTACK BY [...] (C) Summary. Chavistas attacked Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski May 22 as he attempted to participate in Corpus Christi Day activities in Yare, Miranda state. Capriles was harassed by Glen Rivas, an ardent Chavista and president of the Miranda state assembly, and told to depart Yare. [...]	2008-05-23 21:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS73	JUDGE DENIES AMNESTY MOTION IN SIMONOVIS CASE, 11 [...] (C) Summary. The judge in the case against former police commissioners Simonovis, Vivas, and Forero and eight other police officers denied January 16 a motion to dismiss charges under President Chavez's December 31 amnesty decree. The ex-commissioners are accused of ordering Caracas police o [...]	2008-01-18 23:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
08CARACAS731	CHAVEZ REITERATES INTENTION TO RUN AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and his close confidant Miranda State Governor Diosdado Cabello publicly and unambiguously declared recently that the Venezuelan president intends to run for a third term in 2012. Chavez will still need to alter the 1999 Constitution's two-term limit, one of the [...]	2008-05-28 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS751	INFORMATION MINISTER OFFERS RESIGNATION AFTER [...] (C) Summary. Andres Izarra, BRV Information Minister, offered to resign May 28 following a startling announcement by the ministry that the BRV would begin to impose fees on the retransmission of state-owned Venezolana de Television's (VTV) signal. Izarra claimed responsibility for the ill- [...]	2008-05-30 21:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS752	RCTV CLOSURE - ONE YEAR ON [...] (C) May 28, 2008 marked the one year anniversary of the revocation of Radio Caracas Television's (RCTV) free-to-air broadcast license by the BRV, which sparked student activism throughout Venezuela. RCTV staff and student groups organized a peaceful protest march through Caracas. Five stud [...]	2008-05-30 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS758	CHAVEZ LOYALISTS WIN PSUV "PRIMARY" [...] (C) Summary. Chavez loyalists dominated the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV's) June 1 intra-party elections for the nominations in the November state and local races. Per the party's rules, the PSUV party leadership will decide who the party's nominees are in races where there was [...]	2008-06-02 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS767	CHAVEZ INTELLIGENCE DECREE ENGENDERS STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28, President Hugo Chavez, using powers to independently promulgate statutes, decreed the Law of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence into effect. The new law would replace the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) and the Directorate for the Services of Intelligence [...]	2008-06-03 22:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE
08CARACAS769	VENEZUELA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN FIRST QUARTER [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank figures for the first quarter of 2008 show that Venezuela's economy is continuing to grow, but at a slower rate. First quarter growth was 4.8 percent in 2008, a marked decrease from the 8.8 percent registered in the first quarter of 2007. While the Central Bank lau [...]	2008-06-04 13:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD VE
08CARACAS771	MFA OFFICIALS 'PLEASED' WITH 2008 TIP DESIGNATION [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met with MFA Director for North America and Multilateral Affairs Yaneth Arocha and U.S. Desk Officer Marie Borregales to deliver a courtesy copy of Venezuela's country narrative in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and to inform them of their change in status [...]	2008-06-04 15:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG VE
08CARACAS776	SLOWLY SINKING: ARMADA SOCIALISTA I-2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Navy (Armada) released broad details regarding "Armada Socialista I-2008", a series of military exercises and civic action programs involving the Navy, Territorial Guard (GT),Army and Air Force (FAV) during the month of June. The highlight will be the first firi [...]	2008-06-04 19:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP VE
08CARACAS781	VENEZUELA'S NON-RESPONSE ON ENDING EXPORT [...] (SBU) Post delivered the points in the referenced cables via diplomatic note to the Ministry of International Relations, the Ministry of Food, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land, and the Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce (refs A, B, C). There has been no response to date and Post does [...]	2008-06-04 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS789	PSUV ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES IN CONTESTED [...] (SBU) President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) announced June 5 its nominees for eight gubernatorial and eight mayoral races that failed to produce clear winners in its primary elections. Per party regulations, the PSUV party leadership selects the party's nominee in cont [...]	2008-06-06 13:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS79	REP. DELAHUNT MEETS WITH CHAVEZ AND DEPUTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representative William Delahunt met separately with President Chavez, National Assembly Deputies, and opposition mayor Leopoldo Lopez on January 18. He also met separately with the families of three Colombian FARC hostages. During his private meeting with President Chavez, Delah [...]	2008-01-23 12:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM VE
08CARACAS802	FARC ADOPTS BOLIVARIAN RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) appears to be incorporating "Bolivarian" rhetoric in Venezuela. The Embassy obtained a copy of the 2007 FARC manifesto (also available on the internet) from a contact who said it was being distributed in a government-run school in [...]	2008-06-06 19:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO VE

08CARACAS809	CHAVEZ URGES FARC TO RELEASE HOSTAGES, LAY DOWN [...] (SBU) President Chavez called on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to release all hostages and end its armed struggle against the government of Colombia. Chavez's remarks are a dramatic shift in his public statements towards the FARC given that the Venezuelan president recently [...]	2008-06-09 19:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO VE
08CARACAS810	CHAVEZ BACKTRACKS ON SNITCH LAW [...] (SBU) In response to widespread and growing domestic and international criticism, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on June 7 that the new Law of Intelligence and Counterintelligence would be revised. In a speech to members of his party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV [...]	2008-06-09 19:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE
08CARACAS812	OPPOSITION ORGANIZES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 7 the opposition led a peaceful protest to the Comptroller's Office to protest the administrative ruling making 400 public officials ineligible to run for office. The Venezuelan Constitution, however, stipulates that a person can only be barred from running for public o [...]	2008-06-09 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS822	VENEZUELA'S NOT SO FRIENDLY SKIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 3, Embassy officials met with Venezuela's civil aviation authority (INAC) for the first time since February 2007 to discuss TSA visits as well several other aviation issues (ref A). The meeting may have been prompted by former INAC President Yoffreda, who is rumored to be [...]	2008-06-11 11:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE
08CARACAS838	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC MEASURES: MUCH ADO, [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez announced on June 11 a series of economic measures to stimulate domestic production and reduce inflationary pressures. Calling for a national productive alliance, Chavez detailed measures including creation of a USD 1 billion government controlled fund to inves [...]	2008-06-12 23:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
08CARACAS840	PSUV GOVERNOR STRIPPED OF TITLE AND DECLARED [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court (TSJ) opened an investigation into corruption charges against Yaracuy Governor Carlos Gutierrez in late May and subsequently stripped him of his charge. The TSJ also declared the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) governor ineligible to run for re-election in th [...]	2008-06-13 13:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS844	CORRECTED COPY: CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC [...] (U) This cable is a corrected copy of CARACAS 838, with a pass line to USDA added. 2. (C) Summary: President Chavez announced on June 11 a series of economic measures to stimulate domestic production and reduce inflationary pressures. Calling for a national productive alliance, Chavez d [...]	2008-06-13 16:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV VE
08CARACAS85	BADUEL MAKES THE ROUNDS [...] (C) Summary. Former Defense Minister Raul Isaias Baduel continues to make public appearances in the wake of his support for the successful "No" campaign in the December 2007 constitutional referendum. He recently told PolCouns that he believes a change of leadership is needed in Venezuela to [...]	2008-01-23 21:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS856	STUDENTS MARCH IN SUPPORT OF BLACKLISTED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Student leaders and opposition-oriented citizen groups led a small demonstration to the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) on June 13 to protest the Comptroller's administrative ruling making 400 persons ineligible to run for office in the November gubernato [...]	2008-06-16 21:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS86	BRV CONSUMED WITH NORMALIZING VENEZUELAN FOOD [...] (C) Summary: During January 21 - 22, a somewhat manic Chavez announced a laundry list of agricultural and food distribution "reforms," including increasing the controlled price of milk, closing the Colombian border to food smugglers, threatening to expropriate land and facilities from milk pro [...]	2008-01-23 22:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR VE
08CARACAS862	VENEZUELAN INSPECTOR REPORTS CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On June 10 an Air Accident Inspector (strictly protect throughout) from the Ministry of Popular Power for Infrastructure (Minfra) told Econ staff that in her opinion Venezuela has no intention of allowing TSA inspections. She noted drug trafficking represents a serious threat to [...]	2008-06-17 19:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC
08CARACAS865	VENEZUELA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] SUMMARY. This cable responds to reftel request for information on forced labor and child labor in the production of goods in Venezuela. Venezuela, a high volume, oil producing nation, is largely dependent on imports, and as a result does not have a tradition of child labor in the production [...]	2008-06-18 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI VE
08CARACAS870	TERRORISM FINANCE: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (C) As requested, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) delivered information in paragraphs four and six of reftel and copies of the Treasury Department Press notice to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) MFA officials declined to schedule a meeting for June 18. Instead CDA [...]	2008-06-19 19:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL VE LE
08CARACAS892	LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTACHES OUTLINE LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. European and international police attaches told Legal Attache (Legat) that efforts to work with their Venezuelan counterparts to combat corruption and stem the flow of drugs through Venezuela have been largely unsuccessful. The law enforcement attaches and liaison officers cited [...]	2008-06-26 16:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS912	PDVSA'S MARKETING MESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is not shipping asphalt and other products to the U.S., a violation of a supply contract with Nustar Refining. PDVSA has been having problems placing its Monagas 18 crude due to its composition. PDVSA is still facing a myriad of problems at its refineries and continues to [...]	2008-06-30 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS921	HARVEST FINALLY BEGINS TO REAP WHAT IT HAS SOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After spending months in legal limbo, U.S. oil company Harvest has received all of its dividends through 2007 from its joint venture company Petrodelta. Harvest's drilling program has been highly successful and it has worked out a system whereby Petrodelta can secure material and [...]	2008-07-02 19:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS930	STRUCTURED NOTES REDUX: NEW RESOLUTION ROILS [...] (C) Summary: A Ministry of Finance (MoF) resolution ordering Venezuelan banks to divest themselves of "structured notes" issued by foreign investment banks has roiled the local banking sector. Local banks hold an estimated USD 5 billion worth of these instruments, which are bolivar-denomina [...]	2008-07-03 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN VE
08CARACAS931	GENERAL DISCONTENT AROUND THE HOUSE [...] (SBU) According to local media, following his testimony on the morning of July 1 before the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) at which he requested the court to prohibit the Chavista slogan "Fatherland, Socialism or Death!" stricken from military drill and ceremony, Brigadier General (BG) Angel [...]	2008-07-03 22:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV VE
08CARACAS94	BRV REACTS ANGRILY TO ONDCP DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS [...] (SBU) The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) launched a multi-pronged response to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director's comments that President Chavez was facilitating narcotics traffickers by neglecting to root out corrupt officials and failing to deny the use of V [...]	2008-01-25 12:16:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV SNAR PREL VE
08CARACAS942	VENEZUELA'S CODEX COMMITTEE ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) may attempt to revive its currently moribund interministerial Codex committee, and recall its former director. Reviving Venezuela's Codex committee will not be easy, because of the very problems that led to its demise a few years ago. [...]	2008-07-07 20:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
08CARACAS945	CHAVEZ PUBLICLY STATES INTEREST IN DRUG COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of Venezuela's July 5 Independence Day military parade, President Chavez told the Ambassador that he is interested in renewing bilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the USG. Both Chavez and Foreign Minister Maduro also sought out the Ambassador among the di [...]	2008-07-08 16:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV CO VE
08CARACAS948	VENEZUELAN PRIESTS OPEN "CHURCH OF CHAVEZ" [...] (C) The Reformist Catholic Church of Venezuela announced its formation on June 26. Comprising former Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican priests, the Reformists are based in the small town of Ciudad Ojeda in Zulia State. The Reformist Church, which numbers around 2,000 parishioners according to [...]	2008-07-08 20:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS949	STUDENTS UNITE AROUND INELIGIBLE CANDIDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks the student movement has taken up the cause of the ineligible candidates ("inhabilitados") in an effort to garner increased national and international attention to the issue. The move has also helped re-energize the disjointed student movement whose leaders have [...]	2008-07-09 14:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS956	INFLATION CONTINUES RELENTLESS MARCH WITH FOOD [...] (U) According to the national consumer price index (CPI-N) compiled by the Central Bank and the National Statistics Institute, inflation for the month of June was 2.4 percent and reached 15.1 percent for the first half of 2008. Annualized inflation (June 2006 to June 2007) topped 32 percent i [...]	2008-07-09 19:54:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AMGT ALOW APER AFIN ABUD VE
08CARACAS958	MEDIA SKEPTICS SCOFF AT CHAVEZ' COMMENTS ABOUT [...] C) SUMMARY Major local media outlets gave prominent attention to President Chavez' remarks calling for greater counternarcotics cooperation between the United States and Venezuela. Three major newspapers ran editorial/analysis pieces on July 8th expressing a degree of skepticism with Chavez' [...]	2008-07-10 17:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS968	VENEZUELA'S CODEX COMMITTEE ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) may attempt to revive its currently moribund interministerial Codex committee, and recall its former director. Reviving Venezuela's Codex committee will not be easy, because of the very problems that led to its demise a few years ago. [...]	2008-07-14 11:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
08CARACAS969	SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and special assistant Karen Paikin visited Venezuela June 29 - July 1. Catholic Church leaders, academics, Israeli Ambassador to Venezuela Shlomo Cohen, and a Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior's Office of Religion [...]	2008-07-14 14:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE
08CARACAS97	OPPOSITION SIGNS UNITY PACT -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. Nine opposition parties publicly pledged January 23 to field "unity" candidates against pro-government candidates in the late 2008 gubernatorial and mayoral elections. Opposition leaders tell us that they are confident that their parties can work together to pool -- and not divi [...]	2008-01-25 15:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS986	CHAVEZ AND URIBE'S UNEASY SUMMIT, A CARACAS READOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez met Colombian President Alvaro Uribe July 11 in the western Venezuelan city of Punto Fijo and announced that both countries were "ready to relaunch bilateral relations." However, in less than 48 hours Chavez took umbrage over comments by Colombian Defense [...]	2008-07-17 15:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS987	RESPONDING TO CHAVEZ' EFFORT TO RENEW COUNTER-DRUG [...] (C) On the margins of the July 5 Venezuelan Independence Day parade, President Chavez told the Ambassador, in front of the diplomatic corps and state media, that he wanted to renew counternarcotics cooperation with the USG (Reftel). Chavez' overture, reiterated in a Ministry of Communications [...]	2008-07-17 18:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS989	SUPREME COURT LEAK QUESTIONS BRV DISQUALIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. A draft ruling by Supreme Court (TSJ) Justice Pedro Rondon Haaz calls the disqualification of close to 300 candidates for Venezuela's gubernatorial and mayoral elections by Comptroller General Clodosbaldo Russian unconstitutional. TSJ President Luisa Estella Morales told the lo [...]	2008-07-17 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS991	GENERAL MOTORS HALTING PRODUCTION IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 15:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE
08CARACAS995	STUDENT SHOOTING DEATH SPARKS WEEK-LONG PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students in several cities organized small, week-long demonstrations to protest the shooting death of University of the Andes (ULA) student Douglas Rojas Jimenez on July 9. Witnesses allege that a police officer fatally shot Rojas in the head during a student march in the univer [...]	2008-07-18 18:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS997	PSUV TAKES UP FIGHT TO EXTEND CHAVEZ' RULE [...] (SBU) Freddy Bernal, United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) national directorate member, announced plans during a July 17 broadcast of BRV news magazine "Al Momento," to work to make Hugo Chavez eligible for re-election in 2012/2013. (President Chavez is constitutionally prohibited from se [...]	2008-07-18 21:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
08CARACAS998	NEW BANKING SUPERINTENDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HEALTH [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Superintendent of Banks Maria Elena Fumero (strictly protect throughout) told Ecouncouns she believes the financial sector is generally in good shape. The structured notes (reftel) were problematic, she said, but did not represent a systemic threat to the sector [...]	2008-07-18 23:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN VE
08CARACAS999	BRV BLOWS HOT AND COLD ON A/S SHANNON AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro responded quickly and indignantly to WHA A/S Shannon's July 17 testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee. Maduro declared the "imperial U.S. system" an "anachronism" and announced that Venezuelan drug seizures [...]	2008-07-18 23:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CHISINAU677	MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA-BASED HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 09:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC VE LE MD
08CURACAO82	OPPOSITION PARTIES AND VENEZUELA COMPLAIN ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local opposition parties are using rising fuel prices and fears of regional conflict to attempt, unsuccessfully, to stir up popular opposition to the U.S. counter-drug Forward Operating Location (FOL). Local media reports have also highlighted recent Venezuelan government criticis [...]	2008-06-24 18:24:00	Consulate Curacao	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SNAR NA NL AA VE
08DOHA660	VENEZUELA PRESSURING QATAR TO IMMEDIATELY SIGN GAS [...] (C) Caracas is pushing Doha hard to sign immediately a recently received Heads-of-Agreement on an off-shore Venezuelan reservoir, according to Minister of State for Energy and Industry, Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada. 2. (C) Al-Sada told Ambassador September 14th that Qatar was surprised by [...]	2008-09-14 12:48:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON QA VE
08GEORGETOWN449	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE [...] (U) Econoff delivered demarche to Marsha Caddett, Americas Desk Officer at the MFA, who acknowledged receipt of the message but provided no substantive response. Williams [...]	2008-07-31 21:11:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER COL VE EUN AF SNAR PGOV PREL
08GUATEMALA90	VFM IBARRA DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] (C) According to new Vice Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra, the Colom Government will make a priority of maintaining productive, positive relations with the USG, and advancing toward resolution of the Belize border dispute. The GOG is considering joining Petrocaribe, but the MFA is giving close [...]	2008-01-29 21:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BE VE CU GT
08GUATEMALA985	KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC: GUATEMALAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 22:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE GT
08KINGSTON653	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE PRESSURE ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 16:25:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL JM XL
08KUWAIT755	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA on July 1, 2008. Post will report further action septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Clas [...]	2008-07-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC VE
08KUWAIT994	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 17. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait [...]	2008-09-18 05:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08LAGOS189	EXXONMOBIL PESSIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASED NIGERIAN [...] (C) Summary. In a May 23 meeting, the number two executive at ExxonMobil in Nigeria said he's not optimistic that Nigerian crude oil production will increase significantly in the next few months. Mark Ward placed the blame on the government of Nigeria's failure to reinvest in onshore and nea [...]	2008-06-03 10:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV VE NI
08LAPAZ1214	BOLIVIA: BENI AND PANDO VOTE JUNE 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The northern states of Beni and Pando will hold their autonomy referenda on Sunday, June 1st. There has been scattered violence resulting in injuries but no deaths between pro-government and pro-opposition/autonomy forces in the week leading up to the vote. Both groups have block [...]	2008-05-30 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM BL VE CU
08LAPAZ1460	BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA: DYNAMITE, GUNS, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Following the June 21 dynamiting of a private television affiliate in Tarija, more evidence is surfacing about Venezuelan and Bolivian government involvement. Senate President Ortiz gave a press briefing on June 27 where he revealed that the car used during the attack was rented by th [...]	2008-07-01 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON EINV PGOV PREL PTER VE
08LAPAZ1720	MUCH ADO ABOUT CHAVEZ IN RECALL CAMPAIGNS [...] (C) Summary. The opposition tried to make Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez its main issue, along with inflation and unity, in its August 10 recall referendum campaign. Although the opposition failed to unseat Morales, (ref a),it still considers Evo's close association with Chavez a "fatal" we [...]	2008-08-12 12:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE BL
08LAPAZ1973	EVO CONNECTS THE DOTS: PANDO, PNG, AND PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of his September 10 announcement declaring Ambassador Goldberg persona non grata, Bolivian President Evo Morales is linking the USG to violence in the opposition departments (states) and specifically to the death of thirty-some people in opposition-controlled Pand [...]	2008-09-15 17:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ODIP OFDP VE BL
08LAPAZ1980	MAS TO BLOCKADE CONGRESS AMID DIALOGUE TALK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government representatives met on September 12 to discuss opening a formal dialogue to end the increasingly violent east-west conflict. Those discussions continued September 14 and 15. However, opposition sources concede they have low expectations and are primaril [...]	2008-09-15 23:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE BL
08LAPAZ2178	PANDO MASSACRE DISPUTED; HINTS OF PREFECT'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Congresswoman Ana Lucia Reis (Movement Toward Socialism, Pando) told PolOff October 5 that President Evo Morales told government-aligned lawmakers he may have to free Pando Prefect (governor) Leopoldo Fernandez. Reis also disputed the government's characterization of the September [...]	2008-10-08 13:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR VE BL
08LAPAZ2543	UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...]	2008-12-05 23:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL
08LAPAZ2633	MORALES' LATEST BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE: BOMBAST [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales unleashed another round of vitriolic attacks against the United States December 23. Morales barred all but foreign and state media from the presidential press conference, underscoring his recent feud with the private media (reftels). Morales: DEA Tried to K [...]	2008-12-23 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EPET ODIP CU VE IR BL
08LAPAZ303	BOLIVIA: "SPYING" CHARGES FEED EVO'S PROPAGANDA [...] (C) Summary. Fulbright student Alex van Schaick reported to the Bolivian Foreign Ministry February 7 that he had been asked by Post's Assistant Regional Security Officer to report contacts with Venezuelan and Cuban nationals to the Embassy. Van Schaick told an ABC News.com stringer in La Paz th [...]	2008-02-15 00:22:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP KLIG VE BO
08LIMA489	GOP INVESTIGATES VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: In response to its growing concern about Venezuelan government meddling in Peru, the Garcia administration has arrested suspected "Bolivarian" terrorists and launched a public information campaign to highlight the threat. A congressional sub-committee found that Caracas has a th [...]	2008-03-18 22:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE PE
08LISBON1130	PM SOCRATES HEADS TO VENEZUELA: OIL-FOR-FOOD AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Socrates has two principal objectives for his visit to Venezuela May 13-15, according to his diplomatic advisor for Latin American issues, Frederico Ludovice. He intends both to strengthen ties to the 500,000-strong community of Portuguese citizens resident in Venezuela [...]	2008-05-12 13:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV VE PO
08LISBON1155	PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS TO AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with President Cavaco Silva on May 13 for a full hour (half an hour longer than scheduled). The warm, candid discussion mainly covered Kosovo, Afghanistan, and European energy security. Cavaco Silva also raised Guantanamo rendition flights and Venezuela. On Kosovo, Ca [...]	2008-05-14 16:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ENRG PGOV PINR MARR PO AF SR VE
08LISBON210	PM SOCRATES INVITED TO CARACAS [...] (SBU) A Portuguese daily recently reported that Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates would visit Caracas by March, citing the Venezuelan presidency's website. Bernard Amaral, one of the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisors, confirmed to us that Hugo Chavez had invited Socrates during the fo [...]	2008-01-24 16:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO VE
08LJUBLJANA350	SLOVENIA AGREES TO KEEP PRESSURE ON FARC [...] (C) On August 5, Emboffs met with Natasa Furlan, MFA Americas Division, to encourage the Government of Slovenia (GOS) to condemn FARC human rights abuses and terrorist acts and to use its good offices to urge governments that provide support to the FARC to take demonstrable steps to terminate [...]	2008-08-05 15:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL EUN COL VE HR AF SI
08LONDON1997	UK AGREES ON NEED TO HELP COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) HMG is "100 percent on the same page as the United States" regarding FARC and the need to aggressively combat narcotics trafficking, Tony Kay, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Colombia and Venezuela Desk Officer told us July 31 during a discussion of reftel demarche. Kay stressed that UK [...]	2008-08-01 10:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER CO UK VE
08LONDON727	UK SUPPORTIVE OF WHA PDAS KELLY'S VIEWS ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. FCO Director of the Americas Chris Wood was supportive of U.S. policy on Latin America, praising progress in Colombia in particular during a visit by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly March 7. Wood agreed Venezuela and Bolivia were worrisome and that Cuba had not changed since Fidel's illne [...]	2008-03-11 17:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EU UK CO EC BR CU VE BL
08MADRID1020	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATION OF [...] On September 12, Econoff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper concerning the OFAC designations of Venezuelan officials under the Kingpin Act to Iago Lossada in the MFA,s International Counter-Terrorism Directorate. Econoff subsequently shared the information with Conchita Cornejo Garcia of [...]	2008-09-24 13:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL PINR SNAR KCRM VE SP
08MADRID1262	SPAIN: MFA ADDRESSES HOST OF NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. POLCOUNS and POLOFF on November 28 met Spanish MFA officials for a wide-ranging discussion on non-proliferation issues. Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament discusse [...]	2008-12-02 12:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER SP SY IAEA IR VE
08MADRID698	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JUNE 24, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens met June 24, 2008, with FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff (and Spain's next Ambassador to the OAS) Javier Sancho. Sancho provided a readout on Moratinos' recent visit to Venezuela and Colombia. In Venezuela, Moratinos continued efforts to repair s [...]	2008-06-24 15:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO VE SP
08MADRID826	SPAIN PLANS TO ENGAGE CHAVEZ ON INTERNATIONAL [...] Ambassador spoke to FM Moratinos the morning of July 23 and conveyed our deep concerns about Venezuela. He asked Moratinos to remind the GOV of its commitments under the Inter-American Charter, with particular emphasis on the civil and political rights of Venezuelans. Moratinos told Ambass [...]	2008-07-24 17:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SP VE
08MADRID829	SPAIN ALSO SEEKS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) Poloffs conveyed reftel points July 22 to MFA Deputy Director General for Andean Affairs Ramon Santos Arms, who agreed on the necessity of keep pressure on the FARC. Additionally, he said that Spain would use the upcoming July 24-25 visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to encourage Venezu [...]	2008-07-28 06:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN SP VE
08MADRID839	CHAVEZ VISIT TO SPAIN JULY 24-25 [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero on July 25. MFA Deputy Director General for the Andean Countries Ramon Santos told Poloff that the bilateral meetings fully "normalized" relations following the contretemps between King Juan Carlos and Chav [...]	2008-07-29 09:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD VE SP
08MANAGUA1203	ORTEGA SUPPORTS CHAVEZ, CLAIMS U.S. BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega publicly supported Hugo Chavez's decision to declare persona non grata the United States ambassador and accused the United States of being behind a plot to assassinate the Venezuelan President. His public statements were part of a coordinated stra [...]	2008-09-25 18:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE NU
08MEXICO1019	MEXICAN RESPONSE - BRV CEMENT NATIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. President Hugo Chavez announced April 3 that the BRV would nationalize the cement industry. On April 7, Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez announced that foreign companies will be allowed to maintain a minority stake. Mexican company Cementos Mexicanos (Cemex) is the large [...]	2008-04-07 23:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD MX VE
08MINSK223	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 28, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Pastor Charged (para. 2) - Gomel Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail (para. 3) - Residents Protest Chemical Plant Construction (para. 4) International Rela [...]	2008-03-28 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG PARM VE BO
08MONTERREY295	MONTERREY FIRMS FIND THAT VENEZUELA IS A TOUGH PLACE TO DO [...] Summary. (C) Two large Monterrey-based multinational companies are struggling in the toxic Venezuelan business environment, as one looks for fair compensation to exit and the other hopes to keep their heads down and hold on. President Chavez has nationalized the cement holdings of high-leve [...]	2008-06-24 20:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ELAB PGOV MX VE
08MONTEVIDEO134	URUGUAYAN REACTIONS TO FARC COMMANDER'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOU's balanced response to the killing of FARC secretariat member Raul Reyes by Colombian forces inside Ecuadorian territory was remarkable given the internal and external pressures to side with Ecuador and Venezuela. On March 3, the GOU issued a measured statement calling for [...]	2008-03-10 16:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CO VE EC UY
08MONTEVIDEO144	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros and Director for the Americas, Laura Dupuy on March 13 and mentioned that the WHA Front Office was intending to reach out directly to Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez in t [...]	2008-03-13 20:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CO EC VE UY
08MONTEVIDEO266	BANCO DEL SUR: MINISTERS AGREE ON DRAFT CHARTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministers of finance from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela met in Montevideo on April 25 for the fourth Banco del Sur (Bank of the South) ministerial meeting. Argentina did not participate in the meeting following the resignation of its Minister of Economy [...]	2008-05-07 20:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL AR BL BR PY EC VE UY
08MONTEVIDEO275	URUGUAYAN AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA IS UNUSUALLY [...] (U) On May 8, reputed Uruguayan business weekly "Busqueda" reported on remarks, unusually critical of President Chavez, made by Uruguay's Ambassador to Venezuela Geronimo Cardozo to a group of visiting Uruguayan legislators during a gathering at his residence. The group, in Caracas for a sessi [...]	2008-05-09 16:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AR VE UY
08MOSCOW2789	RUSSIA SENDS BOMBERS TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 MFA officials announced that two Russian Blackjack bombers had landed in Venezuela. While the MFA focused its remarks on the regularity of long-range aviation (LRA) flights, MOD officials were more upbeat, arguing that these bomber flights proved the Russian Air [...]	2008-09-16 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP ENRG RS VE
08MOSCOW2944	RUSSIA INCREASES COOPERATION WITH CHAVEZ? [...] (C) Summary: Two months since President Hugo Chavez's last visit to Russia, and two weeks after Tu-160 bombers flew to Venezuela, Chavez and a delegation of Venezuelan officials were warmly received by President Medvedev in Orenburg on September 26. They observed military exercises and contin [...]	2008-10-03 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG ETRD EINV MASS RS VE
08NAPLES48	VENEZUELAN CONSULATE PROMOTES CHAVEZ BRAND OF SOCIALISM [...] (C) Venezuela appears to be using its long-dormant Consulate General in Naples as a platform for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Chavez brand of socialism. After leaving the Consul General position vacant for over a year, reflecting Venezuela's apparently minimal interests in southern I [...]	2008-06-18 08:58:00	Consulate Naples	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IT VE
08NIAMEY316	NIGER: REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENEZUELAN BILATS [...] (C) Prime Minister diplomatic counselor Housseini Abdou-Saleye provided the latest on the planned regional conferences on the Sahara/Sahel region in a March 13 meeting with DCM. Current plans are for Niger to host a meeting on regional smuggling, including drugs, cigarettes, arms, people and [...]	2008-03-13 15:10:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE NG
08NICOSIA644	CYPRUS SUPPORTS KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Second Secretary Cyril Nicolaou, the Americas Desk Officer for the Cypriot MFA, on August 5 regarding Cyprus's support for keeping the pressure on the FARC. Nicolaou replied that Cyprus does not support the human rights abuses and terrorist acts of the FARC, and [...]	2008-08-05 14:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV CY
08OTTAWA976	KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) In meetings with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert in Ottawa on July 18 (septel),U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States and PolMinCouns conveyed reftel talking points, ex [...]	2008-07-18 20:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL VE CO CA
08PANAMA14	PANAMA: FIRST VP AND FM SAMUEL LEWIS' FIRST 2008 [...] (C) Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis touched up: -- President Martin Torrijos' impending trip to Cuba and perceived Cuba-Venezuela tensions; -- his exasperation at Chavez's ability to rise like a phoenix; -- his February travel to New York during Panama's UNSC Presidency; and -- Tor [...]	2008-01-04 16:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC VE CU PM
08PANAMA46	PANAMA: LEWIS ON CUBA AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) Despite dragging its feet for months, Panama granted agrement to Venezuela's proposed Ambassador to Panama, Jorge Luis Duran Centeno, First VP and FM Samuel Lewis informed Ambassador on January 16. Before doing so, Lewis said that President Martin Torrijos firmly warned President Chavez, [...]	2008-01-16 20:54:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE CU PM
08PANAMA542	PANAMA: LUIS POSADA'S PARDON REVOKED BY SUPREME [...] (U) The Panamanian Supreme Court unanimously revoked the 2004 pardon of Luis Posada Carriles (accused of plotting to assassinate ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the 2000 Ibero-American summit in Panama),three of Posada's accomplices, and 179 other individuals on June 30. This retroactiv [...]	2008-07-03 19:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU
08PANAMA556	PANAMA: EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR POSADA EXPECTED [...] (C) Panama is under internal as well as external pressure - from the Cuban government - to request extradition of Luis Posada Carriles, whose 2004 pardon, along with those of 181 others, was recently overturned by the Supreme Court. A lawsuit was filed in Panama's Fifth Circuit requesting th [...]	2008-07-08 20:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU
08PANAMA606	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis thanked Charge for sharing with him reftel demarche, but did not commit to make any efforts to encourage governments and entities that historically supported the FARC to take demonstrable steps to sever ties with the FARC, deny it safe-haven, and withhold any f [...]	2008-07-25 15:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE HR EUN AF PM
08PANAMA749	PANAMA: DETAILS OF PARDON REVOCATION FOR POSADA [...] (U) Post acquired a copy of the June 30 Supreme Court ruling that revoked the pardon of Luis Posada Carriles - who is accused of plotting the assassination of Fidel Castro - as well as three of Posada's accomplices and 178 others. The Panamanian Supreme Court acted to overturn what they saw as [...]	2008-09-17 16:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL PTER VE
08PARAMARIBO18	PETROCARIBE STILL ALIVE, MIGHT AID FISHERIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The PetroCaribe deal is still an option for Suriname, the Minister of Natural Resources told the press on January 9. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fisheries told the press on January 10 that the deal would assist the fisheries sector, which has been severel [...]	2008-01-16 19:37:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BBSR ECON EPET VE NS
08PARAMARIBO219	DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES TO SEEK FUEL SUBSIDY FOR FISHING FLEETS [...] (U) Summary. An official from the Department of Fisheries confirmed the Suriname Seafood Association's claims that eighty percent of the fishing fleets are currently at dock due to high fuel prices. They are working with the fishing industry to request financial subsidies from the Ministry of [...]	2008-05-23 20:47:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS EPET NS VE
08PARIS1029	UNESCO SPRING EXECUTIVE BOARD: POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's April 1-17 Executive Board was a success for the United States. On the whole, we enjoyed good working relations with countries in other geographic groups. Regional voting blocs and economic and other groupings, such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G-77 initi [...]	2008-05-30 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU IR KPAL KV PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO VE XF
08PARIS1386	FRANCE SUPPORTS OAS LANGUAGE TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) On July 18, Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to French MFA Colombia and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. While the GOF was in agreement with the USG regarding efforts to free the remaining hostages, end the guerilla movement of the FARC, and close the drug trade, GOF views do n [...]	2008-07-21 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PTER COLOMBO PLAN VE HR AF SNAR
08PARISFR2227	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: JORDANIAN AND INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Ambassador Oliver, the Jordanian Ambassador to UNESCO said that Egypt will move ahead with its candidate for the next Director General (DG) of UNESCO unless it decides that its candidate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would have serious difficulty gettin [...]	2008-12-09 16:39:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JO FR EG IN CU VE BR RS AR
08PORTAUPRINCE1389	HAITI: RUMORS ABOUND REGARDING ARISTIDE'S POSSIBLE [...] (C) Rumors of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's possible move from South Africa to Venezuela are swirling through Port-au-Prince following Aristide's meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in South Africa on September 3 and the announcement September 20 that South Afric [...]	2008-10-03 12:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF VE
08PORTAUPRINCE1392	HAITI: RUMORS ABOUND REGARDING ARISTIDE'S POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Rumors of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's possible move from South Africa to Venezuela are swirling through Port-au-Prince following Aristide's meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in South Africa on September 3 and the announcement September 20 that Sou [...]	2008-10-03 12:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF VE
08PORTAUPRINCE1511	GONAIVES STILL DIGGING OUT AFTER FLOODING [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified-please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Gonaives continues to dig out from mud that covered the city in tropical storm flooding in August and early September. The World Food Program plans to continue mass feeding programs, which [...]	2008-10-29 16:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID HA VE CU
08PORTOFSPAIN48	PM MANNING ON VENEZUELA; INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning agreed in principle to co-host a Caribbean Basin Energy Infrastructure Security Conference, but said it would not be feasible to hold the event until late April or May. It was his strong preference to invite Venezuela; to do otherwise would be "har [...]	2008-01-22 19:42:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECIN ENRG MARR VE TD
08PORTOFSPAIN5	PM MANNING REITERATES TT'S POSITION ON PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Patrick Manning reiterated January 2 that Trinidad and Tobago is unlikely to become fully involved in PetroCaribe, and continues to prefer the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). This was in resp [...]	2008-01-04 18:59:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PREL VE TT
08PORTOFSPAIN6	PM MANNING REITERATES TT'S POSITION ON PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Patrick Manning reiterated January 2 that Trinidad and Tobago is unlikely to become fully involved in PetroCaribe, and continues to prefer the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). This was in resp [...]	2008-01-04 19:08:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PREL VE TT
08PRAGUE621	DEMARCHE ON U.S. AMBASSADORS TO BOLIVIA AND [...] (C) Political/Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche September 19 to Czech MFA American States Department Deputy Director Veronika Bajgarova 2. (C) Bajgarova said Venezuela has recently attempted to intensify diplomatic dialogue with the Czech Republic. The incoming Czech ambassado [...]	2008-09-19 15:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BL VE EZ

08PRETORIA1968	CHAVEZ COMES TO TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The historic September 2 state visit of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to South Africa resulted in an excited announcement of energy cooperation agreements. It is not clear that the vague and broad agreements will result in any actual energy cooperation, because there may not [...]	2008-09-05 12:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN SENV EWWT ELTN SF VE
08QUITO216	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA ON [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 3, President Correa expressed outrage at President Uribe for bombing his country, saying he expected the international community to condemn unprovoked aggression. He said the GOE had no relationship with the FARC, and accepted the Ambassador [...]	2008-03-03 23:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EC CO PE BR VE NU
08QUITO247	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 12, President Correa made clear that he wanted to continue working with the United States, including in Ecuador's northern border region. He again vehemently denied an inappropriate relationship with the FARC, saying that would not be in his [...]	2008-03-12 20:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE
08QUITO248	FOR CORREA, DISPUTE WITH COLOMBIA NOT OVER [...] (C) Summary. The GOE plans to re-establish relations with Colombia by the end of March, although XXXXXXXXXXX noted "it will be difficult to restore trust." Correa made his most anti-U.S. statements to date on March 8, criticizing U.S. support for Colombia and U.S. media dominance. On the ot [...]	2008-03-12 21:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MARR EC CO VE MX
08QUITO251	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 12, President Correa made clear that he wanted to continue working with the United States, including in Ecuador's northern border region. He again vehemently denied an inappropriate relationship with the FARC, saying that would not be in his [...]	2008-03-13 18:38:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE
08QUITO297	SFRC STAFFDEL CARL MEACHAM VISIT TO QUITO [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Carl Meacham, during a visit to Quito on March 19, focused on the March 1 attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador and on Ecuador-Colombia relations. Meacham met separately with officials of the Ministries of F [...]	2008-03-28 10:22:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE
08QUITO53	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF MEETING WITH ECUADORIAN MOD [...] (C) Please accept my thanks for receiving Dr. Wellington Sandoval, the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense, during the Minister's January 23-26 visit to the U.S. Minister Sandoval's visit comes at a time of opportunities and risks as Ecuador carries out political and economic reforms through its [...]	2008-01-16 20:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO VE
08RIGA574	LATVIA: NO IMMEDIATE POSITION ON KINGPIN DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 14:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE SNAR KCRM LG
08RIYADH1538	DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELANS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on September 23 on the three Venezuelan individuals designated under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Post will inform the Department of any response we receive. RUNDELL [...]	2008-10-15 14:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE SA
08ROME239	ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA TRAVEL TO VENEZUELA FOR ENI [...] (C/NF) Italian FM D'Alema called the Ambassador Feb. 27 to inform that he planned to travel to Venezuela at the end of the week for a one-day visit for the signing of a major oil/gas concession to Italian energy firm ENI. D'Alema said ENI Chairman Scaroni had pushed him hard to attend and that [...]	2008-02-28 07:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL VE IT
08ROME911	ITALY: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 07:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CO VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL IT
08SANJOSE580	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELA-BASED [...] (C) On July 2, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime. Cordero seemed very interested that one of the designees was a Venezuelan diplomat. Because Costa Rica had no formal mechanisms to freeze assets for listed ent [...]	2008-07-07 21:31:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC VE
08SANTIAGO216	MEDIA REACTION: CHILE ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR CONFLICT [...] Summary: Chile's media has given prominent coverage to Foreign Minister Foxley's comments and efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Colombia-Ecuador conflict. While he echoed President Bachelet's emphasis on the sanctity of respecting borders, Foxley also condemned terrorism and guerrill [...]	2008-03-07 11:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER VE CI
08SANTIAGO217	MEDIA REACTION -- COLOMBIA-ECUADOR CONFLICT [...] Summary: Chilean dailies on March 7 continued with their extensive coverage of the crisis between Colombia and Ecuador. On-line "El Mostrador" announced Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Chile and Brazil, quoting spokesman Tom Casey that she would address the crisis in all her me [...]	2008-03-07 16:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER VE CI
08SANTIAGO221	CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...]	2008-03-07 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI
08SANTIAGO665	CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON SOUTH AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a July 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Goni explained that the proposed South American Defense Council will not/not be a military alliance and instead will promote defense coordination, exchanges, and transparency. Chile's recently signed defense ag [...]	2008-07-17 18:29:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL CI BL VE
08SANTIAGO840	CHILEANS LAMENT EXPULSION OF U.S. AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met separately with Interior Minister Perez Yoma and Foreign Minister Foxley and briefly discussed the expulsions of Ambassadors Duddy and Goldberg from Venezuela and Bolivia. Both Chilean Ministers expressed surprise and disappointment with the developments. Pe [...]	2008-09-16 11:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL VE CI
08SANTIAGO851	UNASUR LEADERS TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNASUR Summit concluded with a commitment from leaders to facilitate dialogue through a UNASUR commission in Bolivia. The leaders also agreed to send a team to investigative the deaths and disappearances in Pando Department and provide (undefined) experts to assist and suppo [...]	2008-09-17 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO853	CHILEANS GENERALLY UPBEAT ON UNASUR OUTCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political commentators we consulted over the past two days tended to view the emergency UNASUR meeting as a positive development, particularly the nudging of Bolivia toward a political dialogue. They regard the UNASUR consensus as a Chilean foreign policy success for having tam [...]	2008-09-18 16:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO873	DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 20:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR KTFN VE LE CI
08SANTIAGO89	CHILE'S PROSECUTORS WANT USG TO HELP COUNTER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a January 29 meeting, Jorge Chocair (please protect),the new Director for International Affairs and Extradition at the Ministerio Publico (Chile's agency for public prosecutors),told E/POLoff that Chile was interested in inv [...]	2008-01-30 12:01:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PTER VE CU CI
08SANTODOMINGO124	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) In his January 16 meeting with the Ambassador, PRD party presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado expressed concerns regarding the fairness of the election process; warned of possible Venezuelan support for his opponent; cited the importance of election observation; and explained his [...]	2008-01-23 19:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO128	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENZUELA WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin and Mrs. Fannin met Colombian Ambassador Luis Emilio Sierra and his wife Liliana Martinez de Sierra for a courtesy call. During the meeting Ambassador Fannin inquired as to the extent of Venezuelan influence in the Dominican Republic. Sierra stated that there is [...]	2008-01-25 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV PARM PINR SNAR VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO1456	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, [...] Open Skies Agreements with Panama and Canada 2. U.S. Company Purchases Airport Operations 3. Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld 4. Venezuela: Scandal Over Houses Donated to Storm Victims 5. Unions Press for Wage Increase Â [...]	2008-09-18 12:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV VE PM CA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1474	FOREIGN MINISTER ON UNGA DEMARCHES AND [...] (U) On September 18, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso to deliver Reftel demarches on the UN General Assembly and the Bolivian and Venezuelan decisions to declare our Ambassadors persona non grata. 2. (SBU) Regarding A/S Shannon's meeting with DR/CARICOM Ambassadors [...]	2008-09-19 19:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA VE HO BL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1921	REFORM OF THE REFORMISTA PARTY - THE DREAM IS ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Victor "Ito" Bisono, a rising star of the falling Reform Party (PRSC) to discuss prospects for the party's revival - an on-going saga (ref A). Although some Dominicans have already dismissed the party as a thing of the past, Bisono has a different vision: He pred [...]	2008-12-16 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS VE DR
08SAOPAULO19	FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON BRAZILIAN POLITICS AND RELATIONS [...] (SBU) During a January 7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant, discussed the opposition's victory over the government in a major tax battle and its implications for domes [...]	2008-01-15 16:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD BR VE
08SHANGHAI428	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COMMENT ON CHINA'S RELATIONS WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: China's strategy in Latin America is shaped by its desire for natural resources and not by any geopolitical ambitions, according to Shanghai scholars, and China does not want to raise U.S. suspicion about China's motives in the region. Political competition with Taiwan in Latin A [...]	2008-09-29 11:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD CH VE BR TW XM
08SOFIA524	BULGARIA- DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON FARC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 14:56:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU EUN HR PGOV PREL VE
08STATE100929	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 9 MEETING [...] (U) September 9, 2008; 2:00-3:00 p.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Shannon (WHA) Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama Ambassador Federico Humbert 3. (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Panamanian Ambassador Federico Humbert [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS VE RS NU GG KV PM
08STATE111883	IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Action Request: The United States will announce in the Federal Register on Wednesday, October 22 the imposition of sanctions under the Iran North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). Thirteen entities in eight countries are included. One V [...]	2008-10-21 13:37:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR VE
08STATE18819	NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 22:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU
08STATE59149	USG LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION DURING CERTAIN MEMBER [...] This cable provides guidance on USG level of representation during certain member states' official presentations during the June 3-5 UN Food Security Conference in Rome. 2. The Department understands that Iran, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe will be represented by their heads of state at the Ro [...]	2008-06-03 01:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID IR ZI VE CU
08STATE97316	DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will designate two senior Government of Venezuela (GOV) officials and one former official under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin [...]	2008-09-11 15:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08STOCKHOLM528	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SWEDES KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 08:18:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUN PTER SNAR PGOV PREL SW
08TEGUCIGALPA1064	ZELAYA CONSULTS WITH AMBASSADOR ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya for a one-on-one lunch at the Residence on November 21 where they covered a number of issues, including the upcoming primary elections, Zelaya's proposal for a constitutional referendum, the impact of the global economic crisis o [...]	2008-11-25 19:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN ECON VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA107	NEW HONDURAN FM EDMUNDO ORELLANA: WE CAN WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: On his first day in office, Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana received the Ambassador for a courtesy call. They discussed moving the bilateral agenda forward, especially in the areas of security and migration issues. Orellana lamented the chaos the Foreign Ministry was [...]	2008-02-04 12:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SMIG CVIS VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1133	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN [...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]	2008-12-16 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1134	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN [...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]	2008-12-17 12:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA57	OIL FOR MILK: CHAVEZ PUSHES PETROCARIBE, BUT [...] (C) In a whirlwind eight-hour visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke at length about Latin American history and unity and Petrocaribe. He forgave USD 30 million in Honduran debt (after having refused to join other creditor countries to do so in 2005),but did not "sign" any Petrocaribe [...]	2008-01-17 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KDEM VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA772	FAINT HOPE FOR IMF STANDBY AGREEMENT IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. After a reluctant IMF assessment visit August 12-15, the IMF officially concluded that fiscal policies are broadly on track, while advising the GOH to strengthen its monetary and exchange rate policies. Underlying the terse public statement was a private consensus among IMF offic [...]	2008-08-21 13:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA799	HONDURAS THE DAY AFTER ALBA: THE ECONOMIC RESPONSE [...] (C) Honduran citizens got a first glimpse of the ALBA agreement through a reprint in La Tribuna two days after President Zelaya signed it. In addition to its basic claim that the "Neoliberal Model" has sharpened poverty and social exclusion in the region, the agreement recognizes a need for [...]	2008-08-29 14:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA809	TOP HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER PEPE LOBO ON [...] (C) Summary: The former and presumptive 2009 Nationalist Party candidate for President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo made an introductory call on Charge August 27, accompanied by Fred Breve, former Defense Minister in the Maduro administration. Lobo and Breve expressed concerns about both the upcoming [...]	2008-09-03 14:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD HO PGOV PREL VE EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA824	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MILTON JIMENEZ SEES ARRIVAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Milton Jimenez asked PolCouns for an emergency meeting on the eve of his departure for Venezuela to sign financing agreements. He explained the GOH would receive USD 100 million for bonds to be used for housing projects, and USD 30 million for BANADESA to be u [...]	2008-09-08 18:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KDEM VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA86	PETROCARIBE AS HONDURAN POLITICAL THEATER [...] (C) Summary: Local media report President Manuel Zelaya will sign an agreement today (January 28) to import Venezuelan fuel on concessional terms through Petrocaribe. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reportedly signed the agreement in Caracas over the weekend. The Honduran Congress approved the out [...]	2008-01-28 22:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA89	GOH SAYS FARC NOT A TERRORIST GROUP, ATTENDS ALBA [...] Summary: During his January 16 visit to Honduras, sources tell us that Venezuela President Hugo Chavez asked Honduran President Zelaya to either remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from any terrorist lists or publicly acknowledge it as not being a terrorist organization. As the [...]	2008-01-28 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ECIN EPET MARR VE
08TEGUCIGALPA931	HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION [...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature acceded to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed ea [...]	2008-10-10 21:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA932	HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION [...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature ratified the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed easi [...]	2008-10-11 00:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08THEHAGUE510	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: AIMING TO BOOST DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Poloff discussed Venezuelan affairs with Dutch MFA Director for the Western Hemisphere Department Laurent Stokvis and Venezuela desk officer Wendy Engelberts. Stokvis discussed the May 27 meeting between Dutch DG for Political Affairs Pieter De Gooijer and Alberto Muel [...]	2008-06-12 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL PHUM PREL VE
08THEHAGUE868	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: RESTRICTIONS ON ARMS EXPORTS [...] (SBU) The Dutch are looking "very critically" at new requests for arms from Venezuela. 2. (C) On October 15, MFA Western Hemisphere Affairs Director Stokvis, Venezuela Desk Officer Engelberts, and Security Affairs policy officer Wolters briefed poloff on current Dutch policy toward arms shi [...]	2008-10-16 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ETTC NL VE
08THEHAGUE94	NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles have concluded a draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) based closely on the 1954 U.S.-Netherlands agreement relating to the stationing of U.S. armed forces in the Netherlands. According to Dutch MFA Legal Counsel [...]	2008-02-01 10:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
08USUNNEWYORK1087	UNGA: 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON [...] During its November 17, morning session, the 63rd General Assembly held a debate on agenda items 107, follow up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit; 44, integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences; and 112, strengthening of the UN [...]	2008-11-18 22:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC ECON EFIN VE
08VATICAN14	POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...]	2008-01-14 16:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT
08VILNIUS576	LITHUANIA WILL RAISE FARC CONCERNS IN EU TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 04:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN VE LH
08WARSAW1105	POLAND CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA; SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoP is concerned about the political situation in Bolivia and Venezuela -- particularly after the expulsions of the U.S. Ambassadors to both countries. MFA Deputy Director Daniel Gromann indicated that Poland supports the EU position of "constructive engagement" with both cou [...]	2008-09-23 05:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ENRG BL VE PL
08WARSAW1312	FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT WALESA STILL INTENDS TO [...] (C) Post appreciates and concurs with Embassy Caracas' reporting (reftel) on the aborted visit of former Polish President Lech Walesa to Venezuela. Although they were not responsible for arranging Walesa's visit, MFA officials downplayed "exaggerated" Polish press coverage of the visit cance [...]	2008-11-17 14:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PL VE
09AMMAN129	GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...]	2009-01-14 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO
09ASUNCION567	PETROPAR'S DEBT ALBATROSS WITH PDVSA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 15:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL VE PA
09ASUNCION695	PARAGUAY UNLIKELY TO APPROVE VENEZUELA'S MERCOSUR [...] (U) Despite President Fernando Lugo's strong political support in favor of Venezuela's entry into Mercosur (ref A),Paraguay's Congress, the population in general, and leading daily newspaper ABC Color remain opposed to the measure. While Lugo asked Congress to approve Venezuela's admission in Octo [...]	2009-12-29 16:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINT ECIN ECON PGOV PA VE
09BAMAKO602	MALIAN UNGA AND AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) UNGA: PolCouns delivered reftel demarches and invitations to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas/Europe Bureau Chief Hamadou Albachir Toure and took the opportunity to speak both about UNGA objectives and the Africa-South America Summit (SASA) hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. [...]	2009-09-15 18:37:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA ML VE
09BEIJING858	MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09BEIJING885	APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...]	2009-04-03 00:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE
09BEIJING923	APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...]	2009-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW
09BERLIN449	(S) GERMANY INFORMED ABOUT POSSIBLE IRANIAN UAV [...] (S//NF) German officials have agreed to immediately notify their competent authorities about an imminent shipment of Iranian origin UAV parts to Venezuela in the coming weeks, possibly through Hamburg. On April 15, EconOff delivered the REF C demarche to German MFA export control officers led by Ma [...]	2009-04-16 14:49:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU VE IR GM
09BOGOTA2872	THOUSANDS OF COLOMBIANS YELL "NO MORE CHAVEZ!" [...] A group calling itself "No More Chavez" launched protests across Colombia and around the world on September 4 against the Government of Venezuela. Protesters demanded that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stay out of Colombia, grouped him with the terrorist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colo [...]	2009-09-04 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM VE CO
09BOGOTA3269	JUAN MANUEL SANTOS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS WITH [...] (C) Former Minister of Defense and pre-candidate for President Juan Manuel Santos told Ambassador October 23 he believes President Alvaro Uribe is leaning toward reelection but may fail to fulfill the legal and electoral steps to achieve it. While promoting the third term for Uribe, Santos is [...]	2009-10-27 23:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM CO EC VE
09BOGOTA3287	GOC REACTS CALMLY TO MASSACRE IN VENEZUELA, BUT WORRIES [...] (C/NF) The GOC has little information on the apparent massacre of nine Colombians (along with one Peruvian and one Venezuelan) whose bodies were discovered on October 24 in the Venezuelan state of Tachira. GOC officials say the GBRV has shared little and has paid no heed to Colombian offers of [...]	2009-10-30 19:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO VE
09BOGOTA3313	A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS HEATS UP COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA [...] (C/NF) The GOC is remaining cool in the face of rising bilateral tensions with Venezuela, with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez publicly calling for calm on November 4. However, observers worry Venezuelan actions reveal an aggressive intent. The GBRV blames alleged Colombian param [...]	2009-11-05 18:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD VE CO
09BOGOTA3335	URIBE HEARS WAR DRUMS IN VENEZUELA [...] (S) Just after meeting with President Uribe and the military high command, Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva called the Ambassador on the evening of November 8. They believe that Venezuelan President Chavez' public declarations earlier that afternoon represented a major ratcheting up of war rhetori [...]	2009-11-09 15:41:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS MOPS OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3421	COLOMBIANS SEE UBIQUITOUS VENEZUELAN THREAT [...] (C/NF) Colombian officials and observers are increasingly concerned about the long-term threat Venezuela poses to their country. Experts inside and outside the government worry that any small incident along the tense border could spark a costly confrontation, given the decrease in communication and [...]	2009-11-20 16:41:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3441	XXXXXXXXXXXX TO AMBASSADOR: GOC ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON VENEZUELA; PROBLEMS WITHIN MOD; NO NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on November 24 that President Uribe was angry with the USG for its lack of response to Venezuela's aggressions towards Colombia. XXXXXXXXXXXX also said the GOC was interpreting the cancelation of Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg's December 1-3 v [...]	2009-11-25 20:06:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS PHUM KJUS PINR VE CO
09BOGOTA3515	MORE RHETORIC, FEWER THREATS, IN COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA TENSIONS [...] (C/NF) Colombian-Venezuelan tensions appear to have improved slightly from the bellicose rhetoric of late November, but significant irritants remain and the situation is by no means stable. Military leaders in a key frontier area remain focused on Colombia's internal security situation, not on [...]	2009-12-07 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS ETRD CO VE
09BOGOTA3535	UPDATE ON COLOMBIANS EXPELLED FROM VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Colombian Government (GOC) continues to assist the nearly 600 Colombian (and 41 Brazilian) gold miners expelled from Venezuela on November 28. Another 200 Colombians fearing retaliation have also returned from the area on their own. The GOC sent a high-level delegation to the border t [...]	2009-12-11 23:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL CO VE
09BOGOTA3577	COLOMBIA'S LEFT STRUGGLES FOR POLITICAL SPACE [...] (SBU) During eight years of an extremely popular center-right Uribe Administration, Colombia's political left has struggled to define itself, its opposition role, and ways to influence national institutions of power. The left has been fractured, changing, and not united by shared objectives or [...]	2009-12-18 14:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON SNAR PHUM CO VE
09BOGOTA3585	Charge Discusses Venezuela, Ecuador and Mercosur with Acting [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero told the Charge on December 18 that the GOC had sent a letter to UN Security Council members responding to Venezuela's call for a discussion on the alleged international threat posed by Colombia's security problems. The letter was intended to give UN [...]	2009-12-21 14:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY
09BOGOTA378	PRESIDENTS URIBE AND CHAVEZ MEET, ANNOUNCE JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' first visit to Colombia since the March 2007 diplomatic row over the GOC killing of FARC Secretariat member Raul Reyes (Ref A),President Uribe and he announced the creation of a USD 200 million joint fund and consultative commission to help busines [...]	2009-02-05 14:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL VE CO
09BOGOTA3998	2009 Colombian Demobilization Rates Down, Yet More [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's robust Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy continues to bear fruit late into 2009 primarily due to several years of sustained security operations. Yet, after high rates in 2007 and 2008, a natural leveling off is evident with demobilization slowi [...]	2009-12-15 18:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PHUM PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PREF SNAR PM VE PE EC
09BRASILIA1369	(S/NF) BRAZIL'S INVOLVEMENT IN CONFLICT BETWEEN [...] (S/NF) Below is initial post response to questions posed ref A regarding Brazil's involvement in the conflict between Venezuela and Colombia. Assessments are based on a number of meetings with and public statements by senior officials over the last several weeks, as well as a meeting November [...]	2009-11-25 20:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL BR CO VE
09BRASILIA1476	Brazil approves Venezuela's entry into Mercosul [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Brazilian Senate approved the Protocol to admit Venezuela as a member to the Southern Cone trade bloc Mercosul (Mercosur). The issue now moves to Paraguay for ratification by its Congress. In Brazil, there was some debate and political maneuvering to delay [...]	2009-12-16 21:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EINT BR PA VE PREL
09BRASILIA445	CODEL HOYER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT LULA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare meeting granted by President Lula to a US congressional delegation, President Lula told CoDel Hoyer April 8 that he has high expectations of the Obama administration, sees a new era in U.S. relations with Latin America, and hopes for a positive gesture on Cuba at the S [...]	2009-04-13 13:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD OREP KSUM SOCI BR CU VE IR
09BRAZZAVILLE101	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - APRIL 2, 2009 [...] French President's visit 2. Pointe-Noire port improvements to begin in October 3. Bilateral US-Congo trade 4. Venezuela Opens Embassy 5. First Conviction for Chimp Trafficking 6. Tibet, Anyone? 7. Who's in Charge? SARKOZY'S VISIT --------------- Â [...]	2009-04-02 16:36:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM BEXP SENV CF CH FR VE
09BRIDGETOWN743	Dominica PM Calls Snap Elections for December 18 [...] (C) Prime Minister Skerrit announced snap elections to occur on the 18th of December. This is ten months earlier than required, and reflects Skerrit's calculation that his advantage may be at its peak due to an influx of assistance from Venezuela and China -- both officially in terms of infra [...]	2009-12-04 21:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OAS XL VE
09BRIDGETOWN745	Dominica Election Primer: The Bolivarian Candidate [...] (C) With high unemployment and government corruption dominating election debates, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has decided to take a gamble on his political career, betting that he can ride a wave of financial support from China and Venezuela to overcome his government's poor sho [...]	2009-12-04 21:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON XL VE
09BRIDGETOWN747	(C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: DOMINICA PM ROOSEVELT [...] (C) Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica was the youngest head of government in the world when he took office in 2004 at 31 years of age. His youth has been highlighted as a reason for his naivetC) in international circles, but also as an indicator of well-honed political instincts th [...]	2009-12-07 19:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV XL VE
09BRIDGETOWN753	(C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PM [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has gradually grown into his role as the dominant figure in Antiguan politics and, with his recent electoral victory, looks set to remain in power through 2014. Despite his decision to join ALBA and PetroCaribe and the fawning pro-ALBA rhetoric it has occ [...]	2009-12-10 12:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL VE XL
09BUENOSAIRES934	ARGENTINA: CRISTINA GOES TO CARACAS TO GRAB COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met August 11 in Caracas to discuss bilateral trade issues and sign 22 commercial accords valued at an announced US$1.1 billion. These trade agreements followed Chavez's recently annou [...]	2009-08-14 14:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL AR VE
09CARACAS1000	WHY CHAVEZ FEELS THREATENED BY THE COUP IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez's public statements and actions indicate that he feels threatened by the June 28 military ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. While initially leading the international response to the coup, Chavez is now side-lined by the mediation process led by Preside [...]	2009-07-31 16:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1005	CHARGE'S JULY 31 MEETING WITH MFA CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met July 31 at his request with Temir Porras, the chief of staff for Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro to discuss the return of Ambassador Duddy. Porras said that the Ambassador had no reason to be concerned about a second expulsion, despite the tensions w [...]	2009-07-31 21:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1011	PRO-GOVERNMENT MILITANTS ATTACK TV STATION GLOBOVISION [...] (SBU) An estimated 35 armed militants attacked the opposition-leaning television station Globovision in the early afternoon of August 3, 2009, led by the well-known pro-Chavez activist Lina Ron. Brandishing weapons, the attackers breached the perimeter wall of the station's headquarters. After thro [...]	2009-08-03 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO PREL VE
09CARACAS1013	34 RADIO/TV STATIONS SILENCED, MEDIA CRIME LAW [...] (C) Summary: During the weekend of August 1-2, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) shuttered 32 independent and/or opposition radio stations and two TV stations across the country. One day prior to the closings the GBRV released the names of 35 largely pro-Governme [...]	2009-08-03 22:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1014	SAMBIL LA CANDELARIA MALL IN COMPLETE LIMBO [...] (C) According to Bernardo Weininger (strictly protect throughout),lawyer and confidant of the Cohen family which in turn owns the Sambil chain of malls, the Sambil La Candelaria project is in complete limbo. (Note: On December 21, 2008, President Chavez ordered Jorge Rodriguez, mayor of th [...]	2009-08-04 20:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KIRF VE
09CARACAS1017	VENEZUELA: REPSOL EMPLOYEE COMMENTS ON DRILLING [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXX , Repsol Drill Project Manager for the Rafael Urdaneta offshore natural gas exploratory well told Petroleum Attache on August 2 that Repsol had cancelled plans to drill in Cuba, as it had been unable to secure an offshore drill rig with less than fifteen percent U.S. content. [...]	2009-08-05 18:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1018	CHAVEZ CONTINUES SHRILL RHETORIC AGAINST THE U.S. [...] (U) In an August 4 speech in Caracas commemorating the 72nd anniversary of Venezuela's National Guard, President Hugo Chavez again accused the US, "despite its ambiguity," of supporting the Honduras coup. He charged that the "Yankee Empire," through its proposed military agreement with Colomb [...]	2009-08-05 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1019	CONATEL THREATENS TO SEIZE RADIO STATION [...] (SBU) On July 31, Minister of Public Works and Housing, Diosdado Cabello, named Puerto La Cruz-based radio station Orbita Radio 107.5 as one of 34 radio and television stations to be closed by the media regulatory agency Conatel. Following weekend shutdowns of numerous stations across Venezu [...]	2009-08-05 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1020	CHAVISTA MILITANT ARRESTED FOR GLOBOVISION ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) publicly announced August 4 that Chavista militant Lina Ron had been arrested and would begin court proceedings for her role in a highly-publicized tear gas attack against the pro-opposition Globovision media outlet a [...]	2009-08-05 21:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1022	GBRV EXPANDS CONTROL OVER PORTS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 decree, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH) ordered the immediate nationalization of private warehouse operations at four ports, including Puerto Cabello, Venezuela's largest. The decree leaves vague the status of the private companies and their employe [...]	2009-08-06 19:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV MARR CU VE
09CARACAS1028	CHAVEZ WARNS OF WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA, CALLS OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 press conference at Miraflores, President Chavez's discourse was notable in its more direct personal attacks on President Obama, calling him a "disappointment" and a "frustration" as Chavez warned that the planned joint defense agreement with Colombia could heral [...]	2009-08-07 10:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1029	THERE'S TROUBLE BREWING: VENEZUELAN COFFEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government intervention in Cafe Madrid and Fama de America, two of Venezuela's leading coffee processors, began the weekend of August 1-2 for alleged violation of government production and supply regulations. Minister of Agriculture and Lands Elias Jaua stated that non-complian [...]	2009-08-07 10:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD VE PGOV
09CARACAS103	ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN GROWING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with a local businessman to discuss his possible involvement in the establishment of a Venezuelan-Iranian Chamber of Commerce. In the private sector, expatriate Iranians cautiously build enterprises within Venezuela, ever wary of the political and economic pitfalls of doing [...]	2009-01-26 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS1034	VENEZUELA'S LEADING UNIVERSITY FACES GBRV PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Rector of Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) Dr. Cecilia Garcia Arocha and senior university administrators met the PAO on August 5 and discussed the proposed Education Law in the National Assembly and the serious political pressure faced by the country's most renowned, and s [...]	2009-08-07 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO VE

09CARACAS1038	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CARABOBO GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Governor of Carabobo State, Henrique "El Pollo" Salas Feo, and his father and former governor and presidential candidate Henrique Salas Romer requested a meeting with the DCM and Ambassador August 6. They voiced their concerns about the national impact that the c [...]	2009-08-10 15:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS104	VENEZUELAN OIL SHIFTING TO ASIA [...] (C) A senior BP executive told EconCon and Petroleum Attache that PDVSA is shipping 100,000 b/d to China non-competitively (PDVSA continues to pay transportation costs). A senior Chevron executive noted that it has been common knowledge that this is PDVSA's strategic direction. At a separate [...]	2009-01-28 13:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CH JA VE
09CARACAS1043	VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ STEPS UP CRITICISM OF U.S. AND [...] (SBU) During his address to the UNASUR summit on August 10, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that "the winds of war were beginning to blow" in Latin America, and charged that the proposed US-Colombia defense agreement could cause a war in the region. In an interview earlier in the day wit [...]	2009-08-10 20:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE CO
09CARACAS1051	VENEZUELA: UN MEETING PRESENTS COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) From September 28-October 2, 2009, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) will host the 19th meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean (HONLEA),for the United [...]	2009-08-12 20:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1055	VENEZUELA: OIL PRODUCTION IN WESTERN VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy field consultations in June highlighted Venezuela's continued crude oil production challenges and the disparity between field production estimates and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV) official production figures. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) From June 2 through 15, [...]	2009-08-13 14:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1056	VENEZUELA: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CRUDE OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Many factors likely affect Venezuela crude oil production levels and production capacity, including recent oil service sector expropriations, challenges in securing foreign exchange authorizations, increased crude inventory levels, implementation of the joint venture (JV) model, [...]	2009-08-13 14:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1057	VENEZUELA: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. It is easy to focus on the negative stories coming out of Venezuela's oil sector, but there are opportunities for companies to prosper and for Venezuela to increase production. Energy field consultations in June highlighted the multitude of opportunities that oil service compani [...]	2009-08-13 14:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1059	VENEZUELA'S AGENDA FOR THE AFRICA - SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela is hosting an Africa - South America heads of state summit on Margarita Island in September 2009. A chaotic July 20-23 coordination meeting in Caracas for South American and African representatives suggests Venezuela is planning to use its position as host to ram through a co [...]	2009-08-13 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS106	VENEZUELA: OPEC CUTS TARGETED AT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior BP and Chevron officials confirmed that PDVSA is aggressively enforcing OPEC-mandated quota cuts in the hope that the cuts will turn around the slump in oil prices. So far, the cuts have been levied on joint ventures based on the price per barrel received for the crude sales. Th [...]	2009-01-28 13:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
09CARACAS1065	VISAS VIPER JULY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on July 28, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for July 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS dat [...]	2009-08-13 21:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS107	OPPOSITION LACKLUSTER WHILE STUDENTS MARCH FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The opposition has been slow to counter President Chavez's proposed constitutional referendum to remove term limits, relying largely on highly-publicized, sporadic student protests to rally support to vote "No." Opposition parties lack resources in the wake of the November 2008 [...]	2009-01-28 14:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1070	PETTY POLITICS SURFACE DURING HEAVY RAINS [...] (U) A torrential downpour in Caracas on August 12, flooded roads, closed highways and muddied Chavista credibility. While Globovision, the last remaining opposition television broadcaster showed cars in water up to their windows, Jacqueline Farias, Chavez's appointed Chief of Government for [...]	2009-08-14 16:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
09CARACAS1073	GBRV RESPONDS TO CRITICAL GAO REPORT ON NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice (MIJ) Tarek El-Aissami and Director of the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA),Colonel Nestor Reverol, addressed the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) on July 21 following the release of the GAO report on declining U.S. - Venezuelan counte [...]	2009-08-14 17:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1079	PRO-GOVERNMENT GROUPS ATTACK EDUCATION LAW [...] (SBU) Demonstrations for and against the controversial Education Law turned violent August 13. Several hundred educators, university students, and parents marched toward the National Assembly (AN) on August 13 to call for a delay in the vote on the law. About 2000 pro-government demonstrato [...]	2009-08-14 22:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO VE
09CARACAS1080	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EDUCATION LAW, [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly approved the Education Law late August 13, amidst well-founded accusations of procedural irregularities, just eight days after the proposed text was made public on August 5. Opposition leaders, educators, and parents have declared that the text of the law i [...]	2009-08-15 15:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO VE
09CARACAS1085	COLOMBIAN BEEF IS NOT WHAT IS FOR DINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a result of chilly Venezuela-Colombia bilateral relations, food processors are pessimistic about Venezuela's future beef imports from Colombia. By presidential order, trade is effectively paralyzed, and some processors can only access raw materials from a domestic cattle her [...]	2009-08-17 19:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD VE PGOV
09CARACAS1086	EDUCATION LAW PROMULGATED, OPPOSITION CALLS FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The Education Law was passed by the National Assembly late August 13, promulgated by President Chavez at a televised rally on August 15, and published in an extraordinary issue of the Official Gazette on August 15. Opposition politicians, leading educators, and the Catholic Churc [...]	2009-08-17 21:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1090	CANADIAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS AT A LOW POINT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Duddy August 18, Canadian Ambassador to Venezuela Perry Calderwood said that Canada's bilateral relations with Venezuela were as bad as they had ever been. In addition to disrupting Canada's Diplomatic pouches, not issuing license plates, and making i [...]	2009-08-19 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1091	ZULIA'S ECONOMY STRUGGLES WITH ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: The economy of Zulia, a major oil-producing area and Venezuela's most populous state, is suffering from long-standing Venezuelan government (GBRV) economic policies, the current economic downturn, and GBRV actions that appear to target Zulia specifically, such as the recent expr [...]	2009-08-19 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
09CARACAS1104	VENEZUELA'S ECONOMY CONTRACTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER [...] (SBU) Citing a statement e-mailed by the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV),news organizations reported August 20 that BCV figures indicated Venezuela's economy contracted 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2009. (Note: As of the afternoon of August 20, the BCV had not posted the figures on i [...]	2009-08-21 12:33:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VE
09CARACAS1110	VENEZUELA: VENAMCHAM SAYS SITUATION WORSENING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 17, the Ambassador attended the monthly meeting of the governing Executive Committee of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce (VenAmCham). Following their normal business, the Executive Committee members, all Presidents of leading corporations, briefed the Ambassa [...]	2009-08-21 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV VE
09CARACAS1111	ELECTORAL LAW PROMULGATED WITH LITTLE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The new Organic Law of Electoral Processes (LOPE) entered into law August 12 with minimal response from the public, whose attention has been distracted by President Chavez's vigorous public campaign in support of the passage of the Education Law (Reftel A). LOPE's text has been [...]	2009-08-21 19:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1115	RAMPANT CRIME IN VENEZUELA - CHAVEZ'S ACHILLES [...] (C) SUMMARY. With a murder rate of 130 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, Caracas is generally considered the most dangerous city in Latin America, if not the world. Over 90 percent of homicides in Venezuela go unpunished, and recent polling suggests more Venezuelans may be starting to lay t [...]	2009-08-24 14:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON VE
09CARACAS1116	VENEZUELA: ENSCO DRILLING RIG UPDATE [...] (C) Bill Chaddick ENSCO Chief Operating Officer, updated Petroleum AttachQ on ENSCO's situation in Venezuela on August 20. Chaddick (strictly protect throughout) stated that the U.S. drilling rig company received an unexpected mixed USD and Bolivar payment on July 23 ($11.2 million and 631,00 [...]	2009-08-24 15:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1119	GBRV ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR FORMER ARAGUA [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for a capture order August 24 for the former Governor of Aragua State, Didalco Bolivar, on corruption charges. Bolivar, who is the Deputy Secretary General of the oppositi [...]	2009-08-24 22:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1120	OPPOSITION MOUNTS IMPRESSIVE PROTEST AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The August 22 march against the National Assembly's passage the week prior of the controversial Education Law (reftel) appeared larger than any opposition protest in at least a year, a surprising accomplishment given that many Venezuelans -- particularly students -- are on thei [...]	2009-08-24 22:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1129	VENEZUELA: PDVSA PAYMENTS PROVIDE TEMPORARY RESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Drawing on funds raised though its July bond issuance, PDVSA has made significant payments on its outstanding arrears. PDVSA appears to have paid domestic companies owed less than ten million dollars in full and to have made significant payments on larger debts. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-08-27 13:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1130	VENEZUELA: DECREASED PETROLEUM SECTOR ACTIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the exception of Weatherford (which is aggressively seeking to expand its market share),international oil service companies continue to reduce their exposure, to decrease staffing levels, and to move idle equipment out of Venezuela. The Venezuelan rig count provides a clea [...]	2009-08-27 13:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1131	VENEZUELA: NEW PETROCHEMICALS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela passed a limited-scope Petrochemicals Law in July that covers basic and intermediate sector activities. It permits the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to enter into mixed companies with the private sector and attempts to preclude private company recourse to inte [...]	2009-08-27 13:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1132	GBRV POLICE TARGET USAID/OTI-FUNDED DEMOCRACY [...] (S) Summary: Action request in para 7 below. On August 26, police officers from the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) presented citations requiring XXXXXXXXXXXX to appear on September 1 before the police. XXXXXXXXXXXX is a contractor for USAID/OTI in Caracas. XXXXXXXXXXXX [...]	2009-08-27 23:10:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC VE
09CARACAS1133	CHAVEZ'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS: POLICE ARREST [...] (C) Summary: The Prefect of the Caracas metropolitan district, Richard Blanco, was arrested by state security officers on August 26 for his alleged involvement in "injurious and law-breaking behavior." Blanco is the president of Metropolitan Mayor Antonio Ledezma's Brave People's Alliance [...]	2009-08-27 23:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1134	CNE RECTOR WARNS ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS COULD COME AS [...] (C) Summary: Vicente Diaz, one of the five rectors of the National Electoral Council (CNE),met with Poloffs August 20 and speculated that President Chavez may call for National Assembly (AN) elections as early as March 2010. Diaz, who is the only rector not beholden to Chavez, suggested that this [...]	2009-08-27 23:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1137	CHAVEZ SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE ON COLOMBIA PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 25 televised address, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro to start preparations for a rupture with Colombia. This latest episode of brinkmanship appears targeted at multiple audiences -- his domestic constituency, Colombia, [...]	2009-08-28 17:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
09CARACAS1144	CHAVEZ CLAIMS VICTORY AND SPINS UNASUR AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez stressed three themes in his August 30 "Alo Presidente" broadcast, which were reinforced on the government television station (VTV) throughout the weekend. First, although the Summit did not censure Colombia for its Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with [...]	2009-09-01 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1145	LOPEZ'S SPLIT FROM UNT HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUING OPPOSITION DISUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the opposition Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) party rejected rumors, published by the local media August 26, that popular former Mayor of Chacao municipality Leopoldo Lopez has been expelled from the party reportedly for insubordinate behavior. Lopez announced September 1, [...]	2009-09-02 15:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1146	VENEZUELA: BANKERS SEE SUFFICIENT OIL REVENUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 31 briefing, leading banker Gustavo Marturet and members of his economic research team updated the Ambassador on their perceptions of Venezuela's political and economic situation. Despite the recent downturn in the Venezuelan economy, the bank believes Venezuela will [...]	2009-09-02 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV VE
09CARACAS1147	CHAVEZ GIVES OBAMA AFRICAN PRIDE ADVICE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on a September 1 state visit to Libya to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Qadhafi's revolution, urged President Obama to "rise to the height of his African blood," adding that although he may have good ideas, his hands are tied by the "North A [...]	2009-09-02 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1167	VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 25, 2009. Committee members submitted one name for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Qureshi, Muhammad Zubair Ali meets the Visas Viper criteria. His information is as follows: Name: Qureshi, Muh [...]	2009-09-04 19:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1168	CHAVEZ UPS THE ANTE: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF [...] (C) Summary: With the number of protests on the rise across Venezuela, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) is increasingly using the threat of investigation, arrest and incarceration as a political strategy to discourage demonstrators and intimidate the political opposition. Intimidation and h [...]	2009-09-04 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS117	CHAVEZ MAINTAINS MANEUVERING ROOM REGARDING OBAMA [...] (SBU) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has softened his comments towards President Obama in recent days. Backing away from his previous attacks, Chavez declared on January 24 that he was "pleased" with Obama's decree to close the Guantanamo detention center and that the new American presiden [...]	2009-01-29 15:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1180	THOUSANDS MARCH IN CARACAS FOR "NO MORE CHAVEZ" [...] (C) Summary: As many as ten thousand marchers took to the streets September 5 to protest against President Chavez, exceeding public expectations of the anticipated turnout. The protest came two weeks after the large opposition march against the recently passed Education Law (ref A) and a day [...]	2009-09-08 22:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1181	THE CUBANS IN VENEZUELA'S PORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post has comfirmed that a wholly Venezuelan government-owned company, Bolipuertos, is now charged with the management of Venezuela's ports. Cuba's ASPORT has a 49 percent share in Puertos del Alba, a separate company, which will reportedly be focused on business development. Contac [...]	2009-09-09 12:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV MARR CU VE
09CARACAS1186	HIGH PROFILE MURDER HIGHLIGHTS ANOTHER BLOODY [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and murder of a Guardia Nacional (GN) colonel combined with a spike in the overnight murder rates in Caracas and Valencia on September 5 surprised Venezuelan media. However, overall homicide statistics for the weekend remained steady at about one murder per hour. [...]	2009-09-10 14:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1187	29 MORE RADIO STATIONS THREATENED; THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Venezuelan government announced on September 7 its intention to close another 29 radio stations for alleged administrative and tax irregularities, bringing to 61 the number of radio stations targeted and/or closed since July 31. The timing of the closures and the names of [...]	2009-09-10 16:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1188	NEW LEGISLATION DECIMATES THE CARACAS METROPOLITAN [...] (C) Summary: Along with a flurry of other legislation, the National Assembly (AN) passed on August 26 a new "Law of Municipal Regimen at Two Levels of the Metropolitan Area" that removes most of the authorities and budget of the metropolitan government. The new law grants opposition Mayor [...]	2009-09-10 18:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS119	ELECTORAL COUNCIL RECTOR ON 2010 ELECTIONS, TE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1194	OPPOSITION PARTY "PODEMOS" ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: At the Podemos party's request, the Ambassador met September 9 with National Assembly (AN) Deputies Ricardo Gutierrez, Juan Jose Molina, and Ismael Garcia. They argued that the 2010 AN elections were the "last chance for democracy" in Venezuela in light of President Chavez's dismantlin [...]	2009-09-14 11:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1195	OPPOSITION PARTY "PODEMOS" ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: At the Podemos party's request, the Ambassador met September 9 with National Assembly (AN) Deputies Ricardo Gutierrez, Juan Jose Molina, and Ismael Garcia. They argued that the 2010 AN elections were the "last chance for democracy" in Venezuela in light of President Chavez's d [...]	2009-09-14 11:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1198	EARTHQUAKE STRIKES VENEZUELA, BUT CHAVEZ DOESN'T [...] (U) On September 12, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Venezuela at approximately 3:36 PM local time, according to the Venezuelan Seismological Foundation (FUNVISI). FUNVISI reported that the earthquake's epicenter was 100 kilometers west of Caracas, off the coast of Carabobo st [...]	2009-09-14 20:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET VE
09CARACAS1201	GLOBOVISION TV PLAYS WITH FIRE; BURNED A 6TH TIME [...] (C) Summary: On September 7, CONATEL, the Venezuelan government's telecommunications regulatory commission, opened a sixth administrative proceeding against Globovision Television, this time for its September 3 broadcast of text messages from viewers warning of a coup and calling for people to resi [...]	2009-09-15 17:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1207	CHAVEZ DEMANDS OBAMA EXPLAIN DCA TO UNASUR [...] (SBU) Speaking in Madrid on September 11, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeated the suggestion, first raised by Brazilian President Da Silva at the August 28 UNASUR summit in Argentina, that President Obama publicly explain the purpose of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with Colombia. [...]	2009-09-15 21:13:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1208	VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ'S EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF REPSOL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Friday, September 11, President Chavez trumpeted that Spanish oil company Repsol had made a significant natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela. Repsol issued a press release reiterating President Chavez's statement. This discovery was made in one of seven off-shore blo [...]	2009-09-16 14:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1209	NO SHORT TERM DELIVERIES FROM CHAVEZ'S RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced September 13 that he had agreed to purchase USD 2.2 billion worth of weapons from Russia. Russia reportedly is providing financing for this purchase. The weapons would include main battle tanks (MBTs),components of an integrated air d [...]	2009-09-16 15:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL VE CO RU
09CARACAS1224	ANOTHER OPPOSITION POLITICIAN SEEKS ASYLUM IN PERU [...] (C) Summary: Local papers report that Oscar Perez, a close ally of opposition Mayor of Greater Caracas Antonio Ledezma, presented his petition to the Peruvian Government September 17 for political asylum. Perez has been in hiding for nearly three weeks after an arrest warrant was issued for [...]	2009-09-18 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1225	OPPOSITON MAYOR GUNNED DOWN BY UNKNOWN KILLERS [...] (SBU) On September 12, opposition Mayor Lluvane Alvarez was shot dead in front of his house in Coloncito, a ranching town in northern Tachira state. Mayor Alvarez was a member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party and a strong supporter of Tachira's COPEI Governor Cesar Perez Vivas [...]	2009-09-18 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1226	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT USES DCA TO JUSTIFY ARMS [...] (SBU) Following the fractious September 15 UNASUR Summit in Quito, President Chavez declared victory, claiming on a September 17 television broadcast that Colombia had been "completely isolated." He said it was "embarrassing" that the Colombians could not even show the Defense Cooperation A [...]	2009-09-18 19:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1228	PARALLEL RATE DROPS ON APPARENT GBRV SALE OF [...] (U) The parallel rate has dropped approximately 17 percent over the last seven weeks, from 7 bolivars (Bs)/USD in early August to its current rate of 5.8 Bs/ USD (as measured by the cost of buying one dollar),with the sharpest drop occurring over the past 10 days. Most analysts attribute th [...]	2009-09-18 19:57:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1230	STILL NO AGREEMENT ON DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] (C) Summary: South African Ambassador Bhekizzizwe Gila told Ambassador Duddy on September 18 that South African President Zuma would attend the September 26-27 UNASUR -African Union Summit taking place on Venezuela's Margarita Island. Gila said the heads of state of Brazil, Libya, Algeria, and poss [...]	2009-09-18 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1231	CARABOBO GOVERNOR CALLS VENEZUELA A DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with the Ambassador on September 16, opposition Governor of Carabobo State, Henrique Salas Feo, highlighted the deterioration of Carabobo's economy and problems following the nationalization of Venezuela's main port, Puerto Cabello. He observed that disagreement [...]	2009-09-18 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1232	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez unveiled September 17 two new structures within his central government, pledging to fully explain the changes and 40 pending economic decisions in the coming days. He designated six of his Cabinet ministers as Vice Presidents with different areas of responsibi [...]	2009-09-18 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1233	RESPONSE TO MAJORS DESIGNATION NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) During a September 17 press conference, Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek El Aissami gave the Venezuelan government (GBRV) response to the Presidential Determination for Major Drug-Transit and Major Illicit Drug-Producing Countries (the Majors). El Aissami described the [...]	2009-09-18 21:10:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1236	VENEZUELA: INSIGHT INTO LUKOIL AND THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian oil companies in Venezuela understand that government-to-government negotiations are the most expedient way to advance commercial relations in Venezuela. In addition to working through a consortium to sign new oil deals, the individual companies are preparing to transfer [...]	2009-09-21 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1240	VENEZUELA: PRODUCTION UPDATE FROM PDVSA AND [...] (C) A petroleum engineer working on crude oil production at Shell and PDVSA's joint venture on Lake Maracaibo provided some insights into the challenges of oil production in Venezuela's oldest production area. According to the engineer, the production of Petroregional del Lago (PERLA) had dro [...]	2009-09-22 15:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1246	VENEZUELA: INSIGHTS FROM PDVSA'S SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX provided insight into PDVSA's finances and strategy, saying that PDVSA plans to issue additional bonds in the coming months and to use the revenues to pay pending arrears to oil services companies. PDVSA has also negotiated payment in crude oil shipments for outstanding di [...]	2009-09-23 14:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS126	VENEZUELA: SEEKING IMPROVED TIES WITH COLUMBIA [...] (C) Summary. In response to the worldwide economic crisis, on January 24, Presidents Uribe and Chavez agreed to create an economic commission focused on binational issues, including a binational fund for microfinance projects. Documented trade between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (B [...]	2009-01-29 21:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS1261	SURVEY INDICATES PRIVATE SECTOR NOT INVESTING LONG [...] (U) Venezuelan businesspeople are pessimistic about the current state of the economy, according to a recent survey conducted by the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce of 156 businesses. Of those surveyed, thirty-seven percent do not plan to invest in Venezuela (in the short, medium or lon [...]	2009-09-29 15:19:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VE
09CARACAS1262	HR DEFENDERS WARN OF AUTHORITARIANISM, ARBITRARY [...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 breakfast hosted by Embassy Caracas' human rights officer, Venezuelan human rights defenders expressed profound concern to 22 Caracas based diplomats about the increasingly limited democratic space within the country. They expressed concern about the disc [...]	2009-09-29 15:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
09CARACAS1265	VENEZUELA: GBRV ERECTING OBSTACLES TO NEW LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The collective bargaining agreement for the Oil, Chemical, and Gas Workers Federation of Venezuela (FUTEV) expired on January 21, 2009. Our contacts report the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) and PDVSA do not want to negotiate a costly new collective bargaining agreemen [...]	2009-09-30 13:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB ECON ENRG VE
09CARACAS1266	BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Banesco president Juan Carlos Escotet expressed concern that allegations in the blogosphere of Banesco's involvement with Iranian banks, although they were false, could damage Banesco's reputation. (Note: Banesco is privately held and by some measu [...]	2009-09-30 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE IR
09CARACAS1269	STUDENT-LED HUNGER STRIKE BROADENS APPEAL; FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary: As of September 29, a student-led hunger strike entered its 7th day, expanding from an initial group of 33 protesters in front of the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Caracas to upwards of 160 students, unionists, journalists, and prisoners in severa [...]	2009-09-30 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1270	VENEZUELA'S DEBT: MANAGEABLE FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As of June 30, Venezuela's sovereign external debt officially stood at USD 30 billion and its internal debt at 44 billion bolivars (USD 20 billion at the official exchange rate). These levels appear quite manageable given the size of Venezuela's economy. However several fact [...]	2009-10-01 13:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1271	SCHOOLS ON ALERT, NO IMPLEMENTATION YET OF [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan schools and universities reopened on September 15 with little fanfare, despite earlier concerns about potential unrest as a result of the controversial new Education Law that was passed during the summer school recess (ref A). The Venezuelan government (GBRV) has not y [...]	2009-10-01 14:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1275	COLOMBIAN BEEF IS NOT WHAT IS FOR DINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a result of chilly Venezuela-Colombia bilateral relations, food processors are pessimistic about Venezuela's future beef imports from Colombia. By presidential order, trade is effectively paralyzed, and some processors can only access raw materials from a domestic cattle her [...]	2009-10-02 13:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD VE PGOV
09CARACAS1279	STUDENTS END HUNGER STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 7 day student-led hunger strike, initially launched on September 24 as a protest against the arrest of student activist Julio Rivas, ended late the evening of September 30. The students called off the protest and claimed victory, stating that their demands had been fully [...]	2009-10-02 17:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS128	TENSIONS MOUNTING WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO TO [...] (C) Summary: With just over two weeks to go before President Chavez's February 15 referendum to remove term limits, tensions are high with near daily confrontations between student protesters and the police. Chavez continues to foment political polarization and is warning that if the amend [...]	2009-01-30 18:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CASC ASEC VE
09CARACAS1280	RESPONSE: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] The Embassy Caracas officer in charge of marine scientific research authorizations is Veronica Millares (Sept 2009 - Mar 2010). Ms. Millares, back up is Economic Counselor Darnall Steuart. 2. To request an authorization, OPA must submit relevant documents to Embassy Caracas for submissi [...]	2009-10-02 17:45:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KRVC TPHY VE
09CARACAS1283	ANOTHER BOND ISSUANCE TARGETS THE PARALLEL MARKET [...] (U) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced on September 28 and 29 the terms for the planned issuance of USD 3 billion in dollar-denominated bonds (Bonos Soberanos Internacionales). Half the bonds will mature in 2019 and half in 2024, and all will be Eurobonds registered in Luxembourg. A [...]	2009-10-02 19:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1284	AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT SHORT ON SUBSTANCE, LONG ON HEADACHES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 20:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE UNCHC EAID
09CARACAS1286	SUGAR PROCESSORS ARE BRV FAVORITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the BRV's overall negative attitude toward big business, Venezuela's large sugar processors have found official foreign exchange and import permits easier to obtain. A prime example is Centro Azucarero Portuguesa (CAPSA),the country's largest processor. However, facilitated ac [...]	2009-10-05 20:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE ETRD
09CARACAS1287	GOVERNMENT FURTHER REDUCES SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government has announced that radio stations will be required to broadcast 3.5 hours/day of government-selected programs and another 2 hours/day of nationally-produced programming. The new rules would also essentially end syndicated radio programming. The gover [...]	2009-10-05 20:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1292	STUDENT HUNGER STRIKES ENDED, BUT APPEALS FOR OAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Student protests calling for a visit by the Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) of the Organization of American States (OAS) continue. However, an October 3 march was poorly attended and ended with students "mooning" National Guard troops. On October 5, 15 students in the bor [...]	2009-10-06 21:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1296	VENEZUELA: THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPING URANIUM RESERVES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG IR KNNP VE
09CARACAS1311	VENEZUELA: CONCRETE ECONOMIC MEASURES STILL [...] (C) Summary: Despite weeks of anticipation, a press conference by the Venezuelan government's (GBRV's) three top economic officials yielded little in the way of concrete new economic measures. The officials outlined general economic goals but offered no significant new proposals that would c [...]	2009-10-09 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1312	VISAS VIPER SEP 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on September 29, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for September 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...]	2009-10-13 13:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1318	VENEZUELA: LOOMING POWER BLACKOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not adequately invested in the electrical sector nor addressed its deteriorating infrastructure resulting in hundreds of isolated local power outages and regular nation-wide outages. Domestic electricity consumption has increased ov [...]	2009-10-14 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1321	GBRV "SURPRISED" ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) reacted immediately and strongly to the October 9 news that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Venezuela's Public Defender Gabriela Ramirez said early that morning on the government-owned VTV the award "made a mockery of human rights," [...]	2009-10-14 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1326	VENEZUELA: JOINT VENTURE WITH PETROVIETNAM NEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to senior PDVSA officials, the process to launch a joint venture between PDVSA and PetroVietnam is pending a decree from President Chavez. Plans for PDVSA to build a refinery in Vietnam have fallen through, however. Nevertheless, PDVSA continues to plan to sign a long-t [...]	2009-10-15 15:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1330	POLLSTER: VENEZUELANS LOVE CHAVEZ, BUT THEY DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met October 9 with Luis Vicente Leon, the director of the prominent Datanalisis polling firm, who shared his analysis of the results of his September poll. He distinguished between President Chavez's enduring personal popularity, hovering around 53 percent, and the dec [...]	2009-10-15 19:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1333	VENEZUELA: AMBASSADOR VIEWS ECONOMIC SITUATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the State of Zulia October 4-7 and met with a range of political, private sector, and business leaders. This cable highlights the economic messages delivered to him by the business community. It reinforces reftels that point to decreased private sector inves [...]	2009-10-15 21:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1334	GBRV EXPROPRIATES ONE OF CHAVEZ'S FAVORITE HOTELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 14, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) assumed formal control of the Margarita Hilton Hotel and Suites Hotel complex after President Chavez complained that the owners were enriching themselves at the expense of the local tourism industry. The Marga [...]	2009-10-16 10:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV KPOL VE
09CARACAS1335	C-AL9-02049: CHAVEZ PLEASED THAT ZELAYA IS BACK [...] (C) Summary: In answer to questions posed in ref A, President Chavez appeared delighted with President Zelaya's physical return to Honduras on September 21. He continues to accuse the U.S. of instigating and definitely supporting the ouster of Zelaya in June, and includes the events in Hondu [...]	2009-10-16 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PINS HO VE
09CARACAS1338	VENEZUELA: ENSCO BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON STATUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ensco executives remain optimistic that the U.S. drilling company will recover the offshore platform seized by PDVSA in January 2009 and hopes amicably to resolve the situation leaving open the possibility of future cooperation. The company does not want the USG to raise its spe [...]	2009-10-16 18:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1339	COFFEE INDUSTRY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECLINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading private sector representatives state that Venezuela's policy of fixed output prices, ineffective support for farmers, and probable takeover of two leading coffee processors, will reinforce a downward trend in output and result in additional raw coffee imports. As even d [...]	2009-10-16 19:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS1340	PDVSA ANNOUNCES USD 3 BILLION BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) announced on October 16 terms for a USD 3 billion bond issuance. The issuance, which had been widely expected, is a combination of three "Petrobonos" maturing in 2014, 2015, and 2016 with coupons ranging from 4.9 to 5.125 percent. The terms of the issuance [...]	2009-10-16 20:14:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS1344	RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO BUILD NUCLEAR REACTORS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 15 initial courtesy call with Ambassador Duddy, Russian Ambassador Zaemsky denied reports that Russia would help Venezuela build nuclear reactors, saying that its nuclear cooperation with Venezuela was limited to the medical field and food controls. With respect [...]	2009-10-19 12:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KNNP PREL RU VE
09CARACAS135	CARACAS SYNAGOGUE ATTACKED, CHAVEZ BLAMES [...] (C) Summary. A group of unidentified armed gunmen vandalized a prominent Caracas synagogue during the late night-early morning hours of January 30-31. The intruders appeared to have planned the attack well, defeating the synagogue's security system and subduing two contract guards. They not [...]	2009-02-02 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS
09CARACAS1351	VIEW FROM THE BARRIOS: CARITAS EXPLAINS CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary: Yaneth Marquez (protect),the Andean regional director of the Catholic charity Caritas, described to PolCouns on October 15 the political perspective of people in Venezuela's poorest areas where Caritas works. Marquez said the standard of living of Venezuela's poor had increased [...]	2009-10-20 16:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1352	VENEZUELA: IRAN'S PETROPARS FRUSTRATED IN CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's PetroPars is reportedly frustrated by its inability to move petroleum projects forward in Venezuela, especially the development of Ayacucho block 7 in the Faja heavy oil belt. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told Petroleum Attache (PetAtt) on October 15 that PetroPars is frus [...]	2009-10-20 17:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE IR
09CARACAS1353	POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Venezuela's western states of Zulia and Falcon October 4-8 and met with a range of political leaders. Complaints of Colombian guerrillas operating openly in Zulia and reduced budgets were widespread. Pablo Perez, the opposition governor of Zulia, sai [...]	2009-10-20 19:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR VE CO
09CARACAS136	VENEZUELA: SERVICE COMPANIES FEEL THE PINCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA,s cash shortage is exacting an increasingly heavy burden on oil services companies. As reported in the press, Ensco and Helmerich& Payne have already chosen to cease certain drilling operations. Ensco has allowed PDVSA to operate its rig while negotiating quietly for outstanding [...]	2009-02-03 12:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE

09CARACAS1361	VENEZUELA: REPSOL CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT NATURAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's recent claims that Repsol and ENI's natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela will catapult Venezuela into place as the country with the fourth largest natural gas reserves in the world appear to be true. Furthermore, Repsol and ENI expect to produce suffici [...]	2009-10-22 16:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1362	GBRV AND PDVSA CHANGE TERMS OF PDVSA BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) PDVSA announced on its website October 22 three changes related to its USD 3 billion bond issuance originally announced October 16 (ref A). First, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) will exempt from taxation interest paid on the bonds. Second, the Central Bank (BCV) will not requi [...]	2009-10-22 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS1367	VENEZUELA: GBRV IMPOSES WATER AND ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with water and electrical shortages, Venezuelans are facing outages and rationing of both. In response to the growing electrical crisis affecting the entire country, President Chavez has announced an emergency plan that includes the creation of a new electricity ministry [...]	2009-10-23 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS137	PARALLEL MARKET GROWING; PDVSA CONTINUING TO [...] (C) Financial executive Miguel Octavio (strictly protect throughout) told EconOffs January 28 that the amounts transacted on the parallel foreign exchange market have grown significantly in recent months. One year ago, Octavio's company averaged USD 3 million in transactions per business day [...]	2009-02-03 13:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1372	BANKER CONCERNED ABOUT FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] (C) Summary: Bank president Oscar Garcia Mendoza (strictly protect throughout) told the Ambassador he was worried Venezuela would "collapse" eventually as a consequence of failing infrastructure and services. He also described his bank's efforts to finance a campaign in support of private pr [...]	2009-10-26 15:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
09CARACAS1373	CHAVEZ EXPROPRIATES TWO SUGAR MILLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, in a state television broadcast, Agriculture and Lands Minister Elias Jaua announced the 90 day occupation and planned expropriation of two sugar mills in western Venezuela. Jaua accused Central Azucarero Venezuela of illegally halting production and Central Azu [...]	2009-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ENRG ETRD VE
09CARACAS1374	BARRIO ADENTRO IN CRISIS: CHAVEZ TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to growing public criticism of Venezuela's health care system, including a well-publicized letter of protest from five former health ministers, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has intensified efforts to revitalize Barrio Adentro, its fla [...]	2009-10-26 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID EFIN ELAB KTIP VE
09CARACAS1375	ECONOMIC MEASURES LACKING, SPENDING INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: It appears the Venezuelan government (GBRV) does not plan to announce any significant new economic policy measures. A much anticipated press conference by leading economic officials produced few significant announcements, and subsequent announcements by other ministers were sim [...]	2009-10-26 15:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS1376	GBRV BLAMES PARAMILITARIES FOR DEATHS OF 10 KIDNAP [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan media reported that the bodies of 10 kidnap victims were discovered on October 24 in Tachira state along the border with Colombia. The deceased included a Venezuelan, a Peruvian, and eight Colombians who were kidnapped in Venezuela on October 11. The opposition-led [...]	2009-10-27 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1378	PDVSA SELLS USD 3.2 BILLION WORTH OF BONDS [...] (U) PDVSA announced on October 26 that it will sell USD 3.2 billion (face value) of a Petrobono combination (see ref A for details). It said it accepted all offers received but did not give further details about who the buyers were. As the bonds are dollar-denominated but bought from PDVSA i [...]	2009-10-28 13:41:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS138	VENEZUELAN REACTION ON PORTS MUTED, NO CLOSER TO A [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 13:36:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EWWT EPET VE
09CARACAS1383	VENEZUELA: WORLD HEAVY OIL CONFERENCE MOVED AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced on October 27, 2009, that the November 2-5 third World Heavy Oil Conference had been moved from Puerto La Cruz to the Island of Margarita. Citing electricity problems in Puerto La Cruz, the GBRV announced the conference (repo [...]	2009-10-29 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1386	US AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT ORCHESTRATED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador was greeted with government orchestrated resistance and/or protests during trips to the western states of Zulia, Falcon, Merida and Trujillo. During October 4-8 visits to Zulia, a pro-Government media blog criticized the Ambassador's trip to the opposition control [...]	2009-10-29 21:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
09CARACAS139	GIVE US YOUR TIRED, WEARY, DISEASED,LIVESTOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to knowledgeable industry representatives, Venezuela continues to import cattle without appropriate controls against animal disease. The most recent example brought to our attention is cows purchased from Cuba that suffer from leucosis, for which there are tests. Appa [...]	2009-02-03 13:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS1390	CENTRAL BANK LAW MODIFIED: OPEN THE FLOODGATES? [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly has approved significant modifications to the law governing Venezuela's Central Bank (BCV). The BCV will have vastly expanded powers to act as a development bank and finance a wide array of government projects. It will also be able to buy PDVSA bonds dire [...]	2009-10-30 19:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1391	VENEZUELAN REACTION TO THE 2009 IRF REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report has been muted in Venezuela, despite initial press headlines implying that the report grouped Venezuela and Cuba together. A short October 28 article in the government paper Diario Vea said "all religions enjoy t [...]	2009-10-30 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF VE
09CARACAS1392	EMBASSY CARACAS: QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND [...] Name and contact information for point of contact for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) at Embassy Caracas: Maxwell J. Hamilton Economic Officer 58-212-907-8527 hamiltonmj@state.gov DUDDY [...]	2009-10-30 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT VE
09CARACAS1393	URBAN LANDS LAW PUBLISHED, GBRV RECLASSIFIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) published a controversial Urban Lands Law in the Official Gazette. This empowers the state to seize underutilized urban lands in order to develop socialist housing projects. Critics say that the law t [...]	2009-11-02 11:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR VE
09CARACAS1401	VENEZUELA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEES "DARK HORIZON" [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 breakfast meeting with the Confederacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Venezolanas (CAIV) Board of Directors, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said he privately encouraged Brazilian senators to allow Venezuela to join MERCOSUR. At the same time, Jewish community leaders told PolCouns th [...]	2009-11-02 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1402	CHAVEZ'S "UNITED SOCIALIST PARTY" TO ELECT PARTY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez has restarted his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) electoral machine by calling for internal party elections on November 15. The party officials elected will be responsible for selecting candidates for the 2010 National Assembly (AN) and town council [...]	2009-11-02 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1406	POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ANDEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to two cities in Western Venezuela, Merida and Valera, from October 24-28, making additional stops in Carabobo, Portuguesa and the Andean highlands of the country. Among the highlights of the trip were the inauguration of the new round of the 2009/10 v [...]	2009-11-03 16:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1408	WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE OPPOSITION? [...] (C) Summary: Both President Chavez and the opposition are gearing up for the National Assembly (AN) and community council elections anticipated in the last half of 2010, although the Chavista-packed National Electoral Council (CNE) has not formally announced the dates. The opposition claims [...]	2009-11-03 18:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS141	REVOLUTIONARY SPUDS: IN VENEZUELA, POLITICS TRUMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite strong interest by Venezuela's private sector to move forward on food trade protocols with the United States, and a recent warming to the topic by SASA, Venezuela's plant and animal health authority, meaningful and timely progress will be difficult. We understand that SA [...]	2009-02-03 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE ETRD
09CARACAS1413	VISAS VIPER OCT 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on October 27, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for October 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...]	2009-11-04 19:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1417	CHARGING OPPOSITION LEADERS AS SPIES, [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, President Chavez and his supporters have stepped up attacks against two opposition governors, Cesar Perez Vivas (Tachira) and Henrique Capriles Radonski (Miranda). Chavez is blaming Perez Vivas for several highly-publicized violent incidents along the Colombian bord [...]	2009-11-05 19:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1419	ELECTORAL COUNCIL RECTOR ON 2010 ELECTIONS, THE [...] (C) Summary: The sole non-Chavista rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE),Vicente Diaz, told Poloffs on October 22 that the CNE would announce the election timetables, implementing electoral regulations, and any changes to the voting districts by December. Diaz dismissed opposition allegat [...]	2009-11-05 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1423	POLLSTER: OPPOSITION NEEDS AN "EVERYDAY AGENDA" [...] (C) Summary: Pollster Alfredo Keller predicted to Polcouns on October 23 that the opposition would achieve a tactical alliance in advance of the 2010 legislative elections, but warned about its continued lack of an effective message. Keller suggested that Chavista abstentionism at the poll [...]	2009-11-06 14:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1426	GBRV LAYS BLAME FOR BORDER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: During the weeks of October 24-November 6, Venezuelan-Colombian border tensions rose sharply as a result of the killing of 10 kidnap victims (reftel) and two Venezuelan National Guardsmen, the arrest of three alleged Colombian DAS (Administrative Department of Security) agents b [...]	2009-11-06 17:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1430	FM MADURO: DCA IS MOST SHAMEFUL ACCORD IN HISTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after the U.S. - Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) signing on October 30, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced increased military intelligence and other activities so the country "would never be touched by even one single U.S. soldier." Usi [...]	2009-11-06 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1432	NEW CENTRAL BANK LAW IN EFFECT [...] (U) The modified Central Bak (BCV) law we reported on previously (reftel) was published in the Official Gazette dated Novembe 5 and is now in effect. There are several diffrences between the actual law and what we reported which was based on the draft approved by the Naional Assembly in firs [...]	2009-11-09 19:22:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1434	GBRV REDUCES REVENUE FLOWING TO THREE [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) continues to find ways to reduce the funding provided by the central government to state and city governments, especially those run by opposition leaders. City officials in Maracaibo project their 2009 revenues will be 25 percent below what they [...]	2009-11-09 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS144	ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD FAVORS CHAVEZ'S "YES" [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the February 15 constitutional amendment referendum to remove official term limits, President Chavez is tilting the electoral playing field strongly in favor of the "Yes" campaign. Despite flagrant abuse of electoral regulations and the illegal use of state re [...]	2009-02-03 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1444	GBRV STRATEGY ON COLOMBIA-DCA DISPUTE BECOMING [...] (SE) Summary: Following President Chavez's November 8 urging that the Venezuelan public "prepare for war" to defend the country against anticipated Colombian-U.S. cross-border aggression (Ref A),the Venezuelan government (GBRV) and its local allies issued a series of supportive and similarly [...]	2009-11-10 20:46:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL PINS MARR MCAP MOPS VE
09CARACAS1447	VENEZUELA'S STANDARDS REGIME IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The status of Venezuela's standards regime is uncertain after a June 2009 resolution abolished the relationship between the principal, non-profit industry standards setting entity, the Fund for Standardization and Quality (FONDONORMA),and the Government of the Bolivarian Republ [...]	2009-11-12 10:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EIND EINT EINV ETRD VE
09CARACAS145	VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas VISA VIPER Committee meeting on January 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new VISAS VIPER names to submit to the Consular Section for January 2009. 2. Conoff reminded participants to continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the C [...]	2009-02-04 12:46:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1459	ANTI-OBAMA MURAL ON DISPLAY IN CARACAS [...] (U) Users with access to SMART Cable system, please open attachment to see three photos of anti-Obama mural. 2. (U) A prominently displayed, high-quality painted mural denigrating President Obama is currently on public display in central Caracas. The mural, which is painted on a co [...]	2009-11-17 13:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS1461	VENEZUELAN AIRLINE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior executive of Venezuelan cargo carrier Vensecar, the Government of Colombia (GOC) has retaliated against a September 10 decision by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) that it would no longer authorize unscheduled flights by Colombia [...]	2009-11-17 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE CO BEXP EINT ETTC
09CARACAS1463	VENEZUELA: CADIVI RULES CHANGE FOR TRAVELERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela's foreign currency board, known by its Spanish acronym CADIVI, is changing the rules by which travelers can access foreign exchange at the official rate when using local credit cards abroad. The new regulation has not yet been published, but CADIVI's president has sa [...]	2009-11-17 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE CVIS
09CARACAS1465	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S REFINERIES AND NEW PROJECT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's concept for the future development of the Faja heavy oil fields -- and particularly how to link the different joint venture projects together into a common infrastructure -- is still in its infancy. A senior PDVSA official described the company's numerous international ref [...]	2009-11-17 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1467	BILATERAL TRADE FALLS OVER 50 PERCENT [...] (SBU) On November 17, the local press widely published an announcement from the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM) that bilateral trade between Venezuela and the US had declined by over 50 percent in the first nine months of 2009, compared to the same period [...]	2009-11-17 22:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE
09CARACAS1469	IT'S OFFICIAL: VENEZUELA'S ECONOMY IN RECESSION [...] (C) Summary: According to Central Bank statistics, Venezuela's economy contracted for the second straight quarter, which is the accepted definition of a recession. The contraction itself was no surprise, but its size - 4.5 percent in real terms - was greater than expected. While even the M [...]	2009-11-18 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE PGOV
09CARACAS1473	RE: MUNICIPALITY CONTINUES TO RESIST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Venezuela (GBRV) authorities continue to block efforts by Caracas' opposition led municipality of Chacao to build a new civic center on the former site of a popular weekend market. Opposition Chacao Mayor Emilio Grateron ordered construction to begin on Nove [...]	2009-11-19 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1475	Venezuela: Deciphering the Current Electricity Crisis [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's current electrical crisis is serious and complex, with problems that may yet present a "perfect storm" for policymakers. While acknowledging problems in maintenance delays and planning shortfalls in augmenting electricity infrastructure, President Chavez cites increase [...]	2009-11-20 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1477	PSUV HOLDS "TRANSPARENT" INTERNAL ELECTIONS, BUT REFUSES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) held nationwide elections on a rainy November 15 for its party congress (reftel). Despite repeatedly trumpeting the balloting as a display of transparency and democracy that the opposition lacks, the PSUV abruptly ch [...]	2009-11-20 16:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1479	FEDERAL COUNCIL LAW TO CENTRALIZE POWER AWAY FROM LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) passed the draft Organic Law of the Federal Government Council in a first vote, which appears engineered to create a parallel structure that could greatly diminish the funding and responsibilities currently granted to governors and m [...]	2009-11-20 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1483	VENEZUELA DESTROY BORDER BRIDGES; ACCUSES COLOMBIA OF [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Army troops on November 19 demolished two locally constructed foot bridges joining villages in Colombia and Venezuela. General Aguero of the 2ND Infantry Division, at a press conference later that day, claimed the structures were "pedestrian crossings used by dr [...]	2009-11-20 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR CO VE OAS
09CARACAS1485	Colombian Guerrillas Reportedly Met with GRBV Officials in [...] (S) Investigative journalist Nelson Bocaranda (strictly protect) told the Ambassador on November 16 that a reliable source had told him that Colombian guerrilla leaders had been in Caracas the previous week to meet with senior Venezuelan government officials to plan a possible provocati [...]	2009-11-20 20:43:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1487	VENEZUELA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EINV EPET ETRD ETTC HURI PREL VE
09CARACAS1489	Students Occupy Embassies; Plan Second Hunger Strike [...] (C) On November 19 student activist Julio Rivas told Polcouns and Human Rights Officer that students would convene a demonstration in Caracas on November 21 in which they would announce their initiation of a second round of political actions, to include a hunger strike by about 50 student [...]	2009-11-20 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS149	RUMORS OF A RUSSIAN FAVORED BID IN CARABOBO AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-connected industry source asserts that PDVSA has offered to form a mixed company with a newly formed Russian consortium for direct award of one of the Carabobo bid round blocks. The consortium was reportedly not required to pay for the data pack (for $2 million) despite p [...]	2009-02-04 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
09CARACAS1491	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL OF FOUR PRIVATE BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced November 20 that it was taking control of four private banks recently bought (or in the process of being bought) by Ricardo Fernandez, a businessman with close ties to the GBRV. The intervention is taking place with "open doors," i.e [...]	2009-11-20 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1493	FM Maduro Rails Against U.S. and DCA in Meeting of [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro inaugurated the first "International Meeting of Leftist Parties" in Caracas on November 19 with a televised diatribe against the United States. Calling the coup in Honduras a "coup against ALBA," and the Defense Cooperation Agreem [...]	2009-11-20 22:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1495	Foreign Ministry Communique on U.S. "Offer to Mediate" [...] On November 17, 2009, the Foreign Ministry released the communiquC) contained in para 3 below. An informal English version is contained in para 2 below. This communiquC) was apparently in response to the remarks of the Department Spokesman on November 13, in which he said in answering a ques [...]	2009-11-20 23:05:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CO VE
09CARACAS1499	FM MADURO TO PROVIDE UNASUR PROOF OF COLOMBIAN PLANS TO [...] (U) In a November 24 press release, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela would provide proof of Colombian "paramilitary incursions and intent to destabilize" Venezuela at the November 27 UNASUR meeting in Quito, Ecuador. He said the November 19 capture of Magaly Ju [...]	2009-11-25 20:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1501	Chavez Focuses Meeting of International Leftist Parties on [...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 Meeting of International Leftist Parties, President Chavez called on the parties to unite against the United States and said the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia (DCA) threatened the entire hemisphere. He also called convicte [...]	2009-11-25 21:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1503	BRV's Aggressive Land Interventions Benefit Selected [...] (C) SUMMARY: Continuing their aggressive policy to "rescue idle land," Minster of Agriculture Elias Jaua and representatives of the National Land Institute (INTI) intervened in 31 farms totaling about 19,750 hectares on November 23. As before, the government underscored their determinat [...]	2009-11-25 22:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE EAGR PGOV
09CARACAS1507	CHAVEZ GIVES IRANIAN LEADER WARM WELCOME; SIGNS MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez provided a warm welcome to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his November 24-26 visit to Venezuela, declaring he and his Iranian counterpart were , "together to the end." The Iranian's visit attracted small protests from student, Venezu [...]	2009-11-27 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR VE KISL
09CARACAS1509	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT SHUTS 4 BANKS AMID RUMORS OF CHAVISTA [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced on November 30 it will liquidate two of the four banks it took control of November 20 and temporarily close the other two as it tries to "rehabilitate" them. The intervening period of November 20-30, during which transactions proceeded [...]	2009-12-01 15:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV
09CARACAS151	CHAVEZ DECLARES SUDDEN HOLIDAY TO HONOR HIMSELF [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez declared on February 1 that February 2 would be a holiday to celebrate his ten years in power. The Venezuelan president's surprise was late, and the vague announcement of this last minute holiday created considerable confusion at businesses, schools, and other i [...]	2009-02-04 21:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB VE
09CARACAS1511	VENEZUELA - Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is little to no progress to report for the interim period. The Government of Venezuela (GBRV) refused to meet with Post regarding TIP and remains reluctant to share trafficking information, however it did provide some responses to Post's recent inquiries. While of [...]	2009-12-01 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KWMN KTIP KCRM VE
09CARACAS1515	CARACAS STRUGGLES TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 26, Caracas residents blocked a major highway with burning tires to protest the growing piles of trash that had accumulated along the streets of the Libertador municipality. Despite an earlier promise by Libertador Mayor Jorge Rodriguez to resolve the crisis by Novemb [...]	2009-12-01 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELAB SENV KCOR VE
09CARACAS1517	Ambassadors Discuss Expulsion of Colombian Miners/Colombian [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, Ambassador met with Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela Maria Luisa Chiappe at the residence of Mexican Embassy Political Counselor Maria Elena Alcaraz, at the former's request. Ambassador Chiappe confirmed reports that late last week approximately 500 miners - m [...]	2009-12-02 18:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CO VE
09CARACAS1519	Opposition Officials Attacked During Protest Of Budget Cuts [...] (C) Summary: Leading opposition officials held a march in downtown Caracas on December 1 in protest of proposed cuts of the 2010 allocation of funds from the central government to the states. In an unusually strong show of opposition unity, Miranda Governor Henrique Capriles Rodonski was jo [...]	2009-12-02 18:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN VE
09CARACAS1521	VENEZUELA EXPECTED TO TAKE HARD LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV)'s steadfast view that developed countries have caused climate change is expected to dominate its official position at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Though the GBRV has not publicized an official s [...]	2009-12-03 14:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN VE KGHG
09CARACAS1523	RE: Second Student Led Hunger Strike at Risk of Fizzling Out [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the November 21 announcement by student activist Julio Rivas of a second student-led hunger strike to demand a visit by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH),the number of students participating in the hunger strike has dropped from its pea [...]	2009-12-03 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1525	VENEZUELA: IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public speech on November 25, President Chavez touted the implementation of 129 joint projects with Iranian cooperation and called the Government of Iran (GOI) a "strategic ally." The same day, the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) signed an additional 45 agreements with Iran to [...]	2009-12-04 13:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EPET VE
09CARACAS1529	COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty years of civil war in Colombia have created a unique situation where four generations of refugees, totaling an estimated 6 million people, call Venezuela home. Colombian expatriates are integrated at every level of Venezuelan society, from casual day laborers to pro [...]	2009-12-04 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PTER CO VE IOM
09CARACAS1535	DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) As requested in Reftel, PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on December 4 on the "combating defamation of religions" resolution before the UN General Assembly. Using the non-paper, PolCouns urged the Venezuelan government against supporting the resolution. The officia [...]	2009-12-07 21:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PHUM VE
09CARACAS1537	Venezuelan government takes over three additional banks; key [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced December 4 that it was taking control of three more banks, in addition to the four it took over November 20. While these three banks are small, the growing scale of the GBRV's intervention has had a number of repercussions in the financial sec [...]	2009-12-07 22:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1539	Venezuela's Rice Availability Diminishing [...] (C) Summary: According to local rice producers and traders, Venezuela's rice supplies are contracting due to diminished domestic output and a slow import program. Although there have been high profile purchases in the last few months from Ecuador, Argentina, and Guyana to cover the expe [...]	2009-12-08 13:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR VE PGOV ETRD
09CARACAS1541	VENEZUELA'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IN DISARRAY AS GBRV SHIFTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan doctors have accused the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) of politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans. In recent months, protests have paralyzed hospitals across Venezuela as doctors and patients have complained of shortages of medical supplies, [...]	2009-12-08 16:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELAB HURI VE
09CARACAS1543	Sucre Municipality Opposition Mayor Focuses On Barrios [...] (C) Summary: Carlos Ocariz, the opposition mayor of the Municipality of Sucre in Greater Caracas, has focused on governing, rather than politicking since assuming office in November 2008. His approval ratings have increased since taking office, and his work on social programs, public services, and [...]	2009-12-10 15:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR VE
09CARACAS1545	OAS Visit Ends Student Hunger Strike; Student Confrontation [...] (SBU) Summary: Student activist Julio Rivas claimed victory and ended his 18-day hunger strike on December 8 after a visit to Caracas by an OAS team that listened to the students' concerns and announced a January 2010 visit to Venezuela by OAS Secretary General Insulza. In a separate i [...]	2009-12-10 23:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1547	TWO CHAVISTAS ELECTED AS NEW "INDEPENDENT" CNE RECTORS [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) selected two new rectors to the five-person committee that oversees the National Electoral Council (CNE),replacing the two outgoing Chavista rectors with two more of the party faithful. Incoming rectors Socorro Hernandez and Tania D'Amelio, respectiv [...]	2009-12-11 17:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS155	VENEZUELAN AUTOMOTIVE POLICY HAD "DISASTEROUS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government's automotive policy, in effect since January 1, 2008, fell far short of meeting its goal of increasing domestic car production. Car sales dropped by 45 percent in 2008 while spiraling prices due to lack of supply now have some in the government calling f [...]	2009-02-05 16:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV VE
09CARACAS1551	VENEZUELA'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IN DISARRAY AS GBRV SHIFTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan doctors have accused the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) of politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans. In recent months, protests have paralyzed hospitals across Venezuela as doctors and patients have complained of shortages of medical supplies, delay [...]	2009-12-14 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB HURI PGOV VE
09CARACAS1553	GBRV Takes Over Another Small Bank, Raising Total to Eight [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) took over another small bank due to "a situation of illiquidity," raising the total in the ongoing episode to eight. This bank, Banorte, fits the pattern of the other seven banks in that it was bought recently by a new entrant to [...]	2009-12-14 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV
09CARACAS1555	CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT: DIVISION OF POWERS WEAKENS THE STATE [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez publicly echoed comments made by President of the Supreme Court (TSJ) Luisa Estella Morales December 5 that "the division of powers weakens the state." The local media has speculated that the comments suggest that Chavez might try to convoke a constituent assem [...]	2009-12-15 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1557	GBRV ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR ANOTHER OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government (GBRV) issued an arrest warrant December 8 for Ramon Martinez, an ex-governor and the nominal president of the Podemos opposition party, on corruption charges. Although the case has generated only minimal press interest, the prosecution is probably tar [...]	2009-12-15 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1559	C-AL9-02397 GBRV TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON COLOMBIAN IMPORTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, the Executive President of the Venezuelan-Colombian Economic Integration Board (CAVECOL),Luis Alberto Russian, told EconOffs that while custom offices remain open on the Colombian border the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has erected a series of administrative barrier [...]	2009-12-16 13:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PINR PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1561	VENEZUELA: NEW PORT AUTHORITIES CHARACTERIZED BY DECLINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shipping company representatives report that port conditions improved immediately after the nationalization of Venezuelan port operations in June 2009 when the government retrieved thousands of containers that had been left in the ports. This improvement, though, was short-lived as [...]	2009-12-16 13:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT EWWT VE MARR PGOV PREL ETRD
09CARACAS1563	MILITARY REFORMS CONSOLIDATE CHAVEZ AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: The October 5 approval by the National Assembly (AN) of 45 changes to the year-old Organic Law of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and a revision of the Law on Conscription and Enlistment surprised military watchers and NGOs. The new reforms increase the presidency's contro [...]	2009-12-17 00:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV CO VE
09CARACAS1565	TRIBAL DEATHS HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT LAND TRANSFER PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Summary: The October 13 killing of three members of the Yukpa tribe in the border state of Zulia highlighted the tension surrounding the Venezuelan government's (GBRV's) land transfer program. The killings, supposedly by other Yukpa members, followed the alleged theft of 124 cattle two d [...]	2009-12-17 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1567	Venezuela: PDVSA Experiencing Quality Control Problems [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is experiencing quality control problems with refined product and upgraded crude oil and is bearing significant costs due to these problems. The Venezuelan national oil company has prioritized the supply of gasoline and other petroleum products to its domestic market over it [...]	2009-12-17 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CH VE
09CARACAS1569	Sorting Out the Cedeno Story [...] (C) Summary. The December 10 release of imprisoned banker Eligio Cedeno and the immediate detention of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, who ordered his release, have merged two issues: corruption by Chavez insiders and the politicization of Venezuela's judicial system. Embassy recommends a principled po [...]	2009-12-17 23:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS157	VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST TURNS DEADLY [...] (C) Summary. On January 29, police in Anzoategui state, enforcing a judicial order obtained by Mitsubishi, entered the Mitsubishi automotive factory, which had been taken over by union workers on January 12. A melee ensued, leaving two workers dead and several workers and two police officers [...]	2009-02-05 17:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1581	Venezuela Hosts New FARC-Affiliated Organization [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting in Caracas on December 7-9, about 1,000 delegates from 24 countries established the Continental Bolivarian Movement (MCB),named FARC leader Alfonso Cano its honorary president, and expressed support for the FARC and for President Chavez's fight against "U.S. imperia [...]	2009-12-21 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1585	OPPOSITION "UNITY TABLE" APPROVES CANDIDATE SELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 10, after months of negotiations, the opposition "unity table" ("mesa de unidad") announced its proposal for selecting candidates for the September 2010 National Assembly (AN) elections. While relatively thin on detail, the agreement establishes that the selection [...]	2009-12-22 16:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1587	CHAVEZ VOWS TO SHOOT DOWN "SPY" PLANES [...] (SBU) In his nationally-televised weekly Alo Presidente show on December 20, President Chavez accused Colombian President Uribe of having "handed over Colombia to the yankees" and having allowed them to send unmanned aircraft into Venezuelan airspace near the Colombian border. Chavez said tha [...]	2009-12-22 20:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1589	Chavez Calls for Cedeno's Extradition and 35-Year Sentence for the Judge [...] (C) During a December 21 broadcast, President Chavez announced that fugitive banker Eligio Cedeno had been detained in the United States and asked the relevant government ministries to quickly put together the necessary documentation for an extradition request to the United States (see reftel for b [...]	2009-12-22 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV VE
09CARACAS159	REFERENDUM UPDATE - ONE WEEK OUT [...] (C) Summary: With just over a week to go before the February 15 constitutional referendum to remove official term limits, credible local polling indicates that support for President Chavez's "Yes" campaign has drawn slightly ahead of the "No." The Government of Bolivarin Republic of Venezue [...]	2009-02-06 17:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1591	GRBV UNDEREPORTS H1N1, DENGUE AND MALARIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of December 17, the Venezuelan Ministry of Health has reported 2,697 laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 and 117 deaths associated with the virus. Many medical experts claim that the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has underreported the prevalence of H1N1, based on the mortality r [...]	2009-12-23 14:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE KFLU KHIV AMED
09CARACAS1593	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S CVP LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) official provided insight into the structure of PDVSA's Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (or CVP by its Spanish acronym) board of directors, current production numbers, and noted current Russian and Chinese difficulties [...]	2009-12-23 15:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON RS CH VE
09CARACAS1595	Venezuela: Banco Bicentenario Opens, But is the Banking Episode Over? [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez officially inaugurated Banco Bicentenario on December 21, thus effectively re-opening three of the eight banks the Venezuelan government (GBRV) has taken over or shut down since November 20. The National Assembly also passed changes to the banking law to triple the amo [...]	2009-12-23 19:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1597	Dueling Expectations regarding Cedeno's Return [...] (U) During a December 22 press conference to discuss the results of Copenhagen-15, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said that all the documentation required under the U.S.-Venezuela Extradition Treaty to request fugitive banker Eligio Cedeno's return had been provided to the United States so that Ce [...]	2009-12-23 20:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV VE
09CARACAS1599	CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...]	2009-12-29 22:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE
09CARACAS160	STATE TV AIRS TELCON WITH POLOFF - ALLEGES PLOT [...] (U) Action message -- See Para 6. 2. (SBU) Venezolana de Television (VTV),the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV's) free-to-air state TV station, aired on January 27 a January 9 telephone conversation between the secretary of opposition activist Enrique Mendoza and [...]	2009-02-06 18:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC VE
09CARACAS1605	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON VOTING [...] (C) On December 29, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that despite its earlier promise to release information about the revised boundaries of voting districts before the end of 2009 (reftel),it would instead do so by January 20, 2010. The information about the revis [...]	2009-12-31 17:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
09CARACAS1607	CHAVEZ CLAIMS VENEZUELA HAS "GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE" [...] (SBU) President Chavez and the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry made statements during the week of December 28 regarding the Spanish criticism of Venezuela's role at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and U.S. policy toward Iran. Both statements are suggestive of President Chavez's [...]	2009-12-31 19:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SENV SP KGHG IR
09CARACAS1609	VENEZUELA: Central Bank Underestimates Economic Contraction [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to Central Bank President Nelson Merentes' end of year projection, the Venezuelan economy contracted 2.9% in 2009. The Central Bank (BCV) data indicated non oil exports fell to 2004 levels and petroleum income is also sharply down. Trying to divert attention [...]	2009-12-31 19:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VE

09CARACAS174	REFERENDUM UPDATE - FIVE DAYS OUT [...] (C) Summary: With less than a week until President Chavez's February 15 constitutional referendum on removing official term limits, the Venezuelan President has shifted gears from warning of an impending "civil war" to calling for peace and demanding an end to political violence by his radi [...]	2009-02-09 22:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE

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