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08RIODEJANEIRO148	Defense Minister Jobim on Brazilian Military's Role in [...] (U) Summary: During remarks that closed a three-day conference on Strategic Studies at the Brazilian Army Staff School (ECEME) in Rio, Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim offered comments on a variety of challenges facing the Brazilian military, and how it is confronting those challeng [...]	2008-06-17 18:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL BR

08RIODEJANEIRO159	BRAZIL ENTREPRENEUR LAUNCHES CHALLENGER TO OIL GIANT [...] (U) Summary. A Brazilian oil company that has yet to drill a single well raised US$4.16 billion in an initial stock offering in mid-June, Brazil's largest public offering to date. The huge success of the IPO for OGX Petroleo e Gas Participoes SA reflects a tide of optimism generated by the re [...]	2008-06-27 12:20:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO165	AMBASSADOR SOBEL MEETS WITH KEY ENERGY ENTITIES IN RIO [...] (SBU) On June 6 Ambassador Sobel met with the two top executives of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute (IBP),an association representing the 71 energy companies operating in Brazil, and with Petrobras' new International Director, Jorge Luiz Zelada. In both meetings, discussions centered on the [...]	2008-06-30 16:19:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PBTS MARR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO171	Rio de Janeiro Pol/Econ Round-Up, June 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the month of June 2008. - Three Brazilian Youth Murdered by Rival Drug Dealers After Corrupt Soldiers Turn Them Over - Dual citizen killed by a military policeman in Rio - Salvador: Ret [...]	2008-06-30 19:02:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND PARM CASC PGOV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO172	AMB. LAGON VISITS RIO DE JANEIRO TO DISCUSS TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) visited Rio de Janeiro on June 21-23 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. He consulted with various members of the NGO and academic community on the sexual exp [...]	2008-07-01 12:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO180	Petrobras Workers To Launch 5-Day Strike in Campos Basin, [...] Summary. Workers for Brazil's oil giant Petrobras will begin a five-day strike in the Campos Basin on July 14. The employees are demanding additional compensation for travel days used to depart oil platforms after 14-day shifts. Separately, the oil workers union is considering a further nat [...]	2008-07-11 19:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO19	U.S. OIL COMPANIES ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The US Commercial Service in Rio organized an oil roundtable discussion with US oil companies and Ambassador Sobel on January 8, 2008. The CEOs of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Devon Energy, Anadarko, and Hess Corporation briefed Ambassador Sobel on the investment climate for foreign [...]	2008-01-28 16:36:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO205	Petrobras Launches Biofuels Subsidiary [...] Summary. This week, Brazil's semi-public oil company Petrobras will launch a new subsidiary to run its growing biofuels operations, looking towards building production capacity to meet growing global demand for ethanol exports. The new subsidiary, called Petrobras Biocombustivel, will coordi [...]	2008-07-30 13:00:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO215	Rio de Janeiro Sets Up Municipal Election Task Force to [...] Summary. In advance of the October municipal elections, a new trend has emerged involving the use of intimidation to organize and deliver massive voter blocks from favela communities to candidates willing to align themselves with drug traffickers and militias. The Brazilian Federal Police, [...]	2008-08-11 11:14:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO235	Brazil to Resume Oil Auctions in December 2008 [...] Brazil's National Energy Policy Council has authorized the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to host an auction to license oil and gas rights on December 18, 2008. However, no offshore blocks will be offered at the "10th Round" auction to the disappointment of many industry representatives. Li [...]	2008-09-05 10:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO236	Prominent Brazilians Ponder Foreign Policy Challenges and [...] (U) Summary. The Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) commemorated its 10th anniversary with a special forum in Rio de Janeiro on September 2, 2008 which featured prominent Brazilian policymakers and academics speaking on the theme of "Challenges to Brazil's Foreign Policy." [...]	2008-09-05 14:44:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ETRD ECIN BR
08RIODEJANEIRO237	Brazil Oil and Gas - Update on Pre-Salt E&P [...] This cable is intended to provide an update on exploration and production activity as it relates to pre-salt oil reserves in Brazil. Pre-salt refers to a 500-mile wide "new frontier" area in Brazil, located under a thick layer of salt -- 350 miles off of Brazil's southeastern coast at an aver [...]	2008-09-05 17:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO239	Rio de Janeiro Pol/Econ Round-Up, July/August 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of July-August 2008. - GOB Considers Privatizing Rio International Airport - Armed Forces Deployed to Rio for Municipal Elections - Former Rio Governors Indicted for Corrupt [...]	2008-09-09 18:59:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KPLS SNAR SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO244	Petrobras Announces 3-5 Billion Barrels in Iara Field, [...] Petrobras has announced that its Santos Basin pre-salt "Iara" field holds an estimated recoverable volume of 3-4 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas. Relevant test well data reveals that recoverable volume ranges are significantly better than initially forecast. The Iara field is lo [...]	2008-09-11 14:32:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO245	(Corrected) Petrobras Announces 3-4 Billion Barrels in [...] Petrobras has announced that its Santos Basin pre-salt "Iara" field holds an estimated recoverable volume of 3-4 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas. Relevant test well data reveals that recoverable volume ranges are significantly better than initially forecast. The Iara field is lo [...]	2008-09-11 16:56:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO276	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SOBEL PROMOTES COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES [...] Summary. On September 17, 2008, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Clifford Sobel welcomed approximately 80 representatives from U.S. firms to a seminar at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo 2008 to discuss commercial opportunities in the energy sector. The seminar, organized by the U.S. Commercial Service, fe [...]	2008-10-02 15:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EPET ENRG BR
08RIODEJANEIRO288	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary. U/S Jeffery visited Rio de Janeiro on October 2, 2008 as part of his trip to Brazil. Accompanied by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly and Special Energy Advisor Greg Manuel, U/S Jeffery met with representatives from the U.S. oil and gas industry, industry association IBP (Brazilian Institute [...]	2008-10-16 18:26:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO295	NO TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, BRAZIL'S [...] Summary. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, Greg Schulte, visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 17 as part of his trip to the region, including Brasilia, Santiago and Buenos Aires (SEPTELS),for consultations on non-proliferation issues. In meetings with Brazil's nuclear re [...]	2008-10-22 15:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG EIND EMIN AR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO298	MID-SIZED BRAZILIAN BANKS EXPERIENCING LIQUIDITY PROBLEMS, [...] Summary. Mid-sized banks in Brazil are experiencing liquidity problems since the onset of the global financial crisis, BBM Bank CEO Pedro Mariani Bittencourt told Amb. Sobel on October 20. Bittencourt predicted further global market volatility over the next few months, which will continue to [...]	2008-10-28 10:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR
08RIODEJANEIRO300	RIO DE JANEIRO MAYOR-ELECT'S PLANS FOR THE CITY [...] As reported in reftel, former Rio de Janeiro State Secretary for Sports and Tourism Eduardo Paes (PMDB Party) won the October 26 run-off election for Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, edging out Fernando Gabeira (Green Party - PV) by less than one percentage point. Endorsements by Rio de Janeiro Govern [...]	2008-10-28 16:21:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO301	RIO DE JANEIRO POL/ECON ROUNDUP FOR SEPT-OCT 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of September-October 2008. -Municipal Elections -High Profile Murders in Rio de Janeiro -Brazil Mining Giant Vale Posts Record Profit Despite Crisis -Petrobras Launches Firs [...]	2008-10-30 12:13:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM EMIN ENRG EPET BR
08RIODEJANEIRO302	BRAZIL-PETROBRAS AND CUBA-PETROLEO TO SIGN OIL DEAL, LOW [...] Summary. Brazil's Petrobras will partner with its Cuban counterpart, Cuba-Petroleo (Cupet),for offshore oil exploration and production in Cuban waters, according to Brazilian officials. The agreement between Petrobras and Cuba-Petrol will be finalized and signed during the Brazilian Preside [...]	2008-10-30 16:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG CU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO304	MORE DETAILS OF PETROBAS-CUPET DEAL [...] Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras signed an agreement on October 31 to explore for oil in Cuba's still untapped offshore fields, which Cuban energy officials say may hold more than 20 billion barrels of reserves. Petrobras agreed to make an initial investment of USD 8 million t [...]	2008-10-31 18:31:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG CU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO322	ITC Specialist Discusses Ethanol in Rio de Janeiro [...] On October 21-22, International Trade Commission Trade Specialist Douglass Newman, accompanied by Senior Pol/Econ Specialist, visited Rio de Janeiro to meet with Brazilian contacts on ethanol issues. Mr. Newman's focus is ethanol trade and specifically CBI quota issues. Newmann also had meeti [...]	2008-11-28 11:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD BR
08RIODEJANEIRO337	BRAZIL OIL & GAS - BID ROUND 10 [...] Summary. On December 18, 2008, Brazil held its 10th Bid Round to license oil and gas exploration rights. Unlike past auctions, Bid Round 10 only offered onshore blocks (offshore opportunities are on hold until the government decides how it wants to handle the "pre-salt" region). Results of [...]	2008-12-18 19:03:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO346	READOUT OF BRAZIL-EU SUMMIT, DECEMBER 22-23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula hosted the second European Union (EU) - Brazil Summit in Rio de Janeiro on December 22-23, 2008. The EU was represented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso. The international financial and economic c [...]	2008-12-24 17:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG EPET SENV FR RS EU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO347	Brazil Telecom Operators To Cooperate With Police On [...] Brazilian telecommunications companies TIM (Italian majority-owned),Oi, and Brasil Telecom signed a cooperation deal on December 17, 2008 with the country's police authorities for quick supply of data in the investigation of internet child pornography cases. Representatives of the federal go [...]	2008-12-24 17:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT PGOV PHUM KCRM BR
08RIODEJANEIRO35	BRAZILIAN NATIONAL OIL AGENCY WELCOMES US PARTNERSHIPS, [...] Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Haroldo Lima, Director General Florival Rodrigues de Carvalho, General Manager of Planning and Research, and Durval Barrros, General Manager of Institutional Communication of the National Oil Agency (ANP) on February 15, 2008. They discussed potential synergi [...]	2008-02-26 19:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EET PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO43	CODEL MARKEY EXPLORES BRAZILIAN BIOFUELS AND FLEXFUEL [...] Summary: On February 18-19 Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA),Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, led a congressional delegation to Rio de Janeiro to learn more about the market aspects of Brazil's sugarcane ethanol industry, renewable energy policy, flexfuel automobil [...]	2008-03-04 19:19:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO44	PETROBRAS WINDING DOWN BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Petrobras, the company will complete all of its existing contractual requirements in Iran later this year. After completion of the Tusan contract, Petrobras does not expect to be further invested in oil and gas activities in Iran. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In 200 [...]	2008-03-05 09:52:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL IR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO89	Minister of Industry and Commerce Discusses Possible [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2008, Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Miguel Jorge and Ambassador Sobel discussed Minister Jorge's upcoming visit to Washington DC for the CEO Forum Meeting at the end of April. Ambassador Sobel stressed the importance of showing concrete results from the [...]	2008-04-14 14:43:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV EAIR CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO91	BRAZIL'S CHIEF PETROLEUM REGULATOR INADVERTANTLY CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Director Haroldo Lima is under fire and, some speculate, may lose his job for confirming what petroleum industry insiders have believed for some time -- that, at a depth of around 4000 meters in the Santos Basin off the coast of Sao Paulo, [...]	2008-04-15 19:16:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08SANTIAGO1085	UNASUR AGENDA: REPORT ON BOLIVIAN KILLINGS, [...] (U) On December 16, leaders from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will meet in Bahia de Salvador, Brazil on the margins of the MERCOSUR meeting in the same city. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, acting in her capacity as UNASUR President Pro Tempore, will chair the meeting. [...]	2008-12-11 18:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER MARR CI BL BR
08SANTIAGO1105	RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA: CHILE [...] (C) The Ambassador used a December 16 meeting of visiting CODEL Meeks to raise with Interior Minister (and Acting President) Edmundo Perez Yoma ref A demarche. The Ambassador - as well as Representatives Meeks (D-NY) and Hinojosa (D-TX) - noted to Perez Yoma the increased risk of narcotics flo [...]	2008-12-16 19:47:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AR BO BR CI PA
08SANTIAGO688	CHILE SUPPORTS COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT IN FARC [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor, accompanied by E/Pol Officer, delivered reftel demarche points to Carlos Charme, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office for South American Affairs. Charme was joined by Enrique Barriga, Desk Officer for Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. E/Pol Counselor stressed that it is c [...]	2008-07-25 21:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CI CO BR NU
08SAOPAULO104	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "Time For diplomacy" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (3/4): "Colombia owes an explanation to Ecuador and the international community for having violated Ecuadorian territory.... No one questions Bogota's right to harass the FARC, a Marxist guerrill [...]	2008-03-04 12:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO109	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "What Is Expected From Brazil" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo lead editorial maintained (3/5): "The Colombian invasion in Ecuador cannot be characterized as a casual and unmotivated act of aggression. The governments of Ecuador and Venezuela have clearly provide [...]	2008-03-06 10:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO11	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 14:31:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO114	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "The OAS' Prudent Decision" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (3/7): "Brazil, Argentina and Chile wisely decided to isolate caudillo Hugo Chvez, the main catalyst of the crisis being the first to break relations with Colombia and announcing the sendin [...]	2008-03-07 17:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO115	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES BOVESPA, BM&F IN MERGER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: Bovespa Holding, the company that controls and manages the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, and Brazil's Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) informed Brazil's Securities Commission (CVM) and investors on February 19 that the two companies had initiated negotiations for a possible merger [...]	2008-03-07 17:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO117	BRAZIL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) Despite the mostly encouraging news regarding Brazil's rapid economic growth, new trade and industry development is increasingly coming into conflict with the country's indigenous communities. The demarcation of indigenous lands allows for a degree of legal protection; however, even wh [...]	2008-03-10 14:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID ELAB ECON BR
08SAOPAULO119	QUILOMBO COMMUNITIES SERVE AS MODERN-DAY REMINDER OF [...] (SBU) As Brazil enjoys economic prosperity and growth, the plight of the Brazilian quilombos highlights that racial and income inequality persists. Although founded centuries ago, these communities of Afro-Brazilian slave descendants still serve as an important part of the country's legacy of [...]	2008-03-11 12:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL SOCI BR
08SAOPAULO12	LULA'S PLAN TO RECOVER CPMF REVENUES AS EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on January 2 three ways for compensating for lost revenues after losing the battle to renew the Provisional Financial Transactions Tax (CPMF) in December. As expected, the GOB announced a mix of tax hikes and potential cuts in government spen [...]	2008-01-10 16:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BR
08SAOPAULO122	SANTA CATARINA GOVERNOR SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT SCARE [...] (U) Summary: Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Governor of the southern state of Santa Catarina, has survived an attempt to remove him from office over allegations of abuse of power. On February 21, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted for technical reasons to suspend the legal proceedings ag [...]	2008-03-12 09:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO123	MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN ELECTIONS; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 15:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO128	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SECSTATE RICE'S VISIT [...] "The War Continues" Columnist Eliane Cantanhede commented in largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/14): "Condoleezza Rice used her visit to Brasilia to send a tough message to Latin America, especially Venezuela and Ecuador. In a meeting with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, [...]	2008-03-14 15:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO129	BRAZIL'S WORKERS' CENTRALS GAIN LEGAL RECOGNITION, [...] (SBU) On March 11, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies passed a bill giving legal recognition to Brazil's labor Centrals. Although they have been playing an important role in Brazilian political life for many years, the Centrals have not been considered part of the national labor system, but rather [...]	2008-03-14 15:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN ECON BR
08SAOPAULO130	CHINA'S BUSINESS INTERESTS IN BRAZIL RECEIVE MIXED [...] (C) Although bilateral trade between China and Brazil continues to grow, there are increasing frustrations on both sides regarding access to each others' markets. For Brazilian business, China represents the largest opportunities for growth, but also the greatest economic risks, and many poi [...]	2008-03-14 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV ECON CH BR
08SAOPAULO138	MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: CHINA' REPRESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO142	SAO PAULO ELECTIONS: ALCKMIN MAYORAL CANDIDAC VIEWED AS [...] (SBU) The Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB),the counry's largest and most important opposition party is facing internal division as well as a possibe breach with its principal ally, the Democrats arty (DEM),over this year's municipal elections. Despite their partnership on the national [...]	2008-03-18 16:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO145	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: OAS MINISTERIAL [...] "Endless Nightmare At Sight" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (3/19): "A few days before the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the second most clamorous allegation by the Bush administration to justify the war against Saddam Hussein collapse [...]	2008-03-19 12:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. [...] "The Costs Of The Adventure" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (3/20): "The US invasion in Iraq was a humanitarian catastrophe and a political fiasco that placed the Pentagon in a situation without prospect of solution. It has also been a financial [...]	2008-03-20 12:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO15	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 10:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO170	HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...]	2008-04-02 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO171	REFORMING SAO PAULO'S JUVENILE CORRECTION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo's juvenile correctional system continues to battle its image as a network of uncaring staff and unsanitary facilities that turns young petty thieves into hardened criminals. Observers agree that sustained growth and development depend on Brazil's investing in its youth, especia [...]	2008-04-03 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM BR
08SAOPAULO177	INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ABUSES INCREASE IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's indigenous population faces some of the harshest conditions among the native populations of Brazil. Government officials and landowners deny the extent of human rights abuses occurring in the state, but activists and the indigenous themselves recount stories of land [...]	2008-04-04 10:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR
08SAOPAULO183	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 16:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO185	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S [...] "The Vice of Populism" Liberal and largest national circulation daily Folha de S.Paulo (4/10) says: "President Hugo Chavez, has been increasing expenses with all sorts of social programs for years in order to please his constituents... . This policy...translates into inflationary pressure. T [...]	2008-04-10 12:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO188	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE; SCO [...] 'Material Incentives' in Cuba Center-right O Estado de S.Paulo (4/14) editorializes: "A resolution adopted in February [in Cuba] but only now made public establishes that a 'compaero' who is more productive than the other working the same job will receive a salary proportionally higher... . T [...]	2008-04-14 12:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
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
08SAOPAULO199	MATO GROSSO DO SUL STATE HIGHLIGHTS BRAZIL'S AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Brazil's continued position as a leading international agricultural powerhouse is fueled by the rapid economic expansion in states such as Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Driven by high commodity prices as well as tourism to the world's largest wetland space, the Pantanal, MS is undergoing an [...]	2008-04-18 15:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON EIND ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO204	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PARAGUAY, PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 14:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO214	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES GET GREEN LIGHT FOR MERGER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's two stock exchanges announced their intent to merge on March 27. The merger of the Brazilian stock exchange (Bovespa) and the Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) into BM&F Bovespa, S.A. will make the new exchange the third largest in the world in terms of market valu [...]	2008-04-29 15:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV AR BR
08SAOPAULO22	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 18:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO222	MEDIA REACTION: WORLD FOOD CRISIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 10:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO223	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BOLIVIA, REFORMS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 10:22:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO225	All Politics is National: Presidential Race is Endgame of [...] (SBU) On April 24, the Sao Paulo State Executive Committee of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) voted unanimously to support Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab (Democratic Party - DEM) in this year's municipal elections. PMDB state president Orestes Quercia stated that nat [...]	2008-05-08 17:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO227	SOARING FOOD PRICES WOLDWIDE AND FOOD INFLATION IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil has suffered less from skyrocketing world food prices than other emerging markets. As a net global food supplier, Brazil's agricultural exports earnings are climbing. However, rising global inflation - particularly higher oil prices, which affect both the cost of fertili [...]	2008-05-09 09:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND EAGR ENRG KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO228	SAO PAULO POLICE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST PCC LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the second anniversary of organized criminal violence in Sao Paulo approaches (reftels),an investigation has uncovered evidence of possible civil police misconduct related to the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal gang. Two investigators have been accused of illicit wire [...]	2008-05-09 09:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO236	BRAZIL MOSTLY INSULATED FROM U.S. SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) ummary: Brazil is more insulated from any U.S. drien worldwide economic slowdown than other emergin market countries. Its domestic economy fuels ecnomic growth, Brazilian banks have plenty of captal to lend, and Brazil is increasingly integrated into world markets. Similarly, the Brazil [...]	2008-05-12 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO240	U.S. ACCOUNTING FIRMS WEIGH-IN ON BRAZIL-U.S. ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2008 Ambassador Sobel, Treasury Attache, Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and EconOffs met with the Brazilian-arms of the American accounting firms Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. The themes of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum dominated the discussion, in [...]	2008-05-13 11:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ECON EFIN BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO242	DRUGS, ARMS AND CONTRABAND CONTINUE TO ENTER BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Brazil continues to wrestle with the serious challenge posed by increasingly creative traffickers of drugs, arms and IPR-infringing products, according to law enforcement officials and NGO representatives in Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu. Growing demand, both domestic and international, [...]	2008-05-13 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KIPR SENV ASEC PARM BR
08SAOPAULO247	BRAZIL AWARDED INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprising move, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) upgraded Brazil's foreign currency sovereign credit rating to investment grade on April 30. Financial analysts had widely speculated that Brazil might earn the upgrade later in 2008, but S&P surprised analys [...]	2008-05-15 15:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO248	MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...]	2008-05-16 09:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO25	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 15:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO260	BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN PRECARIOUS EQUILIBRIUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's 2008 electricity supply will just cover demand, leaving the county in a state of precarious equilibrium. President Lula is lucky that it has been raining sufficiently over the last six years to feed Brazil's hydroelectric reservoirs (which account for approximately 80 pe [...]	2008-05-28 14:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ENV PREL BR
08SAOPAULO264	BRAZILIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND BACK IN PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 13th announcement by Brazil's Finance Minister seeking to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for Brazil has been met with criticism from the financial community and concerns by the Central Bank. On the heels of this outpouring of negative press, President Lula ask [...]	2008-05-29 15:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO267	SECOND INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING FOR BRAZIL [...] (U) On May 29, Fitch upgraded Brazil's sovereign risk rating to investment grade, from BB+ (neutral outlook) to BBB- (neutral outlook). According to Fitch, "the impressive improvement in external finances, in part due to higher commodity prices, but also the result of good policy management, a [...]	2008-05-30 17:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO268	BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY INCREASES GOB'S HOLD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on May 12 a new industrial policy intended to stimulate economic growth with a goal of growing GDP by five percent per year from 2008 to 2010. The Productive Development Policy incorporates financing and tax breaks to achieve four main object [...]	2008-05-30 17:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO269	BRAZILIAN BIOFUELS: ETHANOL PRODUCTION EXPANDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Soaring petroleum prices and a rapidly growing domestic fleet of flex-fuel cars are driving double-digit expansion in ethanol production in Brazil. In the coming year alone, Brazil's production of sugarcane-based ethanol is projected to increase 14.8 percent. Domestic demand for [...]	2008-06-02 14:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ELTN ETRD TRGY BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO276	CONTACTS FEAR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Brazil's trafficking in persons (TIP) dilemma presents a growing challenge to the law enforcement community and NGOs assisting with TIP victims. Brazil is home to some cases of agricultural forced labor as well as urban textile sweatshops where Bolivian migrants work in precarious condi [...]	2008-06-03 16:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO282	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA; SCO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 10:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO285	SAO PAULO: MARTA SUPLICY'S MAYORAL CANDIDACY COULD LEAD TO [...] (SBU) On June 4, Marta Suplicy confirmed her resignation as Minister of Tourism and her pre-candidacy as the Workers' Party (PT) candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. She and the PT are counting on three elements - President Lula's popularity, the strong economy, and division in opposition ranks - [...]	2008-06-06 17:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO288	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 12:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO291	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 11:03:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO292	ORGANIZED LABOR DOING WELL WITH LULA [...] (SBU) A year and a half into his second term, President Lula has won back the approval of many in organized labor who had expressed disenchantment with him during his first term. By signing legislation granting legal recognition and government funding to the large labor Centrals while vetoing [...]	2008-06-10 15:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON BR
08SAOPAULO297	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 11:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO298	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 10:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO3	BIOFUELS ROUNDTABLE FOR A/S SULLIVAN IN SAO PAULO [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable on biofuels developments on December 12 at the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo. Biofuels interlocutors applauded the USG's progress on the U.S.-Brazil Me [...]	2008-01-04 10:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG EFIN EINV ECON BR
08SAOPAULO30	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY: STOCK EXCHANGE TURBULENCE; [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 10:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO301	U.S. AIRLINES DIFFER AHEAD OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. aviation companies are of a mixed mind about expanded passenger routes between the United States and Brazil. On the one hand, rising fuel prices and a tightening market globally are weighing on the business decisions of the four U.S. carriers operating in Brazil (American [...]	2008-06-13 15:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO31	BRAZIL FACING DIFFICULT YEAR FOR NATURAL GAS SUPPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government began 2008 amid concerns of a possible electricity crisis due to a shortage of natural gas and lack of rain to fill hydropower reservoirs. Energy sector experts have been pointing to a possible shortage of natural gas since 2006 when Bolivia nationalized [...]	2008-01-23 11:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL BR ENRG
08SAOPAULO314	U.S. SCIENTISTS VISIT BRAZIL FOR MOU ON BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) As part of the U.S.-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Cooperation on Biofuels, a U.S. delegation of eight scientists and engineers from the Departments of Energy and Agriculture visited Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states from May 30 to June 6. Their visit follows a similar [...]	2008-06-18 17:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO32	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY: STOCK EXCHANGE TURBULENCE; SAO [...] "Anxiety And Panic In The US" IMF Managing Director Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. (representing Brazil and eight other nations in the organization) commented in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/24): "As everyone knows, the economic and financial situation here in [...]	2008-01-24 10:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO322	Sao Paulo Domestic Employee Validation Study [...] Summary: A recent study of B-1 domestic employee visas issued in Sao Paulo found a 3.5% overstay rate. By instituting new fraud prevention procedures, we hope to reduce this rate even further by closing certain loopholes. In almost all cases, overstays involved both the employer and the app [...]	2008-06-20 15:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KRFD CVIS KCRM SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO324	Mandatory SWT Report Shows 98.7 Percent Return Rate [...] (U) SUMMARY. Results of a mandatory end-of-season report from Brazilian Summer Work Travel (SWT) agencies show that 98.7 percent of participants had returned to Brazil or changed visa status legally in the U.S. by the end of the program. 1.2 percent of students overstayed their visa status, m [...]	2008-06-23 11:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD OEXC ELAB SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO335	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant and widely believed to be an unofficial advisor to President Lula, discussed his views on Brazil's newf [...]	2008-06-26 09:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO338	SAO PAULO: WITH AN EYE TO 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Avoiding open confrontation, the Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB) held its municipal convention June 22 and nominated former Governor Geraldo Alckmin as its candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. In a deal reportedly brokered by Governor Jose Serra, the faction that favored su [...]	2008-06-30 09:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO339	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 10:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR

08SAOPAULO348	MEDIA REACTION: ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 10:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO350	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 10:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO359	MEDIA REACTION: G8 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 10:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO367	MEDIA REACTION: G8 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 15:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO369	MEDIA REACTION: G8 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 14:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO371	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] Decisive Game in Geneva Lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (07/14) comments: "The most influential trade negotiators will meet in Geneva within a week to try to save the Doha Round before the new U.S. president takes office. ... The positions never were so close, and yet, i [...]	2008-07-14 10:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO375	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS [...] Another Package Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (7/15) says: "Frightened by the galloping economic crisis, the Bush administration announced another billion dollar package to help the financial crisis. ...With another billion dollar contribution, the Bush government and the Fed are tr [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO378	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 10:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO38	GOVERNMENT EXPANSION OF "BOLSA FAMILIA" BENEFITS DRAWS [...] On the last working day of 2007, President Lula expanded the scope of Bolsa Familia, the federal monthly stipend benefiting some 11 million poor families, to include an additional payment for each child aged 16 and 17. Opposition politicians called the action unethical and possibly in violati [...]	2008-01-28 18:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI EAID EFIN ECON BR
08SAOPAULO39	BRAZIL: NEGLECTED INDIGENOUS FACE LAND RIGHTS CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) According to a range of Sao Paulo-based contacts, the Brazilian Government does not respect fully the territorial and cultural rights of indigenous peoples, leaving communities to subsist in squalid urban slums or neglected rural territories that represent a fraction of the lands the ind [...]	2008-01-29 09:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR
08SAOPAULO392	BIOELECTRICITY THE NEXT BIOFUEL - ELECTRICITY SERIES #4 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the next big development in Brazilian biofuels, bioelectricity has been touted as the short-term solution to Brazil's potential electricity shortages. It is a clean source of electricity that requires little start-up time and is complementary to Brazil's predominately hydro [...]	2008-07-24 09:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EAGR ENV BR
08SAOPAULO407	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 16:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO412	G/TIP LAGON VISIT TO SAO PAULO REVEALS BOTH PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Mark P. Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),visited Sao Paulo on June 26-27 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. Ambassador Lagon met with both federal and state-level members of the judicial and la [...]	2008-07-30 15:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
08SAOPAULO417	GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 11:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO423	DOHA, ETHANOL, AND THE WTO: WILL BRAZIL FIGHT? [...] (SBU) The collapse of the DOHA round WTO negotiations brings with it a call to continue fighting US agriculture subsidies directly through the WTO. In particular, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) may choose this fall to initiate a WTO case against the US tariff on ethanol imports fr [...]	2008-08-04 08:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO432	SUGAR, ETHANOL, CHARGES OF SLAVERY, AND TIP STRATEGY IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 16:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB EAGR ENRG BR
08SAOPAULO433	WAR AT CAUCASUS, DOHA 08-11-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO437	SOUTHERN BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT STRENGTHENS TIES [...] (U) Ambassador Clifford Sobel traveled to the city of Curitiba, capital of the State of Parana, Brazil August 3-4, 2008. During his visit to Curitiba, Ambassador Sobel visited the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham),met with the Governor of Parana, Roberto Requico, was a featured speaker a [...]	2008-08-12 17:22:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN KCRM KMDR BR
08SAOPAULO438	RUSSIA/OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO443	ETHANOL, THE WTO, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: ROOM TO TALK? [...] (SBU) In the event of a WTO dispute over US tariffs on ethanol imports from Brazil, Brazil's largest association of sugar and ethanol producers (UNICA) would likely be asked to pay for the litigation. Conversations with high-ranking UNICA representatives show an organization ready for litigat [...]	2008-08-15 10:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRD ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO449	MEDIA REACTION: MUSHARRAF IMPEACHMENT; MERCOSUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 10:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO452	REINTERPRETING THE VALUE OF DOHA'S FAILURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 09:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO454	BRAZIL'S TRADE STRATEGY POST-DOHA: FIESP's POSITION [...] (SBU) In an August 21 meeting between Ambassador Sobel and Mario Marconini (strictly protect),Director for International Negotiations at FIESP (Sao Paulo Federation of Industries),Marconini provided his insights into Brazil's negotiating position during the last round of Doha trade negotiati [...]	2008-08-25 10:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL BR
08SAOPAULO456	GEORGIA/RUSSIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 12:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO457	BEHIND THE (GEORGIA) CONFLICT, A FIGHT FOR OIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 11:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO458	GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS; U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 08:31:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO460	U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO461	ELO TEAM DVC "BROWN BAG" - BEST PRACTICE? [...] (U) Summary. Consulate General Sao Paulo's Entry-level Committee (ELC) held a series of digital video conferences with bureaus in Washington, D.C. on mid-level job opportunities. Participants described mid-level positions, key functions of each bureau, skills of successful candidates, and the [...]	2008-08-29 12:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AMGT APER BR
08SAOPAULO467	Mission Participates in Diversity Panel on Race and [...] Summary: Congen Management Officer (and published author) gave a U.S. perspective on diversity as an invited member of a panel on the subject at Sao Paulo's Biannual Book Festival on August 20. The event featured many of the most important members of Brazil's diversity community. Panel di [...]	2008-09-04 15:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO468	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE 050073566 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Econoff conducted three separate site visits and was able to confirm receipt of the parts by Foreign Consignee Embraer. Site visits revealed that Embraer's license application contained erroneous information about consignee Darrigo & Valente Transportes, [...]	2008-09-04 17:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CO BR
08SAOPAULO471	JETBLUE FOUNDER LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN AIRLINE AZUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By the end of 2008, start-up airline Azul Linhas Aereas (Blue Airlines),the fourth airline started by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will be poised to initiate its inaugural flight in Brazil. With a business plan replicating JetBlue's, Neeleman is building the new airline wi [...]	2008-09-05 16:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO474	GLOBAL ECONOMY - MORTGAGE CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 10:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO476	BRAZIL'S CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT NOT WORRISOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is set to run its first current account deficit since 2002; however, unlike previous years, the more stable composition of the balance of payments should protect the Brazilian economy from crises. The floating exchange rate, smaller share of foreign currency denominated [...]	2008-09-08 15:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO477	GLOBAL ECONOMY - MORTGAGE CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 10:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO48	MEDIA REACTION: State of the Union Message; Sao Paulo [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 10:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO483	BRAZILIAN MONETARY POLICY-MODERATE IMPACT SO FAR [...] Summary: Continuing a tightening cycle, the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB) raised the benchmark interest rate, the SELIC, for the fourth time this year. The 0.75 percentage point increase puts the SELIC at its highest level in nearly two years at 13.75 percent. While curbing domestic demand is [...]	2008-09-15 16:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO484	GLOBAL ECONOMY; BOLIVIA [...] Worse and Worse Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (09/16) says: "And here we are, with Paulson [Secretary of Treasury] apparently believing that playing Russian roulette with the U.S. financial system was the better option." The phrase, by economist Paul Krugman, describes with acutene [...]	2008-09-16 11:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO485	U.S. REAL ESTATE FIRMS BULLISH ON BRAZILIAN MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 22, Ambassador Sobel met with senior executives of U.S. real estate firms operating in Brazil to discuss the competitive environment in the sector. The group, which included residential, commercial and industrial real estate developers, as well as real estate investo [...]	2008-09-17 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO486	GLOBAL FINANCIAL VOLATILITY-BRAZIL RESERVED NOT SCARED [...] (SBU) Summary: The unprecedented bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest U.S. investment bank, sent shockwaves across the financial markets, hitting Brazil's stock exchange, the Bovespa, particularly hard. On September 15, the Bovespa fell 7.59 percent, bringing the total losses for [...]	2008-09-17 17:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO487	GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 11:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO49	BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...]	2008-02-01 13:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR
08SAOPAULO490	GLOBAL ECONOMY; BOLIVIA [...] Superpowers Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (09/19) says: "Due to a lack of a fiscal device to deal with the crisis, the Bush administration decides, without criteria, on the life and death of the companies. In times of war, the Chief of State use to have a special mandate, which temp [...]	2008-09-19 11:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO497	BRAZIL FOREIGN POLICY: INTERESTS VS. IDEOLOGY, AND MAYBE [...] (SBU) A significant number of academics and international relations consultants in Sao Paulo are frustrated with Brazil's current foreign policy. In their view, left-wing elements in both the Workers Party (PT) and in the Foreign Ministry put ideology ahead of national interest. The critics [...]	2008-09-23 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	BR
08SAOPAULO498	GLOBAL ECONOMY; SOUTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 11:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO499	Sao Paulo Consultations Related to the Joint Action Plan to [...] Summary: USG officials held consultations in Sao Paulo with members of civil society on September 10 at Unipalmares, Brazil's first and only university tailored to the needs of Afro-Brazilians. The consultation followed technical meetings for the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Raci [...]	2008-09-23 11:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO503	SOUTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 10:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO520	GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 11:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO521	Major Visa Fraud Arrest in Sao Paulo [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sept. 23, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the detention of a document producer, a document vendor and three non-immigrant visa applicants. Police were filing charges against them f [...]	2008-09-30 16:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO522	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT AMID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Prominent Investment magazine Latin Finance hosted its 6th Annual Brazil Investment Forum in Sao Paulo on September 18. While the original intent of the conference was to explore financing growth and investment in Brazil, taking advantage of Brazil's out-performance of its emerg [...]	2008-09-30 17:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO523	GLOBAL ECONOMY; ECUADOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 11:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO528	Senator Hagel Meets Sao Paulo Business/Political Leaders [...] Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, during which time he met with a variety of interlocutors, including local business representatives as well as foreign policy experts and the Sao Paulo State Governor (foreign policy and Serra discussions Septel). Business contacts [...]	2008-10-02 16:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO529	Senator Hagel in Brazil, Meetings on Foreign Policy [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, meeting with a variety of interlocutors, including foreign policy experts and Sao Paulo Governor -- and likely 2010 presidential candidate -- Jose Serra. They emphasized that the United States should not try to push Brazil on [...]	2008-10-02 16:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO53	WILL BRAZIL JOIN THE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND CLUB? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the closing months of 2007, Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega proposed establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) as a vehicle to intervene in foreign exchange markets to curb the appreciation of Brazil's currency. Brazil's controversial plan differs substantially fro [...]	2008-02-07 09:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO536	SAO PAULO MAYOR'S RACE: KASSAB'S PERFORMANCE SOLIDIFIES [...] (U) Summary: DEM Party Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab's surprising first-place finish in first-round Sao Paulo mayoral voting against PT candidate Marta Suplicy makes Kassab the favorite for the October 26 second-round vote. Even more important, Kassab's strong showing solidifies P [...]	2008-10-07 08:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON BR
08SAOPAULO541	GLOBAL ECONOMY; FINANCIAL CRISES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 09:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO542	LEVERAGING LEBANON,S DIASPORA FOR [...] (C) This message contains an Action Request. See Paragraph 12. Summary: 2. (C) Brazil's extensive Lebanese Diaspora, the largest such community in the world, contains important, influential people who want to work with the USG to help the cause of democracy in Lebanon, a position made [...]	2008-10-09 14:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHALANAGE PARTY PINR PREL KISL LE BR
08SAOPAULO548	BRAZILIAN CENTRAL BANK TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's banking system is well positioned to weather the external financial crisis. Brazilian bank assets are of good quality and the banks themselves, especially the larger institutions, have high levels of liquidity. Because of capital adequacy requirements, Brazilian bank [...]	2008-10-10 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO55	US CONSULATE GENERAL SAO PAULO UNDERGOES CRISIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Selected staff of the U.S. Consulate General Sao Paulo participated in crisis management training on December 6, 2007 and a mission wide Digital Video Conference (DVC) crisis management exercise on December 14, 2007. Observations and recommendations, keyed to reftel para 2, A-H, f [...]	2008-02-07 16:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AFSI ASEC BR CASC KESS OTRA
08SAOPAULO550	RUSSIA, VENEZUELA AND GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 16:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO554	GLOBAL ECONOMY/FINANCIAL CRISIS; U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 10:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO56	POOR SAO PAULO PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POSE SERIOUS [...] (SBU) Although state authorities emphasize that they are working hard on introducing new plans to address deficiencies in Sao Paulo's penitentiaries, reputed to have Brazil's best-organized and well-run jails and detention centers, local prison watchers tell us that conditions are in an abysma [...]	2008-02-08 10:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO560	MILITARY-CIVIL POLICE CLASH OUTSIDE SAO PAULO [...] (C) Summary: Striking members of the Civil Police clashed with on-duty Military Police in a confrontation that left 25 persons wounded near the Sao Paulo Governor Serra's Palace on 10/16. The confrontation, which generated some lurid TV and press images, reflects Civil Police frustration with [...]	2008-10-17 15:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO566	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 09:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO581	Brazil: Sao Paulo Mayor Wins Landslide Reelection, Set Up [...] (U) Summary: Democrats (DEM) Party candidate and incumbent Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab capped off an extraordinary political comeback with a 61-39 victory over Workers Party (PT) candidate Marta Suplicy in the second round of the mayoral race on 10/26. Kassab's convincing win represents a [...]	2008-10-27 16:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO589	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 09:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO590	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS BRAZIL'S ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: The lack of credit worldwide has hit Brazil's energy sector. Despite the recent discoveries of billions of barrels of oil reserves below Brazil's seafloor, Brazil faces an increasingly uphill battle to turn the government's energy rhetoric into reality. Estimates range that it w [...]	2008-11-03 12:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO593	BRAZILIAN BANK MERGER CREATES LARGEST IN SOUTHERN [...] (U) Unibanco and Itau announced the merger of their two Brazilian banking institutions on November 3. The combined bank, Itau Unibanco Holding SA, will become the largest private financial institution in the Southern Hemisphere and among the top 20 banks worldwide. Itau was previously the th [...]	2008-11-03 15:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BR
08SAOPAULO594	DESPITE FINANCIAL DOWNTURN, GLOBA FINANCIAL PLAYERS SEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Country Managers for four major international financial firms - Morgan Stanley, Carlyle roup, American Insurance Group (AIG),and Rabobank consistently voiced concerns over the near to medium- term impact of the financial crisis and how it would affect their individual sect [...]	2008-11-04 10:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAG BR
08SAOPAULO60	MEDIA REACTION: GWOT: GUANTANAMO; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 15:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO602	U.S. ELECTIONS AND G-20 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO605	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 15:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO606	SAO PAULO RACE COULD SET STAGE FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Sao Paulo mayoral race set the stage for Brazil's 2010 presidential elections, positioning Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra (Social Democrats - PSDB, opposition) to face off against presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff (Workers Party - PT, government),presid [...]	2008-11-07 18:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO607	G-20- Global Economy- Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 12:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO61	PARANA GOVERNOR REQUIAO TAKES ON THE FEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute between Parana State Governor Roberto Requiao and federal prosecutors and judges has attracted widespread media attention. Prosecutors accused the Governor of using the state's public educational television channel as a vehicle to promote his own political agenda and [...]	2008-02-13 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO612	BRAZIL'S PORT LEGISLATION AND SANTOS CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: Port bottlenecks have historically been a major cost of doing business in Brazil. The GOB is hoping the new Brazilian ports decree, made effective on October 29 allowing private ports concessions and simplifying the regulatory framework regulating the construction and moderniz [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO615	G-20 and Doha- Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 12:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO616	Iraq, Global Economic Crisis- Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO618	Mercosul - Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 11:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO621	DESPITE CRISIS, MORGAN STANLEY BULLISH ON BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10th, Ambassador Sobel met with the senior Brazil management of Morgan Stanley to discuss the firm's prospects and how the firm is weathering the current financial downturn. Management reported that while they expect mergers and acquisition activity to be brisk, ce [...]	2008-11-21 09:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO625	Chavez- The Oligarch - Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 11:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO630	SEVERE FLOODING IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL [...] (U) Heavy rains in the Southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina have left at least 68 dead and over 50,000 homelesss. Santa Catarina State Governor, Luis Henrique da Silveira reported that this is the worst climatic tragedy faced by Santa Catarina state in its history. He said heavy rainfal [...]	2008-11-26 10:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CASC PREL BR
08SAOPAULO632	Chavez - Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO636	Global Economy: Financial market crisis - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 11:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO639	Hillary Clinton- Nominated for Sec State - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 14:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO641	Hillary Clinton and the new US National Security Team - Sao [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 18:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO642	FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT RING SHUT DOWN WITH LIGHTNING SPEED [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 13, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the arrest of four members of a fraudulent document ring in Sorocaba, Brazil (Note: Sorocaba is a city of 557,500 located 80 miles to the [...]	2008-12-03 12:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO643	- Obama's heterogeneous team will call for firm control Sao [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 13:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO65	BRAZIL: SAO PAULO INPUT FOR NEW ENERGY REPORT [...] (U) Post sends this cable in response to reftel request for energy-related activities at post. The information below corresponds to the format requested in reftel. --A. Energy Work: The Political-Economic Section of Consulate General Sao Paulo has two economic officers that share coverage o [...]	2008-02-14 17:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG BR
08SAOPAULO650	DIFFERING BRAZILIAN VOICES ON U.S. ETHANOL POLICY AT [...] (U) Summary: At the Government of Brazil's (GOB) much anticipated International Conference on Biofuels held in Sao Paulo from November 17 to 21, GOB reps, for the most part, stuck to the spirit of the U.S.-Brazil biofuels MOU and kept to promises to remain united with the U.S. on expanding et [...]	2008-12-04 18:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO652	Transition - Sec State Nomination - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 14:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO654	Global Economy- China - Sao Paulo Media Reaction - December [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 13:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO655	Corrected Copy - Global Economy- China - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 14:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO66	POOR PRISON CONDITIONS FUEL GROWTH OF PCC CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based public security analysts, poor prison conditions in the state are a major contributing reason for the expansion of the First Capital Command (PCC) network into one of the most powerful gangs in Sao Paulo's criminal world. While state authorities argue that a [...]	2008-02-15 08:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO661	GLOBAL ECONOMY- BRICS AND ANTI-CRISIS ARSENAL - SAO PAULO MEDIA REACTION - DECEMBER 11, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 18:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO663	GLOBAL ECONOMY-BRICS AND ANTI-CRISIS ARSENAL DECEMBER 11, [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 11:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO664	AZUL AIRLINES "TAKES-OFF" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers attended the inaugural demonstration flight of new low-cost Brazilian airline, Azul Airlines, on December 2. While Azul had originally wanted its hub to be from the local Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, they will be operating from the Campinas airpo [...]	2008-12-12 17:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO676	WHA - Chavez, Brazilian Leadership and the CALC Summit - [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 16:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO677	CHAVEZ, BRAZILIAN LEADERSHIP AND THE CALC SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 16:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO678	SAO PAULO STATE ORGANIZES TIP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo and the Secretary of Justice and Citizen Defense organized a broad-based meeting for NGOs and government agencies dedicated to fighting Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Sao Paulo on December 16. Panelists stressed their commitment to "institutionalizing" th [...]	2008-12-19 17:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
08SAOPAULO679	ECONOMIC CRISIS HELPS SERRA POSITION FOR 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The PSDB leadership sees an opportunity for their party as the ongoing global economic crisis hits Brazil. In this context, Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the most likely PSDB nominee right now, has started a campaign of economic activism at the state level, promoting prog [...]	2008-12-19 17:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR

08SAOPAULO680	BRAZIL'S BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR 2009 NOT GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Brazil's impressive September economic performance, most of the domestic indicators show that 2009 will be a difficult year. Contacts across Brazilian business sectors told the Consul General that they are preparing for difficult times in 2009. Early indicators of co [...]	2008-12-19 18:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO683	UN WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, SAO PAULO, NOVEMBER [...] (U)Summary: The UN Workshop on UNSCR 1540 Implementation held in Sao Paulo on November 24-28, 2008, was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Brazil with funding by the European Union and the Governments of Norway and the United Sta [...]	2008-12-23 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP BR
08SAOPAULO687	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] (U) In response to reftel, the September 24 Blue Lantern visit, and resulting correspondence, Post conducted additional interviews with recipient company CBC-Brazilian Ammunition Company to discuss import license 050045617. Post is satisfied from the site visit as well as the answers to the r [...]	2008-12-29 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
08SAOPAULO692	Media Reaction - Mideast - Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 13:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
08SAOPAULO70	MEDIA REACTION: KOSOVO; SAO PAULO [...] QIndependent Kosovo Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/19) editorialized: QThe way Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia was not normal. The ideal process for the emergence of a nation was not respected. Among other reasons, an understanding did not work [...]	2008-02-19 13:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO76	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: FIDEL CASTRO'S [...] "Fidel's Resignation" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/20) editorialized: "The impact of Fidel Castro's resignation is above all a symbolic one. In practical terms, it only makes official the situation that has existed since July 2006, when the dictator began [...]	2008-02-20 13:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO77	FOLLOW-UP WITH SENIOR JUSTICE ON DRUG AND WEAPONS [...] (C/NF) Sao Paulo State Court of Appeals Criminal Division Justice, Jose Amado de Faria Souza, told Consul General (CG) that while his concerns expressed reftel regarding the possible transportation of heavy weapons across the Tri-Border Area (TBA) and from Colombia into Brazil were based on c [...]	2008-02-20 14:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV OEXC SNAR KCRM BR
08SAOPAULO80	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 12:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO85	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] "Advance In Pakistan" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/22): editorialized: "Contrary to expectations, Pakistan managed to have calm and apparently clean elections, thereby advancing towards establishing itself as a democratic nation. What is bad is that the re [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO86	BRAZIL'S CENTRAL BANK SETS NEW RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian Central Bank (CB) has established new reserve requirements on commercial leasing operations in order to close a loophole that allowed companies to avoid Brazil's high reserve requirements. This action will also serve to tighten credit, control inflation, improve e [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO87	SAO PAULO STATE SLOWLY ADDRESSES PRISON CONDITIONS (3 OF 3) [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo State officials candidly admit that a host of challenges exist within the state penitentiary system but tell us they are working hard on addressing the prison network's shortcomings. According to state authorities, the cash-strapped Secretariat for Prison Administration (SAP) [...]	2008-02-22 12:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO90	BRAZIL CIVAIR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US AIRLINES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 19 the Ambassador met with representatives from U.S. carriers American, Delta, and United Airlines to elicit their views on the Sao Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (GRU) parking fee dispute, follow up on bilateral aviation negotiations, discuss the domestic and i [...]	2008-02-26 10:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO91	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 11:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO94	SAO PAULO'S MAYORAL ELECTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR 2010 [...] (SBU) In October, Brazilians will go to the polls to elect the Mayors and City Council members ("Vereadores") of the country's 5,064 municipalities. Political analysts and consultants, as well as politicians from across the spectrum, agree on one thing: these elections will set the stage for [...]	2008-02-26 13:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SCTION02OF02SAOPAULO335	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 09:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR
08SEOUL2177	MOFAT-WHA CONSULTATIONS: ROK'S EXPANDING TIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korea is actively expanding ties with Latin America through trade, investment, overseas development assistance and high-level engagement, according to ROK Foreign Ministry officials who met with WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon on October 15 for consultations. The Ministry's Lati [...]	2008-11-06 22:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ETRD SK BR BL CU CI MX PE
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
08STATE116428	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]	2008-10-31 15:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE133964	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-shipment check on application 050136184 for the export of armor plating to Malaysia. Post is requested to complete this B [...]	2008-12-23 16:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY BR
08STATE16488	2007 SPECIAL 301 BRAZIL OCR RESULTS [...] The U.S. Government (USG) Special 301 Committee has concluded its deliberations regarding Brazil's status on the Special 301 list following the Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) notified the Brazilian Embassy in Washington on February 15 that Brazil [...]	2008-02-19 16:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BR
08STATE18372	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO BR
08STATE20259	2008 U.S.-BRAZIL POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Department requests Embassy deliver to the Government of Brazil's (GOB) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) the proposed United States-Brazil Political-Military Consultations agenda in paragraph four. Department further requests GOB confirmation of the proposed April 15 date for pol-mi [...]	2008-02-28 15:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MAS PREL PTER BR
08STATE29096	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...]	2008-03-20 14:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR
08STATE3557	U.S.-BRAZIL DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The United States Government (USG) is seeking to enter into a binding Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the Government of Brazil (GOB),that also contains aspirational provisions. Under Secretary for Political Affairs [...]	2008-01-11 19:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PTER BR
08STATE36722	INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDANCE FOR THE APRIL 10 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 02:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC UNGA PREL GM JA IT BR IN PK
08STATE54504	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE: OES REPSONSES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable contains OES' responses to Southern Cone Ambassadors' requests in reftel for more information on OPIC's energy investment fund and the Latin America Energy Initiative; for more public diplomacy materials on biofuels, specifically on the time frame for second generat [...]	2008-05-21 19:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KPAO BR CI PA PE UY
08STATE58722	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassies, assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050073566 for the export of Super Tucano aircraft parts to Colombia. Embassies are request [...]	2008-06-02 13:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CO BR
08STATE6888	U.S.-BRAZIL POLITICAL-MILITARY BILATERAL [...] (U) Department requests Embassy engage the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations about conducting the next round of political-military bilateral consultations. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Department instructs Embassy to pursue the following objectives with the Government of Brazi [...]	2008-01-23 15:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PTER BR
08STATE72005	JOINT LETTER TO G8 ON MATERNAL HEALTH AND INFANT [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s Charge d,Affaires Aud Kolberg met EEB PDAS David Nelson July 2 to present a letter (text in para 7) from leaders of Norway and six other countries to Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda urging Japan to lead the G8 in devoting greater attention and funding to combating materna [...]	2008-07-03 21:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CI EAID EINV ENRG ETTC JA LI MZ NO SG SOCI TZ
08STATE76214	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050090697 for the export of 7-45555-5 Landing Gear Lever to Brazil. Embassy is requested [...]	2008-07-16 14:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC IS BR
08STATE87345	CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...]	2008-08-14 13:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BR EAIR KTIA
08STATE87351	CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...]	2008-08-14 13:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BR EAIR KTIA
08STATE90103	FINAL FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT [...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to two Blue Lantern requests regarding the export of missile electronics for the F-5 aircraft (license 050054515) and J85 engine spare parts (license 050021904) to the Brazil Air Force. The initial requests were sent over 200 days a [...]	2008-08-21 18:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
08TASHKENT976	UZBEKISTAN: AT HOME ON THE FAZENDA? [...] (U) Uzbek media has widely reported the visit by Brazil's Ambassador to Russia Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos. Appointed on February 13 as Brazil's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uzbekistan based in the Russian Federation, Paranhos was expected to deliver his [...]	2008-08-25 05:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BR UZ
08TEGUCIGALPA1131	HONDURAS LIKES THE IDEA OF A LATIN AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AR BB BR CI EC MX PE PREL UNESCO VC
08USNATO90	WELCOME TO NATO FOR STAFFDEL KENNETH MYERS, MARCH [...] Mission welcomes Senior Professional Staff Member for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Kenneth Myers III to Brussels for meetings at USEU and USNATO on March 19 - 21, 2008. USNATO Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Peter Chisholm, work tel:(32) [...]	2008-03-10 13:40:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN FR BR
08USUNNEWYORK1065	UNSC REFORM: OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP MEETS; PGA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) during the 63rd UNGA session, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) reiterated his October 10 letter to the membership about launching intergovernmental negotiations November 21, though he had previously indicate [...]	2008-11-13 23:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA KUNR IN BR IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK134	UNGA 63: NICARAGUAN CANDIDACY FOR PGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 19:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA XK XL XM BR DR GT PA PM
08USUNNEWYORK258	UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...]	2008-03-20 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK310	PGA KERIM REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS ON INTERMEDIARY [...] (U) This is an action request for Department guidance before the April 10 OEWG session. Please see para 6. 2. (U) Summary. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on April 4 to discuss UNSC reform. Noting that he had received several p [...]	2008-04-07 14:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK343	UNSC REFORM: MOSTLY PROCESS AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on April 10 to discuss the four proposals he received as a basis for inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform -- the Cypriot paper, Italian letter, African [...]	2008-04-11 22:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC BR IN JA GR
08USUNNEWYORK545	UNSC REFORM: MEMBER STATES SPLIT ON BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on June 17 to discuss the report prepared by his four-person Task Force with suggestions on moving forward towards inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform. Major p [...]	2008-06-20 20:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JA GM AR SP KS
08USUNNEWYORK654	UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM PLANS TO LAUNCH [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgan Kerim told the Ambassador in a July 21 meeting that he planned to submit a report to the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) recommending that the General Assembly adopt a resolution that th [...]	2008-07-22 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK716	UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING [...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...]	2008-08-08 20:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK768	UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM: PGA STILL TRYING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 22, General Assembly President Kerim gathered together Perm Reps from Japan, the UK, Pakistan, Egypt, Djibouti, and the U.S. for a discussion of compromise language for the report of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council expansion to the General Asse [...]	2008-08-26 14:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK796	UNSC REFORM: OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP DEEPLY [...] (U) The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council reform met September 2 to discuss the draft report and decision that must be sent to the General Assembly for adoption before the end of the 62nd session (Sept. 12). The debate illustrated the continuing divide between the Group of [...]	2008-09-04 22:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK840	UNSC REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The final, acrimonious negotiations September 15 over the end-of-session report and draft decision by the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council expansion were only resolved with a last minute negotiation on the floor of the General Assembly, prior to closing the [...]	2008-09-18 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK864	AT UN, HEADS OF STATE BEGIN 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Debate opened on September 22 with several heads of state taking the floor. Most speakers mentioned the global food crisis, and many spoke on peace-building, energy issues, global warming, the financial crisis, and human rights. UN reform was another commo [...]	2008-09-25 22:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON BR US FR RP QA LI TU AR MA
08USUNNEWYORK921	DRUGS AND ELECTION CONCERNS IN GUINEA-BISSAU FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR SG XY UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK927	UNSC REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SCHEDULES [...] (SBU) In an October 10 letter addressed to all missions, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann announced: (1) a meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on November 11, 2008; and (2) an informal plenary of the General Assembly on November 21, 2008, to com [...]	2008-10-10 23:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK960	UNGA: PRESIDENT AGREES NOT TO ACCELERATE TIMELINE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad told the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) October 20 that the PGA's decision to accelerate intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council expansion had alienated a number of significant countries including the U.S., which had helped facilitat [...]	2008-10-22 17:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KUNR UNSC UNGA IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK978	UNGA: SOUTH KOREAN PERM REP ON POSSIBLE NEW SC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Park told Ambassador Khalilzad October 24 that the Indian Perm Rep may send a letter to the UN General Assembly President (PGA) pressing for a compromise start date of mid-December for UN Security Council reform intergovernmental negotiations. Park and Khalilzad agreed [...]	2008-10-27 22:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV UNSC UNGA IN BR PK IT JP GM
09ANKARA771	LULA SAMBAS INTO ANKARA, REINVIGORATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's visit to Ankara on May 22-23 was the latest in a series of steps over recent years to strengthen Turco-Brazilian ties. This successful visit was capped by the signing of an $800 million investment deal between state-owned energy c [...]	2009-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BR TU
09BEIJING103	JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]	2009-01-13 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING1299	MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...]	2009-05-14 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX
09BEIJING1353	MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC [...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...]	2009-05-19 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS
09BEIJING1468	JUNE 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, PSI, [...] Key points at the June 2 MFA press briefing: -- Asked about reports that China canceled official exchanges with North Korea, the spokesperson said that China and North Korea "always have normal people to people exchanges." -- Asked whether China and North Korea remained allies, Qin repeated [...]	2009-06-02 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS JP BR
09BEIJING1495	JUNE 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TIANANMEN [...] Key points at the June 4 MFA press briefing: -- China calls Secretary Clinton's message on the twentieth anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre "groundless accusations" in contravention of the U.S.-China Joint Communiqus and international norms. China believes the Secreta [...]	2009-06-04 23:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV CH KN KS JP BR IN
09BEIJING1549	JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW [...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...]	2009-06-09 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO
09BERLIN1275	MTCR INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROPOSALS SHARED WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 16:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA BR FR GM
09BERLIN1372	MTCR: U.S. REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH NON-PARTNERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA ETTC MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA FR BR GM
09BERLIN1503	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-INDIA, CLIMATE, BRAZIL- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Decision Time Approaching 3. (U.S.-India) PM Singh in Washington 4. (Copenhagen) Climate Summit 5. (Brazil-Iran) Lula-Ahmadinejad Meeting 6. (Iraq) Elections 7. (Philippines) Emergency After Killings 8. (Israel/Palestin [...]	2009-11-25 11:44:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF IN KGHG BR IR IZ PH XF
09BERLIN788	GERMAN SATELLITE START-UP RAPIDEYE GATHERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG, which began selling its imagery products in January of this year (see ref A),has established its first contracts with France and Lithuania. In the next few years, RapidEye is confident that its customer base will expand by ten, [...]	2009-07-01 07:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR CH BR FR LH GM
09BERLIN879	STAYING AHEAD OF PROLIFERATORS REVOLVES AROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the global financial crisis adds pressure to stimulate growth through increased exports despite the ever increasing threat from proliferation/terrorism, the question of how to effectively administer national export control measures has never been more important or for that m [...]	2009-07-21 14:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ETRD KOMC PARM PGOV PINR BR UK IR GM
09BERLIN921	(S) GERMANY WARNS THE USG ABOUT A BRAZILIAN [...] (S) On July 31, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper warning US export control authorities about a potential Brazilian procurement attempt of proliferation concern for "Automatic High-Precision Heavy-Duty Necking-In-Machines with [...]	2009-07-31 15:41:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PREL PINR MNUC ETTC KSCA KNNP IR BR GM
09BERLIN939	(C) GERMANY LIKELY TO DELIVER ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 15:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA BR FR GM
09BOGOTA1374	URIBE SAYS ONLY THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND [...] (C) President Uribe ruled out any role for Piedad Cordoba and her "Colombians for Peace" group in further FARC hostage releases at a Town Hall meeting on April 25, saying only the ICRC and Catholic Church are authorized to facilitate such releases. Uribe said the GOC would not allow new relea [...]	2009-04-28 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM BR CO
09BOGOTA2046	NEW FRONTIERS NEXT DOOR: GROWING ECONOMIC LINKS [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. accounts for 70% of Colombia's export market, and the Andean region, especially Venezuela, accounts for almost all of the remaining 30%. With a marked drop in U.S. consumer demand and increased difficulty in receiving payment for exports to Venezuela, Colombia is looking to [...]	2009-06-25 20:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN CO BR
09BOGOTA2359	URIBE AUTHORIZES CORDOBA PARTICIPATION, OPENS DOOR [...] (C) President Uribe reversed his previous position and announced on July 8 that Senator Piedad Cordoba was authorized to participate in Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage releases, with the stipulation that the FARC's remaining 24 uniformed hostages be released simultaneousl [...]	2009-07-24 23:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINS BR EC CO VT
09BOGOTA3586	Colombia Shares Lessons from Demobilizing over 51,000 [...] President Uribe and Frank Pearl, High Presidential Commissioner for Reintegration and High Commissioner for Peace, launched a document based on Colombia's experience in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) on November 3. The GOC initiative seeks to share with other nations in c [...]	2009-11-12 14:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO BR HA RP
09BRASILIA1	BRAZIL: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BROAD INDIAN LAND [...] (U) Summary. The Federal Supreme Court (STF),in a partial vote cast by eight of the 11 judges, ruled on December 10 that the Raposa Serra do Sol (RSS) Indian reservation in Roraima state should exist with a single continuous border. The decision will put an end to non-indigenous farming i [...]	2009-01-02 13:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA1009	BRAZIL: FAA REQUEST FOR IASA FINAL DISUCSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on August 7, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on August 10, 2009 to request that the GOB agree to hold a [...]	2009-08-14 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA1017	BRAZIL: PATENT DENIED, GOB PAVES WAY FOR GENERIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) rejected a patent application by California-based Gilead Sciences for its HIV drug Viread (scientific name: tenofovir). During a trip to Brazil to discuss the case with GOB officials, senior Gilead represen [...]	2009-08-17 18:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA102	BRAZIL: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS GANG TAKEN DOWN IN [...] (U) Summary: On the week of 11 January, the Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) arrested five persons (four Brazilians, one man and three women, and a Swiss man) who were suspected of trafficking women to Switzerland for prostitution. The four-year-old DPF operation, which was conducted jointly wit [...]	2009-01-23 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG PHUM BR
09BRASILIA1026	CIVAIR BRAZIL: USAIRWAYS APPLICATION FOR FREQUENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 14, Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) confirmed that the August 11 ANAC Board of Directors' meeting granted US Airways legal approval to work in Brazil. This approval allows for US Airways to begin contracting personnel, registering the company and acquiri [...]	2009-08-19 10:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BR
09BRASILIA1038	VISIT OF WMD COORDINATOR SAMORE TO BRASILIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. NSC WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Brasilia August 6-7 to hold discussions with senior Brazilian officials on North Korea, Iran and strengthening international nonproliferation and disarmament efforts. Samore approached the Brazilians as potential partners in nonprolifera [...]	2009-08-20 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNUP PARM PREL NPT IAEA MNUC BR
09BRASILIA1041	BRAZIL'S THINKING ON COLOMBIA-US DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB has started to backtrack on its negative and kneejerk response to the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and appears open to conversations to set straight the disinformation campaign produced by Brazil,s more left-leaning neighbors. After his August 6 meetin [...]	2009-08-20 21:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1042	BRAZIL IPR: GOB STRENGTHENS ENFORCEMENT BUT SOME IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On August 18, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE),Division of Intellectual Property (DIPI),hosted a presentation to interested members of the diplomatic community by the National Anti-Piracy Council (CNCP). Chaired by the Ministry of Justice, CNCP brings together [...]	2009-08-21 16:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA1044	TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE RESULTS IN AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to international concerns over poor working conditions and forced labor in the sugarcane sector, Brazil's President Lula signed on June 25, 2009, the National Commitment to Improve Labor Conditions in Sugarcane Activity. A tripartite dialogue between organizations repre [...]	2009-08-24 10:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG PGOV ELAB BR
09BRASILIA1059	SECC STERN'S VISIT TO BRAZIL HIGHLIGHTS AREAS OF POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Envoy Todd Stern's visit to Brazil provided a valuable opportunity for him to meet with a variety of Brazilian counterparts and hear the range of views within Brazil regarding the on-going climate change negotiations. Stern's conversations highlighted a strong Brazilian [...]	2009-08-26 13:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1066	BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF OES-FUNDED PROJECT CONCERNING LAND-BASED [...] (SBU) Embassy Brasilia, in conjunction with the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES),has awarded a USD 75,000 grant to support the reduction of land-based sources of marine pollution in Brazil. The request for proposals was issued on February 20, 2009 and there were four responses [...]	2009-08-27 16:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1076	WHA DAS MCMULLEN,S CLEARS THE AIR ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher McMullen,s visit to Brazil and briefings to GOB officials on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) helped ease Brazilian concerns over the issue and spurred new dialog aimed at greater bilateral and multilateral cooperation [...]	2009-08-27 20:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1084	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE/LETTER DELIVERED ON U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel letter on the U.S.- Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of the United States/Canada/Inter-American Affairs Department Carlos Abreu on August 27. Later that day, Abreu confirmed that FM Celso Amorim ha [...]	2009-08-28 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OPDC PREL CO BR
09BRASILIA1092	HIGH LEVEL ENERGY DICUSSIONS IN BRAZIL REVEAL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level U.S. policy makers explored opportunities for bilateral energy cooperation with Brazil, ranging from oil exploration to civilian nuclear power, in multiple meetings during the week of August 4 - 8. White House National Security Advisor General Jones discussed with the [...]	2009-08-31 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV SENV PREL MNUC BR NI
09BRASILIA1093	BRAZILIAN VIEWS OF 2009 UNGA [...] Brazil's priorities for this year's UNGA are little different than in previous years: UNSC reform, Haiti and stability in Latin America. With recent controversy in the region surrounding the announcement of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement, Ministry for External Relations (MRE [...]	2009-08-31 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1094	BRAZIL FIGHTER COMPETITION: UNDER SECRETARIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the same time that National Security Advisor Jones highlighted the importance of U.S.-Brazil partnership (reported septel),Under Secretary of State for International Security and Arms Control Ellen Tauscher and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Log [...]	2009-08-31 19:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS BR
09BRASILIA1097	BRAZIL: DATA COLLECTION OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL post gathered the following information regarding the Government of Brazil's (GOB) interventions and actions aimed at dealing with the convergence of the H1N1 outbreak and the Southern Hemisphere's annual flu season. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu [...]	2009-09-01 16:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BR
09BRASILIA1098	BRAZIL'S CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM FIVE YEARS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A little more than five years into its existence, Brazil's conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Familia (PBF) continues to stir debate over its effectiveness. PBF aims to alleviate poverty both by providing for beneficiaries' short-run basic needs and by creating conditions [...]	2009-09-01 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR
09BRASILIA1100	QUESTIONS ABOUT SUBMARINE PURCHASE COULD IMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim has made modernization of the armed forces one of his top priorities, particularly in terms of the acquisition of advanced military equipment. One the key acquisition initiatives has been the purchase of submarines from France, leadi [...]	2009-09-02 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASC BR
09BRASILIA1104	DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN BRAZIL: WAITING ON OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the CDA as part of U/S McHale's Diplomatic Dialogue Initiative (ref A),the select group of invited Brazilian opinion leaders were unanimous in stressing that, although they have been pleased wi [...]	2009-09-03 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV SCUL ECON PREL BR
09BRASILIA1105	BRAZIL: EMBASSY BRASILIA'S SUGGESTED THEMES FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November ministerial-level Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology (JCM) Embassy Brasilia has identified three potential areas that could be used to advance U.S. Government (USG) priority interests building on the robust and on-going science and technolo [...]	2009-09-04 10:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1113	AUGUST 4-5 VISIT OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4-5 visit to Brasilia dominated by Brazilian concerns over USG intentions and the regional implications of expanded U.S. access to Colombian military bases, National Security Advisor General James L. Jones assured senior GOB officials that President Obama desires a tr [...]	2009-09-04 21:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD EFIN KNNP XM XF IR BR
09BRASILIA1114	BRAZIL: AMAZON DEFORESTATION RATE SET TO BE THE LOWEST IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The rate of deforestation of the Amazon Forest decreased 46% for the August 2008-July 2009 annual period compared to the previous 12-month period based on preliminary data released by the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE). The results of high-resolution satell [...]	2009-09-08 10:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1120	BRAZIL: POTENTIAL FOR WORKING CLOSER WITH BRAZIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Biotechnology and genetic resources are issues that have divided the Brazilian ministries, with the Agriculture Ministry vigorously supporting increased use of biotechnology and freer flow of genetic resources, and until recently, the Environment Ministry expressing skepticism [...]	2009-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON KSCA KIPR EAID ETRD BR
09BRASILIA1124	LULA FAVORS FRENCH FIGHTERS -- SITUATION SERIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a surprise announcement during the September 7 visit of French President Sarkozy, President Lula said Brazil would begin negotiations to purchase French-made Rafale fighter aircraft. The President,s step short circuited the Brazilian Air Force,s technical evaluation proces [...]	2009-09-09 10:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASC ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1127	LULA'S ALLIANCE WITH PMDB: MORE TROUBLE THAN IT'S [...] (C) The last couple of months have added new challenges to President Lula's bid to put his Casa Civil Minister Dilma Rousseff into the Planalto Palace as his successor in 2011. By leveraging his support for corruption-tainted Senate President Jose Sarney to reinforce a core electoral alliance [...]	2009-09-10 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BR
09BRASILIA1129	BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK VISIT TO SAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. Excellent opportunities for increased bilateral trade cooperation exist, including issues raised in the recent CEO Forum. Brazil has also prioritized concl [...]	2009-09-11 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1130	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE: "EVERYTHING'S CONFUSED" [...] (C) The period following President Lula's surprise September 7 announcement that he wanted to negotiate with France for the purchase of Rafale aircraft has seen a dizzying series of turnabouts, a remarkable variety of rumors and little in the way of solid information. It is clear that the G [...]	2009-09-11 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASC ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1131	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recommendation to proceed with creation of a program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) is being considered at the highest levels of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). The Environment Ministry, the environmental community, and the Embassy have been urgi [...]	2009-09-11 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1134	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BRAZIL TO TABLE [...] On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the MFA's Human Rights Division and provided him a copy of the text of the draft freedom of expression resolution. Souza will personally attend the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council and has also attended [...]	2009-09-11 17:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIPR ETRD ECON UN BR

09BRASILIA1136	BRAZIL: "WE WILL HAVE AN AMBITIOUS NUMBER" FOR EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will go to Copenhagen with an ambitious emissions reductions number as part of the negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),according to the Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim. In an early September inte [...]	2009-09-11 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1140	KEEPING LIT BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA'S FLICKERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials raised Bolivia,s nascent interest in trilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and Brazil during a late August meeting with U.S. officials. In follow-up discussions with PolOffs, Itamaraty,s Head of the Departm [...]	2009-09-14 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR BR BO
09BRASILIA1141	BRAZIL: VIEWS ON PROPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - INTERESTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil is interested in discussing further the proposals for nuclear fuel banks. In particular, it has concerns about possibly restricting a country's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and also about under what criteria a country could draw on [...]	2009-09-14 19:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1142	2009 RECOMMENDATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In accordance with ref a instructions, Post has conducted an extensive review of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (ABD)/Shootdown program. Building on the information received from the GOB last year (ref c) and the importance ref a placed on confirming that Brazilian procedures as [...]	2009-09-14 21:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL MOPS BR
09BRASILIA1149	BRAZIL NO LONGER SEEKS TO SEND LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer discussed with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves the proposal to transfer of low-level radioactive items fro [...]	2009-09-15 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1156	BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer met with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves to request written assurances from the Brazilian Government that [...]	2009-09-16 17:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1167	JOINT ACTION PLAN TO ELIMINATE RACISM (JAPER) [...] Summary: In a September 8-9 technical meeting of the Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPER) in Brasilia, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- an agenda for the October 22-23 Steering Group Meeting in Salvador featuring high-level [...]	2009-09-17 21:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1170	BRAZIL ON IRAN: A SOFT VOICE IN THE CHORUS [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian MRE Undersecretary for Political Affairs Roberto Jaguaribe, recently returned from a diplomatic mission to Tehran, told Charge D'Affaires on September 16 that additional dialogue rather than sanctions will be most the most effective means of pressuring Iran to develop [...]	2009-09-18 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC BR
09BRASILIA1174	BRAZIL FINALLY RATIFIES ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2009, Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, the Director of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space, informed Science Counselor and Science Officer that the Brazilian Senate finally had ratified Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measu [...]	2009-09-18 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY BR
09BRASILIA1175	BRAZIL - GROWING RECOGNITION OF IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) and the private sector have identified promoting innovation as a key priority. Many of the Mission's governmental interlocutors view innovation as pivotal to accelerating Brazil's continued development and economic success. Working with the GOB [...]	2009-09-21 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL TPHY TNGD TINT KIPR KSCA NSF BR
09BRASILIA1182	BRAZIL: BRAZILIAN AVIATION REGULATOR'S CONFIRMATION OF [...] (SBU) Post received confirmation from Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC),per action request in reftel B, to hold a formal final discussion with the FAA on October 28-29 to review the noted safety oversight deficiencies and any corrective measures the GoB has taken since the IASA [...]	2009-09-22 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA1184	BRAZIL SHARES UPDATE ON SITUATION IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 22 at 14:00 EDT that, with power and water cut off and 70 pro-Zelaya protesters now also trapped on the compound, the situation [...]	2009-09-23 10:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1186	BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is concerned about Iran's and Syria's nuclear activities and wants all parties to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to answer the outstanding questions. The GOB does not see the latest IAEA reports on these countries as closin [...]	2009-09-23 16:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL BR
09BRASILIA1191	BRAZIL: FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) On September 23, Science Officer met with officials from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's International Affairs Office to discuss REFTEL, which concerns an agreement by Brazil and certain other countires to work in concert with the United States and the World Health Organization to mak [...]	2009-09-24 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KFLU WHO BR
09BRASILIA1194	BRAZIL, HRC, AND GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) On September 23, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira, interim chief, Human Rights Division, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Cunha Oliveira disputed some of the points in the demarche and agreed with others. 2. (U) ONE-SIDED AND BIASED REPORT: [...]	2009-09-24 18:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS BR
09BRASILIA1195	BRAZIL REQUESTS MORE HELP IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 24 that while the immediate threat to the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras has diminished, the GOB needs assistance getting their p [...]	2009-09-25 10:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1201	BRAZIL: USTR Amb Kirk Sept 16-17 Visit to Brasilia and Sao [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with the private sector and labor representatives, as well as government officials, USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk achieved significant success in re-framing the tone of the U.S.-Brazil trade and investment relationship. Common themes, including the need for a Bilateral T [...]	2009-09-28 14:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1202	BRAZIL: SUPPORTS GOALS BUT NOT MEANS IN U.S.-CANADA-MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) understands and is concerned by the growing use of HFCs to replace HCFCs. Nonetheless, it is opposed to both the U.S.-Mexico-Canada and the Mauritius and Micronesia proposals to the Montreal Protocol to address this problem. The GOB sees such pro [...]	2009-09-28 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1206	BRAZIL: POLICE PUBLICLY ADMIT AL QAEDA'S PRESENCE; [...] (U) Summary: The head of the Brazilian Federal Police,s (DPF) intelligence division admitted publicly during a Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, hearing on terrorism July 7 that an individual arrested in April on hate crimes-related charges was in fact linked to al Qaeda (AQ),the first time a Br [...]	2009-10-01 15:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA1210	BRAZIL LACKS STRATEGY IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil, which had pinned much of its hope for a quick resolution of the Honduras crisis on the success of an OAS or Costa Rica President Arias, mission to Tegucigalpa, now seems at a loss of how to protect its Embassy in Tegucigalpa and negotiate itself out of the standstill in Ho [...]	2009-10-02 10:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1211	BRAZIL: NON-COMMITAL RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDACY AT THE [...] (SBU) On September 25 Science Officer delivered the demarche per REFTEL A requesting Brazil's support the U.S. candidacy at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to Second Secretary Andre Tenorio Mourao of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Outer Space at the Ministry of External [...]	2009-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BR
09BRASILIA1216	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-7 VISIT OF S/CT [...] (C) The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on Lula,s excel [...]	2009-10-02 21:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA122	ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK SPACE [...] (SBU) On January 29, 2009, ESTH Counselor delivered to the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Division for the Sea, Antarctica and Space, the diplomatic note (no. 49),per REFTEL, agreeing to the Brazilian proposal that the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses [...]	2009-01-30 14:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL BR
09BRASILIA1224	BRAZIL: EXTENDING THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) On September 17 Counselor Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, head of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space (DMAE) of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),met with Science Counselor and Science Officer to discuss the options for the renewal of the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperat [...]	2009-10-06 10:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA KSCA NASA BR
09BRASILIA1228	BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN [...] (C) Post delivered the reftel message October 5 to Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Director for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Santiago Mourao. Mourao was well informed on the issue but was curious about the details of the proposal to provide fuel for the Teheran Research React [...]	2009-10-06 20:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BR
09BRASILIA123	BRAZIL: INTERMINISTERIAL BATTLES LEAVE NEEDED REFORM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A divided Brazilian cabinet was unable to resolve its differences in order to make urgently needed reforms of the Forest Code. First, Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes and Environment Minister Carlos Minc could not agree on a common approach for legislation to replace th [...]	2009-01-30 16:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1230	QOM REPORT GETS THE BRAZILIANS THINKING [...] (C) Summary. During an October 1 meeting with poloff, Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Central Asia (including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) Director Ricardo Luis Pires Ribeiro da Silva acknowledged that the September 24 report to the IAEA on the Qom nuclear facility ch [...]	2009-10-07 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP BR IR
09BRASILIA1234	BRAZIL HELPING GUYANA WITH ENERGY IN VENEZUELA BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazil is in talks with Guyana to build a hydroelectric plant on the border region of the two countries, in the territory disputed between Venezuela and Guyana. International Advisor to Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy Edison Lobao, Ambassador Rubem Barbosa told Econoff on [...]	2009-10-09 14:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL BR GY VZ
09BRASILIA1239	HANDLING VISA REQUEST FROM BRAZILIAN INVOLVED IN [...] (U) This is an action request--see paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Consulate General Sao Paulo on October 6 issued a visa to Paulo de Tarso Venceslau, who after the fact was identified in Brazilian media as one of the kidnappers of the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1969, s [...]	2009-10-15 17:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS BR
09BRASILIA124	COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragaph five. 2. (C) Embassy Brasilia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft TVPRA list of products using child and/or forced labor. The draft list of Brazilian products is only partially accurate and Mission is concerned that this [...]	2009-01-30 18:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI BR
09BRASILIA1250	BRAZIL'S 2010 ELECTIONS: ONE YEAR OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. One year before Brazil's October 2010 national elections, Social Democratic Party (PSDB) presidential candidate Jose Serra continues to lead Labor Party (PT) hopeful Dilma Rousseff in the polls, while PMDB, Brazil's largest party, uses its bargaining leverage to maintain its a [...]	2009-10-21 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA1254	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based. There exists a solid foundation of scientific and technological (S&T) ties, which offers excellent opportunities for increasing bilateral - and possible trilateral - cooperation. The bilatera [...]	2009-10-22 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO BR
09BRASILIA1261	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...]	2009-10-23 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1262	BRAZIL STILL LACKS A STRATEGY IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: A six-member Brazilian Congressional delegation traveled to Tegucigalpa September 30 to October 2 to support the Brazilian community in Honduras and met with Zelaya and Micheletti government officials. According to two members of the delegation, Zelaya appeared to be "fragile" and [...]	2009-10-26 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1263	BRAZIL: URIBE ALLAYS LULA,S CONCERNS OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1264	BRAZIL: URIBE ALLAYS LULA'S CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian President Lula is now comfortable with the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),following a successful meeting and visit to Sao Paulo by Colombian President Uribe on October 19, according to Colombian Ambassador in Brasilia Tony Jozame. On October 21 Jozame [...]	2009-10-26 20:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1265	BRAZIL: MEETING OF BILATERAL PROTECTED AREAS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Protected Areas Working Group on September 10 highlighted existing areas of cooperation and identified possibilities for future activities. These new possibilities include assistance with preparing economic studies on concessions, developing [...]	2009-10-27 13:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1267	BRAZIL: TSA ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: After almost a 3 year absence in Brazil, TSA successfully resumed airport security visits in Brazil on August 10, 2009, and is poised to expand this important relationship through technical exchanges and increased cooperation in other civil aviation related security areas. With t [...]	2009-10-27 18:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ASEC BR
09BRASILIA127	NEW U.S. SPINY LOBSTER RULE APPLAUDED BY BRAZILIAN GOVT; [...] (SBU) On January 28, ESTH Counselor briefed the Director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Environment Division, Fernando Coimbra, about the new U.S import regulation for Caribbean Spiny Lobster (REFTEL). Coimbra said that the Brazilian Government also was concerned about [...]	2009-02-02 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV CITES BR
09BRASILIA1271	BRAZIL: SMALL VICTORY IN THE 40 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR A BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies' Constitutional Committee (CCJ) approved the Tax Information and Exchange Act (TIEA) with the United States. The TIEA, which the Government of Brazil (GOB) considers an important pre-element of progress toward a Bilateral Tax Tre [...]	2009-10-29 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA1272	BRAZIL: STAFFDEL MEECHAM - IFI/MDBs REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from both the Government of Brazil (GOB) and international financial institutions (IFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) operating in Brazil described for Carl Meacham, Senator Lugar's senior foreign policy advisor on Latin America, a shift from national lev [...]	2009-10-29 13:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA1276	REQUEST TO BRAZIL TO RESETTLE CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] On October 16, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and left nonpapers in English and Portuguese with Gilda Mattos Santos Neves, head of the United Nations Division of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),who promised to shepherd our request through the GOB. Neves said she would check with t [...]	2009-10-30 15:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	BR CU PREF SMIG
09BRASILIA1280	BRAZIL RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] On October 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MRE). Poloff also provided nonpapers on: no-action motions, Iran, Burma, DPRK and the elections resolution. 2. NO-ACTION MOTIONS: Brazil opposes [...]	2009-10-30 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1281	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-COLOMBIA DCA [...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) October 30 to Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Pol/Mil Advisor to the Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Marcos Pinta Gama, United States/Canada/Inter-American Affairs Department Head [...]	2009-10-30 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OPDC PREL CO BR
09BRASILIA1282	BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" [...] (SBU) Summary: An S/CT funded regional conference entitled "Illicit Financial Crimes" held in Rio de Janeiro during October 4-9, 2009, successfully brought together representatives from Brazil,s federal and state law enforcement community and countries from throughout Latin America. The week [...]	2009-10-30 20:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA1287	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff stressed that, because of our serious concerns about the Goldstone Report, the USG sought to prevent passage of a harmful Genera [...]	2009-11-04 13:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREL PHUM PTER BR
09BRASILIA1292	Third Meeting of the Steering Group of the U.S.-Brazil [...] Summary: In an October 22-23 Steering Group meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- the public launching of a $400,000 Small Grants Program for educational and cultural proj [...]	2009-11-05 13:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI BR
09BRASILIA1298	BRAZIL: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS: UPDATED [...] Per REFTEL, Post's officers responsible for handling requests for marine scientific research authorizations are as follows: - Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor Richard J. Driscoll - tel. 55 61 3312-7401, email DriscollRJ@state.gov (through summer 2010) - ESTH [...]	2009-11-06 12:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT KSCA SENV BR
09BRASILIA1299	NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HEAD D'AGOSTINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on the August meeting between Gary Samore from the National Security Council and General Jorge Felix, Minister of the Brazilian Cabinet for Institutional Security (GSI),the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Thomas D'Agostino, ha [...]	2009-11-06 12:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL NPT IAEA MNUC PARM BR
09BRASILIA1300	BRAZIL ON AHMADINEJAD, IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND [...] (U) Paragraphs 2 and 8 contain Mission Brazil action request. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. With Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's November 23 visit approaching, President Lula has not adopted a position on the IAEA (P5 1) Geneva proposal or the Iran nuclear program as a whole [...]	2009-11-06 12:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF KNNP CVIS BR IR
09BRASILIA1308	BRAZIL'S CLIMATE POSITION IS IN FLUX AND COULD STRENGTHEN; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is finalizing its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. Despite earlier signals that it might announce an economy-wide emissions reduction target, President [...]	2009-11-09 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA131	TELECOMMUNICATION TRADE AGREEMENTS 2009: BRAZIL'S 3.4-3.6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's telecommunications regulatory agency, ANATEL, will be auctioning spectrum in the 3.5 GHz frequency band once a determination is made whether to allow for full mobility within the designated spectrum and whether to place additional obligations on 3.5 GHz licensees. Jefe [...]	2009-02-03 14:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINT ETRD ETTC TINT BR
09BRASILIA1313	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE ON IICA MEETING FOR BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL [...] Per REFTEL, Post discussed with Government of Brazil (GOB) officials Brazil's participation at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) regional meeting in Santiago, Chile on November 12 and 13th, 2009. Marcus Vinicius Coelho, Office of Agricultural Protection (SDA),[...]	2009-11-10 19:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ETRD TBIO BR
09BRASILIA1314	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (C) On November 13, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Abreu, minister responsible for the United States in the Ministry of External Affairs (MRE),and poloff simultaneously delivered the demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the MRE's Human Rights Division. Charge gave A [...]	2009-11-13 21:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1315	CHARGE DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION, FIGHTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 9 meeting, Charge Kubiske and Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim discussed next steps in the United States-Brazil bilateral security relationship, the potential sale of U.S.-origin fighter aircraft and regional security. Jobim showed strong interest in furthering s [...]	2009-11-13 21:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS BR
09BRASILIA1318	BRAZIL INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR BR
09BRASILIA1319	BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION LIBERALIZATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's abilities to accommodate strong passenger air traffic growth, prepare for the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and enact market liberalization measures hinge upon its successful resolution of pressing capacity constraints, particularly at Sao Paulo's Guarulh [...]	2009-11-16 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA132	BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...]	2009-02-03 16:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA1320	AMB. SUSAN BURK MEETS WITH BRAZILIANS IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Brasilia on October 28, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-proliferation Susan Burk garnered support from Brazilian counterparts for the U.S. approach to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. The Brazilian Ministry of [...]	2009-11-16 14:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1321	SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-BRAZIL JOINT COMMISSION MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: Brazil - the giant of South America - has stepped on to the world stage as a major economic power and is a key player in regional and multilateral matters. What has been less noticeable is that Brazil has put itself on a track to eventually become a global scientific and technologic [...]	2009-11-16 14:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO NSF BR
09BRASILIA1322	BRAZIL AND FRANCE ANNOUNCE COMMON POSITION ON UN FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) During their meeting in Paris on November 14, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) and French President Nicholas Sarkozy issued a joint press release detailing their two governments' common position on the upcoming UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotia [...]	2009-11-17 09:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA KGHG ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1324	USAID/BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM MEETING. [...] SUMMARY: On October 27-30, 2009, USAID/Brazil Environment Program held its annual meeting in Belm, State of Par. The objective of the event was to promote cooperation and better integration among Program partners, as well as to discuss current themes of sustainable development in the Amazon reg [...]	2009-11-17 16:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV BR
09BRASILIA1338	BRAZIL IPR UPDATE: PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian judicial and legislative branches are in the process of examining two key pharmaceutical patent-related issues - the role of the national health vigilance agency (ANVISA) in reviewing pharmaceutical patent applications and the constitutionality of Brazil's pipeline [...]	2009-11-20 13:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA1341	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary. CDA met separately November 18 with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs II (Asia) Roberto Jaguaribe and Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidency Marcel Biato to deliver demarche regarding the November 23 visit to Brazil of Iranian [...]	2009-11-20 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AORC CASC BR IR
09BRASILIA1342	NEW BRAZILIAN DEPUTY FM SEES NEED TO STEP UP [...] (C) The CDA paid a courtesy call November 18 on Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Secretary-General (Deputy Minister) Antonio Patriota. Patriota has just taken up his duties following three years as Brazil,s ambassador to Washington. Patriota said he sees great poten [...]	2009-11-20 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV BR
09BRASILIA1343	BRAZIL'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERROR FINANCE SYSTEM: [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil has established generally adequate anti-money laundering mechanisms but lacks basic legislation criminalizing the financing of terrorism as an autonomous crime. The Financial Action Task Force evaluating Brazil this year is expected to make recommendations regarding the ef [...]	2009-11-23 09:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1360	BRAZIL ON U.S.-BOLIVIA DIALOGUE, ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY. In a meeting November 19 with PolCouns, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) South America 1 (Southern Cone) Department head Minister Joao Luiz Pereira Pinto (protect) described Brazil-Bolivia relations as frustrating and indicated a continuing interest in trilateral counte [...]	2009-11-24 18:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AR BR BL PY
09BRASILIA1368	AHMADINEJAD VISIT READOUT: A WELL-SCRIPTED AFFAIR [...] (SBU) This message covers our initial readout of the visit to Brazil by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Follow-up messages will be sent once we obtain a more in-depth readout of the conversation between President Lula and President Ahmadinejad. Summary ------- 2. (C) President [...]	2009-11-25 19:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AORC CASC BR IR
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
09BRASILIA1370	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - BRAZIL THINKS THE IDEA IS PREMATURE [...] (SBU) On November 25, Science Counselor discussed the proposal for establishing a nuclear fuel bank (per REFTELS B and C) with the Director of Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao. As indicated in REFTEL [...]	2009-11-27 09:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS BR
09BRASILIA1371	BRAZIL ON IRAN AT IAEA: NOT SUPPORTIVE OF P5+1 TABLING [...] (C) Science Counselor discussed reftel points and key messages on November 25 with Santiago Mourao, the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. A very well-informed Mourao said that Brazil still does not have a positi [...]	2009-11-27 09:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA1381	BRAZIL: LATEST ON CLIMATE CHANGE OFFER AND PRE-COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 13, the Government of Brazil (GOB) unveiled its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. The GOB has announced that it will seek to reduce its economy-wide greenhouse gas emissio [...]	2009-11-30 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1382	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1383	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 11:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1384	BRAZIL: ASSURANCES RECEIVED FOR EXPORT OF HEU SAMPLES TO [...] (SBU) Per Ministry of External Relations Diplomatic Note DDS/105/ENER BRAS EUA, dated November 5, 2009, the Government of Brazil as requested (REFTEL A) provided the assurances to the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the handling of a small quantity of highly enriched uranium (HEU) material [...]	2009-12-01 11:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1385	BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR/MRE BCM DECEMBER 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. The visit provides an important opportunity to highlight the potential for increased bilateral cooperation, emphasizing that specific trade disputes need n [...]	2009-12-01 15:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1386	BRAZIL: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 16:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID BR
09BRASILIA1388	BRAZIL: OPIC LETTERS ON HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS DELIVERED TO [...] On November 25, 2009, Post delivered the letters and attachments from Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Acting Vice President for Investment Policy Berta Heybey to Brazilian Minister for the Environment Carlos Minc, which notified the Environment Ministry of OPIC's consideration o [...]	2009-12-02 12:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC EINV SENV ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1400	Brazil's National Broadband Plan [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Minister of Communications (MOC),Helio Costa, unveiled Brazil's national broadband plan (NBP) aimed at addressing Brazil's soaring broadband usage demand (reftel) on November 24. The proposal, entitled "A national plan for broadband - Brazil at high speed," lays out MO [...]	2009-12-03 19:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT BR
09BRASILIA1401	BRAZIL ON THE WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The GOB's outlook on Afghanistan is pessimistic, and it is skeptical that additional military forces can make the situation better. The GOB nevertheless believes in the Obama Administration's "good intentions," and Brazil is willing to participate in Afghanistan's "civil [...]	2009-12-03 20:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF PK BR
09BRASILIA1402	BRAZIL: U/S MACHADO ON GOB'S CLIMATE POSITION GOING INTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and her deputy, Special Ambassador for Climate Change Sergio Serra, told Charge that Brazil is more optimistic about the outcome for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Co [...]	2009-12-04 11:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAGR EAID BR
09BRASILIA1406	SYMPOSIUM ON BIOSECURITY AND DUAL USE RESEARCH ENCOURAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The First International Symposium on Biosecurity and Dual Use Research held in Brazil brought together Latin American experts and policymakers dealing with biosecurity. The conference highlighted the national security threats emerging from the advances in the biological science [...]	2009-12-04 16:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1407	Brazil: Center-Left Presidential Candidates Compete for [...] (SBU) Summary. While the gap between front-running presidential candidates Jose Serra (PSDB) and Dilma Rousseff (PT) appears to be tightening, parties within President Lula's PT-led governing alliance are quietly considering other options besides supporting Dilma. Ciro Gomes (PSB) entered [...]	2009-12-09 11:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1408	BRAZIL ANNOUNCES LOWEST RATE OF DEFORESTATION OF AMAZON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 12, Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced Brazil's lowest ever Amazon deforestation rate since monitoring began in 1988. A total of 7,008 square kilometers of forest were cleared, which represents a 45 percent drop from the previous annual period. O [...]	2009-12-04 17:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR
09BRASILIA141	BRAZIL: AUTOMOBILE SECTOR MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Brazil, in addressing the global economic downturn's negative impact on its automotive sector, has implemented several measures aimed at freeing up credit lines, stimulating domestic demand and protecting domestic production. Reduced industrial product taxes on [...]	2009-02-04 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09BRASILIA1411	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF WHA [...] (C) Mission Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia. It is more than a courtesy to say that your trip comes at a significant time for U.S.-Brazil relations. A promising start with the new U.S. Administration is beginning to ebb as high-level initiatives have been delayed and Brazil ha [...]	2009-12-10 16:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP BR
09BRASILIA1412	Brazil: Scenesetter - Economic Partnership Dialogue December [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 22:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1414	BRAZIL: STAS DR. NINA FEDOROFF PROMOTES SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Advisor for the Secretary of State and USAID (STAS) visited Brazil on October 25-30. In her meetings in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro with academics, private sector representatives, and government officials she promoted incre [...]	2009-12-07 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TBIO TPHY EAGR KSCA EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1418	BRAZIL: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) On December 2, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Glaucia Gauch, head of the Department of Human Rights and Social Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff followed up by delivering a copy of the "Defamation of Religions" non-paper to Nathanael de Souza e Silva [...]	2009-12-07 17:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA BR
09BRASILIA142	ANTARCTIC TREATY: BRAZIL UNLIKELY TO APPROVE 2003 ATCM [...] (SBU) On January 29 and again on February 3, ESTH Counselor met with key officials in the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) to press for Brazil to approve by early April the 2003 Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measure 1, which would create the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (REF [...]	2009-02-04 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY SENV AORC KSCA PREL BR
09BRASILIA1421	Brazil: EDBI Demarche Delivered [...] (S) Econoff delivered talking points in reftel to Bernardo Mota, Chief of Staff of the Brazilian financial intelligence unit (COAF),on December 14. Mota said that Brazil is fully compliant with UNSCR 1803 and that he is unaware of any presence or economic activity in the country by any [...]	2009-12-15 17:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PARM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1426	BRAZIL: NEW LEADERSHIP GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CREATING A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) on November 30 informed the U.S. Government (USG) that it wants to establish a debt-for-forest program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). The GOB submitted specific changes it wanted to make in the proposed text of an agreement cr [...]	2009-12-08 12:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1427	SUBSIDIARY BODIES AT THE 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 17:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1429	Brazil: DEM, Corruption, and the Decline of the Right [...] (C) Summary. Federal District (Brasilia) Governor Jose Arruda, caught on camera accepting bribes in late November, continues in office to fight the charges against him, ensuring a drawn-out and damaging scandal for the DemC3cratas (DEM),Brazil's leading center-right opposition party. The [...]	2009-12-18 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BR
09BRASILIA143	BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEES GOOD [...] (SBU) At a meeting on January 13, Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (MCT) Sergio Rezende stressed to Ambassador Sobel that climate change and the related issue of energy are excellent areas for cooperation between the Brazil and the United States. Rezende said that although climate [...]	2009-02-04 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1435	Strategy for Engaging Brazil on Defamation of Religions [...] (C) Summary: Brazilbs position on the bDefamation of Religionsb issue in the UN Human Rights Commission reflects a compromise between its objection to the concept on human rights grounds and its desire not to antagonize OIC countries with which it is trying to build relationships and which it s [...]	2009-12-22 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC BR
09BRASILIA1439	2016 Rio Olympics - The Future is Now [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilians greeted the October 1 announcement that the 2016 Summer Olympics were awarded to Rio de Janeiro with an outpouring of national pride, a party on Copacabana beach and a sense of relief that the country is gaining some long overdue recognition as a regional and interna [...]	2009-12-24 13:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR KOLY ASEC PGOV
09BRASILIA1443	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO TITLE III REQUEST [...] (C) Post responses to reftel questions follow: Question 1): Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post Response to Question 1): Yes, while Brazil has refrained from raising these issues publicly, high level [...]	2009-12-24 14:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC BR CU
09BRASILIA1447	WHA A/S VALENZUELA RECEIVED BY EAGER BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. On his first visit to Brazil as Assistant Secretary, Arturo Valenzuela was received December 14 by senior government officials eager to minimize differences and demonstrate their interest in working with the USG on a range of topics. Meetings with the Presidential Foreign Policy A [...]	2009-12-29 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09BRASILIA1460	BRAZIL: AMAZON FUND AND OTHER FUNDS TO PROTECT THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Amazon Fund created in August 2008 and funded by a US$1 billion pledge from Norway has just announced its first block of approved projects to help monitor and reduce deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region. Brazil also has now passed a law that will establish a National Cl [...]	2009-12-15 15:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG EAGR EFIN NO BR

09BRASILIA1468	Trafficking in Persons and Child Sex Exploitation in the [...] Summary: The state of Goias, which surrounds Brasilia, has one of the highest incidences of human trafficking in Brazil; it also has a number of officials in the state with a strong commitment to dealing with the problem. In light of impending direct flights between Brasilia and Atlanta, whi [...]	2009-12-15 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI KTIP BR
09BRASILIA1472	U.S.-Brazil Project on Racial Profiling by the Police -- [...] Summary: In meetings in Brasilia December 2-4, three U.S. technical experts, together with representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, Ministry of External Relations, Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) and Police Academy of the State of Santa Catarina, [...]	2009-12-16 14:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB SNAR SOCI KCRM BR
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
09BRASILIA1486	BRAZIL: AECIO NEVES WITHDRAWS FROM PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (SBU) In a press conference on December 17, Minas Gerais governor A????cio Neves officially terminated his "pre-candidacy" for the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) nomination in Brazil's 2010 Presidential elections, effectively leaving the PSDB field to Sao Paulo governor Jose Serra. [...]	2009-12-18 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
09BRASILIA1498	BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...]	2009-12-21 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1500	BRAZIL: AUSTR VISIT TO RECIFE HIGHLIGHTS PURSUIT OF [...] (SBU) On December 10 and 11, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, visited Recife (in the Northeastern state of Pernambuco) to discuss the economic potential of Bra [...]	2009-12-21 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1516	BRAZIL IS PROUD OF ITS AMBITIOUS APPROACH TO COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) expressed disappointment and frustration with the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva principally blamed the position of the United Sta [...]	2009-12-23 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAID EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1540	BRAZIL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Brazilian government continues to cooperate in countering terrorism and related activities that could contribute to the facilitation of attacks in the region or elsewhere-to include investigating potential terrorism financing, document forgery networks, and other illicit activity. Opera [...]	2009-12-31 13:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA156	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: MAKING THE 3 PLUS 1 [...] (C) Summary: The 3 Plus 1 Mechanism on Security in the Triborder Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, six years after its initial plenary session, the only instrument available to discuss counterterrorism (CT) with regional partners at the policy level. Given the likelihood t [...]	2009-02-06 15:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA AR BR
09BRASILIA157	BRAZIL: VICE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ON CHALLENGES AHEAD, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 22, Brazilian Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira expressed interest in a new, broader agenda between the United States and Brazil. She highlighted Brazil's need to address the interlinked challenges of energy, climat [...]	2009-02-06 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN BR
09BRASILIA158	Hemispheric Energy and Brazil? Depends who you ask [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel recently met with Brazil's Under Secretary equivalent for Energy and Technology at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Ambassador Andre Amado, to discuss continuing bilateral biofuels efforts. Over the course of the meeting, the idea of hemispheric energy co [...]	2009-02-06 17:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSUM ECON BR
09BRASILIA16	Brazil Civil Aviation: Airport Privatization - the players [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is studying several concession models to raise capital for much needed airport infrastructure improvements before hosting the World Cup in 2014. Private and public sector proposals have been received during the comment period phase, with most comments advocating private [...]	2009-01-06 14:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA167	PMDB WINS TOP CONGRESS POSTS, COULD GET 2010 VEEP [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) consolidated its position as kingmaker for the 2010 presidential election after winning the presidencies of both houses of Congress on February 2. While the PMDB will remain faithful to President Lula and the Workers' Party (PT) [...]	2009-02-10 12:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR
09BRASILIA177	UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 1: [...] (C) Summary. As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself under the influence of four powerful personalities whose ideologies are shaping its foreign policy priorities [...]	2009-02-11 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA178	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 117 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-02-12 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA180	UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 2: [...] (C) Summary: As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself in a difficult transition, with new institutional challenges. Itamaraty is struggling to meet President Lula's [...]	2009-02-12 20:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA188	BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION, THE BALKANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's position on Kosovo recognition has not changed: the GOB would prefer a clear UN consensus in favor of Kosovo independence. Serbia is lobbying Brazil and other key UN members to file briefs at the ICJ in its favor. The Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Bosnia have rec [...]	2009-02-13 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC NATO RS AL BK KV MK BR
09BRASILIA190	UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 3: [...] (C) As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself facing unaccustomed inter-agency competition. Still Brazil's most prestigious ministry and the unquestioned lead on fo [...]	2009-02-13 16:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BR
09BRASILIA193	UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) On February 6, 2009, Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor and Assistant Air Attache delivered the USG response (REFTEL A) to the Ukrainian proposal (REFTEL B) to help the United States obtain Brazilian congressional approval of the 2000 U.S.-Brazil Technology Saf [...]	2009-02-13 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
09BRASILIA195	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER [...] (SBU) On February 11, Post delivered the concerns expressed in REFTEL A to the key Brazilian players involved in handling the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Division, Counselor Fernando Coimbra, leads the Government [...]	2009-02-13 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BR
09BRASILIA196	BRAZIL RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES ABOUT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to stressed that Brazil would like to see a consensus document come out of the 2010 Review Conference concerning the Nuclear Nonproliferat [...]	2009-02-13 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM UNGA IAEA NPT BR
09BRASILIA198	PUBLIC LAUNCH OF THE U.S/BRAZIL JOINT ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2008 signing of the US/Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPR),Brazilian Racial Equality Minister Edson Santos and WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held the first steering committee meeting and [...]	2009-02-17 11:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB BR
09BRASILIA201	KEY BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES POSSIBLE WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 4, Othon Pinheiro, Director-President of Eletrobras Termonuclear S.A., briefed the Ambassador on a new concept for indirect monitoring rather than intrusive inspections as a way to provide the IAEA with assurances about the nature of Brazil's nuclear activities. This [...]	2009-02-17 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY ETTC AR BR
09BRASILIA202	BRAZIL'S REVISED CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATING TEAM AND VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian climate change negotiating team for 2009 is significantly different than the one for 2008. Most importantly, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy Everton Vargas (who is going to Germany) will be replaced as head of the team by Ambassado [...]	2009-02-17 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAGR EFIN ECON BR
09BRASILIA209	BRAZIL: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE - NOT YET APPROVED HRSA/HHS [...] The Embassy cannot yet sign off on the agreement proposed in REFTEL. Due to Brazilian sensitivities on health related issues, the Embassy's ESTH office is seeking more information from the Brazilian partner (REDOME) before it can provide a definitive response. 2. The Embassy POC for this [...]	2009-02-19 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
09BRASILIA216	BRAZIL FX2 COMPETITION: THE BIDS ARE IN; NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the February 2 submission of bids for Brazil's FX2 fighter competition, the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) will begin the process of technical evaluation. The U.S. competitor, Boeing's F18 Super Hornet, submitted a proposal that complied with Brazilian technical requiremen [...]	2009-02-20 18:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR ETTC
09BRASILIA222	ANTARCTIC: INVITATION DELIVERED; GOB SEEKING APPROVAL OF [...] (SBU) On February 18, Post delivered to the Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) the invitation letter (REFTEL E) to Minister Celso Amorim from Secretary Clinton to attend the ministerial-level event in Washington on April 6, 2009, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty and [...]	2009-02-20 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KSCA KTIA PREL SENV TPHY AY BR
09BRASILIA224	BRAZIL: U/S FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas told Ambassador Sobel that when FM Celso Amorim meets the Secretary next week, he will want to stress the importance of building on the progress [...]	2009-02-21 19:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM ENRG BR
09BRASILIA229	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The CJCS visit to Brazil comes at an important time for our strategic partnership. With Nelson Jobim as Defense Minister, Brazil has, for the first time, effective civilian leadership and a mandate to modernize its armed forces. With a new defense strategy published in Decembe [...]	2009-02-26 10:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS BR PREL
09BRASILIA231	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT [...] Please find below answers for Brazil to questions in reftel questions at para nine. Per ref b, in general only new information not in ref C is provided below. 2. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor. -What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the co [...]	2009-02-26 12:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB BR
09BRASILIA233	BRAZIL: STATE TACKLING CHILD AND SLAVE LABOR, TIP: [...] (U) Summary: The Northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhao ranks among the jurisdictions in Brazil with the highest incidence of domestic child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in persons (TIP). As one of Brazil's poorest states, resource constraints, coupled with neglect by state governme [...]	2009-02-26 21:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG BR
09BRASILIA234	BRAZIL: DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE TIP CASES; BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Socioeconomic conditions in the state of Para are among the worst in Brazil, and as a result, the state acts as a source for slave and domestic child labor and trafficking in persons cases. Belem international airport is a major transit point for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ne [...]	2009-02-26 22:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG BR
09BRASILIA244	BRAZIL: TWO NEW PRAGMATIC STEPS TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL AMAZON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brazil (GOB) plans to take two steps - each quite pragmatic - to address the serious problem of settlers illegally clearing the Amazon Forest and the challenge of settlers occupying public land in the Amazon: The first measure - currently a proposal - would r [...]	2009-02-27 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA250	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) (U) The Full Inventory of TIP Legislation: Laws prohibiting trafficking are contained in the Brazilian Penal Code, Articles 231, 231-A, 206, and 207, and the Statute of Children and Adolescents. In addition, Article 149 of the Brazilian penal code prohibits "reducing someone to a condi [...]	2009-03-02 11:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA251	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) While adult prostitution is legal (an adult is defined by Brazilian law as a person 18 years of age or older),various associated activities, such as operating a brothel and pimping, are illegal. The degree to which these laws are enforced varies from place to place in Brazil based on lo [...]	2009-03-02 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA252	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil continued to be a source country for internationally and domestically trafficked women, children, and men, and a destination country for forced factory labor in metropolitan cities. Brazil was not a significant Trafficking in Persons (TIP) transit country. Forced or sl [...]	2009-03-02 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA253	SOME AVENUES FOR REGIONAL ENERGY COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, both Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy and his Deputy Minister have recently reconfirmed their interest in hemispheric energy cooperation. While other parts of the Brazilian government have been less positive in their assessments of the chances, or ind [...]	2009-03-02 11:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON KSUM BR
09BRASILIA254	BRAZIL: 2009 Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2009 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil be maintained on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB actions demonstrate a strong, inter-agency commitment to anti-piracy policy and consumer ed [...]	2009-03-02 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA265	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MINC PRAISES APPOINTMENT OF S/E STERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of the Environment, Carlos Minc, sees the twin issues of climate and energy as an opportunity for increased USG and Government of Brazil (GOB) cooperation. He sees Brazil as playing the role of a bridge between the developed nations and the G-77 in upcoming climate n [...]	2009-03-06 20:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA ENRG TBIO BR
09BRASILIA270	BRAZIL: ENORMOUS AMAZONAS STATE PLANS AMBITIOUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By December of this year, the State of Amazonas - which contains nearly half of the remaining Brazilian Amazon Forest - plans to announce its own climate change plan and state-wide target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To accomplish this goal Governor Eduardo Bra [...]	2009-03-10 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA TSPL EAID ENRG NOAA NASA BR
09BRASILIA278	OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN BRAZIL [...] SUMMARY. Public security is Brazil's top social concern, making Brazil an increasingly eager partner for the United States on law enforcement matters. The year ahead will present even more significant law enforcement challenges and opportunities for South America's dominant country. The f [...]	2009-03-10 14:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BR ASEC KCRM
09BRASILIA28	WORKING WITH BRAZIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE - AN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil has a central role in the climate change arena, not only because it controls 70% of the Amazon rainforest, but also because it plays a pivotal role in the on-going UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. USG efforts to have India and China assume [...]	2009-01-08 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN BR
09BRASILIA282	BRAZIL: OFFICIALS DISCUSS CUBA, BOLIVIA, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Jessica Lewis, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Caroline Tess, Professional Staff Member and Senator Bill Nelson,s designee to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence met with Brazilian government officials from the offic [...]	2009-03-10 20:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
09BRASILIA288	Message from Ambassador Clifford Sobel to Acting FAA [...] (SBU) I strongly recommend that FAA HQ Flight Standards Office work cooperatively with ANAC to select technical consultation dates to take place after the May ICAO inspection rather than March 16-17 as currently proposed. Insisting that consultations happen March 16-17 or not at all risks unde [...]	2009-03-11 17:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA290	BRAZIL: SPACE COOPERATION POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Technology Director Marco Antonio Chamon sees many opportunities for cooperation with the USG and with U.S. space businesses. Brazil is open to supplying for free the USG with the remote sensing information from the Brazil- [...]	2009-03-11 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA ETTC SENV ECON KSCA BR
09BRASILIA296	BRAZIL: FALLEN SPACE OBJECT RECOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 5, Post recovered from the Brazilian authorities the component of a U.S. space launch vehicle that fell in the State of Goias, Brazil, in late March 2008. The object, a composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV),is in remarkably good condition and is stored at the [...]	2009-03-12 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA297	BRAZIL: REQUEST FOR USG HELP IN REPATRIATING TURTLES [...] On March 6, 2009, Mr. Anderson Luis do Valle from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources (IBAMA) contacted Post's Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) office. Mr. Valle is the Coordinator of IBAMA's Center for Triage of Wild Animals. He explained tha [...]	2009-03-12 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO BR
09BRASILIA298	BRAZIL: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On 4 March 2009, EST officer delivered REFTEL invitation for Brazil to participate in the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, 29 June to 2 July 2009, to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technolo [...]	2009-03-12 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PINS ENRG KCRM PARM BR
09BRASILIA303	BRAZIL: LIFTING OF OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AT RIO'S SANTOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC) announced March 4 that it would lift operational restrictions placed on Rio's Santos Dumont airport. The decision opened a torrent of angry and combative comments by Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral and Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes, w [...]	2009-03-13 10:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA305	BRAZIL: TRANSMITTAL OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS [...] (SBU) On March 4, Post delivered REFTEL letter from Acting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Assistant Administrator James Balsiger to Aldemir Gregolin, Brazil's Minister of Aquiculture and Fishing. Post followed up by informing Osvaldo Barbossa, the International Affairs Advisor for t [...]	2009-03-13 13:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV BR
09BRASILIA310	Supporting Educational Improvements in Brazil: Public [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several international comparative measures demonstrate that Brazil's education system lags behind that of most of its Latin American neighbors, global competitors such as the BRIC countries, and more developed countries, which is causing a shortage of skilled labor and could be [...]	2009-03-13 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL ECON PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA312	Perceptions of President Obama, as Reflected in the [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Brazil, there is a great deal of public and media interest in President Barack Obama, going back to his emergence as the Democratic frontrunner in the middle stages of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Obama's electoral victory and inauguration were covered very positively b [...]	2009-03-13 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
09BRASILIA322	FOLLOW UP ON BRAZIL'S SHARM AL SHEIKH PLEDGE [...] (U) On 10 March, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Counselor Claudio Cesar Nascimento, chief of the Middle East Division I of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Nascimento confirmed the USD 10 million pledge made by Foreign Minister Amorim at Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, and noted t [...]	2009-03-16 17:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN BR
09BRASILIA330	GOLD MINING POSES HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has seen exponential growth in the South American countries of the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil) since the early 1980's, owing to dramatic gold price increases and limited government presence in the remote i [...]	2009-03-17 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EMIN EAID TBIO SOCI BR XR
09BRASILIA331	ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (SBU) In ref A, Post noted that we could not confirm child or forced labor for certain products. At this time we can provide additional information on those products. 2. (U) Bananas and Talc: After further research, Mission does not/not believe these should be on the DOL List of Goods beca [...]	2009-03-17 20:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM BR
09BRASILIA337	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 11:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS BR
09BRASILIA34	BRAZIL,S NEW DEFENSE STRATEGY--STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. On December 18, President Lula signed the National Defense Strategy, concluding a fifteen month drafting exercise. The document was principally drafted by Minister for Strategic Planning Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and it provides a security policy framework tha [...]	2009-01-09 16:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR
09BRASILIA347	Brazil: PAC Investment Program Two Years Later: Mixed [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian Growth Acceleration Program ("PAC"),a government run public works program funded with federal, parastatal, and private investment, celebrated its second anniversary in February. In a recently released PAC executive summary report, the GOB highlighted past, present [...]	2009-03-20 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA348	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] This message provides additional information on trafficking in persons in Brazil not previously reported in refs B, C, and D. With the exception of paragraph 4, the new information was provided by the National Secretariat of Justice (SNJ),which has been very cooperative and helpful to the Mi [...]	2009-03-20 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA349	BRAZIL: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BROAD INDIAN LAND [...] Summary. In a landmark Indian land rights case, the Supreme Court on March 19 reached a final decision in favor of sweeping land rights for Indians on the Raposa Serra do Sol (RSS) reservation in Roraima state (reftel). Non-indigenous rice growers will have to abandon their plantations insid [...]	2009-03-20 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA35	BRAZIL,S DEFENSE STRATEGY -- MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ref a reported on the strategic aspects of Brazil,s new Defense Strategy document, signed by President Lula on December 18. While the main purpose of the strategy as written by the Minister for Strategic Planning, was to place Brazil,s military and defense sector in the framewo [...]	2009-01-09 17:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR
09BRASILIA362	BRAZIL'S RELATIONS WITH AFRICA -- SELECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reftel reported on Brazil's interest in Africa both as a matter of ethnic and cultural ties and of the policy of the Lula government to seek more global influence by cultivating other developing countries, the so called south-south policy. One year later, Africa retains its st [...]	2009-03-24 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL PGOV ETRD
09BRASILIA364	(U) 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (C) Ref B reports on Summit of the Americas (SOA) Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales meetings with Brazilian officials, notably the increased Brazilian focus on the SOA. According to Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Undersecretary Vera Machado, Brazil views the SOA as comple [...]	2009-03-24 20:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR PINR PGOV PREL
09BRASILIA368	ARRESTS MADE IN PIRACY OF U.S. MILTARY SATELLITE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) executed 20 search and seizure warrants on March 18, 2009, concluding a 3 year investigation related to the piracy of U.S. military satellite frequencies. The operation's success was supported by U.S. Department of Defense-provided sa [...]	2009-03-25 14:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS MARR PINR BR
09BRASILIA386	FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 25 between ANAC President Solange Vieira and Ambassador Sobel that addressed FAA's proposed consultations and follow-up assessment, Vieira respectfully declined FAA's offer of consultations and proposed that FAA move ahead with its IASA assessment and offer [...]	2009-03-27 20:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA387	IRAN MAKES ENERGY OVERTURES IN BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, during his March 25 - 26 visit to Brazil, sought opportunities for creating energy partnerships with Brazil. He was received cautiously by the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) at a meeting in which they discussed many opport [...]	2009-03-27 22:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA388	BRAZIL: PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SEES [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Presidency (Planalto) Foreign Policy Advisor Ambassador Marcel Biato (protect) discussed energy cooperation, touched on G20 and Summit of the Americas (SOA) preparations, and offered views on managing challenges in both the hemisphere and within the GOB in a discussion [...]	2009-03-27 23:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EFIN KSUM BR
09BRASILIA390	THEFT OF SMALL PLANE ACTIVATES SHOOTDOWN PROCEDURES [...] (S/NF) Ref B describes a March 12 incident in which a small private aircraft was stolen at gunpoint in Luziania (approximately 23 miles from Brasilia) and after two hours was intentionally crashed into a parking lot of a shopping mall in Goiania, approximately 90 miles from Brasilia. The inc [...]	2009-03-28 00:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR MOPS PGOV BR
09BRASILIA391	BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...]	2009-03-28 00:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA395	Brazil: Open Skies and Privatization Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, outlined a detailed strategy for Open Skies negotiations with the U.S. during a March 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel. The process involves ANAC reviewing a U.S. provided Open Skies eco [...]	2009-03-30 21:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA397	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA398	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA399	SENATOR CORKER LOOKS INTO CHALLENGES OF DEFORESTATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Robert Corker visited the State of Amazonas on March 20-21 and learned about the extensive deforestation problem in Brazil and efforts to address it. Governor Eduardo Braga explained his state's innovative program to pay forest dwellers a monthly payment to protect the [...]	2009-03-31 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP SENV EAID EAGR KGHG BR
09BRASILIA400	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-03-31 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA401	BRAZIL'S ENTHUSIATIC, THOUGH COMPLICATED, APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil has constructed a complex regime to govern access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Provisional Measure No. 2186-16 and its implementing rules and regulations establish the requirements in this field. The intended purpose for collecting the genetic resources [...]	2009-03-31 20:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO KPAO BR
09BRASILIA402	BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER PURSUING REGIONAL [...] (C) In a discussion with Ambassador Sobel March 28, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim (protect) said he knew of President Lula's offer to President Obama during their March 14 meeting to look for ways that the region could work with the United States on counterdrug issues, possibly throu [...]	2009-03-31 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MOPS MARR XR BR
09BRASILIA403	BRAZIL-UK: ECONOMIC CRISIS, CLIMATE ARE KEY ITEMS AT LULA-BROWN MEETING [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Sobel March 28, British Ambassador to Brazil Alan Charlton provided a readout of the March 26 meeting between Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Charlton said that the economic crisis was the principal topic o [...]	2009-03-31 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV ECON EAID KNNP BR UK PARM
09BRASILIA405	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL PASTOR APRIL 4-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 21:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA41	THE FX2 COMPETITION -- THE GLIDEPATH TO SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Boeing F18 Super Hornet has had success in establishing itself as a strong candidate to be Brazil's next generation fighter but still faces strong political opposition. To succeed, the USG and Boeing will need a coordinated strategy aimed at highlighting the Super Hornet's [...]	2009-01-09 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MARR BR
09BRASILIA426	BRAZIL WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil is pleased that the US will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (reftel),but the director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Exterior relations could not state whether Brazil will vote for the U.S. End summary. Pleased U.S. Is Coming Back - - - - [...]	2009-04-06 20:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA428	BRAZIL: NO OBJECTION TO HRSA/HHS AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] Embassy Brasilia has no objection to the proposed agreement between the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and REDOME (Brazilian Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor Registry.) 2. The Embassy would like to stress that this agreement should not be seen as authorizing the transfer of genetic resour [...]	2009-04-07 10:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
09BRASILIA43	BRAZIL: AMORIM FLIES TO MIDDLE EAST AS ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions in Brazil to the crisis in Gaza continue (reftel) to focus almost exclusively on the suffering of the Palestinian population caused by Israel's response to HAMAS' attacks while at the same time minimizing Israel's concerns over its security. Criticism of Israel from [...]	2009-01-09 21:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IR BR
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
09BRASILIA447	BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 16:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR
09BRASILIA449	BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 11:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR
09BRASILIA453	BRAZIL HAS NO RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (U) Charge delivered demarche (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs in the Ministry for External Relations, who made no specific response on the North Korean rocket launch. Jaguaribe shared Brazil's views on North Korea in general and Brazi [...]	2009-04-14 20:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP KN BR
09BRASILIA454	BRAZILIAN REPLY TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) Charge delivered assistance request (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, who had recently returned from the Hague Conference on Afghanistan. In response to the specific requests, he noted that the Brazilian congress recently reduced t [...]	2009-04-14 20:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR BR AF
09BRASILIA460	TOP BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMAN PRIORITIZES ANTI-SLAVE LABOR [...] (U) Summary. The president of the Chamber of Deputies wants the proposed constitutional amendment authorizing expropriation of lands used for slave labor to be passed as soon as possible. The nine year old bill has been languishing in the lower house since 2004, but the Chamber president inte [...]	2009-04-15 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA477	BRAZIL: IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's visit to Brasilia on March 26, reciprocating Foreign Minister Amorim's November 2008 visit to Tehran, served as a preview to a planned visit to Brasilia by Iranian president Ahmadinejad that the media is reporting will happen May 5-6. During his [...]	2009-04-15 21:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA480	BRAZIL: FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on April 14, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on April 16, 2009 to request formally a reassessment of GO [...]	2009-04-16 21:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA481	BRAZIL TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Per reftel A, Post designates the following terrorist finance coordination officers (TFCOs): -TFCO Name: Melissa San Miguel Title: Economic Officer Phone: 55-61-3312-7185 Unclassified e-mail: sanmiguelma@state.gov Classified e-mail: sanmiguelma@state.sgov.gov -Deputy TFCO Name: Jav [...]	2009-04-17 13:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER BR
09BRASILIA491	BRAZIL'S PROPOSED AGENDA FOR RIO-PLUS-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV UNCSD UNEP BR
09BRASILIA497	CODEL HOYER BRAZIL VISIT PRODUCTIVE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and a delegation of nine members of the United States House of Representatives visited Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro April 8-10, with a focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. The delegation was granted a rare meeting with Brazilian Presid [...]	2009-04-22 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA507	BRAZIL ON THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Overcoming some earlier concerns, Brazil has embraced the Major Economies Forum (MEF) process. Brazil will send its chief negotiator, Ambassador Vera Machado, the Ministry of External Relat [...]	2009-04-24 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG ECON KSCA BR
09BRASILIA516	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS MRE POLITICAL UNDER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met April 24, with Brazilian Under Secretary for Political Affairs Amb. Vera Machado on the eve of her departure for her first trip to Washington since taking over the position. In addition to leading the delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF),Machado will [...]	2009-04-27 20:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV SNAR SCUL UNSC KSUM BR
09BRASILIA517	BRAZIL AND THE SWINE FLU OUTBREAK: SITREP #1 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the worldwide swine flu outbreak. REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry has not reported any confirmed cases of swine flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 27, there were four cases of individuals who [...]	2009-04-27 20:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SENV KSTH ECON CASC EAGR BR
09BRASILIA518	BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS CLARIFIES [...] (C) Following up on reports that Brazil submitted on opinion to the ICJ on Serbia's request that Kosovo's declaration of independence be regarded as illegal, poloff contacted Elizabeth-Sophie Mazzella, Director for Eastern Europe at the Ministry for External Relations (MRE). Mazzella explain [...]	2009-04-27 20:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR AORC
09BRASILIA526	U.S. FOREST SERVICE EXPLORES EXPANDED COLLABORATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of experts from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) identified and prioritized a range of areas for two-way cooperation with Brazilian counterparts during their April 14-17 visit to Brazil. Officials from the young Brazilian Forest Service, the Brazilian Agricultural Researc [...]	2009-04-29 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR
09BRASILIA533	AFTER 23 YEARS, BRAZIL RESUMES WORK ON ANGRA III NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than two decades after halting construction of Brazil's third nuclear reactor at Angra dos Reis, the Brazilian Government has resumed work. The estimated cost for completing the construction of Angra III has jumped from USD 1.8 billion in 1986 to USD 3.3 billion. The go [...]	2009-04-30 14:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY FCS BR
09BRASILIA551	BRAZIL: AHMADINEJAD'S VISIT OFF, THEN ON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: One day before Iranian President Ahmadinejad was scheduled to arrive in Brasilia leading a delegation of more than 100 government and industry officials, Brasilia was awash in contradictory news reports and rumors of whether the visit would or would not be postponed. It was not [...]	2009-05-05 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR

09BRASILIA559	CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CELEBRATE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE ANDEAN [...] The South America Regional Environmental HUB Office attended the Third Annual Meeting of the Andean Amazon Conservation Initiative (ICAA) in Bogota, Colombia, April 19-25. These annual conferences bring together more than twenty partner organizations of this USAID-funded initiative to exchang [...]	2009-05-06 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA577	BRAZIL: OPEN MINEDED ON AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO SHIP [...] (SBU) On May 8, Post's Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor together with Australian Deputy Chief of Mission Tim Millikan delivered the joint demarche (per REFTEL) concerning the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Recycling Convention to the Brazilian Mi [...]	2009-05-08 16:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV BR
09BRASILIA599	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: BRAZIL MAY SOFTEN ON IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. It appears that an internal turf battle between Brazil's Defense and External Relations Ministries led to Defense Minister Nelson Jobim's refusal to cooperate with the IAEA's request to interview a Brazilian scientist over his book on nuclear weapons. Minister Jobim now recognize [...]	2009-05-11 21:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP TRGY ETTC IAEA BR AR
09BRASILIA605	IAEA ELECTIONS: BRAZIL APPEARS POISED TO THROW ITS HAT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post delivered demarche (REFTEL A) about USG support for the Japanese candidate Amano to become the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reasons why Brazil should do so too. Nonetheless, Brazil will support the South African candidate Minty. [...]	2009-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC JA SF BR
09BRASILIA606	CONFERENCES HIGHLIGHT SUCCESSES AND REMAINING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recent conferences in Rio de Janeiro highlighted both the successes and obstacles remaining in health cooperation between the United States and Brazil. Current bilateral cooperation programs that have staff actually working within Government of Brazil (GOB) health agencies [...]	2009-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA NIH CDC BR
09BRASILIA613	LAAD ,09 -- DEFENSE MODERNIZATION MEANS BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The April 14-17 Latin America Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio de Janeiro provided evidence that despite the downturns in the economies of Brazil and its neighbors, defense manufacturers still see opportunities for business. As a result of Brazil's recently published a [...]	2009-05-15 12:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC BR
09BRASILIA615	Brazil's Broad Band Initiatives [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet broadband use in Brazil has soared dramatically over the past year, reflecting an increased interest in navigating sites that require greater connectivity speed such as socialization sites (facebook, myspace etc.),entertainment sites for streaming videos and music, bus [...]	2009-05-15 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT TINT BR
09BRASILIA616	BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS OFFERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA618	BRAZIL: CONFERENCE ON FINANCE FOR REDUCING DEFORESTATION - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An international conference, April 1-4, hosted by the Governor of Mato Grosso Blairo Maggi and the NGO Forest Trends, and co-funded by USAID, highlighted how far Brazil has come in recognizing its problem with massive, ongoing deforestation of the Amazon Forest. The conference [...]	2009-05-18 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA EAID EFIN ENRG BR
09BRASILIA625	CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Brasilia (protect) told poloffs on May 7 week that the profile of child labor in Brazil has shifted in recent years and is now predominantly an urban phenomenon. The ILO child labor expert stressed that Brazilian authorities [...]	2009-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ELAB SOCI BR
09BRASILIA634	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE: ENDGAME STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. With two months remaining before the Government of Brazil decides on a next generation fighter aircraft, the U.S. competitor, Boeing's F18 Super Hornet is still perceived by many Brazilians in and outside the GOB as a likely second or even third-place finis [...]	2009-05-19 16:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS ETTC BR
09BRASILIA643	(S/NF) BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS [...] (S/NF) Dalton Ellery Barroso, a Brazilian scientist working for the Ministry of Defense, has written a book entitled "The Physics of Nuclear Explosives" ("A Fisica dos Explosivos Nucleares"). Post has found that this book is offered for sale to the general public through an online Brazilian b [...]	2009-05-19 20:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA651	BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER [...] (SBU) On May 18, 2009, the Deputy Chief of Mission provided both the head of Brazil's Secretariat for Aquaculture and Fishing (SEAP) (which is a unit within the Presidency and separate from the Agriculture Ministry) Altemir Gregolin and the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Director of the [...]	2009-05-21 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN ETRD BR
09BRASILIA654	BRAZIL: Treasury DAS Nancy Lee - G20 follow-up, political [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian private and public sector interlocutors in Brasilia and Sao Paulo told U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Lee that Brazil's economic downturn may be bottoming out. Bankers, however, were unwilling to predict when investment levels would trend higher, which [...]	2009-05-22 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA657	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KN BR
09BRASILIA658	BRAZIL AND THE MIDDLE EAST: FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) Summary: In an April meeting with CDA between two trips by President Lula to the Middle East, Brazil's senior diplomat for Middle East issues, Under Secretary Roberto Jaguaribe discussed Brazil's positive reactions to President Obama's moves on the Middle East and subtly rejected Presiden [...]	2009-05-22 20:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA659	FINANCING FOR BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE [...] (SBU) The Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) Finance Secretariat (SEFA) has been tasked to submit a report on financing arrangements being presented by the Governments of each of the three competitors (US, France, and Sweden) to support proposals for Brazil's next generation fighter (FX2). The financ [...]	2009-05-22 20:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA660	BRAZIL: UN Conference on Development Impact of Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB interlocutors agree the current outcome document drafted by the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) is not a helpful way forward in a discussion of the impact of the global crisis on the developing world. Brazil wants a consensus-based document that complements and r [...]	2009-05-26 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID UNGA BR
09BRASILIA667	BRAZIL POSTPONES OPENING PYONGYANG EMBASSY OVER [...] (U) Summary. In response to the May 25 DPRK nuclear test, Brazil is indefinitely postponing sending its Ambassador-designate to Pyongyang to open the Brazilian embassy (reftels). The Ministry of External Relations (MRE) issued an uncharacteristically strong note in which it "vehemently con [...]	2009-05-26 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC MCAP KN BR ZN
09BRASILIA670	BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING OASGA: ALL ABOUT CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Director for International Organizations Carlos Duarte characterized Cuba as the dominant issue for the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA). Brazil sees a resolution on Cuba as inevitable, he said, but will try to play a moderating [...]	2009-05-27 15:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL OAS
09BRASILIA677	BRAZIL WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO WORLD BANK VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: An official in the Ministry of Finance confirmed that Brazil will not cast a vote on Kosovo's World Bank application. The official told Econoff that the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) had directed Finance Minister Mantega not to vote on the upcoming Kosovo World Bank bid, a [...]	2009-05-28 15:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV BR
09BRASILIA679	BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER - AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been press reports that Brazil's Minister for Exterior Relations Celso Amorim wants to be a candidate to become the next Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Although Amorim has denied any interest in the IAEA job, the persistence of the [...]	2009-05-28 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV KNNP IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA68	BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON FIGHTER COMPETITION, [...] (C) The Brazilian Air Force's FX2 fighter competition is between the United States and France, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told Ambassador Sobel on January 8. However, Brazil's defense relationship with the French is prospering because of French President Sarkozy's personal relationships an [...]	2009-01-15 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ENRG BR
09BRASILIA69	BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON FIGHTER COMPETITION, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ENRG BR
09BRASILIA694	NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES "GENERIC" [...] (C) Summary and comment. Brazilian diplomatic sources assert that the May 9-13 visit of the North Korean Foreign Minister to Brazil had only a "generic political significance," the Koreans were not well prepared to discuss energy, one of their top priorities, and there was little substance t [...]	2009-06-04 10:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG BR KN
09BRASILIA697	BRAZIL: OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. There are signs that within the Brazilian government there is increasing pressure to take a more pro-active role in the ongoing international climate change negotiations. To make progress in this area, Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira in recent meetings with t [...]	2009-06-04 14:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN ECON BR
09BRASILIA698	BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]	2009-06-04 18:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA700	BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]	2009-06-04 18:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA702	BRAZIL: MINOR LEAK AT ANGRA II NUCLEAR REACTOR; NO SERIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian National Commission on Nuclear Energy (CNEN) reported that a minor accident at the Angra II nuclear reactor on May 15 led to a small leak of low levels of radiation. CNEN tell Post that they have reviewed the situation and have decided to maintain the current poli [...]	2009-06-04 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA BR
09BRASILIA709	Brazil: Initial Reactions on Cairo Speech [...] (U) Summary: In Brazil, President Obama's address to Muslims worldwide has drawn praise for its even-handed approach to the issues of religion and politics in the Middle East from government, congressional, academic contacts and from members of the Brazilian Middle Eastern and Muslim communitie [...]	2009-06-04 22:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KPAO PREL PGOV ECON BR
09BRASILIA712	RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil has not decided whether to support a resolution on renewing the Sudan Special Rapporteur's mandate, and believes dialogue with Sudan and the African countries in a cooperative spirit must precede the presentation of any draft resolution. Brazil is willing to participa [...]	2009-06-05 13:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA714	BRAZIL: RECOVERED SPACE-OBJECT SAFELY RETURNED TO U.S. AIR [...] (SBU) On June 2, 2009, Post received from the U.S. Air Force confirmation that a piece of an Atlas rocket that had broken off and landed in Brazil had completed its journey and arrived safely on May 27 at the USAF's Aerospace Materials Laboratory in El Segundo, California, for scientific anal [...]	2009-06-05 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA716	BRAZIL: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WEAKNESSES IN MONITORING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At May 14 hearings before the Brazilian Chambers of Deputies expert witnesses disagreed over the seriousness and accuracy of the criticisms contained in a recent report by the Brazilian government accountability office (Tribunal de Contas da Uniao) finding faults and irregulari [...]	2009-06-05 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA ETTC EINV IR BR
09BRASILIA717	BRAZIL LAUNCHES A TEST ROCKET AS A STEP TOWARD REVIVING ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, Brazil launched a research rocket from the Alcantara Launch Center (CLA) in the northeastern state of Maranhao. Brazilian officials are considering the launch a success for the Brazilian space program, and an important step toward putting a satellite into orbit. Bra [...]	2009-06-05 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA725	BRAZIL - WARMING UP TO A COMPROMISE ON AMENDING NSG [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is positive movement in Brazil's position regarding the proposed non-proliferation initiative at the Nuclear Suppliers Group concerning transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology, according to the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Divisi [...]	2009-06-08 17:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY NSG AR BR
09BRASILIA73	BRAZILIAN SERVICE CHIEFS PRAISE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 14, Ambassador Sobel hosted the Chiefs of the three Brazilian Services, Gen. Enzo Peri, ADM Julio Soares de Moura Neto and Brig. Juniti Saito for a discussion of the U.S.-Brazil defense relationship and possibilities for future cooperation. Each of the Chiefs said c [...]	2009-01-16 10:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETTC BR
09BRASILIA730	DEFENSE MINISTER JOBIM ON BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE [...] (C) During his late May visit to the U.S., Brazilian MOD Jobim expressed greater confidence in the U.S. as a possible source for the purchase of Brazil's next generation fighter. Despite a long laundry list of past export control difficulties that Jobim delivered to DepSecDef Lynn, Jobim sai [...]	2009-06-08 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL ETTC BR
09BRASILIA735	VISIT OF S/CRS COORDINATOR JOHN HERBST [...] (SBU) S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst visited Brasilia May 21 for consultations with the GOB on Brazil's growing stabilization capabilities and possibilities for future cooperation. In meetings with Brazil's Ministry for External Relations (MRE) and Brazilian Agency for Cooperation ( [...]	2009-06-10 14:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR
09BRASILIA743	BRAZIL EMBARKS ON PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relatively new Brazilian Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio),the agency responsible for national parks and protected area system, has launched a program to improve its park management. It seeks to introduce public use plans for its parks, and the [...]	2009-06-10 20:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR
09BRASILIA750	BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 11:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM NAR PREL BR
09BRASILIA755	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO TITLE III REQUEST [...] (C) Post responses to reftel A questions follow: Question 1): Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post Response to Question 1): Yes, high level Brazilian officials, including Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and [...]	2009-06-15 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC BR CU
09BRASILIA757	BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s strategy for dealing with the trafficking of illegal drugs has focused in part on creating a robust diplomatic framework in recognition that the "illegal traffic of narcotics represents a grave threat to the health and well-being of populations as well as a problem that a [...]	2009-06-16 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NAR PREL BR
09BRASILIA759	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS [...] (SBU) On June 12, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the information and questions contained in REFTEL to Fabio Antibas, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. 2. (SBU) Mr. Antibas received [...]	2009-06-16 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY BR
09BRASILIA76	Brazil Civil Aviation: OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, has agreed to launch dialogues leading towards Open Skies (OS) negotiations with the US in 2009. During a recent meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Vieira commented that an OS agreement would [...]	2009-01-16 18:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA760	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) On June 10, Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the points in REFTEL to Andre Mourao from the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space. 2. (SBU) Mr. Mourao received the demarche, but did not provide a substantive respo [...]	2009-06-16 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC BR
09BRASILIA762	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MOVES TOWARD JOINING THE [...] (SBU) On Friday, June 12, Econ Officer delivered the demarche contained in REFTEL to Rubem Barbosa, the Special Advisor for International Relations to the Minister of Mines and Energy. 2. (SBU) Mr. Barbosa stated the Government of Brazil (GOB) is aware of IRENA but that the GOB does not plan [...]	2009-06-16 19:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV BR
09BRASILIA765	BRAZIL: NEW OIL REGIME ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME; ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil is poised to finally unveil its long-awaited proposal for a new oil regime to administer its ultra deepwater (also known as "pre-salt")oil reserves. According to the Minister of Energy, the new proposed structure will include a small state-owned company under the auspices [...]	2009-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA766	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic ties. Through the financial crisis, Brazil has played a constructive role in the G20 and has also prioritized concluding the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) n [...]	2009-06-17 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA771	BRAZIL: CODEL THOMPSON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS),accompanied by other 4 Committee Members and some 20 staff, visited Brasilia on May 28. In addition to a country team and special session with Department of Homeland Security representatives (ICE, CBP, [...]	2009-06-18 19:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER OREP PGOV BR
09BRASILIA772	BRAZIL,S LULA: NO FRAUD IN IRANIAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR BR
09BRASILIA773	BRAZIL'S LULA: NO FRAUD IN IRANIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In reaction to the protests following the Iranian presidential elections, President Lula went beyond the usual Brazilian platitudes about not commenting on the internal affairs of other countries and defended the legitimacy of the vote in Iran while reiterating his invitation to A [...]	2009-06-18 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR BR
09BRASILIA78	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116 [...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2009-01-16 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA79	World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children, [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Brazil underscored its commitment to tackling complex social issues by hosting the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children. The Congress gathered more than 3,500 delegates from over 170 countries to discuss, among other issues, new forms of sexual [...]	2009-01-16 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB BR
09BRASILIA791	HOW SICK IS DILMA ROUSSEFF? [...] (C) Summary. Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's choice to succeed him as president in January 2011, cast doubt over her viability as a presidential candidate when doctors discovered in March that she has lymphatic cancer. Observers say the Presidential Palace is being transparent about her con [...]	2009-06-19 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
09BRASILIA795	INFLUENCING BRAZIL'S LEADERS TO BUY U.S. FIGHTERS [...] (C) With the June 10 submission of Boeing's best and final offer for Brazil's four billion dollar FX2 fighter competition, it is now up to Brazil's government to decide on an aircraft. A decision from the National Defense Council (President Lula and key Ministers) is expected at the beginni [...]	2009-06-22 16:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA796	BRAZIL'S EXPORT CONTROLS ON MILITARY SALES: HOW THEY WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian policy supports increasing Brazil,s exports of military goods and technology as part of the development of Brazil,s own defense sector. Brazil currently has a system of export controls that has been effective in ensuring that Brazil,s limited military exports do not [...]	2009-06-22 17:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS PARM BR
09BRASILIA799	BRAZILIAN SENATE IN TUMULT OVER INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Senate is facing some tumult over internal management irregularities, and Senate President Jose Sarney has become the target of a media-driven campaign to force him out of the presidency. President Lula spoke in defense of Sarney but did not rein in senators from t [...]	2009-06-22 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BR
09BRASILIA807	CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. Child labor specialist Renato Mendes (strictly protect) at the ILO Brazil office said child labor continues to be a problem in the footwear and pineapple industries, has largely been eliminated from sisal and cotton, and the situation in the rice industry is unclear. A signi [...]	2009-06-24 20:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EAGR SOCI KCRM BR
09BRASILIA809	BRAZIL - DEPUTY NATL SECURITY ADVISOR FROMAN DISCUSSES CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Brazil (GOB) meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman in Brasilia June 18-19 focused on CEO Forum, G8 and G20 preparations, Major Economies Forum (MEF) and Doha. Casa Civil head Minister Dilma Rousseff and Mi [...]	2009-06-25 16:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG EINV BR
09BRASILIA825	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER COMPETITION: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) In a private June 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel on the margins of a lunch including Presidential Advisors Marco Aurelio Garcia and Gilberto Carvalho, MOD Jobim said he believes he has the information he needs to discuss Brazil's fighter purchase with President Lula once the Air Force m [...]	2009-06-26 20:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA828	BRAZIL'S TAX COLLECTION AGENCY NOT A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER [...] (SBU) Summary: A June 24 Brazilian-industry sponsored conference highlighted that Brazil's recent record of concluding bilateral tax treaties (BTT) lags far behind that of other Latin American and BRIC countries, and the Brazilian revenue collection agency responsible for tax treaty negotiatio [...]	2009-06-29 11:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA836	BRAZIL: CEO FORUM - CO-CHAIR JOSUE GOMES DA SILVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent conversations with CEO Forum Brazilian co-chair Josue Gomes da Silva, Presidente of Coteminas, prioritized infrastructure investment, private equity, and venture capital as Forum topics, emphasized interest in Brazilian access to Haiti HOPE II, welcomed energy cooperat [...]	2009-06-29 17:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EINV BR
09BRASILIA841	PUBLIC MINISTRY OF LABOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FIGHT [...] (U) Consistent with President Lula's policy of reducing corruption in the Government of Brazil, the Public Ministry of Labor launched its Strategic Planning project on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, establishing the directives and goals of the institution until 2022. The Public Ministry of Labor is [...]	2009-06-30 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA844	BRAZIL PLEDGES COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (ref A) on June 29 to First Secretary Ricardo Portugal in Asia and Oceania Division II of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, who stated that Brazil was already working on complying with inspection-related provisions of UNSCR 1874. Portugal confirmed that Brazil [...]	2009-07-02 10:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BR
09BRASILIA847	AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRAZIL AND EXPORT DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The June 30 edition of Isto e magazine carried a story titled "Secret Agreement between Brazil and Iran" which reported on a memorandum (text in paragraph 3 below) of agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and Iran aimed at promoting economic cooperation and [...]	2009-07-06 11:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL BR
09BRASILIA862	BRAZIL - DEPUTY ENERGY MIN ZIMMERMAN OUTLINES EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 18 meeting, Brazil's Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Marcio Zimmerman outlined for Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman the areas of expansion and possible cooperation in the Brazilian energy sector - hydropower, biofu [...]	2009-07-09 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV KGHG ETRD EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA864	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE REPONSE ON SUPPORTING NGO [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Secretaries Mariana Flores da Cunha Bierrenbach Benevides and Bruna Vieira de Paula of the Human Rights Division within the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Human Rights and Social Themes. Secretary Vieira indicated that wit [...]	2009-07-09 21:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM BR
09BRASILIA872	BRAZIL: CALIFORNIA'S AND OTHERS' INITIATIVES TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. California is leading a group of states in the United States, Brazil and Indonesia, which are parties to a November 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),in developing the specifications for credit grade international offsets for avoiding deforestation under California's cap- [...]	2009-07-13 14:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON KSCA EAID ENRG BR
09BRASILIA880	NO ADVERSE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS TO PROPOSED [...] Embassy Brasilia sees no foreign adverse foreign policy implications in awarding the grant, GEO-0916462, detailed in REFTEL D. 2. Since REFTEL D paragraph 9 indicates that human subject are involved, we emphasize the importance of complying with Brazilian laws on the export of data and b [...]	2009-07-15 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
09BRASILIA890	BRAZIL'S CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO OECD GUIDELINES STALLS BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax treaty negotiators from the U.S. Treasury and Brazil's revenue collection agency, Receita Federal (Receita),met via DVC on July 10 to assess the potential for renewed progress on a bilateral tax treaty (BTT),and to develop a consensus message to present to the CEO Forum in [...]	2009-07-16 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA893	BRAZIL: CONTENTIOUS LAW ENACTED TO HELP CLARIFY MURKY LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed legislation (Law No. 11952) that addresses a key factor underlying Brazil's serious deforestation problem, i.e., the lack of clear title to land in the Amazon region. This new law provides farmers and ranchers oc [...]	2009-07-17 13:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV ECON EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA896	Brazil: Liberalization, Possibility of Expanded Frequencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, provided a detailed update of Brazil's civil aviation sector during a July 8 dinner hosted by Ambassador Sobel that was also attended by several of Brazil's leading investment bankers. V [...]	2009-07-17 19:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA905	Brazil's 2010 Presidential Election: Early Snapshot [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2010 presidential election in Brazil, fifteen months out, currently looks like a two person contest between Minister Dilma Rousseff and Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra. Although Serra maintains his lead in the polls, Rousseff's steady rise in public opinion has some analysts [...]	2009-07-20 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
09BRASILIA92	BRAZIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING MINISTER ON BUILDING BLOCKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following on his early January trip to Washington, Brazilian Strategic Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger laid out the elements for a broader, more robust bilateral relationship with the Obama Administration. These include cooperation in the areas of defense security, [...]	2009-01-22 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG SENV MARR KGHG EFIN BR
09BRASILIA928	BRAZIL: NO AGREEMENT WITH IRANIAN EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) was quick to dismiss claims made in Istoe magazine titled "Secret Agreement between Brazil and Iran," which reported on a memorandum of agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and Iran aimed at promot [...]	2009-07-24 10:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL BR
09BRASILIA929	BRAZIL: NO AGREEMENT WITH IRANIAN EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL BR
09BRASILIA93	BRAZIL'S LULA OFFERS BOLIVIA'S MORALES TREATMENT [...] (C) In a conversation with Ambassador Sobel following the January 15, 2009 La Paz meeting between Brazilian President Lula and Bolivian President Morales, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim (protect) confirmed an earlier rumor that Morales is suffering from a serious sinus tumor. Jobim t [...]	2009-01-22 18:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO BR
09BRASILIA931	BRAZIL: SENATE SCANDAL TAKES A BREATHER...BUT IT'S [...] (C) Despite weeks of attacks and a continuous drip of negative stories in the media, former Brazilian president and current Senate President Jose Sarney (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, PMDB- Amapa) remained in place as Congress left for a two week recess July 17. Although papers are car [...]	2009-07-24 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BR
09BRASILIA946	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. TODD STERN, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of its relatively clean energy matrix, Brazil is a major greenhouse gas emitter primarily due to massive, ongoing deforestation. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) has pursued a cautious, defensive approach in international climate change negotiations, steering [...]	2009-07-31 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA947	KEY BRAZILIAN NEGOTIATOR SEEKS MODEST, SHORT-TERM, CLIMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) leads the Brazilian delegation to the ongoing climate change negotiations. The key MRE negotiator on the delegation is Luiz Figueiredo Machado, who is also a Vice-Chair of one of the working groups under the UN Framework Convention on C [...]	2009-07-31 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON KSCA BR
09BRASILIA95	BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting, Brazilian Presidential Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia told Ambassador Sobel that the GOB is very optimistic about relations with the Obama Administration. He stressed that President Lula is eager to meet President Obama. Energy, clim [...]	2009-01-22 20:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KSUM ENRG EFIN BR CU OAS
09BRASILIA952	BRAZIL,S AIR FORCE COMMANDER ASKS FOR STATE [...] (S/NF) At a July 30 dinner for visiting SouthCom Commander General Doug Fraser, Brazil,s Air Force (BRAF) commander, Brigadier Juniti Saito (protect),pulled Ambassador Sobel and Political Counselor aside to discuss the FX-2 Fighter purchase. He said that there was no question from a technic [...]	2009-07-31 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA953	BRAZIL'S LULA GETS INTENSE RE: U.S.-BRAZIL [...] (S/NF) In a July 27 farewell call on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, bookended by warm personal discussions with Barbara and me, Lula reflected at length and with great intensity on Brazil's role in the region and its implications for U.S.-Brazil relations. He believes the Uni [...]	2009-07-31 21:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS BR US
09BRASILIA955	USG SPONSORED WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIAL MELT [...] SUMMARY. In July 2009, a USAID and NSF-sponsored workshop brought together U.S. and Peruvian experts on climate change impacts on highland mountain zones and they identified six major weaknesses impeding the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. These weaknesses included t [...]	2009-08-03 16:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA960	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 4-6 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on [...]	2009-08-04 12:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL BR
09BRASILIA963	USG SPONSORED WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIAL MELT [...] SUMMARY. In July 2009, a USAID and NSF-sponsored workshop brought together U.S. and Peruvian experts on climate change impacts on highland mountain zones and they identified six major weaknesses impeding the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. These weaknesses included t [...]	2009-08-04 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO KSCA ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA99	NO ADVERSE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS REGARDING NSF [...] REFTEL D requested the Embassy to review a National Science Foundation (NSF) proposed supplemental award (GEO-0907908) to the existing NSF research grant GEO-0745732 entitled "IAI Training Institute to Develop Capacity Building in Interdisciplinary Global Environmental Change Sciences." 2. [...]	2009-01-23 16:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY NSF US BR
09BRUSSELS1676	BELGIUM: REVIEW FOR PHASE 3 STUDY OF PTC124 IN [...] (U) Post has determined that there are no concerns or objections regarding foreign policy implications in the awarding of this research grant with any of the four participating institutions in Belgium. GUTMAN . [...]	2009-12-15 11:57:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN BR KSCA OSCI TBIO US
09BUENOSAIRES1305	(C) Argentine MFA Shares Some Concerns About Brazilian [...] (C) Summary: Argentine MFA nuclear non-proliferation officials shared concerns about the direction of Brazilian security policy in the final years of the Lula Government during a meeting December 10. These were "yellow lights" only, but the Argentines were concerned by Brazil's outreach to Ir [...]	2009-12-24 16:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM PGOV BR AR
09BUENOSAIRES134	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT'S G-20 PRIORITY: IFI REFORM [...] (C) The GoA is focused intensely on G-20 meetings and preparations, and will continue its push for reform of the international financial institutions (IFIs),Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez told Ambassador February 4. Fernandez said the GoA will promote "reasonable, serious, and prudent ref [...]	2009-02-09 10:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV AR BR MX
09DOHA691	QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY'S 2010 INVESTMENT [...] (C) At a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Executive Board Member Dr. Hussain Al-Abdulla outlined Qatar's investment strategy for 2010. Also present at the meeting were FCS Chief Le and Poloff Caudill. In response to Ambassador Dr. Al-Abdulla said that for [...]	2009-11-25 11:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EINV AR BR CH
09FREETOWN326	KOROMA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO BRAZIL [...] President Koroma is currently enjoying the first ever Sierra Leonean state visit to Brazil after landing in Brasilia on August 18. Accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Information, and Agriculture, Koroma will meet with President Lula da Silva on August 19 to sign a Memorandum of U [...]	2009-08-19 16:53:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SL BR
09KYIV1822	MINSK: OPEN TO ROAD MAP DISCUSSION WITH THE USG, [...] (C) Summary: The President's Chief of Staff, Vladimir Makey, reaffirmed to Charge on October 14 the desire of Belarus to craft a Road Map with the USG on improving US-Belarus bilateral relations. He said they welcomed a fluid discussion with the PA in the lead on the Belarusian side. Makey [...]	2009-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09KYIV2182	UKRAINE: SPACE DEAL WITH BRAZIL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. During his December visit, Brazilian President Lula de Silva announced that Ukraine and Brazil would move ahead to launch the Ukrainian-designed and built Cyclone-4 space launch vehicle from Brazil's Alcantara launching pad. Ukraine and Brazil signed a cooperation agreement in 20 [...]	2009-12-22 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ETRD ECON BR UP
09LAGOS72	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAGOS85	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] (C) Summary: The head of Petrobras Nigeria said on February 9 that Nigeria is producing 80,000 barrels of oil per day less than its current OPEC quota. He expected the Total-led Akpo project, in which Petrobras has a 40 percent stake, to come on stream before April 1. Once Akpo comes on str [...]	2009-02-25 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAPAZ1233	BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]	2009-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ126	BOLIVIA POST-ATPDEA: WOOL COATS TO CARACAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of December 15, Bolivian exporters can no longer use the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) to send their goods tariff-free to the United States. While most goods can enter the United States under the General System of Preferences (GSP),many exporters, m [...]	2009-01-28 18:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB KTEX VN BR
09MADRID205	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: LICENSE 05-1000934 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 17:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR SP
09MEXICO2483	CALDERON PLAYS TO DOMESTIC AUDIENCES IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon visited Colombia, Uruguay, and Brazil August 12-August 17 to advance economic and political interests. The Mexican press published flashy headlines from Calderon's stops in Colombia and Brazil -- one speaking to an ongoing bilateral program on security and an [...]	2009-08-21 18:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CO ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL

09MONTEVIDEO615	700 Illegal Weapons Found in Uruguay [...] (S) Uruguayan police confiscated over 700 firearms October 30- November 1, including handguns, shotguns, military style rifles, grenades, rocket propelled grenades, and ammunition from what appears to have been an arms trafficking operation. At least five of the confiscated weapons are rep [...]	2009-11-05 19:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	SNAR ASEC MASS PGOV UY BR
09MONTEVIDEO700	UPCOMING MERCOSUR SUMMIT UNLIKELY TO SCORE MUCH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, Montevideo will host Mercosur's 38th Presidential Summit. The GOU's main targets at the beginning of its pro-tempore presidency were on the commercial, external relations and institutional fronts. Achievements seem to have fallen short on every front and no majo [...]	2009-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD BR AR PA UY
09MOSCOW1696	FIRST BRIC SUMMIT OFFERS NO CONCRETE RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Though labeled a resounding success by Russian President Medvedev, the first formal BRIC summit offered few concrete results. While downplaying the future role of the group, Russian MFA officials stressed that BRIC was a consultative forum that aims to address pressing global pr [...]	2009-06-29 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN BR CH IN RS
09MOSCOW2641	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) PAPER [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09MOSCOW2709	NONPAPER DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA
09OTTAWA291	CANADA AND THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Summary: Under Prime Minister Harper, Canada has devoted more of its diplomatic and aid attention to the Americas, notably a 2007 high-profile Latin America trip by the PM, as well as other high level visits. The government has apparently abandoned an initial effort to develop a strategic [...]	2009-04-15 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID XM BR CA
09PARIS1526	FRANCE AND BRAZIL: THE START OF A LOVE AFFAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Considered "a love fest" by the MFA, the growing Franco-Brazilian relationship under Presidents Sarkozy and Lula is likely to result in more political, diplomatic, economic, and military engagement in the next three years and throughout Sarkozy's time in office. Committed to exp [...]	2009-11-17 15:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS BR FR
09PARIS1553	FRANCE/BRAZIL: THE ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Behind the cultural exchanges and warm diplomatic relations with Brazil (Ref A),France is embarking on a long-term strategy to court a country it sees as a resource-rich future global powerhouse and foothold in Latin America. Since the 2005 "Year of Brazil in France," commercial tie [...]	2009-11-23 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV BEXP ETRD EAID SENV FR BR
09PARIS403	FRANCE PLEDGES CAUTION ON CUBA, LAMENTS MISFIRE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy appointed former Socialist Minister Jack Lang to be Special Envoy on Cuba in order to drive forward French and EU dialogue with Cuba but also, on the domestic front, as outreach to a prominent French opposition party member, according to French Presidential Advis [...]	2009-03-19 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CU MX BR FR
09PARISFR219	DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: BRAZIL SEEKS VIEW OF THE NEW [...] (SBU) Brazil's UNESCO Ambassador Joao Carlos de Souza-Gomes asked to see Charge urgently February 11 to discuss the UNESCO Director-General race. Ambassador Souza-Gomes had a copy of the talking points in our December demarche on this issue (reftel) and wanted to know whether the assessment in [...]	2009-02-12 12:54:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO BR
09QUITO871	Constitutional Court Ruling Keeps Airport Negotiations Alive [...] (C) Summary: On October 5 the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court released a ruling designed to "clarify" its July 23 decision that threatened to scuttle the new Quito airport construction project. While not as clear or expansive as hoped by the project lenders, OPIC staffers told econoff on [...]	2009-10-07 21:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EFIN ECON PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM
09QUITO899	Mixed Signals from GOE Complicate New Airport Negotiations [...] (C) Summary: Meetings on October 14 and 15 between project lenders, Quiport, and the Quito Mayor's office resulted in a one-page protocol that, if ratified by all parties, would allow the Mayor's office to comply with a recent Constitutional Court proclamation and avoid pushing the new Quito in [...]	2009-10-23 22:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EFIN PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM
09QUITO901	AMBASSADOR AND MAYOR BARRERA DISCUSS AIRPORT IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Mayor of Quito, Augusto Barrera, was eager to discuss the airport renegotiation process in his first meeting with the Ambassador on October 16. After a friendly discussion about potential cultural and education exchange programs, Barrera launched into a detailed and str [...]	2009-10-26 22:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EFIN PREL ECON BR IDB OPIC EXIM
09RECIFE17	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR SEVERE FLOODING IN MARANHAO - [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Ambassador has determined, based upon information from Brazil's Secretariat for Civil Defense and Maranhao State Government, that the severe destruction due to recent record Rains and flooding is of sufficient magnitude to warrant USG em [...]	2009-05-01 19:15:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SENV BR
09RECIFE60	LULA TOUTS JOBS AND CAMPOS IN NORTHEAST [...] Summary (SBU) During a visit to the Suape port on September 11, President Lula heaped praise on Governor Eduardo Campos (PSB),in his fifth visit to Pernambuco this year, fueling speculation that PT will offer Campos a high profile role - possibly the vice-presidency - in the upcoming preside [...]	2009-09-24 17:33:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR PGOV ECON EPET
09RIODEJANEIRO14	US OIL COMPANIES ONE STEP CLOSER TO PRE-SALT OIL DISOVERY [...] U.S. oil companies Exxon and Hess, together with Brazilian partner Petrobras, have found evidence of oil in their highly anticipated pre-salt exploration block in Brazil's Santos Basin. Exxon, which operates the well, and Hess each own 40 percent of the concession while 20 percent is held by P [...]	2009-01-21 15:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO147	MEDIA REACTION O GLOBO, THE GREEN REVOLUTION IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 13:44:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO15	O GLOBO NEWSPAPER, THE OBAMA ERA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:28:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO151	EXIM MEETING WITH BRAZIL MINING GIANT VALE [...] Begin Summary: On May 11-12, U.S. Export-Import Bank (ExIm) officials, accompanied by Ambassador Sobel, met with finance executives from Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale to discuss access to ExIm financing. Vale has expressed a preference for using ExIm financing to purchase equipment and ca [...]	2009-06-22 18:35:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EFIN EINV EIND ETRD BR
09RIODEJANEIRO16	JORNAL DO BRASIL, OBAMA: SHOCK OF HOPE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:32:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO161	Media Reaction, Jornal do Brasil Newspaper, Brazil: Between [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 19:48:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO162	Media Reaction, Digital Duel (in Iran) [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 19:51:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO171	Media Reaction, Old Fashioned Coup d'Etat [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 13:48:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO172	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro, Unacceptable (Coup in [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 13:49:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO18	JORNAL DO BRASIL, OBAMA: SHOCK OF HOPE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 18:37:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO190	Petrobras Probe a Potential Political Free for All [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 6, the Brazilian Senate will begin an investigation (Comissao Parlamentar de Inquerito, CPI) into allegations of corruption in state-controlled oil company Petrobras. Members of the PSDB, the lead government opposition party, allege that Petrobras engaged in tax and p [...]	2009-07-22 11:11:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO285	Rio Radar - August 21, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: CLEANING UP THE FAVELAS: ECONOMIC BENEFIT TRUMPS COSTS ------------------------------ [...]	2009-08-24 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM PINS SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO288	RIO'S OIL PLAYERS REACT TO SPECULATION ON PRE-SALT [...] (C) While the Government of Brazil (GOB) has yet to publicize its regulatory framework for the exploration of pre-salt reserves (reftel),Petrobras executives, petroleum industry representatives, and Rio de Janeiro-based managers of American oil firms have expressed concern over the main provi [...]	2009-08-27 15:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ECON ENRG PREL
09RIODEJANEIRO290	Rio Radar - August 28, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: PRESALT OIL ROYALTIES ISSUE DIVIDES GOVERNORS IN RIO CONSULAR DISTRICT 2. (U) On [...]	2009-08-28 20:08:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO302	Rio Radar - Weeks of September 4 and 11, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This report's subjects: NARCO-TRAFFICKING GANGS ATTACK POLICE IN SALVADOR 2. (U) On September 7, narco-t [...]	2009-09-11 16:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EPET PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO311	Rio Radar - September 18, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: RIO MAYOR WANTS FURTHER COOPERATION WITH USG 2. (U) On September 11, Principal Officer m [...]	2009-09-22 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EAIR EINV EPET ENRG PREL PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO329	COUNTER-INSURGENCY DOCTRINE COMES TO RIO'S FAVELAS [...] (SBU) Beginning in December 2008, Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral, with support from Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, launched a comprehensive program to "pacify" Rio de Janeiro's violent favelas (i.e., vast shantytowns that are spread around the city's core) by establishing and maintaining a sus [...]	2009-09-30 18:18:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SOCI SNAR ECON PBTS PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO334	Rio Radar - Weeks of September 25 and October 2, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: U.S. DRAWS THOUSANDS AT BRAZIL'S PREMIER BOOK FAIR 2. (U) The United States was th [...]	2009-10-08 17:28:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PHUM SOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO335	SEMINAR REVEALS WIDE SKEPTISM OVER PRE-SALT REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a conference entitled "Pre-salt Oil Risks and Opportunities," sponsored by Rio de Janeiro Federation of Industries (FIRJAN) on September 21, sitting and retired politicians, petroleum executives, and energy analysts debated the merits and deficiencies of the regulatory framew [...]	2009-10-08 18:21:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO348	Rio Radar - October 16-23, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. Subjects for 16-23 October: AECIO NEVES ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS 2. (SBU) In a 20 October call on Minas Ger [...]	2009-10-23 09:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PHUM SOCI PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO353	A VISIT TO A PACIFIED FAVELA [...] (SBU) Summary: On 16 October 2009 Principal Officer and consulate officers joined Rio State Secretary of Security Beltrame and police officials for a visit to Dona Marta, the first favela formally considered "pacified" under the state government's Favela Pacification Program (ref b). Along wit [...]	2009-10-27 17:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO357	(C) WAR BY ANY OTHER NAME: RIO'S "INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT" [...] (C) Summary: Rio Principal Officer, accompanied by PAO, met on 23 October with XXXX (strictly protect),XXX for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in Rio. XXXX has long ICRC experience in conflict zones. It is his assessment that the situation in many Rio favelas today is, for al [...]	2009-11-03 14:11:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO363	A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH MRE POLITICAL UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 22, 2009, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon met with Ambassador Vera Machado, Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs from the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) in Salvador, Bahia, on the margins of the Third Steering Group Meeting for the Joint Action Plan to Elimi [...]	2009-11-09 10:57:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC UNSC IR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO364	Rio Radar - November 4, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: FARC ARMS TRAFFICKING PIPELINE TO RIO DE JANEIRO? 2. (SBU) On October 22, [...]	2009-11-05 15:25:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN KNNP SOCI PTER EAIR TSPL CO BR
09RIODEJANEIRO365	RIO WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR NEXT FAVELA PACIFICATION [...] (C) On October 29, the Superintendent for Operational Planning from Rio's State Security Secretariat said Rio Governor Sergio Cabral would decide by the end of November whether to "pacify" five less populated, lower-threat favela communities or focus on one largely populated, higher-threat fave [...]	2009-11-09 17:29:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO368	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Just for looks (Climate [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 19:19:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO369	CAN THE OIL INDUSTRY BEAT BACK THE PRE-SALT LAW? [...] (C) Although major international and independent oil companies continue to view the regulatory framework to develop Brazil's offshore Pre-salt oil and gas reserves as potentially debilitating to their future exploration and production (E&P) operations here, the Rio de Janeiro-based industry gr [...]	2009-12-02 21:12:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV BR CO
09RIODEJANEIRO384	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro, Chavist Blackout [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 20:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO388	Rio Radar - November 19 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: NATION-WIDE BLACKOUT 2. (U) On November 10, a massive power outage affect [...]	2009-11-19 14:30:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PHUM ASEC EMIN SENV EIND BR
09RIODEJANEIRO392	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: The U.S. Bases and [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:27:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO394	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Ethics and Diplomacy [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO396	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Dubious and Risky Diplomatic [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:46:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO400	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Honduran Saga [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 20:36:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO404	Rio Radar - December 3 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: BLACKOUTS HIT RIO DE JANEIRO...AGAIN AND AGAIN 2. (U) Beginning the afte [...]	2009-12-03 17:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ASEC PGOV TBIO EAIR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO406	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: War Lord and Nobel Peace [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 21:29:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO408	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: The Most Appropriate Decision [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 21:35:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO414	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Diplomacy--A [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 22:07:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO416	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: May the climate remain good [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 13:40:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO418	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: War and Peace--A Time for [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 20:27:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO420	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Ground Zero (COP 15) [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 20:40:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO422	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Risk of Contagion (Chavez and [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 20:57:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO426	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Hot Weather (COP 15) [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 15:27:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO438	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Setback [Honduras] [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 19:28:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO440	DOES RIO'S FAVELA PACIFICATION PROGRAM RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS? [...] (SBU) Human rights and favela community representatives generally support Rio de Janeiro's Favela Pacification Program and report no killings related to the 450 Pacification Police Unit (UPP) officers that patrol the four favela shanty towns now under "pacification." While acknowledging there [...]	2009-12-11 17:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO69	Media Reaction, Jornal do Brasil Newspaper, "Automakers [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 20:54:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO7	O GLOBO NEWSPAPER ON GAZA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 15:56:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO70	O GLOBO NEWSPAPER, "A Fresh Start" on U.S.-Russian [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 20:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO91	JORNAL DO BRASIL, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE US AND CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 20:37:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO92	Media Reaction, O Globo newspaper, Economic Recovery [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 20:39:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO96	Media Reaction, O Globo newspaper, Obama overshadows [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 18:39:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09SANJOSE498	LULA'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA - PROMOTING TRADE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Costa Rica June 2-3 to advance cooperation between the Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (MERCOSUR) and the Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA),of which Costa Rica will assume the Presidency in July, and to strengthen bil [...]	2009-06-17 16:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL BR CS
09SANTIAGO734	CONCERTACION INSIDER REVEALS INTEREST IN [...] (C) Summary: Concertacion insider and former government minister Enrique Correa reported that Chile's Foreign Minister would like to work quietly with Peru to resolve the maritime border dispute before the Garcia administration leaves office. Cuba is keenly interested in increasing the abil [...]	2009-07-31 21:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV CI BR CU PE
09SANTIAGO782	CHILEAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR: ZELAYA'S VISIT "VERY [...] (C) Bachelet Presidential Advisor Marcos Robledo told the Ambassador that Manuel Zelaya's August 13 visit to Santiago was "very productive." According to Robledo, President Bachelet and several members of the Chilean Congress emphasized the Obama Administration's desire to play a constructive [...]	2009-08-14 21:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM HO VE BR CI
09SANTIAGO913	CHILE SHARES US CONCERNS ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Guzman of the MFA's International and Human Security Office on November 25. Guzman said that Chile was in agreement with US concerns and that, in general, Chile adheres closely to the positions of the IAEA and UNSC. Chile feels that Iran has not [...]	2009-11-27 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR CI BR AR CU
09SAOPAULO104	EMBRAER'S CURADO -- ADVICE ON FX2 AND VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel met with Embraer CEO Federico Curado on January 30 to discuss Curado's views on the FX2 sale, as well hear about how the financial crisis has affected the company's sales. Curado stressed the political nature of the decision, stating that in addition to technol [...]	2009-02-19 19:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETTC BR
09SAOPAULO107	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 17 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 21:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO108	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 18 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 21:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO11	BRAZILIAN MEDIUM-SIZE BANKS: KEY TO SMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from five medium-size banks and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation met at Consulate General Sao Paulo on December 18 to discuss the operating environment for medium-size banks, major problems in the sector, and possible steps forward for 2009. T [...]	2009-01-08 15:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO113	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 26 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 17:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO118	MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST: ISRAEL, FORMATION OF NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 19:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO121	OUTLOOK FOR BRAZILIAN NATURAL GAS MARKET POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Congress has passed natural gas legislation that would create specific roles for production, distribution, and commercialization of natural gas. The original bill, passed by Brazil's lower house in August 2007 and then with revisions in the Senate on December 3, clari [...]	2009-03-04 13:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV BR
09SAOPAULO123	Media Reaction: Western Hemisphere: Cuba, governance; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 14:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO125	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 17:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO126	OUTDATED LABOR LAWS MAY ENCOURAGE LAYOFFS [...] (U) Summary: According to Brazilian labor economists, Brazil's outdated labor laws are inflexible and may result in companies laying off workers rather than preserving employment through negotiation in times of crisis. Therefore, some laws enacted to protect workers' rights paradoxically cau [...]	2009-03-06 16:27:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN ECON EIND PGOV PHUM SOCI BR
09SAOPAULO133	MEDIA REACTION - SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, NATO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 11:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO134	Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 10- 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 11:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO135	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 11:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO136	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 13:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO138	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 17:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO142	Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 13- 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 21:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO144	Media Reaction to Obama-Lula Meeting March 14 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 14, 2009 President Obama met with President Lula of Brazil in Washington, D.C. at the White House and the meeting was covered extensively by the Brazilian media. The following media reaction cable summarizes some of the Sao Paulo based Brazilian media reports published [...]	2009-03-16 14:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO145	Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 16- 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 20:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO146	Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 14- 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 20:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO15	Mideast-- Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; Sco Paulo [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 13:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO152	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 12:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO155	Media Reaction: G-20 Finance Ministers' Meeting; Sao [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 17:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO156	Media Reaction - G-20 Finance Ministers' Meeting; Western [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 20:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO161	Media Reaction-Global Economy: Financial market crisis; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 19:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO164	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO174	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO- THE FUND AND THE CRISIS- SASHA'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 10:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO18	BRAZIL MAKES PROGRESS AGAINST TIP [...] (U) Summary: The year 2008 saw continued improvement in the fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Brazil. Despite prickly reactions to U.S. pressure, as evidenced by discussions between U.S. and Brazilian officials during a June G/TIP visit (Reftels A and B),the fight against human [...]	2009-01-09 17:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
09SAOPAULO182	OUTREACH TO AFRO-BRAZILIANS - TAKING OBAMA TO THE [...] (U) Summary: Traditional Afro-Brazilian community (quilombo) leaders expressed admiration for President Obama and were pleased to hear about the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPR) during Poloff's February 10 visit to the Vale do Ribeira region of Sao Paulo State. Quilombos a [...]	2009-03-25 10:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL SOCI PGOV INR KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO185	Media Reaction Sao Paulo - Global Economy: financial [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 18:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO186	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL CRISIS; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 18:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO187	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: UPCOMING G-20 SUMMIT; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 18:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR

09SAOPAULO189	Media Reaction Sao Paulo - Africa: Sudan, Darfur violence, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 11:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO19	BLUE LANTERN CASE 050136184 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Econoff visited AVIBRAS munitions manufacturing site and met with company president Sami Hassuani on January 8. The company appears to have adequate security measures to protect sensitive USML items. Hassuani provided copious documentation to support th [...]	2009-01-09 17:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC MY BR
09SAOPAULO190	Media Reaction Sao Paulo: Western Hemisphere: Mexico, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 11:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO192	TAM AIRLINES PANICS AS ANAC PLANS TO LIFT PRICE [...] (C) Summary: International flights originating from Brazil have long been subject to price floors, resulting in high profit margins for airlines. The Brazilian Aviation Agency (ANAC) has announced that it intends to gradually remove these price floors in 2009. In a March 6 meeting with Braz [...]	2009-03-31 11:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON BR
09SAOPAULO194	AUTO SECTOR COMMENTS ON STATUS AMID ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6, Ambassador Sobel met separately with General Motors (GM) MERCOSUL President Jaime Ardila, and the Brazilian National Automobile Manufacturer's Association (ANFAVEA) President Jackson Schneider. Both executives are bullish about car sales in Brazil, crediting the Gove [...]	2009-03-31 18:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN ELAB BR
09SAOPAULO199	B2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY GIVES POSITIVE RESULT [...] Summary: A recent study of 2,386 B2 non-immigrant visas (NIV) issued at Consulate General Sao Paulo during July 2008 indicated that, of those who have already traveled to the United States, only two percent were overstays. The results demonstrate that the current fraud prevention training for [...]	2009-04-01 16:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL KRFD KCRM SMIG BR
09SAOPAULO200	BRAZIL'S MST LANDLESS MOVEMENT: MARGINALIZED OR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless People's Movement (MST) increased activity in recent months in the run up to "Red April," the traditional high season for MST land invasions. The main reason for the uptick in activity, according to observers, is the MST's weakness. Increasingly ignored by its fo [...]	2009-04-01 19:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO203	MEDIA REACTION: Global Economy-G-20 Summit SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 21:03:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO204	THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's electricity demand generally follows economic growth and recent data confirms a big dip in consumption, particularly from the industrial sector. The electricity sector itself should suffer minimal impacts as most companies are well-capitalized and were financially sou [...]	2009-04-03 13:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV BR
09SAOPAULO206	Media Reaction Sao Paulo- G20 surpasses expectations- [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 13:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO208	BRAZIL'S REGIONAL CITIES FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's regional cities in Sao Paulo State and Minas Gerais are feeling the effects of the financial crisis. During a March 16-19 outreach visit to several interior cities, local business leaders indicated that the current financial crisis created a vicious cycle of falling ex [...]	2009-04-06 12:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR
09SAOPAULO212	Media Reaction Sao Paulo- Attention on China, The Death of [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 18:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO213	Media Reaction Sao Paulo- After the frenzy, Obama [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 18:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO215	Media Reaction Sao Paulo- How many Gs will make the [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 21:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO216	BRAZIL'S ECONOMY: SLIDING BELOW ZERO PERCENT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's growth has collapsed more sharply than might be expected given the country's limited dependence on exports and limited leverage in the banking, corporate, and household sectors. The more important transmission channel of weak global conditions is probably its negative [...]	2009-04-09 13:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BR
09SAOPAULO217	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 16:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO218	MEDIA REACTION - Media Reaction SP Weekend Edition- IMF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 21:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO220	ZERO OVERSTAYS FOR EMPLOYEES OF MAJOR BRAZILIAN AIRLINE [...] Summary: A recent study of 1,349 non-immigrant visas (NIV) issued to employees of TAM Linhas Aereas S.A. (TAM) at Consulate General Sao Paulo in 2008 indicated that all individuals reviewed in the sample study returned to Brazil after their trips to the United States. The results illustrate t [...]	2009-04-14 19:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL KRFD KCRM SMIG BR
09SAOPAULO222	BRAZIL: MUDDLING THROUGH WITH MERCOSUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Mercosul is overly politicized and structurally defective, particularly for a major emerging economic power like Brazil, according to participants in a 4/7/09 Consulate-sponsored roundtable. However, membership in this organization provides some economic benefits to Brazil even [...]	2009-04-15 15:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO224	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE; [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 16:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO228	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 14:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO229	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: North Korea, Cuba and Iran [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 12:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO23	Media Reaction: Middle East: Gaza and Brazil; Sco Paulo [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 13:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO230	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: Antarctica, Obama, G20, Venezuela [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 13:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO233	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: Cuba-Castro, Iran, and Mercosul [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 16:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO234	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: Summit of the Americas [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 16:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO237	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA, GOVERNANCE; GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO238	WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SUMMIT OF AMERICAS; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 16:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO240	MEDIA REACTION - Western Hemisphere: Summit of Americas; [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 16:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO241	A NORMAL ECONOMY - BRAZIL AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Brazil has experienced a large shock as a result of the global economic downturn, it has weathered this shock much more effectively than past shocks due to greater economic flexibility, large foreign reserves, and a decline in inflation pass-through pressures that has [...]	2009-04-24 19:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BR
09SAOPAULO243	MEDIA REACTION: RELEASE OF CIA INTERROGATION FILES; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO25	Media Reaction: Middle East: Gaza and Arab-Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 13:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO250	Media Reaction Sao Paulo- Swine Flu, Upcoming Visit of [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 20:03:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO253	MEDIA REACTION: SWINE FLU; SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN; [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 11:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO257	MEDIA REACTION: Obama's First One Hundred Days; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 21:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO26	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: GAZA, ARAB-ISRAELI ENGAGEMENT; [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 13:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO260	Media Reaction SAO PAULO Doha-Ahmadinejad-H1N1 Flu and [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 16:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO265	Brazil: Morgan Stanley's Dismal View of 2009 Growth [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic growth in Brazil will fall to negative 4.5 percent this year, Morgan Stanley country manager Daniel Goldberg told Ambassador Sobel in an April 23 meeting. Goldberg cited low corporate confidence and weak industrial production numbers as the main drivers. His firm exp [...]	2009-05-06 10:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO266	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA; SOUTH AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 13:22:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO27	FX2: VIEWS FROM AVIBRAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 12, the Ambassador met with Sami Yousseff Hassuani, the President of Defense Contractor AVIBRAS, to discuss the company's views on the current Brazilian fighter competition. Hassuani stated that the final decision on the fighter will be largely a political determina [...]	2009-01-14 16:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MARR BR
09SAOPAULO273	GOVERNOR JOSE SERRA STRONGLY POSITIONED FOR 2010, [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo Governor and leading candidate for the PSDB nomination Jose Serra will likely win Brazil's presidency in 2010, Brazil President Fernando Henrique Cardoso told the Ambassador on April 23. Serra's academic background, his strong ethic of public service and the Governor' [...]	2009-05-12 16:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN ETRD ECON BR
09SAOPAULO274	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA;MAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 10:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO275	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 10:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO28	MEDIA REACTION: BREAKING WITH THE BUSH DOCTRINE SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 12:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO280	THE BANCO DO BRASIL LEADERSHIP SHAKEUP [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula announced last month a leadership change at the Banco do Brasil (BB),replacing independent-minded Francisco de Lima Neto with PT-loyalist Aldemir Bendine. The shakeup is intended to expand credit in an economy where consumers and businesses have long paid high [...]	2009-05-14 14:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO29	Media Reaction: Breaking with the Bush Doctrine- Sao Paulo [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 12:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO290	MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: PAKISTAN, MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 16:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO3	Media Reaction - Mideast - Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 17:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO309	"Land is Life": Indians vs. Agro-Industry in Mato Grosso do [...] (U) Summary: Indigenous groups and agriculturalists disagree vigorously over land rights in Mato Grosso do Sul state, and observers on both sides see no easy solution to a problem with economic and cultural dimensions. On one side, the GOB, NGOs and indigenous groups insist that state governm [...]	2009-05-21 17:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO31	DELFIM NETTO: PERSPECTIVES ON FX2, FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 12, Ambassador Sobel met with Antonio Delfim Netto. (NOTE: Delfim Netto is a three-time former Minister, former Federal Deputy, and currently an economics professor at the University of Sao Paulo. He writes a newspaper column, which is well read by the political el [...]	2009-01-15 17:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EFIN MARR BR
09SAOPAULO310	THE "OBAMA ADVANTAGE" AT 100-PLUS DAYS [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's popularity translates into an "Obama Advantage" that post has used to gin up outreach efforts and build reporting contacts. A post-generated Obama PowerPoint has proven to have far greater longevity than we had anticipated, and we continue to get speaker request [...]	2009-05-22 14:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PINR OIIP KIRC ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO311	Media Reaction Sao Paulo- North Korea, al Qaeda in Brazil, [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 20:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO312	MEDIA REACTION: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: DPRK, NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 11:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO314	MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: CUBA; NORTH KOREA MAY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 20:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO317	The MST Method: Work the State, Alienate the Locals [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Worker's Movement (MST) follows a pre-planned methodology in its land seizures that includes leveraging contacts within the GOB's National Institute of Colonization and Agricultural Reform (INCRA) to help select targets, according to MST expert Clifford Welch [...]	2009-05-29 13:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV SOCI ASEC BR
09SAOPAULO32	Media Reaction Sao Paulo: New Chavista Gambit [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 11:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO320	BRAZILIAN ECONOMY SHOWING FIRST SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil increasingly appears to be in a state of early economic expansion. Recent market and sentiment indicators have shown improvement. More importantly, contacts have started speaking with much greater optimism about Brazil's outlook and their willingness to take risk than e [...]	2009-06-01 14:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
09SAOPAULO332	CONTINUED INTEGRITY OF SAO PAULO REFERRAL PROGRAM [...] Summary: A validation study of all 1,333 short-term visitor visas issued during FY2008 under Consulate General Sao Paulo's referral program found only one overstay and one other problematic referral, both Class "B" referrals. In order to further strengthen the integrity of its referral progra [...]	2009-06-08 19:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
09SAOPAULO343	MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 SPEECH IN CAIRO: A NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 17:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO344	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 17:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO345	MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 SPEECH IN CAIRO, SAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 17:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO35	Media Reaction: Middle East and the Inauguration [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 13:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO355	MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN POST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS; GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 17:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO356	MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN POST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS; GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 17:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO366	BRAZIL:AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel met June 15 with former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) to discuss the activities of FHC,s think tank and possible areas of cooperation. Cardoso spoke at length about Sao Paulo Governor and presumptive 2010 PSDB Presidential candidate Jose Serra. FHC [...]	2009-06-25 13:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL
09SAOPAULO367	BRAZIL: PRIVATE SECTOR AND CENTRAL BANK DISCUSS BILAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Brazil bilateral relationship is probably at a multi-decade high, thanks in part to institutions like the CEO Forum, which provide a flexible vehicle for the business sector to move the relationship forward, according to Sao Paulo private sector and Central Bank interlo [...]	2009-06-25 14:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN SENV BR
09SAOPAULO370	MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN ELECTION, SCO PAULO JUNE 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 19:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO372	Brazil: Pragmatism, Uncertainty Temper Theory at Leftist [...] (U) Summary: The ongoing financial crisis is focused on the core countries of the world economy, and so opens opportunities for Brazil and other South American countries to assert themselves, according to participants in a June 20-21 international meeting of leftist organizations in Sao Paulo. [...]	2009-06-30 14:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM EFIN BR
09SAOPAULO373	WHY IS BRAZIL'S COST OF CREDIT SO HIGH? [...] (SBU) Summary: Consumers and businesses pay more for loans in Brazil than they do in almost any other country, with average interest rates on credit cards of 200 percent and some of the highest banking spreads in the world. While the GOB blames banks (and vice-versa) for the high real intere [...]	2009-06-30 14:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO375	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 14:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO384	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 19:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO391	BRAZILIAN PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS ON FREE TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Private sector leaders from the powerful Sao Paulo Federation of Industries (FIESP) emphasized their growing interest in negotiating a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),a Bilateral Tax Treaty (BTT),as well as liberalizing trade with Mexico and the United States, during meeting [...]	2009-07-07 13:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO393	MEDIA REACTION: - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 14:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO396	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 16:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO4	Mideast -- Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; Sco Paulo [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 12:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO407	MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IN RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 17:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO408	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IN RUSSIA, ITALY, AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 17:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO410	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 12:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO414	PROSPECTS FOR FOOD SECURITY COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the world's second largest food exporter, one of the largest sources of arable land, and a long experience in developing new seed varieties and agricultural practices, Brazil is natural partner for addressing global food security. As part of the Economic Policy Dialogue (EPD) p [...]	2009-07-13 17:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL PGOV BR
09SAOPAULO42	Media Reaction: Inauguration- Foreign Policy [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 09:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO421	AFTER CAIRO: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ECHOES IN [...] (SBU) President Obama's June 4 address to the world's Muslim population has echoed favorably in both Sao Paulo's Muslim and non-Muslim communities, producing distinct reactions within key groups. Moderate Sunni Muslims, many of them eager to work with the U.S., were euphoric, as reported Ref [...]	2009-07-16 16:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
09SAOPAULO433	CAIRO FOLLOW-UP: POSSIBLE PROJECTS IN SAO PAULO [...] (U) Post has continued its Muslim engagement through a series of consultations in the wake of President Obama's June 4 Cairo Speech (Ref A). While much remains to be done, we have come up with a tentative road map of initiatives, starting with the simplest and moving to more complex, to incr [...]	2009-07-22 18:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL KIVP KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO436	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SCO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO437	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM; SCO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO438	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SCO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO44	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION- NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 09:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO447	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 12:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO448	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHINA AND GLOBAL ECONOMY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 16:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO454	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHINA AND GLOBAL ECONOMY; [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 12:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO458	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHINA AND GLOBAL ECONOMY; [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 16:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO465	MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION - COLOMBIA, FARC, SCO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 14:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO47	Media Reaction: So Help Me God [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 15:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO472	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA, GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 10:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO473	MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION - COLOMBIA, FARC, SCO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 10:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO474	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA, FARC, [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 13:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO48	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION-NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 16:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO487	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: U.S.-BRAZIL RELATION, [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 16:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO488	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 16:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO489	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA, FARC, U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 16:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO496	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 14:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR

09SAOPAULO497	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 12:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO499	MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 16:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO5	BRAZILIAN CURRENCY DEPRECIATION: AFFECTING THE ECONOMY? [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's currency depreciated by more than 40 percent against the USD since the global financial crisis hit Brazil. The depreciation has less to do with Brazil's economic fundamentals and more with global risk aversion and the rush to U.S. Dollars. The strength of the Brazilian [...]	2009-01-07 10:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO50	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 12:27:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO506	BRAZIL: Ex-Im Chairman's Visit Opens New Opportunities for [...] Summary: In his first official international visit, Fred Hochberg, the newly appointed Chairman and President of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im),highlighted Brazil as a priority for the USG and committed to deepening bilateral trade relations. In meetings July 28-31 in Rio and Sao Paulo, [...]	2009-08-26 10:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP EINV ECON ENRG BR
09SAOPAULO507	MEDIA REACTION - SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 12:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO528	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 14:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO531	BRAZILIAN BUSINESS SEES RECOVERY UNDERWAY [...] SUMMARY: Following two quarters of economic contraction, most Brazilian private sector representatives agree the local economy is solidly on the road to recovery. Restored domestic consumer confidence and strong domestic demand are fueling business optimism. Underlying factors contributing to [...]	2009-09-09 17:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09SAOPAULO535	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 13:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO536	MEDIA REACTION - BRAZIL'S FX-2 BID [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 19:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO537	MEDIA REACTION - FX-2 BID; DRAFT BILL WAXMAN-MARKEY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 16:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO549	BRAZIL: PUBLIC BANKS' RISING INFLUENCE BRINGS INCREASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public bank growth in Brazil has played a positive counter-cyclical role against the impact of the global financial crisis, but has also raised concerns. In the near-term, continued growth in public bank lending could accelerate inflation. Over the longer term, public banks may [...]	2009-09-15 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09SAOPAULO55	SOFT POWER GOLD: PRESIDENT OBAMA INSPIRES AFRO-BRAZILIANS [...] (U) Summary: Sao Paulo's leading Afro-Brazilians organized a packed (300-plus person) dinner event attended by the community's leading figures, from celebrities to successful business persons, to celebrate President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20. The atmosphere was euphoric. The [...]	2009-01-27 16:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO551	LEADING PSDB PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS STEER AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, potential candidate for the Democratic Socialist Party of Brazil (PSDB) presidential nomination and current Minas Gerais Governor Aecio Neves -- though still a candidate for the PSDB nomination -- has backed off from his former insistence that the party must [...]	2009-09-17 20:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO552	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 12:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO556	MEDIA REACTION - KIRK'S VISIT; RACISM AGAINST OBAMA; [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 17:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO558	WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PCC? [...] (SBU) Summary: For three days in May 2006, the imprisoned leaders of the Sao Paulo-based criminal organization, the First Capital Command (PCC),orchestrated uprisings in Sao Paulo's streets and in Brazil's prisons that killed almost fifty police, captured global headlines and paralyzed the n [...]	2009-09-22 17:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL SNAR BR AVERY
09SAOPAULO569	MEDIA REACTION- OBAMA'S SPEECH AT THE U.N.; FX-2 BID; [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 19:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO57	Media Reaction Sao Paulo January 27 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 18:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO571	MEDIA REACTION - Criticism of Brazil's Role in Honduras [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 14:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO587	MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS/OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 14:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO589	MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS/OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 16:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO59	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 11:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO590	MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS/OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 18:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO599	CHARGE MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN PRIVATE SECTOR CO-CHAIR OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires, Sao Paulo Consul General and Senior Commercial Officer met October 1 with Josue Gomes da Silva, President of leading textile maker Coteminas and the Brazilian private sector co-chair for the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. In a long informal meeting, Gomes da Silva sai [...]	2009-10-09 10:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV BR
09SAOPAULO601	LABOR LEADERS' POSITIVE OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions, Sao Paulo labor leaders were positive on the voice of unions in Brazilian economic policy. Sector representatives praised U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Kirk's September 16 visit, expressing gratitude for his interest in their views on trade but indicate [...]	2009-10-13 17:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR
09SAOPAULO602	SAO PAULO EXPERTS DETAIL CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Forced labor, lack of land titles, Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the pace of justice and poor prison conditions emerged as recurring themes in an extensive round of recent meetings with Sao Paulo (SP) human rights experts. While contacts cited improvements --a rise in the number [...]	2009-10-13 18:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL PREL BR
09SAOPAULO609	MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 10:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO619	Sao Paulo Opinion Split on Honduras [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo pundits and politicos are strongly split on Brazilbs role in Honduras. Mainstream academic experts in this generally pro-PSDB state criticized Brazilbs shielding of Zelaya as adventurist, counter-productive and contradictory of the countrybs traditional policy of no [...]	2009-10-27 16:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ES GT HO BR
09SAOPAULO62	Media Reaction Sao Paulo January 28 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 13:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO624	BRAZIL: NEW TAX UNLIKELY TO CURB REAL APPRECIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government's (GoB) October 20 decision to re-impose a two percent tax on financial transactions (IOF) in order to curb appreciation of the local currency is unlikely to have a significant impact controlling the Real's rise or on foreign direct investment. The IOF a [...]	2009-10-26 18:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL BR
09SAOPAULO626	CONSULAR SECTION ENTRY-LEVEL OFFICER ROTATION UPDATE: NIV [...] Summary: In response to ConGen Sao Paulo's 2008 Office of Inspector General (OIG) Report (Ref A),the Consular Section assigned an entry-level officer (ELO) to perform the duties of a non-immigrant visa (NIV) unit deputy on a six-month, rotational basis. The assignment allows entry-level offi [...]	2009-10-26 19:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS BR AMGT
09SAOPAULO628	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 13:27:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO63	MEDIA REACTION: NEW ADMINISTRATION'S FOREIGN POLICY; [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 14:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO630	BRAZILIAN MIDDLE CLASS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil's middle class, as measured in income terms, has grown rapidly in recent years and now represents approximately half of the population according to government figures and independent analysis. Coinciding with this rise in incomes, more Brazilians are gaining access to pro [...]	2009-10-27 18:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV CVIS BR
09SAOPAULO642	MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 16:31:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO644	MEDIA REACTION: COLOMBIA BASES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 16:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO646	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 20:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO648	MEDIA REACTION: BASES IN COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 15:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO650	SAO PAULO ECONOMIC AND ESTH ROUND-UP, OCTOBER 15-30, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is the first in a new series of biweekly economic round-up cables from Consulate General Sao Paulo. This cable covers the period of October 15-30, 2009. The purpose of the new series is to highlight economic, energy, environmental, transportation, and science and technology [...]	2009-11-06 13:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV ELAB EFIN EAGR SENV BR
09SAOPAULO652	BRAZIL'S AUTO SECTOR'S SUCCESS TO BE TESTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a largely successful effort to mitigate the worst impact of the global financial crisis, the Brazilian government provided tax breaks for industrialized products (IPI) at the end of 2008 to boost Brazil's auto sector. As a result, the sector has served as one of the engines i [...]	2009-11-06 14:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN BR ELAB
09SAOPAULO653	Scenesetter for SR Farah Pandith's Visit to Brazil: Sao Paulo's Muslims [...] (U) Post is delighted to host Special Representative (SR) Farah Pandith's first visit to Latin America, November 22-23. Brazil offers a unique context for engaging the local Muslim communities. The country hosts a significant (400-500 thousand) Muslim minority that lives within a larger society t [...]	2009-11-20 12:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR PINS PROP SCUL PTER BR
09SAOPAULO660	PT Insiders Say Don't Count Dilma Out [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers Party (PT) insiders acknowledge Dilma Rousseff's 2010 presidential candidacy has run into some problems, but express confidence her campaign will rebound. Across a series of recent meetings, PT leaders in Sao Paulo say Dilma can come from behind and beat likely PSDB no [...]	2009-11-10 10:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KIRF BR
09SAOPAULO662	SAO PAULO ACTIVISTS DESCRIBE AFRO-BRAZILIAN CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Key human rights and antidiscrimination contacts spoke with visiting Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chairman Stuart Ishimaru October 20 in the run-up to the Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPER) meeting in Salvador October 21. While all saw improvem [...]	2009-11-10 17:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EAID KPAO ELAB BR
09SAOPAULO663	Engaging Sao Paulo's Muslim Communities: SMRC Pandith's [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo offers unique possibilities for Muslim engagement, many of which were evident throughout Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith's November 22-23 visit. The major Sunni and politically moderate Muslims were delighted to receive SMRC Pandit [...]	2009-12-08 18:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SCUL KISL KPAO OEXC BR
09SAOPAULO667	SAO PAULO LEADERS OUTLINE CONCERNS WITH GOB TO WHA A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the final leg of his week-long visit to the Southern Cone, Western Hemisphere Affairs Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela met with leading political and economic observers in Sao Paulo, who expressed concern with Brazil's foreign policy, public spending, and political maneu [...]	2009-12-29 16:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN BR
09SAOPAULO67	FIESP CALLS FOR A BILATERAL TRADE DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday, January 19, Ambassador Sobel met with FIESP (Federation of Industries of Sao Paulo) President Paulo Skaf, FIESP's chief trade negotiator, Mario Marconini, and others. Skaf and Marconini underscored FIESP's concerns over the perceived Foreign Ministry's inactivity [...]	2009-01-30 17:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV ENRG BR
09SAOPAULO672	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BASES IN COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 14:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO68	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 02 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 12:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO684	MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BRAZIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 20:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OPRC KMDR BR XM XR
09SAOPAULO686	MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BRAZIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 19:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR
09SAOPAULO688	Brazil's Natural Gas Output to Rise, but Challenges Remain [...] (SBU) Summary: The potential natural gas reserves found in Brazil's offshore pre-salt cluster could help boost domestic production and reduce Brazil's dependency on foreign natural gas, possibly as early as 2020. According to energy sector experts at a conference sponsored by Gas Energy, while [...]	2009-11-25 14:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV BR ETRD EINV
09SAOPAULO690	MEDIA REACTION: AHAMADINEJAD'S VISIT TO BRAZIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR
09SAOPAULO692	MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 10:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO694	MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 13:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR KGHG
09SAOPAULO696	MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL-U.S. RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 18:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO698	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN AND THE IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 19:27:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR
09SAOPAULO70	LAY OFFS LEAVE THE GOB AND UNIONS PLAYING CATCH UP [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of economic growth and relative labor calm, a sudden spate of layoffs and rumors of further cuts seem to have caught both Brazilian labor unions and the government off-guard. The swift deterioration in the labor market has led to public demonstrations and much fin [...]	2009-02-02 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR BR
09SAOPAULO700	MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 19:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO702	BRAZIL: Charge Discusses Tax, Trade and Cotton with AmCham [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 20 meeting with Charg???? d'Affaires (CDA) Kubiske, Sao Paulo American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Director Gabriel Rico stressed the Brazilian private sector's interest in continued collaboration with the United States. Specifically, Rico suggested that the new A [...]	2009-12-04 12:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV BR EFIN KPAO
09SAOPAULO704	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S AFGHAN STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 13:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR AF
09SAOPAULO706	SAO PAULO KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, NOVEMBER 16-30, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable covers the period of November 16-30, 2009. It highlights economic, energy and science and technology developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District not covered by broader reporting. Some significant developments during the period were: the upcoming first wind power au [...]	2009-12-08 11:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD BR PGOV ENRG
09SAOPAULO71	Media Reaction Sao Paulo Weekend February 01 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 17:03:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO712	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 13:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO720	LAUNCH OF SAO PAULO MONTHLY HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR SWEEP [...] Summary: The following is the first in a new monthly series summarizing human rights and labor developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District (i.e. the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul) not covered in broader reporting. POLICE DETAIL [...]	2009-12-15 17:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BR PHUM ELAB SOCI EAID KPAO KCRM
09SAOPAULO724	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.- BRAZIL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 10:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC XM XR OIIP KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO728	SAO PAULO KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, DECEMBER 1-15, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable covers the period of December 1-15, 2009. It highlights economic, energy and science and technology developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District not covered by broader reporting. Some significant developments during the period were: Brazil's bullet train project, re [...]	2009-12-16 16:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BR ETRD EINV
09SAOPAULO732	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BRAZIL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 18:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO736	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 15:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO738	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 16:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO740	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BRAZIL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 16:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO750	MEDIA REACTION: REPRESSION IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 11:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO77	Media Reaction - Global Economy: climate change and [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 14:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO78	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 05 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 11:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO81	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 06 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 17:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO82	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 09 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 12:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO88	BLUE LANTERN REQUEST 050139731 - DIGEX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9, econoff conducted a site visit to the Digex facility in Sao Jose dos Campos per reftel instructions. The company is bona fide and its security appears adequate to handle to handle U.S. Munitions List (USML) items. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Digex will not purc [...]	2009-02-10 16:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR
09SAOPAULO89	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 10 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 19:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO90	PROFILE OF 2010 PRESIDENTIAL FRONT-RUNNER: JOSE [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo State Governor Jose Serra (PSDB) is on a roll, with an ally recently taking the Sao Paulo Mayor's Office (Ref A) and a former PSDB rival, Geraldo Alckmin, joining his government as a key advisor. These moves help reinforce Serra's drive to become Brazil's next Preside [...]	2009-02-11 11:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN ETRD ECON BR
09SAOPAULO92	BRAZILIAN ETHANOL SECTOR AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the global financial crisis are visible within Brazil's sugar and ethanol sector with industry experts estimating that about 20 percent of Brazil's ethanol mills are suffering financial difficulty. Even though the fundamentals for the sector remain positive, and [...]	2009-02-11 18:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ENRG EFIN EINV BR
09SAOPAULO93	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 12 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 19:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO95	Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 13 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 14:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO98	INL ANTICRIME PROGRAM BEARS FRUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo is making improvements to its once-notorious juvenile detention system (Fundacao CASA, formerly known as FEBEM),in part thanks to USG support. The improvements became clear during a February 3, 2009 visit to two such facilities by International Narcotic [...]	2009-02-13 16:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
09STATE100957	SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING CONVENED BY OAS SG INSULZA [...] Classified by WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 22, 2009; 16:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon USUN Special Advisor Ron Godard Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Other OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insul [...]	2009-09-28 19:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR HO OAS CR
09STATE101150	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Maritime Shipping Trends Of Controlled Materials 2008-2009" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) [...]	2009-09-29 13:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE101892	UPDATE CONCERNING CONVERSION OF SPACE LAUNCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Update Concerning Conversion of Space Launch Vehicles to Ballistic Missiles" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Contro [...]	2009-09-30 19:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE102919	IRANIAN SHIPPING IN A POST-UNSCR 1803 ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iranian Shipping in a Post-UNSCR 1803 Environment" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point o [...]	2009-10-02 18:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE102923	(C/NF) AFTERMATH OF PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S RETURN TO [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE COVERAGE OF THE ONGOING CRISIS RELATED TO PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S RETURN TO HONDURAS. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE PROSPECTS OF VIOLENCE OCCURRING BETWEEN ZELAYA SUPPORTERS AND HONDURAN SECURITY FORCES. AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, WE WOULD WELCOME POST [...]	2009-10-02 18:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PINS PREL BR CS HO VE
09STATE103113	U/S BURNS' SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 CONVERSATION WITH [...] (U) September 25, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; New York City, NY, USA. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES U/S Willian J. Burns DAS Christopher J. McMullen Sara Mangiaracina (WHA Notetaker) PERU FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Luis Valdivieso, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Luis Chavez [...]	2009-10-02 20:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BR CU HO NU OVIP PE PINS PM PREL SNAR VE OAS
09STATE103755	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): NORTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "North Korea,s Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]	2009-10-06 13:14:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE106834	CHANGING THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In his April 5 Prague speech, President Obama called for a new framework for civil nuclear cooperation, including an international fuel bank, so that countries can access peaceful nuclear power with [...]	2009-10-14 23:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA AR BR EG MX NL VM SZ KU GG AG EZ
09STATE108901	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Brokering Controls in the United States" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (PO [...]	2009-10-21 18:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE111693	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Action request: The non-paper in paragraph 3 below provides a brief summary of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-related contacts between the U.S. and non-MTCR countries since the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. [...]	2009-10-29 15:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA
09STATE114981	(C/NF) KUDOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO EXTEND THANKS TO ALL POSTS IN BRAZIL FOR RECENT HIGH-CALIBER REPORTING ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN BRAZIL, INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF CIRO GOMES AND AECIO NEVES. WE APPRECIATED DETAILS OF NEVES'S LIKELY PLATFORM, SHOULD HE ULTIMATELY RU [...]	2009-11-06 19:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV BR
09STATE117710	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]	2009-11-14 00:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE118094	DEMARCHE REQUEST: MANAGING THE VISIT OF [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Brasilia. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (C) Summary. The Department requests Embassy Brasilia persuade Brazilian officials to use the expected November 23 visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Brazil to urge Iran's constructive engag [...]	2009-11-16 19:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL AORC CASC BR
09STATE11869	BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EMBASSY, [...] (U) SUMMARY: A team of export control experts from the Departments of State and Commerce met 22-24 September 2008 in Brasilia and Sao Paulo with country team, Brazilian government, and industry officials to discuss implementation of the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and U.S. export [...]	2009-02-09 21:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR
09STATE119079	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050196988 for the export of firearms and ammunition to Brazil. Post is request [...]	2009-11-18 17:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR
09STATE120006	(S/NF) BRAZIL'S INVOLVEMENT IN CONFLICT BETWEEN [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTENSELY INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPING CONFLICT BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA. AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INSIGHT POST COULD PROVIDE ON BRAZIL'S POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT AS A MEDIATOR IN THIS CONFLICT. MANY THANKS FROM WASHINGTON. A [...]	2009-11-20 17:39:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL BR CO VE
09STATE120282	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]	2009-11-21 00:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR

09STATE123431	ATTEMPTS BY IRANIAN FIRM TO ACQUIRE MACHINE TOOLS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Brasilia, Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: We want to alert the government of Brazil to a possible effort by the Iranian firm Machine Sazi Tabriz to acquire machine tools from a Brazilian company. Machine Sazi Tabriz is the largest manufa [...]	2009-12-02 15:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR BR
09STATE2149	CORRECTED COPY - U/S BURNS DISCUSSES U.S.-BRAZIL [...] (U) January 6, 2009, 9:30 a.m., Washington 2. (U) Participants United States ------------- Under Secretary William J. Burns Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon P Special Assistant Patricia Aguilera WHA notetaker Benjamin Chiang Brazil ------ Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger A [...]	2009-01-09 14:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR MARR PGOV PREL
09STATE23798	ENGAGING BRAZIL ON REGIONAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: WHA and INL recently held an initial conversation to encourage the Government of Brazil to assume a greater role in regional counter-narcotics efforts. INL A/S Johnson solicited Brazilian views on how to increase cooperation in responding to regional drug trends. WHA DAS McMulle [...]	2009-03-12 21:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR KCRM PREL SNAR SOCI BO
09STATE26881	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND IN THE REGION [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. OPIC management is considering support of a new $400-$500 million private equity fund, Paladin Realty Latin America Investors III, L.P. (the "Fund") that will be sponsored by Paladin Realty Partners, LLC (the "Sponsor"),of which a $200 million [...]	2009-03-20 13:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BR CI MX PE
09STATE2888	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests posts' assistance in conducting post-shipment end-use checks on license 05-1000934 for the export of aircraft parts to Brazil. Posts are requested to c [...]	2009-01-12 18:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR SP
09STATE3638	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050139731 for the export of C-130 aircraft component parts to Brazil. Post is requested to c [...]	2009-01-14 14:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
09STATE3691	RESPONDING TO UKRAINIAN QUESTIONS CONCERNING USG [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Brasilia, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: REF A reports that the Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the U.S. to reconsider its position on support for the Ukrainian-Brazilian Tsyklon Space Launch Project and allow the launch of U. [...]	2009-01-14 16:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA UP BR
09STATE41025	(U) KUDOS FOR BRAZIL REPORTING (C-AL9-00886) [...] (C/NF) INR/B OFFICERS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S CABLES THAT CONTAIN IN-DEPTH PROFILES ON, AND THE POLITICAL STRATEGIES OF, LIKELY CONTENDERS IN THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, PARTICULARLY THE STELLAR REPORTING ON SAO PAULO STATE GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER JOSE SERRA, AS NOTED IN REFS [...]	2009-04-23 20:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL BR
09STATE47314	(S/NF) KUDOS FOR BRAZIL FIGHTER COMPETITION [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S CABLES THAT DETAIL THE COMPLEXITIES AND PROGRESS OF THE BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE'S (FAB) F-X2 FIGHTER COMPETITION INVOLVING US, FRENCH, AND SWEDISH AIRCRAFT. ANALYSTS HAVE USED THIS REPORTING IN BRIEFINGS AND OTHER PRODUCTS, TO INCLUDE A GRAPH [...]	2009-05-08 20:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR MARR MASS BR
09STATE48798	(C/NF) KUDOS TO EMBASSY BRASILIA AND CONSULATE [...] (C/NF) KUDOS TO EMBASSY BRASILIA AND CONSULATE SAO PAULO FOR PROVIDING TIMELY AND RELEVANT POLITICAL REPORTING THAT WAS USED IN PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHILE IN MARCH. 2. (C/NF) REF A CONTAINED BOTH DETAILED REPORTING ON AND VALUABLE ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL DY [...]	2009-05-13 15:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL BR
09STATE57016	(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING IN ADVANCE OF 5TH [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE HIGH-QUALITY REPORTING, BOTH IN RESPONSE TO REF A AND THOSE PREPARED SEPARATELY, FROM POSTS ON US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL PREPARATIONS IN THE MONTHS PRECEEDING THE 5TH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS. WHILE MANY MORE CABLES WERE ALSO HIGHLY [...]	2009-06-03 14:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL AC AR BB BF BH BL BR CI CO CS CU DO DR
09STATE60500	BRAZIL -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 21:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BR
09STATE6423	(C) IRANIAN OUTREACH TO LATIN AMERICA [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ASSESS THAT TEHRAN IS REACHING OUT TO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE ITS DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION AND INCREASE TIES TO LEFTIST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION THAT TEHRAN PERCEIVES MAY SHARE ITS ANTI-US AGENDA. PRESIDENT AHMADI-NEJAD APPEARS TO BE THE DRIVING FORC [...]	2009-01-23 21:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR AR BH BL BR CI CO CS
09STATE64305	(C/NF) KUDOS FOR ECONOMIC REPORTING (C-AL9-01355) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO THANK POSTS FOR TIMELY AND DETAILED REPORTING ON BRAZIL'S ECONOMY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE COUNTRY (REFS A-B). WE ALSO APPRECIATE REF C ON BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BRAZIL AND CHINA. REFS A-C WERE PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR BRIE [...]	2009-06-22 14:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECIN ECON PREL BR CH
09STATE77662	(U) KUDOS FOR POLITICAL REPORTING (C-AL9-01632) [...] (C/NF) KUDOS TO US EMBASSY BRASILIA POLITICAL SECTION FROM WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOR CONSISTENTLY THOROUGH AND TIMELY REPORTING ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL ISSUES IN BRAZIL. REFTELS A-C ARE THE LATEST EXAMPLES OF REPORTING THAT WE HAVE USED AND WILL CONTINUE TO USE IN OUR ASSESSMENTS AS PRESIDENTIAL [...]	2009-07-24 20:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV BR
09STATE84250	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050047544 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled traveling wave tube [...]	2009-08-13 12:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR IS
09STATE85122	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - LAUNCHING A LISTENING [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Since 2004, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has promoted the concept of multilateral nuclear fuel assurances. This concept is intended to strengthen the international nuclear [...]	2009-08-14 20:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR AR SF EG IN MY RS
09STATE93866	(C/NF) KUDOS FOR BRAZIL FOREIGN POLICY REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO THANK THE POLITICAL SECTION FOR THE TWO DETAILED AND TIMELY REFTELS ON BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY. BRASILIA 001041 PROVIDED A THOROUGH RUNDOWN OF BRASILIA'S REACTION TO THE RECENT US-COLOMBIA DEFENSE AGREEMENT, WHICH GARNERED SUBSTANTIAL ATTENTION FROM US PO [...]	2009-09-09 21:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL BR
09STATE97233	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): CHINA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "China's Ballistic Missile-Related Export Control Record" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) P [...]	2009-09-18 17:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE97434	AUSTRALIA GROUP: SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDANCE FOR [...] (U) This message provides supplmentary guidance on membership and regional nonproliferation issues for the U.S. delegation to the Australia Group plenary in Paris, September 21-25, 2009. ---------- MEMBERSHIP ---------- 2. (C//REL AUSTRALIA GROUP) Russia: -- The Del may not suppor [...]	2009-09-18 22:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC RS KN IR SY KZ BR CI MX
09STATE98667	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): SYRIA,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Syria,s Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]	2009-09-23 14:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE98727	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): IRAN'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iran,s Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]	2009-09-23 15:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE98749	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Missile Proliferation Trends" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for d [...]	2009-09-23 15:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09TBILISI1765	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI EXPRESSES CONCERN TO DAS [...] (C) Summary. During her September 15 introductory call on President Saakashvili, EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow urged him to make progress on democratic reforms as a way to increase support for Georgia within the international community and shore up domestic stability, echoing earlier comments from VP [...]	2009-09-25 08:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL BR RU AM AZ GG
09TEGUCIGALPA959	TFH01: ZELAYA'S NEW CONTROL CENTER: THE SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke on the phone with Brazilian Charge d'Affaires Francisco Catunda the morning of September 23. Catunda remains host to President Zelaya and a large number of supporters in his embassy. Catunda thanked the Ambassador for the extensive USG assistance in facilita [...]	2009-09-24 01:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL HO BR
09USUNNEWYORK1055	UNGA: UNSURPRISING PLENARY DEBATE ON UNSC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly held its annual plenary debate on November 12-13 to discuss Security Council reform, as well as the annual report of the Security Council (reported reftel). Seventy-five delegations spoke and largely reiterated positions expressed during intergovernmental [...]	2009-11-19 00:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK1120	UNGA: NO SURPRISES IN FOURTH ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on December 7 and 8 for the first meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 52 delegations spoke on "all the positions and proposals by Member States." Most of the discussio [...]	2009-12-14 19:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK230	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...]	2009-03-10 00:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK289	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 16 and 17 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the question of the veto. 74 delegations spoke during the day-and a-half discussion with most stating their general aversion to the vet [...]	2009-03-19 20:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK345	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...]	2009-04-02 00:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK388	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met April 7 and 8 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the size of an enlarged Council and the Council's working methods. 81 delegations spoke with growing agreement across the three major blo [...]	2009-04-11 15:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC JA BR
09USUNNEWYORK409	UNSC REFORM: P-3 DISCUSS FRENCH-UK INTERMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The UK and France formally raised with the United States their "intermediate option" initiative for Security Council expansion in an April 16 meeting of P-3 Perm Reps and IO Assistant Secretary-equivalents. Ambassador Rice emphasized the Administration's preference to articulate [...]	2009-04-21 23:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK432	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on April 20 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the relationship between the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA). This meeting, during which 52 delegations spoke, marked t [...]	2009-04-24 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK553	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: START OF SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on May 22 and 26 for the start of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. The two sessions, during which 51 delegations spoke, focused on the Chair's agenda for the second ro [...]	2009-06-02 21:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK609	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on June 11 and 12 for the second meeting of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform, focusing on the three clustered issues of composition: size, categories of membership and regional r [...]	2009-06-20 02:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK658	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: P5 MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: P5 Ambassadors met on July 2 to discuss intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. The U.S. and Russia encouraged the P5 to coordinate on positions, but the U.S. advocated against a uniform P5 position at this time since the broader membership and not the P5 shou [...]	2009-07-08 01:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK69	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: PGA BRIEFS INFORMAL PLENARY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the General Assembly (PGA) presented the results of the Open-ended Working Group's consultations on framework and modalities of Security Council expansion negotiations in an informal session of the General Assembly on January 29, in line with General Assembly D [...]	2009-01-30 18:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK827	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 1 and 2 for the first two of three meetings in the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 38 delegations spoke on September 1 during the discussion on all of the five key iss [...]	2009-09-09 22:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK828	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 3 for the third meeting of the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 43 delegations, including all of the P-5, spoke on the intermediate model. The UK and France did not of [...]	2009-09-09 22:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK863	SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON SITUATION IN BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) The Security Council met in consultations on September 25 in response to a September 22 letter from the Brazilian PermRep expressing concern about threats to the inviolability of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduran President Zelaya has taken refuge. During consultati [...]	2009-09-30 14:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BR HO
09WELLINGTON229	DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 04:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AR AS BC BL BR CI EC FJ ID NZ PA PE PGOV PREL SF
10ASUNCION39	RELEASE OF KIDNAP VICTIM BOOSTS LUGO ADMINISTRATION [...] (U) The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) released wealthy cattle rancher Fidel Zavala Serrati January 18 after 94 days in captivity. EPP members seized Zavala at gunpoint from his rural ranch October 15 (reftel C). To comply with the EPP's three pre-release demands, the Zavala family paid [...]	2010-01-19 18:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR PA CO BR
10BEIJING293	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING CONTINUES TO CALL FOR PATIENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC counsels continued patience on the Iran nuclear issue because it seeks a "thorough solution" to the problem, and it supports the removal of all 1200kg of low-enriched uranium from Iranian soil, according to an MFA contact. PRC officials have urged Iranian counterparts in [...]	2010-02-04 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH BR
10BRASILIA102	BRAZIL: ONE NORTHEAST STATE TRIES TO CATCH THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: The development challenges facing the Brazilian northeast state of Piaui are representative of the difficult issues Brazil's poorest regions must overcome to achieve the level of prosperity in the country's southern regions. Despite economic growth rates over the past several yea [...]	2010-02-02 12:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC COM USTR EAID PREL BR
10BRASILIA104	BRAZIL: NEGOTIATIONS BRING TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT AGREEMENT CLOSE TO CONCLUSION [...] (SBU) On January 29 negotiators from the Brazilian Finance (Fazenda),Ministry of External Relations (MRE),and the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) met via digital videoconference with representatives from the U.S. Department of State, Treasury Department and USAID to finalize the text of the Tro [...]	2010-02-02 19:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA BR
10BRASILIA106	BRAZIL: MINISTERY OF TRANSPORTATION PRESENTS DRAFT PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: With the goal of enhancing roadway sector cooperation, Brazil's Ministry of Transportation (MOT) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) are negotiating a new cooperation agreement. MOT has proposed text for a draft Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) designed to establish s [...]	2010-02-02 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EIND BR
10BRASILIA108	PER COPENHAGEN ACCORD, BRAZIL INFORMS THE UNFCCC OF ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In accordance with the Copenhagen Accord, the Government of Brazil (GOB) on January 29 notified the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of Brazil's nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs). These NAMAs were released prior to the [...]	2010-02-03 12:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA BR
10BRASILIA114	2009 End-Use Monitoring Report: Brazil [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-05 12:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BR
10BRASILIA116	Request for Human Rights Vetting for US Sponsored Training, [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, of the Brazilian Air Force, who has been nominated to participate in a PhD Research Program, from March 22, 2010 to March 18, 2011, at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and F [...]	2010-02-05 15:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BR
10BRASILIA118	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following two candidates, of the Defense Attach????'s Office at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC, who have been nominated to participate in the Sovereign Challenge at Special Operations Program, from March 15-19, 2010, in Tam [...]	2010-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BR
10BRASILIA120	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED STRATEGY [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, of the Brazilian Army, who has been nominated for a Strategy and Defense Policy Course (SDP),from March 4-24, 2010, in Washington, DC, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. 2. (U) Post v [...]	2010-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BR
10BRASILIA122	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Unit Commander, of the Brazilian Marine Corps, who has been nominated to lead a unit of approximately 200 people to participate in the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET),from April 15-May 30, 2010, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [...]	2010-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BR
10BRASILIA124	Request for Human Rights Vetting for UH-60 Simulator [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, of the Brazilian Air Force, who have been nominated for a Simulator Training course in Fort Indiantown Gap, PA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. 2. (U) Post verifies that, as of Febr [...]	2010-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BR
10BRASILIA126	Request for Human Rights Vetting for U.S. Sponsored [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, of the Brazilian Navy, who has been nominated to participate in a course entitled, "Aviation Training - Fixed Wing," from June 28, 2010 - Feb 23, 2012, in Pensacola, FL, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Ass [...]	2010-02-05 15:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BR
10BRASILIA130	FY 2010 NAS BRAZIL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT (PD&S) [...] PER REFTEL, NAS BRAZIL PRESENTS ITS FY 2010 PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT BUDGET PLAN, AS FOLLOWS: SUB- ACTUAL NON- PROPOSED FY 2010 OBJECT FY-2009 RECURRING INCREASES PLAN CLASS OBLIG. ITEMS 1112 71,600 0 20,700 92 [...]	2010-02-05 16:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN BR AMGT KFSC
10BRASILIA136	BRAZILIAN PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE - [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, Science Counselor briefed Brazilian Ministry of External Relations'(MRE) Environment Division Director Paulino Carvalho (who has replaced Fernando Coimbra) and Officer Renato Leonardi about the U.S. proposals to the March 13-25 Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-15) for [...]	2010-02-05 18:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA AORC UNEP BR
10BRASILIA140	BRAZIL: INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY INTO DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),the Government of Brazil (GOB) announced the mitigation actions it plans to take to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent by 2020 compared with " [...]	2010-02-09 15:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN KSCA BR
10BRASILIA146	INL FLASH REPORT JANUARY 2010 - NAS BRAZIL [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 18:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN BR
10BRASILIA15	CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: BRAZIL WILL INSCRIBE ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will inscribe the mitigation actions it previously announced under the Copenhagen Accord by January 31, 2010, according to both Ministry of External Relations' Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and Vice Minister of the Environment Izabella Tei [...]	2010-01-21 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG BR
10BRASILIA156	BRAZIL: FOREST CODE PROVOKES HEATED DEBATE BETWEEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian Forest Code's requirement that a rural landowner in the Amazon maintain 80 percent of the native forest as a legal reserve has produced a heated dispute between the agriculture and environmental communities. Environmentalists see it as a potentially powerful tool [...]	2010-02-10 19:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR KGHG KSCA BR
10BRASILIA158	Request for Human Rights Vetting for the Special Operations [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, of the Brazilian Navy, who has been nominated to participate in a Special Operations in Combating Terrorism Course, from April 5-9, 2010, in Hurlburt Field, FL, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance A [...]	2010-02-11 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM BR
10BRASILIA16	Brazil: Scenesetter - DHS Deputy Secretary Lute visit [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC BR
10BRASILIA160	Request for Human Rights Vetting for 5TH Annual Sovereign [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, of the Brazilian Police, who has been nominated to participate in the 5TH Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, Key West, FL, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. 2. ( [...]	2010-02-11 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM BR
10BRASILIA162	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 22:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PREL BR
10BRASILIA164	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On January 27, Emboffs delivered the Department's demarche on Distracted Driving to representatives of the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Health. While Brazilian law does prohibit texting while driving, as of yet, neither Ministry has expressed an interest in committing t [...]	2010-02-12 12:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA BR
10BRASILIA176	Brazil: Competition Policy Overview [...] (SBU) Brazil's Competition Policy System (SBDC) is awaiting Congressional approval of major reforms to restructure its three constituent agencies, add much-needed professional staff, and implement substantive reforms (notably, pre-merger notification requirements). In a Februa [...]	2010-02-18 12:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EIND EINV BR
10BRASILIA184	SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 23-26 VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) I want to warmly welcome you to Brazil for your visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, and to attend the 8th Meeting of Justice Ministers of the Americas (REMJA). The Government of Brazil (GOB) is enthusiastic that you have decided to attend the REMJA, and you will be eagerly received [...]	2010-02-19 22:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS KCRM JUS OAS BR
10BRASILIA19	SENIOR BRAZIL OFFICIALS PRAISE COOPERATION, SEEK CLOSER [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Charge on January 22, Chief of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) General Staff Admiral Joao Afonso Prado Maia de Faria ("ADM Prado Maia") and Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Latin America Antonio Simoes both said they saw no conflict between the United S [...]	2010-01-22 22:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRASILIA196	Brazil informed of designation related to Iranian [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BR
10BRASILIA198	BRAZILIAN NATIONAL WATER AGENCY SEEKS TO DEEPEN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA) seeks to deepen its cooperation with the USG on environmental issues related to water resources. ANA consistently highlights its history of cooperation with U.S. agencies, as well as on-going negotiations with the Brazilian Ministry of [...]	2010-02-26 17:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID EWWT EINV BR
10BRASILIA204	Brazil: March HRC [...] On February 24, poloff delivered the points reftel to Nathanael de Souza e Silva and Bruna Vieira de Paula of the Division of Human Rights, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Religious and racial intolerance 2. Poloff handed Silva and de Paula a copy of the U.S.-proposed Action Plan [...]	2010-02-27 21:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN BR GV IR BM CG IS
10BRASILIA3	FX2 at the End of 2009 [...] (C) As 2009 comes to end, Brazil's FX2 competition remains undecided. It had been expected that President Lula would make a decision before the end of the year, so as to be able to complete the sale during his tenure. Practically speaking, however, even if a Presidential decision were to be [...]	2010-01-05 19:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS BR
10BRASILIA31	Preparing for the Nuclear Security Summit [...] (SBU) In conjunction with Netherlands ChargC) Frans Van Rijn, ChargC) d'Affaires Lisa Kubiske presented the Note Verbale and points contained in reftel to Ministry for External Relations Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Machado. Machado said that the GOB supports the Nuclear Securit [...]	2010-01-29 20:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM IAEA AORC MNUC PREL BR
10BRASILIA33	MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT ON ITS [...] (C) ChargC) delivered the reftel demarche Jabnuary 29 to Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Machado. Machado asked if the USG and P5+1 partners were seeking additional sanctions against Iran at the present time and if the issue had been placed o [...]	2010-01-29 20:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR UNSC BR
10BRASILIA34	BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO TWO YEAR RENEWAL OF FRAMEWORK [...] On January 7, 2010, Embassy Brasilia received diplomatic note number MRE/DMAE/DAI/CGEUC/01/MESP BRAS EUA, dated January 5 2010. 2. The note is a response to Embassy Brasilia's diplomatic note 443, dated December 10, 2009, proposing a two-year extension of the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreem [...]	2010-01-12 11:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA BR
10BRASILIA42	Mission Brazil and Embassy Maputo Propose Trilateral [...] SUMMARY: In response to ref A, Embassy Brasilia and Embassy Maputo jointly request funding for a trilateral seminar on the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to take place in Mozambique, featuring speakers from the United States and Brazil. The United States is a world leader in [...]	2010-01-14 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BR MZ
10BRASILIA43	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT LULA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Shannon presented his credentials to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on February 4. Lula indicated his continuing interest in building a strong relationship with President Obama and his desire for active engagement aimed at developing the enormous potenti [...]	2010-02-09 10:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP HA BR
10BRASILIA44	TFHA01: BRAZIL ACTIVE, EAGER TO PARTNER WITH USG ON HAITI [...] (U) In the wake of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the GOB has taken an unusually active role in assistance efforts, building on its leadership of MINUSTAH and recent rotation onto the UN Security Council. Brazilian actions to date include: * Sent by President Lula, Defense Mini [...]	2010-01-15 13:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BR MARR
10BRASILIA48	BRAZIL: DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE'S VISIT TO BRAZIL JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the failed bombing attempt of Delta flight 253 destined for Detroit on December 25, 2009, DHS Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Lute visited Brazil on the last stop of a 10 country trip designed to elicit support from partner nations in adopting a multilateral/global respo [...]	2010-01-20 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ASEC BR PTER PREL
10BRASILIA49	BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: DILMA ROUSSEFF COMES UP [...] (C) Summary. Late January polling indicates that likely Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's chosen successor, has closed much of the gap with front-running opposition Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) candidate Jose Serra, and now trails by less t [...]	2010-02-13 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
10BRASILIA5	Brazil: Foreign Policy as an Emerging Campaign Issue [...] (C) Summary. With both sides unwilling to promote distinctive alternatives to prevailing economic policy in a pre-election environment, Brazil's two principal rival parties - President Lula's Worker's Party (PT) and front-running presidential candidate Jose Serra's Brazilian Social Democratic [...]	2010-01-08 16:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BR SU VE CO
10BRASILIA51	Ambassador Shannon's Meeting with MOD Jobim [...] (C) 1. (C) During Ambassador Shannon's introductory call February 5, Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim described the overall bilateral security relationship as strong and transparent. He said he favored expanding it this year, first through a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),then throug [...]	2010-02-18 13:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BR MASS
10BRASILIA53	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON EFFORTS AND FUTURE PLANS IN HAITI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials coordinating Brazil's post-earthquake assistance to Haiti listed for PolOffs Brazil's humanitarian donations, gave an update on February 8 on the deployment of Brazilian troops to Haiti, and laid out Brazil's plan for transitioning [...]	2010-02-18 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRASILIA55	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, CN, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institutional Security Office (GSI) Minister General Jorge Felix shared with Ambassador Shannon on February 9 Brazil's top security concerns, which include: assistance and cooperation in Haiti; increased drug trafficking in the region and consumption in Brazil; and security for the [...]	2010-02-18 21:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PTER SNAR ASEC BR BL HA DHS KOLY
10BRASILIA59	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MRE UNDER SECRETARIES FOR [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Ambassador Shannon February 9, MRE Under Secretaries for Political Affairs I Vera Machado and Political Affairs II Roberto Jaguaribe both focused on concerns that Iranian domestic issues would make a solution to the nuclear issues difficult to achieve. [...]	2010-02-19 22:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR CH BR
10BRASILIA60	BRAZIL: LET'S ESTABLISH A TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vice Minister of the Environment Izabella Teixeira says that the Government of Brazil (GOB) wants to establish a program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) quickly, both to help conserve Brazil's tropical forests and as a symbol of the growing U.S.-Brazil bilater [...]	2010-01-21 16:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID EFIN BR
10BRASILIA61	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings at the Presidential Palace, Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia and Presidential Chief of Staff Gilberto Carvalho discussed with Ambassador Shannon their interest in working together on a range of regional and global issues, including Honduras, Ve [...]	2010-02-19 23:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XM BR
10BRASILIA62	Head of Brazil's Haiti Relief Efforts Reports Good [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Charg???? d'Affaires, a.i., Lisa Kubiske on January 19, Brazil's coordinator for Brazil's Haiti emergency relief effort, Minister Jorge Armando Felix, head of the Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) at the Presidency, said he was pleased with bilateral coordination [...]	2010-01-22 12:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BR
10BRASILIA68	More than US$ 5 Million has been provided for earthquake [...] Summary: Members of the Mission Brazil supported corporate Social Responsibility group, Mais Unidos, have donated more than US$ 5 million in cash, supplies and services for relief efforts in the week following the Haitian Earthquake of January 12, 2010. 2. To date, Bra [...]	2010-01-22 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BR
10BRASILIA7	BRAZIL: FOREIGN MINISTRY EAGER TO LAUNCH NEXT PHASE OF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Celso Amorim broke with normal protocol and practice and met with Ambassador Shannon January 8, only hours after the Ambassador had arrived in country. Amorim welcomed the Ambassador's arrival, lamented the drawn out confirmation process, and said he was eager to [...]	2010-01-11 11:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
10BRASILIA86	Controversy Over New Human Rights Program Subsides, for Now [...] Summary: President Lula was caught off guard by the surge of controversy, including within his own government, which followed the GOB's public release of the Third National Program of Human Rights in a December 21 presidential decree. The program in fact is far-reaching, calling for, among o [...]	2010-01-27 14:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON EAGR MCAP SOCI BR
10BRASILIA88	PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: DIFFERENCES [...] (SBU) Post has discussed the points raised in reftel with Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Director for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Santiago Mourao. Mourao has been active in the Nuclear Security Summit preparation process and understands well the different goals and objectives [...]	2010-01-28 16:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC PARM BR IAEA
10BRASILIA9	Brazil Has Not Addressed Amcit Cases with Iran [...] (C) The Government of Brazil has not discussed with the Government of Iran the cases of the six American citizens detained or missing in Iran. Reftel was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty) Iran desk officer Roberto Salome (currently acting head of the Iran/Central Asia [...]	2010-01-11 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CASC BR IR
10BUENOSAIRES226	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FALKLANDS, OAS, U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN [...] Regional issues were the dominating theme on 2/23, including Brazil-Iran relations, the Falkland Islands, the OAS, and an introspective look at Latin American politics. One opinion article criticized Brazil for rolling out the "red carpet" for Iran, while another highlighted differences betw [...]	2010-02-23 20:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR BR FK
10PARIS179	WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...]	2010-02-16 17:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR
10RIODEJANEIRO10	The Brazilian Mining Sector: Opportunites and Obstacles [...] (SBU) Brazil is one of the leading producers of minerals in the world, and minerals accounted for 53 percent of the Brazilian trade balance in 2008. Iron ore - the key feedstock for steel - accounts for 60 percent of mineral production value in the country, and output is expected to nearly do [...]	2010-01-06 18:38:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV EXIM SENV CH BR
10RIODEJANEIRO12	Rio Radar - January 7, 2010 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This report's subjects: NUCLEAR REACTORS REMAIN OPERATIONAL AFTER DEADLY MUDSLIDES 2. (U) Brazi [...]	2010-01-07 17:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ASEC HUD OPIC EAIR SOCI BR
10RIODEJANEIRO32	VIEWS ON POSSIBLE VP CANDIDATES FOR JOSE SERRA [...] (SBU) Political observers and party actors across the country contend there is a possibility of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) presumed presidential candidate and frontrunner Jose Serra asking Green Party (PV) candidate Marina da Silva to be his vice presidential candidate. Whil [...]	2010-02-02 19:13:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BR
10SANTIAGO15	Bachelet Shares Views on South American Leaders with A/S [...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet emphasized the need to understand the nuances of Latin America's leaders and their countries rather than lumping them into populist and pro-western camps. During a January 12 lunch with A/S Valenzuela, Bachelet was relatively upbeat on Bolivia, reserving parti [...]	2010-01-15 12:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CI CU BL BR AR PREL
10SAOPAULO10	MEDIA REACTION: FX-2 JET FIGHTER BID [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-08 16:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR

10SAOPAULO102	SAO PAULO LEGAL TIMBER PROGRAM TAKES OFF [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 12:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD KCRM KJUS BR

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