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08BRASILIA36	BRAZIL: TREASURY DAS O'NEILL MEETS WITH GOB AND MDBs ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill had economic meetings in Brasilia on December 12-13, 2007 with officials from the Brazilian Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning, as well as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. The meetings [...]	2008-01-07 15:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR

08BRASILIA373	POLLUTION RANKS HIGH AMONG ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN PERU [...] (SBU) Regional Environmental Officer held meetings January 28-31, 2008 with Peruvian government representatives, trade organizations, international institutions, NGOs, and private industry to discuss environmental concerns. Discussions of priority environmental issues covered: (1) Mining pollu [...]	2008-03-18 16:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA390	Brazil's Congress Prepares to Rein in President's Decree [...] (SBU) Summary. Angered by an alleged overuse of decree-making authority that has caused legislative gridlock, Congress will try to limit the president's ability to dominate the legislative agenda and implement policy through issuance of "provisional measures" (MPs). President Lula's unprecede [...]	2008-03-20 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM BR
08BRASILIA395	CODEL MARKEY VISIT TO BRASILIA [...] SUMMARY. Codel Markey visited Brazil February 15-21. The CODEL began its visit in Manaus where it received briefings on environmental issues focusing on the effects of climate change on the Amazon rainforest. It then proceeded to Rio de Janeiro (reported septel) to focus on alternative fuel [...]	2008-03-24 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT BR
08BRASILIA41	BRAZIL: LITTLE HOPE OFFERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the regional office of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime together with the University of Brasilia sponsored a roundtable with senior Brazilian government officials from the judicial and legislative branches, medi [...]	2008-01-07 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM BR
08BRASILIA420	BRAZIL: IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian delegation headed by Vice-Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar held a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian officials from the Ministries of External Relations (MRE, aka Itamaraty),Mines and Energy, and Development, Industry and Commerce at the same time Secre [...]	2008-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BR
08BRASILIA428	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on March 27 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that, as always, COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resol [...]	2008-03-28 21:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA429	THOUGHTS ON THE VISIT OF DEFENSE MINISTER JOBIM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jobim's March 18-21 visit to Washington focused on Brazil's efforts to modernize its defense institutions and on possible avenues for bilateral cooperation and identified several areas for further work, particularly completion of a General Security of Information [...]	2008-03-31 18:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR MARR OVIP
08BRASILIA43	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: LOOKING BEYOND THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Brazil remains highly sensitive to public claims suggesting that terrorist or extremist organizations have a presence or are undertaking activities in Brazil--a sensitivity that appears to be the rise and is resulting in more than symbolic reactions. At an op [...]	2008-01-08 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM AR PA BR
08BRASILIA440	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...]	2008-04-02 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR
08BRASILIA454	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 108 [...] The following is the one hundred eigth 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 e [...]	2008-04-09 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA469	SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-04-04 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BR
08BRASILIA472	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING BANKS MELLI, [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on April 4 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resolutions and th [...]	2008-04-04 20:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA48	CHINESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIS PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary. Chen Duqing, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, told Ambassador Sobel on October 19 that his top priorities are to create a more favorable environment for economic relations and to promote Chinese interests in the Brazilian Congress. Ambassador Chen described an economic relationship [...]	2008-01-08 13:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA5	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. Michele Varensise, Italian Ambassador to Brazil, told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 13 that Brazil is the centerpiece of Italy's South American strategy. Italy sees Brazil playing an increasingly larger role in maintaining stability, economic growth, and integration. He p [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD IT BR XM XR VE UNSC
08BRASILIA504	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...]	2008-04-11 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR
08BRASILIA507	Got Guerrillas? The Rise of the LCP in Brazil [...] (U) Summary: Following is an Embassy Brasilia translation of an article published in the March 26, 2008, edition of IstoE, a major Brazilian news magazine. The article reports that a violent leftist guerrilla organization operates in Rondonia state, Brazil, and in some ways resembles the Co [...]	2008-04-14 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER FARC BR CO
08BRASILIA516	BRAZIL: DEFENSE PLAN PREVIEW GETS THUMBS UP IN [...] (U) Summary: Previewing their Strategic Plan on National Defense (scheduled to be unveiled on September 7, 2008) in Congress for the first time on April 9, Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim and Long-Term Planning Minister Mangabeira Unger were met with an overwhelmingly positive response from m [...]	2008-04-17 10:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MCAP PREL BR
08BRASILIA523	BRAZIL: SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN CONCERNED [...] (S) Summary. Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee Chairman Heraclito Fortes (strictly protect) (Democrats Party, opposition; of Piaui) told Ambassador Sobel on March 28 he is deeply concerned about signs of terrorists in Brazil. He cited a published report (reftel) of a [...]	2008-04-18 15:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER PREL FARC BR VE EC CO XR BO
08BRASILIA525	BRAZIL: RECOVERY OF A FALLEN SPACE OBJECT [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On April 14, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for the Sea, Antarctica and Space, Counselor Bernardo Paranhos Velloso, informed the Embassy's Environment, Science and [...]	2008-04-18 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA BR
08BRASILIA526	IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2 [...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...]	2008-04-18 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN
08BRASILIA531	AMBASSADOR, BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister for External Relations Celso Amorim on April 3 to review the state of play on several bilateral initiatives. Amorim agreed to help move forward the Tropical Forests Conservation Act (TFCA) debt swap and the counternarcotics letter of agreement (L [...]	2008-04-22 12:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SNAR EINV MARR SOCI SENV ENRG BO
08BRASILIA534	BRAZIL: CHINA AND BRAZIL STRENGTHEN RELATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Sino-Brazilian relations are officially excellent, characterized by a booming economic relationship and a political relationship that has become increasingly closer, especially since 2004. Both governments are taking a long-term view and are trying to focus on crafting a pati [...]	2008-04-22 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV BR CH XR
08BRASILIA540	BRAZIL "MONITORS" ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's surprising decision to participate in monitoring Zimbabwe's elections was not what it initially appeared. Although Brazil was among those countries invited to serve as an observer, it was the participation of a federal deputy as an observer on behalf of an NGO that fo [...]	2008-04-23 12:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL AF
08BRASILIA551	Brazil: CEO Forum April 28 Scenesetter [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, with an excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [...]	2008-04-25 10:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN CVIS BR
08BRASILIA554	DEMARCHE: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08BRASILIA56	BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: As part of the Lula government's plan to take on the crime issue, the government proposed a multi-pronged plan to address both the social causes of crime and the weakness of the law enforcement community to fight it. Lula's proposal, the National Program on Public Security with Ci [...]	2008-01-09 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA57	BRAZIL: (KIND OF) MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR [...] (C) Summary: For the world's fourth largest democracy, the promotion of democracy abroad remains an important, if secondary goal of Brazil's foreign policy, but its focus and execution has been only loosely defined under the Lula government, limiting potential efforts to forge bilateral initi [...]	2008-01-09 17:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL EAID BR
08BRASILIA593	HOW BRAZIL IS WIRED - ELECTRICITY SERIES #1 [...] SUMMARY: (U) This year will mark ten years since the denationalization of Brazil's electrical sector after fifty years of state control. The sector has undergone many changes during this period: from the days of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso's ambitious drive to privatize the ent [...]	2008-05-05 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA6	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT SARNEY [...] (C) Summary: Former President and sitting Senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 14 that President Lula is doing a good job and has maintained the social calm necessary for growth and development. [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM BR VE GY BL EC CO XM XR FARC
08BRASILIA602	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 6 to the Ministry of Exterior Relations OAS Division Secretary Luciano Rego, who noted that they were aware of the U.S. candidacy and would take a careful look at the non-paper and C.V. Rego noted that the GoB already made commitments to the Paraguay [...]	2008-05-06 17:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XM BR
08BRASILIA603	BRAZIL: INVITATION TO PSI WORKSHOP DELIVERED [...] (U) Deputy PolCouns delivered invitation to PSI workshop on April 28 to Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. Any response will be reported septel. SOBEL [...]	2008-05-06 17:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XX BR
08BRASILIA618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 109 [...] The following is the 109th 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 [...]	2008-05-09 10:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA638	CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 8 VISITS BRAZIL, STRENGTHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Carrier Strike Group Eight (CSG8),centered on the USS George Washington, visited Brazilian waters April 16-May 2. While in Brazilian waters to participate in the UNITAS 08 exercise, the priority objective for the visit was to enhance the strategic partnership between the U.S. [...]	2008-05-12 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BR
08BRASILIA640	DOROTHY STANG'S KILLER'S FREED ON APPEAL -- TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, also known as Bida, was acquitted by a jury of the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun and naturalized Brazilian citizen, on May 6, almost exactly a year after his initial conviction. On May 15, 2007, Moura, a Brazilian rancher, was sentenced to [...]	2008-05-12 15:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR PREL PHUM
08BRASILIA641	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. Below is Post's response to STATE 39410 regarding the impact of rising food and commodity prices on Brazil. As Brazil is a significant net agricultural exporter, high international commodity p [...]	2008-05-12 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BR
08BRASILIA643	BRAZIL,S MILITARY PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANCE: TRUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent meeting of Presidents Lula and Sarkozy and the visit of Defense Minister Jobim to Paris triggered a wave of Francophilia within the Brazilian foreign policy establishment, particularly with regard to the strategic partnership. Despite heavy coverage in the press of [...]	2008-05-13 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM BR MASS
08BRASILIA656	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. Below is Post's response to STATE 39410 regarding the impact of rising food and commodity prices on Brazil. As Brazil is a significant net agricultural exporter, high international commodity p [...]	2008-05-15 12:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BR
08BRASILIA663	BRAZIL FOREST STEWARTSHIP COUNCIL MEETING ON CERTIFIED [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd Brazil Certified Fair and the Amazonia Sustainable Forum (Sao Paulo, April 2008) brought together the Brazilian Council for Forestry Management and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC),in partnership with Friends of the Earth, Imafora, and Imazon for discussion of sustainable [...]	2008-05-15 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA664	BRAZIL: GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE A TROPICAL FOREST [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Department, Min. Figueiredo Machado, informed Post that the Government of Brazil wants to begin negotiations t [...]	2008-05-15 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID EFIN BR
08BRASILIA672	SOURCES OF GENERATION - ELECTRICITY SERIES #2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 12:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA674	BRAZIL: TOP ADVISER DILMA ROUSSEFF BOOSTS OWN 2010 [...] (C) Summary. Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's top domestic policy adviser and apparent favorite to succeed him in 2010, greatly increased her chances of being her party's 2010 presidential candidate by an impressive performance before hostile questioning in the Senate Infrastructure Service [...]	2008-05-16 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA681	BRAZIL'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MARINA SILVA RESIGNS - [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Frustrated by a growing string of defeats and cuts to her authority, Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva resigned on May 13. Her ministry's slow pace in approving environmental licen [...]	2008-05-19 11:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV BR
08BRASILIA703	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office (MRE) on May 2 and to the Ministry of Finance on May 8. At MRE, Minister Luis Antonio Balduino Carneiro, Coordinator-General of the Finance Affairs Office, joined by representatives of the Middle East and Unite [...]	2008-05-20 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG
08BRASILIA707	BRAZILIAN GENERAL BREAKS RANKS ON INDIGENOUS [...] (C) Brazilian Army General Augusto Heleno, military commander of the Amazon region, spoke out on April 16 against the GOB's indigenous policy calling it "chaotic," specifically in reference to a traditionally indigenous area in northern Roraima state planned to become a protected reserve. Thi [...]	2008-05-20 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL PGOV
08BRASILIA708	CALLING ALL SMUGGLERS - BRAZILIAN "SACOLEIROS" BILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Brazilian bill intended to improve customs processing at the Paraguayan border would likely serve to increase opportunities for the importing of counterfeit goods and smuggling of all types. The so-called "Sacoleiros" (or peddlers) bill would allow small-scale importers to re [...]	2008-05-20 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA712	Brazil - Focus on Forest Fire Prevention [...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian environmental protection agency (IBAMA) and its forest fire prevention unit (PREVFOGO) are seeking ways to better control forest fires. These efforts included the organization of two seminars in March 2008 focused on promotion of inter-agency coordination and advanced [...]	2008-05-27 10:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG EAGR EAID SOCI BR
08BRASILIA729	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
08BRASILIA735	Brazil - Areas of Interest in Cooperation With USG on [...] SUMMARY: Brazilian officials have identified a range of areas for possible cooperation with the USG on forest fire control and prevention. Opportunities on forest fire themes include: interagency coordination; remote monitoring; incident command training; fire management; and environmental e [...]	2008-05-30 10:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG EAGR EAID BR
08BRASILIA736	BRAZIL LAUNCHES FORUM ON ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) has launched a climate change forum to focus on analyzing the main economic, social, and environmental impacts of climate change. IPEA has a demonstrated reputation of substantial experience in the economic valuation of envi [...]	2008-05-30 10:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG EAGR TBIO BR
08BRASILIA737	BRAZIL: AGREEMENT TO SUSPEND BRAZIL'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil has completed the exchange of diplomatic notes that suspends Brazil's particpation in the International Space Station. Per the two notes, the suspension took effect upon the receipt by Post of this second note, which occurred on May 29, 2008. END SUMMARY. [...]	2008-05-30 10:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA SENV BR
08BRASILIA750	BRAZIL LAUNCHES ANOTHER PLAN FOR A SUSTAINABLE AMAZON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 8, 2008, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unveiled a package of 16 measures called the Plan for a Sustainable Amazon (PAS). The plan is long on good intentions and hints [...]	2008-06-03 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAGR ECON BR
08BRASILIA756	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON HOLDS FIRST STRATEGIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary. S/P Director Dr. David Gordon held four hours of talks April 9 in Brasilia with Ministry of External Relations (MRE, or Itamaraty) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas. The wide-ranging talks focused generally on the trends that are likely to ch [...]	2008-06-04 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA760	BRAZIL: MEETING WITH SENATE PEDOPHILIA [...] Summary. Ambassador, Resident Legal Adviser, DHS/ICE Attache, and Poloff met on May 13 with the Chairman of the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) into Pedophilia and two law enforcement officials to discuss U.S. laws to protect children, prosecute sex offenders, and [...]	2008-06-05 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT SOCI TINT KCRM KJUS PHUM BR
08BRASILIA768	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES ON FOOD SECURITY TO BRAZILIAN [...] SUMMARY: Post delivered the messages indicated in reftels to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA). MAPA agrees with many of the arguments stated and shares many common positions with the U.S. government. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) USDA Under Secretary Mark Keenum and FAS Administrator M [...]	2008-06-06 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BR
08BRASILIA769	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES REGARDING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX [...] SUMMARY: Post delivered demarche points in reftel regarding the U.S. candidate for CODEX chairperson to Brazil's CODEX Point of Contact and the Ministry of Agriculture. Both expressed support for the candidate, but clarified that the Government of Brazil's position also involves input from Min [...]	2008-06-06 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BR
08BRASILIA770	ANDEAN ORGANIZATIONS TELL THEIR STORY AT THE 2ND MEETING OF [...] SUMMARY. The USAID-funded Initiative for Conservation of the Andean Amazon (ICAA) brought together 75 participants for the Second ICAA Partners Meeting, held in Quito, Ecuador from May 18-23, 2008. ICAA is a five year program (2006-2011) based in the Amazon regions of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuad [...]	2008-06-06 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA779	BRAZIL: AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENSION OF SPACE COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil agrees on the extension of the Cooperation Agreement in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space signed in 1996. END SUMMARY. 2. In response to the diplomatic note from Embassy (per REFTEL) proposing the extension of Brazil's participation in the cooperation in [...]	2008-06-09 20:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA SENV BR
08BRASILIA792	Brazil: "Sovereign Wealth Fund" aka "fiscal savings fund" [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA793	Brazil: "Sovereign Wealth Fund" aka "fiscal savings fund" [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 17:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA805	2008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD) [...] (S) Reftel requests that post "evaluate and provide guidance on the following issues: (1) Does the USG provide assistance (funding, intelligence, information, equipment, training, or otherwise) to the GOB that could be used to locate, identify, track, or intercept a civil aircraft? (2) Do an [...]	2008-06-12 14:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA806	2008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD) [...] (S) SUMMARY. Per ref a, Post is engaged with the Brazilian government to assess Brazil's safety procedures concerning its Air Bridge Denial (ABD) program, in order to make the annual Presidential Determination (PD). Based on regular contacts with the Brazilian Defense Ministry and air tra [...]	2008-06-12 14:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA813	Brazil: Local elections: Lots of Heat, Little Light [...] (SBU) Summary. Campaigning for October 5 municipal elections is getting underway with much media attention and political jockeying but the results will have almost no bearing on national politics. About a fifth of the 513 federal deputies are running for mayor, and the Chamber of Deputies will [...]	2008-06-13 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA822	BRAZIL VIEWS ON DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] (SBU) On 12 June 2008, EST officer delivered ref talking points and non-paper to Minister Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Minister Mourao indicated that Brazil was already part of a civilian nuclear liability conv [...]	2008-06-13 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA823	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-22 VISIT OF SECRETARY [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-06-16 12:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KHLS OVIP ECON BR
08BRASILIA824	Brazil: Tax Treaty Roundtable with Receita Federal [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA836	OAS DISCUSSES PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE [...] Approximately 30 people from nine countries of the Americas (including Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil) attended the OAS event "Trends in the Implementation of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in the Americas" June 04 in Sao Paulo. The discussion took place withi [...]	2008-06-18 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA843	BRAZIL: SATELLITE PIRACY MONITORING HAS BEGUN--SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Following up on Ref. C demarche regarding U.S. military satellite interference by Brazilian radio operators, Brazilian telecommunications regulatory agency, ANATEL POC indicated during a telcon on 9 June that monitoring will take place over the next at least two months and then [...]	2008-06-19 20:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS MARR PINR TSPA BR
08BRASILIA847	U.S. AIRCRAFT IN CONTENTION TO BE BRAZIL'S NEXT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 10, MLO Brasilia obtained an unofficial copy of a Request for Information (RFI - passed electronically to Washington agencies) from the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) concerning the upcoming competition for Brazil,s next fighter aircraft. One U.S. origin fighter, the F- [...]	2008-06-20 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR ETTC BR PREL ETRD EAIR EIND
08BRASILIA848	ENHANCING POL-MIL ENGAGEMENT WITH BRAZIL [...] (C) Per instructions in ref a, post has remained in discussions with the Brazilian MRE and MOD on how best to proceed with building a fuller, more cooperative political military relationship. When Poloffs asked MRE pol-mil advisor Marcos Pinta Gama for his views on prospects for enhancing ou [...]	2008-06-20 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR MARR MOPS PREL
08BRASILIA849	BRAZIL AND EUROPE: PRIORITIES AND PARADOX [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although relations with Europe do not figure highly in Brazilian public statements of foreign policy priorities, Brazil,s relations with the EU and with major European governments are gaining in importance and complexity. As with the United States, Brazilian leaders sometimes [...]	2008-06-20 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR EU
08BRASILIA851	SENIOR BRAZILIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS MIDDLE EAST PEACE, [...] (C) In an office call June 9, the Ambassador discussed Brazil's policies in the Middle East and Africa with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs (II),Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe. Jaguaribe described an intensifying series of reciprocal visits with Middl [...]	2008-06-20 19:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC IR XF ZU BR
08BRASILIA855	Brazil: Do All the Corruption Scandals Matter? [...] (SBU) Summary. Fresh scandal news appears daily in major newspapers, and there are now investigations into at least seven major corruption scandals involving politicians. Experience suggests courts and congressional inquiries will mete out little or no punishment. The constant parade of cor [...]	2008-06-25 16:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM KDEM EAIR BR
08BRASILIA877	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 110 [...] The following is the one-hundred-tenth 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 e [...]	2008-06-27 14:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA880	BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PROMISES TO RAISE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Brazilian presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia on June 25 to express our concern regarding the Bolivian government's lack of concrete assurances to protect our embassy in La Paz. Garcia promised to raise the issue with the Bolivian ambassador (wh [...]	2008-06-27 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG BO BR
08BRASILIA89	BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and EB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan, joined by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Latin America Brian O'Neill, led the US delegation to the successful December 13 Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) with Brazil's Ministry of External A [...]	2008-01-15 15:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BR
08BRASILIA895	INFRASTRUCTURE THREATENS AMAZON FOREST CONSERVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vulnerability of Amazonian rainforests is increasing as a result of rising commodity prices and regional infrastructure integration, as well as global climate change and fire practices. This is the first in a two-part series addressing the regional impacts of agricultural expansion [...]	2008-07-01 16:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON XR BR
08BRASILIA896	CONSTRAINING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BRAZIL [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Brazil's participation in the Annapolis peace conference is now cited by every Itamaraty contact, from Foreign Minister Amorim to Middle East desk officers, as the cornerstone of its growing efforts to exert global lead [...]	2008-07-01 22:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BR
08BRASILIA902	BRAZIL: QUESTIONABLE ON GIVING PRESENTATION DURING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on July 2 regarding Brazil's participation in the Missile Technology Control Regime plenary Information Exchange to Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. In responding to Poloff' [...]	2008-07-03 11:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCR PREL BR
08BRASILIA910	OIL RESTRUCTURIN: AMBASSADOR TALKS TO ENERGY MINISTER LOBAO [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Brazil debates the revision of its oil exploration fee structure in light of its newly discovered presalt reserves, it is clear that the Ministry of Mines and Energy, tasked with making a recommendation to the President, will advise the formation of a new state entity to own th [...]	2008-07-03 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08BRASILIA913	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BRAZIL'S POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim our interest in seeing Brazil recognize Kosovo's independence. Amorim said that Brazil's position had not changed with regard to the need to respect UNSC Resolution 1244 (ref b). However, Brazil's posi [...]	2008-07-07 10:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KPKO PREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA922	AMAZON FOREST STRESSED BY FIRE AND CLIMATE CHANGE [...] SUMMARY. This is the second in a two-part series addressing the impacts of climate change and fire (Part 2),and agricultural expansion and infrastructure integration (Part 1) on Amazon rainforest vulnerability and conservation. Most climate change models predict a 21st century warming and d [...]	2008-07-09 10:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON XR BR
08BRASILIA93	BRAZIL'S NUCLEAR SUBMARINE AMBITIONS [...] (U) This is n action request - see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's leadership, including President Lula and Defense Minister Jobim, have expressed support for production of a Brazilian nuclear submarine in recent months. While serious questions exist as to the proposed vessel's military u [...]	2008-01-15 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	NPT PARM PREL MASS MNUC
08BRASILIA94	BRAZIL CIVAIR: AVIATION BILATERALS HELD IN RIO DEC. 5-6, [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Brazilian delegations met in Rio de Janeiro December 5-6, 2007 for their first formal bilateral aviation consultations in 10 years to focus on liberalization. While the Brazilian negotiators offered a limited number of increased frequencies to limited destinations in t [...]	2008-01-16 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
08BRASILIA943	BRAZIL: LULA TAKES ON THE FOURTH FLEET [...] (C) Summary: During the Mercosul Summit in Argentina, President Lula together with other South American leaders, such as Bolivian president Evo Morales and Venezuelan president Chavez, criticized the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet Chavez, with Lula at his side, called it a "threat" to t [...]	2008-07-10 12:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BR
08BRASILIA955	EMBASSY BRASILIA PHASE 2 RENOVATION ADOPTS GREEN DESIGN [...] The US Embassy Brasilia will be embarking on a Phase 2 Renovation of the Embassy Chancery starting in FY2009 or FY2010. Recognizing the growing importance of environmental issues in Brazil and South America, the Executive Office of the Embassy Brasilia requests that the Office of Buildings Ope [...]	2008-07-14 16:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON XR BR
08BRASILIA958	CONVEYANCE OF THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN TO BRAZIL [...] (SBU) On 2 July 2008, EST officer delivered ref updated copy of the P5+1 package for Iran to Minister Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Minister Mourao expressed appreciation for the delivery of the P5+1 package an [...]	2008-07-14 19:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA964	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil has already shipped nearly all of its FY2008 quota to the U.S. and expects to ship the entire amount. If the U.S. were to open further TR [...]	2008-07-16 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BR
08BRASILIA967	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND ENGAGES ON [...] (U) Summary: On Wednesday, July 2, Ambassador Sobel met with new Minister of Environment, Carlos Minc. During a positive conversation that covered issues ranging from the development of ecotourism in the state of Amazonas to the impending visit to Brazil by USAID Administrator Fore, Ambassador [...]	2008-07-17 14:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
08BRASILIA97	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, joined by PolCouns (notetaker),met with Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Everton Vargas on January 11 to raise Kosovo independence (ref A) and possible Brazilian participation in UNAMID (ref B). Vargas was joined by chi [...]	2008-01-17 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SENV SOCI SNAR UNSC BR
08BRASILIA987	BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD WITH BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ON [...] (C) On July 8, 2008, Defense Attache, Air Force Attache, and Poloff had an initial high-level meeting with Brazilian Air Force generals, Tenente Brigadeiro Paulo Roberto Rohrig de Britto (the number two general in the Brazilian Air Force),Brigaderio Egito, and Colonel Roque to discuss Brazil' [...]	2008-07-21 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR BR
08BRASILIA99	OUTSIDE DEFENSE MINISTRY, BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. I separate meetings, the Ambassador discussed the roposed Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) withMinistry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretay for Political Affairs Everton Vargas and Long-erm Planning Minister Roberto Managabeira Unger. Although Minister of Defense Jobim [...]	2008-01-17 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PTER BR
08BRASILIA993	BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...]	2008-07-21 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR
08BRASILIA998	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil has already shipped nearly all of its FY2008 quota to the U.S. and expects to ship the entire amount. If the U.S. were to open further TR [...]	2008-07-23 20:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD BR
08BRASILIA999	ACTION REQUEST: FOLLOW-UP TO DEMARCHE ON JUAN [...] (C) Summary and action request: On July 21, 2008, Ambassador Sobel brought up the extradition concerns in reftel demarche to Minister of Justice Tarso Genro, objecting to Brazilian imposition of conditions on extraditions that fall outside the bilateral extradition treaty. Minister Genro imme [...]	2008-07-23 21:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR
08BRATISLAVA350	MFA OFFICIALS CAUTIOUS ON CUBA, SEEKING WAYS TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief reviewed reftel points with Dusan Kristofik, Director of the MFA'S America's division, on July 30. Kristofik pointed out that Slovakia covers Colombia and Venezuela from its embassy in Brasilia, so it tries to take advantage of contacts in multilateral settings to reinforce [...]	2008-07-31 17:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER LO CU EU
08BRATISLAVA422	SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON PNG AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 11:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC LO
08BUENOSAIRES1089	ARGENTINA: CFK BOOSTED BY LULA, CHAVEZ VISITS, MIXED [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) used overlapping August 3-5 visits by Brazil's President Lula and Venezuelan President Chavez to try to regain political momentum. Lula's visit focused on renewed Argentine-Brazilian commercial collaboration following a damaging public diverg [...]	2008-08-06 13:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD WTRO AR BR VE
08BUENOSAIRES1279	Argentina: Advocating U.S. Digital TV Standard [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Argentina (GOA) is close to choosing the Japanese-Brazilian digital TV (DTV) standard as a result of a recently-signed bilateral trade, investment, and infrastructure joint declaration with the Government of [...]	2008-09-12 21:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT AR

08BUENOSAIRES1520	Argentina: Finance and Industries Secretaries on G-20 [...] (SBU) GoA Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino confirmed he has taken on the substantive role of formulating Argentina's positions for the upcoming G-20 Summit in Washington and that these positions will be coordinated with those of Brazil at the upcoming November 8-9 Mercosur Summit in Sao Paulo [...]	2008-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1537	Argentina: G-20 Trade Policy Position [...] (SBU) Despite a relatively protectionist response to the global financial crisis, Argentina trade officials say they will work towards consensual and practical trade policy communique language at the G-20 Summit. Argentina will, however, likely object to any Summit calls to resuscitate WTO Do [...]	2008-11-07 13:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1746	Argentine Congress Approves GoA Expropriation of Flag [...] (SBU) On December 17, the Argentine Senate approved a bill to expropriate the troubled national airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, and its smaller sister carrier Austral. The action followed a lower house vote on December 3, and marked the end of almost two decades of Spanish control of the flag [...]	2008-12-24 13:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV EIND PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES259	ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]	2008-02-29 16:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08BUENOSAIRES282	MEDIA REACTION; LATIN AMERICAN CRISIS; 03/04/08 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major local papers extensively report on and carry opinion pieces and editorials related to the three-nation crisis that threatens Latin America's stability after Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and ordered troops to their borders. 2. OPINION PIEC [...]	2008-03-05 07:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES715	ARGENTINA: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR U.S. INTERESTS ON NEW [...] Summary: In recognition of the important U.S. commercial interests that could potentially be affected by the new broadcast bill that the GOA is drafting for submission to Congress in the near future, the Embassy arranged a meeting for the major U.S. broadcasters and content producers operatin [...]	2008-05-23 21:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OVIP PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES764	CODEL DODD MEETS ARGENTINE FM TAIANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra and the Ambassador called on Argentine FM Taiana May 29. On Bolivia, Taiana expressed his worry about the potential for violent conflict despite what he saw as Evo Morales's moderating influence on his radical MAS support bas [...]	2008-06-03 20:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR BL
08CANBERRA1207	AUSTRALIA SHARES CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONISM [...] (C) GOA shares US concerns about protectionism in some G20 members. Australia has already made approaches in several G20 capitals, and is ready to cooperate closely with US. DFAT said the UK should be added to the list of countries taking protectionist steps because of how it has raised i [...]	2008-12-02 07:05:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO AS
08CARACAS457	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO MERCOSUR [...] On April 2, local media reported that Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez expressed Paraguay's support for Venezuela's full membership into the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR),during his recent trip to Caracas. According to ABN, the official BRV news agency, during the signing of [...]	2008-04-03 13:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PA VE
08COPENHAGEN501	Denmark's New Climate Attaches Deployed to Washington, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Cain hosted a lunch on August 19 at his residence in honor of Denmark's newly-named climate attaches, including Hans Jakob Eriksen, who will be posted to the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC. An initiative of the Climate and Energy Ministry, in cooperation with the [...]	2008-09-19 15:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV DA
08COPENHAGEN601	Climate Change: Denmark Restructures to Host COP-15 [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions posed in Ref A. Q. Has your host government altered its bureaucratic structure for addressing climate change over the past 12-18 months? If so, how? How might upcoming elections affect current policy positions and entities? A. Yes. The Danish G [...]	2008-11-14 12:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG DA
08DAMASCUS158	DAMASCUS INTENT ON HOLDING ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: A little more than three weeks from the appointed date, the SARG appears determined to proceed with an Arab summit, even if only seven Arab head's of state attend. Saudi and Egyptian pressure on other Arab countries to downgrade the level of representation in the absence of the [...]	2008-03-05 18:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
08HAVANA956	RAUL VENTURES OFF THE ISLAND, COMMENTS ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: From December 13 to December 18, Raul Castro traveled off the island for the first time since taking over for brother Fidel in July of 2006. The first part of the trip was an awkward stop in Caracas. The second part was to attend regional summits in Costa do Sauipe Brazil and [...]	2008-12-24 16:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CU
08JAKARTA1389	COP9 BASEL CONVENTION ON HAZARDOUS WASTES, JUNE 23-27, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was held June 23-27, 2008, in Bali, Indonesia. A major U.S. objective was achieved in the creation of a partnership t [...]	2008-07-21 05:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG SENV KSCA KTIA PGOV ID
08LAPAZ1828	BRAZIL IN BOLIVIA: BIOFUELS AND PETROBRAS [...] (C) Last year, the Brazilian Ambassador in La Paz called relations with Bolivia "tense and dense." Lula's subsequent visits have seemingly put the relationship back on course. However, official Brazilians working in Bolivia are subject to sudden mandates from Brasilia and the Ministry of For [...]	2008-08-28 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1839	EVO TAKES A PAGE FROM CHAVEZ, RULES BY DECREE AND [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his trip to Libya and Iran, President Evo Morales issued a supreme decree setting December 7 as the date for a nationwide referendum on the governing-MAS party's draft constitution, which would allow for Evo's re-election for two additional five-year terms. At the [...]	2008-08-29 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2055	LIBYA PRESSES EVO TO JOIN SOUTH ATLANTIC ALLIANCE [...] (S) Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact provided PolOff an English-language copy of a Libyan-draft treaty for a South Atlantic Treaty Organization targeted at South American and African nations. The draft agreement appears to combine elements of a free-trade agreement with NATO-like [...]	2008-09-22 21:38:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECIN EMIN EAGR EIND MARR
08LAPAZ315	BOLIVIA REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives and the chance to work with Embassy Peru and the OES Hub in South America to explore the issues facing biofuel development in the two Andean nations. Both Bolivia and Peru hold great promise as producers [...]	2008-02-15 18:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ECON SENV BL
08LAPAZ810	BOLIVIAN MILITARY: LATEST THINKING [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales continues to demand an apology from SouthCom Commander Admiral James Stavridis for allegedly implying Morales has links to terrorism, according to Armed Forces Commander Luis Trigo Antelo. Trigo told our MILGP Commander that without a formal written apology t [...]	2008-04-09 22:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PINR KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LIMA1012	PERU'S REGIONAL RELATIONS POST EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Following the successful EU-LAC summit in May, poloffs spoke to contacts inside and out of government about Peru and the region. Peru's relationship with Brazil got a boost in post-summit bilateral meetings focused on promoting Brazilian investment here. Lima has also publicly [...]	2008-06-11 21:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD PINR PE
08LIMA1107	OLLANTA HUMALA CLAIMS HE CAN SAVE PERU FROM EXTREMISTS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met with opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) leader Ollanta Humala and his wife (and advisor) Nadine Heredia June 18 for a cordial two-hour discussion. Humala argued that the Garcia government is neglecting Peru's mounting social concerns and needs to [...]	2008-06-26 21:33:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PE PGOV PINR PREL
08LIMA1507	CUSCO REGON: POVERTY GROWING AMIDST PLENTY [...] (C) Summary: Recently released poverty statistics from the Cusco region help put Peru's positive national-level macro-economic news into political perspective. According to the National Statistics and Information Institute (INEI),poverty in Cusco actually increased by 4% from 2004-2007 at th [...]	2008-09-12 21:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1552	IMPOVERISHED APURIMAC REGION: ON BRINK OF MINING [...] (C) Summary: Apurimac ranks as Peru's second most impoverished region and is best known to the outside world for its periodic political turbulence. Two mega-mining projects could transform this predominantly agricultural region with massive, multi-billion dollar investments. The prospect of [...]	2008-09-22 15:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR EMIN PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1707	PUNO UPDATE: WATER ISSUES ADD TO INSTABILITY [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland region of Puno, one of Peru's most isolated and impoverished areas, is notorious for wide-open smuggling along its extensive border with Bolivia, sporadic outbreaks of political violence and affinity for extremist leaders and ideologies (refs). Its proximity [...]	2008-10-23 22:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SENV SNAR APECO BO PE
08LIMA177	TAKING THE MARITIME DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE: PERU'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOP continues to emphasize that its decision to take Peru's maritime border dispute with Chile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague should be seen not as an unfriendly act but rather as an effort to resolve an impediment to broader integration. A prominent [...]	2008-01-31 15:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA226	PERU REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-7. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives. Peru is a high priority country (reftels) and our newest free trade agreement partner. Peru allows the import of agbiotech [...]	2008-02-07 14:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG SENV ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO PE
08LIMA389	RADICALS HIJACK CUSCO PROTESTS; CITY LOSES APEC [...] (C... id: 144228 date: 3/4/2008 17:59 refid: 08LIMA389 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0950 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0389/01 0641759 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041759Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8088 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION P [...]	2008-03-04 17:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA397	GARCIA SEEKS SOLUTIONS WITH "AGITATED" CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa flew to Lima on March 4th to meet President Alan Garcia on the first stop of a regional tour to drum up support for his country in the aftermath of Colombia's raid on the FARC inside Ecuador. According to a readout from Peru's Foreign Minister, Co [...]	2008-03-05 21:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CO EC PE
08LIMA417	DESIGNING AN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Instructed by President Garcia, a commission of experts presented draft legislation on March 3 establishing an Environment Ministry in Peru and outlining its structure and responsibilities. After discussion and tweaking by the Council of Ministers, the GOP plans on creating the Ministry [...]	2008-03-07 16:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN PGOV USTR PE
08LIMA72	PERU TAKES CHILE BORDER DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summar id: 137434 date: 1/15/2008 22:55 refid: 08LIMA72 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0003 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0072/01 0152255 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 152255Z JAN 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7654 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNC [...]	2008-01-15 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA876	PERU CREATES ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY, NAMES ENVIRONMENTALIST [...] (U) The Government of Peru officially announced the creation of the Ministry of Environment and named the first Minister, ecologist Antonio Brack. The new Ministry will incorporate most of the existing environmental agencies and technical experts under one roof, and strengthen the government's [...]	2008-05-19 14:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON USTR EXIM PE
08LIMA906	PERU ENERGY BRIEFS - MAY 2008 [...] (U) This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- New Environment Minister sets conditions for sustainable biofuels development; -- Brazil and Peru sign 10 agreements on margins of EU-LAC Summit, including biofuels; -- Brazilian firms to build $2 billion hydroelectric p [...]	2008-05-21 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08MONTEVIDEO303	URUGUAY RESERVED ON SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] (C) This telegram responds to reftel action request for information on insights into the views of host government officials on Brazil's proposed South American Defense Council (CSD) initiative prior to the May 23 South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) Summit in Brasilia. 2. (U) Local medi [...]	2008-05-22 17:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO82	URUGUAY PLANTS VENEZUELAN FLAG IN ANTARCTICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Colorado Party joined forces with Frente Amplio (FA) deputies to approve a Venezuela-sponsored joint expedition to Antarctica that departed Montevideo this week. According to GOU officials, Venezuela aims to become a full consultative party to the Antarctic Tre [...]	2008-02-19 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY VZ UY
08NICOSIA777	CYPRUS TO OPEN EMBASSY IN HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the only surprise in the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's September 24 declaration that it would open an embassy in Havana was that the government had waited so long. Cuba holds a fond spot in the heart of Demetris Christofias, the communist AKEL party chairman elected RoC pr [...]	2008-09-30 09:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CY CU
08OTTAWA1519	NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: CANADA WILL JOIN [...] (SBU) Canada will join consensus on the U.S. proposal for strengthening Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) control of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy [...]	2008-12-04 20:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ENRG ETTC KNNP CA
08OTTAWA379	CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...]	2008-03-14 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO EC CA
08PARAMARIBO128	CORRUPTION IN SURINAME: A HOW-TO-MANUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable details methods of small-scale, endemic corruption in Suriname. While large scale corruption is common and makes the news, small scale corruption is pervasive (ref A). Current rejection by Government of Suriname (GOS) officials of corruption allegations in the U.S. Inte [...]	2008-03-28 10:54:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO16	GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME DIPLOMATIC NOTE GRANTING APPROVAL [...] (U) Below is the text of the official Government of Suriname Diplomatic Note No. 12.938 / AB responding to USG requests for GOS approval test of the Stryker vehicle. BEGIN TEXT: No. 12.938 / AB The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Suriname presents its compliments to the [...]	2008-01-14 18:48:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO82	CUBAN TRANSITION IN THE SURINAMESE MEDIA: WELCOME BALANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Coverage of the transition of power in Cuba by the Surinamese media featured mostly wire stories. Limited commentary was characterized by balance and mild criticism of the Cuban regime. Government of Suriname (GOS) public reflection was also balanced, with the exception of pra [...]	2008-02-28 19:07:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CU NS
08PARIS1118	OECD/Export Credits: Plenary Covers Tied Aid Project, [...] (SBU) Summary: The OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) meetings in Paris on April 21-25, 2008. The U.S. obtained s [...]	2008-06-13 08:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON OECD KCOR CH IN
08PARIS149	MFA AND PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S for the Americas Daniel Parfait described an uncertain way forward to secure the release of FARC hostages following the January 21 visit of Colombian President Uribe to France. While a determined President Sarkozy continues to press the MFA for proposals to obtain Ingrid [...]	2008-01-29 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM FR CO VZ SP SZ VT
08PARIS529	UNESCO - GROUP I MEETING PRE-EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] Summary: The US candidate for the IPDC Bureau was endorsed by Group I at its first Israeli-chaired meeting. Other candidates for IPDC and IFAP were also approved by the Group. Norway briefed the Discussion Group on Executive Board issues, with special mention regarding procedures for the ele [...]	2008-03-19 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
08PORTAUPRINCE795	PRESIDENT LULA REITERATES BRASILIA'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva visited Haiti for seven hours on May 28. meeting at length with President Preval and other senior Haitian officials. He reiterated his nation's support for Haiti and announced that it would build a major dam for the generation of hydroele [...]	2008-06-02 21:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA BR
08PORTOFSPAIN265	T&T UPDATES USOAS AMBASSADOR ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT Ministers and the National Summit Coordinator welcomed the visit of USOAS Ambassador Hector Morales to consult on preparations for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, April 2009 in Port of Spain. T&T aims to unveil the initial draft Summit declaration in mid-July, with text [...]	2008-06-17 17:42:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON PREL EAGR KSUM XM TD
08QUITO1027	PRESIDENTS CORREA AND GARCIA RENEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: A decade of peace between Ecuador and Peru has not met all expectations, but the two governments appear committed to raising the stakes in terms of attention and investment. Presidents Rafael Correa and Alan Garcia and their cabinets met on October 25 in Machala, Ecuador, to mark [...]	2008-10-31 12:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ETRD SMIG EC PE
08QUITO219	ECUADORIANS SUPPORT CORREA BUT WANT FARC OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. A day after President Correa announced that Ecuador cut diplomatic relations with Colombia, the Constituent Assembly suspended its normal business to discuss the Colombian incursion. The Assembly is expected to adopt a resolution condemning the Colombian incursion. The text i [...]	2008-03-04 21:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO228	ECUADORIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS, FARC CAPTURES, FOL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ecuador's Fourth Division Army Commander Narvaez confirmed on March 4 that he had modestly increased border zone deployments but was operating fairly normally, and that the Division's primary mission was still to pursue the FARC. Five suspected FARC insurgents were captured near [...]	2008-03-07 22:35:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER EC CO MX SP
08QUITO247	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 12, President Correa made clear that he wanted to continue working with the United States, including in Ecuador's northern border region. He again vehemently denied an inappropriate relationship with the FARC, saying that would not be in his [...]	2008-03-12 20:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE
08QUITO263	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SANDOVAL [...] (C) Summary: During a positive March 13 meeting with Defense Minister Sandoval, the Ambassador emphasized that we value our relationships with both Colombia and Ecuador and want to continue supporting GOE efforts on the Northern Border. Sandoval recognized how inadequate his resources were [...]	2008-03-14 19:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS EC CO
08QUITO264	ECUADOR: GOE OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION WHILE [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings and phone calls, MFA and MOD officials have sought to maintain positive bilateral relations with the U.S. as well as to communicate GOE efforts against the FARC (see also reftels). The GOE also launched a media campaign to deny and counter continued accu [...]	2008-03-14 21:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PGOV EC CO SP
08QUITO297	SFRC STAFFDEL CARL MEACHAM VISIT TO QUITO [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Carl Meacham, during a visit to Quito on March 19, focused on the March 1 attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador and on Ecuador-Colombia relations. Meacham met separately with officials of the Ministries of F [...]	2008-03-28 10:22:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE
08QUITO327	AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO CORREA'S HARSH CRITICISM OF [...] (SBU) President Rafael Correa, in an April 4 television interview in Loja and again in his April 5 weekly radio address, stated that the GOE would take severe measures to address what he termed Ecuador's intelligence services' failure to provide him complete, timely and accurate information. [...]	2008-04-08 19:23:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO53	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF MEETING WITH ECUADORIAN MOD [...] (C) Please accept my thanks for receiving Dr. Wellington Sandoval, the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense, during the Minister's January 23-26 visit to the U.S. Minister Sandoval's visit comes at a time of opportunities and risks as Ecuador carries out political and economic reforms through its [...]	2008-01-16 20:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO VE
08RECIFE34	NORTHEAST BRAZIL: LANDLESS MOVEMENT TRIES TO RE-INVENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Just as in southern Brazil (reftel),the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST),and their fellow travelers in the always-disadvantaged northeast region, seem to be changing tactics; with confrontation less appealing, they appear to be re-positioning themselves and trying to get o [...]	2008-05-28 00:57:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO138	Brazil Considers Changing Energy Sector Rules [...] (SBU) Brazil is considering changes to its oil sector for the purpose of capturing more revenue from the country's significant newfound "pre-salt" oil reserves. Brazil's National Energy Policy Council will meet later this year to decide how to proceed. Meanwhile, further leasing of offshore exp [...]	2008-06-05 16:59:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
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
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
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
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
08RIODEJANEIRO280	BRAZIL, PETROBRAS APPEAR AMBIVALENT ON ECUADOR OIL [...] (U) Jose Sergio Gabrielli, President of Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras, said October 7 that the company would not renegotiate with the Government of Ecuador on its oil production in the country. The statement was made during the inauguration of Petrobras' P-51 platfor [...]	2008-10-08 17:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL EC AR NI AO LY IN TZ PK
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
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
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
08SANTIAGO1042	BORDER ISSUES IN NORTHERN CHILE: DISPUTES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contested border and drug trafficking can sometimes bedevil relations between Chile and Peru on a national level, while on a local level, officials from communities on both sides of the border appear committed to cooperation. Government officials in the northern Chilean borde [...]	2008-11-28 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MARR SNAR KTIA PREL CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO221	CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...]	2008-03-07 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI
08SANTIAGO77	CHILEAN REACTION TO PERU'S SUBMISSION TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Chilean government categorically rejects Peru's maritime claim and has vowed to use all available legal resources to defeat it. In public, the GOC is taking the moral high ground: it has expressed its "profound regret" at Peru's decision and pledged continued cooperation with [...]	2008-01-25 17:03:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI PE
08SANTIAGO851	UNASUR LEADERS TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNASUR Summit concluded with a commitment from leaders to facilitate dialogue through a UNASUR commission in Bolivia. The leaders also agreed to send a team to investigative the deaths and disappearances in Pando Department and provide (undefined) experts to assist and suppo [...]	2008-09-17 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO975	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. October 31 is a national holiday and Chilean markets will be closed. By week's end, October 30, there was a recovery in copper prices, contin [...]	2008-10-30 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
08SAOPAULO298	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 10:54:00	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
08SAOPAULO691	ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A. Crime Threats: The criminal threat for Sao Paulo is rated critical by the Department of State. Despite reported decreases in crime levels in the State of Sao Paulo, crime is still oppressive and widespread. Much of Sao Paulo,s crimes and violence can be [...]	2008-12-30 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
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
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
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
08STATE116467	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, October 31, 2008 2. (U) Iraq ) Paragraphs 7-15 3. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 16-24 4. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 25-39 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 40-47 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 48-68 7. (U) Iraq 8 [...]	2008-10-31 16:58:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
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
08STATE15551	SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...]	2008-02-14 21:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA
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
08STATE17336	INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an immediate action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) GUIDANCE FOR BERLIN, BRASILIA, CANBERRA, LONDON, OTTAWA, PARIS, ROME, TOKYO, BEIJING, KYIV, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, COPENHAGEN, TEL AVIV, SANTIAGO, WARSAW, SEOUL, THE HAGUE, AND NEW DELHI, USNATO (FOR NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCI [...]	2008-02-21 05:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA
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
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
08STATE45218	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] This is an action cable. Department requests that action addressees present the points in paragraph 7 as a demarche to appropriate host government officials and report responses. Embassies Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Cairo, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico, Pretoria, Santiago, and Singapore are req [...]	2008-04-29 18:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
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
08STATE70837	AGENCIES INVOLVED IN BRAZIL'S SHOOTDOWN PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (S) In response to reftels, State reiterates the critical importance of reviewing U.S. assistance to Brazil's Aerial Bridge Denial (Shootdown) program. This information is necessary to satisfy a specific request from POTUS prior to making [...]	2008-07-02 03:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL SNAR BS
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
08STATE97316	DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will designate two senior Government of Venezuela (GOV) officials and one former official under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin [...]	2008-09-11 15:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08STATE99131	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Brasilia and Pretoria, please see paragraphs 3-6. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Paragraphs 5 and 6 below contain proposals on Outreach and Machine Tools that the U.S. plans to put forward for adoption at the November 2008 Missile Technol [...]	2008-09-16 20:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL
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
08TEGUCIGALPA165	ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION AT THE MIDPOINT: SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. In the fall of 2005, Embassy Country team engaged in an off-site exercise to determine the USG priorities in Honduras, dividing them into five categories. This cable, third in a series, analyzes Manuel Zelaya's administration at the midpoint in regards to one of those priorities: [...]	2008-02-26 18:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KHLS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PTER SMIG SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA171	VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS' BID FOR PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary: After President of the Congress Micheletti was allowed to run for President of Honduras (see reftel) Vice President Elvin Santos was also emboldened to make a run for it. Analysts initially wrote off this bid, as the constitution states that no person who has acted as president [...]	2008-02-27 19:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA212	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER ORELLANA CLEANS HOUSE AT THE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana took office on February 1. On his first day in office, he received the Ambassador and told us of his plans to clean up the Ministry by removing some of the over 500 employees (all party activists) who had been added during former FM Milton Jimenez [...]	2008-03-07 19:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA216	LABOR PAINS BEGIN FOR THE NEW HEALTH MINISTER: [...] (C) Summary: The February 29 decision to privatize a cleaning contract at a public hospital in Tegucigalpa triggered a series of gradually strengthening protests by the 7800-member hospital workers union, SITRAMEDHYS. Nationwide protests ended March 6 after late night negotiations led to a t [...]	2008-03-07 20:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA223	NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO [...] (C) Summary: National Party (NP) Presidential candidate Mario Canahuati is quickly losing supporters and growing increasingly desperate. In private meetings with the Ambassador, he has made serious but unsubstantiated accusations against his main rival, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and some of his a [...]	2008-03-10 22:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA229	PARTY BUSINESS TAKES A BACKSEAT AT HONDURAS, [...] (C) Summary. On Saturday March 8, 2008, the Honduran National Party held a party convention in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Though party business was alleged to be on the agenda, the event more closely resembled a political rally for party boss Pepe Lobo, while his competitors for the pa [...]	2008-03-11 22:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA242	GOH NEAR AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON STANDBY [...] (C) Summary: Sources here expect the IMF Board next month to approve a Precautionary Standby Agreement with Honduras. Under this agreement, which represents a lower level of ambition than what was being discussed in January (ref B),Honduras is to stabilize its international reserves and deval [...]	2008-03-14 14:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA243	INCUMBENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER REAPPOINTED [...] (U) The incumbent head of the Honduran Human Rights Commission, Ramon Custodio, was reappointed by the Honduran National Congress to another six-year term on Wednesday. Custodio has been active in Human Rights since the 1980's and has been Human Rights Commissioner since 2002. The reappointm [...]	2008-03-14 14:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA454	VULNERABILITIES OF HONDURAN IDENTITY DOCUMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite significant progress in improving the security of document issuance systems and the physical integrity of Honduran passports and national identification (ID) cards, serious vulnerabilities remain. Low salaries at Honduran Immigration and the National Registry of Person [...]	2008-05-14 19:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KFRD CVIS SMIG HO
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
09ASUNCION6	PARAGUAY CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA [...] (U) The Paraguayan government issued a statement January 5 expressing "deep concern at the violence and instability in the Gaza Strip." The government urged parties involved to "immediately cease military action," and seek a peaceful solution through dialogue with strong respect for internat [...]	2009-01-06 22:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PA
09ASUNCION695	PARAGUAY UNLIKELY TO APPROVE VENEZUELA'S MERCOSUR [...] (U) Despite President Fernando Lugo's strong political support in favor of Venezuela's entry into Mercosur (ref A),Paraguay's Congress, the population in general, and leading daily newspaper ABC Color remain opposed to the measure. While Lugo asked Congress to approve Venezuela's admission in Octo [...]	2009-12-29 16:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINT ECIN ECON PGOV PA VE
09BAGHDAD2680	FRAUD SUMMARY - BAGHDAD [...] Security remains a concern in Iraq; however, conditions are gradually improving. Traveling both domestically and around the region remains difficult for Iraqi nationals. High numbers of Iraqis continue to pursue plans to immigrate to the US for economic and security reasons. Post is prepari [...]	2009-10-06 03:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREF KFRD IZ
09BAKU944	AZERBAIJAN: IRANIAN ALBORZ RIG QUERY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 5 and 7. Summary ------- 2. (S) As per reftel A, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov confirmed the presence of foreigners, specifically Norwegians, on board the Iranian Alborz semisubmersible drilling rig. U.S. intelligence [...]	2009-12-08 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	EPET ECON PREL IR AJ
09BEIJING1522	Brazilian President Lula's Trip [...] (SBU) Summary. During President Lula's trip to China, Brazil and China reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen their relationship and finalized China Development Bank's (CDB) $10 billion loan to Petrobras. Details of the deal indicate that China will not acquire stakes in any Brazilian oil [...]	2009-06-08 01:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN EPET
09BEIRUT592	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...]	2009-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
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
09BOGOTA2908	VFM FORERO GIVES AMBASSADOR READOUT ON UNASUR MEETING; AGREES TO LOWKEY DCA SIGNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	CO HO KJUS KTIA MARR PGOV PHUM PREL VZ XM
09BOGOTA3093	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR TIES THAWING [...] (C/NF) Colombia and Ecuador announced on September 24 that they had begun the process of re-establishing diplomatic relations, which Ecuador severed in March 2008 after a Colombian military raid against a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuadorian territory. The two sides [...]	2009-09-29 15:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC
09BOGOTA3269	JUAN MANUEL SANTOS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS WITH [...] (C) Former Minister of Defense and pre-candidate for President Juan Manuel Santos told Ambassador October 23 he believes President Alvaro Uribe is leaning toward reelection but may fail to fulfill the legal and electoral steps to achieve it. While promoting the third term for Uribe, Santos is [...]	2009-10-27 23:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM CO EC VE
09BOGOTA3585	Charge Discusses Venezuela, Ecuador and Mercosur with Acting [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero told the Charge on December 18 that the GOC had sent a letter to UN Security Council members responding to Venezuela's call for a discussion on the alleged international threat posed by Colombia's security problems. The letter was intended to give UN [...]	2009-12-21 14:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY
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

09BRASILIA1012	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (C) Post delivered the reftel points to Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Santiago Mourao. Mourao responded that Brazil was considering making a presentation at the plenary IE but had not yet decided on what subject. 2. (C) As the [...]	2009-08-14 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA
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
09BRASILIA1040	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (C) Post has recently held extensive conversations with Brazilian authorities on the NPT revcon, particularly in connection with the August 5-6 visit of NSC WMD coordinator Samore (reported septel). Brazil believes that a successful revcon will be in its interest but defines success as the [...]	2009-08-20 20:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
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
09BRASILIA1081	BRAZIL H1N1 UPDATE - AUGUST 2009 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. OVERALL SITUATION 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu has caused a considerable amount of concern among the Brazilian population. Doctors anecdotally report that their patients are coming in for minor cold an [...]	2009-08-28 18:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA1112	BRAZIL MORE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE or Itamaraty) has no immediate response to our request in ref A to provide $10 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The relevant MRE department heads were receptive to the idea of a further Brazilian co [...]	2009-09-04 20:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EAID KWBG OPDC IS
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
09BRASILIA1188	BRAZILIAN UNDERSECRETARY TALKS AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. In his September 21 introductory lunch with the Charge D'Affaires, Ambassador Piragibe Tarrago, the recently named Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Under-Secretary for the newly created Middle Eastern and African Affairs portfolio, provided insight into Brazil's evolving dev [...]	2009-09-23 18:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS
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
09BRASILIA1391	PERES AND ABBAS VISITS IN PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary. The November visits by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, both shortly in advance of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit (ref A),led to few substantive results but helped Brazil craft its narrative as a hopeful emerging player in the Middl [...]	2009-12-02 17:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM KPAL IS IR
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
09BRASILIA1428	USAID/Brazil and Brazil's Agency for Cooperation Visit Haiti [...] SUMMARY: From November 22-26, USAID/Brazil, together with the Brazilian Agency for International Cooperation (ABC) visited Port-au-Prince to identify opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Haiti. Activities including project site visits and stakeholder meetings with Government of Haiti of [...]	2009-12-08 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI KSCA HA ECON
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
09BRASILIA1480	FY 2010 INITIAL ICASS INVOICES - ICASS TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 10:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD ASEC AMGT AFIN KICA
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
09BRASILIA24	ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - - FOR EMBASSY [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO THE ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT ARE KEYED TO REFTEL: I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CRIME AND SAFETY THREATS FACING AMERICANS IN COUNTRY. A. CRIME THREATS; VEHICLE THEFTS, PERSONAL ROBBERIES AND RESIDENTIAL THEFTS. C [...]	2009-01-07 16:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER
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
09BRASILIA273	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: AMBASSADOR MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 6, USG Summit of the Americas (SOA) Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales met with a team from the Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) led by Secretary General for Political Affairs Ambassador Vera Machado and including Brazilian Summit Coordinator Carlos D [...]	2009-03-10 13:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENGR PREL ETRD EFIN EAGR
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
09BRASILIA375	"DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) First Secretary Carlos Eduardo Da Cunha Oliveira, in the Division of Human Rights of the Ministry of Exterior told poloff on March 25 that Brazil would abstain and offer an explanation of its vote. 2. (SBU)Oliveira explained that the Defamation of Religion Resolution underwent some ch [...]	2009-03-26 18:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF
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
09BRASILIA422	PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Brazil views Dinah Shelton very favorably but may have to vote for another candidate to repay obligations incurred in another election. Counselor Marcia Adorno, head of the Ministry of Exterior Relations's Division of Human Rights, told poloff on April 2 that she was familiar with Dinah [...]	2009-04-06 16:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC
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
09BRASILIA431	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil plans to ship its full allocation of the FY2009 sugar TRQ to the United States for delivery by September 30, 2009. If there is a realloc [...]	2009-04-07 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD
09BRASILIA435	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil plans to ship its full allocation of the FY2009 sugar TRQ to the United States for delivery by September 30, 2009. If there is a realloc [...]	2009-04-08 13:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD
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
09BRASILIA523	MGSF01: H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL - SITREP NO.2 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 Flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of Tuesday, April 28,tThe National Agency on Health Vigilance (A [...]	2009-04-29 10:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
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
09BRASILIA530	MGSF01: H1N1 FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #3 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 29 the Brazilian Health Ministry and National Agency on [...]	2009-04-30 10:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH CASC ECON EAGR AEMR ASEC KSAF KFLO
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
09BRASILIA538	MGSF01: SWINE FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #4 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which may be due more to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necessary testi [...]	2009-05-04 10:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA542	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP # 5 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 influenza outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necess [...]	2009-05-04 20:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL AMED CASC KFLO
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
09BRASILIA552	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #6 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testing. T [...]	2009-05-05 20:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA560	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #7 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testi [...]	2009-05-06 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA566	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #8 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (U) On Thursday, May 7, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported that laboratory tests have confirmed four cases of the H1N1 flu in three Brazilian states - Sao Paulo [...]	2009-05-08 14:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA578	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 19:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA579	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 8 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report four confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The four cases are spread thro [...]	2009-05-08 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
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
09BRASILIA600	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #10 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the morning of May 11 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout [...]	2009-05-11 21:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA609	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #11 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of May 13 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout five st [...]	2009-05-13 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA655	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #12 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 22, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. A new case - the ninth altogether - was conf [...]	2009-05-22 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA671	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL THOMPSON MAY 27-28 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is accelerating and being given added weight with the rapid growth of Brazil's regional and global eco [...]	2009-05-27 15:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PTER KCRM SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN
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
09BRASILIA681	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #13 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) Mission Brazil is monitoring the situation of four American citizens who are being held in quarantine at a hospital in the city of Palmas, state of Tocantins, und [...]	2009-05-29 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA685	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #14 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. As of June 2, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting 21 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus spread throughout six of the country's 26 states and the feder [...]	2009-06-02 21:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA824	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #16 - AMCIT [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: 2. (SBU) Consular Section Sao Paulo is receiving early reports that a visiting American citizen has passed away in Rio Grande do Sul State. H1N1 is the suspected, bu [...]	2009-06-26 20:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BRASILIA871	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #17 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: - REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of July 10, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed 977 cases of the H1N1 virus spread throughout 25 of the country's 26 [...]	2009-07-13 10:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
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
09BUENOSAIRES1231	ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE GOALS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Buenos Aires on October 26-27, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk successfully identified areas of common interest and support going in to the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Candid [...]	2009-11-17 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA ENRG AR KNNP
09BUENOSAIRES1279	Argentina: Deutsche Bank Country Chief Pessimistic About [...] (C) Marcelo Blanco, Argentina Country Director for Deutsche Bank, gave the Ambassador, DCM, and EconCouns on December 7 a very pessimistic assessment regarding the chances for a holdout deal in the immediate future. Blanco is the point-man for one of the three banks working with the GOA to co [...]	2009-12-09 21:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EINT AR PGOV
09BUENOSAIRES1291	Argentina: GOA Creates USD 6.6 Billion Reserves Fund to [...] (C) The GOA has decided to use Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) reserves to create a quasi escrow fund to guarantee the payment of its regularly scheduled 2010 debt service obligations. While many analysts think the move will facilitate further government spending and thereby damage Argentina' [...]	2009-12-18 21:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1304	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 20-25 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 20-25, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-12-01 13:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
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
09BUENOSAIRES139	ARGENTINA: GOA REQUESTS FAA SECURITY REASSESSMENT DELAY [...] (SBU) Econoff and Defense Attache delivered reftel demarche to Brigadier (two stars) Marcelo Adolfo Ayerdi, the new head of the Comando Regiones Aereas (CRA),February 6. On February 9, Post received a letter response from Ayerdi requesting that the proposed formal reassessment be delayed "no [...]	2009-02-10 17:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES156	Argentina: Airport Landing Fee Decrease and User Fee [...] (SBU) After announcing cuts in aircraft landing fees and linked increases in airport passenger user fees in late February, the GoA has rescinded the move, reportedly at the behest of former President Nestor Kirchner. International carriers had been promised the landing fee cuts in December 200 [...]	2009-02-13 14:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL AR
09CARACAS1059	VENEZUELA'S AGENDA FOR THE AFRICA - SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela is hosting an Africa - South America heads of state summit on Margarita Island in September 2009. A chaotic July 20-23 coordination meeting in Caracas for South American and African representatives suggests Venezuela is planning to use its position as host to ram through a co [...]	2009-08-13 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS139	GIVE US YOUR TIRED, WEARY, DISEASED,LIVESTOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to knowledgeable industry representatives, Venezuela continues to import cattle without appropriate controls against animal disease. The most recent example brought to our attention is cows purchased from Cuba that suffer from leucosis, for which there are tests. Appa [...]	2009-02-03 13:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS1473	RE: MUNICIPALITY CONTINUES TO RESIST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Venezuela (GBRV) authorities continue to block efforts by Caracas' opposition led municipality of Chacao to build a new civic center on the former site of a popular weekend market. Opposition Chacao Mayor Emilio Grateron ordered construction to begin on Nove [...]	2009-11-19 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1475	Venezuela: Deciphering the Current Electricity Crisis [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's current electrical crisis is serious and complex, with problems that may yet present a "perfect storm" for policymakers. While acknowledging problems in maintenance delays and planning shortfalls in augmenting electricity infrastructure, President Chavez cites increase [...]	2009-11-20 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1477	PSUV HOLDS "TRANSPARENT" INTERNAL ELECTIONS, BUT REFUSES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) held nationwide elections on a rainy November 15 for its party congress (reftel). Despite repeatedly trumpeting the balloting as a display of transparency and democracy that the opposition lacks, the PSUV abruptly ch [...]	2009-11-20 16:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1479	FEDERAL COUNCIL LAW TO CENTRALIZE POWER AWAY FROM LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) passed the draft Organic Law of the Federal Government Council in a first vote, which appears engineered to create a parallel structure that could greatly diminish the funding and responsibilities currently granted to governors and m [...]	2009-11-20 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1483	VENEZUELA DESTROY BORDER BRIDGES; ACCUSES COLOMBIA OF [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Army troops on November 19 demolished two locally constructed foot bridges joining villages in Colombia and Venezuela. General Aguero of the 2ND Infantry Division, at a press conference later that day, claimed the structures were "pedestrian crossings used by dr [...]	2009-11-20 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR CO VE OAS
09CARACAS1489	Students Occupy Embassies; Plan Second Hunger Strike [...] (C) On November 19 student activist Julio Rivas told Polcouns and Human Rights Officer that students would convene a demonstration in Caracas on November 21 in which they would announce their initiation of a second round of political actions, to include a hunger strike by about 50 student [...]	2009-11-20 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1491	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL OF FOUR PRIVATE BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced November 20 that it was taking control of four private banks recently bought (or in the process of being bought) by Ricardo Fernandez, a businessman with close ties to the GBRV. The intervention is taking place with "open doors," i.e [...]	2009-11-20 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1493	FM Maduro Rails Against U.S. and DCA in Meeting of [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro inaugurated the first "International Meeting of Leftist Parties" in Caracas on November 19 with a televised diatribe against the United States. Calling the coup in Honduras a "coup against ALBA," and the Defense Cooperation Agreem [...]	2009-11-20 22:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1501	Chavez Focuses Meeting of International Leftist Parties on [...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 Meeting of International Leftist Parties, President Chavez called on the parties to unite against the United States and said the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia (DCA) threatened the entire hemisphere. He also called convicte [...]	2009-11-25 21:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1509	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT SHUTS 4 BANKS AMID RUMORS OF CHAVISTA [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced on November 30 it will liquidate two of the four banks it took control of November 20 and temporarily close the other two as it tries to "rehabilitate" them. The intervening period of November 20-30, during which transactions proceeded [...]	2009-12-01 15:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV
09CARACAS1515	CARACAS STRUGGLES TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 26, Caracas residents blocked a major highway with burning tires to protest the growing piles of trash that had accumulated along the streets of the Libertador municipality. Despite an earlier promise by Libertador Mayor Jorge Rodriguez to resolve the crisis by Novemb [...]	2009-12-01 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELAB SENV KCOR VE
09CARACAS1517	Ambassadors Discuss Expulsion of Colombian Miners/Colombian [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, Ambassador met with Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela Maria Luisa Chiappe at the residence of Mexican Embassy Political Counselor Maria Elena Alcaraz, at the former's request. Ambassador Chiappe confirmed reports that late last week approximately 500 miners - m [...]	2009-12-02 18:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CO VE
09CARACAS1519	Opposition Officials Attacked During Protest Of Budget Cuts [...] (C) Summary: Leading opposition officials held a march in downtown Caracas on December 1 in protest of proposed cuts of the 2010 allocation of funds from the central government to the states. In an unusually strong show of opposition unity, Miranda Governor Henrique Capriles Rodonski was jo [...]	2009-12-02 18:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN VE
09CARACAS1523	RE: Second Student Led Hunger Strike at Risk of Fizzling Out [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the November 21 announcement by student activist Julio Rivas of a second student-led hunger strike to demand a visit by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH),the number of students participating in the hunger strike has dropped from its pea [...]	2009-12-03 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1529	COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty years of civil war in Colombia have created a unique situation where four generations of refugees, totaling an estimated 6 million people, call Venezuela home. Colombian expatriates are integrated at every level of Venezuelan society, from casual day laborers to pro [...]	2009-12-04 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PTER CO VE IOM
09CARACAS1535	DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) As requested in Reftel, PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on December 4 on the "combating defamation of religions" resolution before the UN General Assembly. Using the non-paper, PolCouns urged the Venezuelan government against supporting the resolution. The officia [...]	2009-12-07 21:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PHUM VE
09CARACAS1537	Venezuelan government takes over three additional banks; key [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced December 4 that it was taking control of three more banks, in addition to the four it took over November 20. While these three banks are small, the growing scale of the GBRV's intervention has had a number of repercussions in the financial sec [...]	2009-12-07 22:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1541	VENEZUELA'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IN DISARRAY AS GBRV SHIFTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan doctors have accused the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) of politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans. In recent months, protests have paralyzed hospitals across Venezuela as doctors and patients have complained of shortages of medical supplies, [...]	2009-12-08 16:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELAB HURI VE
09CARACAS1543	Sucre Municipality Opposition Mayor Focuses On Barrios [...] (C) Summary: Carlos Ocariz, the opposition mayor of the Municipality of Sucre in Greater Caracas, has focused on governing, rather than politicking since assuming office in November 2008. His approval ratings have increased since taking office, and his work on social programs, public services, and [...]	2009-12-10 15:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR VE
09CARACAS1545	OAS Visit Ends Student Hunger Strike; Student Confrontation [...] (SBU) Summary: Student activist Julio Rivas claimed victory and ended his 18-day hunger strike on December 8 after a visit to Caracas by an OAS team that listened to the students' concerns and announced a January 2010 visit to Venezuela by OAS Secretary General Insulza. In a separate i [...]	2009-12-10 23:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1547	TWO CHAVISTAS ELECTED AS NEW "INDEPENDENT" CNE RECTORS [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) selected two new rectors to the five-person committee that oversees the National Electoral Council (CNE),replacing the two outgoing Chavista rectors with two more of the party faithful. Incoming rectors Socorro Hernandez and Tania D'Amelio, respectiv [...]	2009-12-11 17:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1551	VENEZUELA'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IN DISARRAY AS GBRV SHIFTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan doctors have accused the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) of politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans. In recent months, protests have paralyzed hospitals across Venezuela as doctors and patients have complained of shortages of medical supplies, delay [...]	2009-12-14 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB HURI PGOV VE
09CARACAS1553	GBRV Takes Over Another Small Bank, Raising Total to Eight [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) took over another small bank due to "a situation of illiquidity," raising the total in the ongoing episode to eight. This bank, Banorte, fits the pattern of the other seven banks in that it was bought recently by a new entrant to [...]	2009-12-14 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV
09CARACAS1555	CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT: DIVISION OF POWERS WEAKENS THE STATE [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez publicly echoed comments made by President of the Supreme Court (TSJ) Luisa Estella Morales December 5 that "the division of powers weakens the state." The local media has speculated that the comments suggest that Chavez might try to convoke a constituent assem [...]	2009-12-15 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1557	GBRV ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR ANOTHER OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government (GBRV) issued an arrest warrant December 8 for Ramon Martinez, an ex-governor and the nominal president of the Podemos opposition party, on corruption charges. Although the case has generated only minimal press interest, the prosecution is probably tar [...]	2009-12-15 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1559	C-AL9-02397 GBRV TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON COLOMBIAN IMPORTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, the Executive President of the Venezuelan-Colombian Economic Integration Board (CAVECOL),Luis Alberto Russian, told EconOffs that while custom offices remain open on the Colombian border the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has erected a series of administrative barrier [...]	2009-12-16 13:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PINR PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1561	VENEZUELA: NEW PORT AUTHORITIES CHARACTERIZED BY DECLINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shipping company representatives report that port conditions improved immediately after the nationalization of Venezuelan port operations in June 2009 when the government retrieved thousands of containers that had been left in the ports. This improvement, though, was short-lived as [...]	2009-12-16 13:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT EWWT VE MARR PGOV PREL ETRD
09CARACAS1563	MILITARY REFORMS CONSOLIDATE CHAVEZ AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: The October 5 approval by the National Assembly (AN) of 45 changes to the year-old Organic Law of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and a revision of the Law on Conscription and Enlistment surprised military watchers and NGOs. The new reforms increase the presidency's contro [...]	2009-12-17 00:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV CO VE
09CARACAS1565	TRIBAL DEATHS HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT LAND TRANSFER PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Summary: The October 13 killing of three members of the Yukpa tribe in the border state of Zulia highlighted the tension surrounding the Venezuelan government's (GBRV's) land transfer program. The killings, supposedly by other Yukpa members, followed the alleged theft of 124 cattle two d [...]	2009-12-17 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1567	Venezuela: PDVSA Experiencing Quality Control Problems [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is experiencing quality control problems with refined product and upgraded crude oil and is bearing significant costs due to these problems. The Venezuelan national oil company has prioritized the supply of gasoline and other petroleum products to its domestic market over it [...]	2009-12-17 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CH VE
09CARACAS1581	Venezuela Hosts New FARC-Affiliated Organization [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting in Caracas on December 7-9, about 1,000 delegates from 24 countries established the Continental Bolivarian Movement (MCB),named FARC leader Alfonso Cano its honorary president, and expressed support for the FARC and for President Chavez's fight against "U.S. imperia [...]	2009-12-21 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1587	CHAVEZ VOWS TO SHOOT DOWN "SPY" PLANES [...] (SBU) In his nationally-televised weekly Alo Presidente show on December 20, President Chavez accused Colombian President Uribe of having "handed over Colombia to the yankees" and having allowed them to send unmanned aircraft into Venezuelan airspace near the Colombian border. Chavez said tha [...]	2009-12-22 20:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1591	GRBV UNDEREPORTS H1N1, DENGUE AND MALARIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of December 17, the Venezuelan Ministry of Health has reported 2,697 laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 and 117 deaths associated with the virus. Many medical experts claim that the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has underreported the prevalence of H1N1, based on the mortality r [...]	2009-12-23 14:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE KFLU KHIV AMED
09CARACAS1593	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S CVP LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) official provided insight into the structure of PDVSA's Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (or CVP by its Spanish acronym) board of directors, current production numbers, and noted current Russian and Chinese difficulties [...]	2009-12-23 15:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON RS CH VE
09CARACAS1599	CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...]	2009-12-29 22:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE
09CARACAS1605	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON VOTING [...] (C) On December 29, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that despite its earlier promise to release information about the revised boundaries of voting districts before the end of 2009 (reftel),it would instead do so by January 20, 2010. The information about the revis [...]	2009-12-31 17:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
09CARACAS1607	CHAVEZ CLAIMS VENEZUELA HAS "GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE" [...] (SBU) President Chavez and the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry made statements during the week of December 28 regarding the Spanish criticism of Venezuela's role at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and U.S. policy toward Iran. Both statements are suggestive of President Chavez's [...]	2009-12-31 19:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SENV SP KGHG IR
09DHAKA1081	BANGLADESH RESPONSE: QDDR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the QDDR process. Bangladesh is home to 150 million people crowded into an area the size of Wisconsin. This desperately poor nation faces immense challenges, including with regard to food security and climate change. Bangladesh i [...]	2009-12-01 04:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI BG
09DOHA188	LONG-WINDED CHAVEZ EXPECTED AT MARCH 31 ARAB-SOUTH [...] (SBU) On March 31, Qatar will host in Doha the Second Arab-South American Summit. The timing of the Summit aims to take advantage of the presence in Doha of Arab League heads of state, who will be meeting here March 29-30. MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi told [...]	2009-03-17 12:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WGG AL XR UY QA
09DOHA235	IN THE SHADOW OF AL-BASHIR AND CHAVEZ, ARAB AND [...] (SBU) The Second Arab-South America Summit was held in Doha on March 31. Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Arab League, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet delivered opening remarks on behalf of the South American states. 2. (SBU) With characterist [...]	2009-04-01 15:05:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WBG XR AL QA SU
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
09GEORGETOWN367	GUYANA'S GREAT CARBON-BASED HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo recently launched a Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which he hopes will transform Guyana,s economy, conserve its forests and contribute to the global effort of reducing climate-changing carbon emissions. The strategy,s feasibility hinges on UN climate nego [...]	2009-07-10 14:15:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	CARICOM EAGR ECON ENRG
09LAPAZ1141	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...]	2009-08-04 20:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ968	BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...]	2009-06-30 14:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LIMA1053	FUJIMORI SENTENCED TO 7.5 YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on July 20 to seven years and six months for embezzlement charges, in connection with a $15 million "severance" payment to then-intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori admitted guilt on the first day of the trial in orde [...]	2009-07-22 16:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM PE

09LIMA1350	PERU RESUMES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Overcoming past shortcomings and deserved skepticism, Peru recently resumed humanitarian demining (HD) operations in parts of its shared border with Ecuador and at other sites within its territory. Senior GOP officials expressed gratitude for the USG's "crucial" assistance, and [...]	2009-09-14 22:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KHDP MOPS PTER SOCI EC PE
09LIMA146	GARCIA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: At the ... id: 190261 date: 2/3/2009 22:13 refid: 09LIMA146 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 032213Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9983 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIO [...]	2009-02-03 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON EFIN ETRD PE
09LIMA1561	HUMALA: HEDGING BETS IN RUN UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ollanta Humala -- who nearly won the 2006 presidential elections on a populist platform -- heads a Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) pursuing an ambiguous dual-track political path. According to insiders, the party continues to have "one foot inside and the other [...]	2009-10-21 20:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR PE
09LIMA1611	PERU AND ECUADOR: GOOD VIBES AT 3RD BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Alan Garcia and Rafael Correa presided jointly over the Third Binational Ministerial that concluded in Piura, Peru on October 22. According to press accounts and our MFA contacts, bilateral discussions were infused with good feelings and helped advance two of Peru's ke [...]	2009-10-29 23:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KHDP EC PE
09LIMA1675	Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit- Reinvigorated [...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),under new management since February 2009, has shown renewed vigor as demonstrated by the exponential increase in the number of intelligence reports entering the judicial system compared to 2008. Based on these cases, the FIU estimate [...]	2009-12-01 19:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINT PTER SNAR PE KTFN DEA TRSY
09LIMA637	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OLLANTA HUMALA [...] (C) Summary: I met one-... id: 205404 date: 5/4/2009 16:16 refid: 09LIMA637 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0006 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0637/01 1241616 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041616Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0500 INFO RUEH [...]	2009-05-04 16:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA697	NEWSPAPER ALLEGES HUMALA LINKS TO VENEZUELAN CASH [...] (... id: 207110 date: 5/14/2009 21:04 refid: 09LIMA697 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0697/01 1342104 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 142104Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0565 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION [...]	2009-05-14 21:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER VE PE
09LISBON118	PORTUGAL: USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER TRANSMITTED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 16:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV OTRA PGOV PO
09MADRID1196	SPAIN: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON RUN-UP TO NPT REVCON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid bilateral meeting on preparations for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon),Spanish MFA non-proliferation officials appeared well disposed to cooperate with the USG regarding the RevCon and explicitly asked how Spain, as rotating EU Pr [...]	2009-12-18 11:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09MANAGUA1091	Nicaragua's November 21 Dueling Marches, Some Violence [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, November 21, civil society together with opposition parties will march on the streets of Managua to protest the 2008 municipal election fraud and the re-election of President Daniel Ortega. On the same day (and on nearby streets) the governing Sandinista National Libe [...]	2009-11-20 14:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1103	Nicaraguans Successfully March Against Ortega [...] (C) Summary: Despite the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) tactics to suppress marcher turnout, on November 21 civil society and the opposition successfully gathered approximately 25,000 participants to protest President Daniel Ortega's authoritarian manner of governance. [...]	2009-11-24 22:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP NU
09MANAGUA1127	Ortega Dismisses OAS and Democratic Charter [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 28 speech, President Daniel Ortega described the recent Honduran elections as a political process lacking legitimacy, meant only to legitimize the coup d'etat. The elections, he argued, made it clear that the Inter-American Democratic Charter and the Organization of Ame [...]	2009-12-04 19:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA1131	Cuba's Ambassador to Nicaragua PNGed? [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, one of Nicaragua's leading dailies (El Nuevo Diario) reported that Cuba's ambassador to Nicaragua (Luis Hernandez Ojeda) concluded his assignment and left the country December 4 under suspicious circumstances. Hernandez presented his credentials to President Daniel Ortega in [...]	2009-12-09 20:49:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1137	OPPOSITION UNITY TALKS CONTINUE - ARNOLDO ALEMAN REMAINS KEY [...] (C) Summary. In a December 3 meeting, a group of prominent Nicaraguan business and political leaders reported to the Ambassador on their efforts to promote opposition unity. The group, several of whom had traveled to Washington the week before for a talk at the Inter American Dialogue and fo [...]	2009-12-11 16:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1141	National Assembly Passage of Bills Points to Pacto [...] (C) Summary: On December 3, the National Assembly approved a fiscal reform bill, the 2010 national budget, and a non-binding resolution against Ortega's re-election efforts. The manner in which these three bills passed lead many to believe that the corrupt power-sharing agreement ("pacto") be [...]	2009-12-15 23:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1149	Lords of the Narco-Coast: Part I - Deadly Confrontation at [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, after a plane laden with cocaine and cash crash landed in the remote, small village of Walpa Siksa in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN),a deadly confrontation took place between Nicaraguan anti-drug units and drug smugglers allied with a some number of loc [...]	2009-12-21 22:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL KCOR ASEC NU
09MANAGUA1155	Independent Media Continue to Suffer, While Official Media [...] (C) Summary: As the independent media (and particularly independent radio) continue to suffer as a result of government and economic pressures, media owned or affiliated with the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) continue to grow. This has led independent media to limit th [...]	2009-12-22 14:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECPS ECON EAID NU
09MAPUTO966	U.S.-BRAZIL COOPERATION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mozambique's considerable assistance needs offer an array of opportunities for joint U.S.)Brazil cooperation. While the health sector continues to be the most promising, additional collaboration is now proposed in food security and agriculture, and is also possible in energy, [...]	2009-08-31 09:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHIV EAGR ETRD ECON SOCI KPKO SMIL
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
09MONTEVIDEO104	URUGUAY PROPOSES NEXT STEPS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. Emboffs discussed the current state of Uruguay's energy sector and potential next steps within the framework of the U.S.-Uruguay alternative energy MOU in a meeting with the Uruguayan National Directorate of Energy and Nuclear Technology (DNENT) February 18. Uruguay seeks to reduce [...]	2009-02-20 15:56:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PREL SENV UY
09MONTEVIDEO121	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO TRAVEL TO BRASILIA [...] (C) President Vazquez plans to travel to Brasilia March 10 for a meeting with President Lula. That summit is expected to produce agreement on several issues, according to FM Gonzalo Fernandez, including commitments to eliminate a longstanding tariff problem between the two countries and to in [...]	2009-03-03 16:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
09MONTEVIDEO4	URUGUAY: GOU AND URUGUAYAN PRESS KEEP BALANCE ON [...] (U) Both the Government of Uruguay and most Uruguayan media have taken a balanced view of the situation in Gaza. The GOU's public comments have been limited to a single press release by the MFA December 29 that stressed the GOU's concern regarding the escalation of violence and urged all parti [...]	2009-01-08 15:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR UR
09MONTEVIDEO454	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ NONCOMMITTAL AS [...] (U) Summary. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe took his whirlwind tour of South America to Uruguay August 6, meeting with President Tabare Vazquez to solicit the Uruguayan leader's support for an agreement granting U.S. forces access to seven Colombian military bases. Vazquez expressed Urug [...]	2009-08-07 14:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	CO PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO489	URUGUAY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ARGENTINA: NOT THE [...] (C) The relationship between Uruguay and Argentina, which has been strained since early 2006 by a dispute over the installation of a cellulose pulp plant on the Uruguayan shore of the Uruguay River, has continued to deteriorate. Political tensions, which range from the three-year long blockade [...]	2009-08-21 14:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN EINV ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO498	URUGUAY: DAS MCMULLEN EXPLAINS U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] (C) WHA DAS Chris McMullen visited Montevideo August 26 to provide background and information on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Foreign Minister Fernandez and to the Uruguayan public. Fernandez told him that Uruguay would do what it could to ensure the success of the [...]	2009-08-27 19:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MOTT UY
09MONTEVIDEO565	COMPLETION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCESS FOR [...] Embassy Montevideo is pleased to inform that Uruguayan nominee for attendance to the "Major Financial Crimes Conference" to be held in Rio de Janeiro has been successfully vetted at post. In accordance to Leahy vetting, Uruguay is part of the Fast Track approved countries, State 87762, theref [...]	2009-09-30 14:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM MARR PHUM SMIG SMAR
09MONTEVIDEO59	URUGUAY: STRENGTHENING BILATERAL ANTARCTIC [...] Summary: Starting with the signing of the bilateral Science and Technology Agreement (April 29 2008) and the ensuing U/S Dobrianksy visit, the U.S. and Uruguay have deepened relations in the field of Antarctic cooperation. U.S. Antarctic institutions are showing interest in pursuing joint rese [...]	2009-02-02 10:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY MESUR UY
09PARAMARIBO294	2010 ELECTION DATE ANNOUNCED DURING STATE OF THE REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. On October 1, 2009, President Ronald Venetiaan delivered the annual State of the Republic speech at the National Assembly. At this time, he made the first official announcement that the 2010 National Assembly and Resort (Local) Council elections will be on May 25, 2010. He also d [...]	2009-10-01 19:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NS
09PARAMARIBO295	SURINAME ELECTIONS: VOTING BY ETHNICITY REMAINS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 12:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NS
09PARAMARIBO296	SURINAME: NPS TRIES TO SHOW ITS RELEVANCE TO YOUTH VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Party of Suriname (NPS),chaired by Ronald Venetiaan, celebrated a combined 63rd anniversary/kick-off election campaign event on September 29, 2009. The large number of youth speakers and youth supporters among the approximately 3,000 people attending the event dre [...]	2009-10-02 12:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NS
09PARAMARIBO382	Suriname: Response to Request for Information on Security [...] (U) The United States does not have an established security dialogue with Suriname. Post is covered by the DATT in Brasilia. Post has a Military Liaison Office that coordinates IMET, FMF, and 1206 programs. 2. (U) The United States and Suriname have three defense-related treaties. Th [...]	2009-11-18 19:07:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NS
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
09PARIS1545	More on France - Brazil Climate Pact [...] (SBU) Gwenaelle Huet, Chief of staff to Brice Lalonde, French Ambassador for climate change negotiations, commented to ESTH Counselor November 19 on the "Common Position" announced by Presidents Sarkozy and Lula da Silva last week. She said that that Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo thin [...]	2009-11-20 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG 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
09PARISFR1458	WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PRETORIA2103	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 13-OCTOBER 16 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-10-16 16:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09QUITO1009	UNASUR Establishes Confidence Building Mechanism [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 27 UNASUR meeting of foreign and defense ministers managed to reach agreement on a resolution establishing a "confidence building mechanism," with provisions designed to improve transparency and information sharing, provide guarantees regarding the use and/or threat [...]	2009-12-01 22:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AORC EC CO XM XR
09QUITO1011	Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered Ref B letters under cover of a diplomatic note to the Foreign Minister's office, as well as the MFA's Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Coordination Office and Directorate General of North America, by e-mail on November 25, and delivered the original on the m [...]	2009-12-02 14:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KTIA AORC US CO EC
09QUITO103	BACKGROUND TO CORREA'S ATTACKS ON U.S. COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A PAIS provincial leader and former Under Secretary of Government under Minister Gustavo Larrea, Ignacio Chauvin, turned himself in February 4 to face charges of narco-trafficking. Calling himself a revolutionary, Chauvin admitted to meeting deceased FARC member Raul Reyes. [...]	2009-02-10 23:25:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR SMIG SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO1033	Government Commission Report on Colombian Attack and FARC [...] (C) Summary: A government-appointed commission's report revives allegations about the FOL's support (specifically in regard to satellite intelligence) for the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of inappropriate U.S. direction of loca [...]	2009-12-11 18:45:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO1035	GOE REQUEST FOR DEMINING ASSISTANCE PRESENTS UNIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in its humanitarian demining program. After years of inconclusive discussion with the GOE, the MFA's recent requests for USG assistance, combined with extension of the GOE's commitment to the Ottawa Convention, increasingly close pol [...]	2009-12-15 21:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV MCAP KHDP EC PE
09QUITO1045	Government Commission Report on Colombia Raises Criticism [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government-appointed commission on the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador admitted that its report was not exhaustive, but defended it against charges that it provided nothing new and lacked proof for its conclusions. The GOE has stressed th [...]	2009-12-18 20:18:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO1049	Ecuadorian Navy Proposes Info-Sharing Agreement [...] (C) Summary: Navy Commander Admiral Molestina approached the Embassy on September 1 to propose formalizing information sharing between the Ecuadorian Navy and USG. While Molestina's motivation for signing such an agreement may include protecting his own position and his personnel, other cont [...]	2009-12-21 20:12:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PINR SNAR MASS MOPS EC
09QUITO1053	Ecuador Gradually Solidifies Relationship with Iran's Export [...] (C) The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) continues to make inroads in Ecuador, according to press reports, although it appears to face resistance at mid-levels in the Ecuadoran government and Central Bank - and even more so in the private sector. In delivering Ref A demarche on EDBI, and [...]	2009-12-22 19:22:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP
09QUITO112	GOE REMAINS ON ATTACK AGAINST EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Both President Correa and Minister Carvajal condemned the Embassy's actions with regard to vetted units publicly throughout the week of February 9. The Department's February 9 statement that the USG would work through diplomatic channels to address Correa's concerns and Carvaj [...]	2009-02-13 22:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PTER KCRM EC
09QUITO120	LEGISLATIVE HEAD CORDERO OPEN TO U.S. COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In... id: 192653 date: 2/18/2009 17:11 refid: 09QUITO120 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0120/01 0491711 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 181711Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0037 INFO RUEH [...]	2009-02-18 17:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
09QUITO126	MFA CONVERSATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR ON PNG DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in February 18 conversations with FM Falconi and Vice Minister Pozo, stressed the harm the expulsion of an Embassy officer would do to our relationship and her regret that she had not had an opportunity to try to address GOE concerns through diplomatic channels. [...]	2009-02-19 00:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR EC
09QUITO15	WHITHER CORREA: A SHIFT FURTHER LEFT [...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric and actions in the last two months have veered off the pattern we witnessed during much of his earlier presidency. A harder left orientation is evidenced by his trips to Iran and Cuba, debt default, and sharp attacks on the U.S. In the past, while c [...]	2009-01-14 00:18:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EFIN PGOV SNAR MARR EAID EC VE CU IR
09QUITO160	ECUADOR'S NEW VISION FOR RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, MFA U/S Orbe, speaking on instructions from FM Falconi, set the stage for Ecuador's vision for future relations with the U.S. He then called for a meeting between President Obama and President Correa to set a strategic agenda for future cooperation on the [...]	2009-03-05 16:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR EINV PGOV ETRD KJUS EC IR
09QUITO176	GOE PEACE OVERTURES, THEN ANTI-U.S. JABS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The past week has seen President Correa veer from an awkward attempt to propose a new relationship with the U.S. to outbursts against the use of polygraphs and insinuations that the U.S. Embassy activities did not square with the Obama administration's policy. He also reiterated [...]	2009-03-10 22:56:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SNAR KCRM PTER EC
09QUITO177	ONE YEAR AFTER BREAK WITH COLOMBIA, GOE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government ramped up its rhetoric against Colombia in recent weeks, spurred by a desire to defend itself against accusations of narco-politics, the first anniversary of the March 2008 Colombian attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador, and Colombian remarks. The GOE was deli [...]	2009-03-11 23:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF SNAR OAS EC CO
09QUITO178	HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met privately with Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo on February 27 to discuss the February 13 visit by Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu in Ecuador, as well as the Ecuador-China relationship more generally. Ambassador Cai downplayed the importance of the visit, and was [...]	2009-03-12 14:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EAID ETRD ENRG SMIG CVIS EC CH
09QUITO202	ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKOFF CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: T... id: 198604 date: 3/24/2009 17:31 refid: 09QUITO202 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 08QUITO616 header: VZCZCXYZ0007 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0202/01 0831731 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 241731Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 018 [...]	2009-03-24 17:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
09QUITO216	SLOW-ROLLING THE GOE REQUEST TO PURCHASE F-16S [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) Commander signed an official memorandum on November 25, 2008 requesting a quote from the U.S. on the cost of purchasing 24 F-16 C/D Block 50 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) aircraft, with the intention of replacing its outdated fighter fleet. Post delayed [...]	2009-03-27 19:48:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC
09QUITO227	COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE 2008 COLOMBIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government established a new commission to investigate the events surrounding the March 1, 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of GOE ties to the FARC. The commission, whose members were chosen by Correa, will receive its [...]	2009-04-01 14:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS SNAR KCRM EC CO
09QUITO233	POLICE UNIT INVESTIGATED WHILE CHAUVIN CASE INCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecuador's "narco-politics" scandal is playing out in perverse ways. The good guys ) key personnel of a specialized police unit that was responsible for most of the GOE's success against narco-traffickers ) are under investigation by the GOE for returning USG computers and fear [...]	2009-04-02 22:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PREL PGOV KCRM EC CO
09QUITO244	ECUADOR'S GOALS AT THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOE's focus for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas has included seeking a one-on-one meeting between the presidents. One issue that Ecuador would want to stress during the Summit is the financial crisis. Other issues are currently being defined by the Foreign Minister's [...]	2009-04-06 23:57:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KSUM EC CU
09QUITO246	GOE EXPLAINS HIGH LEVEL TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: FM Falconi and Government Minister Jalkh on April 6 expressed concern to the Ambassador about an Embassy official's meeting with unsavory characters, and said that President Correa had asked a delegation to go to Washington to express GOE concern. The Ambassador made clear that [...]	2009-04-07 20:03:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SNAR PINR MARR KCOR EC CO
09QUITO283	COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 203768 date: 4/23/2009 13:38 refid: 09QUITO283 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0283/01 1131338 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 231338Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0283 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...]	2009-04-23 13:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS OAS EC
09QUITO298	COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 204247 date: 4/27/2009 12:09 refid: 09QUITO298 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0002 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0298/01 1171209 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 271209Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0304 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY B [...]	2009-04-27 12:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS OAS EC
09QUITO375	ECUADOR - RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) The Embassy provides the following information on the relationship between the Cuban government and Ecuador in response to reftel. 2. (C) Ecuador has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, nor has it undertaken governmental action to condemn human [...]	2009-05-21 17:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU EC
09QUITO391	LEGISLATORS VISIT U.S. FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION [...] (C) Summary: Five Ecuadorian legislators, determined to dig up dirt against the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) before it closes, visited the city of Manta on May 21-22 to meet with "aggrieved" local citizens. On May 22, the delegation visited the Eloy Alfaro Air Base and FOL. Ecuador [...]	2009-05-29 12:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR EC CO
09QUITO408	Ecuador Requires Banks to Repatriate Some Offshore Assets [...] (C) S... id: 209795 date: 6/2/2009 21:39 refid: 09QUITO408 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0019 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0408/01 1532139 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 022139Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0426 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...]	2009-06-02 21:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EC
09QUITO57	GAS-AND-GO LOOKS LIKE A GO [...] (C) Summary: At a wide-ranging lunch for the Ambassador on January 26, a warm and friendly President Correa gave a firm green light for discussion and development of a gas-and-go model for anti-narcotics cooperation with the U.S., following the shutdown of the Manta Forward Operating Location [...]	2009-01-27 12:33:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SNAR ETRD EC
09QUITO570	FM FALCONI WITH AMBASSADOR ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: GOE officials laid out their thinking on the Bilateral Dialogue, including a new, so far poorly defined, security pillar, in a July 8 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador emphasized the USG desire to move forward as soon as possible. She raised U.S. interest in a gas-an [...]	2009-07-09 23:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR EAID SENV MARR CVIS EC
09QUITO657	CONFUSING SIGNALS ABOUT ECUADOR'S YASUNI ITT CONSERVATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 24, the ... id: 218811 date: 7/30/2009 12:24 refid: 09QUITO657 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO204 header: VZCZCXYZ0013 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0657/01 2111224 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 301224Z JUL 09 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WAS [...]	2009-07-30 12:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL SENV ECON EC
09QUITO703	ECUADOR'S UNASUR AGENDA: AN ANTI-AMERICAN TONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the 200th anniversary of its so-called "First Call for Independence" on August 10, Ecuador will assume the rotating presidency of UNASUR on the same day that President Correa is inaugurated. The MFA announced the GOE's objectives and planned projects for UNASUR on August 3, w [...]	2009-08-07 15:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR
09QUITO704	FM FALCONI ON ECUADOR-COLOMBIA RELATIONS, US BASE [...] (C) At Foreign Minister Fander Falconi's request, the Ambassador met with Falconi the morning of August 5 to discuss Ecuador-Colombia relations. Also in the meeting for the Foreign Ministry were Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs, Jorge Orbe, and North American Affairs officer Cristina Cam [...]	2009-08-07 15:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR EC CO
09QUITO708	ECUADORIAN MILITARY REQUESTS MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in destroying at least 33 MANPADS and almost 1 million individual missiles, firearms, bombs and other expired munitions under the auspices of the U.S. Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction Program. After years of inconclusive discuss [...]	2009-08-07 21:49:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL PTER KHDP EC CO
09QUITO715	UNASUR SUMMIT: NO CONSENSUS ON U.S.-COLOMBIAN DCA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several presidents from the region condemned the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement at the ceremony where President Bachelet transferred the rotating presidency of UNASUR to President Correa (reftel). Presidents Chavez and Correa claimed that U.S. military presence at C [...]	2009-08-12 16:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR
09QUITO736	ECUADOR SECURITY MINISTER EXPLAINS "PERCEPTIONS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to attend President Correa's August 10 inauguration ceremony, DAS Christopher McMullen met with Security Minister Miguel Carvajal and MFA Under Secretary Jorge Orbe regarding the ongoing negotiation of a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. McMullen prov [...]	2009-08-17 16:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS EC CO XM XR
09QUITO791	BROADCAST TAPE OF CORREA HAS TELEAMAZONAS FEELING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his latest weekly address on August 29, President Correa lashed out against the independent television station, Teleamazonas, and what he called "a sewer with antennas" and demanded its immediate closure following its airing of a clandestine recording. The 2008 audio rec [...]	2009-09-01 17:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO EC
09QUITO801	CORREA,S STEADY VERBAL ASSAULT ON MEDIA CREATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Upon being sworn in for his second presidential term on August 10, Rafael Correa showed no sign of letting up his verbal assault against the privately-owned media. On the contrary, Correa proclaimed the press to be his "greatest adversary" over the last 31 months of his first t [...]	2009-09-02 21:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO EC
09QUITO829	FOL Turnover Complete, but National Assembly Continues to [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Air Force turned the Forward Operating Location (FOL) facilities over to the Ecuadorian Air Force on September 18, concluding ten years constructing and utilizing the FOL for counternarcotics surveillance flights. GOE senior officials celebrated what FM Falconi called [...]	2009-09-19 00:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EC
09QUITO873	Correa and Indigenous Leaders Talk, Agree to More Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. After a week of protests and the death of one indigenous protestor, President Rafael Correa and over 100 indigenous leaders sat down in Quito for a highly contentious discussion resulting in a six-point agreement to talk more often and about specific issues. The agreement calls [...]	2009-10-08 14:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
09QUITO875	Mixed Ecuadoran reactions to USG concerns over planned deals [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche on Ecuador's dealings with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI),a USG-designated entity, to the Central Bank (CBE),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Superintendent of Banks, and Financial Intelligence Unit. The CBE's General Manager expressed concer [...]	2009-10-08 22:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP
09QUITO883	Refugees Programs in Ecuador Risk Benefitting the FARC [...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Embassy Quito and the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) request guidance on how to respond to information that suspected FARC members have manipulated Ecuador's Enhanced Registration Program implemented [...]	2009-10-15 20:44:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO885	Engaging Civilian Leadership to Improve Mil to Mil Relations [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy is receiving mixed signals regarding the Ecuadorian military's willingness to continue historically strong cooperation. Likely causes are: instructions by civilian leadership to lessen dependency on the U.S.; a lack of information and communication within the Ecuador [...]	2009-10-15 20:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PARM PTER KHDP EC CO
09QUITO887	U/S Orbe on Ecuador-Colombia, Gas-and-Go, and Bilateral [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Under Secretary Orbe stressed that Ecuador remained committed to improving relations with Colombia, but said the process had moved faster than the GOE had expected. He seemed frustrated with the setback caused by an Ecuadorian ju [...]	2009-10-16 22:53:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR SNAR ECIN EC CO
09QUITO905	Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment [...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...]	2009-10-27 22:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV
09QUITO935	Embassies Quito and Bogota Seek to Improve Cross-Border [...] (C) SUMMARY: An interagency group from Embassy Quito traveled to Bogota on September 24-25 to explore possibilities to improve regional USG coordination as well as opportunities to improve communication and cooperation between the governments of Ecuador and Colombia. The visit yielded a list [...]	2009-11-05 23:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS SNAR PTER ASEC EC CO
09QUITO943	Ecuador Minister states that the GoE will not do business [...] (C ) Summary: Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy, Diego Borja, assured EconCouns November 4 that the GoE will not maintain commercial relations with the Export Development Bank of Iran, a USG-designated entity. Borja asked EconCouns if the USG could provide background informa [...]	2009-11-09 20:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP
09QUITO947	Ecuador - Information on Security Dialogue [...] (SBU) Embassy Quito responds to the questions in Ref A, as follows: 2. (SBU) Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer. The U.S. and Ecuador have a Bilateral Dialogue mechanism to discuss a range of issues of bilateral inte [...]	2009-11-10 22:18:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS EC
09QUITO951	CORREA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: ATTACKS FROM THE LEFT? [...] (... id: 234456 date: 11/13/2009 0:05 refid: 09QUITO951 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO877 header: INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 DODE-00 ANHR-00 DS-00 EAP-00 DHSE-00 OIGO-00 VCI-00 H-00 TEDE-00 IN [...]	2009-11-13 00:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EC
09QUITO963	GOE Defensive on Benefits of Correa's Trip to UK and Russia [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rafael Correa's visits to the UK and Russia on October 26-30 have elicited media carping on the large delegation, Correa's statement about considering recognition of Ossetia and Abkhazia, and what were seen as meager outcomes. Correa's backers and the MFA defended the [...]	2009-11-17 21:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR KPKO KHDP EC RS GG UK
09QUITO981	LIBERTAD ACT: ECUADOR-CUBA RELATIONS [...] (U) The Embassy provides the following information on the relationship between the Cuban government and Ecuador in response to Ref A. 2. (C) Ecuador has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, nor has it undertaken governmental action to condemn huma [...]	2009-11-19 22:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU EC
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
09RECIFE63	DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN RECIFE: DEEPER ENGAGEMENT SOUGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the PO and Recife's PD section a select group of Pernambuco opinion leaders attended a breakfast meeting and expressed their points of view about the foreign policy of the Obama administration [...]	2009-09-30 16:17:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EIND SCUL SENV
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
09SANSALVADOR1109	President Funes Working Toward Honduras Solution, Fighting [...] Summary: President Funes told visiting WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso he is prepared to participate in an urgent regional diplomatic initiative to resolve the Honduran political crisis. Funes said Salvadoran recognition of President-elect Lobo depended on the joint resignations of Micheletti and [...]	2009-12-20 18:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO ES
09SANTIAGO238	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION: CHILE PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT, SUBSTANTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR PREPCOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA Special Policy Director Alfredo Labbe, Chile will continue to cooperate with the U.S. and EU partners on nuclear nonproliferation issues. Labbe insisted that the U.S. and western partners need to take concrete actions, such as ""de-alerting"" nuclear arsenals and red [...]	2009-03-12 18:55:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09SANTIAGO919	Introducing Marco Enriquez-Ominami: Chile's Surprise [...] (C) Summary: Thirty-six year old filmmaker and presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami has a cinematic life story: father martyred, raised in exile, young Marco returns to home full of resentment, marries a TV star, and gets the backing of a pro-Castro revolutionary-turned-millionaire to beco [...]	2009-12-02 17:10:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CI CU
09SANTIAGO927	CHILE: SCENESCETTER FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's presidential and congressional elections are scheduled to take place December 13. The presidential race will likely result in a run-off election, to be held January 17, while congressional elections will not produce a working majority for either major coalition. Alia [...]	2009-12-09 21:19:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO931	Chile's Presidential Election: Dec. 13 Vote Pits Sputtering [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera is almost certain to emerge from the December 13 presidential election in first place but falling short of the absolute majority required to be elected outright. The real question to be answered is whom he will face in a second round--Concerta [...]	2009-12-10 15:12:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO933	Countdown to Chile's Congressional Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: Individual races in this year's congressional elections are more competitive and uncertain than ever, although the elections may not produce much change in the overall makeup of the Chilean Congress. The governing Concertacion coalition will most likely regain its majority in the Se [...]	2009-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO935	Former President Lagos, FM Fernandez Urge that De Facto [...] (C) Summary. Two senior Chilean statesmen said that it is critical that the de facto president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, step down to facilitate regional recognition of the Honduran election. Former Chilean President Lagos also urged that incoming president Porfirio Lobo appoint a uni [...]	2009-12-10 20:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI HO
09SANTIAGO937	CHILE: Six Charged in Death of Former Chilean President [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Judge Alejandro Madrid charged six individuals with assassinating former President Eduardo Frei Montalva in 1982. Frei, who is the father of the current presidential candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, died ostensibly of a bacterial infection after undergoing routine su [...]	2009-12-11 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO943	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ALL BETS ON PINERA [...] (C) Summary: Days after the December 13 first round presidential election, the picture for center-left presidential candidate Eduardo Frei is bleak. The former president, who in 1993 was elected to his first term by the largest margin in Chilean history, this time received 29.6% of the vote- [...]	2009-12-17 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO947	Frei's Long Odds: Why the Numbers Point to a Pinera Victory [...] (C) Summary: At first glance, former president and Concertacion candidate Frei seems to be heading in to the final stage of the presidential election with a strong advantage: three progressive presidential candidates split 56% of the vote, while the only conservative candidate, Sebastian Pin [...]	2009-12-18 17:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTODOMINGO1329	WHA P/DAS KELLY'S DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a 12/10 meeting with visiting WHA P/DAS Craig Kelly, President Leonel Fernandez and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso stated that the Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) shares the USGbs views on resolving the Honduran crisis, is actively seeking to facilitate [...]	2009-12-15 15:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	PREL DR HO
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
09SAOPAULO640	FOR RELEASE: ARREST OF THREE OUT-OF-STATE U.S. VISA FRAUD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three of the most notorious visa fraud facilitators, based out of the neighboring state of Minas Gerais, provided the first real challenge for the Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO/I) Sao Paulo program. Amidst a steady flow of the facilitators' clients targ [...]	2009-11-04 11:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS KCRM KTIP KFRD PGOV PREL
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
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
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
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
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
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
09SAOPAULO708	Sao Paulo Nominee for Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit [...] Sao Paulo Brazil nominates Andre Luz Lara Mello to participate in President Obama's summit for Young Muslim Entrepreneurs during the first quarter of 2010 per State 112468. 2. Sao Paulo hosts Brazil's and South America's largest concentration of Muslim communities. Most Brazilian Musl [...]	2009-12-09 12:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI
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
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
09SAOPAULO750	MEDIA REACTION: REPRESSION IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 11:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR 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
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
09STATE100282	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective September 27, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-717. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this enti [...]	2009-09-25 23:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
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
09STATE101912	ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCUD B MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Scud B Missile System" to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) [...]	2009-09-30 19:58:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR
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
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
09STATE103767	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Paris provide the four separate interagency-cleared proposals in paragraphs 3-6 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for distribution [...]	2009-10-06 13:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL FR
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
09STATE109926	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective October 25, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-719. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-10-23 19:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
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
09STATE112291	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 "Emerging Technologies for MTCR Consideration" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...]	2009-10-30 17:37:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR
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
09STATE115148	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective November 8, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-720. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-11-06 21:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
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
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
09STATE124627	(U) TENSIONS BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS HAVE INTENSE INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPING CONFLICT BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA. AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INSIGHT POST COULD PROVIDE THAT MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON HOW BOGOTA IS REACTING TO THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY STEPS CARACAS [...]	2009-12-04 21:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR BEXP ECON ETRD PREL CO VE
09STATE129480	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Rome, Canberra, Ankara, Jakarta, New Delhi, Brasilia, Oslo, Baghdad, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa, The Hague, Brussels, Vienna, Stockholm, Mexico City, Pretoria, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Ashgabat, Beijing, and the U.S. Mission to the Eu [...]	2009-12-18 18:07:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IT NZ TU ID
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
09STATE35745	A/S SHANNON'S MEETINGS WITH ECUADORIAN OFFICIALS [...] Summary. (S/NF) On April 1, A/S Shannon met Ecuadorian Justice Minister Jalkh, Vice Foreign Minister Pozo, and other GOE officials to discuss GOE accusations that an embassy official had taken actions to destabilize the government of Ecuador. Making clear the GOE's desire to work with the USG [...]	2009-04-10 19:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PINR SNAR EC
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

09STATE39222	GUIDANCE REGARDING USG PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] This is an action request for Geneva, The Hague, Moscow, Jerusalem, London, Nairobi, Accra, Kigali, Lusaka, Rabat, Bamako, Abuja, Dakar, Mexico City, Brasilia and Rome. Please see paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 2. The draft review conference outcome document for the Durban Review Conference does no [...]	2009-04-20 23:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM
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
09STATE43311	US-BRAZIL MEETING ON THIRD COUNTRY AID COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY. On April 16, USAID and State met with the head of Brazil,s Cooperation Agency (ABC),Marco Farani, to discuss development assistance cooperation in third countries, as a part of the U.S-Brazil Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD). Both sides provided overviews of their development as [...]	2009-04-29 15:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AID ECON
09STATE47202	ECUADOR: "GAS AND GO" NON PAPER AND DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Reftels A and B noted GOE willingness to consider a "Gas and Go" civilian counter-narcotics air interdiction program in the Eastern Pacific, in the wake of the pending U.S. withdrawal from Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) later this year. This cable provides Embassy Quito with a non [...]	2009-05-08 18:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC
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
09STATE53031	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective May 24, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-708. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire me [...]	2009-05-22 21:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
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
09STATE58419	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective June 7, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-709. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire me [...]	2009-06-05 22:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
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
09STATE80214	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective August 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-713. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-07-31 22:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
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
09STATE89300	Career Opportunities in the Bureau of [...] The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) offers unique opportunities at the senior and mid levels to manage some of the State Department's largest and most critical programs, many of which are at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy. INL positions offer the ch [...]	2009-08-26 22:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM AMGT APER
09STATE93358	ACTION REQUEST: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. Embassy New Delhi: Please note additional action request in paragraph 8. Embassies Brasilia, Dhaka, Santiago, Kyiv and Pretoria: Please note additional action request in paragraph 9. Embassies Tokyo, The Hague, Rome, Paris, London, Bru [...]	2009-09-09 02:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC
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
09STATE94757	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Baghdad, Berlin, Brasilia, Canberra, Doha, Jakarta, London, Mexico, Muscat, New Dehli, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, Vienna, and the U.S. Mission to the European Union. Please see the action request in paragraph 5 [...]	2009-09-11 18:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR
09STATE94913	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective September 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-716. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this enti [...]	2009-09-11 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE95073	EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 10-30. 2. (C) SUMMARY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING IRAN'S PROPOSAL OF SEPTEMBER 9 - SUGGEST THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT AIMS TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM'S NON- COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND DEFUSE GROWIN [...]	2009-09-13 21:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
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
09STATE98271	SUBJECT: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Intangible Technology Transfers: Foreign National Vetting" to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC [...]	2009-09-22 16:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR
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
09STATE98748	ECUADOR DEMARCHE: GROWING TIES WITH THE EXPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S/NF) The United States has information that Ecuador is coordinating with Iran to open a branch of Iran's Export Development Bank of Iran (EBDI) in Ecuador, and that Iran [...]	2009-09-23 15:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC
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
09TEGUCIGALPA1083	TFH01: EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA SUPPORTS BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Charge expressed gratitude for USG intervention to stop the loud music and animal sounds targeted at Brazil's Embassy in Tegucigalpa. Since ousted Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya took residence at their Embassy on September 21, Embassy Tegucigalpa has been provi [...]	2009-10-24 00:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA686	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 30 CONVERSATION WITH [...] (S) The Ambassador spoke with President Arias on the evening of July 30 to brief him on his meeting earlier in the day with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya in Managua. The Ambassador noted that in the three-hour round of meetings he had urged Zelaya to "put on his presidential suit," take the d [...]	2009-07-31 20:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL ASEC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR AEMR CASC
09THEHAGUE452	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 57th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successfully concluded, and on schedule, with a full day devoted to the presentations by the candidates for Director General (July 15) and major agreement in the Council by [...]	2009-07-24 16:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09UNESCOPARISFR1458	WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNROME49	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: REFORM OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. This is an action request; please see paragraphs four, six, and eight. Summary ------- 3. (SBU) Amidst an intensified focus on food and agricultural issues due to rising global hunger and maln [...]	2009-08-14 14:56:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAGR EAID UN FAO
10BOGOTA235	THAW WITH ECUADOR EVIDENT AT HAITI SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) continued its leadership in the Haiti relief effort at a February 9 UNASUR (Union of South American Countries) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. At the summit, President Uribe expressed his support for the summit's reconstruction initiatives, including reducing [...]	2010-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC EAID HA
10BOGOTA361	COURT RULES URIBE THIRD TERM REFERENDUM UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled February 26 that the constitutional amendment process to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for an unprecedented (and controversial) third term could not legally go forward. The Court -- reportedly by a 7-2 vote -- specifically cited flawe [...]	2010-02-26 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO
10BRASILIA10	CDA GATHERS INFLUENTIAL WOMEN TO PARTNER ON THE ELIMINATION [...] In an effort to highlight the work of activists and organizations at the forefront of addressing violence against women, on December 9 Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Lisa Kubiske and emboffs visited Civil Police Chief Sandra Gomes de Melo at the Women's Precinct (DEAM) in Brasilia. The next day, the [...]	2010-01-05 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN
10BRASILIA100	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 14:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG
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
10BRASILIA180	BRAZIL: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Brazil is pleased to submit proposals to the S/GWI Small Grants Initiative. We as a Mission believe these proposals will assist in the advancement of U.S. objectives, primarily in supporting our joint effort to provide education to support social advancement in local communities and assistance [...]	2010-02-19 12:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY
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
10BRASILIA188	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil plans to ship its full allocation of the FY 2010 raw sugar TRQ to the United States for delivery by September 30, 2010. If there is a realloca [...]	2010-02-22 16:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD
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
10BRASILIA190	PROCEEDS OF SALE - PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 18:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AMGT
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
10BRASILIA22	Security for OpenNet tail circuit in AMB residence Brasilia [...] The facility used at the Ambassador residence and the room housing the OpenNet+ tail circuit communication equipment meets or exceeds all relevant FAM/FAH requirements including 12 FAM 620, 12 FAM 540, and 12 FAH-6 H-540. 2. Post requests that ENM activate this circuit without delay. 3. [...]	2010-01-08 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ACOA
10BRASILIA29	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (C) The Human Rights Department at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) responded favorably to the approach outlined in reftel A of using Iran's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in the Human Rights Council (HRC) to pressure Iran on its human rights performance. MRE Department Deput [...]	2010-01-28 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREL
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
10BRASILIA45	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MRE SECRETARY-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. After presenting his credentials to Brazilian President Lula (septel),Ambassador Shannon met for over an hour February 4 with Secretary-General (Deputy FM) Antonio Patriota, covering the work ahead in Haiti, the status of Brazil's FX2 fighter purchase, climate change negotiatio [...]	2010-02-09 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SENV MASS HA IR
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
10BRASILIA74	FY-09 RE-ALLOT EXCESS 4TH JULY GIFT FUNDS TO POST [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 11:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT APER
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
10BUENOSAIRES55	Argentina: Economy Minister Says Debt Swap On Track [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Economy Minister Amado Boudou emphasized the positive despite the many challenges he faces. Confident and composed despite the late hour of the meeting and the severe political pressure he has faced in the past month, Boudou insiste [...]	2010-01-28 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10CARACAS101	Three Cable Stations Reopen, Student Protests Continue [...] (SBU) Summary: Three of the smaller cable channels closed as a result of the government's January 21 decision to reclassify them as "national" (ref a) were back on the air on January 27 following their successful appeal to Conatel, the broadcasting regulatory agency, to be reclassified a [...]	2010-01-28 15:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS105	Raising RCTV and Haiti with Venezuelan Foreign Ministry [...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 lunch with the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry's Director for North American Affairs, Yaneth Arocha, Polcouns raised U.S. concerns about official Venezuelan misinformation about U.S. assistance efforts in Haiti (ref a) and the closure of RCTV. Arocha said she [...]	2010-01-28 16:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM VE PINR
10CARACAS109	RCTV President Asks U.S. to Press U.S. Cables Operators to [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Charge on January 26, RCTV President Marcel Granier asked the U.S. government to press DirectTV, Net Uno, and Inter to restore RCTV programming in Venezuela. Granier charged that these were "U.S. companies" and that they had illegally bowed to Venezuelan governmen [...]	2010-01-28 23:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM VE EINV
10CARACAS11	Carabobo Bid Round Update & Venezuela's New Petroleum [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final terms and conditions for the Carabobo extra heavy oil bid round were issued at the end of November. While they do not contain all of the changes hoped for by potential bidders, there were enough alterations to make it possible that international oil companies may submit [...]	2010-01-06 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS119	RE: Chavez Threatens "Radical Action" if Protests Continue [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 28, hundreds of students gathered in cities across Venezuela for a fifth day of protests. Media reports indicate that since January 25, the protests have led to 2 deaths, nearly 70 injuries, and at least 60 arrests/detentions nationwide, although almost all of the [...]	2010-01-29 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS13	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STARTS NEW SESSION, REELECTS MOST OF ITS [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) opened its new session January 5 with the selection of its three-member executive board and the administrative secretary and sub-secretary positions. President Cilia Flores and First Vice-President Jose Albornoz retained their respe [...]	2010-01-07 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS137	Venezuela: Carabobo Round Closes, Winners to be Announced on [...] Summary: Two international consortia bid on two of the three Carabobo extra heavy oil projects in Venezuela. Companies from countries (Russia, China, and Brazil) with ideological affinities to Venezuela, reportedly abstained from the bid round. There is some speculation in Caracas that Iraq' [...]	2010-02-03 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE

10CARACAS139	Venezuela: Cuban Assistance to Confront Electricity Crisis [...] (SBU) The evening of February 2, President Chavez announced the arrival of Cuban Minister of Technology and President of the Cabinet of Ministers Ramiro Valdez in Venezuela [NOTE: According to USINT Havana, Valdez is the Cuban Minister of Communication. END NOTE]. He reportedly was sent to le [...]	2010-02-03 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE

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